school but says nothing was done. >> join us at 11:00 as well. we'll see you. good morning. spring scotchers. the white house talks about the climb change. >> this morning, al goes one-on-one with the president. taking action. teams from the u.s. military headed to nigeria to join the search for nearly 300 girls kidnapped by p terrorists. how big a role they will play to bring the girls home. the great escape. video surfaces of the teen stowaway from the wheel well in the death denying trip to

hawaii. the boy talks to police for the first time. and burn the beret. monica lewinsky talks about the aftermath and why she is finally breaking the decade long silence today. wednesday, may 7th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. back together again. you spent time with the president talking about a serious subject. >> that's right. climate change. they want to get this up front and center. they have their work cut out for them. 1 in 4 americans is skeptical about climate change. we will get to the top stories i. millions dealing with a taste of summer.

>> this is weeks after it finally stopped snowing. dylan dreyer is in wichita, kansas where the temperatures will approach 100 degrees again today. dylan, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. it is amazing how quickly the body forgets the brutal winter we just had and now we are just jumping into brutal heat. here in wichita, kansas, we had temperatures on friday morning at 35 degrees. now we're adding about 65 to 70 degrees to that. we are in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave across the plains and southwest. on sunday, it was 102 degrees. that is the first time ever temperatures have been above 100 degrees before june. we also broke records in parts of oklahoma, oklahoma city and amarillo, texas. we broke records since this weekend with temperatures in the 90s. i'm the last one to complain about heat, but there is a reason why this is a huge concern in this part of the country. we are experiencing an extreme

drought and now you factor in temperatures that are so warm and humidity that is so low, and also add to that a 40 to 45-mile-an-hour wind gust and any wind that develops can lead to a fire. a fire starts and spreads out of control. we will see temperatures at 80 degrees tomorrow, but it comes with a front that could spell severe weather tonight and tomorrow. savannah. dylan, thank you. at the top, we mentioned the obama administration's dire warning with the changing climate. we mentioned al was at the white house. you had a few moments with the president to talk about it. >> we did. this report has taken years to complete with input from scientists and technical experts the president says if we want to stop climate change, the time to act is now. more dangerous floods. more frequent and powerful storms. wildfires burning more often

with less water on hand to put them out. on the heels of america's warmest decade, more heat waves and periods of severe drought. all symptoms set to grow according to the national climate assessment put out by the white house on tuesday. >> why has it taken so long to get to the point you are sounding the urgency. >> we have been sounding the urgency for the last five years. if we don't do more, we will have bigger problems and more risk of economic impact and more risk of extreme weather events to result in people losing their lives or properties or businesses. we have to have the public understand this is an issue that will impact our kids and grand kids unless we do something about it. >> the president says we can start by reducing greenhouse gas pollution. 97% of studies on climate change say global warming is caused by humans. a gallop poll last month out

says one in four americans are skeptical. some lawmakers on capitol hill agree. >> this should not be about alleviating the guilt of elites, but achieving the best outcome for environment and energy security and most importantly for the people we were sent her to represent. >> do you think when it comes to the american public, when it comes to climate change, they may be ahead in their thinking as opposed to elected representatives? >> the public knows this is a problem and they are concerned about it, but they don't know if they can do anything about it. they think it is something in the distant future and politicians, generally, up in congress, will not get out too far in front of the publ that is why the public's voice has to be heard. >> a delay could be costly. a study by the world bank with cities around the world have the

most to lose with rising sea levels. miami, new york, new orleans, tampa and boston make the list of the top ten. images of recent disasters are not enough to spark change, an artist used environmental data to show what rising waters could do to the jefferson memorial and statue of liberty or miami beach if the tide of climate change isn't turned. the interesting thing is that you look at a number of the industrialized nations and their citizens believe in climate change far more and greater numbers than they do here in the united states. >> worldwide problem needs a worldwide response. al, thank you. you also spoke to the president about disturbing images. the kidnapping of the teenage girls in nigeria. he revealed the nigerian government accepted an offer of help from the u.s. military and other advisers. we have nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea

mitchell has the latest on that. andrea, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning. that decision by nigeria's government to finally accept u.s. military and intelligence help, that came only after a call tuesday from secretary of state kerry amidst a growing outcry from around the world. for the first time, we hear what happened that night from a girl who escaped. she spoke to an independent film maker. we've obscured her face to keep her safe. she says at first the girls thought the men dressed as nigerian military had come to protect them from boko haram, but they were not protecters, they were the terrorists who loaded the schoolgirls on to trucks. when the truck broke down, already suspicious, she and a friend ran into the forest where they spent two days. the uncle of another girl told about his niece's dramatic escape. >> while they were being driven away, she managed to clutch the branch of the tree and hang there. >> the father of a girl still missing broke down describing the nightmare. as protests continued around the

world, an anger at nigeria's inaction exploded on social media with the #bringbackourgirls. al spoke to the president. >> we've always identified them as one of the worst or local regional terrorist organizations there is out there, but i can only imagine what the parents are going through. >> after three weeks, john kerry called nigeria's president to get him to accept u.s. military and intelligence help. why has it taken so long to mobilize an american effort? >> we have been in touch from day one and our embassy has been engaged, and we have been engaged, but the government had its own set of strategies, if you will, in the beginning. >> yes, i am a boko haram! >> boko haram is dedicated to stopping western education, especially for girls. since the kidnappings, schools have been closed. as for that girl who escaped, still terrorized, she says she's too frightened to go back to

school. and today, world leaders are gathering for an economic summit in nigeria's capital, further dramatizing the stark contrast between the wealth of the oil rich capital and the plight of its terrorized citizens in outlying regions. matt and savannah? >> all right, andrea, thank you very much. >> chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent. chuck, good morning to you. i know you've been talking to administration officials about what this assistance actually will entail. for those who are imagining a special forces team coming in and performing a dramatic rescue, give us a reality check. what's this assistance likely to be? >> okay, this is not the navy s.e.a.l.s being sent in. this is all technical assistance for now. that doesn't mean we couldn't see special forces there if they actually find them. but right now, this is fbi agents who are experts at hostage negotiation, forensic -- you know, being able to do forensic investigations. this is military assistance, but when it comes to assistance, this is more about trying to identify where boko haram could be, where these girls could be,

and also what nigeria's asked for is drone and satellite surveillance capabilities, and again, these are surveillance drones, not the drones you're thinking of when it goes to shooting terrorists. >> it took 22 days for the government of nigeria to accept help from other countries. if you read between the lines of some of what u.s. officials are saying, it feels like they're saying nigeria was resistant and slow to accept the help. >> well, this is a resistance, but it was explained to me this way, that essentially nigeria is a bit numb to the violence when it comes to boko haram, the nigerian government, they deal with them all the time. this is a very violent terrorist organization, and sadly, they have a lot of attacks like this, so they were dealing with it sort of in a way that they've dealt with previous attacks, and it wasn't until that social media campaign inside the country where there was outcry about this that it really sparked the nigerian government to say you know what? we better accept some international help for their own political survival.

>> well, let's hope that these girls will be okay and that the assistance will be helpful. chuck, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> you got it. natalie is here now with the latest on that tragic circus accident that happened in rhode island. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. we're hearing now for the first time this morning from one of the eight circus acrobats who plummeted about 20 feet to the ground during that stunt gone wrong. samantha pitard says she wants to return to the ring and show the world she's okay. one of the eight acrobats seriously injured in a circus accident is speaking out this morning about the terrifying moment a clip at the top of the chandelier-like apparatus snapped, dropping them to the ground. telling the associated press, "we heard a huge crack, huge noise, and then we were just plummeting to the ground. it was very fast. i remember everything." 23-year-old samantha pitard described a harrowing scene, as she and seven other performers laid under the 350-pound platform. "i saw my troupe leader, she was right next to me, and i heard her say that she couldn't feel

her legs." incredibly, pitard was released from the hospital on tuesday, and despite the frightening accident, she plans to perform the stunt, known as a human chandelier, again. saying, "for me, you gotta get back up and do it again." the illinois native says her fellow acrobats will remain in the hospital with several requiring surgery, but all are expected to make a full recovery. and once they do, pitard hopes they all return to circus life, telling the ap, "i'm hoping to join back up with the tour and show the world that i'm okay, and i'm hoping some of the other girls will do the same." and we are just now seeing newly released security video which shows that california teen who stowed away in the wheel well on a flight to hawaii. the boy miraculously survived the five-hour flight from san jose to maui in sub-freezing temperatures and with little oxygen. now, you see the boy wandering around the tarmac appearing disoriented and being questioned by a worker near the plane who

then alerted security. the 15-year-old somali immigrant flew back to california over the weekend and is being cared for by a child protective services. secretary of state john kerry says he will comply with whatever responsibilities he has in his first public statement on his subpoena to testify about the 2012 benghazi attack. but kerry is scheduled to be in mexico on may 21st and that is when he is due to appear before the house committee on oversight and government reform. kerry did not say whether he would change his travel plans and appear before that committee. four americans were killed when the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, was attacked on september 11th of 2012. for the first time, the vatican has released numbers showing how it has been dealing with priests accused of sexually abusing children. over the past decade, 848 priests have been defrocked, and nearly 2,600 others received lesser penalties. the investigation is being handled by a united nations committee on torture. classifying sexual abuse as

torture could expose the catholic church to a new wave of lawsuits because torture doesn't carry statutes of limitations in most of the world. too close to call. "american idol" runner-up clay aiken has a slim lead in north carolina's democratic primary for congress. aiken and keith crisco each have about 40% of the vote, so there could be a runoff. the eventual winner will challenge the republican congresswoman renee elmers in november. we've all gotten a piece of mail at some point meant for someone else, but for most of us, it probably wasn't a $350,000 drone owned by the u.s. government. but this is exactly what happened to someone in new york state who wrote about it on reddit. the package contained parts of a puma drone owned by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. it was supposed to go to a research facility in massachusetts, but u.p.s. shipped it to the civilian in new york instead. the puma is essentially a flying

camera. the box has since been reacquired. hopefully it ends up in the right hands. >> do you get free shipping with that? >> just a warning to all you folks in staten island, we know what you're doing now. >> don't trust your neighbors. >> nat, thank you so much. mr. roker. we've got some severe weather to talk about. severe stuff starting to fire up in the plains. these strong storms, we're talking about a 48-hour period where these storms will really start working their way in. you can see on the radar, already starting to see some heavy activity from ohio all the way back into the plains. this low pressure system, warm front, ahead of the warm front the temperatures are going to soar as we have that warm air coming in behind it. colder air, and so what we're looking for is a risk of severe weather today from san angelo on into kansas. also from cheyenne all the way to green bay. the second day of this system is even wider, from san antonio all the way up to rockford, illinois, and on into minneapolis.

the 48-hour rainfall amounts going to be fairly impressive. as you can see, we've got some areas up to one inch from just north of denver into michigan, and also into the central plains as well. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. we're going o get to cam forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. at ge, you've inspired us to reimagine the kitchen. with innovations like the first dishwasher featuring 102 spray jets. the kitchen is now thinking -- more like you. and...stop. no? nothing? [ male announcer ] ge. reimagining home. 7:16 dm good morning to you. temperatures are chilly.

great looking day shaping up. over the course of the next half hour. beautiful conditions for today. we are going to cut those wind speeds today. we keep on climbing up into mother's day. >> all right, al, thank you very much. now the scandal that nearly took down then president bill clinton. 16 years after her affair with the president was discovered, monica lewinsky is opening up about their relationship and its impact on her life. nbc's national correspondent peter alexander has more on that. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. monica lewinsky was 22 when her affair started with president bill clinton. she is 40 now. after years of virtual silence and she insists the clintons never paid her off, lewinsky is now speaking out about the humiliation and also expressing her regrets. monica lewinsky and bill clinton, it nearly cost him his presidency. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman, ms. lewinsky. >> monica, any comment at all?

>> the former white house intern was at the center of a sex scandal that consumed the country 16 years ago, leading to clinton's impeachment trial even as the 42nd president avoided removal from office. now after more than a decade out of the limelight, lewinsky is breaking her silence with a column in the june issue of "vanity fair," writing, "it's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress." and emphatically apologizing for her role in the scandal. "i myself deeply regret what happened." lewinsky insists her relationship with clinton was consensual. sure, my boss took advantage of me, but i will always remain firm on this point, she writes. it was a consensual relationship. any abuse came in the aftermath when i was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position. lewinsky says she was virtually reclusive in 2008 to avoid becoming an issue in hillary clinton's presidential campaign. but as the former secretary of state ponders the cost of another white house bid in 2016 -- >> obviously i'm thinking about that right now.

>> lewinsky admits she's felt gun shy about speaking out, but wonders, should i put my life on hold for another eight to ten years? lewinsky also reacts to the release of diaries kept by hillary clinton's late friend diane blair, in which blair quotes hillary, calling lewinsky a narcissistic loony toon, even as the then first lady admitted she had been emotionally neglectful of her husband. lewinsky's response, hillary clinton wanted it on record that she was lashing out at her husband's mistress. she may have faulted her husband for being inappropriate, but i find her impulse to blame the woman, not only me, but herself, troubling. one veteran watcher calls it an unwelcome '90s return. >> as a political matter and a personal matter for the clintons, this is not moving on. this is putting a pretty ugly, unseemly episode back front and center in public view. >> monica lewinsky said she finally decided to speak out after hearing about the suicide of tyler clemente, the rutgers freshman who was secretly streamed online kissing another

man. she says her mom feared lewinsky would take her own life. lewinsky says her goal these days is to work on behalf of victims of online humiliation and harassment. the entire article, matt, comes out in the next several days. >> peter alexander in washington. thanks very much. as you would say, definition of a millisecond, how long it took before people were talking about this on social media. >> the article is not even out yet. it remains the top google search right now. people wanting to know more about monica lewinsky. wanting to see what she had to say in the article. we've posed the question to our audience today, do you feel sorry for monica lewinsky? already, a lot of people have told us their thoughts. blondie on twitter says, i do. her entire life is defined by things she did as a young 21-year-old. another viewer says no, i think she should let it be. she's told her story already. why retell the story? she'll earn more respect by not. and one more here.

jenny says totally, it's her rep forever. my embarrassments eventually die out, saying for most people mistakes are -- i guess they evaporate into memory and history, but for monica lewinsky, this is far from history. >> all right, tamron, thank you so much. coming up, a remarkable survival story. a woman who spent nearly a week pinned in her wrecked car. no food, no water, no way to signal for help, except for a marker and an umbrella. this morning, her parents speak out. plus, an exclusive first look at chicago's newest attraction. 1,000 feet up in the air. it will change the way you see the city. if you have the stomach for it. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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collided near a park on center road. one of the drivers got out of the car and started an argument. the man died at the hospital. police are still looking for the shooter. >> good morning to you. good morning to you at home. we have wind out there this morning but not much compared to yesterday. the breeze has relaxed. heading towards a comfortable afternoon. that is 70 for the south bay. 64 degrees little on the cool side but the bay side of the city is going to be more comfortab comfortable. between 9:00 am and 6:00 p.m. coming up on mother's day

weekend 94 degrees. >> here is dubland you have your commute. that portion is standard as we look at the map. the big deal is south 680. another crash in the back up. that is over to the shoulder. makes things tough. south the rest of the bay a standard commute. northbound routes continue to build. back to you. thanks a lot. thank you for joining us as well. we'll be back with a news update in half an hour. see you then.

7:30 on this wednesday morning. may 7th, 2014. there's a good view of chicago. if you don't like heights, hold on to your omelet, because the view from 90 floors up in a whole new way in chicago may have you feeling a little woozy this morning. we're going to see in a minute. kevin tibbles is there. >> he looks good. not woozy. he does ownn't look green at all. >> good morning, everyone. nice to have you along on a wednesday morning. meantime, here's what's making headlines today. the nigerian government has accepted an offer of u.s. support in the search for nearly 300 teenage girls who were kidnapped by terrorists three weeks ago.

president obama told al that right now, finding the girls is the immediate priority. meantime, police in california are planning to interview the 15-year-old who stowed away in the wheel well of a flight to hawaii. you can see him in some newly released security video wandering around the tarmac shortly after that plane landed. authorities are still deciding whether to file charges. and president obama will be in arkansas today touring communities that were hit hard by last week's powerful tornados. 15 people were killed in the little rock area alone. we're going to begin this half-hour, though, with a remarkable survival story. a colorado woman who veered off a highway and then spent nearly a week trapped in her wrecked car. she did not have food or water. here's nbc's joe fryer with the story. >> reporter: for at least five days, no one noticed the mangled car in the woods that had tumbled a couple hundred feet down a colorado embankment. >> never thought i'd find anything like that. >> until hope and andy lombard drove by and just happened to look out their window at the right time. >> i walked down there and i saw

a car is upside down and i saw there's a body inside. >> reporter: never imagining the woman inside could have survived, they reported it to first responders. >> what goes through our minds when they said somebody found a car with a body in it, well, we're thinking we're doing a recovery, not a rescue. >> reporter: but inside, kristen hopkins, a mother of four, was trapped, and somehow still alive. >> this is one of the most miraculous things i've seen in that amount of time that i've been doing this. >> reporter: using a sharpie, hopkins had scribbled pleas for help on an umbrella which she pushed through an open window. the messages, "need doctor, hurt and bleeding, thirsty and hungry, six days without food and water, please help me, can't get doors open." >> she had a plan. that plan basically was i've got to stay alive and how do i do that? >> reporter: her injuries were so severe, doctors at st. anthony hospital near denver were forced to amputate both of her feet. but she's alive thanks to

observant heroes. >> we saw him on tv tonight and my heart just palpitated, that i can tell him thank you for saving my baby. >> i'm going to hug him. >> reporter: and today kristen hopkins' parents get to celebrate their daughter's 44th birthday. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >> that's one of those stories that makes everybody think, what would i do? could i do it? could i survive? how would i endure? >> she's had an amazing will to live that she did survive. >> it's a miracle. it really is. >> let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> "today's" weather is brought to you by the new windows. one experience for everything in your life. >> well, if you are in the southwest or the midwest, your life is going to be awfully toasty. we've got some warm temperatures. laredo, texas, two degrees above normal. wichita falls, 15 degrees above normal, the high of 96 extends into the midwest. chicago today at 77, ten degrees above normal. indianapolis, 84.

the downside to this is the fire danger. throughout the southwest into texas, oklahoma, kansas, nebraska. we've got red flag warnings, active fires burning all throughout this region. and in fact, let's take a look, we'll show you right now. this is a critical fire area. the extreme fire area stretching from garden city to amarillo. low relative humidity, five to 10%. wind gusts of 20 to 30 miles per hour. long term drought. when you get these fires going, you can get these updrafts. amazing picture. take a look at this. this is what we call a firenado. that updraft catching the fire and bringing it up, looks like a tornado, except wind-wrapped and fire-wrapped. this is from oklahoma. really amazing stuff. you don't see them all the time, but when you do, it kind of takes your breath away. we're going to get to your local forecast. th 7:34 on a wednesday morning. cool enough for a coat. something that you can peel off

later. dress in layers. that is my advice to you. we are headed towards the 70s. the wind has relaxed overnight. we are dealing with half as much wind as we had yesterday. temperatures are going to be comfortable. 69 for the peninsula today. 75 up in the north bay. >> don't forget, get that weather any time you need it, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> thank you very much. now to an unusual twist tied to a murder case we've been following. >> that's right. the convicted killer is out on bond and will soon be living with the man who brought his story to the big screen. here's nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: bernie tidi was released on bond after 17 years behind bars for the 1996 murder of 81-year-old marjorie nugent. >> brought you some bubble bath. >> reporter: the story inspired the movie "bernie," a dark movie

starring jack black. >> he was just about the most popular man in carthage. >> just made you feel real good about yourself. >> he cast a spell over the entire area. >> shirley maclaine -- the relationship turned sour in november of 1996 and nugent disappeared. nine months later, he confessed he shot nugent in the back. >> no, no, what have i done? >> reporter: and hid her body in a freezer under packages of frozen food. now 17 years later, he is free on bond under the conditions he get counselling and live with richard linklater, director of the movie, and one of tedie's biggest advocates. his lawyers uncovered new evidence that he was sexually abused as a teen and argued in court along with harsh treatment from nugent meant he deserved a lighter sentence. the prosecuting attorney agreed.

>> when i am given the new information that would have changed the outcome in a sense of fairness, i had no choice. >> nugent's granddaughter wants tedie to serve out his life sentence. >> it just doesn't feel like this is right. it doesn't feel like this is justice for my grandmother. >> reporter: if an appeals court agrees, tedie could eventually be freed for time served, but for now, tedie will be living with the man who brought bernie's story of murder to life. for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. >> interesting turn of events. coming up, we've got "trending." do you suffer from baby brain? did you have it when you were pregnant? i don't know what you're talking about. there's a purpose behind all that forgetfulness. and up next, how strong is your stomach? the terrifying new way to experience the beauty of the city of chicago, right after this. honestly, the off-season isn't really off for me. i've got a lot to do. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film

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back now at 7:41. let's sozoom in on chicago becae we have an exclusive look at that city's newest sky-high attraction. kevin tibbles finds himself at the top of the john hancock center this morning going for what they call a tilt, and it's 1,000 feet up. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys. you know, way up here above the city of chicago, they simply call it the tilt. now, you might want to call it yikes. or maybe even holy cow. but i've got to tell you, the view from way up here is absolutely spectacular. look way up. i mean, way up. >> it's too high. >> i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: what do you mean you're not doing it? >> got to man up. >> reporter: you come right out, and then you look down. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: i mean, why not be a little adventurous a thousand

feet in the air? thanks a lot, "today" show. how come i'm always the first guy that has to test these things out? leaning out over the chicago skyline on tilt. the hancock center's new high-rise attraction for those who want to test their level of vertigo. >> one-of-a-kind way to experience the views. >> it's certainly unique. by scaring the pants off me. >> there you are. >> reporter: the tilt hovers 94 floors above the city. eight visitors at a time are slowly tilted down at an angle of 30 degrees. >> i'd like to see someone else do it first. >> reporter: still, some prefer terrafirma. >> there's a splat factor at the bottom that i'm not a fan of. >> reporter: i don't need a parachute? >> no parachute needed. >> reporter: of course, that splat factor is reduced to zero, i hope. there are three hydraulic lifts,

and three laminated pieces of plexiglas, each one three quarters of an inch thick. oh, wow. i'm going to force myself to look down. holy cow. that's way down. so, yes, it is true. on a clear day, you can see forever. or about 50 miles. >> i think i'll just go for the glass of wine instead. >> reporter: okay, can you see me way over there? >> yes. >> we got you. >> you look good, kev. >> reporter: anyway, our thanks to nicole williams and for giving us this absolutely stunning and exclusive view this morning. but for now, guys, if you don't mind, i think i just want to get off of this thing for a few minutes. >> it's very cool, kevin. >> i love it. i can't wait to do it. >> i would do that in a heart beat. >> as long as there's glass and all of that, you're fine. looking down over the grand canyon, different story.

>> kev, thank you so much. the jump when you're at the grand canyon? they say it's a real thing. >> no. >> i'll talk to my therapist about it. coming up on "trending," an adorable life lesson for these little lion cubs. and up next, tamron has the emotional acceptance speech that's a big hit online, right after this.

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nba, and he gave a lot of love to his mom wanda. take a look. >> we wasn't supposed to be here. you made us believe. you kept us off the street. put clothes on our backs, food on the table. and when you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. you went to sleep hungry. you sacrificed for us. you the real mvp. >> so, for background, wanda was a single mom by the age of 21. kevin durant says one of his best moments, childhood memory was when they got their first apartment. no bed, no furniture. he and his mom sat on the floor and hugged each other and cried just happy to have a place of their own. so, people have been reacting to that moment, guys. jason kennedy tweeted out, i cried five times during this speech. a true leader highlights how the people around them make them better. also, one of our viewers says i've watched the speech a few times today, pure class and such

a gentleman. that's one proud mom in that crowd. so, we're asking you to send your message to mom using the #messageformom. guys, doesn't that just take your breath away? beautiful. >> so special. >> now you want everybody else to try to top that? it's impossible. >> it's not a competition. not a competition. >> roses are red. violets are blue. >> although savannah has a really cute list to her mom on the website. you should read that. >> thank you for the plug. kevin's got me beat, i guarantee you. we're going to keep on the moms theme. we've got an early mother's day surprise for a mom who spent her life working the overnight shift just so she could be there during the day with her kids. seth rogen is here with a very revealing painting of him and the famous friend who created it. >> thank god for those blurry created it. >> thank god for those blurry boxes. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties.

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good morning everyone. 7:56 police in san francisco looking for suspects after a speeding car crashed into apartment building. when officers saw what they thought was stealing a kcar the car hit a person and another car in the area of franklin and chestnut but kept on going. it crashed into a building. people inside jumped out and ran away. the ped is expected to be okay. >> let's check your weather. >> good morning to you. scott comfortable conditions for today. we are done with that wind. it was rather fierce.

for today we are going to keep that warm. 64 in san francisco and beautiful in san jose. we have changes as of tomorrow. enjoy tomorrow. temperatures in the 70s. mostly north of the golden gate bridge. as we head into your weekend major warming coming your way. we are talking about the mid 90s. enjoy the 70s. >> hope they last. we are here in the south bay. the volume continues to build this wednesday commute. looking pretty good. we are looking at the maps north 101. orange is better than red. you see the patches. a lot of it 580. earlier rigs the latest have cleared the roadway but that adds to the slow down for the try valley. there is the san matteo bridge.

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it's 8:00 on "today," and coming up, the truth behind baby brain. why becoming forgetful during pregnancy has a purpose. now on "mom's the word," our special series count down to mother's day, jenna wolfe is in indiana with a very special surprise for a mother of ten. >> we've got the mother of all surprises for one unexpecting mom. her kids would agree. that's coming up. and it's an all-star morning here in studio 1a. funnyman seth rogen and up and coming star elizabeth olsen appear live today, wednesday, may 7th, 2014.

>> thanks for bringing us all the way from michigan! we love you! >> it's my 10th birthday and my wish is to meet natalie. >> good morning, texas! >> seattle, washington. >> mississippi! >> charlotte, north carolina representing the big blue nation. go, cats! >> good morning! >> and welcome back to "today," everyone. 8:00 now on a wednesday morning. seventh day of may, 2014. and you know what? it's breezy and chilly again here in the northeast. >> every time tamron wears her lace burberry -- >> it's terrible. >> it looks fantastic. >> they shouldn't call this a coat. i love it, but it's not a koeco.

>> it's the illusion of a coat. as we mentioned, we're celebrating moms all week, and savannah, you are featured with your mom in the new issue of "people" magazine. >> yeah, this was so fun. doing a tribute to mom, so my mom and i got to pose for a photo shoot. it was really fun. rocky, we went and saw on broadway, we like to do together when she's in town. >> so a photo and you got to see a show. >> and an extreme makeover. so we had a great time. we went shopping for some baby stuff. >> how's the nursery going? you went shopping. >> you don't even want to know. right now it's just like a stack of stuff. >> that's a beginning. that's a beginning. and we should mention savannah's new maternity musings post on today.com. 23 lessons my mom taught me about raising a child. write little love notes on her napkin to find in her lunch bag, she'll remember it forever. have a few go-to recipes. i love this. you're a mom, not a chef.

>> sorry, mom. >> let's head inside. natalie's got a check of all the top stories. natalie, good morning again. >> good morning, everyone. millions of americans are coping with the first heat wave of the season. blistering temperatures have set records across the southeast and plains and brought an early taste of summer. the hot, dry weather comes on the heels of a drought and it is sparking brush fires in states like texas and oklahoma, where dozens of firefighters have been treated for heat-related issues. president obama is touring tornado-damaged communities near little rock, arkansas, today. on tuesday, he hosted weather professionals, including al roker, to highlight a new white house report that says the effects of climate change are already being felt. >> the public knows this is a problem. they're concerned about it. but they don't know if they can do anything about it. they think it's something in the distant future. and politicians generally up in congress are not going to get

out too far in front of the public. and that's why the public's voice has to be heard on this. >> critics of the climate report, including senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, call it alarmist and accuse the president of setting the stage for a national energy tax. the u.s. is sending military and law enforcement advisers to nigeria to try and help locate nearly 300 teenage girls kidnapped by an islamic militant group three weeks ago. secretary of state john kerry denied tuesday that the u.s. waited too long to offer assistance. he insisted that the american embassy has been involved from the start, but that nigeria's government had its own strategy. tuesday marked one year since three women and a child were rescued from a cleveland house where they had been held captive for years. two of the women, amanda berry and gina dejesus were honored. berry told the audience never give up hope. the third victim, michelle knight, was not included in the event because she was an adult

when she was kidnapped. nasa has gone high definition to provide spectacular views of the earth. this is now streaming a live high def video feed from the international space station. the view could inspire future astronauts, but it's also a test to see how well the high def cameras survived the rigors of space travel. and it may be time for some dads who love baseball to leave the baby at home. one little fan had a close call monday after a three-run homer against the royals. his dad lunged for the ball and nearly took a tumble, barely keeping his balance with the baby in arm. oh! i don't know, did he get the ball? i don't even know if he ended up with it. let's go back outside to al for a check of your forecast. >> today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. >> and good morning. we've got these folks here. you just graduated medical school. >> we did! >> what do you do next?

you come to the "today" show! what's your name? >> katherine. >> jill. >> jessica. >> where did you guys graduate from? >> suny buffalo. >> all right, congratulations, doctors. thank you so much. let's see what we have for you for today. and you can see some heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing through cleveland, ohio. but the good news is you're going to keep the rain, but it's going to be temperature about 72 degrees today. afternoon highs, again, it is downright baking from southern texas into the central plains. hot weather in the southeast as well. the southeastern gulf, 80s in the southwest. look for a slight risk of strong storms. texas into nebraska and kansas. also up to the north into minnesota. we've got a beautiful day in the pacific northwest. 67 in seattle. 62 here in boston with a 8:06 now. happy wednesday to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this, of course, is the beautiful bay bridge.

right now kind of a murky sky. but later on today, that sun is going to be out in full force, even with strong high pressure building in, we're talking about a beautiful day ahead with temperatures only ramping up into the upper 60s to low 70s. not too hot, not too cold. 65 in san francisco, 70 in the south bay, and 69 for the peninsula. changes coming your way. a warming trend as we head into this mother's day weekend. hope you have a fantastic day. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, mr. roker. up next, would you hire a teenage boy to watch your children? what they're becoming -- why they're becoming much easier to find. then on "mom's the word," we're going to hit the road to celebrate a very deserving mother of ten. she's in for a whole lot of surprises. and seth rogen on his new movie and being featured in his friend's very revealing -- >> oh, you ruined it. >> oh, no! >> but first, these messages. design for centuries"

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the life, the legend," he says that he rebelled. he tells a sports writer that i considered myself at a time, basically i was against all white people. jordan says it was his mother delores who convinced him that harboring hatred would only hold him back in his life. >> very honest and interesting account, having suffered racism, to be so candid about saying, you know, that made me have those bad feelings as well. >> and having just spoken out about the whole donald sterling situation with the l.a. clippers as well. >> interesting read. remember those babysitters club books? they were all about the adventures of young women. guess what. in real life, it's boys who are getting in on the babysitting action. the american red cross holds babysitting classes all over the country and that organization is now reporting an uptick in the number of boys signing up. these classes are geared to kids 11 to 14 and this year the number of enrolled students who are male is over 9%. they think that will climb higher as they get into the busy summer season. experts say boys these days don't care about those

traditional gender roles and a lot of families seem to agree. they like male babysitters. they think that they do a great job and i think it's wonderful. good paying job these days. >> we've hired guys as babysitters for many years. >> yeah. >> i made money babysitting when i was a kid. i was a good babysitter. >> how about you, savannah? were you a good babysitter? >> no. i was one of those bad babysitters that eats all the food and invites boys over. >> nice. >> who then became the babysitter. great. >> people all over saying we want a refund. you've probably heard expectant mothers, savannah, joking about having pregnancy brain. savannah. when they forget something like your phone. how many times? now new research shows that not only is it real that there's actually very good reason for it. psychology says expectant mothers experience increased activity in the area of the brain related to emotional skills, and the changes are designed to help them bond with their new babies immediately after birth.

scientists say new moms are more sensitive to emotional expressions. especially when it comes to their newborns. >> did you have pregnancy brain? >> yes. and by the way, it doesn't go away. >> it becomes momnesia? >> it becomes mom brain. >> that's great. now to the adorable lion cubs that passed a crucial first test at the national zoo in washington. three males and one female were able to keep their heads above water, swimming to the shallow -- over to the shallow end of the water and climbing on to dry land. look at that. >> there's a name for it. it's called swim reliability test and it's used to determine whether the cubs are ready to go on view for crowds. fortunately, as you see, all the cubs did pass with flying colors, so they are scheduled to make their public debut later next month. now they just need names. flipper? >> they took the names down, people put them in the water. they're going to remember. eyes on you, pal. >> and that is what's trending

today. coming all right, we're back with our "mom's the word" special series counting down to mother's day. this morning, we're honoring a mother of ten and a grandmother of two who works as a registered nurse. "today's" jenna wolfe is at the hospital where this mom works in southbend, indiana, with a whole lot of surprises. jenna, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. here's the deal.

linda muckle has been woshing overnight at the hospital for 28 years. that means she basically hasn't had a full night's sleep in 28 years. she did it so that she could come off nights and then help raise her ten, count them, ten children, so she wouldn't have to put them through daycare. and she did it with a smile on her face. so her kids decided it was time to honor her, because she's honored them for this entire time. so they wrote to the "today" show and we flew out here and we decided we are going to surprise her with a whole host -- she's coming down the hall here. she has no idea that the kids are here waiting. you guys think she'll be surprised? >> yes. >> let me see. okay, here she comes. ready? she has no idea. okay, ready? here she comes. big happy mother's day. >> can you get some pictures for us, if you can? >> hey, linda. come here. my name is jenna. we're with the "today" show. you might know these guys right here. >> happy mother's day! >> that's a happy mother's day that was 7:00 in the morning. if it was 10:00, you'd say -- >> happy mother's day!

>> linda, happy mother's day. on behalf of the "today" show, we wanted to surprise you. so your kids showed up, they're all dressed, by the way. even though it's early. are you surprised? >> absolutely. >> are you happy? >> i'm shocked. >> so wait, so these are -- one, two, three, four, five -- you have six. you have how many kids? >> i have ten. >> i know four of them couldn't make it. but they did want to send a very special message. but instead of playing it, we decided we would just -- why don't you turn around? you haven't seen your kids in so long. guys, come on in here. linda does not get a chance to see the four older kids. they all moved out of state. so linda, come on over here. now, let me ask you again. are you surprised? >> yes. >> well, these guys are so honored by everything you've done for them, they wanted to wish you the ultimate mother's day. was this the ultimate mother's day surprise? >> absolutely. >> i think we've rendered you speechless. >> absolutely.

>> ten kids, two grandkids. somehow we've put it all together so that they could play a very special video for you, so i'd like you to turn around and take a look right here. watch this. >> hi, mom. >> hi, mom. >> we love you. i love you because you've taught me how to be a great mom and are always there for me. >> i love my mother because she helps with my homework and is the best mom ever. >> i love my mother because she is humble and kind and loves me even when i mess up. >> she still hasn't given up on trying to teach me how to do laundry even after i've ruined her clothes a million times. >> she loves me no matter ha. and she gave me wonderful people in my life to look up to. >> even though you work all the time and have to take care of my other brothers and sisters, you still have time for me. >> i love my mother because i know that she would do anything for me. worked so hard to give me everything i have. >> i love you, mom. >> i love you, mom. >> i love you, mom. >> we love you. >> we love you so much. and bo loves his nana, too. happy mother's day. i love you. >> i'm practically crying.

was that beautiful? it was a whole bunch of "why i love you" and why you're the most important person in the world to all these guys here. how do you feel? >> i'm speechless. >> well, we have one other question for you. i know it's hard for you to see your older kids who live out of state. is that a financial thing? is it a transportation thing? >> and work. >> and all of it. >> can't just leave the rest to go see one. >> well, here's the deal. we couldn't possibly just come and give you half of a surprise. we have one more little surprise for you that i think, i think you may appreciate. why don't you come with me. kids, why doesn't everyone come this way. all right, so i understand the kids live out of state, right? >> yes. >> and you have a hard time getting to everybody. because your car is extremely unreliable and it has broken down way too many times to count. so on behalf of your friends at ford and the "today" show, and your amazing children who put this all together, we present

you with -- >> oh, my god. >> a brand-new car! linda, this is yours! you guys, come over here. mom's never driving you around again. she's going on some errands! this is all yours, linda. we're on live television. how do you feel? >> i can't believe it. >> well, believe it, because this is yours and you have these guys to thank for all of that. you guys, what do you think? >> happy mother's day! >> happy mother's day. >> linda, don't drive away because the segment's not quite over yet. >> okay. >> you guys come on in with her. >> here, bo. >> have you seen your mom this surprised before? >> never. >> linda, we want to say thank you so much. these guys, for everything you do, you have raised them, you've raised ten amazing children. you've got two grandkids. they couldn't possibly love you

more. is there anything you want to say to them? >> they're the best. with all my heart. >> she's off to go do some things, you guys. just so you know, she has important things to do. so for everyone out there, let this be a little message to you, go call your moms. like i hope this is as sweet for you guys as it was for linda. on behalf of everyone, happy mother's day. enjoy your ford fusion hybrid because we want to make sure you have the best mother's day ever. guys, back to you in the studio. [ applause ] >> best mother's day ever. bring tissues to these segments. >> wow. talk about overload. >> we've taken the concept of mother's day surprises into mother's day shocks. it's really wonderful. >> really sweet. >> we'll send it over to matt. savannah, thanks very much. if a wild fraternity moved in next door to you, how would you

deal with it? if you're seth rogen, you go to war. that is the premise of this new movie "neighbors." >> if you need anything or we get too noisy, talk to us, we'll take care of it. >> same with us. "game of thrones," we get loud. when khalisi comes on, we're like, oh! gets crazy. all righty. well, dope. >> that's all you can say to a kid. >> good morning, nice to see you. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> you don't remember what it's like to be in a fraternity and party all night? >> no. i've had a job since i was 17 years old. i wish i could have done that. but no, it seems -- everything i know about frats is from movies. >> but something tells me if a wild sorority moved in next door to this guy, the results would be different. >> it would be a drastically different film. i don't think my wife would be as onboard with it. i would have had a lot of fun making it. >> give them two or three years to get used to the neighborhood. >> who knows? they might turn out to be nice.

>> zac and dave franco were on the show. seriously, they went crazy raving about you. >> that's nice of them. >> dave called you a comic genius. zac said you are a hero in his eyes. zac also said that this new breed of comedy that you've pioneered has made you the comedic voice of a generation. >> wow. that's horrifying to think of. >> is that contractual? >> yeah, exactly. yeah. zac, i will pay you now. i'm still his boss technically until this movie comes out, so he has to say that stuff. >> but there are a lot of people, especially people of zac and dave's age, who feel that you have redefined comedy. when you started making movies, did you try to fill some kind of a void? >> yeah, honestly, when we started, it was born out of feeling unrepresented in movies. me and my friends. i felt like the way we talked, people didn't talk like that in movies. the things we casually engaged in, people didn't casually engage in in movies. and i remember -- yeah, when we

made "40-year-old virgin," the first movie i ever worked on, being like a very loud proponent of mostly like the language. i feel like people didn't speak in movies how me and my friends spoke in real life. >> it's one thing to set out to do something like that. are you surprised that it's resonate sod much with this group? >> i am very surprised, honestly, yeah. i mean, there's a lot of people -- i don't make like the most successful comedies by any means. for every movie i make, there's three that are much more successful than mine. so it's very -- i don't consider myself like at the top of the comedy game by any means. so it's nice that the kids seem to like the work. >> let's talk about the kids. thanks for the segue. i appreciate that. justin bieber. let's talk about justin bieber. he can't seem to do anything right these days. he makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. >> he's trying, really. >> he has been misbehaving. just when you think his year can't get any worse, he wakes up to find that the voice of a comic generation -- >> exactly. >> has completely slammed him. you were tough on him. why? >> i wasn't -- it's not like

i -- you know, people keep asking me about it. that's why. i would never say anything about it again if no one asked me. but, i don't know, to me the idea that like a grown man doesn't like justin bieber is not a controversial thought. like why would i? it would be much weirder if i did line justin bieber to me. like none of these people in this room like justin bieber. >> wait, wait, wait. everybody, applause for justin bieber. >> but to me, it's amazing. any time something like this happens and i just say something that very clearly a lot of people feel, and it becomes like a media thing. i don't know anyone who likes justin bieber. >> it's because people listen to you. let's move on to another guy. james franco. you've had a long friendship with him. >> i have, since i was 16 i've known him. >> it's like you did "freaks and geeks." >> first time i ever acted was with him. >> you did that kim and kanye video, that little sendoff. >> we did. >> and i'm sure you've seen these.

james franco has painted a series of pictures with you naked in them. >> yes, i'm his muse, apparently. >> i don't even have a question about this. >> there's no question. what do you ask? >> i'd like them to go away, actually. >> it just is what it is. it's too early for people to be seeing this. >> were you surprised that he posted these on instagram? >> i wish i could say i was. there's a point where you just stop being surprised and you're just like yep, that's what james likes to do. i don't even ask him about it, honestly. >> this seems in my opinion a call for some kind of retaliation? >> i did draw him last night on jimmy fallon's show. i'm not as good an artist as he is. but i don't even -- it's like, if we weren't famous and your friend was just doing that, you would laugh and say oh, my friend's crazy and messing with me. but then millions of people see it, so you're kind of forced to re-evaluate that a little bit. but i'm cool with it. if i can inspire art, who

wouldn't be proud of that? >> that's a good way to look at it. >> the lady in that da vinci painting. >> when you come up with a way to get him back, would you do it on the show? >> i will do it on the show. >> a very good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. south bay animal control officers have released a mountain lion back into the wild. they found it roaming the streets of mountain view last night. officers tranquilized the big cat after a four-hour standoff inside a big apartment complex garage. no one was hurt and now the mountain lion is free. let's see if we're traffic free this morning? >> no, sir. looking over here towards the peninsula, northbound 101 jams up toward the top of the screen. tells you about the willow avenue off-ramp coming up. and we do have that crash. and the activity northbound 101 jammed at willow, look at the

map. up through palo alto, both directions, in fact, distracted. there was an earlier crash on the southbound side as well. that ties things up coming through that area. meanwhile, the rest of your bay, a pretty typical wednesday commute. really kicked in hard over the last hour, but starting to smooth out a little bit. earlier crash 101 at de la cruz, all over on the shoulder. and now you're looking better for 280 northbound as well. westbound 580, finally recovering after the last of the incidents has cleared from the area, livermore into dublin. southbound 680 still slow. a slower drive across the san mateo bridge, but approaching the bay bridge, no surprises. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us. we'll be back with another update in half an hour.

♪ 8:30 on a wednesday morning. 7th of may, 2014. pretty day out here on the plaza. hoping for another pretty day next tuesday, because the queen of country music herself ms. dolly parton will be here. and she's going to give us a concert, which we are all really looking forward to.

and speaking of special performances, we've lined one up this morning from the cast of the show with the most tony nominations of the year, "a gentleman's guide to love and murder." >> i've got to see that show. also on the show, elizabeth olsen on her starring role in the reboot of "godzilla" and she's got some exciting news in her family. plus, carson takes you behind the scenes of last night's drama on "the voice." check this out. in honor of the stanley cup playoffs, our friends at the nbc sports network brought special ice pops to the plaza. and they're giving them out, i think. >> yeah. >> i guess not. >> there you have them. there you go. >> these are actually made out of shavings from madison square garden ice. >> no way. you can eat that? >> they're cleaned. >> wait a minute. have you ever seen what hockey players do during a game?

>> somebody thought it was a good idea. >> have you ever heard of blood on the ice? >> oh, man. >> by the way, you can catch game four -- it seemed like a good idea at the time. >> don't eat those! >> you can see game four of the rangers series with the pittsburgh penguins tonight on nbc sports network. it's before anybody gets on the ice. >> is the flavor blood orange? >> oh! savannah, top of the key. and it counts. drop the mic. let's show you what's -- oh, that was close. that was so close. >> she's fine, she's fine. >> let's check your weather, see what's going on for today. a risk of strong storms in the central plains and the southwest. fantastic weather up and down the west coast. a little chilly in los angeles. 67 degrees today. sunny for the gulf coast. tomorrow, slight risk of strong storms, texas all the way into the upper midwest. >> pull it together, al! >> that's what's going on around the country. 8:32.

happy wednesday to you, bay area. i'm meteorologist, christina loren. these are your temperatures for today. mostly sunny conditions. just spectacular. we're going to lose the wind that we had yesterday. so if you want to get outdoors, no problem. 75 degrees in the north bay. 66 in the east bay. look at where we are headed. a steady climb, all the way through this mother's day weekend. by sunday, we're going to be close to 90 degrees in the south bay. then by monday, mid-90s on the way, triple digits forecasted in the warm cities across the bay. hope you have a fantastic day. ather. hey, lady, how do those ice pops taste? are they good? that's okay. that's all for you. >> it's black and blueberry. >> check it out. by the way, calling all "harry potter" fans, universal orlando resort has a new attraction called the wizarding world of harry potter: diagon alley. it's pretty cool and we want you to be among the first to experience it. so starting may 13th, we're

kicking off a special sweepstakes called discovering diagon alley on "today." for six days, we're going to reveal clues about the iconic sites at the attraction. go to today.com for more information. 25 lucky folks will get to head to universal orlando for the new attraction's grand opening. >> that should be very cool. >> i've been down there. i've seen it. it is amazing. it really is. >> cannot wait. >> it's a whole new world. meanwhile, fireworks on "the voice" last night. as carson is about to tell us, when the smoke finally cleared, only five performers remained. ♪ >> monday's electrifying performances from cat perkins, delvin choice, audra mclaughlin, and sisaundra lewis weren't enough to keep them from being last night's bottom four. with the least number of votes,

they sang for their lives, a chance to remain on the show. when the votes were counted, america instantly saved cat. >> cat perkins! >> for a second time in a row, eliminating audra, sisaundra and delvin. delvin, it's new, you've been eliminated, how are you feeling? >> feel good. everybody thinks that it's one of those things where like you're devastated. my phone is flooded of just words of encouragement, affirmation. i'm in a great place, man. >> what are you going to do next? >> next time you see me, my hair will be completely red. ♪ keep me up until the sun is high ♪ >> would you feel anything different to still be around? >> no, i feel as if i gave everything else of me. it's amazing to say that i literally gave my all. ♪ >> sisaundra, i think a lot of

people this morning are surprised that you were on that bottom four. were you? >> well, i prepared myself to be. because there's so much amazing talent that was onstage tonight. so you just can't take for granted that you're just going to be on top. >> what are you going to do next? >> i know that i'm going to go home and hug up on my kids for a little while, but i just do look forward to continuing performing. singing is my life. >> for now, five artists are safe until next week. for "today," carson daly, nbc news, los angeles. >> and just a reminder, you can watch the top five perform monday, 8:00/7:00 central time right here on nbc. savannah? >> all right, matt, thanks. the original "godzilla" was released 60 years ago. now that gigantic monster is back causing destruction around the globe. elizabeth olsen plays elle

brody, a mother and wife trying to hold it all together. >> hello? >> elle. are you all right? how's sam? >> i've been calling you everywhere. are you okay? >> i've got sam with me. >> great. because i was thinking, i want to get you out. >> i can't believe this is happening. >> elizabeth olsen is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, lizzy. you said i could call you. okay, san francisco just took a beating. san francisco does not fare well. there's godzilla. do you like scary movies? were you immediately into this? >> yeah, i was. i didn't really have a "godzilla growing up." but i had "jaws" and "tremors" and those kind of monsters. >> we're used to seeing you in really interesting roles and they're kind of in indie films. this seems like the first big hollywood blockbuster you've done. besides the better food around the set, any other big differences? >> yeah. i think it gives you more of an

opportunity to experience, like, the magic of making a movie. you can go into a sports auditorium and it's completely transformed with art design and extras. and it's those moments when you're like wow, that's why you're making a big movie right now. but other than that, because i'm really rooting down the family story, it very felt intimate the majority of the time. >> because the acting is still a big part of it. >> yeah, the acting and the story we tell through two generations of this family. three, actually, because i play a mother. is at the heart of it. but it has a lot of action. >> you mentioned that you play a mother. your co-star, if he's fussy and temperamental, we could understand, he's 4 years old. >> yeah. >> but you said he was a delight. >> he is a delight. carson. yeah, he plays my son sam. and we spent a lot of time just hanging out before working, so he felt comfortable with me. yeah, it's -- kids are a lot of energy and it requires a lot of patience, and they don't want to do something 100 times like over

and over again. and you can't blame them. it's really unnatural. >> they actually have the right idea. you were a child actress. you've been taking classes since you were 7 years old. a lot of people know your older sisters, the olsen twins on "full house." was it something you always wanted to do, or was it just always there so you fell into it? >> something i always wanted to do. it was my group of friends at school. we were all very creative and wrote our own plays on the playground. we didn't -- you know, there was kickball and then there was, like, the musical version of "angelica's window", or whatever that cartoon was. yeah, it was something i always wanted to do and going to college was the moment to take it seriously. >> well, we get to see you a lot. you're in "the avengers" as well. "godzilla" opens up nationwide on may 16th. lizzie, thank you for being here. coming up next, luke russert is here. he'll talk about his dad's legacy as a journalist and a father. but first, this is "today" on nbc. a

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we're back now at:41. it's hard to believe, it's been six years since we lost our friend and our colleague tim russert. of course, the moderator of "meet the press." tim was proud of a lot of things in his life, including his bestseller. no argument, though, the top of his list of things he was proud of, his son luke. he's now a correspondent here at nbc and he's written a new preface to "big russ and me" for the tenth anniversary edition. luke, nice to see you, good morning. >> good morning. thank you for that introduction. >> my pleasure. your dad was here when this book came out and we talked about it. he was so overwhelmed by the response he was getting from people all across the country. what was your response when you read the book for the first time? >> well, when i first read it, i actually cheated a little bit.

i looked at some excerpts that he had printed up in his office and i noticed them and i read it, and i read the words, especially that sort of letter to luke, and it ended up allowing me to get a tattoo. i got tjr on my side. and i told himbout that after i had read part of the book and he just broke down and cried. so it really brought us together. we were already very close, but it was the icing on the cake. >> in the new introduction to the cake, and this is all about fatherhood and the relationship between fathers and sons, you write this. there are many different walks of life in this country, but fatherhood is the great equalizer. you don't have to be rich to be a good dad, you don't have to have a fancy degree to be a good dad or drive a nice car, you just have to care. your dad told me a lot that his dad, big russ, was not the most e fusive guy. >> right. >> when it came to him. he knew he loved him but he didn't show it a lot. your dad was different with you. >> he showed it all the time. there was not one day that went by where i did not know my father loved me, but it came

through by the way he always checked in. i'm not a father, you are, but one thing people always say is how come your father was such a great guy raising you, where did he succeed? i would say he didn't put fatherhood in his outlook or google calendar. it was a 24 job. it wasn't sort of oh, i should call luke right now. say i want to call luke right now. i want to check in. i want to have an interest in his life. that really shines through if you know your parent cares. >> you're now a valued member of nbc news. >> thank you. >> we love having you here. you're doing an amazing job. now that you've seen what this job entails, what this profession entails, with all the challenges, the highs and the lows, does it put your father's legacy in a different perspective for you? >> absolutely. i love him even more. i was amazed after working at nbc news for a few years of just how much of a 24/7 job it is. and oftentimes, he would do the "today" show, he would do nightly news all while running the washington bureau, keep up

on the politics of the day, and come home and do vocabulary cards with me at night, go to my games. i can't imagine how he had any time for himself after that. but honestly, it's meant the world, it really has. >> a book that he wrote about the generation above him, as a gift to the generation below him. i'll speak for your mom now. is there going to be a another generation of russerts? >> don't worry, there will be. we've got to find the right partner in that, but we'll get there. >> your mother will use that tape to haunt you in the next few years. luke russert, good to see you. up next, a live performance from the cast of ten-time tony nominee "a gentleman's guide to love and murder." but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back now with our series "the best of broadway." this morning, one of the hottest shows on the great white way, "a gentleman's guide to love and murder." it just received ten tony nominations, including best musical, best director, lead

actor, and featured actress. so get ready for a bloody good time. set in 1909 london, "a gentleman's guide to love and murder" is a light-hearted black comedy that stars bry s bryce in the role of monty navarro. monty discovers he's a long-lost relative of a noble family and is in line to become the next earl of highhurst. the only problem, there are eight other family members before him in that line for the title. each of those characters is portrayed by the hilarious tony-nominated jefferson mays. monty sets out on a path that's less than gentlemanly, knocking off the heirs one by one. at the same time, he juggles a status hungry mistress and his privileged and proper fiancee. so here to perform "i've decided to marry you" from "a

gentleman's guide to love and murder," bryce pinkham, lauren worsham and lisa o'hare. take it away. >> who could that be? >> i haven't the foggiest. quick, go into the bedroom. shut the door. be very still! ♪ i've decided to marry you i've decided to marry you ♪ ♪ i have thoroughly thought it through ♪ ♪ and the man i want is you nonetheless i will marry you ♪ i confess that i'm frightened too ♪ ♪ this is quite unconventional if you do not say yes at once i think i'll die ♪

♪ you've granted me speechless what am i doing here ♪ i'll stay invisible ♪ if that's a woman what is she doing here ♪ why is she here in the home of a bachelor ♪ ♪ i'm here as well i cannot hear, which is well ♪ ♪ i should go home i believe my life is done ♪ ♪ isn't she darling

taken a wounded boy ♪ ♪ this is quite unconventional why don't you send the cow away ♪ ♪ what was that? that sound. is there someone here? >> pay no attention. that's my new man servant. he's just finding his way around. i'll be with you in a moment. wadsworth. ♪ isn't this madness who could foresee ♪ ♪ one in the parlor one in the bedroom ♪ ♪ i am on fire full of desire ♪ ♪ and dare i say it love phoebe perfect and lovely ♪

♪ round and round it goes how happy i'd be ♪ ♪ of course i accept your proposal ♪ ♪ i've decided to marry you set me free ♪ ♪ i've decided to marry you look what you've done to me ♪ ♪ monty monty ♪ ♪ now monty, dear, i think i now should go ♪ ♪ i've decided to marry you how i'm longing to marry you ♪ ♪ she must go

go must go ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> a great performance, "a gentleman's guide to love and murder" playing here in new york city. we are back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

little bit earlier, we talked about monica lewinsky's upcoming essay for "vanity fair" magazine. she opens up about the aftermath of her affair with the former president, bill clinton. we asked you folks at home if you felt bad for her. what are the results? >> we said, do you feel sorry and that may be the keyword there, because 86% said no, they do not feel sorry for monica lewinsky. 14% said yes. so maybe if we add do you feel badly for her. sorry is a strong word and maybe that's why that reaction. i don't know. 86% say they don't. >> i'm curious once they read the whole story on "vanity fair." >> which is not out for a few days. >> she's not really asking for people to feel sorry for her. >> we just posed that question. you often will say, do you feel badly for her when you look at history as it relates to clinton and as it relates to hillary. >> what else do you have next hour? >> we'll talk more about monica lewinsky and a big clip i know you guys were talking about. >> kevin durant. >> kevin durant thanking his mother. it got me.

i'm sorry, it got me. >> my mother's already called me and saying you better step it up. get in the game. >> get in the game, lauer. >> we're back with a lot more on this wednesday morning, but first, a check of your local good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. president obama has changed his plans, because of security concerns. tomorrow night's fund-raiser will be held at the san jose fairmont. on friday morning, he'll be speaking at walmart in mountain view about energy efficiency. there had been different plans earlier. let's check the weather with christina. good morning. >> hey, good morning, scott.

good morning to you at home. look at your numbers for today. i have to tell you, there is an overcast sky right now over the south bay. it's not going to last much longer that sun will be out in full force and we're headed towards really comfortable temperatures today. 75 in the north bay, 66 in oaktown, 72 in the tri-valley with a nice building breeze this afternoon. and then the heat cranks as we get into your mother's day weekend. 89 by sunday. take

. from nbc news, this is "today's take" with willie geist, tamron hall, natalie morales, and al roker. >> welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. it's may 7th, 2014. a great crowd out on our plaza on another beautiful day. we're kind of getting into this good weather thing. i hope nobody ruins it for us later in the week. >> don't say it, it's going to be raining at the end of the week. >> of course it is! >> gave you the raised eyebrow. >> couldn't give us two days of good weather, could you? i'm willie geist along with tamron hall and natalie morales. al had to skip out a little bit early this morning. everybody's talking about this

monica lewinsky piece in "vanity fair" magazine. we only have excerpts as of yet, but there's plenty in there to talk through. and perhaps you remember this moment in the clinton presidency. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman, ms. lewinsky. >> so monica lewinsky is back in the news writing about her relationship with president clinton in the june issue of "vanity fair." it's been 16 years, if you can believe it, since that affair. she was 22 years old and a white house intern when she had an affair with the thenpresident. she's now 40 years old. after more than a decade out of the limelight, she says she's passed up many opportunities but says it's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress. i think we all know what she's referring to there. if you don't, use your google machine. she apologizes for her role in the scandal, writing "sure, my boss took advantage of me, but i will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. any abuse came in the aftermath when i was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position."

lewinsky admits she has felt "gun shy" about speaking out, but wonders, should i put my life on hold for another eight to ten years. she says she's never really held a steady job. potential employers worry about her history and she was never quite right for the position. >> or then she was too right for all the wrong reasons. they'd want her to appear at event where is there was going to be press, where obviously her story would be the narrative. >> a lot of people are talking about what is seen as a double standard, though, with how this has played out in history. bill clinton at his most popular right now, and monica lewinsky unable to get a job. and we asked people to go to today.com, and the question was, do you feel sorry for monica lewinsky? 86% said no. i think sorry is a loaded word. >> it is a loaded word. >> so i think that's why 86% said no. but when you read that she has not been able to hold a steady job, when an employer says to her, your history, and she's not able to resume a productive,

happy life, she's thought about suicide. she said that really her decision to talk this time around was after seeing the suicide of tyler clemente, that's the 18-year-old who jumped to his death after a roommate secretly filmed him kissing someone. >> yes, of course. you know, it's interesting because she's obviously a smart woman. she's gone on to get a degree from the london school of economics. but yeah, i mean, she clearly has great skills, credentials. she's held jobs. i believe she tried to start a handbag business, which went out of business, and other things. but to not have a second chance at life, unfortunately, that incident has forever tainted her at the age of 21, that is her history. >> so the question is why is it tainting the woman and not the man? >> a lot of people are asking that. >> it is the lewinsky scandal, not the clinton scandal. people call it the lewinsky scandal. there is a double standard. >> she made a mistake when she was 21, 22 years old. no one's excusing that and she acknowledges it over and over

again in this piece. but what you read of it, she's not asking for pity. if you read what she's saying. but why should that now 16 years later shape who she is? it will, because you hear her name and it does. but she can't get a job and she can't have the kind of life she wants to have. >> you wonder if she's ever been married, you wonder if it's affected her ability to have a relationship. >> absolutely it has. what's interesting as well, people are saying why are we bringing this up again? do you know how many times there's a joke or a song that references this girl's name? i am perplexed when folks say well, let's just move on. well, no one's moved on. >> she can't move on. >> she can't move on. and so she owns her story. it is a part of her life. and if she wants to talk about it every year, folks don't have to read it, but i think that visceral reaction to why is she bringing this up again, it's a part of her journey and it still haunts her journey. >> a lot of people wondering about the timing of it as well if she's starting to talk about this as hillary is potentially mulling overrunning for the presidency in 2016.

so questions about that. >> but rand paul brought her name up now three or four times, including on "meet the press." so, the topic is not going away, if hillary clinton decides to run, including already with folks who may run against her, senator rand paul bringing it up multiple times. so why can't monica lewinsky? >> by the way, people were saying perhaps she did stay quiet for ten or so years and some people questioned whether or not she had been paid off during that time by the clintons. and she said absolutely not. she says the buzz in some circles is that the clintons must have paid me off, why else would i have refrained from speaking out? i can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth. >> bill clinton in realtime paid a price. there was an impeachment vote. but in the long-term, clearly she has paid the higher price. >> absolutely. another story that's caught our attention, this woman in illinois, she lost 170 pounds. that's something we would celebrate. 170 pounds. and she was to be featured, her success story, in "shape" magazine on the website.

very popular website. but when brooke birmingham -- that's a picture of her -- submitted this after photo of herself in a bikini, the writer asked her to submit a different picture, one perhaps of her wearing a t-shirt. because if you look closely there, you see that she has the excess skin that is very common if you lose that much weight, and you have that. so when brooke was asked to take a different photo, she was told it was policy to show success stories in tees, but after looking at other success stories, that was not the case. so there are several women who are now shown in their bikinis. they don't have a shirt on. brooke says the fitness magazine is hiding what weight loss really looks like and feels her body was not good enough to be featured on the website. she wants to start a conversation about what real bodies look like when you've lost that much weight. >> interesting. i mean, we should read -- "shape" magazine sent us a statement. they said this is a result of a misunderstanding with a freelance writer. this does not represent "shape"'s editorial values and the comments made about

"shape's" editorial policy are absolutely untrue. "shape" prides itself on celebrating women like brooke and any indication that we would not run the piece with the photo provided is wrong as we would have been proud to share her inspirational story. interesting. >> well, brooke, whether they feature you or not, this has gone viral. i get that magazines are in the beauty business. they always try to pick the perfect specimen for everything. beautiful models are air brushed, so it doesn't surprise me. but the magazine denies it. in the end, though, the support for brooke is tremendous online. and she's now an inspiration for a lot of people. >> she actually e-mailed us, too. said i did this not for attention, but to show all women and men they can be perfect in their own image and they don't need to listen to what the media's perception of what ideal image is. i didn't do this to start an issue with "shape." i did this to show the true body of a major weight loss. i love my body. i do this for the people to know they're not alone. >> and she should share her diet secrets. >> that's amazing. whatever she did. >> she lost 170 pounds.

>> celebrate that. 170 pounds is definitely incredible. now this is a story that is very horrifying. a british man went into the hospital for a routine urilogical procedure. got a big surprise when he woke up and received a vasectomy by mistake after doctors operated on the wrong site. >> wrong site? that's what we're calling it now, a site? >> i didn't want to get specific. >> please don't. i'm grateful that you didn't. >> this happened at royal liverpool university hospital. now, the hospital doctors said they regretted the distress this man has -- that this has caused man and apologized to the patient. the hospital is now investigating the incident. we don't know who the man is. we don't know his age. very different if he's 20 and got a vasectomy versus 80 and got a vasectomy. >> we don't know how old is he? >> tony randall had a baby after 80. older men have babies. i imagine you can make the decision, not the doctor.

>> absolutely. >> willie's eyes got really big. >> you're right, that is the patient's choice. the doctor, let me do you a favor, guy. >> it can be reversed, although i don't think success for having children later on. >> that's terrible. hopefully he can get that sorted out. we want to play this clip for you because it's so incredibly heartwarming. kevin durant was named the nba's mvp yesterday. the best player in the league. and gave a speech while accepting the award that paid tribute to his mother. >> we wasn't supposed to be here. you made us believe. you kept us off the street. put clothes on our backs, food on the table. when you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. you went to sleep hungry. you sacrificed for us. you the real mvp. >> oh, my gosh. and he went on like that. so his mother and his grandmother raised him. >> yeah, wanda was a single mom by the age of 21.

and durant says his best memory as a child was their first apartment, they had no bed, no furniture, and they all sat around and hugged each other on the floor just happy to have a roof over their head. >> his mother was a postal worker who worked at night. so she wasn't around at night to put them in bed and the grandmother barbara helped out with all that. but think about that journey. you're in that room hugging each other and then your boy's up on that stage. >> mvp! >> your son is up on that stage accepting the award as the best player in the world. >> he's taking good care of mom now. >> that's why people love kevin durant. he's a great guy. and his life is a tribute to his mother and his grandmother. so well-done, durant. let's get a check of the weather from dylan dreyer. she's down covering the heat wave in wichita, kansas in for al. hey, dylan. >> hey, good morning, guys. it is going to be a warm one again here today. we will most likely break some records. but the heat is spreading north and east. where that warm front is, that's also where we have some showers. and we are going to see some stronger storms develop as we go

into this afternoon. you can see a few spotty showers. as the sun heats up the ground, we are going to see potentially those become more severe. as we go into tonight and tomorrow, in the area i'm at right now across kansas and down into oklahoma, that's where we could see some severe storms. and because of that, we do have a slight risk issued by the storm prediction center from texas up through oklahoma and parts of kansas, and then a secondary area where we do have that slight risk of storms up through the northern plains and the upper midwest. then that whole area shifts eastward as we go into thursday. biggest threat will be for some heavy downpours and of course, the large hail. tornados, though, should be 9:11. happy wednesday to you. taking a live look at at&t park. our boys are away, but look at what they're missing. a beautiful day in san francisco. we are going to jump from the 50s into the 70s and no warmer than that. about 70 degrees in the south bay. the peninsula's at 68. temperatures today in san francisco at about 64 degrees.

this is what you can expect. just spectacular conditions for today. getting into tomorrow, showers possible, especially up in the north bay, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. then your weekend, the warm-up is on. >> and that is your latest forecast from kansas. back over to you guys in new york. >> all right, dylan, thanks so much. up next, have you ever felt a sudden sharp pain in between your shoulder blades? hmm, could be the sign of something pretty serious. we'll tell you about some pains you should never ignor latte or au lait? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? exactly the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the all-new sleep number classic series. designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. starting at just $699.99 for a queen mattress. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. find your sleep number setting only at a sleep number store. know better sleep with sleep number.

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good morning to both of you. a lot to get to. let's start off first with a sharp ache that you may feel between the shoulder blades. what could that be an indicator of? >> it could be an indicator of a heart attack. actually 30% of people who have heart attacks don't get the classic chest pressure symptoms. so for women, you want to pay attention for jaw pain, shortness of breath, pain between your shoulder blades, maybe nausea. it could be serious. >> doc, how do i distinguish between my shoulder's hurting me a little bit to i'm having a heart attack? that's a huge leap. >> it's a different type of pain. when you have a heart attack, you do feel chest pressure in your chest, although you may not. you can feel a sharp stabbing type of pain or a crushing type of pain. it's very different than a muscle ache that you know and are familiar with. >> go to the doctor right away if you're feeling that pain. >> in fact, you should call 911 if that's what you're expecting. partly because if you call 911 and you go, the emergency responders have a system to call the emergency room and set up a system where they can facilitate

you getting in through quicker. if you go yourself, by the time you tell the nurse and then they tell the doctor, that can be valuable moments that you need to save your life. >> good to know. next one, a thunder clap head ache. so how is this different, abby, from a migraine or just a serious head ache? >> it's going to be different. it's going to come on very suddenly. it's going to be very severe. it's going to feel like a thunder clap. it's a great description of it. so it actually could be a sign of an aneurysm. so you do not want to ignore it. >> is there something to do with popping aspirin? we always hear about that. heartaches as well. but with an aneurysm, can you pop an aspirin to mitigate the circumstances? >> the risk of an aneurysm is it can burst and cause bleeding. if you do take aspirin, you'll end up bleeding for a longer period of time. >> so don't do the aspirin. >> a dull stomach pain that gets sharper as it moves lower to the right of your abdomen? what is that a symptom of? >> stomach pain is a hard one because often when you get a stomach ache, the exact location can be hard to pin down. but if you have a dull pain,

gets sharper as it moves to the lower right side of your abdo n abdomen, it could be appendicitis. especially if it gets more intense over a 24-hour period, you want to be very aware of this. >> it's not going away. >> what is this next one? mid back pain with a fever. i'm not sure i've heard that combination before. what could that be? >> it could be a kidney infection that comes from an untreated urinary tract infection. essentially it's severe pain in your lower back, very tender if you pound on the lower back or mid back region. and it's very dangerous, because if you don't treat it, the kidneys can shut down and it stops filtering all the toxins in your body. >> so if you're feeling that and also a fever, you know you're in some trouble? >> absolutely. >> go to the doctor and treatment is pretty quick? >> treatments are antibiotics, if caught early enough. usually you can catch it with a urinary tract infection. >> you're getting the next one here. >> this next one, i'll take care of this one. menstrual cramps that don't get better with medication and it's more severe every month. so what could that be a symptom of?

>> it could be a symptom of endometriosis. it's estimated that about 40% to 60% of women whose periods are very painful actually have endometrios endometriosis, so you don't want to ignore this or brush it off. >> for those who don't know what endometriosis is, can you help us? >> it's a lining of the uterus that grows in that region somewhere else. it can present really anywhere in the body, even as high as the lungs. so if you have pain that corresponds with the cycle of your period, it's something you should bring up with your doctor. >> so much more we were supposed to talk about, but all very good information. thank you very much. coming up next, time to get you caught up on all the news you need before you leave the house this morning. and we're shaking things up a bit with a new challenge with our six months to a six-pack crew. back to show [ jennifer ] i was not aware of how much acidity was in my diet. i was so focused on making good food choices, i had no idea that it was damaging the enamel of my teeth.

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looking at fremont, south bay 880. i've zoomed in to show you the congestion. i could have showed you a wider shot of the congestion, too. but it's just congestion. the rest of the bay looking pretty standard, but we have a sticking point southbound 880 from dakota all the way down toward mission, where i've just showed you that live shot. slow west 237 and west 101. we have that crash on university, which has cleared, actually, at willow. it looks bad on the map, but it's recovered quite a bit over the last few minutes. scott, there you go, northbound heading towards us. >> another local news update coming for you in half an hour.

welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning, may 7th, 2014. i'm willie along with natalie and tamron, who's getting fired up over here. al had to leave a little early this morning. did you guys see this in chicago? >> i love it. >> you do? oh, scary. >> if you're looking for a thrill, this is the place to go. >> new tourist attraction. it's called the chicago tilt. it's an enclosed glass and steel movable platform, tilts you out a thousand feet, giving tourists a downward facing view of the windy city. actually, it doesn't tilt as far as i thought it would. >> sit 45 degrees? looks like at one point you can hang out further. >> that's the john hancock

center. the chicago observatory. >> it's right in the heart of the city. you can get a great view. but what would i leave on the glass? [ laughter ] >> a little breakfast on the glass. >> my egg mcmuffin. >> they do have to have a guy up there with the squeegee. >> not for the faint of heart. >> i think i could do that. i thought it went different. >> there's glass protecting. it's a different story if you're hanging from a harness looking straight down. >> kevin tibbles. brave man up there. brave man. let's get another check of the weather from dylan dreyer. he's covering the heat wave in wichita, kansas. hey, dylan. >> hey, good morning, guys. i wonder if they got that idea from ferris bueller's day off. would love to do that. we are talking about the heat in the middle of the country. brutal heat wave. record-breaking temperatures all the way through here into the southwest. parts of texas, oklahoma, everyone's breaking records now. it's not that humid.

so the mornings are a little cool and then temperatures skyrocket through the afternoon. but it's that combination of high heat and low humidity and this gusty wind that is spreading fires if they do develop. so we do have an increased fire danger across parts of the country today. we also have an increased threat of slight risk of storms, especially through the plains and also a secondary area across the upper midwest. that's where we will especially see some larger hail out ahead of this whole frontal system. tornados should be isolated with this system, but as we go into tomorrow, that slight risk extends from texas all the way up into parts of wisconsin. and it's in that area in red where we could see some of our strongest storms through the day. again, hail, damaging wind gusts, an isolated tornado is possible. so that's an area we certainly what a beautiful window we get to peek out of. good morning to you. taking a live look here. gorgeous bay bring this morning.

temperatures are mainly in the 50s. we are headed towards the 70s before the day is done. 70 degrees straight up in the south bay. peninsula's at 68 degrees and temperatures are going to stay comfortable for just one more day. as of tomorrow, we're talking about showers on the way. especially up in the north bay. and then this weekend, that heat escalates. we'll take you through your seven-day forecast in moments. >> and that is your latest forecast. back to you guys in new york. >> all right, dylan, thanks a lot 678. now to our viewers who have taken on a six months to a six-pack challenge to get toned up by summer. >> we are going to go head-to-head in a trivia game parti t with the participants, who are all looking good this morning. >> and joy and jeff. good morning once again. >> you guys better be scared because these guys know their stuff. >> let's get caught up on their progress, meanwhile. kelly, last time she was back here a couple weeks ago, we know she had hit a plateau. had come up like two pounds.

where is sle doihe doing now? >> she's right back down. down 39 pounds and she is right at the finish line. >> that's excellent. tamara is down as well. she had hit a plateau last week. now she started at 178, today she's 152, down a total of 26 pounds. >> for those who hit a plateau, just keep going, right? >> how's my man ralph doing? >> ralph was a little bit too low. he surpassed his goal. so his instruction was to actually increase the healthy foods. so he put on a couple of pounds. he did it. he's at his goesm al. he's now 167. he's lost a total of 33 pounds. >> that's awesome, you guys. >> some muscle. >> he looks jacked. >> doesn't he? >> what are you doing with him? he looks jacked. >> willie's like, i need the secrets. >> so this is going to be sort of like family feud style. tamara, you're going to come up

first. and you're going to go up against kelly. >> and how do you answer, joy? how do you weigh in? >> i'm going to ask you a question and if you know the answer, whoever is going to grab this shaker weight first, shake it, shake it, shake it. try to be polite. >> if you just grab it and don't shake it, it doesn't count. >> you have to shake that thing. >> really, joy? >> for the first question, cup for cup, which low calorie berry is the highest in fiber. raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries? >> the answer, i know it! blueberries? >> wrong! >> oh! >> tamron's going to weigh in. go ahead. >> raspberry. >> that's the right answer! it actually has eight grams of fiber per cup. >> all right, hop up.

>> many of us are heading outdoors to run or jog in this beautiful spring weather. is it better to, a, stretch before running or jogging, b, stretch during your run or jog, or c, stretch afterwards? oh, super early on this one. >> stretch after. >> the correct answer is stretch after. >> wow. >> so most people think -- i know you're a runner, so she had a little bit of an advantage. people think of stretching as static stretching, reaching an olding. you don't want to do that. if you're running, afterwards that's okay at the end. but up kicks, that is okay before. but generally, after is better. >> all right. >> let's go. >> oh. the staredown. >> okay. which of these warm weather alcoholic beverages is lowest in

calories, is it a a mojito, rum and coke, or a can of beer? >> oh! >> can of beer. >> so a can of beer. >> i'm coming back for you, ralph. >> so a can of beer, 12 ounces, is about 150 calories, and the other two start at 200. so high five. >> good job. >> i'll give that one to ralph. >> don't worry, we've been training specifically for that speed. >> all right, kelly. >> tamron. >> come on up. >> so here we go. which outdoor springtime activity burns the most calories in one hour. walking, mowing the lawn, or gardening? >> walking? >> no! it is actually mowing the lawn. walking comes in last, as a matter of fact. you'll actually burn more calories gardening, and mowing the lawn.

i'm sorry. mowing the lawn burns the most. walking you'll burn the least in one hour. >> natalie versus tamara. which of these spring summer foods will be the most effect initiative relieving a bloated belly. is it a, watermelon, b corn on the cob, or c, salsa. >> watermelon. >> watermelon is right! excellent. watermelon is 92% water, and the more water you take in, the more water you flush out. and contrary to what a lot of people think, it's not loaded with sugar. >> one more. >> willie and ralph again. here's a staredown. whoa! >> yeah. yeah. >> tense. >> which of the following is the best form of cardio to get your heart rate up, is it a weight lifting, b jogging, c swimming,

or d -- or d. that's a disqualification. or d, all of the above. you didn't even hear the -- >> which is the most? swimming. >> which is the best for cardio? you want to try, ralph? it's d. all of the above. >> what do you mean? that makes no sense. the heart is a dumb muscle. no matter what you do to it, think about squatting in the gym. >> but they're not all exactly equal. >> the intensity may not be the same, but you will get the card cardio vvascular benefit no matr what. >> nonsense. >> don't be a sore loser, willie, come on. >> we have a surprise. >> all right! they deserve to win, with all the weight loss they've accomplished. >> good game. good game, guys. good game. good game. nice, guys. we know you enjoy ab-blasting recipes. we actually have three of them on our website at today.com, so check them out. here's something else to love. saving money on your summer

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frustrations about traveling with children. how can families save on airfare? >> there's a surprising trick. if you're searching for airfare for a family of four, you don't want to search for four people. start your search for just a single seat. and there's a reason for this. it's because all of the airline booking sites, there's this quirk where they'll only turn up the cheapest fare for your entire party. if you're willing to book two and two, you can save a lot of money. chicago to orlando, there are two seats at 295 and two more at 330. that's $70 saved. >> willie has two kids. i travel with my nieces and nephews on every vacation. we always end up split apart. we have a 3-year-old. you don't want a 3-year-old sitting alone. what do you do? >> it's tough in any case no matter how you're booking to get the whole family to sit together. in this case, actually doing two and two might be a little bit easier because you're going to be able to find those seats right when you book and check in. >> you've got some website suggestions? some specific places to go? >> yes. one of the things that we've been seeing a lot of is these

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all right, now for a little tough love. two brave couples have agreed to forego their favorite go-to outfits at the request of their partners to upgrade their look. >> the key is at the request of their partners, and to help them do it, we enlisted the help of fashion stylist jamie pearl. a lot of people can relate to this. you may want to change something with your significant other, but you're scared to say it, especially if you're a guy. >> it's true. i think all couples can relate and it's kind of hard to break the news, but they all told me what their issues were, so i tried to solve the problems but still make sure that they were comfortable and everything is affordable as well. but just a freshened up, polished version of what they like. >> first we have monica and she's been married for 13 yoers and still wears her maternity style dress?

>> yes, she wear ss a maternity style dress. her husband told me she has a great figure even after three children. i think he's going to be happy about this because we're showing off her figure. and her skin. but we're doing it in a really tasteful, age-appropriate way. and this dress, by the way, is from kohl's. it's only $52. and just a more bright, freshened up color than that drab, dark maxi dress. >> burn that maxi dress, you look amazing. >> yeah. >> these accessories are really affordable. it's a designer consignment site. so clothing, dresses, accessories and everything gives back to charity and a great nude pump from t.j. max. >> let's take a look at the before picture on jeff. the thing that monica didn't like a whole lot. isn't that a brendan jacobs jersey? >> she was saying i don't want him to always look like he's going to watch a game. but again, i wanted him to feel like himself and be comfortable, so -- >> we should point out they have not seen each other yet.

jeff, come on out. >> updated look. >> you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> you guys can hug or something if you want. >> she is your wife. >> i put brett still in a new york shirt so he could represent new york sports and sort of a cool, vintage t-shirt sort of way. and this jacket is from premium outlets for under $100. and that just polishes everything off. pulls it all together. and then g star shoes as well. >> keep him manly without the jersey. >> exactly. >> and you can still represent new york in a tasteful way. >> you need to take her out to lump lunch. >> after this is over. >> our next couple, married for eight years. robin was into the leggings. >> they have seven kids and six dogs between the two of them. so i understand why it's just easy, leggings are sort of her go-to comfortable uniform. but i updated her in a great look that i think she still feels just as comfortable in. >> let's see the richard before

and we'll bring them out at the same time. richard's before photograph. do we have the before photograph? it's going to be great. >> richard liked to wear a track suit. >> there he is. >> she said this is like tony soprano every day in the track suit. >> all right, come on out. >> so for robin -- >> not bad, right? >> looking good. looking smooth. >> i did a skinny pant on her instead and then i did a great fitted blazer from ted baker. >> they look great. you look marvelous. i hope you take her somewhere fancy for lunch. this is "today" on nbc.

look who's back, kathie lee and hoda. >> i never left. >> you know who's here? kristen bell. she's standing over there somewhere. where is she? yea!

good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. police in san francisco are looking for suspects after a speeding car crashed into an apartment building. it started last night near bay

street when officers saw what they thought was someone stealing a car. the officers followed the suspect, who eventually started speeding and driving all over the road. the car did hit a person and another car in the area of franklin and chestnut, but kept driving. police were right on the tail when it crashed into a building in the aquatic park area. people inside jumped out, ran away. the pedestrian who was hit by the car expected to be okay. let's check your weather this morning with christina. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, scott. good morning to you at home. your temperatures right now, mostly in the mid-50s. lots of sunshine coming in, expect for in the south bay. we still have some lingering low clouds. we are headed towards the 70s, just about everywhere. 64 degrees, mild conditions in san francisco. meanwhile, a warm finish here in san jose. then we've got a few showers in the forecast for tomorrow. we stopped that clock for you at 10:00 a.m. showers mostly staying to the north of the golden gate bridge. but that will continue to be the case just about all thursday long. we'll clear out by friday and then we heat you up. big-time warm-up coming your

way. we'll talk about that today at 11:00. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> you see the approach off that san mateo high-rise. from time to time, we've been seeing that camera shake quite a bit as the gusts kick in here a little bit, but not a problem for your drive. when you see a smooth drive across 92, getting much more lively, populated as the morning continues. northbound 101 remains a little slow from san jose up towards mountain view. and west 237, the remainder of that commute, things bogged down because of 101 and the slow transition there. an easier drive through the tri-valley. livermore, finally showing some relief after a pretty tough morning. you have the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, but that's not unexpected. let's be honest. send it back to you. >> all right, fair enough. we'll have lots more news coming up at 10:25 and our full newscast with peggy and i coming up at 11:00. we'll see you then.

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>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, welcome to winesday wednesday. it's may 7th. are so happy that you're joining with us today because we've got a great show. >> we do. kristin bell is here. ♪ let it go, let it go >> okay, that's not the one she sings. ♪ do you want to build a snowman ♪ >> kristin bell is the star, and this thing has made her a star in so many kids' eyes, and she's here over there. >> we're happy to have. and elizabeth olsen is also here

with us. we're happy to have everybody here. a new diet from the hungry girl, lisa lillian. >> they say if you eat a lot, you lose weight. you have to eat the right things, but she has a thing. >> that's the trouble. there's always a rub. speaking of rubbing -- >> what? what does that even mean? >> if prince william sat down next to you on any airline, much less sitting there in coach, would you sort of -- rub up against him? >> how about the headlines? prince william sat in coach? >> he's a human being. >> he didn't sit up front with all of the muckety mucks. he sat in the bulkhead which isn't a great row in coach because you can't put the stuff in front of you. you have to put it up on top. and there he was all cozied up in the window seat. >> from memphis to dallas which is about an hour flight. it's a short flight. but apparently there was a reporter also on the flight who took a picture of him which we're not allowed to show because it's too expensive. >> apparently if you show his picture, he wants $1 million, so we couldn't do it. >> he was very casual.

he had been there for a friend's wedding. we had seen him at the wedding before. he wore jeans, a t-shirt, sneakers and a baseball cap. just like anybody else. >> let me tell you, that's why everyone loves them. they sit in coach, wear sneakers and jeans and they're not all surrounded and hoity-toity. i love them. >> he must have had some sort of security detail somewhere. >> sure. >> but it wasn't sitting next to him. >> well, they were in memphis. >> yes. >> do you remember the show we were telling you about, "i want to marry harry" but it's the fake harry? >> it's a look-alike. >> he went to memphis because he knew the real harry was there. >> he's an actor named matthew hicks. he just decided to walk around like a tourist. >> no, they were mobbing him. girls were crying and screaming. >> now, was he staying in character the whole time with his british accent? >> i guess. and apparently he's not even a redhead. >> he's dyed that way. >> anyway, after all the mobbing and the love, he actually was grateful that he wasn't prince harry. he said he couldn't -- >> i'm thankful i'm not the real guy. >> yeah.

>> they finished shooting that. >> i hope so. i feel sorry for the girls. they're going to be all -- when it's all out there, don't you think they're going to wish that they didn't do it? >> yes. >> okay. okay. >> you think? okay. >> okay, on fallon last night, seth rogen, zac efron and jimmy all dressed in drag. and you know they do that recurring sketch called "ill"? well, this "ill" was about taking selfies. let's watch. >> i've been taking them, like, all day. >> oh, good. >> ready? >> go. >> go! >> your turn. >> totally. together? >> yeah. >> okay. >> you have to. >> tag me. >> later, i will, for sure. >> you know what? that's why it's funny because it's so true. i'm so over all the selfie

stuff? >> you are? >> over, over, over. take a picture of a flower or something. >> there's a woman in the back of this selfie that i took with all those coaches. can you come in? just take a look. look at this one. can you see her? i'm going to make it a little bit better. look at the lady in the back. she totally photo bombed it. she had green lipstick. do you see her? look at her. she looks crazy. >> she does look a little crazy. now, what do you guys think? the big met ball was the other night. and lena dunham went. and apparently there's a picture. i think we can show this one, right? where she is carrying her high heels and walking through on new york streets barefoot. >> yep. >> yeah. >> so obviously her shoes were killing her, and we've all been there. do you guys think it's gross to walk on a new york city street barefoot? she walked the red carpet with her shoes on, and then when it was over, she was, like, bye. these shoes are killing me. >> i think that's part of the reason why we love her, too.

those do not look comfortable in any way. >> at all. but they're pretty. >> from the heel to the pointy toe. it looks like they could fall off your foot, too, because that strap is so low on the back. >> right. have you ever taken your -- >> when al and i were just doing red carpet for the oscars. >> yep. >> i had stood -- i had stood there for about four hours in these heels. >> yeah. >> and, you know, my feet are. i had both of my feet operated on because they were like old lady ballerina feet. and they're beautiful now. thank you, doctor. but they were killing me. like the old days. so i walked through the los angeles streets. yes. you know, you're in that much pain, it's stupid to keep doing it because you might -- there's something dirty down there. wash your feet after. >> but new york city streets, some of them are so nasty. you know what? >> you're not crazy about 48th street. >> you know why? there's all kinds of crud on the street. there are certain streets that are beautiful. 49th is gorgeous. and 50th is -- you could eat off

it. >> how well people take care of it in front of their own little shops. >> weddings, i take off my shoes and dance. >> you just want to show off your gorgeous egyptian feet. let's talk about roger federer. >> he wants to show off his second pair of twins. god bless him. >> remember he's that professional tennis star. 32 years old. he's always soft-spoken and underdated, but he's had twins for the second time. >> the first time he had girls, right? >> identical. >> and then this time he's had twin boys. leo and lenny. sounds like a comedy team from the catskills. leo and lenny. who's on first? i don't know. and now presenting the catskills are proud to present leo and lenny. >> i like it. >> unusual names. they have mila and charlene also, their little 3-year-olds. god bless them and congratulations. >> yes. 5-year-olds. >> 5-year-olds, okay. >> whatever. we're tired of being corrected. since we're talking about multiple births, why not talk about this woman? she's 47 years old. she's from miami.

she has children who are grown and gone. >> well, 25-year-old or something? >> yes. out of the house. they're gone away. well, guess what? she just gave birth to triplets. >> triplets. no fertility treatments involved at all. >> she probably thought, oh, well. who cares? i'm not using protection because i'm 47 and it's over. you know what? it's not over. >> barely. >> can you imagine? >> unbelievable. >> all over? what if you had triplets right now? imagine what that would be like. >> well, i would know they weren't frank's. you know what i'm saying? took care of that problem. okay. >> go. okay. thank you for a little bit of laughter. >> we have to talk about this. this is so important. >> yes, tell me. >> "the voice." "the voice," they cut three people from "the voice" last night. >> down from eight? >> down from eight to five.

now, i want you to look at the bottom four. these were the bottom four. the bottom four. one i love, sisaundra. i love them all. take a look. ♪ a natural woman ♪ i'm through with you ♪ you are not the first ♪ i'm through with you ♪ la ti da ♪ down, down, down on my knees ♪ now would you barracuda ♪ these young wild girls always come back to you ♪ come back to you ♪ >> okay. i watched it. but who do you think got -- who do you think was the one who got sa saved? of the three, only one made it.

who would you guess? >> i would think sisaundra. is that how you pronounce it? i would have saved her. >> here's what happened in the last final fleeting seconds of "the voice." >> america instantly saves -- kat perkins! >> the rocker. she was in the -- by the way -- by the way, she was in the bottom three last time. i'm happy for her, but wow! you know what someone said to me? because i asked some of those guys. there are a lot of really great singers who seem to get eliminated. they all say the same thing. people like to see a journey. if you start up as a backup singer for somebody who's already good, they don't like to watch you coming from obscurity. >> i think that's a huge story. >> that's what i thought. >> they did a whole documentary

on it called "20 feet from stardom." >> "20 feet from stardom"! or was it 22? anyway. >> we have to watch this again. josh kaufman. he performed "i can't make you love me if you don't." this was the single most downloaded single on itunes yesterday. ♪ i believe in my heart ♪ that i'll feel the power ♪ but you won't ♪ no you won't >> he's like a fascinating combination of, like, elvis costello and crocker, joe crocker. and then he's got that amazing fal falsetto like justin timberlake. now that sisaundra -- >> she's out. it's over. i love him. he is awesome, awesome, awesome. we want to give a shout-out

because we're having a pet week. >> why not? >> that's what we do here. >> that's what's coming up. >> if your furry friend can do a trick, send us video on our facebook page. we want to see crazy tricks. and we'll put them on the air. >> what if it's a bird? >> they can do tricks to you. >> it's not just furry. it can be feathers, too. >> very good point. we also want to give a great shout-out from the quad cities who are here. >> back from sunny florida. the actress having a roaring good time elizabeth olsen is here. >> and her voice is music to ears of millions of kids that are obsessed with the animated film "frozen." are obsessed with the animated film "frozen." number 1 of my 20 is for chacne. you know, chin acne. uh-huh. not to brag, but i have the chin of a teenager. here you go. dinges for everyone! when i get hangry anything within arm's reach could be part of my number 20. hm, this is potpourri. mmmm.

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♪ for the first time in forever ♪ ♪ i'll be dancing through the night ♪ right now there's probably not a person in the world who doesn't know that from the highest grossing animated film of all time called "frozen." >> and the voice behind that song and several others in the movie is actress kristen bell who voices the character of anna, elsa's sister. >> so good to see you. >> you sang all those songs? >> i did, i did. >> how awesome. >> when did they send that you script? first of all, it's a thrill to be in anything animated. you know you're going to live on forever. it's like iconic. >> yeah. >> did you have any idea? i think we asked idina, too, if she knew it was going to be this huge. >> no, i don't think you anticipate the success. it went through a lot of met

morph physici metamorphosis. they were committed to making it not about romantic love, and they wanted it to be about this really relevant battle between love and fear, which is everybody kind of chooses between -- you just be scared of stuff or you love to do things. >> and your own authenticity. >> yeah, and being unique. that was like the driving force behind the whole thing. it went through so many changes. but in the end, it kind of blossomed into this really beautiful project. >> i love how everything wasn't perfect. you know, everything wasn't about being perfectly beautiful, perfectly anything. it was just -- it's real for kids. >> yeah. it was about the love of family and also a really nice kind of tip of the hat to, okay, all of the old cartoons were amazing, but you don't meet someone on the street and marry them the next day. >> i did once. it didn't work out. >> that's why. >> you've got to get to know people. >> you're right. it's too much about happily ever after. they don't talk about we woke up the next morning and he had bad breath, you know? yeah. >> therapy or an emotional

toolbox. yeah. >> or conscious uncoupling. >> right. >> yes. >> which happened, you know, one out of two. >> when i look at you now, i mean, i've seen you act, and you're great at it. but i've also seen you stand up for yourself and for a lot of other people when you were fight, the paparazzi and chasing kids. i saw you on "access hollywood," i watched you go after those guys, and you were upset and you've made a strong point. you've changed things. >> you won a suit, right? >> no, we didn't win anything. we haven't done anything legally. you know, jen garner and halle berry have been very vocal, and they've passed the senate bill 606. >> that's it. >> but i had nothing to do with that. i just simply thought we should be talking to the consumers because i believe there's nothing better than an informed consumer. and i think people want to know what they're purchasing. you vote with your dollars. you support things. >> sure. >> so i just wanted to sort of bring it to the consumer and say hey, something nasty's happening behind the scenes of these pictures.

and i think people look at pictures of kids because they like kids. >> yeah. >> and they wouldn't want the kids to be upset. and the thing is is that you cannot explain to a child this, like, media mechanism. all they feel when they're followed by strangers is that, like, predatory sense. >> yeah. >> you know, of being followed and hunted. >> how old is your little one? >> a year. >> already? >> 14 months. >> oh, my god! >> do you ask yourself -- a little girl, right? >> yeah. >> do you ask yourself on any type of family outing, is it worth it? >> every time, yeah. >> and what makes you decide yea or nay? >> wow. it depends on where we're going. we don't do anything really interesting. i mean, believe me, a lot of things are covered that they say they're newsworthy. like going to the grocery store isn't newsworthy. we live in a part of town that's kind of quiet. yeah. >> but every child deserves a childhood. you and i were talking about that earlier. >> it kind of impedes their natural social progress. and to say nothing of,ic loo, no one should be running red lights

around school districts. >> it's endangerment. it's reckless endangerment. >> they're pushing kids over at parks. even kids who aren't in the business, their parents aren't in the business are affected. >> they're in the way, right. >> right. >> well, good for you. >> we like you a lot. >> thanks, guys. >> we're so happy to see you. thank you. and brush up on your knowledge of pets and pop culture for "who knew"? ♪ awwwwww yeah. ♪ everybody here got the lunchtime blues ♪ he's staring at his phone, she's staring at her shoes. ♪ they need to be inspired something better than the rest. ♪ oh i think i know the potion ♪ let's put it to the test, c'mon ♪ ♪ lipton peach iced tea ♪ with that ham and cheese ♪ ♪ lipton peach iced tea this one's for you louise-ah. ♪ it tastes so sunshine-y [ carl ] ♪ drink it down and you'll believe ♪ ♪ the taste of peachiosity [ stu ] ♪ the taste of peachiosity ♪ new lipton peach iced tea [ carl ] ♪ drink it down and you'll believe ♪ ♪ the taste of peachiosity

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it's been a very busy few months for actress elizabeth olsen who's making a leap from her indie film roots to star in a big budget blockbuster. >> find her in the action-packed remake of the classic movie "godzilla." in it she plays a nurse who must keep her child safe amid the monster madness taking over her city. >> it's not the paparazzi. it's "godzilla." >> i'm so scared. >> i know. meet me at the house, and i'm

going to get you and sam out. >> okay. >> the military has a plan to deal with these things. i'm going to get you both, okay? >> okay. can you please just hurry? >> lizzie's here. >> the girl can act! >> oh, my gosh. >> it's so nice to see you. >> it's good to see you guys again. >> i thought when i saw you were on today, wait a minute. she was just here last week. it was in february about your other film. and you were rushing home to see your beloved boyfriend at the time. but now you're engaged! >> i am. >> congratulations! >> congratulations! >> did you know, when you were here with us last time, that that was probably coming up pretty soon? >> no. i mean, it's not something i don't talk about. it's something i've thought about before. >> yeah. >> have you set a date and all that stuff? i know you're not going to tell us. >> no, not yet? by the way, he's very handsome. we should point that out. >> when you guys all get along,

it's just wedding talk? >> no. no. we have a lot to talk about. >> you sure do. >> you made the jump from indie films, because that's what we know you for, into kind of this big sort of blockbusterish film. how different is it, filming this kind of a thing? >> i mean, i think really just the scale. you know, sometimes i've got to be on location in an auditorium or in hawaii or in the middle of the street in downtown vancouver. and you have 300-plus. >> wow! that sets the volume of it all. >> and that's when you realize you're making a big movie. other than that, i hold down the family drama. and so i'm in a house with this little boy, carson, who plays my son, sam. it felt very intimate. >> he's 4 years old, this little boy. a good actor? >> he's a 4-year-old playing a 4-year-old. you know, usually they get like a 7-year-old playing a 4-year-old. but garrett edwards, our director, really wanted to get some just like really, you know, real responses out of a kid. he didn't want a kid who was

primed at all. it was a lot of improvising and manipulating him to do or say something. >> you get that performance, too. >> is there any extra pressure when there's so much money in a film and so many great actors and extras? do you feel the weight of the world? >> i think i was a little nervous first. but then you're with such an amazing ensemble of actors that you're in the safe doan. >> who else? >> juliet binoche, bryan cranston, ken watanabe. >> "godzilla." thank you so much. and we're playing "who knew" with our crowd after your local messages. >> you lo of that. >> limp over. >> nice talking to you. i grew up with three brothers, so i figured hey, i get it, kids get stains. but we have these three beautiful little girls, and they make us look like amateurs. so i'm living in a world of tiny sweaters and dolphins and weird greasy mystery stains. i'm gonna get you. but this new tide ultra stain release has a crazy amount of cleaning power and a pre-treat zap! cap

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mountain lion. the lion spots just last night. officers issued a shelter in place while the lion hid under a car for hours. animal control officers got into place and tranquilized it just after 11:00 last night. the mountain lion did have a tracking collar on from earlier. animal control officers released it back into the wild late last night. a lot more about this story during our next newscast in 30 minutes. we'll have a look at traffic and weather coming up after the break.

welcome back. now, beautiful day here in the bay area, with temperatures in the 70s. just about room temperature for the east bay in the heat of the day. that's about 4:00 p.m. and yeah, comfortable conditions, even in san francisco. mid-60s coming your way. 75 for the north bay. and 70 degrees here in the south bay. now, we've got some significant changes coming your way. enjoy the day, bay area stunner only lasts for one day. tomorrow, the showers arrive. mostly up in the north bay, then this weekend, that heat escalates. we'll take you through your full forecast today at 11:00. first, let's check your drive. here's mike. >> we just heard about a crash closing part of alpine road on the peninsula. some sort of activity, the sheriff's office has lets know about that. over on the east, looking at the fremont, eastbound 880 getting a little lighter. still slow from the dumbarton bridge. continuing towards 227. a lightening up from sunnyvale. up on the peninsula, we talked about the alpine road incident, but the freeways are moving

smoothly in and out of san francisco. the bay bridge shows you you have a little wait for cash or fastrak. >> more local news coming up in the big newscast at 11:00. see you then. ♪ what does the fox say we are back with more of "today" on this winesday wednesday. we're ready to play our weekly trivia game called "who knew?" since it is national pet week, we're about to test your knowledge of all things pets and pop culture. kathie lee is across the street ready to hand out 100 bucks to anyone who gets the question right. and those who don't, lucky them. they get a kathie lee cd. here is veterinarian dr. katie nelson. hi. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> let's play. >> these three ladies have just graduated from med school. they're doctors, too! congratulations. >> thank you. >> from staten island. which a-listers once famously owned a pet pig named max? you know this one, right? >> i do.

it's "b," george clooney. >> george clooney? he owned a pot belly pig? >> a vietnamese pot belly pig. his name was max. he had him for 18 years which is amazing because their average life span is 12 to 15 years. >> and they're great pets? >> who's the cutest there? >> you know what? i don't know. back across. >> a lovely lady from texas. how many more pet cats are there in the u.s. compared to the number of pet dogs? 2 million? 5? 10? or 15 million? >> i'm going to say "b," 5 million. >> no. everyone has a story. >> excellent. okay, the correct answer, 10 million. i didn't know there were more pet cats than dogs period. >> morehouse holds actually own dogs, but people who have cats tend to own more than one cat. they're easier. they live longer. you know, you can kind of help both of them live a little longer with regular veterinary care.

>> good. >> fresh, healthy food. i feet my dogs fresh pet. just keeping their weight down. that's the biggest thing is keeping their weight down because just like us, it helps you live a whole lot longer and happier. >> back across. >> from pennsylvania, which "friends" character adopted a monkey named marcel? chandler? phoebe? joey or ross? >> phoebe? >> no, it's all good. it's good. this is a lovely cd. >> the correct answer is ross. >> he had a capuchin monkey. named marcel. this is the same monkey that was in "ace ventura." >> youe kidding. >> yeah. monkeys really are not great pets. they kind of, you know, made light of that, but they really are not. they reach maturity around 5 years old. they can become aggressive. a lot of states actually have bans on them. >> okay. >> and the states that don't have bans, everywhere you are, you have to have a permit to own a primate. >> oh, you do? all right. good to know. back to you. >> where are you from, sweetie? >> florida. >> after dogs and cats, which

3e9 can be found in the most number of households? birds? horses? monkeys or guinea pigs? >> i'm going to go with birds. >> all right. >> birds. i believe the statistic was, like, 2% of u.s. households have birds. birds sound like maybe a good starter pet, but they're really not. they're very specific health requirements. they can live a long time. >> yeah. >> cockatoos, they can live up to 60 to 70 years. so if you are an older person getting a bird, you have to have a plan in your will for your bird. you've got to have ia lot of knowledge. >> back across. >> this lovely lady is from texas -- no, florida, you said. what is the name of "the simpsons" family pet greyhound? sideshow bob, santa's little helper? spot or disco stew? >> oh, my goodness. i don't know. disco stew? >> no, but this has a great song

on it. >> all right. santa's little helper. >> santa's little helper. that's one of the more unusual names, obviously. most of them are, like, max. i think max, bailey, charlie, buddy, rocky, bella, lucy, molly, daisy, maggie. >> that sounds like them all. >> not sensible. >> i wish we could do one more, but we don't have the time. thank you for hanging out with us. appreciate it. kath's going to come back across. we know that you work with fresh pet. we already said that. you're not a paid spokesperson. >> no. we're going to be back after this. which means you get it's stunlimited talk,eless - text and data for only $45 a month... ...no contract - no surprises. what about hidden fees? nope. what about funny business? no. bamboozling? what is "bamboozling"? it's like, uh, malarkey. nooo. good! come to "the world needs more straight talk event" at walmart. get america's largest and most dependable 4g lte networks for half the cost. and for a limited time, get a $25 gift card

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can you feed me my lollipop? or my hand feels funny. can you do it for me? but he wasn't complaining. he just wanted to keep playing, manipulate the toy or show him something. he didn't get worked up over it. >> he was a wise guy, too. he loved nothing more than to tease people. especially us. >> this is a really big mess here. i wonder how we can get that mess cleaned. >> clean that up. abracadabra. clean that up. >> even though he was battling cancer, he talked about jumping in muddy puddles when he got better. and that's why we started the muddy puddles project because that was the epitome of childhood. and that is what ty was all about, laughing, having fun, being a kid. >> cindy and lou created muddy puddles project in conjunction with the ty lewis campbell foundation to raise money for pediatric cancer research and to encourage families to let their

kids just be kids. it's so nice to meet you. >> you are amazing, by the way, we have to say. finding the strength to start an organization like this, when you yourself are going through such fresh pain, how were you able to do that? >> well, as a parent, we went through such, you know, trials and tribulations. and through the whole cancer journey, we saw that the treatment options just weren't available to our son. and it was very frustrating. my husband and i were constantly researching. as you can imagine, you want to do everything you can to save your child. >> you will. >> and you will. we were always asking what can we do differently? what might work this time? let's try something, and it just wasn't available. so my husband and i decided that we were going to dedicate -- we knew then that we wanted to raise money to help support the research, the promise that's out there and help fund some of the projects and the clinical trials and, you know, the muddy puddles project was a great platform to do that.

>> and it was just a rare disorder? not enough children suffered from it in a way? >> the truth is, that's with any child with cancer with the exception of leukemia, there hasn't been much progress made because there's hundreds of different categories and thousands of rare tumors. so childhood cancer is lumped together as a whole but really it's fragmented into hundreds of types of cancer and studied as childhood cancer as opposed to kidney cancer or prostate cancer or breast cancer. >> i hear a little voice from over there. i think your other son is there. >> my son is here. he's 5. >> your dad -- your husband. >> my husband, lou. there he is. the two of you together, you and your husband, are really a force because a lot of times, i mean, it's hard, but marriages sometimes have difficulty making it through something so tough. it seems like it was the opposite for you guys. >> it was. it made us closer because we both felt so -- i mean, the love for ty is just so strong. and it really helped keep our family together through it all. >> he's a magical little guy. >> he's a magical little guy. >> you said you're forever changed. tell us about that. >> you know, i was a typical

working mom. i was stressed over work. i was stressed over dinner, bath, bed and pouring a glass of wine at the end of the day saying life is hard. this is exhausting. and it is on a daily basis. but now i'm forever changed in the sense that i always try to have that perspective, that hey, my son didn't have the chance to do, you know, the future that i thought he would have. and i always try to reflect on that and remind other parents to take a step back. and that's really what the muddy puddles project is all about, to remember let kids be kids because there's kids out there that can't. so, you know, try to always remember that and have that perspective. and those days are so fleeting. >> they sure are. >> days with your kids. >> thank you, cindy. you do so much for other families so we decided, if it's okay with you, we'd like to send you guys to orlando, florida. for four days, three nights. you'll have great hotel accommodations at the castle hotel, round-trip airfare. also included you'll have a two-day, two-park tickets at universal. you can enjoy the parks. just to take a little time for you and your family. >> that's so amazing!

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time for "today's style," nothing would make mom happier this sunday than if everybody got dressed up just a little. >> expert and author of "cheap che chica's style," looks for moms and their kids to wear this weekend. hey! >> hi, ladies. >> should we start with boho chic? >> let's do it. >> we start with our producer, carrie, and her adorable daughter!

>> so cute. >> tell us about it. >> they are in laidback luxe. if you're lucky enough to spend mother's day at the pool or beach, this is the way to do it. both of them are in h&m. carrie is in this caftan, under $35. her biggest accessory has got to be maeve. she is in great accessories, a little headband and smelly jellies. they smell like strawberries. those are from old navy. >> i can't even stand it. >> she loves her daddy. she's waving at dad. >> thank you, guys. >> daddy's a cutie. >> he is. >> thanks, carrie. let's talk mixed patterns. maria and her kids. >> the hernandez family. we all know mixed prints have been a huge trend in fashion. now the whole family can get in on them. we focused on stripes. we have her in a striped skirt from zahra, blouse from forever 21. do nude shoes because you don't want to add any more color. she's got three different

prints. >> okay. >> she is cute enough to pull it off. little flats. and then on jaden, it was all about the stripes, slip-on sneakers from maroon with a plaid shirt and they look adorable. >> we like. thank you, guys. you look great. >> happy mother's day. >> time for pastels. we have lauren and her children, camille. >> yes. >> wow, that's elegant. >> gorgeous. >> luge for springs. the way to update them, you want to layer pastels. in this case we did mint and peach. i know, how cute are they? a great blazer from love culture. that skirt is from forever 21. and then on camille, we did h&m jacket there, skirt and sweatshirt. and then, of course, converse sneakers for her. that downplays the dressiness. and he's too cute in his outfit from room and great new balance sneakers. ties it all together. they are picture perfect. >> so great. thank you.

all right. final trends, blue and white. we have stephanie and her daughter, monique. >> are they here? >> she stopped. >> they are so cute. beautiful. >> it's such a classic color combo. you can update it for mother's day by adding pops of color. on stephanie, this gorgeous dress is a wrap dress. all different body types, added a pop of color with that clutch, navy shoes on her as well. and then on monique, we added texture with the blue and white and made it really modern and cool with a sleeveless vest from forever 21. and then of course that bold pop of color on the shoe really ties it all together. it's all about coordinating. you don't want to do matchy-matchy. you really want to coordinate because it looks sophisticated. and of course, it photographs beautifully. >> i can't believe they're mother and daughter. i'm totally shocked. >> beautiful. >> amazing. i know, you're mixing us up. let's bring everybody out. >> thank you, everybody. we want to wish you all a very happy mother's day. all right. the diet that can ep had yhelp up to ten pounds in four weeks.

>> from the hungry girl. first, this is "today" on nbc.

it is time for "today's kitchen." how to stick to your diet and never feel hungry again. >> you could lose up to ten inches in four weeks. it's all about eating the right foods. >> all right. here with ideas from her new book "the hungry girl diet" is lisa lillian. hey, girl. >> hi! >> is that true, you eat? >> sounds too good to be true. >> it is true. it's all about choosing the right foods. i've been doing this ten years, sending daily e-mails with tricks and tips and i've been super-sizing. this is the first actual weight-loss plan from the hungry girl brand and it's about eating more and losing a lot of weight. >> this looks very delicious and filling. there's a lot of egg going on there. how many calories? >> all the breakfasts have roughly around 300 calories. so look at that portion size. you get three quarters of a cup of egg. that's egg beaters.

egg whites or egg beaters. you're cutting out some of the fat. >> what is this? >> full cup of berries. it's really satisfying. and then the berries, they're so fiber dense and they really fill you up. you get a full cup. >> especially the blackberry, supposed to be the best berry in the whole. >> that is a ginormous chicken salad. that's actually the name of it. ginormous. four cups of lettuce with mixed veggies, four ounces of checken. there chicken. there's a lot of recipes in the book for homemade dressing. >> i couldn't eat that with a good, delicious dressing soaked in there. >> there are recipes for creamy dressing, spicy dressings, tomatoey dressings, balsamic vinaigrette. olive oil. you can. again, the portion size, look how tremendous. >> that's a monster. >> what are these? >> those are tasting plates in case you're hungry. dig in! those are for you.

>> i thought this was a whole portion. >> by the way, it's not just salads. you can have sandwiches, burgers, tacos. it's all on the plan. >> what's happening here? >> this is my version of chicken parmesan which i make with high-fiber breakfast cereal in a skillet, no frying, no oil. again, instead of pasta, i'm using broccoli slaw, which is a very common product that you find in the supermarket. it's pre-shredded, and it doubles as pasta. you add tomatoes or marinara. >> you boil it? >> in the microwave or skillet. it tastes like pasta with chicken. chicken parmesan is out of this world, truly. >> you want to try? >> why not? >> a little mozzarella on top. >> is it low-calorie mozzarella? >> reduced fat. slightly reduced. there's no difference. >> oh. >> and again, around 350 calories. so you get three meals plus three snacks on the plan. >> this is good. this would be a great day. >> wine. tell everybody about the wine. >> if you want wine, some people have been saying they've been

swapping out a snack. i have a margarita recipe. you can have a glass of wine. i embrace all food. that's what it's about. >> is this dessert? >> this is dessert. it's one of the snacks on the plan. these are chocolate chip-stuffed strawberries. it acts as a little cannoli. this is ricotta cheese. if you're from new york like me, it's ricotta. >> it's ricotta. >> and then a little vanilla. a little sweetener of choice so you don't have to use -- you know, you can use an all-natural sweetener. you just mix that up. these strawberries have been cut. we scooped out a little of the inside to make some room for the filling. >> very cute. >> then you throw this mixture into a little bag. you could use a ziploc bag. you don't need fancy pastry bags. >> how cute. they're very cute. >> and if you like cannolis, you'll love these. >> thank you. this looks delicious. we're going to try them. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> we want to point out a big thank-you to the kessler collection and the castle hotel

for furnishing accommodations to orlando for cindy and her family and universal for furnishing the tickets. tomorrow

right now at 11:00, a mountain lion, which caused a scare in the south bay, back in the wild this morning. we have video of his capture and the social media frenzy that followed. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm peggy bunker. that mountain lion is the talk of the town this morning, as you might image. nbc bay area's bob redell is live on the peninsula, where the big cat is back in the wild. probably nobody happier about that, bob, than the big cat. >> we presume. good morning to you, peggy and scott. but official wildlife officer we spoke with this morning won't say where, just that he was released north of here, into