that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update for you. have a good and really safe weekend. good morning. breaking news overnight. that massive recall of tainted ground beef expanding. more states and stores added to the growing list, and a recall of popular dips. what you need to know before your weekend cookout. holiday headaches. that massive wdfire in arizona grows ten times larger in the past 24 hours, while hail from the strong storm in the northeast dents cars and smashes windows. and dangerous new storms bear down on the south today. al's tracking it all. how did he survive? a climber plunges 70 feet into a mountain crevasse, breaking his arm and five ribs, then records his desperate attempt to survive and escape. >> maybe i'll somehow climb out

that way. >> this morning, his harrowing ordeal with his own pictures and in his own words. and a little country in the big city. tim mcgraw kicks off our memorial day weekend celebration with a live concert on the plaza today, friday, may 23rd, 2014. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. we've got a big country music crowd gathered for tim mcgraw. also in the foreground, members of our armed forces here for fleet week here in new york city. >> they're going to get a great show in just a few minutes. let's get right to our top story, though. just in time for the memorial day weekend, that big recall of nearly two million pounds of

beef has gotten even bigger. nbc's tom costello has more on that. tom, good morning. >> good morning. investigators believe the beef may be tainted with the e. coli bacteria, but health investigators say it's a rare bug. the recall affects retailers who sold products from the wolverine packing company of detroit, including angus steak burgers and ground beef patties. overnight, an updated list from the usda of stores that may be selling that recalled ground beef. at least six retailers across ten states, including major chain gordon food service marketplace, which released a statement saying in part any customers that purchased fresh premium beef angus steak burgers should discard any remaining product immediately. wolverine packing company of detroit is recalling nearly two million pounds of ground beef products sold to restaurants and grocery stores after 11 confirmed illnesses. the company says no product tested positive, but it's being prudent with the voluntary recall and redoubling efforts to

assure safety standards exceed customers' expectations. >> stay tuned. it's critically important that consumers pay attention to this outbreak and this recall information. >> but it's not just burgers. on thursday, prepared food manufacturer lance hall incorporated, also known as hot mama's foods, announced another major recall. nearly 15,000 pounds of hummus and dip products due to possible contamination. so far no illnesses have been reported. these products are found in some target and trader joe's stores across the country. >> these manufacturers are doing the right thing. we want manufacturers to be proactive. >> the centers for disease control tracked the e. coli outbreak, using a sort of genetic fingerprinting. this particular strain can cause severe food poisoning, even kidney failure. so far, six of the victims are hospitalized. none so far has kidney failure.

guys, back to you. >> all right, tom costello on this story. thanks very much. meantime, if you're one of the tens of millions heading out of town for the holiday, we want to tell you powerful storms, including a destructive hailstorm in pennsylvania, have already led to serious travel delays and damage, so what should we expect today? we have your holiday weekend covered from the roads to the airports to the beaches, but we've got to start with the weather, and mr. roker. >> well, here's the deal. last night, we had some major storms going on. they didn't even have tornado warnings in parts of upstate new york and they still got hammered. six states battle the elements right before the holiday weekend. national weather service investigating a possible tornado that touched down in upstate new york thursday afternoon. no reports of injuries, but at least one home was destroyed. >> and they say that freight train sound. good lord, it was a freight train sound. very scary sound. >> in pennsylvania, tennis ball sized hail, causing heavy damage, shattering car windshields.

>> that's one that's totally destroyed. >> farther south along the delaware-maryland border, at least a dozen homes and buildings were either damaged or destroyed by high winds, winds of up to 50 miles per hour were reported in virginia. while out west, heavy rains and hail slowed down drivers in colorado. but it's a different story over in flagstaff, arizona, where dry, hot temperatures, low humidity and strong winds are fueling a growing wildfire there. it is now ten times bigger and not yet contained. officials say hundreds of firefighters are working around the clock to gain control of the blaze. and guys, good news is the winds have died down for those wildfires, but it's still going to be awfully dry. let's show you what we're going to be looking at around the country today for your memorial day weekend. here in the northeast, tomorrow, some showers in new england along the coast. sunshine as you get inland. looking really nice. new york city 75. richmond, 84. on monday, that's the best day of the bunch. we're looking at gorgeous

weather still hanging out. we go down to the southeast, and you'll see into texas, the heat continues. risk of strong storms, west texas right through the holiday weekend. along the gulf it's gorgeous. temperatures in the 90s in florida. atlanta, you'll be looking at sunshine. by memorial day itself, some showers in atlanta and 88 degrees. as we move to the midwest from the plains, a gorgeous day in minneapolis. 80 degrees tomorrow and sunshine. chicago, 66. but you warm up sunday by 75. showers in the plains on sunday. and then memorial day looking pretty good, although a few showers around chicago. as we move out west, the drought continues in california. 73 in los angeles. 65 san francisco. by sunday, you're looking at more rain in the pacific northwest. seattle, some showers and 66. on memorial day, the heat is on. vegas 103. 103 in phoenix, arizona. now, with nearly 32 million folks expected to be on the road for their holiday destinations, there's going to be a lot of gridlock. our own dylan dreyer is patrolling the highways of new

jersey. she's on the new jersey turnpike. >> that's right, al. we are starting to see the kickoff of the summer driving season. we are driving along the new jersey turnpike right now. so far so good. but it's expected, the holiday travel traffic to get going around 10:00 this morning. now, aaa predicts that 36 million drivers will hit the roads this memorial day weekend. about 88% of those in cars. now, the most congested highways across the country, in california, there are five of the most congested highways. and in hawaii of all places, that's where we have three of the most congested highways, and two are centered right around all places two are centered around new york city. so we are looking at some positive news as far as gas prices are concerned. they are similar to or a little less than they were last memorial day but in california gas prices are still up around $4 a gallon. in areas in orange and yellow that's where gas prices are

running around $3.50 and $3.25 in green. so some tips. if it's at all possible to leave tomorrow, i highly recommend it. if you can extend your holiday week end to tuesday, even better and avoid the peak traffic time all together. ironically, i'm not going anywhere for memorial day and as the traffic slows down, somehow i am still stuck in traffic [ laughter ] >> get out of the parking lot, dylan, we know where you are. [ laughter ] >> that movie screen behind her. dylan, thank you. how are things looking at the airport? kerry sanders is at harts field jackson airport. that's the world's busiest. what's it like there? >> right now things are running smoothly. imagine this -- 1.6 million people will come in and out of this airport just today. indeed, the busiest airport in the world. as we look at the flight aware map here you can see airplanes that are already air born.

the only problem being reported right now is in denver and the delays there are about 30 minutes. later today because of some rain expected around boston, denver, and actually in the new york area there may be some delays that really won't imfact aircraft but probably getting to and from the airport, so pack that into your plans. as we look at the security lines, a few things to think about today. experts say first of all this is the sort of day where you don't try to sneak a bag that's a little bit bigger than it should be to get into the overhead because so many people are going to be traveling, they won't look the other way and let you slip on. plus there are few empty seats on plains anyway, these days, and on a day like today there will be oversold planes so get to the airport early. finally, if you see this on your airline ticket, the tsa pre-check, recognize what that means. that used to be for frequent fliers, people knew what that was. but increasingly it's being added to random flyers who find out they get to go into a special security line where they don't have to take off their

shoes, they don't have to take a computer out of the bag. the problem is, a lot of people don't understand that when they get there and the seasoned travelers who are in the tsa pre-check give a lot of, let's say, uncomfortable glares to those who are clogging the system up. you don't want to be that guy. >> i've encountered that. >> thank you. >> we're talking about airports this morning. another near-miss. it seems like we hear about this more and more often. yet another close call between two airplanes. this happened may 9 out of houston, two united international flights came within 400 feet of each other while they were both taking off. each plane had about 150 people on board and it turns out a flight controller mistakenly told one of the planes to turn right when it should have turned left. six weeks ago, a similar incident happened here at newark airport. some frightening moments for passengers on a bus in russia thursday. a hot water pipeline burst under the bus and it started to fill

with boiling water. passengers screamed as they ran out the door. around 20 people were on the bus at the time, some were take on the the hospital and treated for burns. paul mccartney is on the mend this morning after being treated for a virus that led him to cancel his tour in japan. the former beatle is expected to make a complete recovery and will be taking time to rest. mccartney cancelled shows in japan and one in south korea. the tour is scheduled to resume next month, though, back here in the united states. a florida woman narrowly escapes her stalled out car as a commuter train barrels down the track. all of this caught on camera. incredible video newly released. it shows the train crashing into the car on monday on the bottom left of your screen you can see the woman barely escaping before the train hits the car. she was hit by debris but fortunately not seriously injured. that's what you call a close call there. and we have some absolutely incredible video to show you out of china this morning. it shows a good samaritan making a life-saving catch.

you can see two men looking out, their arms out. on the second floor right above is a one-year-old baby hanging from a window and watch as the baby falls. fortunatedly man makes the catch of a lifetime. china's central television reported the baby might have been looking for its mother and climbed on to the window during a thunderstorm. that's just crazy. thank goodness those guys were there and made that life-saving catch. >> i see a near-miss theme in your newscast today. >> there is. >> thank you so much. mr. roker? a lot of wet weather through southwest into the plains. we've got the risk of strong storms down there in texas. also along the southeastern atlantic coast, wet weather in the pacific northwest and we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ull of stars,♪ ♪ i think i saw you. ♪

♪ it's such a heavenly view. there's only one place to get more coldplay. good morning to you. you made it to the end of the week and temperatures today are going to be comfortable. a touch warmer than yesterday. 74 degrees out in the east bay and 77 in san francisco and 86 degrees in the north bay. beautiful conditions to accommodate your outdoor plans this memorial day weekend. saturday we're going to be in the low 80s in the south bay and jump up to the upper 80s by sunday and, hey, you want the cooler weather, hit the beach. 72 degrees in san francisco on sunday. your seven-day forecast coming up in just a few moments. we'll see you then. pope francis embarks on an historic trip to the holy land this weekend. a three-day visit that comes with a lot of security concerns and some controversy. nbc's anne thompson is with us

from amman, jordan. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. you know, jordan is just 2% christian, and yet there is a lot of excitement here about pope francis's visit. the pope brings with him a message of compassion and peace and outreach that has those who were charged with protecting him on high alert. this mob scene in rio when the pope's driver took a wrong turn is exactly what the security forces in jordan, the palestinian territories and israel want to avoid. but pope francis wants to be close to the people. he doesn't want an armored car, bulletproof glass, or large security presence. in jerusalem, ultraorthodox jews protest the pope's visit. anti-christian graffiti has been sprawled on the sites. it protect the pope they will use undercover forces. >> there will be more than 3,000 police officers involved in the security operation, with

emphasis on jerusalem. >> reporter: francis's trip begins here in jordan, where this morning in amman, this father celebrated mass. his ministry includes refugees from syria and iraq, some of whom will meet the pope on saturday. >> they feel that they are not numbers in the big list of the refugees. they feel that they are human beings. >> reporter: every day, 100 new refugees register here with the catholic charity. >> people continue to stream across the borders, mainly female-headed households who are just looking for shelter and a safe place to raise their children. >> reporter: and most are muslim. this suburb of amman is a christian enclave. it's a safe haven for this woman, who fled syria with her husband and children and now lives in this two-room apartment. she will meet the pope. she says she is happy the pope cares about the refugees and she will ask him to pray for her family.

the u.n. says refugees now make up 20% of jordan's population. the plight of the refugees is an issue the pope will highlight here, and again on sunday when he goes to bethlehem. matt and savannah? >> anne thompson, thank you very much. yet another nba owner is at the center of controversy this morning. dallas mavericks owner mark cuban forced to issue an apology over some very candid comments he made about race. nbc's ron allen's got that story. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah. cuban admitted, using his words now that he is bigoted and has certain prejudices about people based on their race. it was a wide-ranging interview at a business conference. cuban called donald sterling's attitude about race, stupid, but it was this remark that got him into trouble. >> if i see a black kid in a hoodie at night on the other side of the street, you know, i'm probably -- on the same side of the street, i'm probably going to walk to the other side of the street. >> reporter: cuban's following thought expressed a similar attitude toward a hypothetical white figure. >> if i see a white guy with a shaved head and lots of other

tattoos, i'm going to the other side of the street. >> reporter: but describing a black kid in a hoodie as threatening ignited outrage. tweets calling his remarks very problematic, distasteful. he apologized. in hindsight, i should have used different examples. i did not consider the trayvon martin family. cuban said he stood by the rest of his comments about race and stereotypes at a conference of entrepreneurs by "inc." magazine, who tried to put his views into context. >> you know, i think we're all bigots. we all succumb to those thoughts, and you've got to realize that when you have those thoughts, they're wrong. >> he's just being honest. we're not used to public figures really taking that proactive approach to their own shortcomings. >> reporter: cuban is a fierce competitor. never at a loss for words, with refs or on reality shows. >> it's knot nothing personal, robert. >> no, it is personal, cuban. >> it is, but i don't care. >> reporter: his latest comments magnified in the sterling scandal.

cuban has not said whether he will vote to strip sterling of ownership of his team. in the past, he has called the issue a slippery slope. he says he confronts bigotry in his own companies, giving people a chance to improve. >> it does my company no good if my response to somebody and their racism or bigotry is to say, it's not right for you to be here, go take your attitude somewhere else. >> reporter: that owners vote about sterling is still a couple weeks away. we reached out to mark cuban to ask him directly about all this, but he said no, thanks. savannah? >> ron allen, thank you very much. a lot of people weighing in online on this, i bet. >> this thing was just absolutely everywhere in social media yesterday, which also led to that five-part apology that mark wrote out. let's go into the orange room, tell you what we know about it. got some of your comments. by and large, people really agreed with what mark cuban was saying. they were a little disappointed in how he expressed his views. people too focused on the

symbolism of mark cuban's statement and not the substance. his point is everyone has preconceived bias and i agree. slim writing, i think the reference that he chose to use in regards to prejudice and bigotry was distasteful. saw a lot of that out there. mark cuban's comments are uncomfortable because they're truthful. for plenty of people, it's still problematic for our culture. you can follow this conversation. we know it's still ongoing. go to facebook or if you tweet anything, #orangeroom and we'll get it in here. much more on this coming up later. back to you. coming up, what would you have done? an american climber badly injured in a 70-foot fall into an icy crevasse, documents his grueling ordeal to make it out alive. we're going to hear from him. and should she be allowed to see her kids for the first time in two months? the new fight for a mom arrested for leaving her kids in a sweltering car while she interviewed for a job. but first, this is "today" on nbc. but first, this is "today" on nbc. is split in two.

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good friday morning to you, it is 7:26. i'm peggy bunker. authorities in morgan hill are on the hunt for a man who is armed and dangerous. a woman said he threatened her with a shotgun and tried to rob her in the target parking lot last night. the woman was able to escape unharmed. you're looking at surveillance video of the man. authorities ais a few minutes later a man robbed a nearby subway. he was able to escape with an undisclosed amount of cash. the two owners of the san jose chiro spa are being accused of using that spa to bilk insurance companies out of $7 million. the spa wrongfully billed manicures and pedicures as chiropractic services.

the southbound lanes of 280 from downtown san francisco to pennsylvania avenue are currently shut down this morning for seismic safety work. the roadway will be closed all memorial day weekend, opening up just in time for tuesday morning's commute. so, a heads up there if you're heading in that direction. right now getting a look at the weekend weather forecast. good memorial day on tap. >> a lot of people have three days off coming their way. we're still going to be here monday. overcast sky in the south bay right now. want to show you the same sky over san francisco and this is our natural coolant and the sun doesn't set until 8:18 p.m. and even with those long days our temperatures will be kept at bay by that onshore flow. 82 degrees in the south bay for today and 79 degrees on the peninsula and 67 san francisco and i promised you a sneak peek at that holiday weekend. we're going to climb through sunday and then cool you off just in time for a comfortable memorial day. here's mike and your drive. >> all right, christina.

prememorial day we expect lighter flow but those hov lanes in the bottom of your screen and the car pool lanes are backed up. i don't see any incidents on chp but a pattern there and the rest of your bay approach looks a little lighter towards the toll plaza and metering lights are on and slower drive for oakland and the east shore. full closure for the southbound side only of 28 through tuesday morning and 101 is a great alternate for you and a smoother drive for the rest of the bay beating friday and north 101 moves slow. >> sounds good, mike. we'll have another update coming up shortly.

7:30 now on this friday morning, 23rd of may, 2014. and we have a big crowd getting it done on the holiday weekend. and wonderful men and women who are serving our country, they're in town for fleet week, and we are delighted to give them a great show this morning. more specifically, tim mcgraw will. he will take our concert stage in the next hour. >> the fleet will be gone. >> they will flee very quickly. meantime, let's take a look at what's making headlines this morning. the race is on to protect homes threatened by that massive wildfire in arizona. the fire has grown to more than 7,000 acres and the flames are pushing closer to the town of flagstaff. thousands remain under preevacuation warnings. the man charged with

abducting a california teen ten years ago, enforcing his alleged victim into marriage, claims that she is lying. an attorney for the suspect contends the now 25-year-old woman has made up her story because that couple is separating. we'll have more on that story coming up. and president obama is announcing a big shake-up to his cabinet today. current housing secretary sean donovan is to become budget director. and san antonio mayor julian castro, nominated for secretary of housing and urban development. let's begin this half-hour with an american scientist. this guy is very lucky to be alive. following a dangerous 70-foot fall in the himalayas. he filmed his own escape from what he thought was certain death. katy tur has the story behind this dramatic video. >> reporter: john all is an experienced climber, but during his trek up the snowy himalayas, that's when it took a turn for the worse. that's when he took out his phone and started recording.

>> [ bleep ]. i fell through the hole. >> reporter: it's about as close as you can come to death. >> thankfully i didn't keep falling that way. >> reporter: scientist john all fell 70 feet. >> trapped here instead. on this ledge. my arm, i can't use. >> reporter: into a crevasse while climbing in the himalayas. >> somehow climb out that way. >> reporter: his body repeatedly climbing into walls of ice, he broke his arm, five ribs and dislocated his shoulder. looking around, option weren't good. climbing out seemed nearly impossible. he may have survived the fall, but living to tell the tale looked unlikely. >> got to stop on this ledge. >> reporter: after six agonizing hour, all says he managed to climb out of the hole using his ice axe. >> sort of like an inch worm. every foot i moved forward cost

me huge amounts of energy. i huddled under the sleeping bag as well as i could shivering and slowly dying, waiting for the helicopter to arrive. >> reporter: all says rescue teams were finally able to reach him the next morning, flying him to a nearby hospital, telling us his story from nepal, all is now recovering. his injuries, though severe, not life-threatening. >> it was one of the most miserable, longest nights of my life. >> reporter: the 44-year-old is an experienced climber and geography professor. a director at the american climbers science program, all said he's resource management and climate change, which is what brought him to the icy peaks of the himalayas. >> the work we were doing, it's really unfortunate that it got disturbed. >> reporter: his injuries may be healing, but all says the stress of what could have been the end is harder to shake. >> i have to move forward and realize that the good outweighs the risk. and it's worth it. even though it is scary. >> all is no stranger to scaling

dangerous peaks. he climbed mount everest in 2010. says that despite this incident, he's excited to heal and get back to doing what he loves. in fact, he already has a climbing trip on the books for peru in two weeks. i don't think i would get back up there, but he is a little braver. >> maybe this is a generational thing. but if that were to happen to me, i would not be thinking about grabbing my cell phone. i'd be using both hands to try and get out of that crevasse. >> he wanted to film it just in case they didn't find him, the last moments his family would be able to see of him. >> he fought valiantly. >> katy, thank you very much. 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, we've been talking about what's been going on in this drought in texas, and they're getting some relief. it's finally starting to really fire up. in fact, in northern texas, they've already picked up about a couple of inches between

amarillo and san angelo. and this upper level low is going to be developing and all this moisture coming up. looking for this gulf moisture coming in, and a lot of instability. so you can see that green spreading out throughout a good portion of texas, and so here's what we're looking for. look at these rainfall amounts. we are looking -- some areas picking up in the next five days, seven to nine inches of rain. it's not going to end the drought, but boy, is it going to give them some relief over the ne 7:35. you made it to friday. we have a lot of fog to show you this morning right at the immediate coast and the same overcast sky over most of your inland valleys, at least for now. you might find a little coastal mist and drizzle on your way to work. nonetheless, a nice finish to the day becoming sunny by lunchtime at the coast and sunshine in the south bay and by 9:00 a.m. yourson will set by 8:17 but not before we see highs today. a touch more comfortable than

yesterday and 82 degrees and 79 alaun along the peninsula. weather. >> all right. now to the latest on a case that's really stirred emotions nationwide. an arizona mother was arrested back in april after police found her two children alone in her sweltering car. she has not seen them since, but as nbc's joe fryer explains, that is now changing. >> reporter: shanesha taylor has not seen her two children for two months, ever since she was accused of leaving them in a car while attending a job interview in arizona. but thursday, a judge granted her the right to supervised visits. >> today is a major victory because now she is able to see her kids. >> reporter: taylor is charged with child abuse after scottsdale police found her sons, a 6-month-old and a 2-year-old inside her car. according to the police report, the windows were rolled down about one inch, the car keys were in the ignition. both children were sweating profusely and appeared to be in distress. and the temperature inside the car was over 100 degrees. police say they were in the

vehicle for about 38 minutes. >> the children specifically, it can impact them within minutes. the heat rises in vehicles, even in cooler climates. >> reporter: taylor's case has sparked debate across the country. many say it's never okay to leave a child alone in a car. >> this cannot be allowed, even for a moment. >> reporter: but taylor's supporters who say she once served in the air force, argue she was trying to help her family. >> she's a veteran, in a way of speaking, that has fallen through the safety net. >> reporter: taylor told police she could not find a babysitter for the job interview. any felt compassion after seeing her emotional mug shot, more than 50,000 have signed an online petition calling for the charges to be dropped and a fundraising site generated nearly $115,000. >> the money is all going to help her get her placed back on her feet. >> reporter: taylor has pleaded not guilty. the case now set for trial in september. for "today," joe fryer, nbc

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we're back at 7:41. we have not photoshoped this. take a look. a bear, a lion, and a tiger. lions, tigers, and bears, oh my. best friends at an animal sanctuary in georgia. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there with a one-of-a-kind trio. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: mad, good morning. you know, this is just about as close to a 400-pound tiger, a 500-pound lion, on a 700-pound bear that you ever really want to get. thank you, "today" show. here's the thing. no one ever told these three predators that they weren't supposed to be friends. >> are we hungry? you want some? >> reporter: in the animal kingdom, this is something -- >> it's a small piece. >> reporter: you just don't see every day. >> lions, tigers and bears, oh my. >> reporter: they are known collectively as the blt. >> it's really amazing that the

blt all interact like they do. >> lions and tigers and bears. >> oh my. >> reporter: unlike "the wizard of oz," in the real world they would never have met. the bear native to north america. the lion to africa. the tiger to asia. so how did they end up all together here? >> as far as we know, this is the only blt in the world. >> reporter: at noah's ark, an animal sanctuary in georgia. >> we've never told them that they're different species. >> reporter: 13 years ago, the trio of cubs was found in an atlanta drug dealer's basement, exotic pets, apparently. a twisted status symbol. they were in bad shape but shared a bond. >> they nuzzle each other. they play together. >> i wanna see the bear. >> reporter: now they are wowing visitors. >> the way they interact with each other, they're almost a family. >> reporter: and teaching us humans a lesson. >> i think people really want to

be like that. they teach you how to get along. they're definitely not the same color. not the same species. not even from the same country. and they love each other. they're brothers and they teach you how to love. >> reporter: they may look cute and cuddly, but their keepers here insist that they are not pets. that they are wild animals, which really makes it all the more remarkable that they developed this special bond. and all the more remarkable that i am still standing here in one piece. guys, back to you. >> might want to close that gate. >> gabe, it's blt, not blt-h, human. you're not in the club. >> reporter: i'd like to keep at least a couple feet between me and them. >> yeah, because that's going to save you if something goes wrong. >> unless you can grab your camera guy and throw him in. >> i only have to be able to run faster than you. all right, gabe, thanks. appreciate it. coming up on "trending," are

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remember your high school graduation? it was a very memorable time for a group of kids in tennessee, and carson's got the story on that. >> what is in your coffee over there? unbelievable. come on into the orange room, everybody. good to have you. how about hillwood high school in knoxville, tennessee. they knew they had their man, or at least they wanted brian williams to give out their commencement, so they put out this youtube video that brian saw. take a look. >> that man right there. >> that's him. >> yo, it's about that time to bring forth the rhythm. >> brian, we want you to speak

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good morning, everyone. 7:56. i'm scott mcgrew. the woman accused of attacking a 4-year-old girl with a tire iron at walmart will be in court today. police say maria garate there behind her lawyer entered the walmart last week, hit the little girl in the head. the girl's father blocked the second blow. officers say that's when garate started singing show tunes and posing for surveillance cameras before getting down on the ground and waiting for police. the 20-year-old faces charges, inclouding assault with a deadly weapon with a hate crime enhancement. the little girl is asian and garate picked out of the girl because of her race. the young girl is expected to fully recover. let's check your weekend weather with christina. good morning. >> happy friday, scott. happy friday to you at home. taking a live look overcast start here over emeryville. check on your drive with mike in just a moment. 57 degrees in san francisco and

56 degrees in oakland. get out and about for that memorial day weekend. you can see here definitely picking up. so, we'll check with him momentarily. what we can tell you is that this fog will not get in the way of the drive at this point and already starting to see it clear. little mist and drizzle for the next hour or so. sun sets at 8:17 and our temperatures could be warmer, not too bad for today. 82 degrees in the south bay and 79 from the peninsula and as promised, here's mike inouye. >> watching the windshield wipers and none moving across the span and we can see the clouds across the deck. bright drive developing in san rafael and this is a friday commute through this area and northbound 280 a couple crashes between 880 and remember full closure southbound side of 280 heading out of san francisco. use 101, scott, as your alt alterna alternate. have another local news update for you coming up in half an hour. moments of certainty.

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♪ it's 8:00 on "today," and coming up, hidden perks for travelers, as millions of americans get set for their summer vacation. we'll show you ways to avoid hassles and save money and time. plus, the celebrity wedding of the year. we take you inside kim and kanye's star-studded event set in florence. but made for hollywood. and it's time to dust off that cowboy hat. country superstar tim mcgraw is here to rock the plaza live today, friday, may 23rd, 2014. >> southern girls, we love tim mcgraw!

>> hi, mom. ♪ she had a suntan line and red lipstick i worked so hard for that first kiss ♪ ♪ and a heart don't forget something like that ♪ >> hi to my family and mom in pennsylvania. >> big shout onout to my son anthony. love you. stay safe. be home soon. we're back now, 8:00 on a friday morning. it is the 23rd day of may, 2014. and just for a second, take a look at the crowd we've got behind us here, all gathered. country music fans in new york city for one and only tim mcgraw. by the way, carson and i were looking at tim a second ago rehearsing on stage. he is -- i think i can say it, he's 47 years old. >> he's ripped. >> oh, my god. this guy's incredible.

>> tim, thanks for being here. i was like oh, my gosh. >> heard the sound of metal. >> and then matt said, call me. just kidding. >> you took it just a little too far. >> here's the line. >> i know. we are doubling down on our concert fun this weekend. we've got tim mcgraw. and then monday, teen sensation austin mahone. he's already developed a big following ahead of his debut release. he's going to be here for a special memorial day concert right here on "today." >> lots of good music over the next several days. let us get a check of the top stories. natalie is inside with those. >> good morning to you guys once again. good morning, everyone. the ground beef recall affecting restaurants nationwide has now hit the backyard barbecue grill. the department of agriculture says at least six retailers in ten states may have sold the beef patties directly to consumers. one distributor, gordon food service marketplace, sent the meat to stores from the midwest to florida. meantime, the hot mama's food company is recalling hummus and other dips sold at some target and trader joe's stores for possible listeria contamination. we have breaking news from st. petersburg where russian

president vladimir putin scolded the united states, speaking at an economic conference. putin said sanctions imposed by washington over russia's involvement in ukraine will backfire. he also said russia's biggest concern is that ukraine will join nato, but he believes that ukraine, which is holding presidential elections this weekend, has already collapsed into civil war. the california woman who says she was held captive for ten years is telling more of her story. now that her alleged kidnapper is in jail. but the suspect's attorney claims the woman is lying. here's nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: for this 42-year-old, it was his first day in court, arraignment to come on five felony charges. >> kidnapping for a sexual attempt, forcible rape and three counts of lewd acts on a child. >> reporter: but all the charges relate to what happened in this apartment complex ten years ago, not to anything that may or may not have happened in subsequent years of alleged captivity.

the woman who during those years posted social media photos and videos of herself with the alleged abductor she married and with the baby girl they had together told police she lived in constant fear of garcia. >> we do know on two occasions she tried to escape. she was caught and beaten for that. and she was continually sexually assaulted. >> reporter: garcia's attorney says the couple was simply breaking up, and that her whole story is a lie. >> he treated her like a queen. he was devoted. she had her own car. she had her own job. she was very independent. >> completely free? >> completely free. >> reporter: but investigators say when the woman found her sister on facebook last month, she finally had the courage to break garcia's hold on her. >> this is a victim, no matter which way you spin it. >> reporter: garcia is jailed on a million dollars bail and is also subject to deportation for his immigration status. he's due back in court in june. mike taibbi, nbc news, santa ana, california. extreme weather is complicating holiday weekend

plans from coast to coast. the national weather service is investigating a possible tornado in upstate new york thursday that destroyed at least one home. in pennsylvania, hailstones as large as tennis balls shattered car windshields. 50-mile-an-hour winds damaged buildings and homes along the delaware-maryland border, and out west, hot, dry, windy weather caused a wildfire near flagstaff, arizona, to grow ten times larger in just one day. millions of americans are hitting the road this memorial day weekend, but where are they going? for many, the answer, of course, the beach. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has made his way to the boardwalk in ocean city, maryland. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, natalie, good morning to you. what a gorgeous weekend to be at the beach and the boardwalk. we're here at ocean city, maryland. most popular beach destination in this state. 250,000 people expected to make the trek here this weekend. pretty good reason to head to the beach after the long winter that we've had. at miami beach, the occupancy in hotels 76%. that is up over last year.

around the country, americans say 7 in 10 of them have beach plans somewhere in the course of their summer vacation. and this is prime season for these businesses. 15 weekends until labor day. that's where they've got to make the most of their income for the course of this year. if you go to ocean city, maryland, there's one business you don't want to miss, dolly's saltwater taffy. we've got a whole crate in the back for you. >> nice. love it. nice catch there, peter. peter alexander in ocean city, maryland. 8:06 right now. let's get a check of the weekend weather once again with al. >> thanks so much, nat. and we've got all of our fleet week sailors in. coast guard's in. we've got marines. everybody's here. let's show you what we've got happening. our pick city happens to be one of the great ones, houston, texas. local 2 nbc. we've got sunny and warm conditions, isolated thunderstorm by sunday. rest of the country, afternoon highs going to be downright toasty. in the southeast down into florida, with temperatures in the 90s.

90s in central california. they do not need it. 50s in northern new england. rest of the day for today, risk of strong storms along the southeastern atlantic coast. west texas, some wet weather in 8:07. happy friday to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live look here, san jose, overcast to start the day. temperatures right now, mostly in the 50s. fog is clinging to the east bay hills this morning. your temperatures are going to be comfortable. we will lose that overcast sky by about lunchtime. widespread sunshine for today. comfortable temperatures in the low 80s, same for tomorrow, south bay will be at 81 degrees tomorrow. then we're going to jump up your numbers into the upper 80s by sunday. if you're looking to hit the beach, sunday looks fantastic. that's your latest weather. somewhere behind all of these sailors we've got our guy. >> yeah. >> good company. a lot of men and women in the uniforms here on our plaza this morning including admiral

sterny. >> we love new york city. thank you for taking care of our sailors this weekend. >> you want to hear something special. this is dennis t the commanding officer of the "uss cole." are we happy to see her. >> we love to be here. the folks in new york city are pouring out their hearts. our sailors love it. >> thank you. >> thank you for your service. all of you. >> and enjoy the concert coming up. >> who is watching right now? >> good. >> coming up next we look at social media. we'll share some mean tweets. >> and inside look at kim kardashian and kanye west. >> a live performance on the plaza, you do push-ups with jenna wolfe. her 60-second shape-up. coming up. that's pretty good. first these messages. aw.

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>> zh we're back of it 8:11. here's what's trending today. for any one grilling burgers this whoochbltd is going to be at the grill? before you grab your spatula and lambburger make sure you don't make these mistakes. >> i know what you meant. >> one, smashing your burgers down. >> i love that. >> a hockey puck. >> splash out the juices. closing the lid to the grill. this does not speed up the cooking process. makes your burger taste like charcoal. cutting in to see if it's done. no. you are drying the burger out. get a meat thermometer. patience, grasshopper. >> cut into mine a few times. >> we're used to photo shop controversies, but how about this one. all right. take a look at this image posted on the website of ann taylor

loft. a model with an unusual waistline. the ricocheted around the web. looks like she has two different torsos. ann taylor tells us it was retouched only to remove the model's tattoo. you can see it in the original photo. the company insists it looks strange because the model is standing at an awkward angle. they have pulled the photo from the site. >> you look like bad photo shopping. >> guys, if you try to think of a way to propose to your girlfriend this is going to force to you step up your game. the student who traveled 26 countries over four years to pop the question to his girlfriend. ♪ i walked 500 miles and i would walk 500 more ♪

>> that is jack lip-syncing. >> he says he knew he wanted to marry his girlfriend after their first day. when his studies took him around the world he thought of the video. thank god rebecca said yes. >> millions of other women would be saying yes. >> that's right. >> he says his best adventure is loving rebecca. sweet story. >> that's great. some folks can be cruel on social media. what's the best way to deal with haters? jimmy kimmel asked celebrities to read some mean tweets they have gotten about themselves. >> there are people who think julia roberts is hot. her gigantic mouth, it will

devour an elephant in one bite. thank you and good luck. >> ashton kutcher needs to get hit by a bus asap. >> seems like a guy who wasn't supposed to abmovie star but slipped through the cracks and everyone was like okay. >> david blaine looks like his voice is putting his face to sleep. >> we decided to read some of the mean tweets we've gotten. >> i got mine like ten minutes ago. >> carson daly is still relevant? barely. >> mine is kids and no nylons, please, keep your sell you light hidden. i have it now i guess. >> an incomplete thought. savannah guthrie and her deformed mouth. >> now that you mention it. >> i don't have an upper lip.

>> i got this yesterday or the day before. should come to detroit and run full speed into me with his face. then he said something i can't say. >> wow. >> sorry mr. roker, healthy or not i think you look better with more fluff. now you resemble like a deflated balloon. >> that's not nice. >> now that we opened the flood gates. three hours of -- >> the most loved man in america. >> there was nothing. >> truth is the meanest tweets could never be repeated. >> but you keep trying. come on, america. you can do better. come on. >> come on. >> you little puppies out there. >> you could also kill us with kindness. >> we love that. >> that's what's trending today. coming up drinks and desserts that will not ruin your diet. ie

this weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer and the start of the busy summer travel season. if you're flying soon, did you know where there is a whole world of secret airline perks out there, and you can be enjoying them right now. nbc's janet shamlian scored an exclusive ticket into the elite flying club. >> reporter: pampered. chauffeured. even coddled. >> ease getting in and out. >> reporter: is this really an

airport? >> i do enjoy it. hard to believe. such a far cry from the usual crowds. >> expedited check-in process. >> private check-ins, transfer between flights and a special direct phoneline with a team ready to trouble shoot. >> you have a number to call and they will know it is you. >> it's the single best thing about the program. >> it's a secretive club for top sky warriors and all of the major carriers have one. you want in? not so fast. you can't qualify on miles alone and you can't buy your way in. it's invite only. reward for the airline's best customers and a lure for new ones. alexander runs united airlines global services program. >> the types of tickets you buy, the amount of travel you do, where you are flying, all these are factored into the equation. >> and secret. >> absolutely.

>> what the airlines are going after is the high value passenger, someone who flies several time as week and buys a full fare or first class ticket. hefty fares reap hefty rewards. more than ever the airlines are rolling out the red carpet to court that customer. take american airlines key where they are expanding this check-in. >> you get that personalized attention where they meet you, greet you, get the baggage taken care of all the way through to the moment you get on an airplane. >> delta's diamond members enjoy the wildest perk of all. hot wheels. you are literally escorted off your plane down to a private chauffeur who drives you in one of the new hybrids to catch your connection. >> customers love it and excited too. not only from the perspective now i don't have to worry but just like this is really cool. >> delta is expanding to more airports. united's version the mercedes. is it efficient? we tested it at chicago's o'hare

on a connection between gates in different terminals. b-4 and f-14. with the timer running we took off. on foot at a fast clip, and by mercedes across the tarmac. walking 8 minutes 7 seconds, driving, 2 minutes, 35 seconds. it cut the trip by two thirds. critical minutes when a connection is close. and ultimately it's making a personal connection with the passenger. key for the airline's high value clientel. >> how important is this cows tomer? >> infin natalie. we want to make sure we maintain that customer's loyalty. >> looks pretty good. memorial day marks the beginning of the summer wedding season. one ceremony is expected to shine above them all. did i read that. nbc's craig melvin has the latest on kim and kanye's wedding. >> let me tell you, we have breaking news this morning. just in, here they are, kim held

a "bachelorette" party last night at several of the hottest spots and all of paris, there she is right there. this one you can see her friend next to her there as well. kim kardashian has apparently thrown herself into this wedding and according to reports she is determined to rival the royal wedding with events in france and italy. the excitement has been building in paris all week as the couple known as kimye slam it up for their multi-million-dollar wedding celebration. kim's tying the knot for the third time to outdo the last her 72-day marriage to kris humphries. it's a first for kanye. >> lavish and over the top. what more would you expect from the kardashians. >> kim and kanye hitting the gym and kim braving the weather reportedly for the special spray tan containing crushed diamonds.

while sisters hit the fashion boutiques. mom chris and stepdad bruce are there. baby northwest stealing the limelight and grandma mary joe on her first trip to paris. today's treat, a private deluxe tour of the palace where they wanted to say i do to kick things off. >> they are going to get a taste of versailles most of us will never have. >> then 100 or so family and friends reported to take private jets to italy, and a mid evil fort which owe veer looks florence for the wedding. >> that alone is going to be magical and then the fact they are going to have really the entire canvas of italy as the backdrop. it's going to be amazing. >> i think that he actually makes -- made a good decision because italy is an amazing place. >> among the glamorous invitees according to reports, vogue editor and fashion designer

versace, atlanta del ray will provide entertainment, beyonce, maybe. gate crashers unlikely. >> it's a fort so the entire thing has been designed to keep out people that you don't want to let in. >> with some calling it the celebrity wedding of the year, it won't be easy. keeping up with the kardashians. >> got to hop my flight. we believe that jay-z is going to be best man. no word on brides maids and whether beyonce is going to be there. >> we'll try to report out that bridesmaids issue. >> let's send to the matt. >> thanks very much. this is now the fifth and final day of our 62nd shape-up segment. getting ready for swim suit season. here with final tips before you head for the beach or pool, joy bauer and a registered dietician

and jenna wolfe is a personal trainer as well. joy, we start with you and today you are concentrating on desserts and drinks. are you going to mess with my desserts in advance of the memorial day weekend? >> no. sweet and satisfying desserts and refreshing fabulous beverages but of course they are packed with flavor, super healthy and light in calories. i'm a little bummed, matt, because i also wanted to present skinny cocktails but i timed myself and i went way over so on the website. >> 60 seconds on the clock. joy, take it away. >> because water can get boring sometimes this is what i do to jazz it up. take seasonal fruit and layer it down in an ice cube tray, fill with it water, pop it in the freezer then it will jazz up any glass of water. and sometimes i even add instead of water 100% fruit juice and add the fruity cubes melt you get a shot of flavor. it's fun for kids. this is a refreshing picture of

peach raspberry iced tea. get this, zero calories. all you need is sim my take four peach teabag, four raspberry tea bags and steep them in a pitcher with water. here is my spritzer. it's on the website. for dessert key lime pie for 150 calories. a nonfat free yog gert, a dash of sugar, lime juice and toss with some mini graham crackers and this frozen fruit kabob. watermelon and grapes and sweet perfect dessert for memorial day party. >> you owe me three seconds. >> you said that last time. makes me nervous. >> let's see how general that -- see no jenna does outside. i'm putting 60 seconds on the clock. ready, set, go. >> today we're working out for body, matt. our shoulders, you've got some weights i want you to grab five pounds. water bottles are great.

arms out. if you don't want weight you don't need them. i want you to start doing shoulder circles. join in. doing it, no. of course not. not this. i want nice strong shoulders. your core tight. 30, 50 or 100. then go backwards. after that palms up. give me a v and we go up and down. work this whole area that everyone wants to work right there. 30, 50 or 100. from there we're going to work the chest. standing up with your weights guys if the you think this is easy i dare you to try with it your 5 pounds. here you go for your 30, 50 or 100. right after that you've worked everything up, now the tris. stand up, shoulders back. palm up, face the ceiling or the sky. give me a bunch of these up here. cycle through those. a couple times, you give yourself a nice upper body workout. >> so showed you up. nice job. right on the second. >> thank you guys. >> coming up the last concert on

the plaza from tim mcgraw right after these well, good morning, everyone. 8:26. i'm scott mcgrew. people in the south bay will get a chance to say good-bye to a childhood staple this weekend. san jose skate on blossom hill road in south san jose holds its final events over the next few days. the so long to skate concert series is a farewell. the south bay's last roller skating rink. the closure will leave the silicon valley roller girls, the local roller derby league, without a place to play. san jose skate has been known by many names over the years, including aloe hah, roxies, and golden state roller palace. let's check in with mike. >> also known as that place where i fell and hurt myself. looking over here, everybody, all skates to the bay bridge. toll plaza has a little backup

there, crossing to the san francisco area. more slowing and a little confusion as surface street traffic is disturbed. southbound 280 is closed from sixth down towards pennsylvania avenue. 101 is your alternate. and that's because of the retrofit work that's going on there, all the way through 5:00, scheduled tuesday morning for the reopen. there is a slowdown in palo alto. you see that on your map down here. this is on both directions, approaching san antonio. the crash reported on the northbound side, scott, when we typically see the slowdown. back to you. >> all right, mike, thanks. another local news update coming up in a half an hour.

it's 8:30 now on a friday morning. it's the 23rd of may, 2014. and what a great crowd we have on our plaza this morning. here's matt just chatting with

the people. hello, everybody. we are so excited because we have a great draw this morning, actually. it's tim mcgraw. >> he's going to sing for us in a couple of minutes. i think right now he might be spending a little time with some of the members of the navy, the marine corps, and the coast guard, who are here for fleet week. he is a very big supporters of veterans in this country. >> do you think it's harder to act in a serious drama or in a comedy? >> comedy. >> a very raunchy comedy. >> that takes talent. we're also going to talk about that with amanda seyfried, a star of the new movie "a million ways to die in the west." first, jenna bush hager is standing by with some special guests, including mr. tim mcgraw. >> no, she's not. >> maybe she's not. >> she's not doing that right now. tim mcgraw is with the folks. but jenna bush hager is not. so, how about the weather?

i can do that. yeah, great idea. glad i thought of it. you look ahead to the weekend. starting saturday, slight risk of strong storms. west texas, we've got wet weather in new england. sunny and cool around the great lakes. sunday, sunday! we've got a risk of strong storms again in texas. they need the help with the drought. a little cool and wet in the pacific northwest. sunny and warm along the eastern seaboard. and memorial day monday, more widespread showers from new england, upstate new york, great lakes, on into the upper mississippi river valley, into the southeast. sunny and cool in the pacific northwest. sizzling in southern california, where they really, 8:32. you made it to friday. still overcast in san jose. but that's what's going to keep our temperatures from sizzling, as we get into this weekend. temperatures will be warmer, but, hey, not too hot. 58 degrees right now along the peninsula. you'll enter into the upper 70s later on today, and that is comfortable territory. 67 for san francisco and 86 degrees today out in the north

bay. i want to show you where we're headed over the weekend. definitely warmer on sunday. that is your best day for the beach. >> the unofficial start to summer, you want to check your weather any time you can go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. >> all right. sending it over to matt? >> no? >> oh, we're going to teases. coming up, tim mcgraw. i know that's coming up. and amanda seyfried is here. there's tim mcgraw. he'll be singing in a few moments. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now at 8:35. amanda seyfried is known for her roles in "mama mia" and "les miserables." now she's taking on comedy in seth macfarlane's movie "a million ways to die in the west." she plays louise who dumps her

boyfriend and has a bit of an awkward run-in with him and the new woman in his life. take a look. >> i have that skirt. >> oh, you do? >> uh-huh. yeah, i wore it to the fair like two years ago. but good for you for trying to bring it back. >> well, i figure only a complete idiot would throw away a perfectly good thing. >> hey, amanda, good morning. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> we spared no expense. >> i feel like i'm back in it. >> in the wild west. >> 1882. >> yeah, yeah. >> first time you sat around the table with the other actors and you started reading some of the lines in this movie, how did you react to them? >> you know, it's just -- it is the funniest script i've ever read. it was the best table read experience i've ever joined. i think it's just because it's so contemporary, everything that people say and everything that people do is so contemporary, set in 18-something.

and it's just so out of place. but only seth can do it. >> did you know him before you got involved in this? >> i didn't. >> but you knew what to expect. >> yeah, absolutely. i'm a huge fan of "family guy." so i was so -- i felt so blessed to be in this movie. >> so you dump seth's character, albert, in this movie and you do it with the worst possible excuse. you have to work on you. >> yeah. >> you've never used that line in real life, please. >> no, no, no. >> it's not you. i need to work on me. >> usually my excuse is, it's nothing to do with me. it's mainly how i feel about you. >> it's you. it's you and the way you dress. >> yeah. it's you and the way you speak. she's a real jerk in this movie. >> you don't love her by the end of the movie. but you know who i hated more? the guy you dump albert for, played by neil patrick harris. >> he's the funniest person i've ever worked with.

this is such a gem, this movie, because i got to really just work with the funniest people. it's really fun to play the antagonist with him. >> and he is the owner of a mustachery. >> yeah. foye. >> yeah, foye the mustache man. how are you on facial hair? i don't mean you personally. how do you feel about guys with facial hair? are you a mustache woman? or a beard woman? >> i grew up with my dad having just a mustache. i like hair. i like a full grown face. i do. i'm into that. so it's always sad when my boyfriend shaves. but i don't know, the mustache -- just the mustache is a little bit weird. reminds me of my dad too much. >> probably not a good thing for that particular moment. >> yeah. >> you like r-rated comedy? i know you're going to be doing the sequel to "ted." so would you rather do a couple of these before you go back to drama? >> yeah, i think so. man, it's so much more fun.

it is a challenge. but god, letting loose and improv sometimes is just -- it's so fulfilling when you get it right. >> how much of this was on the paper and how much was standing next to neil patrick harris, or to seth macfarlane and having them just wing it, or you? >> my stuff was scripted. i didn't go off the page too much. but seth, in the scene that you just showed, was saying all sorts of stuff that was just like -- it was nuts. it's so profane. we couldn't stop laughing. but i guess it's fun. >> more intimidating to do punch lines or sing in a movie? >> punch lines. >> i've never done either. but i would think it would be. >> i mean, getting people to laugh is a feat. >> especially on take 13. >> yeah. you want to keep the crew laughing, really. and that's how you know. it's your measuring stick. >> amanda, it's good to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> "a million ways to die in the west" opens a week from today. and up next, the time has

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> well, tim mcgraw is one of country music's biggest stars. more than two decades into his career, his hot streak just keeps getting hotter. take a look. ♪ i like it i love it i want some more of it ♪ >> tim mcgraw has sold more than 40 million records, topping the charts with 35 number one singles, winning three grammy awards, and 16 academy of country music awards. he's also half of an a-list celebrity couple, married to

singer faith hill for 17 years. and he's conquered hollywood with movie roles in films like "the blind side" and "country strong." mcgraw has the respect of fellow artists, too, like taylor swift, who performed a duet on his last album with keith urban on guitar. he's currently crisscrossing the country on his sundown heaventown tour, and his next stop is right here with us. so, without further ado on our toyota summer concert stage, ladies and gentlemen, tim mcgraw. take it away. >> oh, come on! ♪ it was labor day weekend

i was 17 ♪ ♪ i bought a coke and some gasoline ♪ ♪ i drove out to the county fair ♪ ♪ when i saw her for the first time ♪ ♪ she was standing there in the ticket line ♪ ♪ it all started right then and there ♪ ♪ a sailor sky made a perfect sunset ♪ ♪ and that's a day i'll never forget ♪ ♪ i had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt ♪ ♪ she was killing me in that mini skirt ♪ ♪ skipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracks ♪ ♪ she had a suntan line and red lipstick ♪ ♪ i worked so hard for that first kiss ♪ ♪ and a heart don't forget something like that ♪ ♪ it was five years later on the southbound plane ♪ ♪ i was headed down to new orleans ♪ ♪ to meet some friends of mine

for the mardi gras ♪ ♪ when i heard a voice from the past ♪ ♪ come a few rows back and when i looked i couldn't believe just what i saw ♪ ♪ she said i bet you don't remember me ♪ ♪ and i said only every other memory ♪ ♪ i had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt ♪ ♪ you were killing me in that mini skirt ♪ ♪ skipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracks ♪ ♪ i worked so hard for that first kiss ♪ ♪ and a heart don't forget something like that ♪ come on! ♪ like an old photograph time can make a feeling fade ♪

♪ but the memory of a first love never fades away ♪ ♪ killing me in that mini skirt skipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracks ♪ ♪ she had a suntan line and red lipstick ♪ ♪ i worked so hard for that first kiss ♪ ♪ and a heart don't forget no a heart don't forget ♪ ♪ i said a heart don't forget something like that ♪ ♪ no, not something like that [ cheers and applause ] >> tim mcgraw is just getting started. we will be back with more music, and we'll talk to tim in just a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

tim mcgraw is currently on a tour that will take him to 30 cities this summer. it's called the sundown heaventown tour. >> now we are thrilled to have him on our toyota summer concert stage. tim, welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> good morning. >> most artists release an

album, and then go on tour. >> yeah. >> you decided to go on tour and then release the album. >> for us, it's fun to go out and play new stuff. people ask us what's your favorite thing to play onstage and on tour, and usually for us, it's the newest stuff that we have. so this tour, we're playing five or six songs off the new record. so it's a good litmus test to go out and play stuff. >> you have been doing this for i think 18 years. do you still get a charge out of a live crowd? is it still fun? >> yeah. i mean, that's why you do this for a living. i don't think when you're a kid and you think about being a rock star that you think about being in a studio and singing the same song over and over. you think about being out in front of a lot of people and singing music. >> i don't know if it's coincidence and timing or luck, but you're here during fleet week. and we've got a lot of members of the military. i say it because you have done a lot of work on behalf of veterans and military families. >> we get to do the things that we get to do, and it doesn't matter what you believe, doesn't matter what side of the fence you fall on, what matters is these guys put their butts on

the line every day for us. we can all support them in all kinds of ways. >> well said. >> they are happy to have you today. can i just shift gears to the shallow? we have a photograph. i think it's exclusive. >> uh-oh. >> is this "men's health"? that's tim mcgraw. >> that's all air brushed. >> that reminds me. i've got to go out and get a six-pack of beer for the weekend. >> wow. you're ripped. i don't really have a question here. >> it's only been for the last couple of days, because i knew i was going to be standing by matt. you know, with those suits that he wears, i had to do something. >> how's faith? >> she's great. she's at home watching with the kids. they have finals this week, so they're studying hard. >> you have three teenage girls. >> three teenage girls. >> you have your hands full. please say hi. you're doing "overrated" now? >> yeah, a new one. >> ladies and gentlemen, tim

mcgraw. ♪ this rock we're rolling on is like a circus ride that don't last long ♪ ♪ around around and going and then we're gone ♪ ♪ we waste time chasing ghosts overlook the things that matter most ♪ ♪ get so caught up in the maybes just trying to be somebody, baby ♪ ♪ we're slowly going crazy building up a stack of bones ♪ ♪ keeping up with the jones getting so jacked and jaded ♪ ♪ baby if you're asking me love is really all we need ♪

♪ everything else is overrated overrated ♪ ♪ we amputate the heart 'cause we can't let them see the broken part ♪ ♪ watered down the wine and jumped the shark ♪ ♪ we build our castles tall just so we can have the higher wall ♪ ♪ it don't matter where you came from or where it is you get your name from ♪ ♪ we're going down if we don't change some ♪ ♪ building up a stack of bones keeping up with the jones ♪ ♪ getting us all so jacked and jaded ♪ ♪ baby if you're asking me love is really all we need ♪ ♪ everything else is overrated

overrated ♪ ♪ we're all running after something ♪ ♪ but if it ain't love it's nothing ♪ ♪ it don't matter where you came from ♪ ♪ or where it is you get your name from ♪ ♪ we're going down if we don't change some ♪ ♪ i'm talking about a ball of flame ♪ ♪ building up a stack of bones keeping up with the jones ♪ ♪ getting us all so jacked and jaded ♪ ♪ baby if you're asking me love is really all we need ♪ ♪ everything else is overrated overrated yeah ♪

♪ overrated overrated overrated ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you! >> tim mcgraw on a friday morning. he'll be back with more music in a little while. but first, take a look at these messages, your

good morning, everyone. it's 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. you might want to stay up a little late tonight and catch a glimpse of the first-of-its-kind meteor shower named the giraffe. some scientists say there could be more than 200 meteors per hour, but nobody knows really for sure. we've never been in this part of space. the best time to see the action, 11:00 tonight, california time. let's check weather with meteorologist christina loren. >> yeah, because it won't look

like this, scott. 11:00, california time tonight, we do have some fog out there for now. it will return, but i'm going to tell you right now, not as thick as it is, and you will be table to see that beautiful meteor shower, especially inland and high elevations. 82 in the south bay, 67 in san francisco. we are going to warm you up all the way through sunday. ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans!

from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" on a friday morning, as you get ready to start your memorial day weekend. it's may 23rd, 2014. great crowd outside today to hear tim mcgraw. i'm wiie geist along with al and natalie. tamron out. >> you ever wore a cowboy hat? >> never wore a cowboy hawaii does anybody wear the cowboy hat as well as tim mcgraw? >> no. a lot of them do. luke bryant wears a cowboy hat pretty well. they all do. but something about tim. >> why is it that they can and most of us can't? >> they've got the whole swagger to go with the cowboy hat. not that you don't have swagger. >> is tim mcgraw still in the orange room?

>> no. >> see, there's the hat. he just kills that hat. >> but he's so chiselled and everything else goes. >> anything else you want to say about him? he's cut from stone, says natalie. >> he's a cyborg. >> he is. >> a country cyborg. >> a lot of excitement on the plaza. we've got another song coming up in this hour by tim mcgraw. some news coming up of mark cuban. he's the owner of the nba's dallas mavericks. always been outspoken, and now forced him to apologize, some comments he made. he admitted that he is bigoted and has certain prejudices about people and their race. he was being interviewed when the subject turned to clippers owner donald sterling. cuban called sterling's attitude stupid, but listen to what he said after that. >> if i see a black kid in a hoodie at night on the other side of the street, i'm probably -- on the same side of the street, i'm probably going to walk to the other side of the street. if i see a white guy with a

shaved head and lots of tattoos, i'm going back to the other side of the street. >> so i think it was the hoodie that got people going, the parallel to the trayvon martin case upset some people. so cuban then apologized if a five-part tweet, which read, in hindsight, i should have used different examples. i didn't consider the trayvon martin family. i apologize to them for that. beyond apologizing to the martin family, i stand by the words and substance of the interview. he's basically being honest about the way he views race. about the way he views threats. >> it's for perceived threats. i think it's a natural -- i mean, for all of us, talking about after 9/11, we're all very vigilant and if you feel like you're threatened in some way, it's a natural inclination. >> i think he was saying it's not intentional on his part. he knows it's irrational in most cases, but this is just the way he feels. i think any time you have an open and honest conversation about race, there are going to be two sides that come out of it. >> i think we all are trying to be a lot more vigilant. i'm on the subway, i don't care what color you are, you get on the subway and you've got a big

package, a bag, or something like that -- >> your behavior is off. >> acting a little strange, i'm getting a little nervous. i'm looking for a policeman. >> to be clear, i'm not defending anything mark cuban said. and i don't think he's even defending what he said. he said this is the way i feel. >> he apologized for it. he realized the error of the statement. >> cuban actually said -- he has not said whether or not he's going to vote to strip donald sterling of ownership of the clippers. he declined to comment further. said his tweets speak for themselves. >> he also said he felt a little bit like a hypocrite just because he has had prejudices, as we all have, unfortunately. but he has said, you know, i try to correct and keep that behavior in check. >> right. so this one's kind of interesting. not having been an athletic student in school, parents of students at north hill elementary in rochester hills, michigan, have reportedly been

informed that competition will be kept to a minimum at an upcoming field day. so look at this flier. it was posted on facebook for the june 6th event. it's titled, come join the fun. the purpose of the day is for our school to get together. it's an eye test. >> i was able to see, are you actually reading it? >> for an enjoyable two hours of activities. since we believe that all of our children are winners, the need for athletic ability will be kept to a minimum. the real reward will be the enjoyment and good feelings of participation. >> wow. i remember field day being always fun. it was never super competitive. it was always like the sack racing and the egg spoon racing. i mean, is that competitive now? >> maybe it has become. i mean, with everything else. i understand what they're doing. if they're trying to push that into say other competitive sports, then probably that's not a great idea. but for a field day -- >> i agree. i think field day is different. i played sports my whole life. i'm as competitive as they come. but i think this is an elementary school. it's k through fifth grade. so for you know, a 5, 6, 7, 8-year-old, it's okay if you

don't have a big winner at the end of every competition. >> maybe there was some event that happened at the last field day. >> right. >> which we don't know. >> for the sack race, somebody put springs in their kids' sack or something. i don't know. >> somebody boiled the egg in the egg race. >> exactly. >> a bench-clearing brawl from a balloon toss. >> that's what i remember. like water balloon tossing. it was all about the fun stuff. >> the problem was when they froze the water balloon. >> then it gets ugly. >> that's when we're talking competitive and painful. we've got some incredible -- a couple pieces of video to show you. take a look at this one first. think how carefully you drive during a first few trips with a brand-new car. this woman was driving a car. this is dash cam video of the moment she was forced to jump from that new car after it stalled on the train tracks in florida. you see there the conductor, just in a full-on panic. kristin taylor was getting used to driving a stick shift when apparently she just stalled out. luckily she escaped with only

minor injuries. >> it doesn't seem like she could have escaped. >> she just barely makes it on the left. it's barely in the time of that video you can see her making it out from that car. but unbelievable story there that she was able to make it out. just minor injuries. >> thankfully. >> you look at the full piece of video, the dash cam. the conductor comes around that corner and he doesn't have much time at all. >> and then he just braces for it. jams on the brakes. pushes the emergency button. but i don't see right here how she gets away. >> that's crazy. >> the only thing is the car is being pushed down the track. so it's being pushed away from her. >> you see her kind of step out. you do see her kind of make it out. the good thing is she made it out with her life and she's good. but she hadn't even made her first payment on that car. brand-new car. >> that's a tough one. >> hey, i got a couple scratches. >> that premium's going to go up. >> the good thing is i'm alive. >> don't you remember the first days of learning how to drive a stick? some scary moments. >> one and only time i tried to drive a stick. >> you get to your first hill

and you're at a stoplight and you're rolling backwards and trying to jam it into first. >> >> my first job was whem in syracuse. james street is on this hellacious hill and i just bought a 1975 volkswagen rabbit in a stick to save money. i would drive miles out of the way to come around the other side. i was like, ahh! >> i remember with my mom driving a stick, she would always pull the emergency brake every time. i'm like, mom, why are you pulling the emergency brake every time we stop? >> your mom was doing bootleg turns. >> she was making sure. she was like i don't want to go backwards. >> she was just a party driver. >> oh, mrs. morales. >> that's my mom. >> doing neutral drops, too. >> you better believe it. >> she's the better parallel parker. >> that's why i never really learned. >> that's our first piece of video. how about this next one? this is heart-stopping video out of china. a 1-year-old baby reportedly had

crawled on to a window ledge during a thunderstorm looking for his mother. now, watch this. some people below see that baby out on the ledge. he steps out. and makes the catch as the baby falls from the ledge. >> and it looks like it was raining there, too. >> yeah, there was a thunderstorm going on. >> to make that catch in the middle of all of that. >> he said he just acted on instinct. imagine you're walking down the street, you look up, and now it's on you to save the baby's life. you saw the mother come in and scoop up her child. scary video. al, what's going on outside? >> of course, it's memorial day weekend, so we see the unofficial start to our summer. we've divvied up the country into four parts. let's start off right now into the northeast. so tomorrow, some showers in new england, all the way down into boston. sunshine down in richmond. sunday, things warm up. we're in the 70s everywhere. 84 in richmond, virginia. monday, we've got some showers there.

pittsburgh, 83 degrees and sunshine. now, we move on to the southeast, atlanta you're going to be fantastic to start things off tomorrow. you've got sunny and warm conditions, 88 in new orleans. more rain out in the western parts of texas. sunday, sunshine, along the carolinas. we do look for scattered showers by monday down in miami. little rock, 89. new orleans, 87 degrees. to the great lakes we go. green bay, you're going to be spectacular tomorrow. minneapolis 80. rain in kansas city. those showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous. monday, green bay. 81 and showers. indianapolis, you look fantastic and 85 degrees. let's head out west. the drought continues in california, but cooler in l.a. 73 saturday. portland 73 and sunshine. sunday, boise sunny and 82. phoenix 96 and hot. on memorial day, temperatures watching up to 82 degrees. rain along the pacific northwest coast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods.

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paul mccartney falls ill. a loving tribute to michael jackson. and a burglar with a weakness for vino at casa clooney. >> those are some of the big stories in the world of entertainment. here with the scoop, josh zeps. >> let's start with mr. clooney. he famously has this place on lake cuomo in italy. what happened? >> it's this beautiful place in northern italy. he loves hanging out there. and this burglar tries to break in. you know what the burglar ended up stealing? one bottle of wine. >> really? >> one bottle. >> just one? >> this is not a criminal mastermind, i don't think. if you're going to break into a $25 million property, you probably go after more than that. so it was a 29-year-old romanian guy. the cops got him. fortunately, security caught him before he could get into the main house. there was an alcove outside the

house where they kept some wine. broke in, tried to get in, nabbed a bottle and security called the cops. >> sounds like a prank, a stunt. i got a bottle from clooney. >> exactly. at least reach higher. go for some jewelry. >> it's a good thing he didn't. all right, other star power. one of the biggest music icons, paul mccartney unfortunately having to cancel his japan tour and south korea as well due to illness. >> that's right. he's in south korea and had to cancel. they're not saying exactly what the illness is or what it was. he had already cancelled some japan dates. he's coming here to the states next month. he hasn't cancelled those, so it's obviously nothing particularly serious. the guy is 71. >> i know. looks fantastic. >> and he's still on tour. that's what's amazing. >> and people spent up to a thousand dollars or more on these tickets and they're bummed and saying we wanted to see paul mccartney. well, yeah, he's a 71-year-old guy. >> just not feeling well. >> maybe he just had a schedule that was just too demanding and hopefully he's just tired. >> and he's here in new york next month? >> yes, that's right. >> here's hoping, and that he

recovers. tweet of the week. on sunday night, the billboard music awards featuring a hologram version of michael jackson performing. right after that, janet jackson tweeted this message. my brother, michael, was, is, and always will be a genius. i love you, mike. janet. have we had any other reactions from the jackson family? >> not that i know of. but one of the things about this was it kind of lit twitter up. and some people loved it, some people hated it. just to have her chime in with really just a sweet note, which really touches on the fact that he was a genius and that everyone can concede that and that she misses him is kind of heartfelt. it's nice when twitter manages to cut through the nastiness. >> any other family members weigh in on that? >> not that i know of. >> this is a question we posed in the tease. the burning question of the week. to whom these legs belong that we're going to show right here. this is our instagram photo of the week. what do we got? >> maybe the only man in the world, but i'm getting a little bit bored of jessica simpson's

instagram feed. i don't want to see any more of our body parts. i'm a little bit over it. it's jessica simpson. she is the spokeswoman for weight watchers. she's getting married shortly, july 4th weekend in santa barbara. so she's working out. she's dieting. she's doing everything. just leave it off the web, maybe. maybe we don't need to see it. >> i don't know, i think she's showing those haters. there are people who criticized her for her weight for so many years. she's like hey, i look good. so look at me now. >> this is true. >> sounds like you spend a lot of time on her instagram feed. >> touche. >> that's on you, my man. >> i need to instagram her a picture of my legs. >> she also posted a picture of her and her fiance eric johnson, wrote this caption, happy 4 year anniversary, baby. i'm so honored to be the mother of your babies. they're not married yet. but this is the four-year anniversary of their relationship. >> and they have two kids together. she's doing well. >> we've got a sneak peek of the week. fox catcher. it tells the true story of the murder of an olympic wrestler.

and this stars steve carell. what's incredible, you wouldn't be able to tell that it's steve carell. take a look. >> yes, take a look. >> do you have any idea who i am? i want to speak with you about your future. what do you hope to achieve, mark? >> i want to be the best in the world. >> coaches. a mentor. a coach has great power on an athlete's life. >> wow. >> looks really good. >> i am so looking forward to this movie. it's directed by the director of "money ball" and "ka pcapote." look at steve carell. he's got this fake latex nose. they changed his hair. put on makeup. i just love seeing someone who you know is super talented in one field, really branch out and try to do something that's completely unexpected. >> yeah, he's so good at dramatic acting as well. >> we're going to see that november 14th. josh, thanks so much. and coming up next, we'll get you caught up on all the

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so rich, creamy, and delicious. only philadelphia®. good morning, everyone. 9:26. i'm scott mcgrew. right the now, authorities in morgan hill on the hunt for the man they say is armed and dangerous. a woman says this man threatened her with a shotgun and then tried to rob her in the target parking lot on cochran road last night. she was able to escape unharmed. a few minutes later, authorities say that same man robbed a nearby subway, holding up two employees with that shotgun. he was able to escape with an undisclosed amount of cash. if you do see that fellow, you're asked to call police. the two owners of the san jose cairo spa are accused of using the spa to bilk insurance companies out of more than $7 million. prosecutors say the spa wrong fly billed manicures and

pedicures as chiropractic services. the scam is called the biggest medical fraud case ever in santa clara county. the southbound lanes of 280 from downtown san francisco to pennsylvania avenue are shut down this morning for seismic safety work. the roadway will be closed all memorial day weekend, opening just in time for tuesday's morning commute. we'll have a look at weather and traffic coming up after the break.

welcome back. the time now is 9:28. a live look overcast from the south bay to the golden gate bridge. look at all of these people in town nor the holiday weekend. as you can imagine, it is going to be busy out there and the weather could not be better. it's going to be really, really nice. not just for today, all the way throughout the weekend. a little mist, a little drizzle for now. warm valleys is for today. hi mild at the coast. sun will set at 8:17. and get a load of these temperatures for us today. really, really comfortable numbers. we'll hit the lower 70s to 80s just about everywhere. the peninsula is at 79 degrees and staying nice and comfortable all the way through that holiday

weekend. here's mike and your drive. >> all right, christina. we're looking over here towards the bay bridge toll plaza, where the fastrak lanes are cleared, but the cash lanes are having to wait and those metering lights are still on. a slower drive across the span, getting into the city off the maze, where there is no real slowing. but over here approaching the city, southbound 101 off of eastbound 80, that's where it jams up. the alternate to southbound 280, scott told you about that closure that continues anywhere south of the 201 split or merge, moving very smoothly and easy to get on there. the rest of your bay, no problem. >> thank you, more local news coming up in a half an hour. dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard from the makers of frontline® plus it's the only chew that kills both fleas and american dog ticks. vets recommend it, and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures.

recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline® plus. welcome back to "today" on a friday morning. memorial day weekend getting under way. good crowd outside. it's may 23rd, 2014. i'm willie along with al and natalie. tamron is on assignment. >> this is the disco version of "let it go"? >> i think it is. we've got so many versions. another song coming from tim mcgraw in just a few minutes. we talked about whether or not anyone wears the cowboy hat better than tim mcgraw. >> luke bryant doesn't wear a cowboy hat. he wears a baseball cap. >> george strait. a lot of people say george strait. kenny chesney. brad paisley. all options. but tim mcgraw does it pretty darn well. so last night's "tonight" show was one for the ages. a lot of you know will ferrell has a doppelganger. the drummer for the red hot chili peppers, chad smith.

it's been a bit of a rivalry. >> oh, my gosh. who's who? >> isn't that incredible? >> it's unbelievable. >> look at that. >> in case you didn't know, ferrell is the guy on the left. >> yes. so jimmy got them together for a little drum-off to reveal who is the real chad smith. >> roll the credits! >> roll the credits. stop the show. roll the credits. go to commercial. >> might want to go to commercial. >> chad. >> all right. >> do you have a response? >> roll the credits. [ cheers and applause ]

>> eat it! >> chad smith has some will ferrell comedy in him, by the way. >> it's okay! >> this is how you win the battle, though. >> more cowbell. ♪ >> oh, bring out the smoke. >> and the cowbell. and blue oyster cult. >> oh! >> it's almost unfair. it's almost unfair. ♪ >> in case you're too young to know that sketch, one of the most classic "snl" sketches with will ferrell, of course. >> christopher walken. >> the best. >> i got a fever. >> youtube it if you don't know what we're talking about. >> fantastic. maybe you've got a weather fever. and dr. roker is here. dr. roker could use some lights.

thank you. we've got sunshine and showers up into new england tomorrow. slight risk of strong storms out into texas. beautiful weather along the west coast. let's go to sunday, sunday! again, more strong storms in west texas. that helps their drought. sunny and cool, as you make your way along the west coast. nice and warm in the southeast. hot around the gulf coast. and then on monday, memorial day, more widespread showers, but out west, you're going to have spectacular weather. we could use some rain for our friends in california. they are suffering from a months-long drought. that's what's going on around the country. 9:33. happy friday to you, bay area. overcast sky means temperatures will not be able to soar today. it will be warmer, but not too hot. 61 in livermore. these are current conditions. 61 in redwood city, just about uniform temperatures. with that blanket of clouds extending all the way inland, starting to clear out in san jose. on our way to about 82 degrees

here. i want to show you the place to be if you can get out there for memorial day weekend. 74 in saturday, san francisco, 75 sunday, and 71 monday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thanks a lot. this weekend marks the unofficial start to summer, but more importantly, the time to remember the sacrifice of fallen warriors and to recognize our troops and veterans. more than 48,000 service men and women have been wounded in recent military conflicts. >> to honor them, petsmart has teamed up with canine companions. a program that pairs wounded vets with pets. >> david is petsmart ceo and retired army captain james van toch is here with his canine companion liz. good morning to all of you. we'll get to liz in just a moment as well. david, this seems like a match made in doggie heaven. these two so perfectly paired. it takes a lot of work to get a service dog to this point, though, right? >> absolutely. this was a natural fit for us. at petsmart, we're focused on more moments for people to be

inspired by their pets. when we understood the impact that these service dogs can have on veterans, we knew we needed to do this. they just have a wonderful impact. and save veterans' lives. >> i'm impressed by the range of services these dogs can provide. a lot of times you think of the outward injuries, the ones we can see. but there's traumatic brain injury, ptsd, dogs help with that, too. >> absolutely. captain james and i were talking earlier, you start to lose your independence and depression can set in, and liz absolutely lets james be independent, which is a wonderful thing. >> captain, tell us about liz? >> well, because i was injured in iraq, i was in iraq for 25 months and i had various injuries. i take about 21 pills a day to survive. and if i don't take these pills, my body can go into shock and i will cease to exist. when i was injured, i was living at home with my parents and i lost my independence. a man at 35 years old, having to depend on my mother and father

to take care of me. so now with my service dog liz, if i drop my pill bottles, she can pick it up for me. she can open and close doors for me. she can turn on and off lights for me. she can pick up my wallet. so this is a lifesaver for me. and, for example, if i was just to drop my pill bottle right now, i would give her a quick command. liz, get it. go on, get it. here. sit. >> good girl. >> give. good girl. >> not to mention all the love and support she gives you as well. >> most definitely. >> a little guardian angel. >> correct. and with the help that she gave me, given my independence and empowering me, before i was injured, i had graduated from law school. i'm not able to practice law because of my traumatic brain injury. i have cognitive deficits. so with the help that she's given me, i was just recently

returned from afghanistan last year with operation proper exit to empower other veterans overseas, that whenever they're going through combat, or maybe if it's a crisis back at home, a love triangle or maybe financial difficulties, ask for help. help is there. if it is a service dog or if you just need special assistance to get through that hump. >> these are very special dogs, obviously. what's the training process like for this? >> it's a really extensive training process that takes multiple months. that's one of the things that we're supporting. there's really an education piece of this to veterans. and so we're enlisting our 53,000 associates in our stores to educate veterans when they're in our stores. we have got materials. because a lot of veterans don't understand that service dogs can have a big help, or they may be embarrassed to ask for help. we really want to engage with them and couldn't be more proud to be doing this with petsmart for patriots. >> it's an incredible program. with your help, the word is getting out. and we thank you so much, captain, for your service as well, to us and to our country.

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through the wacky world of sports, len berman is back with some of the month's best bloopers and their funniest moments. >> len, len, len. >> very nice natalie here. >> she said it better be good. >> better be good. >> may featured california chrome and lots of playoffs. but what were truly the top stories, let's go spanning the world. better be good. >> unbelievable! >> on your mark, get set. 101-year-old katie colin throwing out the first pitch in toronto. way to go, kitty. let's go. before you turn 102, kitty. we're out of time. play ball. >> jesse chavez. oh! look out. >> look at the korean base runner nearly collides with the

batter at home. in ft. wayne, you chase after the foul ball. of course you set off a geyser. how bad was the phony rugby dive in american samoa. the entire crowd laughs. like a three stooges routine. the brazilian police academy, she throws a live grenade. >> uh-oh. >> and nobody got hurt! >> talk about knocking the cover off the baseball. the brewers' martin maldonado hit it and it's kind of hard to throw that to first base. knocked the cover right off the ball. our boo of the month, seattle's robinson cano coming back to new york to face his old team. jimmy fallon gave new york fans the opportunity to boo his picture. they thought. >> maybe try it again. >> should i try it again? >> how you doing, robbie? welcome back to new york.

>> that's a new yorker. >> animals in the house. >> pittsburgh's andrew mccutchen is a duck herder. in cleveland, there are too many players on the field. on the pop-up. and i got it. i got it. in western oregon. let me in, coach, but i need a glove. no, not that one. i'm a lefty. i need that one. our fan of the month. the twin -- mom is in the stands on her birthday with her son batting. >> going back is jennings. and it is gone! happy birthday, mom! >> whoo! oh, my gosh! >> and our goal of the month in lithuania. you score the goal, and here's the best way to get the kind of adulation you think you deserve. you run into the stands. you take a seat. yea, me!

>> i'm going to sit here, okay? >> yea. >> was that good enough for you, natalie? >> pfs perfeit was perfect. >> what about next month? >> get to work. up next, the southern boy singing to southern girls, country superstar tim mcgraw kicking off our memorial day weekend right after this. [ female announcer ] how do you want to feel this spring? ♪ [ woman 1 ] radiant! [ woman 2 ] confident! ♪ [ woman 3 ] optimistic! [ woman 4 ] inspired! [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] spring is the time to make it happen with the new kellogg's special k simple 5 plan. no counting, no keeping track. just make five smart choices every day. and lose up to 5 pounds in 2 weeks. [ woman 6 ] fabulous! [ both laugh ] [ female announcer ] kellogg's special k. what will you gain when you lose? and here. but what about here? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® visibly even daily moisturizer with a clinically proven soy complex.

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> we've been getting you pumped up for the long holiday weekend all morning long with the country superstar natalie calls chiselled. >> that's right. >> tim mcgraw. >> you agree. >> oh yeah. we all agree. the three-time grammy winner has sold more than 40 million records, has 35 number one singles. >> and here he is performing one of them, the fan favorite "southern girl." ♪ now i ain't saying them l.a. ladies don't know what they doing ♪ ♪ i've been in love with new york city

a time or two ♪ ♪ i've had some seattle coffee some chicago wind ♪ ♪ some kansas wheat fields i'd love to see again ♪ ♪ but the fireflies play where the cat tails grow ♪ ♪ the southern girls talk nice and slow ♪ ♪ with kisses sweeter than tupelo honey ♪ ♪ a little bit crazy like new orleans ♪ ♪ memphis blue and daytona sunny ♪ ♪ soft as cotton in some cutoff jeans ♪ ♪ don't you know ain't nothing in the whole wide world like a southern girl ♪ ♪ southern girl rock my world ♪ ♪ hazel eyes and golden curls put on a country song we'll dance all night long ♪

♪ a southern girl's mama probably taught her how a lady should act ♪ ♪ and a southern girl probably got a barn somewhere out back ♪ ♪ she'll gate little hay in her hair her tires in the mud likes cherries in her coke takes a little sip ♪ ♪ comes over to me with them sunburned lips ♪ ♪ and kisses sweeter than tupelo honey ♪ ♪ a little bit crazy like new orleans ♪ ♪ memphis blue and daytona sunny ♪ ♪ soft as cotton in some cutoff jeans ♪ ♪ don't you know ain't nothing in the whole wide world like a southern girl ♪ ♪ put on a country song

we'll dance all night long ♪ ♪ if you've ever seen savannah heat up when the stars come out ♪ ♪ well then fellas come on you know what i'm talking about ♪ ♪ kisses sweeter than tupelo honey ♪ ♪ little bit crazy like new orleans ♪ ♪ memphis blue and daytona sunny ♪ ♪ soft as cotton in some cutoff jeans ♪

♪ don't you know ain't nothing in the whole wide world like a southern girl ♪ ♪ southern girl rock my world ♪ ♪ hazel eyes and golden curls ♪ ♪ put on a country song we'll dance all night long ♪ >> all right, tim mcgraw. we are back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc. thanks, tim.

big plans, guys, for the memorial day weekend? >> probably some barbecue and jump in a pool somewhere. >> somewhere? >> i don't have one, so i'm going to find somebody with a pool. >> got your kids? got the wife? how you doing? i brought you some doughnuts. can i borrow your pool? >> just come in our suit and assume we're invited to their pool. >> and the barbecue, too. >> look for me and my kids. >> he's got a cowboy hat. >> yes, i do. what do you got going on?

>> same kind of deal. i'm going to your house. >> we'll find a pool together. >> and you have a pool. problem solved. >> i just have to blow it up. >> you see the two of us sitting in there? with our swimmies on? >> and you? >> i'm hanging around. i'm here. we're here monday. austin mahone is going to be here. cue the screaming girls. come on down to the plaza. we'd love to have you outside cheering him on and cheering us on. >> we also have some military reunions coming up as well. >> yes. memorial day show is always a lot of fun. we'll look forward to that. coming up,

well, good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. the woman accused of attacking a 4-year-old girl with a tire iron at walmart will be in court. police say maria garoti, here she was the last time she was in court swb right behind her

lawyer, hit a little girl in the head at a walmart. the little girl's father says he blocked the second blow. officers say that's when she started singing show tunes and posing for surveillance cameras before getting on the ground and waiting for police. the 20-year-old faces charges, including assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crimen handsment. the little girl is asian. garoti apparently picked her out because of her race. the young girl is expected to recover. now let's check on anthony with weather. good morning, weather, how's the anthony? >> it's friday. at this point, it's good to be here. right now you can see the clouds in place right now. the clouds are really going to be with us all day, at least for the first half of the day. and by this afternoon, we do clear out nicely. we have a really nice weekend coming our way. in fact, temperatures later on this afternoon, back into the 70s and 80s. and san francisco will be a little bit cooler, still in the 60s. if you are making plans, perhaps out to carnival or want to get to the beach, perfect weather for your memorial day weekend.

we're talking about temperatures that are going to be at the 70s on the beach, both saturday and sunday. a little bit cooler for monday, but overall, lots of sunshine headed your way over the next couple of days. let's check that drive with mike or mike with drive. >> thank you weather. looking over here, the 580 through dublin, no mistaking this. it's a smooth drive westbound. look at the maps we have, a nice easy drive west. eastbound, going to start to get a little gathering early afternoon, if not late morning, because of folks trying to get away for a threeday weekend to the central valley or to the sierra. a smooth flow of traffic around the bay, even as southbound slowdown north out of mountain view palo alto. looks really pleasant right now. still have that closure southbound side of 280 from sixth down to pennsylvania. use 101 as your alternate, scott. back to you. >> all right, another local news update for you coming up in half an hour.

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recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline® plus. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. indeed, everybody. it is try day, friday. may 23rd. we're getting ready for the unofficial start of summer, hoda's favorite weekend of the whole year, memorial day weekend, because rehoboth is open for business, right? >> yes. you know what else is going on here this week? fleet week. >> that is also hoda's favorite week. memories. >> stop. it is fun watching them wander the streets with their hats and uniforms. >> uniform does it for her, doesn't it? >> we're also getting a preview of the biggest blockbuster movies of the summer.

>> we'll show you how to make your own ice cream at home and how to help your new graduate get their first job, which used to be a given and now is almost -- very hard. >> people are very panicky when they graduate. i remember i did, i graduated without a job, and you get very scared because your friends start getting jobs and you think, my god what's wrong with me? >> they had one waiting for them. you don't plan real well. >> i just assume it is going to be there. >> it was. you're going to see here that you won't see anywhere else, a dancing scientist. that's right. we're going to have him and he's going to amaze you. you make fun and you shouldn't. >> i can't wait to see him with the test tubes doing whatever it is he does. shazzam prezidicts every year their songs of the summer. last year they were right on, they picked blurred lines by robin thicke. and get lucky by daft punk and picked "let her go" by passenger. i want to point out something, i picked those too.

i picked all three of those songs. here they are. the hot picks, the hits for this summer, ready for the summer songs. first up, number four, luke bryant's "play it again." ♪ oh, my god this is my song ♪ ♪ listening to the radio all night long ♪ ♪ sitting around waiting for her to come home ♪ >> picture yourself in the car with the windows down, going to the beach. that's it. >> wind in your hair. >> okay. number three sam smith's song called "stay with me". >> english guy, right? ♪ stay with me because you're all i need ♪ >> nice. >> i say no. >> what do you mean no? >> no. >> what do you mean no? >> i say no. >> why don't we wait? when it comes true -- >> probably wrong, but i don't like it. >> all right, next up, ariana

grande featuring iggy. iggy is hot. ♪ ♪ o. >> no, no, no. probably going to be a huge hit, but, no. >> two of the biggest squares in the entire room picking the songs. >> i miss doris day, enough said. >> and ed sheeran, number one. ♪ let me know >> keep your snaps down, please. >> bored looking at roke. just fell asleep. >> i like this one. i'm going to part with you on this one, roke, i like this one. >> all five, i bet you. that's number one. in august, let's revisit and see if they were right. i have a feeling they're right on all of them. >> will you pull this up for me, please? one of the plastic things. >> it seems moist. >> it is a little moist.

>> move your hand. >> one, two -- >> snap it. >> if you like the housewives, there is now a scripted show that is imitating the housewives called "the hot wives of orlando," series on hulu with real actors. let's look at the trailer. >> meet the "hot wives of orlando". >> family is everything to me. by family, i mean shoes. >> you bought a car for a 5-year-old. >> i'm supposed to keep driving her? i'm sick of it. >> hi mwah, mwah. >> get out of here. >> my accent is pure orlando. >> so gorgeous. >> you feeling good? >> they're all the best of friends. >> i called you here today to tell you we're no longer friends. >> except when they're not. >> pay attention to me. >> just get on with it. >> which is a lot of the time. >> i can't remember if me and

shauna are friends right now. >> how do we get on that show? >> how do we get on hulu? >> that looks like such fun. and that funny girl -- >> their hair, though -- >> they're wigs. from the office, angela kenzie. happy endings, casey wilson. and bob's burgers, kristen shaw . >> bob's burgers? >> how do we get on that show? >> you do a guest appearance. >> you have to. come on, doing a throwdown with the actresses, pretending to be a housewife. >> okay. sexy shoe survey. roke and i disagree. are you a woman who really loves a great pair of sexy shoes? >> here's the thing. shoebuy.com conducted a survey. get this, one in five women admitted to being more turned on

buying a new pair of shoes than by their lover. >> you're telling me, they're turned on romantically more toward -- you know what i'm saying, hoda? >> like chocolate and shoes and men. those are the three. >> what would you choose? >> chocolate first. and then men and then shoe s. shoes is third for me. what about for you? >> oh, yeah, not shoes and not chocolate. give me the man. oh, yeah. >> go, girl. >> over half admitted to judging someone based on their shoes. that's normal. >> they say when you're in pain, walking around in high heeled shoes, they say 25% will not take their heels off, no matter what. no matter how painful they are. >> that means 25% are quite stupid because nobody should be in pain when they can get out of pain by taking off their shoes. >> i got home the other day and blake was dying to go outside and i had heels on and dress the and the whole thing. i leashed him up and went out. he wouldn't go. i was walking forever. i had been on the heels all day.

i kept going and going an going. >> you did that out of love for your dog, your canine. >> exactly. >> in the world of dating, more than 30% of women always wear flats on their first date to try to be shorter than their date. >> i think it makes them feel better if they're shorter. >> but that's -- >> boost their confidence, you know? >> i don't believe it. that must be blind dates because they don't know how tall the guy is. >> i've been on a date, you feel weird if you're towering over someone. i'm 5'9", heels makes you 5'11", 6 feet. >> find out if he's confident. put on the shoes and go out with him. >> okay. >> i'm feisty today. >> you are. >> it is time for friday funny. >> i know you're ready. this was sent in by monique rich, i thank her on facebook. a husband and wife were fast asleep at 2:00 a.m. when they were suddenly awakened by the phone ringing. the husband rolled over and answer the call. hello, he said. half asleep.

the wife slowly rolled over to listen. how the heck do i know, said the husband. what am i, the weather man? and he slammed down the phone. who was that, asked the wife. i don't know, some guy who wanted it know if the coast was clear. that's a good one! thank you, monique. all right, it is time for our fan friday. we have been trying to show you and share with you some things that our fans are sharing with us on facebook. robin young tried our dump cake recipe, where you throw in things. >> how amazing were they? >> it ain't pretty. >> she said her family loved it. you put in raspberries and the whole cake mix without stirring it and you -- >> it just -- you bake it. we tried like three of them. >> so delicious. >> best ever. then i mentioned my dog louie loved bath time and you didn't believe me. so we wanted to show you proof. here is the picture. that's louie after he probably had been sitting in the warm water two hours. >> he looks so happy with his

shades on. >> he goes to sleep. he'll go to sleep. we keep him in worm water and you could spend the entire day there. >> bernice sent a video of her dog, apparently sparkle likes it when bambino makes an appearance on the show. let's see the reaction. >> oh, my god. are you kidding me? >> is that just one time or does that happen every time. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> it is my doppelganger. doppelganger. the dog is barking. >> you're right. >> that's funny. all right, if you have something you want to share, post it on our facebook page and who knows what could happen. >> johnson's baby announcements where we celebrate new moms and their adorable new additions. the first johnson's baby of the

week is payton chanel ritter born in columbia, south carolina. her parents say she's already the boss of the house, so they nicknamed her bossy. >> that's good for her. and a little boy named alex paul reubensrauch, born in dubois, pennsylvania, on april 12th. his mom melanie says her son is strong and loves to take rides in the car. >> next to dylan neil dave, his mom kelly gave birth to him on her birthday, which she says was an incredible gift. >> our final johnson's baby of the week is josiah dell cheatham, born on april 17th in jasper, texas. and his parents joea and jomina say he's happy. >> if you want to submit your baby, go to klgandhoda.com. bobbie thomas is getting ready to polish you up on products for your nails. >> i know how you like that. and what will be the

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>> it is. this big movie like x-men and transformers coming out. but i'm presenting to you a sequel free movie segment right now. >> angelina jolie and her new movie coming out. >> it is the sleeping beauty story told from the perspective of the villain, played by angelina. i just had her on my show. she told me three of her kids that we all know are in the movie and because she didn't want them to be super scared of her, when they were on set, she made sure to hug them between each take, which was great. >> they knew it was their mom. >> they did. it is a real great juicy role for her and she just eats it up. >> not for kids. >> 8 and up is fine. if there are kids who get scared easy, not for them. >> you know your kid. >> right. next up, the fault in our stars. >> this is a -- >> my daughter wants to see this. >> young adult book written by john green. two teenagers fall in love after meeting at a support group for

cancer patients. they play brother and sister in "divergent". >> now getting kinky. look at them now. >> a little weird. >> this movie is basically sponsored by kleenex. bring a whole box. it is so sad. >> fine young actors. >> really, really good. >> tom cruise is at it again. "edge of tomorrow". >> this movie is flying under the radar. coming out in two week and people don't seem to know, which is a shame because it is really good. >> what is it about? >> tom cruise plays this military officer who repeatedly comes back to life after getting killed by a sinister alien force. i'm not usually into this kind of movie, but it is exciting and there is a lot of humor which doesn't always work for me in a serious action movie, but this is funny too. >> tom cruise is funny in this? >> yes. >> he is? >> yeah, he can be funny. >> a lot of humor. >> okay. >> tell me about -- melissa mccarthy is at it again. >> this is the big movie for

fourth of july weekend, which is great. usually it is superman or big action movie. this time it is melissa mccarthy movie. she plays this woman having a tough time. her husband is cheating on her, she loses a job. she goes on a road trip with her drinking grandmother played by susan sarandon and it looks fun. big fourth of july comedy. >> okay. get on up. these are by universal. >> this one. >> the james brown story. >> directed by tate taylor, the guy that did "the help," what a great movie that was. and the guy playing james brown was so great as jackie robinson in "42" last year. i think he was hesitant to take on another big larger than life real life guy. but if you look at the footage they have already put out of this movie, it is just unreal. this guy seems to nail it. and tate taylor brought back viola davis and octavia spencer, two stars in supporting roles here. >> i'm sure they didn't deliver at all. >> "jersey boys". >> the movie.

>> clint eastwood. >> directing. what i like about this is that john lied younloyd young has th. usually they give the role to somebody else. >> some hollywood -- >> this time he gets to do it. interestingly, the actors break the fourth law here and speak to the cameras, to the audience. >> who do you think that will go over? >> i'm curious. i don't know. >> clint directed it. i i bet it worked. >> oprah and steven spielberg teaming up, how could you go wrong? >> producing this movie called "the 100 foot journey." helen mirren plays this woman, french, runs this uppity restaurant. a family from india moves into town and opens indian restaurant right across the street from her. she's none too happy about it. the story takes off from there. it is a real great movie. the food scenes are delicious. it is a great family story. helen mirren is terrific. and you can see why oprah and spielberg are behind it. >> dave carter, thank you,

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>> trying to convince this one that a french manicure is awesome, but let's flip it around. >> i haven't had french in a long time now. i moved on. >> what should we do? >> i love this new modern moon manicure. this happens to be a sample, a paint box, brand-new, nails here in new york. this creative artist has come up with a new adult way of doing nail art. it is minimal, geometric. this is a metallic take on, you know, look a cool way that you don't have to look like you're getting hello kitty on your nails. >> okay. >> you can do this very easy at home with these reinforcement labels from this office supply store. >> no polish. >> just use a sticker in between your coats and get the same look. also, nail tape is something you can find on amazon. and this creates a really interesting foil, i can diy nail art right now. >> good luck.

>> if i know how to stick it. anyway, you can have something really pretty and modern, $1.60 or something on amazon. next -- >> i feel my age. >> you'll love this. the plie one, very smart from julep. you always know how to hold a pen and you can't get your nail polish straight. this is a more ergonomic way of getting on your nail polish. and last but not least, cuticle tattoos. >> what? >> okay. >> they're trending. this one is a bow, you can remind yourself of something. rad nails also has them. they come off, they're fun. it is -- i'll get my one tattoo in the shot. >> okay. >> not going to be a weather girl ever. so -- >> all right.

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night. she was able to escape unharmed. a few minutes later, authorities say the same man robbed a nearby subway, holding up two employees with a shotgun. we're going to have more on this story at 11:00. the two owners of the san jose chiro spa are being used of using that spa to bilk insurance companies out of more than $7 million. prosecutors say the spa wrongfully billed manicures and pedicures as chiropractic services. the scam is being called the biggest medical fraud case ever in santa clara county. we'll have a look at weather and traffic after the break.

welcome back. 10:29, the time right now. still clearing out in san francisco. the golden gate still shrouded in with fog and clouds, but as we head through the rest of the day, we are going to see some sunshine. highs today coming up just a little bit from yesterday, back into the 80s in the south bay, where we're already starting to see some sun. a good mix of sun and clouds. 67 for your high there today. making plans for the weekend, it looks great. perfect beach weather saturday and sunday. a little cooling by monday, but we're going to detail the next seven days coming up at 11:00. hope to see you then. >> hope your weekend plans don't involve driving 280 south from at&t park. the bay bridge getting into the city is slow. very slow for a friday at 10:30, slow across the span. it could be folks are driving into the city, into this congestion, from 6 down to pennsylvania, going on all weekend long. folks are going through city

streets, clogging that up. scott, back to you. >> all right, mike, thanks. more local news coming up at the big newscast at 11:00. see you then. we're back on this try day friday with more of today. since it is skin cancer awareness month, it is gives us the good excuse to get you thinking about how much time you spend in the sun. >> one in five americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, making it most common form of cancer in the united states. 44-year-old jennifer stanford was fortunate enough to catch her condition early on. here's her story. >> growing up in florida, i was always in the sun. i spent my weekends at the beach. we moved to new jersey when i was 16 and i continued to love the beach and the pool. i even started indoor tanning before vacations to get base tan everyone thinks protects you from burning. as an adult, i loved golf. i started wearing visors to protect my face, but they would

slide down exposing my forehead. 2008, a scab appeared on my hairline. one trip to the dermatologist and we discovered i had basal cell carcinoma. it has been treated with surgery. i caught it early but it could have become deeper and bigger. if there is one thing i could have done earlier in my life it is wear sunscreen. i want people to know the importance of being responsible when out in the sun. it can be a matter of life or death. >> jennifer is here with board certified dermatologist dr. janine downey. how are we doing? >> we're good. >> you're okay now? >> you say there was another one after that one too, right? >> both on my forehead and my back. >> does it usually show up in a scab form. >> you can see a nonhealing pimple. sometimes a patch that itches and doesn't go away. sometimes some pain under your skin and barely any changes. if you notice anything changing,

then bring it to the attention of your dermatologist. >> how long should you wait? sometimes you say things just have to heal. what would be normal? >> so four to six weeks, kathie lee. if it is not gone in six weeks, it needs to be checked out. >> you've been out in the sun a lot of your life, growing up life. at what -- had you ever been checked for anything like that? a body check it? >> yes, i go annually to see dr. downey. probably started that in 2000 or somewhere around there. so when i see something, i go to see her and that was why we caught it so early. >> what year should you start getting a full body scan? should children get them? >> children should get them if they have a lot of moles on them slurkt absolutely. >> people talk about i get the base tan and i'll be set and less likely to have trouble later. that's all a myth, right? >> right. it is 12 times the ultraviolet radiation of the sun, the tanning bed. that whole base tan thing is ridiculous. that provides you with an spf of 2. >> how do you feel about the

mist tans? >> the spray tans are fine as long as you don't have asthma. if you have asthma, it can set you off. one of my patients had to go to the hospital. >> did you ever think about the sun issues when you were growing up? was that ever an issue? did you use any sunscreen? >> i did. but not to the degree i do now. >> you probably used it once but didn't reapply. >> there is a genetic component to this? >> it runs in families sometimes. you see some people with more skin cancers year after year. so with somebody like jennifer, i want to see her two or three times a year. >> what about these things? are these the right stuff we should be using. >> this is great. the skin cancer foundation says anything with an spf above 30. the neutrogena is spf of 55. the copper tone, tried and true, spf of 50. all three are great. every two hours. >> you can drink a sunscreen. is that worth -- >> i don't know anything about that. i would say we need to apply it until further notice. >> gotcha. >> i don't even have a degree.

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frozen treats for your friends and family. >> here pedaling is brian smith, author of "the ample hills creamery cookbook" named after his ice cream shop in brooklyn, new york. how are you? >> are you seriously making ice cream? >> we're making it -- a sorbet, not ice cream. a pina colada sorbet. we have this old-fashioned hand crank ice creammaker set up. we do this for birthday parties. kids come in and choose their -- >> it is churning the ice cream around. >> it is churning the ice cream. >> how long did you do this? >> i've been going for a while now, 15 minutes. it is a good spinning class. at the end, you get the reward of having some ice cream. >> why don't you show kath how to make the ice cream and i'll p continue to pedal. >> i'll pedal. >> no. >> okay, fine. >> hope i can get my legs over it. >> we'll make a coconut -- >> oh, my gosh. i don't -- spanx alert out the

wazoo. if there was every a spanx alert, wow! oh, stop the show. this is getting ugly. >> we're going to make a -- >> it is hard to pedal. this is hard! this isn't easy. it looks easy. >> this is a coconut fudge sorbet we're going to make. >> okay. usually when they think of making a vegan dessert, we think we have to make compromises to -- >> you're showing everything. >> coconut milk. we start with unsweetened coconut milk. we add that here. >> okay. >> then we add cocoa powder and whip that in. do you want to? >> yes, poor hoda pedaling and all i have to do is whisk. >> organic sugar.

>> oh, my gosh. >> this is a family show. this is salt. golden syrup, which is -- >> i think it might be done over there. you can rest. >> no, it's not done. she melted it. >> here we go. and then we're going to add a little water. this is a coconut fudge sorbet. it is vegan. but strangely enough, it tastes like ice cream. >> what about the -- >> the chocolate we add after we take this to 155 degrees, and then we add that in and so that's -- that would get added after we get that. >> we boil that until it is 150. >> 155, we add our chocolate. we mix that in and then we have a smooth really chocolate pud ing flavor. >> those are not -- those are biking shorts, not spanx, just so you know. >> we have here coconut that we cooled down.

we have to cool it down. >> to room temperature? >> room temperature. >> we have an ice creammaker. any ice creammaker will do. we'll pour this in. >> pour that, baby. >> keep pedaling, hoda. >> the camera crew is covering their eyes. >> also add some rum to this recipe, which is -- which is really nice. >> okay. >> and then for 20 or 30 minutes. >> doing it mechanically instead of electronically. >> what is the point of the pedaling, of the bicycle. >> it is more fun. it is more fun. >> can i have your hand? >> we got to go. thank you so very much. we'll do a taste test on the commercial and let you guys know. recipes on our website. >> i'm trying it right now. >> klgandhoda.com. we're going to have help for college grads on landing a job. and the dancing scientist. and mind boggling experiments as hoda gives it a taste, right after this. [ buzzer! door knock! ] isabella...

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as college graduates celebrate their achievements with pomp and circumstance, the question on every parent's mind is will the financial investment pay off, with a job offer. that would be nice. >> sure would. here to share tips on how to land the first job out of college is our own team, catherine cohen of ivy wise and tom gimbal, president and ceo of lasalle network and staffing and recruiting firm based in chicago. hello, everybody. >> hello. >> it is such a panicky feeling. >> since you graduated from college, the world has changed. >> not for kids anymore. they can go home and sit on the cup of and play video games and go drinking. >> is that part of the issue, is that our parents are saying, you know, i know it's tough, you can stay here, part of it that there is not really a need to run out? >> i think there is a lot of resources out there, and parents, it is very different than when they graduated from

college. you can use -- you can use social media now to get jobs. you can go online and use alumni netwo networks. so much out there, maybe the parents don't know about this. >> are they the jobs you want? >> i don't know if that's relevant. we need to get the kids working. remember you start 50 years ago, start in the mail room and walk your way up. >> we miss that. >> what happened to that? >> a lot of kids don't want certain jobs, i think. there is some of that. they feel like it is beneath them. >> parents are the e word, enablers. >> yes, they are. >> i'll call my friend and see if i can get you an interview. make the kid pick up the phone and call the friend and say i'm bob or judy's son, i just graduated, can i come talk to you? >> a lot of parents are anxious for their children to get jobs. sometimes parents do. we know here, they'll call, what should -- what do you do? is that a good plan or bad plan for a parent to reach out? >> i think, first of all, it has got to be in the student's hands because they're the ones that are graduating, they're the ones

that have the -- they're always relying on somebody else, they're never going to be able to be independent about this. they have to own the process and a parent might be able to get your foot in the door, but they won't keep you in that door. that student has to make sure they have the skills and they can work hard. parents a companies are looking to hire people with grit. >> do you go online. >> to get a job? >> to get a job. >> pick up the phone. >> they don't know how to pick up the phone and talk, they only text and e-mail. >> we got this great social media tool called linkedin. they can find all their parents' friends and who is connected to whom. and when i graduated from college, you go to the library. now it is all in your house. put timelines, put parameters for these kids. >> who are you calling? >> you can call up your friends' parents, a lot of people. >> i think you could also go online. linkedin has their university pages. you can connect with other

alumni from your school and see what alumni they work for and see what their trajectory was and also schools have their own alumni networks. they have newsletters, their own online calendars with networking events and volunteer opportunities. great way to connect with other alums. >> isn't it often the case that there is maybe one job for every ten people or 20 or 30 people looking for that job? >> there is -- >> you can only marry one person too. you don't stop asking people out, right? i think we really got to think about this. >> you can only marry one person? >> i'm not divorced, okay. the day is young. >> at one time. but the fact of the matter is pick up the phone and call people and say i want to meet with you. i'm not looking for a job, but i want to pick your brain and get your advice for what i should do. >> a lot of kids post pictures on social media and some people who are looking to hire will actually google a kid and not -- is that the case? >> last year in 2013 there was a

career builder survey that showed that hiring managers did not hire 43% of the people they came across just because of what they found online. so it was very important to manage your profile, your twitter accounts. if you're going to post it, make sure it posts the grandma test. you don't want grandma to see it -- >> what if grandma is a hooker. thank you. from looking for a job to -- >> dancing scientist shows us an extraordinary experiment and impressive leg work in the lab. go. go. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

you can do a little song, a little dance and that's how you get your kids to give science a chance. >> that's why jeffrey of dancing scientist.com takes his show on

the road to schools across the country to get young minds interested in the world of science. >> he'll show us some safe and easy experiments you can do with stuff you can find around your home. and you are what we call an original, my young man. >> thank you. >> getting your ph.d. from ucla. >> smart. >> only 23. >> cue the music. it won't be real. i won't to see a little dance. >> let's crank that baby. ♪ >> your turn. >> oh. all righty. let's do an experiment. >> i get while you get kids in the tent. >> i used to play ice hockey. an experiment today, i know you like your cocktails, we'll mack a science one. two glasses in front of us. on the count of three, we pour

it in and then do a countdown. one, two, three, pour really fast. excellent. hold it up. we'll do a countdown, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> happy friday. >> what? >> this is your wine. is that cool or what? >> is it a red blend. >> what happened? what did we pour in? >> scientists call it the iodine clock reaction. it is a love triangle. inside, vitamin c, and hydrogen approximate side compe peroxide competing over a woman. it changes colors. >> that's crazy. >> too much to drink. >> okay. >> and now we're going to -- >> i kind of like that. >> i have glasses here, wine glasses. we're going to make them disappear like magic. i need your help. >> okay. >> you can both do it. take the vegetable oil and fill up the glass in the middle, really fast, fill it up completely. spill it all over the place and fill it all up. you can see from the bottom, the

glass is completely disappearing. check it out. try to look through the glass. it is gone. can you see it? >> oh, my god. >> look. >> how is that possible? >> has to do with how light is reflected. so diamonds reflect a lot of light. they're sparkly. full of bling. but fake diamonds reflect less light. so in this case, the light is reflected the same by the oil in the glass. it goes right through . >> it must be in there, right? >> it is in there. here it is. it is in there. >> you'll never know. >> this is why your man used to buy you a real diamond. those reflect more light, it is science. >> you're a romantic. >> what are we doing now? >> one more. we'll make some candles. you have august birthdays. >> me too. check this out. i have dissolved in here a salt called sodium -- used on salt and vinegar chips. if you watch this, i'll pour it on to the crystals here and

instantly it turns into a solid. it crystallizes and i can actually slowly mackke a candle. you see who makes the taller ones. little crystals at the bottom there, they start the crystallization, same way the snowflakes are made in the sky, so pieces of dust, soot, salt and actually natural bacteria lets that happen. go ahead. i think i'm winning so far. >> this is how they make candles in some countries. no, i'm just kidding. >> this is crazy. >> who's winning? >> it is coagulating inside. >> it will crystallize inside. >> it is crystallizing inside. we can't have that. >> mine's working just fine. that's weird how yours is broken. >> next, we have howie mandel and singer songwriter austin mahone. >> and from the hobbit, lee pace

is here. >> have an awesome memorial day weekend, everybody. let's remember our veterans. we'll see you all on memorial day. have a great weekend. >> thank you! ♪

right now at 11:00, the hunt is on for a reckless robber in the south bay. the threats he made with a shotgun and a surveillance pictures officers want you to see. plus, the common mani/pedi being billed as medical treatment. the owners of a popular south bay spa accused of cheating insurance companies out of millions of dollars. and a small but key stretch of freeway in san francisco shut down. how it could affect your holiday weekend plans. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. peggy bunker has the rest of the morning off. we begin with new details in a bold robbery in the south bay.