good morning. growing threat. this morning, thousands of homes in northern california in the path of a massive wildfire. with gusty winds and bone-dry conditions, a very bad situation could get worse. we will take tout front line. under pressure. the secret service taking heavy criticism and launching a review into the security breech. how did an intruder armed with a knife make it to the front doors of the white house? person of interest. virginia police now naming the man they have been investigating in connection with the disappearance of a missing university of virginia student. we're live with the very latest. road trip. we travel down to baltimore as part of our shine a light

series. shine a health on health and wellness in baltimore. we will show you the fun we had today, sunday september 21, 2014. from nbc news, this is "today." with lester hold and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. >> i'm lester holt. did i say alongside jenna wolf? >> it's jenna's last day with us on weekends. you are going to make me cry. she's not going anywhere very far. your office is two doors down, which is good. she's moving on from weekends to a more prominent role, i would say on the "today" show and at the network. >> not before we did another road trip. >> which was fun.

>> we're all dressed up and we look great. when we are dressed down, these are still my best friends at nbc. >> later in the broadcast, we will do a small low-key sendoff. >> just like my personality. perfect. we do want to start with today's top story, the growing threat in california. gusty winds are spreading the massive fire. more than 81,000 acres have burned. it's an area bigger than all of salt lake city. this morning, that fire is still 10% contained. >> reporter: 5,000 firefighters are working around the clock. still making little progress at stopping the wind-whipped flames. >> we're setting world records with respect to retardant drops on this fire. >> reporter: fuelled by the drought, it's threatening 12,000 homes. this woman's is one of four that's been lost. >> we were aware of the danger of living there. i hoped we could survive one

more summer and we didn't. that's the way it goes. >> reporter: for this group of friends, it was another day away from home. hoping that they have something left to return to. they evacuated in their rvs. >> you get that kind of panic feeling, oh, my gosh, this is real. this is what we worried about. this is what we planned for. but this is the scariest point. >> reporter: crews have been using bulldozers and chain saws to create fire breaks and make a same zone for firefighters, a last resort. >> we come here to -- so we're not in harm's way. >> reporter: the fire so big that a cloud of smoke bill lows above, visible almost 100 miles away at lake tahoe, from a blaze that could still burn for weeks and is already left an unforgettable mark. now to the secret service under fire after an intruder was able to make it through one of the most secure locations on

earth, the front door of the white house friday. this morning everyone is asking, who is responsible. chris t good morning. >> reporter: army records show the suspect is an iraq war veteran who served from 2006 to 2008. at a hearing on saturday, he faced a number of charges including unlawful entry while carrying a dangerous weapon. an official says he had a knife with him. he is being held as the secret service steps up patrols and launches an investigation to determine how this unprecedented security breech could have happened. the secret service under fire this morning. two days after a man jumped the white house fence and made it all the way inside the executive mansion. a witness captured the startling video. >> honestly, didn't think it was real. the secret service agents were yelling, sir, sir, sir, get down.

>> reporter: the director of the secret service ordered stepped up patrols. a white house official said the president has "full confidence in the secret service t." it's possible because resources were on the other side of the other side. >> that's where the majority of the resources were. >> reporter: the latest blow for an agency trying to rebuild its image after a series of embarrassing incidents, including agents caught with prostitutes in 2012. >> the white house is our most protected place. it has to be safe when the president is there, when he's not there. not only the president but all the personnel that's around the president are critical to the united states. >> reporter: even though the first family wasn't home at the time, there is fresh outrage from capitol hill this morning. >> it's one thing if it was a complicated plot.

but this is so basic and so really -- so essential. it's hard to believe it occurred. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say key to determining what went wrong will be figuring out why the dogs weren't dispatched friday night, which is usually a part of the protocol when someone jumps over the fence. he will be charged monday. when asked if anyone would be fired over this, i was told by a law enforcement official right now the agency is focused on its investigation. >> thank you. turning now to the terror threat from isis. the family of the british hostage pleading with the captors and relesiasing a statement saying -- for more on the threat of isis and president obama's efforts to

form a coalition, we're joined by chuck todd. good morning. >> good morning. >> in terms of forming the coalition, there's the international coalition needed. but in many okays we could say the president needs a domestic coalition as well. further signs of a disconnect between the president and pentagon this week. general martin dempsey saying, we shouldn't rule out the possibility of boots on the ground. why is there this continues disconnect in messaging? >> part of it is the issue of politics. you have president obama who politically does not want to introduce even the idea that combat troop could be going back to the middle east before he leaves office in the final two years. that's why he emphatically continues to rule it out. his military advisers testifying on capitol hill will say, you can't take it off the table. his former top military advisers also testifying on capitol hill said the same thing. you can't find a military adviser that wouldn't say that in saying you can't take the idea of u.s. combat troops it

off the table. the other challenge for the president this week is he's trying to find other countries to put in combat troops. but the question is, he's going to come up to new york city, the u.n. week, which a lot of new york city residents know means a bad traffic week. but it brings world leaders up there. part of the ask is going to be, will they put in combat troops? will they do it if the u.s. doesn't? that's a question havei have th morning. >> we will see that later in the show. secretary kerry has been laying the groundwork in that department. there's also talk -- i know a couple of articles about the fact that maybe the focus on isis isn't the best. there are other terror groups that have an impact on the u.s. has the focus shifted too much at this point? is that the concern? >> there is a little bit of a debate in washington, is there an overhyping of isis a little bit as far as them being an immediate terror threat to the

united states, an immediate national security concern? there is an acknowledgement that if isis is allowed to become a nation state, an islamic extremist nation state, then they could be dangerous. they are not necessarily an immediate threat. the immediate threat is the lone wolf, the radicalized american that attacks us. >> we will check in with you in a little bit. this morning, authorities are looking for a gunman who ambushed and killed a pennsylvania state trooper. the lockdown has been lifted in the area where the suspect is believed to be hiding. residents aren't being warned to be very careful. ron allen is live in mount pocono, pennsylvania. >> reporter: good more than, lester. the shelter in place order for thousands of people has been lifted. this is still an evolving situation that's very dangerous and bizarre. police pulled back from the massive targeted service for eric frein without revealing any new information about where they think he is. or whether they even have a clue.

at the edge of a community under siege, residents faced another night in the dark unable to get home. what are you going to do tonight? >> see what it's like. we will come up with a game plan and do something. >> reporter: for two days and nights, a policeman hunt ordered a lockdown for thousands as police zeroed in on an area they thought frein might be. the order was lifted but with an ominous warning. the pennsylvania state police are very concerned for the safety of the community, a statement said, they do not have train -- they don't have frein in custody. >> when someone like this say fugitive, they stay in an area that they know. there's nothing so far in the investigation to indicate he fled the area. >> reporter: at a local firehouse, support for an operation stretching into its

ninth day. more body armor for police reinforcements on the way. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: volunteers deliver food for the troops searching an extremely harsh and dangerous area. >> they understand what these people are going through and what the police are going through. >> reporter: what are they going through? >> the troops are out there bunkered down in wet, cold, throughout the night. they are doing 12-hour shifts. >> reporter: a manhunt for a trained marksman believed to be in his own personal war with police. police say that frein is still considered armed and extremely dangerous. they are warning residents to be lock their doors and stay inside. it's very unclear right now when all this will be over and when police will be able to tell this community that they are safe. lester? >> ron allen, thanks very much. let's get a look at the rest of the morning's top stories. >> good morning. >> good morning.

>> felt like you shouldn't ignore me, at least today. an escaped inmate is on the run in california. four were captured overnight. all five broke out of a county jail in central california. they face charges includes attempted murder and armed robbery. they have not released details on the breakout, capture or the search. a rescue at sea. the tall ship clipper city ran aground near liberty island saturday. police fire and coast guard came to the rescue of 121 passengers who were on a beer tasting cruise. no one has injured. at least five more doctors have contracted the deadly ebola virus. the doctors were exposed during an emergency infect on a woman in guinea. 300 health workers have been infected due to shortage of supplies. there is an $11 million shipment

that left the u.s. on saturday bound for west africa. trouble for gm. they are recalling 200,000 cars. they say the brakes on the cadillac xt and the she have cry impala can cause a fire. gm says it doesn't know of any accidents or injuries related to the brakes. chrysler is recalling 2011 jeep grand cherokee and dodge durango for a fuel pump problem. a space cargo ship launched overnight, space x, a private firm contracted by nasa is spending supplies to the international space station. there is a 3-d printer. one day astronauts will be able to make their own spare parts in space. finally, ginness felt like it was too long before a batman theme had been involved. here is a story. 542 batmen plus a handful of

riddlers, cat women and jokers all do the ymca. they are doing it to raise money for the united way. after setting the record, they went for starbucks, that's my opinion. that's what would you do after that. i feel like i want coffee. right? >> some people had their c backwards. >> i had a lot of issues with that video. that was one of them. i just felt like this wasn't the time or place to get into the individual letters. i will do it as a blog. >> your first fitness segment. >> lacking ideas and now i'm not. all eyes on the nfl today. a full schedule of sunday games is ahead. it follows a week in which the commissioner finally broke his silence about the scandal plaguing the nfl. did he go far enough for fans? and for the sport's big-name sponsors. for a certain breed of fan on sunday this time of year, it's always about football.

millions will watch one or several of the nfl games today following a week that saw more fallout. in baltimore thousands waited outside to trade in their 27 jerseys. some driving hours. >> women shouldn't be treat like that. i absolutely am not fond of anything that he did. >> reporter: the commissioner finally spoke about the controversy friday. >> domestic violence and sexual assault have no place in the nfl. >> reporter: the effort was widely panned. hall of famer fran tar kin ton called it a fail. >> they have to yell and scream at their teens and say, you've got to do better. >> reporter: now it's money talking. sponsors, which has a billion dollar deal, is among the advertisers expressing concern. pr prok tore and gamble called off a campaign for breast cancer awareness. >> i don't think nfl will take a

real hit from fans. but i do think that it's vulnerable to corporate hits. that's what they are as risk of right now. >> reporter: this is a marketing expert who says these are not the league's finest days. yet the nfl may be teflon. the games are played at schedules. nearly lly 90% of fans say thel keep watching. >> fans will always bow there, always support the team. >> reporter: a sunday tradition for millions, bruise and on injured reserve, but the games go on. time for a check of the weather. >> dylan has that. >> good morning. more flooding in texas. a dam broke in western texas. it's a 15-mile long dam that just gave way because of all of the train. that added to the flooding in the area. we have flash flood warnings in texas and new mexico where more

rain is still possible today. pockets of heavier rain that just make matters worse. this isn't the only area we're going to see rain today. we have this cold front that doesn't look like much right now. you can see it across the eastern great lakes. that's going to trigger storms late in the day in the northeast. fog across the entire bay this morning. temperatures very similar to where they were yesterday near 60 degrees. this afternoon temperatures will be down by a couple of degrees. that's all because the on shore wind will increase as our next storm system starts to approach the coastline, not today though. 71 in san francisco. peninsula you'll be in the mid-70s. souts south bay you'll see 80s. we'll talk more about our rain chance this morning. forecast. >> dylan, thanks very much. up next, we'll look back at good times in baltimore on saturday at our health fair.

exercise and cooking and getting my blood pressure checked. i don't know what the numbers mean. they said it was good. >> that's all that matters. ithought to the acidityh in any foods. never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee, and it was a real easy switch to make. here's something fun to do with hot dogs.

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frankly all of us saturday held a health care in baltimore to bring people together to learn how to live a more healthy life. >> safe to say we had a fun day. exercising, cooking, met great people in baltimore. we hope everyone walked away with more knowledge than they came with. >> there was moving, shaking, even a little line dancing. from the national kidney foundation to the baltimore fire department. dozens of organizations came out. with a little something for everyone. >> okay. i'm in. >> restaurants introduced me and is crowd to vegan soul food. >> this is a trick i learned, right? yeah. >> kaiser brought in mobile health vehicle for a quick check up. >> we're going to do a blood pressure screening.

great. we have your reading today 133/78. >> looks good. >> some cases night not go good. >> absolutely. >> thanks to the american heart association, the kids didn't stop moving. >> come on. >> all right. >> where's dylan? is she doing this? >> they even got these big kids going. >> i think he said perfect. >> slower. how fast can you move your feet? nice. >> we try to create activities that kids don't know they're working out. we've been working out here today for hours. people have no idea the amount of calories they burned. >> just a few short hours but with a big impact. >> we're thrilled to be here, part of getting pumped up, getting everybody thinking and healthy. we're tickled to be a part of it. >> since i came here today, i'm going to do something everyday. >> a great afternoon for all.

>> good moves. >> i was line dancing. >> hardest line dancing i've done in my life. everybody there have was sweating. a little more complicated. >> it was a great day. we had a lot of fun. >> a lot of nice people came out. i heard from a number of people how inspired they were by you and this shine the light initiative. it makes them think about what they eat and how they move. >> it changed some people's lives. >> we enjoyed everybody that came out and said hi. it was we are a collection of smalls. a home saved. a hero homebound for a new opportunity. a kitchen that kick starts careers wells fargo invests in our communities a little differently.

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good morning. let's give you a live look outside. that's san francisco. we have a check of your micro climate forecast. >> good morning. another foggy morning across the bay area. we'll have to talk about temperatures cooling off over the next couple of days. today we'll start to feel the cooldown because the on shore push is starting to inendate the bay area. as the next storm system approaches that will move in next week. we're clouded over right now. that's the very typical clouds and fog that we see. by this afternoon not as hot. san francisco at 71. 83 in the north bay. even the peninsula coming closer

to the mid-70s. as far as yesterday you're closer to 80. we do have rain in the forecast. in fact, several days of rain this upcoming week. we're excited about this. we want to make sure you tune in to find out how this will impact you're week. we could be talking about a soaker coming up this week. >> that's exactly what we need. it will affect the commute. day one is in the books and neighbors are giving rave reviews for the beyond wonderland concert in mountain view. last year police received more than 100 noise complaints but this year they are down a dramatically after the first day of the two-day show. nearly 20,000 people expected to attend. the event kicked off yesterday afternoon. people in the neighborhood say they are pleasantly surprised about just how much quieter this year's concert has been. police say so far there's only been two noise complaints compared to 140 last year.

mountain view police say the arrests are also down. a woman in san francisco hit and killed while trying to cross the street. the man behind the wheel is now behind bars this morning. the woman was hit in busy china town just before 10:00 saturday morning near the stockton street tunnel. emergency crews responded to the area and declared the woman described as an asian female dead at the scene. the driver remained at the site of the crash. he was later arrested on the suspicion of misdemeaner manslaughter. the tunnel was closed for three hours during the investigation. neighbors say the area is very difficult for pedestrian to cross safely. local health is now on the way for victims of last month's south napa earthquake. the community foundation is providing $1.2 million in grants. the money is being donated through about 20 non-profit groups now helping victims. the money is meant to be cover a

variety of costs including medical care, temporary housing, food and clothing. the foundation will announce the exact process for receiving grant money on october 1st. coming up at 7:00, a survival story that will make you smile mp this puppy lived through a traumatic experience only to make a remarkable recovery. we'll show you her reunion with the worker that saved her life. we'll have top news stories at 7:00. back to the today show.

♪ ♪ guys, guys, guys. i'm not going that far. >> we're thrilled to be celebrating this weekend with you jenna. >> celebrating 60. >> sending our love to you maddie. >> woo! we are back on this sunday morning, september 21, 2014.

a little barry manelo, general and a half's favorite. >> do you think barry is watching? >> i said i've loved you for a million years. >> i thought you said that. >> there you go. you guys are going to miss barry. i've brought him to a lot of stories here. >> nice work on that. >> joell did wonderful. we have mixed emotions. our dear friend jenna wolfe it's your last morning with us here on the desk. later, we'll see what lies ahead for you. >> we'll look back at memories we have made on this show together. a lot involves -- looks like selfies and dancing. >> bad ideas. i'm just saying. >> all right. we do have a lot coming up this morning. we want to get you caught up on

the morning's top headlineses. 12,000 homes are threatened due to a massive wildfire in california. firefighters working around the clock there. at this point, the inferno is 10% contained. a man was able to enter the white house residence. the president has full confidence in the agency. authority rps on the hunt for an escaped inmate considered armed and dangerous. he and four others broke out of a central california bring last nuth. the of suspects are custody. let's begin with the latest on the missing of university of virginia student. hundreds turned out for a second day to search for hannah graham. those her community are rallying to find her. police have probably name aid person of interest. >> good morning lest, good morning guys. what an amazing turnout.

1,000 have signed up for the search today volunteering to give up their sunday in hopes of bringing hannah home. many have been inspired by passionate and emotional police chief. >> this morning, a fresh start many the search for hannah graham. still no sign of the missing 18-year-old. even after 1100 volunteers scoured bushes and backyards saturday. >> it speaks to the character of this community i think. maybe all college towns are this way. we are surrogate parents to these kids in many ways. >> as a community we have to ban together and go out and search for her. she's one of our own. >> he's one of many looking for his classmate. the support spread to the football field too where the coach wore graham's initials during saturday's game. >> everybody feels they need to do something, rally around this family. >> graham's parents worry about what may have happened to their daughter that loves skiing, sax

phone. she was seen last when cameras tracked her downtown before she vanished. one of the videos shows the man who's call aid person of interest. graham may have gotten in his car early that morning. they searched his house but did not arrest him. for now, people hope this hunt will turn up something. a cellphone, piece of clothing, anything that would help. >> if it were my daughter, i would want everybody out looking. >> they're not discouraged, just determined. >> because of what's demonstrated already, i don't think ma morale will diminish. i think there will be a greater sense of urgency. >> this person of interest named saturday, people saw him with graham and his hand around her waist. he's not been charged with a crime. we haven't spoken with him lester? >> thanks very much. want to head outside to dylan with a final check of the

weather on this sunday morning. looks warm out. >> it's warm and perfect. this is the last full day of summer. fall starts tomorrow, at 10:30 at night. you're celebrating your 60th birthday? >> yes. >> where you from? >> cincinnati, ohio. >> you're from? >> china. >> you're excited to be here right? a lot of people excited to be here. temperatures expected to top out in the 70s. 80s southeast, 90s down south. cooler through the great lakes. a cool front is going to trigger showers and thunderstorms in the northeast later today that will eventually move to parts of the coast later on tonight. we have an area of low pressure off the coast that will keep the clouds around today. looking for that to clear tomorrow. temperatures chilly tomorrow. highs in the 50s and 60s across the great lakes. watch out

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♪ ♪ today jenna is passionate about fitness. anyone who spends time with her can see her commitment to health and wellness and her impact. her journey started when she was young. it's led to a role here at first ever lifestyle and fitness expert here on nbc news. before we let her take over that role, we want to look back at jenna's past of fitness. >> i was active within seconds of coming out of the wound. i was active all throughout my childhood. a couple years ago, i got certified as a personal trainer. >> i'm going to give three exercises. >> i'm able to speak to a lot of groups. i talk about how important it is to start at a very early age and stay act hive and be active. one of the best things about the

"today" show is it's a great platform for the audience to get to know who we are when we're not talking about the news. i love fitness, and over the last couple of years of the "today" show, our audience may have been on this journey with me. the 30 day fitness challenge, lester trying to climb over a wall. for me, it has really opened up so many different avenues with which i could explore, with which i could speak to people, i could learn more about myself and take this to the next level. the beautiful thing about health and wellness and fitness and all of it is if one person in the room is doing it, walking down that room, other people want to follow suit. anyone can do anything for 18 reps. there were so many different opportunities we could inject fitness and this healthy lifestyle into the show and suddenly the four of us became a pretty tight unit. we banal really excited about

sharing this cause with other people. it goes to show you there's this great sense of comradery. we have a great time. being healthy really does mean absolutely everything. it's all we have. at the end of the day, right, when you look in many mirror, you have to be looking at someone who respects you, who gets you, who understands you. who says yeah, i'm going to be fighting for you the rest of your life. that's you. you have to give yourself every opportunity to do that. this is your life. you get one shot at this. >> wow. >> so inspiring. >> you are. >> you really are amazing. >> i couldn't do what i do here without your support, without support of our amazing executive producer. letting me explore my passion. thank you so much. the audience of people who have written in on this journey. it's so wonderful. you guys know how important it

is to you and me as well. >> people want to celebrate you for everything you've done including someone who's become a good friend of yours. she is here this morning. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> what's your advice for jenna now as she goes in this new role of being our fitness correspondent? >> i don't think jenna really needs advice because she's awesome. when i wrote my book, i realized there's millions of women and moms that want help. she's the perfect person because she wants to help others. she want she's energetic, knowledgeable, i could go on and on. i don't think she needs advice. >> that means so much. you're the queen of fitness.

>> you were in the olympics in beijing right? >> in 2007. we have this common bond of working out and getting in shape. when i had the baby, she texted he and said how long do it will take you to get the weight off? we sent videos back and forth of who could do it better. i don't think it matters. not that anybody is keeping score. >> 17 months, but that's okay thank you so much. >> i'm so happy for you. sad for them because they're losing a good person. >> she's still our buddy. she's still next door. >> she'll still give you grieve. >> she will. thanks so much for coming and celebrating. we appreciate it. coming up, we'll look back at our favorite moments together. that's right after this. coming ♪ oh, there's an energy crisis happening alright. a human one. ♪ and it's time to fight it.

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even though jenna is moving on to a new role, she will always be a part of our weekend "today" family. we have shared laughs and some big personal milestones. here is a look at some of our time together.

instigator. she insti gates fun. >> loyal. >> jenna is awesome. >> it has been seven years. i literally grew up in that job. lester has been the one person with me from the beginning. our first year was really rocky. >> we didn't connect right away. >> he didn't really talk to me at all. >> you heard that i didn't talk to her? she never talked to me. okay. no, i never talked to her. >> i bonded with lester probably a fur years ago when the show went to utah for an overnight trip. it was the middle of the night. >> i had to get something out of my bag. i climbed out of my sleeping bag. i was waring my skifshys. it's pitch black. >> took out my camera. i took a picture. >> all i could do was laugh. it was funny. that was the point i think that

i kind of got her. we began to form this friendship. >> the trip down to jamaica with lester meant a lot to me. >> we were both exploring our connection to the island. >> we were on a boat. i don't know what that was that he was doing. some kind of -- a weird shaking move. i would probably go into traction. >> i have some real moves. she always makes fun of my dancing. >> we enjoy spending time with each other, whether on the set or off the set. >> i think it was her starting these friday morning workouts that brought us all that much closer together. >> my favorite moments have do with fitness, which is appropriate, since that's where she's moving on to spend more time. i call your attention to the plank competition. >> everybody is on set. >> the goal was to do a three-minute plank. we did three minutes. she did three. i did three fifteen. >> i'm going to miss our singing duets. very impressive.

>> the minute there is music, there is not a doubt in anyone's mind that we're going to be singing. where he belting whatever it is, whether we know the words or not. that's the beauty of it. >> inside jokes that we have. i love when we all get to do something together. the farming segment, i was really looking for to it. but i never really had done farm chores. i thought, you know, this will be interesting for me. it was even more interesting for jenna. watching jenna milk a cow was hysterical. >> that is enough for a bowl of cereal. i feel like job well done. >> jenna has this huge heart, a great sense of humor. people know her for her sarcasm and wit. behind that, she's really -- she's a mush. first day that i met harper, she was so excited. watching them want to hold my child really made me believe that these are my friends. >> i remember loeholding her an singing "my girl."

she looked at me. it was another member of our family of friendship. it was a special moment. ♪ we're halfway there >> oh, my goodness. >> i just enjoy working with her. i enjoyed her company. i loved being able to laugh in the morning. i'm going to miss having my buddy around. >> she's a tremendous broadcaster. i would say without hesitation that jenna is one of my best friends here. that's quite a statement for a guy who seven years ago was rolling his eyes going, who is this person? >> i'm having a hard time thinking about the fact that i won't be getting up on the weekends and joining niece guys anymore. i'm going to miss niethese guys. i really, really am. >> oh, my gosh. >> seven years.

i cannot believe it has been seven years. >> a long time. >> we are going to miss you. >> as your tv family, we thought it's fitting for us to invite your actual family. how about that? close friends as well to celebrate this milestone. if you will, welcome your partner stephanie. and baby harper. making their entrance. >> i texted you to make sure you tivo the show. >> your parents. >> she's so excited. >> welcome back. >> hi. >> hi, guys. >> mom and dad. i just texted you. >> how about a couple of your close friends? >> stop it. get out of here. oh, my gosh. >> who we have seen in some of your fitness sections. >> you know i'm not dieing, right? you guys look amazing. >> welcome, all of you. >> hi, baby girl. >> stephanie, your family is expanding, as we know.

what's it going to be like having jenna home on weekend morni mornings? >> suddenly, we're five day a week. we get to go away. we get to go see our parents. it's going to be great. >> you are up early with the baby. have us on and watch us. >> we're up early because of jenna. >> you have gotten so -- >> she's beautiful. >> hi, harper. >> i texted my parents, make sure you are watching. >> you guys were here a couple weeks ago. your dad was on camera. >> thank you. >> so excited to get more time with your girl. >> always. we love that idea. >> guess who got the gift of gap in the family. >> thank you. listen, it's a friend of mine,

it's a friend of yours. these are my two best friends. they have been with me on this fitness journey and life journey. this is marny and marcy. they are the two most big-hearted kind-hearted people. they have gotten to know you. >> i have become friends with you through jenna. we would like to know an inside scoop. >> we're out of time. >> any surprises that maybe jenna hasn't displayed on camera that you could share? >> i would say one big thing about jenna is, she's amazing at getting up and talking to the world. but put her in a room with eight or ten people or a cocktail party, she's not -- >> we consider you part of our family and always will be. thanks for coming by and celebrating. >> thank you so much. >> oh, my gosh. >> hi, harper. >> we will be back with more after these messages. ♪ it's not every day that you find yourself at the corner of "a little flu shot" and "a world of difference."

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let's check in once again with chuck todd to see what's coming up on "meet the press." >> i'm not going to be making babies cry lester i hope. can we defeat isis without american troops on the ground? that's a big question. mike mull len is going to be joining us. some say tax cutting has gone too far. americans have become antitax fever. lester, stop making babies cry. >> it's a baby cry free zone. there's plenty of cereal for

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