>> thanks for joining us this morning. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. . good morning. where are they? three afghan soldiers training with the u.s. military on cape cod disappear and authorities are now asking the public to help track them down. this morning, a live report from the pentagon. headed to court, the iraq war veteran who made it all the way through the front doo of the white house goes before a judge today as the secret service faces tough questions about whether they're doing enough to keep the president and his family safe. on the run. the man police described as a person of interest in the case of missing uva student hannah graham speeds away from officers who were following him as her parents make their first comments about their daughter's disappearance. we'll talk to the police chief

live. and tv scare. as many as 700 newborn babies potentially exposed to tuberculosis. parent are lining up to get their infants tested. this monday morning, september 22nd, 2014. >> announcer: this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. good morning, welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker and tamron hall. >> lenny kravitz was practicing

in the studio. i was taking a picture of matt taking a picture. >> do a song in our studio a little bit later on. let us turn to the top story the search for the three afghan soldiers who wept missing off a national guard base in massachusetts. nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. these three afghan soldiers, two captains and a major were on a saturday night field trip to a shopping maul in cape cod when they simply disappeared. the three soldiers were in the u.s. to take part in an annual training exercise at the national guard base there in cape cod. now, law enforcement officials both federal, state and even military have launched a massive search in an effort to find them. now, what is still unanswered question here right now is whether this was a spur of the moment decision by these three soldiers to go on a sightseeing

tour of america or whether this was well planned in advance and why, matt. >> mik, before you leave, i heard a lot officials saying they don't consider these three to be a threat to the public and i'm sure why they're so sure about that. >> well, any of these visiting soldiers that come to the u.s. for this kind of training are well vetted in advance for any possible ties to a militant group or the taliban there in afghanistan. without providing specifics, officials this morning appear to be very confident that these three pose no immediate threat to the u.s. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon this morning, thank you very much. the man who made it over the the white house fence and to the executive mansion will be in court today. it's being called an unprecedented security breach at the white house and now the secret service is reconsidering how it handles security around the white house. kristen welker is at the white

house this morning. >> reporter: good morning, the suspect will appear in a federal court here in d.c. later today charged with unlawful entry while carrying a deadly weapon. he was found. with a pocket knife. the secret service ordered extra surveillance around the white house while it investigates and a law enforcement official says the agency is now considering new security check points for tourists that will be set up blocks away from the white house. omar gonzales served his country in iraq, but he will face his country today. he breached the white house friday night. cell phone video captured the chaos. he jumped over the fence, sprinted to the first family's residence and entered through the unlocked front door. he was quickly apprehended. he had a knife like this in his pocket. >> this all came about maybe 15

to 20 seconds to reach the step of the white house. >> the white house was evacuated. the family in a statement the agency said the location of gonzalez' arrest is not acceptable. >> i have great respect for the secret service but this is absolutely inexcusable. >> reporter: a law enforcement official says the investigation will include a look at why the canine units weren't dispatched, usually protocol. >> you certainly cannot allow an intruder to make it that far. if you have to kill the individual then you kill the individual. >> reporter: making it inside the executive mansion is unprecede unprecedented. a setback for an agency trying to rebound from a series of embarrassments including the 2012 scandal involving prostitutes in colombia. now new questions about the leadership of this storied agency. >> that's why the secret service exists is to protect the white house, the office of the

presidency, by whatever means necessary. >> reporter: when asked why shots weren't fired a law enforcement official says gonzalez didn't appear to be armed. gonzalez's former step-son told the associated press that he possesses plenty of fire power but clearly didn't want to use it. we reached out to his family but didn't get a response. a white house official says the president has full confidence in the agency. hoda, matt. >> thank you so much. >> police in pennsylvania say they are getting closer to finding the suspect in the ambush and killing of a pennsylvania state trooper. over the weekend they found several item including a gun that they say suspect eric frein may have been planning to use later. ron allen has the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. plesz say they believe frein planned this for perhaps as long as a year. they believe he was in the woods over there. shot across the highway killing one trooper, wounding another. now police claim they are clesing in on the man who caused

so much fear and mayhem. federal agents joining the hunt look ready for war tightening the perimeter. following a trail left behind, including weapons, like this ak-47, and ammunition possibly used in the ambush commanders say. >> until now his advantage has been that this is his back yard. we're pushing him hard. he is no longer safe. >> reporter: as the drag net closes in and a two-day lockdown for residents in danger lifted many now wonder how far away is safe enough. this man is leaving his home. >> do you think he's still around? >> they believe he is in the area. that's what they say. >> reporter: his neighbor is staying put. >> i don't feel that he's going to be shooting civilians. he's got something in for law enforcement. so that's why i'm not nervous. >> reporter: police believe frein may have been spotted several times traveling through terrain on foot.

they try to reassure communities where businesses and schools have been shut for days. >> is it safe enough to reopen schools? >> those are individual decisions. we have every reason to believe that frein is focused on law enforcement and specifically the state police. >> reporter: some of the schools that were closed for a day or two and furthest away will reopen with added security. but school officials say it's too dangerous for some 9500 students in the pocono mountains to return to class, there is no indication strong indication, when all of this is going to end. matt. >> ron allen in pennsylvania, thank you very much. >> and investigation is under way into a deadly tour bus crash in delaware. two people were killed, nearly 50 hurt. anne thompson is outside the hospital in delaware this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. authorities are trying to figure out what caused this horrific crash. delaware state police and the national transportation safety board are investigating.

the accident involved only one vehicle, the bus, and every single person on board was injured. >> one man saying my wife, my wife. keeps on playing in my mind. >> reporter: a sunday drive turned deadly on this delaware highway when a tour bus carrying 50 people crashed and overturned. delaware state police say the bus was traveling southbound on route 1, when it hit a curve on an off ramp flipping onto its roof. the bus continued sliding down an embankment rotating on its left side where it finally came to a stop. >> one adult female was under the bus where she was trapped. >> reporter: that woman died at the scene. another woman was later pronounced dead at the hospital. the remaining 47 passengers on board and the driver suffered a range of injuries. >> injuries vary widely. the patients have some have head injuries, some injuries to their torso, ribs, abdomen, fractures, extremities so different levels

of injury. >> reporter: elvis and a friend were on their way home from the mall when they saw the overturned bus. they pulled their car over and jumped out to help. >> we went to a car, got first aid equipment, passed out whatever we could to try to comfort people. made me think of how fragile life at times. >> reporter: authorities say the passengers were part of a sight seeing group sponsor bid a company called eworld travel and tours in new york city. they were on the way back to new york after visiting washington, d.c. hoda and matt. >> sad story. thanks so much. >> natalie's got the day off. tamron's at the news deck. >> good morning. fire crews in northern california are working around the clock to try and stem a massive wild fire. but this morning the king fire is still burning out of control, even with thousands of firefighters on the front lines. kristen welker -- kristen dahlgren is there.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. we got the latest numbers and not what they hoped for. this is now grown to over 87,000 acres, that means over the past 48 hours they lost another 5600 acres or so. they thought maybe they would be helped by light rain yesterday. unfortunately, it also brought in heavy cloud cover that means they had to ground the air operations. they have been dropping record amounts of retardant. it made thing slick and muddy for crews trying to get into the steep and rugged terrain. about 5500 firefighters from as far as florida and alaska fighting this. the other big issue is the smoke. lake tahoe they had to cancel the iron man triathlon because of air quality. a lot of schools in the area also closed today. and people urged to stay inside they are so worried about air quality. they say this fire could be burning for weeks and weeks so a tough battle ahead. >> thank you very much.

new questions are raised this morning about when the baltimore ravens knew about the ray rice incident inside that atlantic city elevator. this as the nfl prepares to meet with advisers to help overhaul its personal conduct policy. peter alexander has been following the story from the beginning. >> reporter: good day to you. the nfl executives are going to meet with players union representatives to talk about how to fix the league's personal conduct policy. we are also keeping our eyes on the baltimore ravens, they will address the new report saying team officials were made aware that rice punched his then fiancee within hours of it happening and began extensive public and private campaigns pushing for leniency for rice, only changing course when that video came out. the ravens said the article contains numerous errors, false assumptions and misunderstandings. espn by the way reports that goodell confided he was not sure

he did the right thing initially suspending rice for only two games and seemed to regret being talked out of a tougher penalty. >> thank you. after months about who a afghanistan's next leader will be the two agreed to a power sharing deal. ashraf ghani will work with abdullah abdullah. the deal was signed three months after a disputed presidential run-off that compromised the country's ongoing security. >> the 442 million mile journey is over this morning if you were counting. as nasa's maven spacecraft has arrived at mars late sunday, the robotic craft ended its trip and began orbiting the red planet. maven will lower its altitude and then the good stuff happens, it studies solar wind forces on the planet. al roker you can say ooh. there you go. this will make you say ooh.

a cyclist lives to bike another day. hard to believe after miraculously escaping a dramatic car crash. watch the cyclist at the right of your screen. you can see a box truck, yes, speeding toward the intersection, the truck slammed into a car, sending it into a tailspin. but somehow it misses the cyclist. >> plus there is the bumper of the car. >> so -- >> can we go back one more time. >> knocking him down. knocks the guy down. amazingly, look, he pops up and he is okay. >> can we go to the winning one more time. doesn't it seem like the guy was in a bad spot to begin with. >> that truck was coming through the intersection. >> but he was in the crosswalk, right? >> the truck -- >> one truck hits, the truck hits. the bumper misses him. >> looks like a movie. >> a couple weeks ago the motorcyclist. >> what is going on in russia. >> what's go on with the rain and not where the people need

it. >> i'm telling you, it's crazy stuff. in fact, we've got flash flood watches and flash flood warnings for western texas, but really central and eastern texas need the rain. we have flood warnings around pay kos, we're going to watch that. remnants of odile hanging around. heavy downpours, flash flooding especially in the high terrain. some areas have picked up 18 inches of rain in the last week. they are going to get another 1 to 3 inches throughout portions of new mexico so flash flooding is going to be a problem. we'll have your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. 14 years to the day, we got our first prius. ♪ sometimes the most daring ideas... ...are the ones you can count on the most.

♪ the prius. toyota, lets go places. . 7:16. the clouds are already clearing in this area. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today but temperatures aren't going to be too hot. in san francisco you're going to climb to 67 degrees, 72 on the east shore and it's the final day of summer. we kick off fall at 7:29. lane moves in late wednesday into thursday. started working on changing over her clock. >> tamron's got a project. i'll come and help. >> yes. >> an echo.

>> a major health scare at an el paso hospital has parents on edge this morning. hundreds of infants born there will be tested for tb. kerry is in el paso with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. yes, it is scary, parents who had their children born right here at providence memorial hospital, have been told that possibly their children were exposed to tuberculosis. they received this letter from the health department that says they should come and begin lining up as early as today to have their children tested for tb, something that is a contagious disease. >> i need some answers. >> reporter: it's the worst possible nightmare for a hospital and parents, newborn babies exposed while still in the nursery, to tuberculosis, a disease that left untreated could be deadly. jessica martinez gave birth to sebastien in october at

providence memorial hospital in el paso. she is one of more than 700 mothers in texas and new mexico who had their children here in the last year. >> tb is a serious but treatable disease. >> reporter: all of them got this alarming letter from the department of health warning their infant may have been infected with tb. a hospital employee who worked in the nursery was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis, officials are not releasing her name but say she's been put on leave. the hospital says so far no other employees have tested positive for the illness. >> babies are vulnerable. their immune systems are not as strong. >> reporter: in a statement providence memorial says we take our obligations to our patients, employees and the community very seriously. we have taken actions that are designed to prevent a similar incident from occurring. >> even if he's not sick, just that fear that it gives me that he could be, and that i couldn't

prevent it is what kills me inside. >> reporter: after discovering the infected employee, health officials here came in and inspected the hospital and said that they found other areas where the infectious disease control protocols were not followed. the hospital has until tomorrow to come up with a plan to announce how it's corrected those problems. matt. >> kerry sanders, thank you very much. coming up on a monday morning, a person of interest in the hannah graham case, speeds off from the police. we'll talk to the police chief about their investigation as hannah's parents speak out for the first time. >> an eye opening report how new technology could allow thieves to steal your house keys without ever having to touch them. first this is today on nbc.

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a very good morning to you. 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a new problem off the field for 49er player accused in a domestic violence case. sources tell nbc bay area someone broke into the san jose home of ray mcdonald saturday night. the defensive lineman was in arizona for sunday's game against the cardinals. no suspects have been named in the case. police arrested mcdonald on suspicion of felony domestic violence. the team's decision to leave him on the field has led to growing criticism from several high-profile former players and current politicians. now it will be easier than ever to tell whether buildings in san francisco have been inspected for earthquake risk. starting this morning city officials will display up to

4,000 warning signs on old wood frame buildings that have not been checked for potential retro fitting like the law says. >> christina loren, keep talking about the last day of summer here. >> good morning to you. showing you a time lapse from san francisco just to give you an idea that the clouds are already clearing out there. but even with that early clearing, temperatures are still going to be comfortable for today. 60s right now, 70s to finish off in the south bay. upper 60s for san francisco, low 80s in the tri-valley. in the north bay not too hot today at about 80 degrees. we've got the overcast skies for now. those are going to clear as we head throughout the day today. by tomorrow, clouds increasing. let's check your drive with mike. >> christina, now for the south bay, it's all right at 680 but

look at your map, overall the northbound routes do show the build. extra slowing for 280 coming off of south 680 but no crashes in the area. west 237, many cars jamming up through santa clara. and on the other side of the bay, pretty much a good deal of traffic 880 south starting back in hayward. >> thank you very much. another update in half an hour. see you then.

7:30 on a monday morning. 22nd day of september, 2014. we look out at the manhattan skyline. promise to be a pretty day. fall will arrive. >> last day of summer. >> 10:29 tonight. >> we have to put these clothes away. here's what's making headlines. a new audio recording reportedly released by isis warning that they will not feel secure even in their own homes. nbc has not verified the authenticity of the recording at this time. >> investigation under way after three afghan soldiers visiting military base in massachusetts disappear. the national guard said they don't believe there is a threat

to the public. >> thousands have been evacuated in northern california because of the growing wildfire threat. so far the king fire has burned more than 80,000 acres. >> coming up, when your keys are stolen you usually change your locks. in today's world that may not be enough. we'll show you the new technology that could give thieves access to your front door simply by using their smart phone. >> taking a picture. >> also ahead, you probably use google on a daily basis. do you think about what it takes to keep that massive company going? we'll talk to two guys who helped build up google and about the secret to success and if you are interested you can get your foot in the door. >> tomorrow, paula deen will stop by, her first visit since her tearful conversation with us, tomorrow we'll talk about what she's learned since then, what changed, and what's next. that's paula deen tomorrow here

on "today." >> but we begin this half hour with the latest in the search for missing uva student hannah graham. sunday her parents spoke out for the first time asking any one who may know anything to come forward. this as police speak to the person of interest in home run disappearan disappearance. today craig melvin has more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. there was also this weekend that massive search roughly 1,000 people showed up looking for any trace of hannah graham, for the first time we heard from her parents as they made that emotional plea. police maintain there is someone out there who knows something, perhaps someone else who saw something. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. i'm certain that everybody in this room and watching knows that what happened to hannah could happen to their child. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time publicly since

she went missing hannah graham's parents pleading for help. >> hannah is also our little girl, she's our only daughter, she's a sister. hannah is also the oldest granddaughter and she's actually my parent's only granddaughter. she is enormously precious to us all. please, please, please, if you have anything how ever insignificant can't you think it may be, call the police tip line. tip line with anything that just might help us to bring hannah home. >> the 18-year-old uva college student simply disappeared early last saturday morning. >> i believe jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth. >> reporter: police are now naming 32-year-old jesse matthew a person of interest and say that's him in this surveillance video walking with graham just after 1:00 am. >> we want to talk to jesse matthew. >> reporter: witnesses saw the two together at a local bar,

according to police, who believe the college student may have gotten into matthew's orange chrysler. he is wanted for reckless driving after he went into the police station saturday asking for a lawyer. police say he left without being questioned and took off at a high speed, losing authorities. this weekend, more than 1,000 people helped search for hannah, as her parents desperately hold on to hope. >> all we want to do now is to bring hannah home safely. >> plus will continue searching today. there is also now a $50,000 reward for any information that leads to the whereabouts of hannah graham. matt? >> craig melvin, thank you very much. charlottesville police chief, chief longo, thank you for joining us. >> good morning, matt. thanks for having me. >> jesse matthew comes into the police station and then asks for a lawyer and leaves without answering any questions. what was the reason he came in, in the first place? just to get a lawyer? >> you know, matt, honestly,

it's very bizarre. it's certainly nothing i've experienced in 33 years in this business. he came into the station and he had two family members with with him. he asked for a lawyer. we obtained a lawyer for him. the lawyer came. the two of them spoke briefly and jesse left. to be clear, this high-speed exit that he took was somewhat after he left the station. he went to a location in our neighboring jurisdiction, he was surveilled at that time, not covertally, overtally. >> so he knew police were following him. he gets in the car, takes off at a high rate of speed. that was more than a day ago. have you had any tips, any leads in the last 24 hours that give you any idea where he may be? >> we did follow up on some leads yesterday, as to a location in a neighboring jurisdiction where he may have been. we've went to that location.

he is not there. we're taking every effort that we know of to try to determine his location today. we'll continue to pursue him until such time as he is located. >> you've searched his apartment, his car. have you found any evidence, forensic evidence, anything on phone records that makes you more suspicious of him? >> well, of course, the search with respect to phone record sincere ongoing. we have some potential forensic evidence is at the lab. hopefully, we'll hear back from them today, the latest tomorrow. hopefully, it will be some valuable evidence and help us continue moving this case forward. >> you've been very animated and emotional during these press conferences when talking about the disappearance of hannah graham. it seems to me that, as a dad -- you're a father -- that at times it's hard to separate the two roles of father and police chief. >> matt, it's virtually impossible for me. i'm an emotional guy to begin w

i'm animated to begin with. this case does not do anything but make me even more emotional. to some people this may just be an 18-year-old college student, but it's somebody's little girl and i can relate to that. >> chief timothy longo, thanks very much. our best wishes to you and your force. >> thanks, matt. >> in solving this. >> appreciate it. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by soma, your new bra destination, in sizes 32a to 44g. wet weather to talk about in the southeast. we're watching this storm system getting itself together, pushing its way up into the northeast. it's going to -- if you are fall breaking down in florida, look out. numerous showers, thunderstorms locally, heavy downpours. we're talking about, generally rain in southern florida -- thank you very much. wow! just like that. and, in fact, this is going to be the pattern we look at all

week long from florida. here in the northeast, it's going to feel a lot like fall. plenty of sunshine and temperatures cool down as that front pushes through. cleveland today high of 57, 15 degrees below normal. new york, 69, five degrees below normal. cincinnati, below normal with a high of 67. . thank you. 7:38. taking a live look at san francisco. look at this. a little bit of fog, a little compressed marine layer. you can see the golden gate bridge from top to bottom. temperatures are going to be comfortable, not too hot. right here in the south bay temperatures are going to climb a little bit as we head through wednesday. those clouds will increase and then we're counting on showers by thursday of this week for the whole bay area. >> and that's your latest weather.

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at least that's what i thought. we came across new technology that would allow cooks to open your front door and it doesn't take much, just a cell phone and a few dollars. this is how it has worked for decades. want your keys copied? go to a hardware store in person. the only way a thief could get your keys is to physically steal them off a table or out of your bag. this new app called keys duplicated is a game changer. snap a clear photo of any house key with your cell phone and upload it to their website. their sophisticated software analyzes the grooves of the key down to the tiniest millimeter all from that photo you sent them. then this machine drills out the key's teeth, a perfect match to the key in the picture. the key is mailed right to you and it's cheap. only $6 a key, and no i.d.

verification. does this disturb you? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: police departments across the country are worried thieves will take advantage, snapping stealth photos of your keys in public, then showing up at your doorstep with your key, unlocking your door with ease. and walking right in. >> the thing is, you wouldn't even know that you've been had. you still have your keys. you don't know someone's taken a photo of it. >> not until something happens to you. >> reporter: does it really work? my producer, charlie, that's him, is about to test it out. while i'm out of town for another story, he snaps a quick pick of my house key, lying on a table. then he uploads it to the site, gives his home address and, voila, just a few days later, duplicates of my keys arrive at his apartment. but instead of breaking in, charlie wisely waited for me to get back. >> all right. the moment of truth, does it work? >> let's open it and find out. >> reporter: just to show you and everyone at home, my front

door, it is locked. let's triet key. >> try the key. >> reporter: wow! >> it was that easy. now we're inside your house. that could have been a total stranger who walked up with that key. >> or a we went straight to the ceo. >> the good news is we tried your technology and it works like a charm. >> great to hear it. >> the bad news is it worked like a charm and it could work like a charm for bad guys, too. >> you know, there's no doubt that this could be used by somebody to copy somebody else's key. i just don't think it's very likely that it will happen. if it ever happens, it will be a jilted ex--lover or a disgruntled co-worker. people who have other ways of breaking into your house. >> reporter: his company is still new and so far no reported cases. he says they require a valid e-mail address and credit card number creating a paper trail. but he admits they don't verify it's your key or even your

credit card. >> there's no i.d. verification. the address i give you could be a bogus p.o. box and no other i.d. verification, is there? >> for i.d. verification, there is not. >> does it concern you? >> security is top priority. we're constantly improving it. of course it's a concern and i say we're on it. >> reporter: but police say until that loophole is closed, this company aimed at convenience may pose a danger. by the way, keys duplicated will not copy car keys or high-security keys and not accept pictures that are blurry or taken too far away. treat your keys like your driver's license or credit card and do not leave them laying around. i saw you taking photos of the screen, i changed the locks on my house. >> appreciate it. coming up, it's no secret that politicians will go to great lengths to get your vote,

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good morning to you. 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. crews think they've finally gotten a vintage world war ii ship to stop leaking oil into san francisco's fisherman's wharf. crews laid about 8,000 feet of boom around the harbor. oil has been started near the pier and the water park. >> christina, how are we looking today? >> looking really mild for the last day of summer. we had an overcast sky to start. i wanted to show you a type lapse from ocean beach. you can see here at this hour, completely clear sky. even with all that sunshine coming in so early, temperatures are going to be on the mild side

in the city, 72 on the east short, mid 80s coming your way out in the tri-valley. as we head throughout the day here in the south bay looking good, room temperature readings. here's the deal. we've got rain on the way. as we head it tomorrow, clouds increasing, best chance looks like the north bay. he's keeping tabs on your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. speeding up a bit through palo alto. a lot of congestion through san mateo. we're talking about the south bay where northbound 101 is the big issue here. things get lighter heading up into cupertino. high street bogging done into downtown. all approaches are slow, laura. back to you. >> welcome to monday.

we'll have another local update in half an hour. hope to see you then. have a good one.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, homecoming hero. two popular high school students hatch a plan to make a bullied student queen for the day. then proposal gone wrong. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> why it may not be such a good idea to pop the question on a boat. this couple finds out the hard way and it's all caught on camera. and we've got triple the star power. we catch up with the new "voice" coach, gwen stefani and "the black list" james spader and lenny kravtiz "today," monday

september 22nd, 2014. >> we're from colorado. >> louisiana girls love the big apple. >> wisconsin loves the "today" show. >> from chicago, go bears! >> we love the "today" show! >> celebrating 44 years of friendship. >> three generations in new york city! >> we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the 22nd day of september, 2014. we have a particularly animated crowd here. big crowd under beautiful skies here in manhattan. >> 64 degrees right now. i feel a little bad. hoda, it's a little brisk. you have the goosebumps.

>> i do. >> an act of chivalry, then. carson, give her your jacket. >> what do you need? do you want it? >> this doesn't happen often. >> thank you. >> you literally have goosebumps. >> what a guy! >> she said to me right before, can i have your darn jacket, please? i'm freezing. >> who wants matt's pants? >> just another monday at the "today" show. >> we've got a great show, guys. lenny kravtiz is here. he has been practicing inside this morning. we're also going to have a lot more music this week. we'll have kenny chesney on the plaza. one of country music's biggest acts. he will sing his hit song "american kids." kenny chesney. come to the plaza tomorrow. >> we look forward to that. let's get the top stories of the morning. natalie is off this morning. tamron, take it away.

>> three visiting afghan army officers disappeared during a training exercise in massachusetts. the men were taking part in the national guard program on cape cod. they were reported missing saturday night after a field trip to an area mall. it is not clear if their disappearance was something that was planned ahead of time. the national guard in massachusetts says they believe at this time that there is no threat to the public. a new audio recording said to be the work of isis warns americans and their allies that, quote, you will not feel secure, even in your bedroom. it urges followers to kill american and french citizens and calls president obama foolish and mocks the u.s. decision not to send ground troops to iraq and syria. the auth enticity has not been

verified. france released a statement in part saying france is not afraid. an unprecedented breach of white house security. an iraq war veteran with a knife in his pocket jumped over the white house fence friday night, ran to the first family's residence and opened an unlocked front door. the obamas were not at home. omar gonzalez from texas was captured by secret service agents. he is scheduled for a court appearance later today. the ntsb is investigating a tour bus crash in northern delaware that killed at least two people and injured all of the 48 people on board the bus. it overturned on an off-ramp, flipping on to its roof and rolled on to its side. the crash delayed traffic in that area for hours. a touching show of friendship at a texas high school is the talk of social media. two seniors made a royal oath to help a bullied friend and they

kept it. the story from nbc's janet shamlia shamlian. >> reporter: it's an honor to be home coming queen. when they crowned one in grand prairie, texas, it was so much more. >> she's one of the nicest people i've ever met in the school. >> reporter: everyone feel that is way about lillian skinner except for a few students who played a prank on the teen, telling her she had been nominated to the homecoming court when she hadn't. that's when two of lillian's friends, who were nominated, made a plan. >> we said if one of us wins, we're giving lillian the crown. >> reporter: they ran their idea by the principal. >> in all my time in school, this is probably the greatest announcement. >> and your queen is -- >> and the bullies were silent. >> we would like to announce lillian skinner. please step forward and receive

this honor. >> lillian never saw it coming. >> i was like, wow, really? >> seeing the look on her face and just the way she reacted towards it, it was priceless. and i knew that it was the right decision. >> a small gesture, a big impact. >> for me, i want to say -- and i always say lily won. i just ran in her place. >> and the power of simple kindness. janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. >> that has to put a smile on your face this morning. it is 8:06. let's get another check of the weather with al. >> you skipped school? when did it start? >> a couple of weeks ago. >> wow! you have good parents, because my mom would never let us do that. hope you're enjoying it. here in the northeast, a spectacular day. first full day of fall. tomorrow, fall starts 10:29. the nation's capital.

that is like a postcard. plenty of sunshine. sunny and mild. temperatures are going to be in the low 70s today. afternoon temperature, chilly here in the northeast. as you work your way into the southwest, hundreds. it will be wet again. gulf coast looking at some rain as well. another beautiful day in the pacific northwest. seattle, 74. sunshine and 79 in portland. jim and sandy, jerry and marty's 50th wedding anniversary. put you guys together you actually qualify for willard's smucker's jar. >> that's right. >> must be jelly, cause hey, thank you, al, good morning to you. 8:07. happy monday as we kick off the final morning of the summer. taking a live look from high atop mt. hamilton overlooking the santa clara valley. filled in with fog like a bowl of soup. it's a shallow marine layer, hence it'll burn off quickly

today. headed toward 79 degrees, not a bad day in the bay. room temperature for the east shore, san francisco's at 67, and right around 80 degrees for today in the north bay. tomorrow staying dry, we bring on the rain wednesday into thursday. our latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks so much. coming up on trending, the atlanta braves get rid of the kiss cam for something a whole lot cuter. >> i love that camera. then some celebrity power. gwen stefani is telling us what it's like to work with the boys of "the voice." that premieres tonight. also tonight, james spader, here with us, a new season of "the black list" getting under way. maybe he will spill a secret or two. we'll get him out of the orange two. we'll get him out of the orange room and on to (buisabella...knock!) vincent... sharon? did you say bounty is obviously the best brand?... exclamation point... happy smiley face? yes, i did! did you know that more people prefer viva® vantage over bounty? no... i'm gonna show you why. it stretches...stretch... stretch. it has a... (excited) it stretches!

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and was at tailgate with his family, clearly an lsu tailgate. to her credit, she resisted calls to do her own keg stand. >> impressive. >> i do guarantee you in louisiana, that definitely helps. >> louisiana, come on. >> for sure, right? >> it prompted a big discussion, what we actually call the thing at the end of the hose in the keg. carson thought it was -- >> a valve or spigot. release valve. >> release valve. i like that better. >> you've been at the end of a few of those, carson. >> yeah, i have. that would make me do yoga or pilates, planking. >> beer pilates. proposing to your girlfriend on a boat is a romantic idea, you're right. you want to check this video out before you launch in. check it out. >> oh, my god! oh, my >> the guy's girlfriend is so excited, she knocks the ring into the water.

by the way, though, some are calling this fake. before we learned if the guy got the ring back. probably best to stay on dry land or tether it to your hand. >> i think it was real. >> the guy -- >> the look on his face. not too happy. >> i'm voting for real. >> i bet it's real because we had to eliminate the audio after that. >> he launches in to try to get it. >> i wonder if they found the ring and if they're together still. we all saw the kiss cam popular at sporting events. the atlantic braves have something even better and inspired by this memorable scene from "the lion king" called the simba cam. parents showing their babies proudly. >> i love this. >> circle of life plays on. >> so cute.

>> nothing can possibly go wrong there. >> there's an age where that is going to get difficult, too. >> meanwhile on "today" facebook show. you have been showing us some of your versions. thank you for sending them in. >> they have a giraffe in the background of theirs. >> that is what is trending today. up next, gwen stefani with being the newest coach on the voice. nbc hit vocal competition "the voice" is back tonight for a seventh season and a new leading coach on the panel.

gwen stefani will take her seat next to adam, blake. >> what happened? all of a sudden i'm on tv. i feel like so crazy e. >> the big dysfunctional family. you're part of it. i'll introduce you to weird uncle al in a few minutes. why now? why did you decide to do a show like this? >> it was all spontaneous. i didn't know i was going to have another baby. that was like a miracle surprise blessing. >> seven months old now? >> he just turned six months. they called me right after he was born and said christina aguilera is pregnant and would you like to do the show? i hung the phone up and was like, my life is so weird. >> i think i told you this in an interview a long time ago, i am an enormous fan of yours.

when i watched you with no doubt, the kind of performer that could span generations. a hard edge rocker side, but a look and feel about you that could be almost from the '40s and '50s. when you set out to find "the voice" are you looking for someone with that kind of range? >> you know, i thought i was going to be looking for someone who was really unique sounding. all the people i love growing up don't necessarily sing great. >> like who? >> david bowie, he has a character voice. when you're there and you're in the blinds and listening and not seeing people, sometimes the incredible singers that are soulful that i didn't think i would go for, i couldn't deny it. i can't do that. >> you spin the chair around and you know what happens on the show now, sometimes after you spin the chair around, you have to pitch that person to join team gwen. so, let's pretend that i just wowed you vocally. i wowed you. you just spun the chair around.

pinch me the team gwen. >> what's up? obviously, you want to be with team gwen. i can do this. >> what can you do for me that the other coaches can't? >> this is the awkward part of the show. i'm so great. but it's fun for me because i look back at all the things i have done and i'm like, wow, i have a lot of advice to give. i've been in a band since i was 17 years old and i had so many different varieties of being in a band. i was in a garage band and then i was in a band that got on the radio eand then i was on tour and i recorded all these records. a lot of advice to give to these people. >> did you have someone in the early days of your career that offered that advice? did you have a mentor? >> not at all. just our procrastination from going to school. we were never trying to make it. it was more about this is super fun to do today and then after that we started getting more and we were nine years together doing that in the garage before

we ever had any success. so, you could tell we were doing it for fun and then i don't know how our quirky band got on the radio next to nirvana at that time. >> you're always going, i don't know how any of this happened. how are you going to handle this show, continually musically and dealing with these three little boys. when shakira was on here she was talking about dealing with the other coaches, it's like dealing with little boys. >> adam for sure. little boys, but it's a little more x-rated. you guys get like the g-rated version on tv. it's crazy with those guys. >> you can drag them to personnel, if you want. >> adam is so inappropriate, it's crazy. >> congratulations on everything. >> it's so fun. >> good to see you. >> you, too. >> you can catch the season premiere of "the voice" tonight. we're back in 15 seconds with an inside look at what makes google go.

back at 8:20. google is a search engine, a verb and a $50 billion global empire that's revolutionized the world. also one of the most popular destinations for americans pursuing their dream jobs. now, google's executive chairman eric schmidt and adviser jonathan rosenberg reveal what it takes to get hire bide the company and what makes the company tick. in a new book called "how google works." guys, good morning. good to see you. >> thank you for having us. >> you have been there more than a decade. the adult supervision for the group that was there and you had to go in and forget immediately everything you knew about the

corporate world. what shocked you most? >> two days after i started i had my own little office and then someone moved in with me. he said his office was too crowded. and i said, i'm the ceo and he said, what's that? >> no vertical hierarchy in their view. >> no door either. >> no process to planning. i came in and i had lots of experience running product management in companies. so, my job was to create some process. i gave them one of the best plans i could come up with and larry immediately said, that's stupid. don't hand them to the engineers, just go sit with them. >> didn't you threaten to quit early on? >> i think i threatened to quit every two weeks. thankfully eric talked me out of it. >> the company didn't run under any sort of traditional model. smart people attacking a new problem. one of our friends said it's like the borg, it just moves forward. it needs some structure. >> over the last ten years you have built an incredible company that is admired by a lot of

people. admired especially by young people. college students constantly mention google as a place they want to go to work. so, let's now talk to those students out there still in college. let's talk to their parents and let's give them the key to unlock the door of google. who are you hiring right now? >> you want to be a smart creative. >> someone who has some kind of technical knowledge or passion or something. somebody who has some kind of business interest, but they have to be curious. they can't be boring. >> learning animals and you eevaluate them on something called googliness. >> everyone has to have a rocket scientist. do we? yes, we do. what do they do? we don't know. >> when you're interviewing these smart creatives, what are some of the weird or unusual questions that you ask them that let you know they ihave the googliness you're looking for? >> i ask what surprised them. allow how they think.

if someone can tell you how something surprised them, then they're telling you how they felt before the surprise. >> when you were hired, did they ask you these kind of questions? >> they asked me all sorts of crazy questions. explain something complicated. and i'm a pretty simple guy, i didn't have anything complicated to explain. so, i decided to get up and explain courtship. >> between couples. >> dangling the hook and i explained to him, i sent my future wife a dozen roses before i had ever met her. >> once you hired those people -- >> that's clear planning. >> it works. >> once you hire these people, then you say to them, imagine the unimaginable, think outside the box, go for the moon shots. these are the projects that other companies aren't doing. like driverless cars, contact lenses that can read blood sugar levels and even a project to deliver broadbound to billions of people around the planet using helium balloons. so, it sounds like you want your office environment to have a

little bit of science fiction in it. >> we want people to dream much higher. everyone ends up being a clog in a wheel. oh, this is the way it is. we want to find people who imagine a different world. by the way, not everything works. but when they work, these are global problems. >> is anything too crazy. is any idea too far fetched to at least listen to? >> no. no. >> and a lot of them really are crazy. >> go ahead. >> so, if you give them a project and get a car, you build a car that gets 70 miles per hour gallon. that's completely different than a project to build a car that gets 500 miles per gallon. 500 miles per gallon might sound crazy but imagine what you'll learn from the failures to get a c car. >> i come up with one of the moon shot ideas, why should i stick around and develop it with you guys? why shouldn't i leave the

company immediately and go do it on my own and then turn around and sell it to you for hundreds of millions of dollars? >> one of the tricks is these systems need a lot of people, a lot of platforms and a lot of tools. google keeps these people because they need the platform that we built up over the last decade to finish. innovation is on the top of others. >> do you worry about the people at the top? >> all the time. >> you stay up at night? do you lose sleep over that? >> the next challenge is going to be somebody comes out of a garage, just like google. >> thank you very much. the book is "how google works."

very good morning to you, 8:26, laura garcia canon. a pedestrian killed on an east bay freeway was a 24-year-old woman who pulled over to deal with car problems. it happened overnight on rutger road. chp officers were called to the scene just after 11:00 p.m. by someone who had hit the woman. investigators say the victim had parked her car on the side of the road, turned on her hazard and called a co-worker for help. officers still don't know why she got out of the car. so far, no one has been arrested in that case. i want to check the morning commute now with mike to see how things are going on this monday. >> looking over here. things are gumming up around university. 101 farther south, san jose, northbound side is really

jamming up, as well. the south bay commute as we look at the map really slams down over the last half hour. we've seen things smooth out over the entire silicon valley. a new crash approaching 880 is over the shoulder on oakland roads. more slowing, 280 has been trouble coming off the southbound 680 up past 880. the earlier stall there caused the things to bog down. there's your south bay commute. your peninsula still slow coming over the dunbarton bridge over to the peninsula. same thing for the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thank you very much. another update in half an hour. we'll see you then. [ male announcer ] welcome to no man's land.

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back now 8:30 on a monday morning. it's the 22nd day of september, 2014. i hope you're ready for fall, because this is the last day of summer. fall arriving tonight. >> yeah, all right. coming up, we've got a big show. james spader is going to answer some questions from some folks in the crowd. they're all decked out in their fedoras for his great hot show,

"the black list." >> look really hot in those black hats. looking good. also ahead, how great would it be to cook your entire, i guess, days of meals with just a couple of the same ingredients? martha stewart says we can do it. she's going to show us some of her favorite one-pot meals. reducing cleaning time. makes it easy. >> reminds me of my college days when i took that big can of beef-a-roni, hold it using a hot mitt so all you had to do was wash the spoon. >> i saw that episode of "seinfeld." live performance from my cuz, lenny kravtiz, new album. he will be playing his first single for us. you look in the dictionary and you look under cool, there's a picture, ladies and gentlemen. >> how are you related?

>> his granddad and my granddad are related. >> real cousin? >> he's my real cousin. how about a check of the weather? >> we'll show you what we've got, starting with today. hot weather in the southwest. heavier showers and thunderstorms off the southeastern atlantic coast. beautiful day in the northeast. new england, great lakes, and the northwest. then on sunday -- no, i'm only kidding. tomorrow, wet weather in the pacific northwest. rain along the southeastern atlantic coast of florida and again northeastern new england, great lakes looking 8:32, good monday morning to you. last day of summer. it's actually going to feel very seasonal for the final day. you can see right now, we've got a marine layer, but it's very thin, clearing quickly, all those clouds are going to be gone before you know it, but we'll keep that cool westerly flow coming in. and as a result, temperatures aren't going to be that bad today, in fact, downright perfect right here in san francisco. we're mostly clear at this hour. we're talking about 67 degrees out there for today.

80 in the north bay, east shore at 72. and we've got good news for you as we kick off fall right on time. >> thanks so much. after an explosive first season, the "blacklist" is finally, finally back. here's a quick recap. james spader plays raymond reddington who turns himself into the fbi and winds up helping catch the people who are on his blacklist. we have been eagerly awaiting the return of the show. and now it's back, time is of the essence for red. here is a sneak peek. >> i have nothing to do with it. >> then you have nothing to worry about. >> you have no idea how i wish that were true. i have tens of thousands of things to worry about. fortunately, you my dear, are not one of them. >> why is that? >> because the person you just informed of my capture is going to release me within the hour. >> aren't we confident today? >> i'm confident every day. >> and it's red's confidence that has us glued to our tvs. so glad you're here.

>> thank you. >> by the way, the reviews are crazy. as you've noticed. james spader is so good at being bad, we'd follow him straight to the gates of tv hell. james spader is the -- >> is that where we are? >> that's where we are right now. did you have any idea, james, that thing would take off the way it did? >> we had an inkling. >> what is it about it that you thought would catch? >> the juxtaposition, humor and danger and drama and er reere e rairre irreverence. and it could go so many different ways. the show and their past which then dictates their future. the show is inherently very exciting. >> you guys have been very good about keeping this next season under wraps. i was dying. i thought i was going to be able to see the very first one

tonight. instead they sent us that little clip. any hints of what is to come? >> the end of last season, the whole -- every character, we're really in disarray. >> yep. >> the second season opens immediately with rather acute adversity and the stakes have been raised for everybody involved in the show. and so the first season was really about sort of setting ground rules and the second season is opened up a lot more and things from the past are coming forward at the same time that they're facing very real adversity right out of the gate. >> do you love playing this guy? he seems like such a fun character. >> he is fun to spend the evening with, hoda. >> is he? he's terrifying, equal parts terrifying. we have a bunch of people outside. i don't know if you noticed but they're all decked out in your

signature fedora. i think al may be with them. al has a question from the crowd. hey, zblal that's right. we've got jeannine. what's your question for james? >> what's your favorite part of filming the show? >> all right. favorite part. >> i do like lunch. but i like it best when, in the most dire of circumstances, reddington is able to find the irreverence in that and how he deals with an adverse set of circumstances. >> okay. >> i really -- i like that. it's always very advicing to me. >> was the fedora, by the way, that everyone in the crowd is wearing, was that your idea when it came to your character? >> nochlt yes. yes, it was. of course, now it's ruined fedoras for my life. i've always worn hats but i've had to put my fedoras on the shelf and pull out my caps

and -- >> why do you think the fedora fit red so well, the character? >> well, you know, his life is one of diverse geography and climate. hats are imminently practical. if it starts rain, you're covered. if the sun is too bright, you're covered. he has no hair on his head. >> that was your idea, too. >> yeah. >> james, thank you so much. we wish you luck tonight. i don't think you're going to need it. "the black list" premieres tonight here on nbc. lenny kravtiz performs his new single "the chamber" live. and martha stewart has one-pot meals, everything from beef stew to mac n cheese. first this is "today" on nbc.

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is brought to you by macy's. we're back with our good friend, martha stewart, with her new book "one pot." she promises you'll need one dish to make these. >> one pot. >> one pot, that's right. >> there's dutch ovens, sauce pot, pressure cooker, slow cooker, the crockpot. there's the roasting pan and -- that's it. >> i mentioned this reminds me of my beef-a-roni days and they said you don't even know what that is. >> what's that? >> come on. >> i don't even open cans. a beef stew in one pot. you can make this pretty much in no time at all. small pieces of beef. >> brown. >> brown in olive oil and one onion after they're browned and two tablespoons of flour, which thickens the gravy.

cook that down a little bit. add your liquid, salt and pepper. >> broth. >> broth and water. and when you're finished with that. >> looks like this. >> move over here. this is what it looks like. add your potatoes, carrots, so dlektable. >> you put them in later so they don't get too mushy? >> right. and then add your egg noodles and this is your beef-a-roni. >> how long does it take to cook? >> 30 minutes. the noodles cook right in the gravy. right before serving add a little bit of vinegar. it brightens the taste. here it is. look how pretty. little bit of parsley. >> i'll try that as you move on to hoda. >> still at mac n cheese. >> you love it, right? >> if i could eat cheese. >> that's the onions and butter. half a cup of flour and cook the flour a little bit. add your milk. six cups.

a little at a time. three-quarters of a cup. >> should i be dumping this in? >> we'll cook that flour a little bit more. and then add your -- this is what it looks like. macaroni is already cooking in the mixture. >> how long are you cooking that macaroni? >> just until it's tender and add three cups of sharp cheddar. this is a rich dish but -- one cup of gruyere and dijon. this is for the kids. they have to have something. >> to heck with the kids. >> you like this, don't you? and this is parmesan, bread crumbs and butter. this is the topping. when that's ready, melt it. cook it until everything looks like that. >> put this whole thing in the ov snen. >> yes. >> how long? >> just till it's browned. >> taste that. >> now here is a good one. >> pork chops, bacon and cabbage. i love you, martha.

>> this is your favorite, right? >> you bet. >> did you choose this recipe? >> i did. >> 120 recipes in the book. the book has really hit a chord. everyone love this is book. i love it. into the same pan where you browned your pork chops, add four strips of bacon cut up into pieces. >> right. >> then you add your cabbage and your onion. this is what it looks like. >> you brown all that? >> brown all that. add a little bit of flour to thicken. and this is the roasting pan. this is your one and -- look. >> healthy, very sturdy meal. and three cups of milk. this makes a milky gravy that tastes really good with pork chops. >> there you have it. >> stir it up until it's thickens and six minutes to cook the cabbage. this is what it look like. >> spectacular. >> sweet potato. >> in here is sweet potato,

onion, sausage out of the casings and broth, just like a vegetable broth if you want or a chicken broth, two cups of water. that is already cooked down. >> i'm chopping the kale and swiss chard. you like the combo? >> yes. >> why? >> anything that's a winter green. but everybody loves kale. >> finish it off? >> right in here. for some reason, this doesn't want to go on. what do you think? top it off with parmesan cheese. >> dlektable, right? >> delicious. it's all in one pot. slow cooker, put it on in the morning before you go to work. kids have a really good dinner that night. all of these take less than an hour to really make something delicious. >> looks great. we're not letting this pancetta go to waste. >> that's raw bacon. >> is it really raw?

>> here. eat this one. >> not a problem. martha stewart, one pot cookbook on shelves tomorrow. >> i have a great recipe. >> we'll be in the emergency room very soon. lenny kravtiz live in concert. first this is "today" on nbc. can't hold my breath ♪

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>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> back now at 8:47 with a man who has been a mainstay in the music industry for more than two decade, emmy-award winning artist and our friend, len kravtiz is out with his tenth and latest album called "strut." lenny, good morning to you. >> good to have you. >> love the idea of this album and when it came to you. you were working on "the hunger games." >> absolutely, yeah. >> when did you get the idea for

this one? >> at night when i should have been sleeping. we were waking up at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, working all day. i would get home at night from shooting and all of this music just started coming into my head. so at that point, you have two choices. you either go to sleep and lose the music or you stay awake and you capture it. >> sometimes we read things about a guy like you and they're not all that true. >> like? like? >> so i want you to verify -- no, that you actually picked the titles for these songs before you wrote the lyric. >> yes. >> how does that work? >> just trusting your first instinct. when i would record the bass, drums and guitar and listen back on the first listen i gave each song a name based upon the feeling i got, just from the groove. >> i love that. >> amazing. >> now jennifer lawrence, you said, was an inspiration for some of these songs, is that right? >> i didn't say that. >> see, i told you, a lot of this stuff isn't true. >> but i love jennifer and she inspired me all the time. >> the video for this song you're about to sing is a little racy. >> mmm. it's a classic heartbreak song.

>> even after being in this business for a long time, you still like pushing the envelope a little bit? >> you're talking about the video? >> the video. >> that's mild. >> that's mild? >> a lot of embracing. >> there's a reason we're not showing it on morning tv but that's all right. what are you going to sing? >> "the chamber." >> ladies and gentlemen, lenny kravtiz. ♪ ♪ you killed the love that was once so strong with no regret to what you did wrong should i stay and fight can we make this right ♪ ♪ you looked through me like an open door do i exist to you anymore

cause when i'm talking to you there's someone else that you're hearing ♪ ♪ i gave you all the love i had and i almost gave you one more chance then you put one in the chamber and shot my heart of glass this time will be the last ♪ ♪ ♪ you played your game used me like a pawn check mate you're done and then you were gone did i move too fast i thought we would last ♪ ♪ now that you're through i can feel your soul where there was love lies an empty hole

cause when i make love to you it's someone else that you're feeling ♪ ♪ i gave you all the love i had and i almost gave you one more chance then you put one in the chamber and shot my heart of glass this time will be the last ♪ ♪ i gave you all the love i had and i almost gave you one more chance then you put one in the chamber and shot my heart of glass this time will be the last ♪ ♪ so many nights i've been standing at the wall blindfolded with cigarette waiting for the fall ♪

♪ ♪ i gave you all the love i had and i almost gave you one more chance then you put one in the chamber and shot my heart of glass this time will be the last ♪ ♪ i gave you all the love i had and i almost gave you one more chance then you put one in the chamber and shot my heart of glass this time will be the last ♪ >> lenny kravtiz, thanks again. one more time, the album is "strut" and you can get it tomorrow. we're back in a moment. first this is "today" on nbc.

all right. we're back now with lenny kravtiz, an album we were just mentioning a second ago. he could be wearing everything you're wearing today and still wouldn't be this cool. >> i do have that shirt. >> look at mr. roker, first of all. look at those colors and the pattern. >> ah, cousins.

>> the socks, the pattern. looks great. >> we all want to be in black leather like you. >> oh, well -- >> none of us are comfortable. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> such a fan, by the way. >> it's good to see carson again. my old friend. we've had many a long weeks together. >> lot of years. >> and willard scott. >> we've got willard with some birthdays. willard? >> hey, gang, i wish you all were here. i know you're having fun up there in new york. in good old connecticut, that's where we are this morning. st. louis, missouri, is the home of ethel schwartz, 100 years old today. she bakes ten different types of cookies and this is edna fisher from weems, virginia, real pretty town. 101 years old today and she keeps up with current events.

she watches the "today" show, of course, and reads her paper. howard and mildred tharp are celebrating their 76th wedding anniversary from louisville, kentucky. wish them a happy anniversary. and they love to garden together and attend church. a good combination. this is old bob cole, a merry old soul. from greensburg, north carolina. he is 100 years old today. a very good monday morning to you, it's 8:56. today, palo alto leaders will gather to discuss the greatest threats to their city and how they would respond. a new report lists earthquakes, floods and cyber threats as the biggest dangers palo alto faces. the report ranked disasters by how likely they were to happen and how big the impact would be. let's check the forecast now with christina. >> hey, good morning to you,

laura. good morning to you at home. taking a live look at a clear sky over san francisco. i want to show you the difference here in the south bay. we're nice and overcast. everybody today is going to end up in the 70s for most of the inland valley spots. the one exception is going to be out in the tri-valley and north bay valleys where we'll see the low 80s for today. upper 60s for san francisco, showers move in wednesday into thursday.

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>> announcer: 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." it's monday morning. it's september 22nd, 2014. we're just hours away from fall. >> i'm telling you. 10:59 tonight -- or 10:29. >> eastern time. >> and then you'll feel a tingling and then it will be fall. >> tingling? >> 10:29? >> 10:29. i'm not saying where you're going to feel that tingling, but it's going to be spectacular. >> you wore this jacket today. al thinks he can't wear this jacket anymore because it's summer. >> it's a spring/summer material. it goes in the closet today.

>> no. >> it's got the color. >> it's got the colors but it feels too -- >> chocolate brown shirt with that or chocolate brown slacks, that would be -- >> wow! i see you like the chocolate. three times and all of a sudden it's like beetlejuice. >> i like all flavors, by the way. >> wow! >> wow, where did we go? you kind of made the turn there. but, no, i spent yesterday after getting home from the yankee game changing over the wardrobe. >> how did that go at the palace? >> oh, yeah. you have been taking a month. >> i don't think you want to go there. >> do you really want to go there? do you really want to go there? >> i have no secrets on this show. >> you're the only person who needs a segway to get from one end to the other of your closet. you basically give your valet a ticket and then the thing comes around. >> at my home? >> at your home. >> dry cleaners? like the lady in texas who had a huge -- >> you need one of those.

>> please, my teeny new york apartment. >> can i say, though, how big this monday is? >> oh, my gosh. >> right now in our orange room, perhaps the coolest man on the planet, lenny kravtiz is in the orange room. look at that. >> okay. look how he's sitting. >> don't even say anything. let's just take it in. >> oh. >> and there you go. >> he is the cameraman. >> look at brittany behind him. >> how can you be that close and not touch him? >> about to explode. >> stick your hand out for me. i'll live through. >> no, don't touch -- >> oh! brittany blowing up on the internet. >> never wash that hand, brittany. i might just kiss brittany's hand. >> i was going to say -- i want to kiss your hand so that i can say i kissed lenny. there we go. >> now it's getting a little creepy. like associated property of

math. >> and there it is. >> oh, you got lipstick on it. >> now, willie, you kiss tamron's hand and then i'll kiss your hand. >> wait. i don't think -- i just kissed lenny kravtiz! fantastic. >> around the horn. >> in our green room -- >> there's more? >> in our green room -- >> there can't be more. >> jeffrey tambor and jackie evancho. that is a little creepy, all right? i'm just going to say that. and, if that's not enough -- >> there can't be more. >> yes, there is. one of the shows everybody is waiting for. >> what? >> "gotham" on fox, ben mckenzie, who will become commissioner gordon, he's stuck in traffic, but he's going to catch up. everybody's here. >> what did we do to deserve all of this? >> this is what happens on this show! >> we're throwing in a free if you call right now.

>> and we're missing natalie. >> she's home recovering from, get this, a 100-mile bike ride she just completed over the weekend. >> why? >> organized by the young survivor coalition, young women diagnosed with breast cancer. every year they team up with a bike company called live, hold a design contest. for breast cancer surf survives that inspires. . this year's winner was rena kyles, diagnosed at 37 years old. natalie rode with rena and 200 riders from dover, delaware, to salisbury, maryland. 100 miles on the bike. natalie is recovering a little bit. >> as she should. >> bravo. >> well done, natalie. >> fantastic. >> let's start with some serious news this morning. right here at home, broke overnight. three afghan officers, military officers, taking part in a training exercise here in the united states, were on a saturday night trip to a

shopping mall in cape cod, massachusetts when they disappeared. let's bring in pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. he has more to tell. what happened here? >> willie, all three of these afghan soldiers, two captains and a major, were in the u.s. for an annual training exercise that takes place at the national guard air base up there in cape cod. and it appears they were on some kind of saturday night field trip there at a shopping mall when they just disappeared from view. and they haven't been heard from since. now, according to u.s. officials, state, local, federal and even military law enforcement are seriously looking after to figure out where these three men may have disappeared to. and the big question is today, did they preplan this in advance before they ever got here, and why? or did it simply strike their fancy that they would make a spur of the moment decision to go on a sight-seeing tour of the u.s.?

those are questions that remain. now, u.s. officials insist that none of these three afghan soldiers had any kind of weapons. those would have been taken away after any kind of exercise. and they don't believe -- and it's not clear exactly why, but they say because of a very stringent vetting process, before they ever get to the united states, to figure out if they have any ties whatsoever to militant organizations or from afghanistan, the taliban, these three were cleared to come to the u.s., not considered a threat. and, quite frankly, are not considered an imminent threat to americans even during this search. willie? >> wow, fascinating story. keep us posted on this. we'll see where this goes. mick, thanks so much. an update on a story we've been talking about for several days. our hearts go out to hannah graham's family. now authorities say this missing uva student, that there's a person of interest in this case. she's been missing since last saturday and hannah's parents

spoke out for the first time since their daughter's -- their only child's disappearance. here is what they said. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare. i'm certain that everybody in this room and those watching knows that what happened to hannah could happen to their child. hannah is also our little girl. she's our only daughter. she's james' little sister. hannah is also the oldest granddaughter and she's actually my parents' only granddaughter and she's enormously precious to us all. please, please, please, if you have anything, however insignificant you think it may be, call the police tip line with anything that just might help us to bring hannah home. >> wow. >> i mean, you hear that and you

just say how can a person, if you know anything, not come forward at this point. we've heard that same plea from the police chief there. certainly, we've talked a lot about this surveillance video. it shows hannah leaving her apartment around 9:30 p.m. last friday night. then we see her running in front of a gas station. at 1:00 am, there's surveillance video from the downtown area, pedestrian mall area. you see her and someone following behind her. >> they know who that is. >> they know who that person is, 32-year-old jesse matthew, who was seen with her. he is a nursing student or nursing aide of some sort. and apparently, according to police, jesse matthew went into the police station on saturday. he asked for a lawyer. they got him a lawyer. and then at some point, he just left the police station without being questioned. and it's a very strange story at this point. at some point later that day, he was chased by police. >> he went to albemarle, a

they were overt about it, but he knew he was being followed. >> yes. >> takes off at a high rate of speed, loses them. >> and now hasn't been seen since. >> hasn't been seen since. >> this morning, matt spoke with the chief of police for the area and here is what he to say about this. >> i believe jesse matthew was the last person she was seen with before she vanished off the face of the earth! >> so, you know, listen, at this point, there is no suspect. be very careful with these persons of interest is what they say at this point. but, you know, i guess police say get an attorney, come back and answer the questions. let us know what you saw. maybe you can help authorities find hannah or add some of the missing pieces to this puzzle. but to suddenly disappear and not answer these questions -- >> suddenly. >> he's not a suspect. >> no. >> it is fair to ask why he took off at a high rate of speed. >> why did he come to the police station, to begin with, asking for an attorney, and then take off.

>> listen, he may say i jetted off because i think they think i'm guilty. whatever the case is. you admitted you saw her. go in with your attorney, which is your legal right, and answer these questions. on a lighter note. you go to the ballpark, bring your glove, hope to catch a foul ball. can you imagine catching a ball in the final games of derek jeter, the yankee great. >> hold on to that. >> you're never going to let that go. >> dad catches the ball. little girl, we've got to lose the -- little girl says, can i take a look? >> because i love you. >> oh, that's great. >> no! no! >> love that. >> how impressed -- >> the mom is laughing. she's like -- she's taken a picture of the thing. >> the daughter has a throw. that's a little kid. >> she has a good arm. good arm. eventually, they did get the ball back.

we were at the game sunday, my family and i went to the game on sunday. >> is this his last game? >> this was his last weekend game. they had little teddy bears. that's my daughter, leyla. >> jeter bear? >> jeter bear. of course, nicky is on the phone. >> everyone is posing and at least one kid is on the phone. >> somebody's on the phone. >> four more home game. >> that's right. >> hard to believe after 20 years. >> what is he going to do after this? >> he's joining nbc sports. >> is he? >> no, i just said that. >> he wants to own a major league team. i want to be the first former baseball player to own a team. like michael jordan did. in the nba. >> go, jeter. >> what about the weather? autumnal? >> autumnal equinox, 10:29. oh, jeez, i think something's going on in there.

anyway, we've got flash flood watches still in effect for much of new mexico on into west texas. they need the rain in central texas. they're not getting it. it's staying really in parts of new mexico, arizona, where they've already picked up 18 inches of rain in the last week. here in the southeast, we're looking at wet weather. if you were thinking maybe i'll go down to florida for a fall break, no, not so much. showers, thunderstorms, locally heavy downpours, talking anywhere from one to three inches from orlando down into the keys. but we are looking at cooler weather, fall weather, current conditions. lots of sunshine in the northeast. temperature anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees below average for highs today. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. 9:12. good morning to you. this is san jose. still overcast here, but we are clearing you out rapidly. take a look at the east shore.

looks clear. also san francisco clearing out fast, we're going to be in the 70s and 80s for your inland hot spots. today, meanwhile, upper 60s on the way to san francisco. that's not all that's on the way. we've got a storm system getting its act together. should be dropping rainfall. areas to the north late wednesday, better chance for everyone across the bay area on thursday. >> this just in, lenny's new cd. >> wow! >> that man has been to the gym a little bit. >> yeah, he has. up next, lenny kravtiz, the man himself. he has some new music. we'll talk to him right after this. >> al roker's cousin. >> yeah, baby! >> love that. right. a human one. and it's time to fight it. quaker's good energy is just what you want. it's how we help keep go-getters like you, going, and getting. one bite at a time.

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back now with one of the coolest, most talented human beings on the face of the earth. four-time grammy winner lenny kravtiz or as we like to call him around here, al's cousin. true story. >> we don't call him lenny, just al's cousin. music is a mix of funk, rock and soul. drums, percussion and, of course, singing. >> he has sold more than 38 million albums, now out with his tenth, tenth called "strut" of the show that thing. >> oh, my goodness. >> look at it. yeah. lenny kravtiz. >> what's the workout like? >> guy. >> you took the picture. you wanted us to see it. >> do you work out while you're performing, while you're in the studio recording? because that's crazy. >> no. >> no? >> not while i'm in the studio. it's about hanging out in the

studio, playing all night. >> when were you showing the inside pictures? >> usually after. when i'm getting ready for the tour. >> tenth album. >> i'm doing what you're doing, man. you know? >> yeah, because this looks exactly alike. >> i knew he was going to -- >> you have the v, too? >> i've got a w. i don't even know what that means. >> wait, you are cousins? that's actually true? >> oh, look. >> oh, no. >> see, al, you've been hiding that under that suit. take that suit jacket off now. >> so wrong. so wrong. >> we feel cheat this had whole time. >> family reunion? >> we've never -- you know, we found this out later. but we have never gone down to the bahamas together and go, you know -- >> let's do that. >> that's what we have to do. >> all right. >> take it through. >> i'll carry the stuff, just follow you along. how excited are you about this

new project? >> i'm very excited. i'm so blessed that, you know, i've been in the game now for 25 years and i just feel more hungry than i've ever been, more inspired, more energetic. i just feel great. and i'm enjoying each moment. i'm getting ready to go out on a world tour that starts in europe, in october. and we're going to go out for a year and a half or so and just cover the globe as much as possible. >> i don't think most people appreciate, lenny, what goes in to making a lenny kravtiz song and how unusual it is in the music business to have somebody play all the instruments, to produce, sbarng sing on top of it. how do you start putting a song together when you're doing all of it? >> i normally start with just drums, guitar and bass. and then i build on it from there. that's my skeleton. and whatever the song calls for, i just start putting on top. but, you know, i love playing instruments and that's -- i was inspired as a kid by stevie wonder, who played all the instruments on his record, by

prince, people like that, who were multiinstrumentalists. i get a lot of joy playing instruments. people say, what, are you a control freak? you don't want anybody else to play? it's not that. i just love playing. >> not to embarrass you, you are a terrific actor. just watch iing you build as an actor -- >> thank you. >> has been so spectacular and satisfying. >> thank you, cuz. >> how do you balance the two? i mean, you're going to be out for a year and a half. >> i just started. i did for films and have been very fortunate to be in four fantastic films that did so well. there are usually breaks between the legs of the tour. i'm going to try to do a film in the early part of next year on one of the breaks. i'm going to keep doing it. i love it. i think it's great. >> your daughter, zoe, is doing a terrific job as an actress as well. >> thank you so much. >> lenny kravtiz, the new album

"strut." and you're strutting. >> i knew you were going to -- this is the world copy. make sure you go out and get your own because this is mine. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. now i've got to go back in there and get that. >> lenny can, but not you. >> hello! >> i was kidding. oh, my god! >> right here. the great jeffrey tambor, like you've never seen him before. >> whoa! you've never seen him before. >> whoa! >> it's a kiss-a-th diet ocean spray cranberry juice drink. it's made with real cranberries and has just 5 little calories. we brought diet soda farmers here to show them how we make it. this is where we harvest our cranberries. so, where do you farm diet soda? does diet soda grow on a tree or a bush? uhh... diet ocean spray. taste the power of the cranberry. how you doing in there, baby girl?

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good morning to you. this is a crystal clear sky over bodega bay. you might think it's going to be hot for the final day of summer. oh, no, a little bit below average as a matter of fact. 72 looking really good on the east shore. you'll hit about 80 degrees out there in the north bay. good news right on cue, our first storm system of the new season arrives as we head into late wednesday into thursday. and a good chance for showers to the north of the golden gate bridge, we could measure upwards of 3/4 inch of rain. if everything times out just right. the best chance right now looks like thursday for the greater bay area. here's mike and your drive. >> first the ride on b.a.r.t., reports of a 15-minute delay right now out of pittsburgh into

pleasant hill. and this is going to be an issue, pleasant hill to pittsburgh. southbound 880 jams up in front of our camera. heading down toward mission. looking at the map, a late crash that happened at thornton that cleared and left a burst of traffic down in toward the south bay. the south bay sticking in spots, 280 at 880, slamming on the brakes, a crash involving a motorcycle, the drivers reported down near that connecter. the rest of the bay sorting itself out, smoother toward the bay bridge. monday's probably the least favorite day to have to deal with any sort of traffic. hopefully mike will have more good news coming up for us in 25 minutes with more weather, traffic and news.

welcome back to "today," monday morning, september 22nd, 2014. i'm willie along with al and tamron. natalie will be back here tomorrow. we had jackie evancho warming up for her performance. >> the voice is unbelievable. >> her energy is so calm. then what comes out is magical. >> it's a gift. we'll talk to her and hear from her a little later as well. your monday moment, video, story we think will make you feel better to start off your week. we think we found a good one to start off this morning. a post game speech near austin,

texas. his team was down 14 points at half time. they came back to win by one point. here is how he said they did it. >> it's an awesome feeling. it's an awesome feeling when you truly believe you're going to be successful, regardless of the situation, regardless of the scoreboa scoreboard, you're going to be successful because you put in all the time, all the effort, all the hard work and you know that it's going to pay off. if it doesn't pay off, you continue to give god the glory. if you lose the game you continue to -- that's what we realized, win or lose, we realized it's going to be all right. it's going to be okay. we're going to keep smiling. it was awesome. it was awesome. you can do anything you put your mind to. keep smiling no matter what you're going through. if you fall down, get up. if you can't get up, your friends, your mom, your daddy's there to help you. i'm there. it's going to be okay. >> close your eyes and listen to his voice.

who does he sound like? >> i don't know. >> who was it? >> cuba gooding jr. >> good. >> everything. >> an awesome feeling when you truly believe that you're going to be successful regardless of the situation, regardless of the scoreboard. >> he does. like oprah has all these inspire -- he needs to go on that own network every sunday they do these classes. he needs to give that class. >> if you have something uplifting to share with us, send us yours, using the #mondaymoment. >> i want that kid to leave me a voice mail every monday morning. you can do it. >> he could be your agent. >> wow! our monday morning already, at least as far as i'm concerned, has to go to brittany havlin, getting her hand kissed by both lenny kravtiz and jeffrey

tambor. i mean, that's really, really amazing stuff. i think that's pretty cool. ah, speak of the devil. mr. tambor, how are you, sir? >> go ahead, do the weather. >> okay, i'll just -- did hank kingsley just ditch me? hey now! we're looking at wet weather making its way through the southeast today. beautiful day in the northeast. last day of summer. we've got wet weather making its way through the rockies. gorgeous along the west coast. 81 and sunshine in los angeles. low 80s tomorrow. showers move into the pacific northwest tomorrow throughout the plains pretty nice. we will still have that rain from owe deal. east half of the country looking great except the southeastern atlantic coast and down into florida. so, that's a pattern they'll be looking at for most of the 9:33 good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. last day of summer. weather underground showing you

how quickly cleared out. we have little cloud cover across the bay area. what will persist, that westerly flow. so even when all these clouds are gone, we're going to keep that ocean air pumping. and temperatures really reflect that. 80 degrees to the north bay, 76 along the peninsula, the south bay today at 78 degrees. more good news in the weather department. rain on the way as we head throughout wednesday into thursday. >> tell jeffrey tambor what to do. >> i came here to lean back. >> lean in. >> lean in. >> if you think your family is a handful, wait until you meet the stars of the new original series "transparent." >> jeffrey plays a father navigating the difficult process as coming out to his kids as mara. take a look. >> can you just help me out here? are you saying that you're going to start dressing up like a lady all the time? >> honey, all my life, my whole

life, i've been dressing up like a man. this is me. >> jeffrey tambor is with us. good morning. good to see you. saw the -- this is incredible tv. >> thank you. >> it's thoughtful. it's engaging. it's surprising. >> yes, it is. >> congratulations. >> thank you. i'm very proud of it. and we -- someone pushes a button, that shows you how old i am. someone pushes a button on september 26th and all ten episodes go out on amazon. the most transformative role i've ever played. i'm honored. >> i can only imagine. how did you prepare for this in. >> i was throw-up nervous pretty much all the way. it was huge responsibility. i had great consultants from the trans community, jennifer

boylan. the great creator and director. the map was sort of there. and mara is very young, in her transition. she's as old as i am. she, too, has an arthritic knee, hard of hearing, if you get my drift. i learned every day. great cast. gabby kaufman, undoubtable redoubtable, if that's correct, judith light. >> and i think the transgender community has felt in the past tv or movies have misrepresented them or present ed a caricature. they've really gotten behind this show. >> jenny boylan said on record the other day for the first time she feels that she has been -- she can be seen on television. and so look how nervous i am. >> are you really? why are you? wait, you, jeffrey tambor, who have done all this -- >> we're like family. >> that's how great an actor he

is. >> kudos to transparent and -- but i watch you guys, 9:01, i'm there. beep, beep, beep. kids are off to school. we're neighbors we just found out. >> sure. >> what do they have to say? >> now we're going to see jeffrey tambor every time we look at the camera. you're like family. >> can we do something about this next time? thanks. no, it's a great show. and we have -- it's wonderful. >> i love how you transition right out of the -- i want to ask you about working on this project with amazon. it's transformed tv. >> this is the new way. i mean, this is -- i'm flying to london tonight with the same button goes to london. >> yeah. >> my wife hates it when i say it but it's cool school the same way we're making it, sending it. i'm just so proud. >> you should be. >> did you see me in new york magazine? >> where? >> no. >> did you bring it? >> tell us all about it.

>> nice. >> oh! >> wow, look at that eyebrow. >> look at that eyebrow. >> new york magazine. >> how do you get that eyebrow to do that? >> what is it that liza says? if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. >> you've done that and more. >> so sweet. this is worth the money that i paid to bribe you. >> we always tell people it's money well spent. >> i'm so pleased to be here and i'm so pleased and thank you for your nice word. >> we'll see you at 9:01 tomorrow. >> here? >> no, you'll be watching. you said you watch us. i think he's lying. >> good one. >> we're not lying. watch all the episodes of "tr s "transparent." it's so awesome. >> do you or do you not watch? >> yes, he does. >> 9:01. up next, she burst on to the scene as the little girl with the big voice. jackie evancho is all grown up

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>> i don't even want to speak, but i guess i have to. it's not often a 10-year-old can capture the attention of millions of people around the world but that's just what jackie evancho did when she showed up on "america's got talent" and blew the roof off with his beautiful, stunning soprano voice. >> that was back in 2010. now at the ripe young age, a beautiful 14-year-old girl has emerged, and she is a platinum star. >> studio album is out tomorrow called awakening. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> four years later, are people treating you differently now? then you were a little girl. now you're a teenager. are they taking you a little more seriously both as a performer and a person? >> yes, they are, which is very

good. which is also one of the reasons why the cd is called awakening. it's about me awakening as an artist and becoming more mature. >> this might be a better question for your dad, mike, standing over there. but i'll ask you as well. when was the moment in your family when everyone opened their eyes and said our little girl has a beautiful gift? >> i guess it was around the time i saw the movie "the phantom of the opera" not the show. i started singing the songs around the house. my mom heard me at first and thought i sounded good. she asked me if i wanted to do a local talent competition. i said yes. from there on, my family was there and watched and supported me. they didn't really talk much about t i guess that's when they found out. >> that's amazing. this new album, wryou've got a song recorded "game of thrones," covered "with or without you." we know you have a beautiful

voice, your talent is epic. what's life like for you at 14-year-old? does your dad let you thank? >> no dating. >> no dating. do you hang out -- >> jackie says she chooses not to. >> i choose not to. >> do you hang out with friends at school? >> school life is not that bad. it's difficult to balance school life with the travel life of an artist. >> how do you do that? supportive parents, it seems like. >> i don't know. yeah, i have my great parents and supportive family and the teachers i have are nice. they'll give me my work ahead of time and i do it on my trips and give it back to them late. >> you started ninth grade, we should tell everybody. i'm curious what music jackie evancho listens to. what's in your ipod if you're going for a run or hanging out with your friends? what do you listen to? >> everything from the black keys to maroon five. >> last song you played on your phone or play list? >> lonely boy by black keys.

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villains, the people who will become the villains that we know, like penguin, riddler, the falcon crime family, maroni crime family. it's all the characters from the batman series but 20 years before. >> if you deviate from that, people can come down on you. you guys have taken some turns. it seems like people are going to accept this. >> what's great about doing an origins story, we haven't seen these characters in this chapter of their lives. we're given a little more leniency, i hope. we're true to the spirit of it, working with dc comics closely. all the characters from the mythology will pop up at different points and you'll think it's going one direction and then it will give you some twists and turns. >> speaking of twists and turns, a fight scene awry. a huge gash on your head. you put it out on instagram as

well. what happened? ooh, look at you. >> happy for getting a gash in his head. >> yeah. i need to take control of using social media or let social media take control of me. >> what happened? >> i was doing a fight scene, driving a guy back into a concrete wall or pillar about three-feet wide. the first time i did it correctly, the second time i caught the edge of it with my head. >> you could have taken some lessons from tamron. >> she has a fight story. how much time do you have? >> interesting correlation in the commercial break. >> do you want to stay my friend? >> going so well for that first minute and a half. >> oh, now you're going to make me the bad guy? i have to do this? >> ben, i've loved you for year. >> did you mention something about a bar fight? >> there might have been -- >> one time in band camp? i'm just saying. >> dancing ladies were involved ? >> tamron does her own stunts. >> tamron will be the new stunt coordinator on "gotham." >>

and a good monday morning. it's 9:56. i'm sam brock. crews think they have gotten a vintage world war ii ship to stop leaking oil into the fisherman's wharf. there's a lot of cleanup left to

do. started leaking oil saturday morning at its berth on peer 45. crews laid about 8,000 feet of boom around the harbor. oil has been spotted in areas around the hyde street peer and aquatic park. the good news here is crews say no additional sheening was found yesterday. some improvements. it is monday the start of the week. also the start of the fall. let's see what the weather looks like with christina loren. >> hey, thank you. temperatures today really nice. 77 degrees on the peninsula, 72 for the east shore looking really good out there. kind of a chilly day, but not a bad day, 67 in san francisco, you're already getting a little bit of sunshine out there. and you'll be up to that 80 degrees in the heat of the day in the north bay. this is the last day of the summer. we officially kick offal at 7:29. clouds increase tomorrow as a storm system gets its act together and starts to track closer to the bay area. expected some showers. right now, let's check your

drive with mike. >> all right. we're looking toward fremont where you can at the bottom of your screen. a little breeze there going on. but the issue is the traffic. still slow in the middle of the screen. look at the maps, slow down to mission boulevard. it steadily improves. the morning, commute. as we and that all cascaded back from an earlier crash where earlier in this morning's commute at 237 approaching 101, that backed things up and clearing there. 280 northbound an issue for this morning, 280 northbound at 880, then a sticking point this morning. the bay bridge toll plaza, but we know about that. unless you pay in cash, you still have to wait. >> things looking a little bit clearer. thank you very much. see you again in 25 minutes.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh, gosh. hey, everybody. the good news it is fun day monday. the bad news is it is the last day of summer. >> how is that possible? >> because you wasted your summer. >> no, i didn't. >> yes, you did. you wasted it. what did you accomplish? >> nothing, but i'm wearing yellow and we both are for the very last day. >> so enjoy it. we have a great show today. james spader from "the black list" is here. he came back for seconds. >> one of the anticipated new shows tonight and it is -- it is going to be a hot season

premiere. >> he's a great guest. also, john leguizamo, we love him, he's so funny. and a performance by now 14-year-old singing sensation jackie evancho. >> i love her. >> she is growing up to be a lovely, gorgeous girl. isn't she? >> yes, she is. >> okay. so you had a great weekend. i don't know how you did it. you hosted last week, the first two hours, you did it with me, and then get on a plane and went to new orleans. >> a great event, the louisiana women in government and business. they honor these terrific women. i went because a dear friend of mine was getting a lifetime achievement award. i gave a little speech. she's like the kathie lee of new orleans, she is big, baby. she and eric. >> you told me about her. i met her too. she's amazing. >> legendary. had a great time. >> that dress again. just kidding. just kidding. >> it was terrific. it was just a great, great bunch

of people. i went and saw karen and catherine and john, my dear, dear friends. i think we have a couple of those pictures too. and we had a blast. i knew it was coming. >> good. >> and catherine and i were singing that katy perry song in the back of the car. >> which one? >> this is how we do. we have that picture too. but that's a great song. we played it over and over and sang it in the back seat like two teenagers. she's 11. but whatever. >> i had dinner with -- at the our house, regis and joy again, saturday night. >> how was that? >> so fun. i invited you to come, but you were going to be out. just picked up where we always do, give coda his love. we just thank regis and joy. we knew it was late when frank just all of a sudden gets up from the table, goes over and gives me a peck on the cheek and left. he's ready to go to bed.

it is rude but effective. regis and joy got the hint, they left. but, anyway, it was great, great fun. >> apparently you were the topic of conversation on the meredith vieira show. she was yakking about you. let's take a look. >> we call this game drink or dish. we will ask each other a series of potentially embarrassing questions, we can answer the questions and dish about it or take a shot of the wine. okay? what is your best and worst on screen kiss? all right. we're not going to get the answer to that. >> oh, my. i've never felt more like kathie lee gifford. >> hysterical, neil. really funny. >> so cute. >> i don't do shots. this is the one that does the shots. >> but they were shots of wine. that's a combo. so there is more in that

celebrity news photo scandal. apparently more photos were released on line. >> i don't know why this is news. it happened every week. where are yours? not in some cloud some place? >> i don't do nude photos. >> you've done some risque ones, you've said. >> but not nude. kim kardashian west -- >> apparently she doesn't have her wedding ring on in these, so they're saying pre-wedding. >> kate bosworth, rihanna, gabrielle union, vanessa hudgens. a lot of them are upset. >> a terrible violation of privacy. if you want to be nude and get paid by playboy magazine for the images and all that, it is somebody's right to do that. but to take anything private it like that and make it public and probably profit from it, i think it should be illegal. should be. >> after the first wave, nobody is afraid, you know. i thought once they cracked down on it, made a big deal, said there would be investigations, apparently nobody is sweating it

because they're still doing it. >> still taking them or still releasing them. >> still releasing them. >> well, you know, i'm not worried about it because no nude pictures of me exist, not even when i was born, you know what i'm saying? i'm not worried about it. keep your clothes on. that's what i've always said. >> all right, now, this is kind of an interesting story. we always do great proposal stories. >> yeah. >> this one was -- well, okay, a guy proposes to his girlfriend on a boat. watch what happens. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> okay. she -- it looks like she knocked it -- >> so excited she knocked the ring into the water. but it looks like they're in one foot of water. >> oh, my god. >> some people say it is fake. i'm kind of going with it's real. it looks -- he looked totally freaked.

and there were a lot of -- >> he's standing in water this -- he was just -- >> background. >> let's see it again. let's see it again. >> not in it. he's on the boat. he's on the edge of the boat. now he fell in. now he's standing. you're right. >> what is going on with that video? >> i don't think it's real. >> was he standing in -- >> i think it looked to me maybe rope was the expert on everything says it is not -- it is deep water. didn't look like deep water. >> it is not deep water. >> then we agree, rope. okay. yeah. so -- >> all right. >> probably got the ring and everything is fine. >> we just ran the video, so whatever. so how many hours a week do you spend in a bad mood? there is a survey out that says the average woman spends in a week five hours in a bad mood. now. >> why are they only surveying

women? most of the women are in a bad mood because of men. probably. in one way or another, some man did them wrong, you know? >> i don't get in a bad mood. i get in a bad mood -- well, i got in one yesterday. okay, i'll tell you why. i landed from the airport. i was early. i was, like, oh, my gosh, this is great. >> then your gate is not -- >> i got to the gate. i get out of the airport, get in the car, going home, i sat in traffic for two hours because of the march. the climate march. there were columbus avenue street fairs. there was a race. i said, should we go tenth avenue, should we go eighth avenue. he looked at me like this, shut it, we're not moving. he was right. we sat and sat and tried different ways. but talk about your -- talk about bad mood, that made me crazy. >> how much was your taxi?

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screener episode. so you're keeping -- >> it wasn't ready yet. i saw it last night, and i saw sort of a tech mix last night. >> happy with it? >> very. first episode really right out of the gate, it just hits the ground running. >> good. >> the writers keep all of you guys in the dark or are you -- >> no, no. >> it is very collaborative. >> tell us about that. >> right from the first time i spoke to them about doing the pilot, it was very collaborative. and i, you know, not knowing the life span of the series, you don't know whether you're -- when you're going to reach your endgame. you don't know if it is going to be reaching your endgame in two years or a year or six months or whether it is going to be, you know, seven years. >> you have to pace accordingly. >> the root may be circuitous and you may not know what the route is but i know the greater ark. >> they gave you a spectrum. >> i talk to the writers every day. >> many people obviously knew about "the black list" last

season. more are will probably want to watch it this season. >> let's hope. >> if you weren't familiar with last season, do you need to rewatch all or can you -- >> no, it is streaming now on netflix, first season is, but it -- no, the show really functions fairly well, i think, as being, you know, the episodes being stand alone and but still serving a greater story, that we sort of kept people up on as we're going along. and the balance of that has been very important because of the fact that there is so much material out there, programming out there that people jump around from thing to thing. but the amazing thing about our show, which has really been lovely is the people that are taping our show, our -- the ratings or the viewers, the amount of viewers jumps every week. >> on the dvr. >> yeah, on the dvr. an enormous amount. >> for us around here, to be able to say the runaway nbc hit. >> we like it. >> it has a ring to it.

we like to say it more often, but we congratulate you and thank you on behalf of the network. it was the most watched new series last season. >> did you see that coming, james? did you know right away? >> we had an inkling. as soon as we shot the pilot, we started showing it to poem and so on, and there was a great response. so going into the season premiere last year, we had a sense that we had something that people might respond well to. but i think the -- we surpassed expectations. >> well, what were you talking earlier about not knowing the life span of a series is true. when you get a script, you have to -- you make a decision to be part of something, you -- it is like seven years you have to commit to. >> you're taking a flyer on something you're reading that is 40 minutes. >> yeah. >> it's a real crap game. >> that's the fun of it, too. i've been very lucky.

in the last ten years or so i've been able to jump back and forth between film and television and stage and just finished doing "the avengers" this summer and they're so different. i think one of the -- one of the things i love most about a television show, and especially this show where the possibilities for surprise is so high, i mean limitless, that i sort of -- i mean, i really treat the show almost like a viewer. and i have great anticipation for what next week is. >> a role of a lifetime there. >> really fun. >> great to see you. congratulations. give our love to everybody on the cast. they have all been with us. great cast. "the black list" returns at 10:00, 9:00 central tonight here on nbc. runaway hit. did we say that? >> say it one more time. >> runaway hit on nbc. hot celebrity news everybody is talking about and we have got it. >> and our fan of the week. where are they going to go? >> i don't know.

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it is monday and that means it is time to surprise our fan of the week. drum roll, please. >> all right. >> we spin the globe to see where it is going to land. today, it is taking us to -- >> where? >> washington, d.c., where our fan alex etchen watches us on channel 4. >> alex is with us. alex! >> alex. how are you? >> doing well. >> we're going to tell everybody about why you were chosen. alex says he watches our show devotedly for years, never misses an episode, even if he sneaks it in the office. >> he met hoda by chance twice on vacation. he said he still laughs about how excited he got when he saw her. he got your autograph, hoda.

>> alex hasn't met kathie yet. he had this encounter with a cardboard cutout. that's what they do. >> the only way to get my stuff on the air. time to test how big a fan you are with a trivia question. 15 seconds and one guess, all right, baby? >> okay. >> for the grand prize. >> multiple choice. which college did i go to? was it harvard? that's rude. virginia tech. or notre dame. >> virginia tech hokey. >> that's right, baby. >> good for you. you know what you won? a fabulous trip. you'll head to sonoma, california, to stay at the renaissance lodge at sonoma resort and spa for four days and three nights. take in the sights and lounge by the pool or relax during a luxurious spa treatment. >> and you can also enjoy daily breakfast, dinners for two at the bistro and the grill restaurant, hotel and airfare by

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welcome back. and these are your temperatures for the final day of summer. hard to beat, 72 degrees. that's room temperature on the east shore. we'll hit about 78 degrees for the south bay, 77 degrees on the peninsula. and looking good out in the tri-valley. upper 60s, san francisco, and low 80s for the north bay as we get into today looking good for the final day of the season. we kick offal at 7:29 tonight. and right on cue, a storm system on the way bringing us showers on wednesday. we'll time this out today at 11:00. stick around if you can. if not, here's mike to help you out with the drive. folks, if you take the bay bridge across into the city by the bay, you're going to note tonight that they're closing down, or tomorrow morning early, i should say, they're closing down. you're going to have to take the other side of the freeway. meanwhile, you saw a little backup at the bay bridge toll plaza and a little slowing through fremont. >> things looking a little better, and we are expecting

some rain here in the days ahead. much more on that coming up with the news at 11:00 in half an hour. we'll see you then. we're back with more of "today" on this fun day monday. as if you haven't heard enough about how fantastic the baby boom generation is, now there is a proof. >> there is a new film called "american masters the boomer list." they all lived to see some big changes in our country. take a look. >> my whole neighborhood was prime. >> disco happened and started edging into hip-hop and break dancing. >> i had to go through a period of rebellion. if we stood up for what we believed, we were thought of as being difficult. >> king, kennedy and jesus. the pictures on the wall. >> i wanted all my life to be part of a revolution.

>> we thought we could rule the world. >> the new face of poverty or economic insecurity is that of a working woman. >> i thought there was a mandatory retirement age. obviously there isn't. >> pursuit of happiness. how about pursuit of just making it through the day, you know what i mean? >> of course, baby. >> he has his own take, john leguizamo is one of 19 boomers featured in the documentary. we always love when you come to see us. >> i love being here. >> life is good, boomer? >> 1964, i just barely made it. >> hoda too. >> what did it feel like? >> we made it! we're 50! >> you can call her boom boom. >> july 22nd, yeah. 50s is a great age. oak trees don't make acorns until they're 50. darwin didn't start until he was 50. kfc didn't make up his recipe -- >> until he was 50? how did it feel like to be chosen to represent your year, 1964? >> a lot of responsibility. you know boomers, we always want

to overachieve and underachieve sometimes. >> yeah. that was a nice group you were with, though. billy joel, kim cattrall. did you interact with them or are each do your own separate thing? >> by ourselves. we talk better when we're alone. >> interesting at the end to have -- >> everybody together. >> it would have been. >> we saw each other at the premiere, that's when you hang out. i don't know if anybody read the book, like individual monologues, people express their lives, you know, rosie o'donnell's is very beautiful, very beautiful moment when she describes what happened to her in her childhood that made her want to be a comedian. >> if you were 25 years old again and you would want to learn some things about being 50, things you know now, is there anything you wish you would have known back then? >> tell your younger self. >> i would say go for yours, man, be as selfish as possible. when you're 50, stop being selfish, start giving back or you're a loser. >> you got children of your own, 13 and 14?

how different is their generation, would you say, to the boomer generation? >> it is really different. boomers had everything available to them. they had the most resources available to them, the biggest expectations. now it is, you know, these kids don't have as many, you know, resources and don't have -- don't have as big expectations anymore. >> interesting answer. you hear so much about other people saying it is such an entitlement generation. >> yeah, entitled, but that's not the same thing -- we felt like we were of service. you had to be of service. >> that's not -- >> that's very different than being entitled, yeah. >> you just wrapped up the show called "ghetto klown". >> with a k. >> on purpose. >> you got another project in the hopper, right? >> yeah. my movie "fugly" comes out -- >> you have best names. >> it is a drama. >> romantic comedy, you know. this guy is, you know, he grew up kind of ugly and then he gets better looking and then he gets revenge to get all the girls

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out and do songs that we know on the radio. so iggy ezallia came out. vegas is the perfect city. >> busy. >> i was. behind the scenes, jennifer lawrence was -- >> folks are talking about -- also the coldplay front man chris martin, jennifer lawrence was there, spotted backstage. there is all these rumors that they're dating. no one from either camp has confirmed to us that they're actually a couple. it is important to keep in mind that chris martin and gwyneth paltrow are still technically married so you may not see them announce a coupling anytime soon. but photos -- >> coupling. >> exactly, with jennifer lawrence and chris martin. they're a cute couple, if they are a couple. he's 37, she's 24. >> i'm not one to talk. just pointing it out. love will find you. you don't find it. >> you're right.

joan rivers, melissa rivers went on e. i didn't get to see it, but curious how she was and what she said. how was it? >> amazing joan special on e on friday night. it is the first time we saw melissa rivers talk. and she came out and said this was a tough time, but the fans have rallied behind them. the big takeaway was obama, president obama wrote a handwritten note to joan rivers and said -- >> to melissa. >> to melissa, not joan, saying we're so happy we had her in our lives and she made us laugh and also made us think, which is such a beautiful statement to say. and the e fans are wondering will the show go on. melissa said yes, we're coming back golden globes coverage in january. the show will go on. who will fill joan's shoes, though? it is impossible, right? i can't imagine. >> she was such an original. other people can be funny and other people can be glamorous, but she just -- they broke the mold. >> she knew all the stars she was talking about. >> yeah, yeah. i can't imagine. >> let's talk honey boo boo.

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snack. we got some shallots here that are sauteing. we're making apple and parsnip soup. we have abundance of apples. how good does that smell? >> delicious. really good. >> this is parsnip and apples. i'm using a granny smith apple. i love a little bit of tart. it is okay. things fall in the kitchen. >> rope. >> get it. in, in, in, in. >> how long? >> about five to six minutes. and then here we have our curry, coriander and -- when you're working with dried spices, you want to let them heat them up, let the oils come out and let the flavor come through. thank you, kathie lee. you guys are a team. you need one another. you don't need me here. >> yes, we do. >> a little bit of chicken stock. you can find organic, all natural, boxed broth, make your own. but have fun. we're going to let that come to

a boil. and then simmer for 20 minutes. >> 20 minutes. >> now we blend -- >> puree. >> please don't -- >> do it. >> together. >> put it on. >> courage. on and -- >> and off. >> i had a nightmare i would splatter you guys. you let that go. chunky or smooth. this is your apple parsnip soup. i'll let you try this one. i'll show you, in real estate, it is all about location. cooking, all about presentation. so we put some diced apple on top. >> good? >> how yummy is that? >> delicious. >> a little bit of olive oil. >> garnish. a little oil. that's beautiful. >> and a little bit of black pepper. how gorgeous is that? >> to the chicken. >> we sauteed the chicken on both sides. this is a big chef's tip. start on the stove top and finish it off in the oven. we sauteed our chicken, ten minutes on either side. we'll add our apples and pears. >> while you're adding that.

>> we'll cut the -- >> add to that. let it soften for a few minutes and we'll add our garlic, cinnamon, mustard powder and a little bit -- can you guess what kind of salt i'm using? >> kosher. >> you know it. that's how we do it. we let that soften and then we'll nestle our -- >> how amazing is that? >> oh, my gosh. >> fabulous for the holiday. a great fall dinner. and this is wonderful on the -- >> with grapes, huh? >> 30 minutes in the oven, add the grapes. >> that is -- >> all our recipes are on klgandhoda.com. >> beautiful music to go with the beautiful meal. >> can we wish everybody a happy jewish new year? >> she'll give us a taste. first this is "today" on nbc. >> chicken is so good.

the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> four years ago at ten years

old, jackie evancho became a global sensation winning over the judges and the crowd as a timist in "america's got talent" with a voice well beyond her years. >> at 14 years old, she's gone on to become a platinum selling star. >> what? >> and already out with her third studio cd, which drops tomorrow. it is called "awakening." you certainly are. it is fun to watch you grow into this lovely young woman. >> thank you. >> you've been going to school and working on your music. you've been splitting your time, jackie? >> yes. >> how do you do that? >> well, usually we do, like, four concerts a month. and so basically it will be me leaving to do the concert and it will be, like, three days total of travel and then come back and i'll have as long as i can in school. >> what are you going to sing for us today? >> a song called "your love". >> we're delighted to have you. thank you for coming back. here she is. ♪

♪ i woke and you were there ♪ ♪ beside me in the night ♪ ♪ you touched me and calmed my fear ♪ ♪ turned darkness into light ♪ ♪

♪ i woke and saw you there ♪ ♪ beside me as before ♪ ♪ my heart leapt to find you near ♪ ♪ to feel you close once more ♪ ♪ to feel your love once more ♪ ♪ your strength has made me strong ♪

♪ though life tore us apart ♪ ♪ and now when flt night seems long ♪ ♪ your love shines in my heart ♪ ♪ your love shines in my heart ♪ >> jackie. >> jackie! >> beautiful, honey. >> just takes your breath away. >> it is called "awakening", right, and available today or tomorrow?

>> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow paula deen is here. >> going to be good to see her. >> and elvis durant introduces us to his artist of the

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good morning. and thanks for joining us, i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm sam brock. >> the latest on the king fire that continues to rage east of sacramento that is now 88,000 acres, about twice the size of oakland. firefighters have gained some ground in recent days securing 18% containment, but 12,000 homes are still in danger. a total of ten homes have burned in the fire, which is in el dorado county. thousands of firefighters are working on the king fire, more strike teams have deployed to help them, as well. smoke from the fire is so bad that yesterday organizers of the famed iron man race in tahoe