president being and gue >> morning. breaking news. all flights in and out of chicago halted right now after a fire inside an air traffic control facility. investigators believe it may have been intentionally set. we're live with a travel nightmare facing millions of americans. cause for concern, federal officials downplay claims that isis is targeting subway systems in the u.s. why have they beefed up security in cities across the country? captain clutch. yankee legend derek jeter rises to the occasion again during his final appearance at yankee stadium. >> derek jeter as his final game with a walk-off single. >> the celebration electric.

this morning the fitting farewell to one of baseball's greatest players. >> and bye-bye bachelorhood. america's most eligible man george clooney could be hours away from tying the knot. we're live in venice where preparations are said to be well under way friday, september 26, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. 7:00 out on the west coast. i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb, and we have al roker and natalie morales as well. remember when i cried watching the movie the notebook on the plane? >> very well. >> it was nothing compared to last night watching the yankees. >> handed you a tissue.

>> bawling like a baby. >> derek jeter this moment here. >> wow. >> like he has done so many times before. he comes up clutch, bottom of the ninth, game-winning hit. yankees win, and jeter goes out a hero. >> amazing. >> incredible moment. >> much more on that with willie geist. meanwhile, what a mess in chicago. that breaking news, a ground stop at chicago-o'hare and midway airports. hundreds of flights canceled. tom costello covers aviation. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: if you are on the west coast and flying out today or expecting somebody to come in via chicago it could be a long wait. take a look at flight radar 24, a live look at what's happening around the air space of chicago. look at the huge gaping hole, going to the north and south of of it, this morning at about 5:42 central time a fire was reported in the basement of chicago's center, that is the facility that handles high altitude air traffic control

crossings if you will. they found an individual in the basement of that facility in aurora, illinois they believe had suffered a self-inflicted wound and they also found an individual maybe the same one, suffering from smoke inhalation. they evacuated the building. they had to put a ground stop in effect at midway and chicago o'hare. and as a result nothing is moving. hundreds of flights into and out of chicago, both airports, midway and ord, are canceled, not moving whatsoever. the lines in both airports as you might expect are backing up. and this is going to mean now a dramatic and very big ripple effect across the country because if a flight is supposed to come in of course from seattle, to chicago, and then go on to new york or charlotte or memphis, it's not even getting to its original destination. all of those other flights therefore are going to be delayed or canceled. this is a real mess in the busiest airport now, in the united states. chicago-o'hare, and midway. >> a lot of people trying to travel for the weekend. tom, thanks very much.

>> now to the u.s.-led fight to destroy isis. new air strikes targeted more oil facilities. here at home officials are pushing back against claim from iraq's prime minister that the militants plan to attack american subway systems. >> kate snow is in lower manhattan with more. good morning, kalt. >> reporter: good morning. multiple law enforcement and intelligence officials tell nbc news there is no evidence right now of current threat against the new york city subway system. in fact, some officials said what the iraqi prime minister said was total bunk. but that said t fbi director is warning that it is possible isis could attack here in the u.s. from coast to coast, and in between, cities are scrambling to reassure riders they will be safe on the morning's commute. in new york city, officers who worked yesterday were kept on overtime through the night, we rode the number 6 train with the mayor and police commissioner. >> the people of this city

should feel very comfortable and secure moving through the subways. >> reporter: last night iraqi officials did try to tone down the initial warnings from the prime minister that alarmed so many. >> this, of course, captures headlines but in truth, americans have to understand that these sorts of threats bubble up frequently and almost always they are not credible. >> reporter: with the u.s. bombing isis positions, the iraqi warning comes a it a time of heightened fear, made worse by videos of terrifying beheadings. on thursday fbi director james comey said they believe they identified the masked man seen in the videos and he said the agency is focusing on trying to identify two people in isis propaganda videos who appear to have canadian or american accents. comey said the administration believes isis is looking to do something in the u.s., something matt asked susan rice about earlier this week. >> do you have credible intelligence that would tell that you isis operatives,

isis-trained operatives currently on american soil? >> matt, we do not have any indication at the present of active concrete plotting by isil against the united states homeland. but we do know, matt, they are dangerous. >> reporter: officials all over the country are trying to walk that line between preparedness and reassuring people that all will be okay. the governor of new york said the level of preparedness is the highest since 9/11. >> kate snow, thanks so much. >> with a suspect in custody police intensify their church for a student hannah graham. so far jesse matthew t last man seen with her is not giving detectives much to go on. nbc's craig melvin has been covering this story from the beginning. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt good morning. charlottesville police are in galveston, texas preparing to bring jesse matthew back to virginia. they tried to talk to him but

we're told matthew has invoked his right to remain silent. meanwhile, in charlottesville, investigators say they are determined to find hannah graham. >> you understand your rights as i read them to you? >> yes. >> reporter: jesse matthew jr. in a texas courtroom 1300 miles from where police say heky kidnapped hannah graham. a nationwide manhunt ended when someone recognized him camping on a beach. >> he didn't seem to come across real tough or mean. >> reporter: matthew is expected back in charlottesville this weekend to face a judge monday morning. >> we don't know where hannah graham is. we have to find her. >> reporter: thursday searchers scoured hillside orchards and other remote areas outside charlottesville. to find hannah police are trying to track matthew's movements. he was seen at a football game hours before she went missing, then seen in surveillance video

police say with hannah, but friends did not report her missing for a day and a half. >> this block of time is very large, significant block of time between the time that we know hannah graham disappeared and the time that disappearance was reported to us. we need to shrink that gap. >> reporter: it was another week before matthews showed up at police headquarters refusing to answer questions and eventually speeding off. >> if he was seen in the weeks to follow, alone, we need to know that information. if his demeanor or attitude, his personality was different, we need to know that. >> reporter: law enforcement investigated an on campus sexual assault allegation against matthew in october 2002 when he was a student at liberty university. the district attorney says no charges were filed. now his lawyers prepare their case against him for graham's disappearance, a community

refuses to give up. matthew's attorney spoke yesterday. matthew's family is thankful and relieved that the 32-year-old suspect was found safe. matt. >> craig melvin in charlottesville on this, thanks so much. >> let's turn to that unforgettable ending to the home career of yankee great derek jeter. two decades he has been the face of the franchise. once again jeter came up big in a big spot. willie geist is here with more. the exhausted willie geist. >> up all night. worth it. >> it was totally. just about a perfect night. you know all of the superlatives w 14 time all star. sixth in the all-time hit list. he was emotional when derek jeter was asked what he was thinking when he stepped to the plate he said, try not to cry. it's a routine derek jeter has performed in new york nearly

1500 times before. slipping on the iconic yankee pinstripes, jogging out to his position at short stop and playing baseball for the team he dreamed about playing for as a kid. but this time was different. this time was the last. as the sold out star studded crowd at yankee stadium chanted his name, jeter soaked it in briefly, then got back to business. >> runner goes. deep to left field. still back. still back. it's off the wall. >> lacing a double off the ball in his first at-bat. >> jeter with a double. >> driving in a run and crossing home plate himself. jeter was drafted by the yankees in 1992. a scrawny teenager from kalamazoo, michigan. >> here is the kid derek jeter hunting for his first major league hit.

>> by 1995 he was called up to the big leagues, a year later a world champion and well on his way to being the toast of new york city. with the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning and the winning run on second base, derek jeter came to the plate at yankee stadium one last time. >> base hit to right field. >> number 2 comes through in the clutch again, and the yankees win 6-5. >> derek jeter fantasy becomes reality. >> then he said good-bye. >> i want to thank everyone here. i said it time and time again. everybody chanting thank you, derek. and thinking to myself for what? you know. i'm just trying to do my job. thank you guys. >> jeter going out the way he always conducted with total class. he was giving that interview on the field, the stadium is chanting his name asking about him and he stopped and said i want to congratulate the baltimore orioles on making the

playoffs, you guys deserve it and tips his cap to them. incredible guy. and a lot of people asking would he go onnen and play in boston. he said i'm going to play. i'm not going to play in the field. i'll be a designated hitter because i owe it to the boston fans to show up. >> so many great signs in the stands. a guy who said my grandfather told me about babe ruth and i'm going to tell my grand children about derek jeter. >> cool moment his nephew, very close to his sister. this is his nephew at the end of the game tipping his cap to uncle derek. how cool is that. >> so cute. >> i can't even -- >> priceless. >> great night in the bronx. i want to mention we're going to sit down with derek jeter next week on "today" for his post post-retirement interview next week right here. >> natalie, the news. new information on the ray rice scandal. >> a new claim out that the head of security for the nfl was sent a cop of the bombshell ray rice elevator video months before the

league finally suspended rice indefinitely. peter alexander has the latest on this. good morning. >> good morning. this new report can complicate matters. we heard from the commissioner roger goodell. he insisted that no one in the nfl officialses saw the now infamous ray rice video before it came out. but an anonymous law enforcement official tells the associated press he sent the video to the attention of the nfl's chief security officer, jeffrey miller, back in april. the ap reports the official acknowledged he doesn't know if miller ever saw the dvd or frankly, if he opened the package. overnight miller vehemently denied that he received a copy of the video and said he did not see it until this month. and despite the nfl's insistence they repeatedly asked law enforcement officials for the video, the associated press source says no one from the nfl ever asked me to see the video. natalie, we'll keep our eyes on it. >> peter alexander, thank you.

a deadly accident forced closing of a major freeway in detroit this morning. police say a pedestrian bridge collapsed after it was hit by a truck. the driver of that truck was killed. fortunately, there was nobody on the pedestrian bridge when it fell but all lanes of the southfield freeway were closed throughout the morning rush. >> a protest march turned violent in ferguson, missouri thursday night. witnesses say ferguson chief tom jackson was marching when a scuffle broke out. at least four people were arrested. this comes hours after jackson issued a video apology to the parents of michael brown, the unarmed teen shot by a police officer last month. a chaotic scene is captured by surveillance cameras. a man steals an suv in front of the owner and several valets at the hotel, the suspect as you see at the bottom left of the screen, he gets in but then he slams it into reverse, crashing into the luggage rack and two hotel valets.

a woman there holding on trying to open that door. other people jump in to try and help but the carjacker reverses the suv again, pinning two men against another vehicle, eventually he barreled his way through and gets away. the man identified as alberto ruiz was captured, facing charges of carjacking and attempted murder. >> didn't drop the balloons. just get out of the way. >> i guess you hold on to everything. >> what's going on weather wise? >> for our friends out west, going to be a rough morning commute. we've got pretty heavy rain making its way now into the puget sound, seattle we're looking at rain and it's going to come down fairly heavy over the next couple of hours, then eventually come to an end later this afternoon. but as you can see, through the morng sz in, bringing more rain. we're also talking the rest of the west looking pretty darn good.

sunshine in san francisco, 71 degrees, san diego, looking at 77. vegas, 96 degrees. denver, colorado is going to be 87 degrees today. casper, wyoming at 88. in fact, these temperatures out west, rapid city, 23 degrees above normal. the high of 93. omaha, 94. fargo, 83. further to the east, those temperatures not as warm but still fairly impressive. st. louis, a high of 85, 83 in kansas city. and even here in the northeast today, we are looking at spectacular weather, the beginning of a fantastic weekend. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. cast coming up in th 30 seconds.

good morning. you made it to friday, made it through the rain yesterday. we still have some little spotty cells, light rain showers offshore. still not impacting the bay area. sunrise over the south bay just spectacular. not a lot of separation today. 74 for the south bay. this weekend looks fantastic. we'll see temperatures in the 80s in the hot spots and that's it. >> carson is here. tissue here. >> i watched every second of that game. normally i'm asleep. i was a school boy, i had the chills, screaming at the tv. you can't say enough about derek jeter's finale at yankee stadium.

neither can people on line. it was a huge topic of conversation you can imagine over 2 million tweets, at one point there were eight different derek jeter-related trending hash tags. eight of them. three were trending worldwide. even the phrase not a yankees. people writing congratulations. it was incredible. the tip of the cap, lebron james. hugh jackman and yankee fans. the yankees last night after the game put this out. take this moment in yankees fans, cheer, clap, smile, cry. this is our legend. this is your captain. farewell, captain. another reminder the great derek jeter will be here as matt mentioned in his first post-retirement interview next week. i apologize to him, our crew is going to be all over that guy. way to go. back to you guys. >> thanks so much. >> coming up new fallout on the

disturbing police shooting of an unarmed man during a routine stop in south carolina. the victim's lawyer is speaking out. >> and a moment some thought they would never see is almost here. we are live in venice, italy where george clooney is getting read the say i do. first this is "today" on nbc.

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>> the district is trying to negotiate and it's the workers moe walked away. an ul at that hoom prp the buses may be hitting those roads with the car. we're looking at the golden gate bridge and we see a good volume of traffic heading into the city. still we do see more cars there. over the course of the morning we're monitoring that. getting across the san mateo bridge, it's lighter because it's a friday. we have the bigger issue for the bay. and another crash 680 toward bolinger canyon road. at least the roads are drier today. >> we might get more rain today.

a few showers and thundershowers offshore here. it looks like it's rate over the bay hey and tahoe and potentially bring in some herb rabble show ball account we'll show you your weekend numbers in just moments. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much, christina. we'll be back with another local update in just half an hour. have a great friday morning.

7:30 on a friday morning, september 26th, 2014. there's a pretty shot of venice, italy, where george clooney is reportedly going to end his reign of america's most eligible bachelor. >> can i say something? a man wrote that line. >> his reign. >> who gets the crown now? >> we're showing you italy because we also wanted to share john mellencamp's song "r-o-c-k-in the u.s.a.." he will be here later to perform. does that make any sense? >> no.

that's why we like it. a dangerous situation in detroit, a pedestrian bridge over a highway collapsed. at least one car has been crushed. the cause of that collapse is under investigation. the suspect arrested in connection with the disappearance of hannah graham has invoked his right to remain silent. dr. rick sacra was release friday a nebraska hospital after being declared risk free. >> he got that blood transfusion from kent brantly, the other doctor who was cured. >> amazing. >> incredible. our biggest steals and deals ever! >> you're not going to believe the bargains on everything from designer dresses to toys that we've got lined up for you by our pal, jill martin. >> look forward to that. let's begin this half hour, though, with more on a

disturbing police shooting we showed you here on thursday, south carolina state trooper opening fire on an unarmed suspect during a traffic stop. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with the latest on this. steph, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. police reviewed that footage and found the september 4th shooting was without justification. trooper sean gruber faces charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. the victim's lawyer this morning is speaking out about the incident. moments before the confrontation, the dash cam video shows former officer gruber's car getting ready to leave the gas station when instead he backs up suddenly and stopped behind levar jones, getting out of his truck not far from the gas pumps. >> can i have your license, please? get out of the car! get out of the car! get on the ground! get on the ground! >> i'm just getting my license.

you said get my license. >> put your hands behind your back. >> what did i do? >> he fired his weapon multiple times. jones, unarmed, was shot in the hip. >> what did i do, sir? >> are you hit? >> i think so. i can't feel my leg. i don't know what happened. i just grabbed my license. why did you shoot me? >> well, you dove head first back into your car? then you jumped back out. i'm telling you to get out of your car. >> i'm sorry. i didn't hear two words. why are you pulling me over? >> seat belt violation, sir. >> i just pulled it off right there at the corner of the gas station. >> i got help coming to you. >> groubert has opinion charged with aggravated assault and battery. his defense attorney says there's more than one way to interpret the video and says his client was not guilti and was justified in the shooting. jones' lawyer disagrees. >> there's only one way to look at the video and the video

evidence clearly does not lie. mr. jones hope that is justice will be served in this case. >> public of department safety fired groubert saying, in part, i believe this case was an isolated incident in which mr. groubert reacted to a perceived threat where there was none. >> jones is recovering after a stay in the hospital. he is expected to make a full recovery. nbc news reached out to groubert's lawyers for comment did not hear back. he posted a $75,000 bond last night and will be back in court next month. matt? >> stephanie, thank you very much. the faa is taking baby steps toward a greater use of drones, granting six tv and movie production companies permission to use the devices. kerry sanders is in san diego with more on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. until now when movie makers wanted to get that spectacular

aerial shot they had to use one of these with a camera on board. now six companies have been given permission to use this, a drone with a camera on board. while it makes a little bit of noise here, what the companies say is that it's really opening up a visual window and, obviously, they believe, many more opportunities for the uses of these aerial drones. the commercial use, which has mot been allowed until now. and they say getting this opportunity to open this window and get visuals like this, something that just couldn't be done without a drone. in the blockbuster movie "skyfall" those amazing action shots were possible because the film was shot overseas with a drone like this. now, for the first time in this country, the faa says six american production companies can begin using unmanned aircraft. >> i'm sorry. i'm looking at it. i'm almost drawn to it.

>> reporter: aerial mob in san diego tony carmine says it's been a long two-year wait for permission. >> how big of a deal is this to the industry? >> it's a big deal. i'll compare it to when typewriters morphed into pcs. >> ready to go airborne, zblaven airborne. >> only licensed pilots can fly the drones below 400 feet during daylight hours and only on closed movie sets. >> you can go up, down and all the time the camera looks like it's steady. >> oh, yeah. >> this is not all just about hollywood magic. the faa is now taking applications from any and all commercial operators who believe a drone like this will be a game changer in their industry, too. amazon, real estate agents and farmers are all lining up for permission to fly drones. the faa says it's moving methodically to ensure safety. the drone industry believes this is just the beginning.

>> it is a revolutionary change on an evolutionary path. some people call it disruptive technology. it will, in fact, make the world a better place. >> reporter: so if you think, wait a second, i've seen these drones flying around real estating as and other locations, it's actually been illegal. and the faa is out, actually enforcing those rules. but the belief here is that this is a baby step, the very first step to the introduction of commercial drones like this in our country. hoda? >> kerry. let's get a check of the weather now from mr. roker. >> announcer: "today's" sunday night football weather is brought to you by nfl mobile. exclusively from verizon. >> all right. here comes our drone. [ buzzing noise ] not so much a drone. stationary front has been here the past couple of days. it's not going anywhere.

over the next 24 hours, it will bring two to three inches of rain to the west coast of florida. we move further west, trough of low pressure bringing a lot of rain from the gulf into texas. they'll be looking at one to three inches from del rio into brownsville. a lot of wet weather in the west, especially the southwest, low pressure develops. big strong storm moves in, flash flooding, damaging wind, isolated tornadoes possible. we could be looking at anywhere from three to five inches of rain in parts . 7:38. good friday morning to you. happy to finish off the week with some good news. we had some rain, measurable precipitation, over an inch in the north bay and pore shower activity as of this afternoon. temps in the 70s and 60s as the

cool a air moves into that front behind the bay area. light shower activity over the north and south bay. then snow on the way to tahoe tonight. >> let's get some of those drones up in the air, at&t stadium in dallas, drew brees and the boys are coming in to take on tony romo. is that right? i don't know anything about football. arlington, texas, clear and warm. 85 degrees. it has a dome. it doesn't really matter. that's right. it does matter it's on nbc, sunday night, football night in america. >> that's right, al. the best. all right, al. thanks. coming up on trending, be ready to smile, the most adorable argument over the weather you'll ever see. and up next, george clooney -- whoa -- an

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three-day celebration, photographers and fans are hoping to catch a glimpse of the glamorous couple. >> we're in venice and george clooney is getting married. >> reporter: this is where we think the main celebration will happen on saturday and, as you can see, no room for paparazzi or crowds, unless you want to swim. it's the seven-star iman canal grand hotel, a stunning 16th century where rooms range from $1,700 to over $5,000 a night. is there a wedding planned here? george clooney. >> reporter: clooney's friend is expected to be tapped as the best man and her sister will do maid of honor duty. the former rome mayor will mare ethe couple. >> this is not going to be a huge celebrity extravaganza. george clooney has close

friends, a very close family. she also is very close to her family. >> reporter: city officials have said the couple will sign as a civil marriage registry on monday. the bride arrived in italy looking relaxed, no prewedding jitters there, carrying a big box and a stella mccarthy clothes bag. >> everybody expect what she wears will be memorable and incredibly beautiful. >> reporter: she was seen at the office that designed kate middleton's wedding dress. the only thing that is clear is their affection for each other. >> they make each other happy. they have a real shared sense of conscious about what's important. i think that is probably a huge appeal to him. >> reporter: and both groom and bride also value something else, of course, their privacy. and what better place, than in the city of masks. take your pick, guys. >> i like the first one.

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a very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we have new details on the king fire near lake tahoe. it has burned more than 95,000 acres, a thousand acre more than yesterday but due to the rain, the fire is more contained. fewer homes that in danger today, it was at 12,000 yesterday. >> people who live in the area of dublin are told to keep their doors and windows closed in just a few minutes until next wednesday night. quite a span there. let's check the forecast with

christina loren. >> we have more rain in the forecast but more importantly, temperatures in the 70s. not too hot, not too cold. we're headed towards a really great looking weekend saturday and sunday. mid 70s for the south bay. meanwhile, low 70s for sam fran. not a lot of accept operation between your microclimate. here's mike inouye with your drive. >> over here we have bad news in martinez just north of concord. northbound 680 we have a deadly crash as a result of a multiple vehicle accident here, the corner has been called to the scene. it will be an easier drive off highway 4. >> thank you very much.

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it's 8:00 on "today" and coming up six more weeks of uh-oh. the death of a beloved critter is being called groundhog get. then carrie on. one of the biggest names in music carrie underwood stops by to talk about a big event and a big change coming. plus, r-o-c-k in studio 1a. legendary er john mellencamp is here for a special performance today, friday, september 26th.

>> celebrating our new baby coming here on "today." >> two sisters wanting to meet al and matt. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> hey there! >> i came all the way from maine please take a selfie with me. >> we're back now 8:00 on a friday morning. it is the 26th day of september, 2014. and we've got a really big crowd here. we have a sweet 16 right here. morgan, happy birthday. >> two sisters on vacation and a selfie request. can i do that real quick? >> go ahead. >> that's a good one.

>> a lot coming up, you guys. as you know, october is breast cancer awareness month and a special series devoted totally to this disease. we're calling it pink power. joan lunden who is waging her own battle, her brave battle. she'll serve as a special correspondent with us. >> that picture on "people" magazine brave enough to go with believes they've identified the

masked man. there is a fresh dispute this morning over the ray rice elevator surveillance tape that triggered the domestic abuse scandal. the anonymous law enforcement official who said he sent the video back in april tells the associated press that he sent the tape specifically to the attention of the league's attention of the league's chief security officer. league's chie the official says he doesn't security o the official says he doesn't o. know what the security chief hey jeffrey miller ever saw the dvd. jeffrey miller eve ever saw the in a response overnight miller a denied ever receiving a copy of that video. . suspect police say suspect in the the di disappearance of college studen student hannah hannah graham is refusing to refusing to ans answer questions even though he graham on surveillance was seen with graham on fore he surveillance video before she ago.

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let's get another check of your weather from al. >> okay, natalie. thank you so much.ag all huge crowd. all the way to the end of the plaza.he way down and into the wow!plaza. wow. big. let's show let's show you what we've got g on as far as your going on as far as your weather. nice and fair nice and clear here in the and looki northeast. boston, looking good from boston, washington, new york, chicago. k looking great. looking in fact, these afternoon fact,n temperatures, 90s through the 90s through the plains.s and also the southwest. little also in the southwest. a little cooler here in the northeast. lower humidity. be spectacular for the pacific northwest and little rain there. as you get down the california spectacular. pacific northwest, a little rain coast, looking pretty there.egwet weather fr as you get down to the california coast, looking pretty good. wet weather from the southwest into southern texas.omouares in southern florida as well. and around the great lakes, into the northeast after some mornin fog, it's going to be a go 8:06. happy friday to you, bay area. you made it and we still have some active weather to show you and to talk about. to shock about. as we head throughout the day today, a little thunderstorm activity just offshore, and watch this, as of the past 15 to

20 minutes, we are seeing a little activity start to develop offshore and spotty cells are going to move onshore, bringing us light rainfall for today and that should wrap up through the second half of the day. area of low pressure is going to leave us with a warmer weekend. >> and october 6th, stomp out bullying prevention. way to go. stomp out bullying.org. >> every day should be that day. >> absolutely. >> thanks, al. by the way, you know what is trending again this morning? >> what? >> "truly brave." >> thank you, carson. love it. thank you. also coming up on trending, is it sprinkling or is it raining? the cutest argument over weather you will ever see. carrie underwood on the special event she's taking part in this weekend and something very special happening in her life. also the mother of all steals and deals. you can't afford to miss the bargains, everything from fashion to jewelry. we've got it all lined up for

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suddenly died after that fall from sudden internal trauma. it wasn't even chuck. it was charlotte. >> now, officials could be banned from holding groundhogs. >> why are you laughing? >> they're clearly hard to handle. i feel terrible. >> six-foot drop. >> some people laugh when they're really sad. >> yes. >> did you see the episode of mary tyler moore? >> exactly. you know how we like to take you behind the scenes here at "today." this morning, we want to show you how al and his genius weather team plan their weather forecast. take a look. >> it's sprinkling. >> no, it's raining. >> mom told me it's sprinkling. >> that's rain. >> ow!

>> are you okay? >> it's rain. >> you hurt my heart. >> adorable. >> they can't quite agree on whether it's raining or sprinkling but this video is poking hearts all over the internet, up to more than 2 million views. >> poked our heart, too. >> we all agree, viral videos are great but the internet is truly its best when it helps us save time. who likes mangos? >> love mangos. >> this video we all can agree it's hard to cut. align that edge with the glass and push. there you have it, mango ready to eat.

>> wow! >> amazing. >> it's that ease. >> i this is katie, the woman in that video, featured on her youtube video and happened to be a page on nbc. >> true. >> is it only you who can do this or you all can do this? >> i think you all can do it. i have faith in you. >> it's just important to -- >> mango in the right hand or glass in the right hand? >> depends on if you're right-handed. >> where the flesh meets the skin and then just push. >> mine it's not -- >> not working. >> al's got it. >> that is the greatest life-saving and life-changing -- >> great sbest life changing. >> it's a life changer. >> mine's not ripe enough really but you could see -- >> they have to be ripe. >> you need to spend more time at the gym. >> tell me about it, al. i'm going to start poking you. >> the three of you have figured it out. >> i'm the mango pro here right and mine didn't work all the

way. it does depend on ripeness. i'll go with that. >> thank you for providing me with a very ripe mango. >> that is what's trending today. we are back with a country sensation. our friend, carrie as you know, carrie underwood is a bona fide superstar, garnered more than.

now carrie is using her status to raise awareness about global poverty. she is performing right here in new york tomorrow at the global citizens festival. carrie, good morning. >> good morning. >> we have so much to talk about. i want to talk about that global citizen stuff in a second. i'm sorry, i'm busting about your other news, okay? >> what other news? >> your other news that -- >> i have a lot of news these days. >> you revealed on instagram with your two puppies that you are expecting. >> yes. >> tell me how that feels. >> it's weird, to be honest. sometimes i'll be with my husband and i'm like, i'm going to be a mom. you're going to be a dad. just realized. but we're really excited. >> wow! what do you think about motherhood? >> um, i mean, i have a wonderful mother. >> i know you do. >> so, if i could be even a little bit like that, i think we'll be good. i'm excited. >> i'm so happy for you, honey. let's talk about the concert in central park.

this is a big -- this is a big, big deal. i got my tickets yesterday. i'm very excited. tell me why this concert is unique compared to other venues that you play. >> the way you get to go, you earn your way in, basically, by doing acts of service, by being a part of movement. you can go to globalcitizen.org. there's so many causes. you can find something that you're really passionate about. whether it's sharing things via social media or signing petitions or, you know, even just becoming better informed about different things that are going on around the globe, you can be part of these things and earn points and win -- >> kind of cool, right? >> win tickets to like what's happening tomorrow. >> you have a lot of great people. you, fun, the roots. >> jay-z. >> jay-z. >> i'm sure you've heard of him. >> it's going to be terrific.

>> really cool lineup. >> you have some new music which i always get excited whenever you're about to release something new. single off mying to be one of greatest hits album that will come out december 9th. >> i've got to hear it. i like to concentrate. you know how i get with your music. ♪ must be something in the water ♪ >> very uplifting. very exciting that people will hear it monday. >> what's the meaning behind that song? >> it's really kind of, as i said, joyous, uplifting song basically about changing your life for the better and kind of having that aha moment, waking up and your life being different from that moment forward. >> so much inspirational stuff. i remember when you sang "amazing grace" at the opry. by the way, i have that on youtube and watch it when i feel

crumby. there's something about watching you sing that and watching the audience react. >> it makes my heart happy to sing things like that. >> we look forward to your new album next week. >> thank you. >> global citizen festival takes place. you can watch it live on nbc tomorrow. and a special prime time special will air. back to you. "we make football," josh elliott is traveling all across the country to see how the sport has shaped the lives of a lot of people. this morning he is in arlington, texas, at the home of the dallas cowboys. josh, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. the house that jerry built is where we are this morning. of course, this sport reigns supreme here in the state of texas, never more so than under the lights of high school friday night. and while every school here cannot be a powerhouse, we

wanted to introduce you to small north dallas high, led by a very unlikely captain, trying to follow in his older brother's footsteps. you can hear shapiro's passion for a game still new to him. >> he has division i potential written all over him. he is one of those kids that you want to push for, root for. >> reporter: there may be a reason the north dallas high school senior hasn't been overly recruite recruited. >> we're not exactly friday night lights. we don't have a 40-man football team. we're not even half that. >> probably the smallest school in our district. 30 kids show up for training camp but the kids have heart. >> before walking on at smu, his brother left behind a numerical

legacy. >> number 80 is my brother's number. it started a whole new legacy for us. as a mexican family we dealt with soccer, soccer, soccer. started playing, just completely changed our view of a different sport. >> people push him everywhere. what is that? [ speaking spanish ] >> this year, luis was named the captain, a rarity for the kicker, and the leadership award winner is an honor student, who imagined a very specific future. >> i would like to be an engineer. i've always loved to be around cars. when i see a car in my mind i start working and design all these crazy modifications on it.

it also relates to being a kicker. i'm taking my steps. if i'm a centimeter off, it could completely mess up the whole idea of what i'm working on. >> reporter: such precision thus far has made all the difference for luis. so has the support of his home team. >> i love football. we're a football family. i've been playing for three years. my brother has been playing almost five years and we're just going to keep it going. >> an awesome time, meeting your entire family, especially your father. and his teammates from north high dallas. >> what is it about kicking that you like so much? >> i like being able to put up points for my team, i guess. just the environment around me. i start the game. i score for the team. i feel that being on the field my teammates about to start the

game, emotional feeling for me. can't wait to play. >> we saw your family and how much this is a family affair. your mom, your dad, your brother now into college. what is it to be around this family, too, every friday night? >> amazing. most of the players i've been with since my freshman year, sophomore year. we've known each other three, four years already. it's created a small family bond for us. we get new players, freshmen incoming. that's family to us. >> reporter: we don't want to let you guys get out of here without bringing in somebody a few of you might recognize. cowboys legend, michael irving. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. michael, you wanted to meet this guy and his teammates. >> yes, i did want to meet this guy here. we're happy to be here with you, man. >> what is it to see the family

of football here? >> oh, man. this is what it's all about, man. there's no greater place, man, that enjoying football right here in texas. right, guys? you guys know it. you guys know that. can i -- >> oh, yeah. >> i want to understand this now. you guys all know best how we do things here in texas. we love to do things big. here is what we're going to do. luis, you make this field goal, i'm going to have you and all your guests here be a guest of mine this sunday right here at the game when the dallas cowboys play the new orleans saints. and -- we've got an and in here. and all of these players, you'll be hanging out on this football field with all of the nfl players during the pregame warm-ups. all right? and -- one more and in here.

we got an and in here. and, luis, you will lead the team out of the locker room, through the door and on the field carrying the flag. >> but -- but you've got to make the field goal. one kick. >> one kick, bud. >> he gets to hold the football. this is too much pressure. like nfl pressure, luis. nfl pressure. the crowd's going crazy, the game is on the line. everybody's yelling! luis, luis, luis! >> yeah, baby! >> log on for your chance to win a trip to super bowl xlix. back to you guys in the studio.

>> coverage beginning at 7:00 pm with football night in america. coming up, live performance from john you're watching today in the bay. >> a very good morning to you, 8:26 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the morning commute has gotten messy this morning in some parts. ferry captains are on strike around the golden gate bridge and the commute could be getting worse. workers of the ferry service walked off the job saying bridge district leaders are bargaining in bad faith. now the golden gate bridge district says 13 daily bus routes have been cancelled because of unexpected driver absences. how is it looking right now? >> the scheduling might be a mess because of unanticipated absences, but we do have a good amount of traffic volume, nothing dramatic.

the golden gate bridge has seen a little more traffic, but it's a nice flow here, as well. getting to the giants game tonight, you'll not have the giants ferry. deadly crash near 680, chp cleared it up very quickly. slow drive still from bay point towards 680. better drive from concord towards the bridge. rest of your bay looking really, really friday-like. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. another news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. in the meantime, have a great friday morning.

it's 8:30 now on a friday morning. big crowd gathered in rockefeller plaza. 26th of september, 2014. it is a beautiful day here. hopefully, a nice weekend coming up in new york city. and we thank all these people for getting here early. >> great way to spend a friday morning. coming up, a rare bargain on, get this, american girl

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that. watch us. i'll get a call from somebody from nbc. yeah, i can hear it now. anyway, let's show you what's going on for the weekend. saturday, wet weather through the western plains, risk of strong storms. wet weather through the southeast. beautiful weather through the great lakes, into the northeast and new england. then sunday, sunday, look at more sunshine in texas, low 80s. rain making it's way up into the mississippi valley. the west coast is going to be spectacular. and it's mesothelioma awareness day. >> we want everyone to visit cure meso.org. it's a very rare and aggressive form of cancer caused 8:32. happy friday.

i'm meteorologist christina loren. still getting lightning strikes just offshore and we're starting to see a little bit of shower activity tracking closer and closer to the coastline. that will continue to be the case throughout the morning hours. spotty cells moving onshore. i don't think you need your umbrel umbrella, but keep in mind you might be dodging showers today. temps in the 70s, comfortable day. beautiful weekend, temperatures in the 70s in the south bay and san jose all weekend long. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda? >> al, thank you so much. if you like bargains, and i know you do, buckle your seat belt. "today" contributor jill martin is here with the biggest steals and deals ever. >> ever! >> we keep saying ever. what does that mean? >> this is the biggest steals and deals, the most items we've ever had in one steals and deals and there's a secret item. >> okay. let's do it. >> okay. >> i love these already. >> these are right up your alley, maggie london wrap dresses. we love these for ambush

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>> we're back now 8:39 with grammy winning singer/songwriter, john mellencamp, a constant on the music scene with song like "hurts so good" and "jack & diane." is he out with his 22nd album, "plain spoken." good to have you here. >> thanks for having me back. >> you said it's an age-appropriate rock album. what do you mean by that, at age 62, if you don't mind my saying? >> it's important you write to the people you grew up with and not try to be 35. and so i feel silly, you know, trying to act like i did when i was -- wouldn't you feel silly? >> sure. we all matured. why not pretend -- why not let people know we matured? you hit faith in this, loneliness, heartbreak. all the good ones. you said something in an interview with rolling stone magazine that i want to talk about. after you and elaine got divorced and your kids moved out of the house, i used to walk

into my house and i could always go, who loves their dad, i would hear elaine go i do, and then hug go i do, and spec, i do. there was a greeting i always had. i walk in the house now and go, who loves their dad and nothing. >> nothing. >> as a father of three, that made me sad. >> i'm a father of five so what i do now is i have to call them up and go, anybody still love their dad? i do. >> you don't get an answering machine, they actually pick up, right? are you feeling at this age it's easier to be more open about emotions like that and feelings like that? >> my inspiration today is coming from authors like, you know -- i hate to sound pretentious but steinbeck, hawthorne. i'm trying to write it about those type of things. i'm too old to write about girls. >> in august you announced you and meg ryan ended a fairly long-term relationship.

i heard distance was a problem. did it just get to be too much? >> meg's an angel. she's an angel sent to me and i'm very happy. nothing is over till it's over. >> that's nice to hear. one of the songs on this album you wrote in the 1990s and have been hanging on to. >> i actually started to write it. i wasn't mature enough to write it, a song called troubled man. the song came to me. hang on to ideas until they mature. >> and it sounded right at this time? >> yeah. i tried to write it two other times and it didn't make sense. >> what are you going to sing for us now? >> you want me to do small town? >> we would love it. ladies and gentlemen, john mellencamp. >> all right. hold on here. takes old people a second to get ready. all right.

♪ well i was born in a small town and i live in a small town probably die in a small town oh, those small communities ♪ ♪ all my friends are so small town my parents live in the same small town my job is so small town provides little opportunity ♪ ♪ i was educated in a small town taught to fear jesus in a small

town used to daydream in that small town another boring romantic that's me ♪ ♪ but i've seen it all in this small town had myself a ball in this small town married a couple gals and brought them to this small town now i don't know if it's small town or if it's me ♪ ♪ no i cannot forget from where it is that i come from i cannot forget the people who love me i can be myself here in this small town and people let me be just what i want to be ♪

♪ ♪ got nothing against a big town man i'm still hayseed enough to say look who's out there in the big town my bed is in a small town oh, that's good enough for me ♪ ♪ cause i was born in a small town and i can breathe in a small town gonna die in this small town oh, that's probably where they'll bury me ♪

♪ >> john mellencamp. he will be back to sing a new single for us in a moment. first on a friday morning, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back with john mellencamp. i mentioned the 22nd allal bum. i would like to put you on the spot but do you have a favorite song?

>> i'm still looking for that. >> haven't written it? >> still waiting for the day when i write that. >> this is "troubled man." >> "troubled man," yes. >> ladies and gentlemen, once again, here is john mellencamp. ♪ it's the wake of all evil a universal mess i've always found trouble even at my best no hopes to get better till they put me down to rest i am a troubled man ♪

♪ ♪ anxiety and sorrow underneath my skin self destruction and failure leads my head in i laughed out loud once i won't do that again i always travel the hell fire road to taste the sweet smell of sin i am a troubled man i am a troubled man ♪

i am a troubled man so many things have fallen through my hands i am a troubled man ♪ ♪ people up on the east side people on the gravel road people of many colors whose stories will never be told too late came too early for me to face myself i am a troubled man ♪ ♪ i am a troubled man i am a troubled man oh, lord ♪ i won't do anything but hurt

you if i can i am a troubled man ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john mellencamp. john, thank you very much. great seeing you. the new album is called "plain spoken." we're back on a friday morning. first, this is "today" on nbc. can't hold my breath ♪

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do you know what his favorite hobby is? keeping track of the weather. partly cloudy, i see, up there. good man. make a fortune with that. this is clayton strider, a fine man, from lebanon, ohio. 102 years old today. and he loves to watch the cincinnati reds. this is jeanette rocco from brooklyn, new york. a rocco from brooklyn. bet she likes good old italian food. ooh. now back to new york. >> willard, thank you so much. >> look who's here. >> uh-huh. >> the people from the next hour. >> not the greatest hour, because that would be the hour after. >> yeah. >> the people from the next hour. >> al and natalie have been here the last two hours. >> i know but you get the idea. >> what's happening in the next hour? >> we have more with john mellencamp. >> of course you do. >> and entourage's

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this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a brisk fall morning here on a friday. big old crowd outside on the plaza. i'm willie, along with al, natalie and tamron. john mellencamp waiting. a big crew waiting. story everyone is talking about not just here in new york but across the sports world and around the country, derek jeter last night could not have scripted a better ending to his career here in new york. the yankee captain going out in classic jeter style comes to the plate with the game tied bottom

of the ninth. these are the scenarios as a kid you dream about. >> okay. >> winning run is on second base. here is what he did. >> base hit to right field. richardson is safe. derek jeter ends his final game with a walk-off single! derek jeter, where fantasy becomes reality! >> the odds, when have you nine guys in the order, that he is the man at the plate and gets the hit in that spot are small. but he pulled it off. >> yankees beat the orioles 6-5. it was a crazy way to get there. they looked like they were going to win the game, were up 5-2 in the top of the ninth. our pitcher, our closer, i'm a yankees fan, blows the save. >> didn't blow the save. >> well -- >> set that up.

>> you think that -- >> set it up. >> orioles tie the game in the top of the inning to set up all this drama for jeter and he said he is a guy who has not shown any emotion over the last 20 years, given the media not much. when asked what were you thinking when you came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth he said i was trying not to cry. this is what he said to the fan inside yankee stadium. >> i want to thank everyone here. i've said it time and time again. everybody is chanting thank you, derek. and i'm thinking to myself, for what? you know, i'm just trying to do my job. so, thank you guys. >> derek jeter right there. >> couple of things, the game was great. it showed his class. in the middle of that moment when it's all about him and they're chanting his name, he stops in the interview and said i want to salute the baltimore orioles for making the playoffs. you guys deserved it, tipped his hat to them. when asked if he was going to

play in boston, he said i'm going to play for the fans of boston. they've earned this and i owe it to them to play. >> designated hitter. he's not out on the field. >> his last game as shortstop was at yankee stadium. >> when there was an athlete we celebrated so much like this, such an icon and idol not only to parents and not only fans of baseball, but kids just idolize him. >> probably his friend, michael jordan. >> yeah. >> they have a lot of parallels in how they created their image, how they worked very hard. their cities love them. but the world, you know, loves them as well. but i enjoyed willie's reaction this morning. we had this conference call and i thought barry white was on the phone. yeah, i'm ready to talk. what's going on? i had an emotional night, man. i told all the kids to go to bed. shake it off. >> this is my night. >> there's a conference call? >> oh, yeah, we were meaning to tell you that.

>> you missed that? >> yeah. i think it's a conference call. >> what does that mean? >> dark natalie. >> real dark natalie. >> this has been going on, what, six months? >> who is on the conference call? >> you guys are on the air and we're toiling away, trying to get this show together. >> thank you so much. >> we sang karaoke as lionel rig ritchie and diana ross. remember that night? >> what did hoda refer to us as? >> that hour. >> very informative. there's snack. >> thanks for including me. it's a phone call. it's not like i could be there. i could pick up a phone. >> in the middle of your on-air? >> i'm not on 24 hours. >> almost. >> no. i mean -- >> "wake up with al," go to bed with al. >> just thinking, you know --

>> we'll consider it. >> i am stunned! >> i said you would be considered. >> oh, by the way, there's a conference call. by the way -- >> willie and i decide what to wear, we try to coordinate. it's where all the magic happens. >> i don't want to be on the stinkin' conference call. >> i didn't think you did. bengals player devon still was cut but put back on the practice squad by the team so he could still have medical insurance to pay for his daughter's health care, 4-year-old little girl, leah, has neuroblastoma. a form of cancer. he post this is beautiful instagram, giving a pep talk to leah in the car before the surgery. >> i'm going to ask you again. i'm ready for today. are you ready for today? are you ready to get this cancer

up out of you? let's do it! fist bump. >> bengals are selling his jerseys for 100 bucks, donating the money to cancer research. so far over 100,000 -- 10,000 jerseys have been sold, million dollars donated, hospital children's of pediatric cancer. the cancerous tumor completely removed. she was one of the kids in hoda's fantastic video she put together with sara bareilles and cyndi lauper. >> oh, look at her. >> oh, $208,000 raised so far. >> that's amazing. i went on crowd rise to make a donation. you see the numbers changing. >> isn't that incredible? >> people leaving beautiful messages and people were sending in pictures of their own little survivors in the orange room just to show the reach. >> truly brave, #trulybrave

still trending today and crowdrise.com/hoda. if you do want to make a donation. okay. when you travel with your spouse or with your significant other -- >> yep. >> -- do you buy the seat in the center so you guys can be together, like if you're the aisle or the window? do you take the center seat so you can be cuddly and hold hands or you go window and aisle? the reason we bring this up, "travel & leisure" october issue, you don't really know someone until you travel together. a writer tells a story about the first argument he had with his now wife about, where to sit on a plane during a long flight. he likes the window seat. his wife prefers the aisle. by the way, she's nila. since the flight was fully booked he decided to grab a window seat and his wife next to him in the middle seat. he assumed they would want to sit together and cuddle, right?

not even close. apparently the wife, nilu, not happy about this. she said she would prefer to have the aisle and have a stranger sitting between them. i am with you, nilu. >> really? >> really? >> yeah. you know what? >> wow! >> you want the ability to get up and go to the bathroom or be at the window. but somebody -- are you going to take the middle seat to be next to debra? >> yes. >> just so you can hold hands? >> i'll worry about some guy hitting on my wife. >> oh. >> that's a beautiful woman. >> that leaves the person in the middle, you're talking over that person. >> i don't need to talk. >> oh, oh! >> hey, here is an idea. why don't you just take different flights? call it a day. >> different cities. how did you enjoy vacation? >> i think the best solution, have kids and then it's two and two. >> or three and one. >> or three and one. >> do you know what gold is? >> what? >> you get to the point where you get there, you put them in

two and your somewhere -- you're near each other, but they're in their seat -- >> you're in first class? >> no, no, we're in coach. trust me. every now and then, upgrade, i give debra the up grade. >> smart man. >> because -- >> because you want to go home? >> no. people say look at al roker, what a jerk. >> on the conference call. >> on the conference call. i didn't even know that, because i'm not on the conference call! they're in first and we're in coach! >> sometimes you do get upgraded. christina says people don't want to see willie geist sitting in the front while the kids are in the back. >> i earned this, man. >> you know why? did you have a child? did a baby come out of you? no. >> wins the argument every time. >> every time. >> hands down. >> hands down! best you can say. >> i've carried that bullet for

nine months. >> set up another conference call. i want to share a story with you that may make you inspired, which seems to be the theme of the week. a 6-year-old boy wants to shine lights to the moon to honor his father, who is a soldier. his father was deployed to afghanistan and darren would talk to him by looking at the moon. you know, you tell a kid something, they're going to believe you. so, sergeant thomas allen went off to fight for this country and he was killed a year ago today. now the time darren told his mom, jamie, daddy's going to live on the moon. >> oh, my gosh. >> kids find ways of coping and dealing and he insisted on turning the porch light so that dad could see him. >> breaks my heart. >> tonight, one-year anniversary, darren wants all of

us to turn on our porch light for his dad. thousands of facebook followers have promised to do it. in fact, i have my ipad here. several people have already done it. we'll show you on the screen here. can i turn it around, guys? can they see? these are porch lights around the world that are already up in honor of darren's dad. so if you have a moment, set your alarm to remind yourself if you don't have one of those automatic ones and go out and let's all say hi to darren's dad. >> great story. >> to the moon and back. >> love that book, too. let's show you what we've got going on as far as your weather is concerned. we are looking at -- even with fall, going into the first fall weekend. we have big, bulging high pressure pushing the jet stream to the north. look at these temperatures. more like summertime. denver, 87 degrees, 17 degrees above normal. omaha, 84. rockford, illinois, 79.

st. louis is 85. detroit at 75. as we make our way into the northeast, bridgeport, 76 degrees. washington, d.c. will be at 79. charleston, 82 degrees. rest of the country, gorgeous day in the northeast, around the great lakes. rain down in florida. we have showers and thunderstorms making their way through southern texas into the southwest. hey, you ever see a rock star re hey, thank you, al. good morning to you and happy friday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. tyke a look at this. we have some lightning just offshore and we could see some thunderstorms roll onshore throughout the next few hours. stopping the clock at 4:00 p.m., measuring on rain at that point. higher elevations over the north bay, maybe through the south bay, as well. not looking that great for widespread rainfall, but look throughout saturday, snowfall on the way to the sierra nevada.

i also want to take a second and apologize. we were talking about fears yesterday and i tickled you. i want to apologize. >> why are you apologizing? >> some people took it the wrong way. >> oh, those people on twitter? >> exactly. >> can i clarify something quickly here? >> yeah. >> okay. only i can speak for me. >> right. >> i was not offended by al. he is paying for my dry cleaning because my dress -- i don't understand when people -- i think willie geist doesn't like you because he leans over or you were offended by al roker because al roker tickled you. really. i'm so -- i'm really, really tired of people trying to find problems in our happy home. >> are you going to tickle him or do something? >> i don't think so. hey, speaking of which -- you talked about clowns. >> oh. >> oh, no, don't do that.

>> oh! >> al roker! this is al roker. >> was that a setup for the clown? >> i don't like you. and it's evil. look at its face. >> you are sick, man! >> look at that thing. >> there's something wrong with you, man. >> send al all the tweets you want saying there are problems. >> a modern day renaissance man. >> al is mean. >> you set me up. >> #alismean. >> written a musical with stephen king, and a clown. >> john mellencamp, please save stephen king, and a clown. >> john mell[ julie ]lease save the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available.

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broadcasting? >> i do. >> you went another direction with it, didn't you? >> the first job i had, when i got out of school, was in sales. i lasted one day. i was only like, you know, 21, 20 something. and, you know, i can't sell anything. that's what i found out. i thought i would do what you were doing or be on the radio or something. but i got a job in sales. i couldn't do it. i just said, okay, i'm going back to music. >> you're pretty good at selling albums. you're not doing too bad in that department. including this latest one, you called it music for grown-ups, not for jazzercize. >> you have to make records that are age appropriate. i tried to write about things that would interest, you know, people my age. and try not to write about the typical rock things anymore.

try to take a lead from like, you know, tennessee williams or john steinbeck. what did these guys write about? the american experience. so that's what i think is on this record. >> yet when you hit the road and go back out on tour again in january, they want to hear your hits, right? they want to hear "jack "jack & diane." do you love singing all those songs, too? >> i don't do all of them. i try to rearrange the songs in the fashion of the record that just came out. so, i will play those songs. but the audience might go, what's he playing? oh, i get it. and so what happens is you challenge the guys in the band. you challenge yourself. and you challenge the audience. and it makes it more of an interesting thing where everybody comes together, i think. >> speaking of "jack & diane," i read something that i didn't know until just now. it was not a diddy originally about two american kids growing up in the heartland. what was it originally? >> no, it was a diddy about two

american kids growing up in the heartland but jack was -- it was about interracial relationship between two young people in 1980 is when i wrote that song. so, it was a different time and i was convinced, through much arguing with the record company -- i didn't want to change it. i said no, this is what it's about. but then at the last minute, i said, okay. he's a football star. >> i know your fans can't wait to hear you sing that and all your new stuff, too, when you hit the road. always a pleasure to have you here. thanks for the concert you gave us a little bit earlier. >> thank you for having me. >> good to see you. >> thank you. natalie has all the news you need before you walk out the door. later, no entourage, just adrian grenier. later, noolive garden'sst adrian never ending pasta bowl is back and better than ever, starting at just $9.99. say yes to bowl after never ending bowl of your favorite pasta

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welcome back. take a look at this. live pictures from tiburon, and what you'll see here off in the distance are clouds, thunderstorms offshore, trying to make their way into the bay area. hasn't happened just yet. temps today are going to be nice and comfortable, courtesy of the area of low pressure that brought us rain yesterday. good air quality out there, as well. 70s for today. gradually warming up saturday and sunday, but not by much. we're talking about the upper 70s, that's hard to beat. and spoiled with the low 70s in san francisco. we'll show you the thunderstorms and who might get rain today coming up in two minutes. right now here's mike and your

drive. >> lighter volume of traffic around the bay. palo alto southbound away from us and our camera, we did have a crash that has cleared over the last 20 minutes. we've had a much improved drive. fremont, slower drive towards mission boulevard. looked like there was a late crash south of the dunbar bridge, but now moving more smoothly. golden gate bridge has been a clear drive for the past half hour. ferries cancelled for the day because of the strike, but reminder, more folk on the roadway. back to you. >> mike, we have the same colored, similar colored ties. see you in 25 minutes.

oh! >> very fun. >> willie! >> he got up. i didn't even realize that. >> willie geist. wow! now we know what scares you, willie. >> yeah, that was great. >> can i just say something? >> yeah. >> he's still there. >> a possessed clown. >> can you cut this clown down? >> if you're just joining what happened -- >> yesterday we talked about -- >> our fear. >> our fears. tamron was tickling. i tickled her. and natalie's happened to be -- >> clowns, especially evil looking ones like the one right above. >> yeah. >> al roker set us up basically. we were getting tweets from people who said the tickling

thing that wasn't so funny and i said it was absolutely funny. i walk over to hug the great al roker to assure him that i wasn't offended by the tickling. >> we're family. >> we keep two of the four members out of the conference call. >> we're going back to that. >> i go over to hug, hug it out. fight the twitter haters. >> next thing you know -- >> evil clown. >> and on twitter, the guy's name is @joegreen, he captures the -- >> look at this screen graph. this is epic. my phone is on lock. >> we have it on screen here. >> they told me to have it on ready in case. joe green wrote to us, and with that, my day is done and has a screen graph of our direction. willie is levitating. >> willie walked away. >> this is before he ran. he didn't walk away. he ran and natalie is just like -- >> can i tell you -- >> are you all right?

little bit? >> you what? >> we need a photo of -- >> wow, let's make sure adrian grenier doesn't sit in that seat. wow! >> al is going to do this, we need depends to sponsor us. it's terrible. >> how is your weekend looking? sunshine in the northeast. great lakes, new england tomorrow. rain down through florida and the southeast. slight risk of strong storms in the southwest. lot of rain. we'll be watching that. as we move ahead to sunday, sunday, again, northeast, new england, fantastic. it's more like a summer day. it will be like a summer weekend. temperature low 80s. wet weather through the gulf coast and on into florida. rain in the southwest, northern plains and west coast you'll have a spectacular weekend. temperatures low to mid 9:32. good friday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. little bit of lightning just offshore and we could see a stray shower or two between now and about noon, i'd say, after

we head through noon to 5:00 p.m., a better shot, especially in the north bay. seeing a shower activity at that point, that will continue through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, then watch what happens, we take you over to tahoe. snowfall measurable. first snow of the season on the way. 71 degrees for the east shore and 72 on the peninsula. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks a lot. best selling novel "gone girl" took the literary world by storm selling more than 8.5 million copies worldwide. >> it's been adapt into one of the most anticipated films of the year. take a look. >> amy, who are you? >> a, i'm an award-winning scrimshaw, b, moderately influential war lord and, c, i write personality quizes for magazines. >> your hands are far too

delicate for scrimshaw work and i happen to be a weekly subdescriber to war lord weekly so it must be c. >> and you, who are you? not only the book's author, but she wrote the screenplay for the film. gillian, good morning. >> good morning. >> some cry, some go on eating binges. some have said they go on long vacations. for you, when you closed that book, wrote the last words, did you know you had a hit on your hands potentially? >> i really didn't. in fact, i was nervous about the whole thing. it's not a traditional wh whodunnit. i liked it but, here, world. hope you enjoyed it maybe. >> i loved it. read it in a day and a half. all my girlfriends, you've got to read "gone girl." you actually got to write the screen play. was that something you worked out? >> i really wanted to do it.

only i can do it. i must do it. i must do it. and they were like, okay, do it. and i was like, no, whoa, what have i gotten myself into? the book was dense and complicated. once i sat down with it, i was like, what have i got myself into? it was fun to revisit the characters. i'm a serious rewriter. i'm never quite done. to get to revisit it was fun for me. >> and then the casting. you wanted ben affleck for nick and then you get him. >> yeah. >> did you go down the list of your dream -- idea of a dream cast? >> you know, i just knew ben would be perfect for nick. he is a tricky role. you have to believe he may have killed his wife but you also to have to have a fondness for him. you can't really turn on him. i thought ben had such a natural likability and charm that i thought he would be great. >> you know, we're sitting here. we met you. you're well adjusted, cheery, pleasant person. i have to know, where does this stuff come from?

you've written three novels and they're all very, very dark. once you said you had to thank your husband for continuing to sleep next to you, knowing what's going on in your head. >> yeah. brave man. >> where does this come from? >> i've always been someone who, i like scary stories. people either like to be scared or they don't like to be scared. i grew up in a very calm, safe kind of mid western home. i was able to kind of go to that dark side and look under the rock and then go back to my safe place. i've always been like, what's under the rock? >> i love the evolution of how you came about to be an author as well. you started off writing columns for "entertainment weekly." what was it that inspired you or made you think i have a great novel in me? >> you know, i've always loved books. books are my constant companion. i'm never not reading. i was getting to right for "weekly." i wanted to create my own world and sustain it for a while. i started writing on the nights

and weekends to see if i could really. >> you had, to me, one of the greatest jobs before this. you sold honey-baked hams. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> honey baked ham? >> i know. i used to smell them in my sleep. >> what was with the yogurt? >> i was the world's greatest -- i got to dress up as a yogurt cone but also wore a tuxedo. >> formal yogurt cone. >> at a mall to give out yogurt samples, bow tie, giant lid, cone thing and a spiral perm. there was also a fan inside to keep you cool. >> are there pictures? >> there was always this -- >> protect your hair? >> pull up that spiral in my perm. so, my motto is always be nice to people dressed as food. >> good word of advice. throwback thursday, post that picture. >> i need to find that.

>> next time can you bring a ham? >> congratulations on the film. huge hit. reviews have been amazing. i've been reading them this morning. >> up next, "entourage" star adrian

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end extreme poverty around the world by 2030, which is an amazing goal. >> really ambitious goal, too. >> very doable. >> how do you go after it? >> i went to africa with gpp and learned so much about what they're doing. and i think for me it really starts with education. education is really the building block to ending extreme poverty. >> yeah. so, you must be excited to be one of the hosts for this because it is really something you're passionate about. and also by your celebrity it brings people to the screen to see what's going on. >> absolutely. we all do our part in our own way. lucky to have an opportunity to get up on stage, introduce the roots and all the other bands playing. everybody in the audience has done something to participate, to help the cause. >> also what i think is awesome about the project is that it makes helping and being part of

solving a problem cool. often times people think, oh, yeah. i'm a young person. i don't have to worry about that. i'm looking through my window or through my selfie and not at the world. and this festival makes it cool. i know that sounds trite, but sometimes that's needed. >> the thing about global citizen, we're all global citizens. we're all in this together. we're a big family. and the world is shrinking. now we can rub elbows and connect with the world. and every individual -- it's not just about giving money. in fact, it's not about giving money. >> volunteering. >> giving your time and passion and participating. that's the way communities are built. that's the way societies are built. that's the way we're going to get ourselves globally out of extreme poverty. >> speaking of time, you're about to embark on this really cool adventure where you are looking for the loneliest whale as a documentary? >> that's right, the loneliest whale in the world who speaks a

different frequency than other whales so he has gone his whole life calling out and no one has answere answered. >> oh! >> so sad. >> we're going to try to hear him. that's our primary goal. but telling his story, i think, will allow us an opportunity to tell us the story of the plight of whales and what is really in their way, which is, you know, the health of the oceans. >> quickly i have to ask you about "entourage," the movie. it's supposed to come out june of next year. but mark wahlberg, the producer, is saying it's so good he wants it to come out sooner. what do you think? >> we'll have a whole year to get excited. >> before we let you go, you have to tell us about these -- >> what's going on here? >> what was going on with -- >> #drawings of adrian grenier. >> is this you as a pirate? >> this started on set.

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so, have you ever wondered if it's okay to cook a steak while it's frozen or pour coffee while it's still brewing, will it taste the same? >> chris kimball, the host of "the make ahead cook." let's get started with garlic. love the taste but not the bite. >> three minutes on high in the microwave, peel garlic stops the reaction that creates the harsh bite. one of them is safe. >> when you say bite, what do you mean? >> that after bite. >> aftertaste? >> like, you know, you have no social calendar for two days. >> oh, the smell? >> it's the taste. >> this one is the one that's been microwaved. >> very good. that's why i put the carrots there. >> aha. >> you can tell the difference. this happens all the time. >> you want to defrost it. takes a couple of hours.

put eighth-inch oil in the skillet, completely frozen steak, cook it 90 seconds a side, 275 degree oven to finish. freeze a steak overnight uncovered on a baking sheet, parchment paper, then freeze it. by the way, one of these was done with a frozen steak, one with a thawed steak. you can see the difference. >> i'm guessing that's frozen. >> this is actually frozen. it's perfectly cooked. this one is thawed. >> that means it's not perfectly cooked? >> the outside gets overcooked if you have a thawed steak. >> first cup versus the last cup? >> if you're impatient, and we know you are. you get eight times the strength in that first cup coming out. >> wow! >> you grab it coming out, don't wait till the pot is full. the last cup is very weak. one of these is the first cup and one is the last cup. >> this is darker.

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yesterday, but the crews say thanks to yesterday's rain, they have the fire 68% contained at this point. fewer than 300 homes are threatened by the blaze, a number that was sitting at 12,000 just a day ago. new this morning, do not be surprised if you see smoke coming from the tri-valley area. training burns will be held in san ramon of dublin, both places, people who live in those regions are asked to keep doors and windows closed starting in a few minutes until next tuesday night. no doubt looking toward to your week. let's see what's on tap with meteorologist christina loren. >> thanks, taking a look at point reyes, clouds out there. area of low pressure tracking over the bay area, keeping temperatures cool and potentially bringing in more shower activity. 76 degrees for the north bay, 69 in san francisco, 74 degrees in the south bay. future cast, stop the clock,

3:00 p.m., showers return to the north bay, all that activity races over to tahoe and they are expecting measurable snowfall as a result of tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that as we meet back here at 11:00. overall, weekend looks fantastic, temps in the 70s. here's mike and your drive. >> from 70 up to 72. over here in oakland, less of a range of speeds. they are coming up close to the speed limit. watching it slow before the cut-in started, but past high street, downtown, to the bay bridge, where you have a backup for folks in the fast track lanes. here at the golden gate bridge, smooth all morning despite the fact ferries aren't running. back to you, sam. >> thank you, mike. 880 north started clearing out in the last five minutes or so. see you in 25 minutes with another update.

from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody. so glad you're with us for try day friday. september 26th. we have a big show for you. we'll tell you about it in a second. first of all, kudos to my hoda woman. her music video, it was -- there was so much reaction to it, truly brave, that the whole site just -- >> crowd rise. >> crowd rise. >> it crashed. it crashed. so we don't know -- hopefully -- please keep trying, everybody. such a worthy cause. >> go to crowdrise.com and slash

hoda with my name. and give 5 bucks or 10 bucks. all for kids with pediatric cancer and thanks to sarah bareilles and cyndi lauper. >> if you missed it yesterday, go to klgandhoda.com and press the connect button and watch it again. you're goi ing to want to give more than $5. and the children are so precious and they got on the bus to go back to philadelphia and with such joy. just meant the world to them. and, hoda, i never truly -- never been more proud of you. you put your heart and soul into it and it showed in every second of that video. so, anyway -- >> thank you. >> you're welcome! >> big show today. "revenge" star emily van camp. >> not what she seems to be. >> that show is -- >> and matthew husbaimaginmatth >> and how bad is it to top off your gas tank? >> we're going to do a game. >> i like games. since half of you watching are probably divorced, we want to

know this. 50%. >> don't feel bad. so are we. >> how did you let people know that you were getting a divorce? and that's one of those questions the social cues column because it is always so awkward. i had people come up and go, i met your husband, and you're, like, no, okay. you don't know how to approach it with them and explain that is no more. what did you do in. >> it seems there are very few people that need that information. i didn't tell anybody at my church. i didn't. i told my mom and my dad and my brother and my sister and maybe two close friends and that was it. and never said a word about it to anybody because it was nobody's business. it was a different world today where everybody puts all their junk out, you know what i'm saying, for everybody. and the truth is, obviously, honestly, nobody really cares. a few people do. but the old saying, when i was 20, i was worried about when what people thought. when i was 40, i didn't care what people thought about me. when i turned 60, i realized nobody thought about me at all.

anyway, so -- >> they asked if you should put it on facebook. that's the question. >> this woman, she's angry, she wanted to put it up about her affair and why she -- what caused it, and -- >> some people say, look, a lot of people do post things because they feel like instead of having a conversation with all their people, they should just post it. i mean, i think obviously you can get too wordy. sometimes people get verbose and put out way, way, way too much information. >> and in the heat of a hurt or anger, it is, like, she shouldn't tweet, right? at a time like that. you certainly shouldn't go on facebook. >> have you ever written, you've been so angry about someone that hurt you and wrote wrote an e-m. but then you don't send it. like, i kept those because i was so, you know, devastated, always been so glad i didn't send it, but you look back, and you realize how angry and upset you were. >> there is a person on

television regularly, very, very successful, who i had become friends with. all of a sudden, frank and i noticed a complete change in the person and just on camera, weren't seeing him socially very much. but also just rude and unkind and just unnecessarylily and i t down and wrote a three page letter saying i'm concerned about you, why are you treating good people like this? christine said, before i do this, maybe there is something going on in his life i don't know. wife had left him, was getting a divorce and he was devastated. i didn't know. i tore up the letter. and wrote a note saying, so sorry to hear about the marriage. that's what you do instead. sometimes people do things for a reason. often bad behavior comes out of being hurt. just hurt. >> you lash out at people. >> you want to put it some place. best place to put your hurt and anger and frustration,

treadmill. take it out on the machine instead of people. >> or -- >> no. that's not healthy. or while you're on the treadmill. >> phil says do not put your stuff out on facebook and all that because you're going to regret telling the world your story. at the time it seems like a good idea, but just pause for a moment. >> hit your pause button. you're not the center of the universe and most people could care less. >> here are weird things that couples do fight about, in case you're wondering. buzzfeed did a great video they do. and they let us know what couples are fighting about, weird things. let's take a listen. >> oh, my god, could you choose any louder? >> this goes on here. it takes two seconds. >> what do you want to get for dinner? >> i don't really care. >> seriously? six more inches and it's in the sink. >> anything will be fine. >> fine. fine. all right. we're going to get pizza.

>> anything but pizza. >> what do you want to eat? >> bill paxton. >> bill pullman. >> bill paxton was an alien. that is bill paxton. that's him. game over, man. that is that man right there. why are we fighting about this? i'm sorry. i shouldn't have made you make the decision. that being said, i think your original call of pizza is fine. just not pepperoni. >> it is so true. >> isn't it? >> half the time you go what were we arguing about? >> it explodes as nothing. but don't you hate when you say where do you want to go, what do you want to eat, i don't know, you go well i picked last time, where do you want to go? >> how about putting it in the dishwasher, you know? frank is such a meticulous person, such a meticulous, i

loved that about him, always smells good, always -- but in our bathroom, he, every single morning i come in and he sees -- what the man has done with six towels and a wash cloth, can't even imagine. and for years it made me crazy until i all of a sudden started going, you know what, it means i still have him. he's still here. i have him. and there is going to come a day when i walk in and the towels are perfect that i don't have him. that's the way i feel about my kids, shoes and -- when cody is home, i used to be so mad, but i have him, he's home. cassidy as bad as you are, hoda, you are awful, terrible, nobody -- i would put my daughter up against anybody in the world as the messiest human being you've ever met. but i miss her messy. so it is all -- >> that's a great lesson. that really is. >> you know what i thought to myself? back to when i remember, because

i wanted to write it down because it was so great. >> and then you forgot it. okay. >> i want to get it right. no when know when to walk through the door before someone else shows you where it is. >> huh? >> you know what? i'm going to explain this to you because apparently somebody doesn't understand it. you know they say, they showed them the door, meaning go. know when the time is right so you can leave first, go through the door, before somebody shows you the door. by the way what is your excuse today? >> i forgot what it was. >> there will be a quiz later, buddy. >> the quiz will cost you $100, which you just earned. all right, kids, real quick,

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dad is home for the birth of his new son. congrats. >> next baby of the week is lincoln russell moyer, born in reading, pennsylvania, on september 11th. his parents susan and mark offer this advice to new parents, it is tough at the beginning, but it will get better. >> to natalie rose kitabijian born august 15th in north ridge, california. her parents angela and jaha say they nicknamed their daughter smile face. look at her. >> because she is a smile face. >> okay, stop. >> and our final johnson's baby of the week is naima briele singleton born in new york city on august 17th. her parents angelina and henry say to be great parents you also need to be great -- >> if you want your baby to be a johnson's baby of the week, go to klgandhoda.com. if you're home -- >> work doing a promo for "dateline" instead of my friday funny. >> tonight, wait, don't laugh,

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hey, thank you. good looking day shaping up. we've still got low pressure slated to bring us more rain. where in just a second. 74 for the south bay. 69 in the san francisco bay today. beautiful conditions. area of low pressure is going to track right over us today, providing some generous rainfall totals for higher elevations of the south bay and the north bay. not expecting a lot, though, on the valley floor. throughout tomorrow, expecting our first measurable snowfall over the sierra nevada from the same system. your weekend, temperatures stick with the 70s all across the board. here's mike and your drive. >> oakland, areas a little slow north of high street. look at the bay bridge. golden gate bridge, sorry. we may see more folks as the day goes on, but also because the ferries are not available.

back to you. >> all right. the details on that, also the rest of the day's news coming up at 11:00. see you then. we're back with more of "today" on this try day friday. it is time for the other view. and the answers to your questions when it comes to, hey, your relationships and dating. yes. we see you. >> here to help you get over those bumps in your love life is relationship expert and host of iheart radio's love life with matthew hussey. >> how many times do we have to say it? >> our first question from alesha bars. she asks, my boyfriend and i have been together for three years and have been happy. over the last eight months i feel like a roommate and friend are more than a girlfriend. i no longer feel any physical attraction to him, but he wants to try to work it out. are we too far gone or should we try to fix it? >> this is hard. i can see that look like it is a

hurtful subject to not be attracted to someone anymore and for them to feel it. here is the problem be with this question. there are a couple of things that happen that do bring attraction back. one of them is seeing other people finding your partner hot. that helps. hard to engineer, but it helps. >> should you hire some people to do that? >> maybe. the second thing is losing them. very often absence or losing them altogether makes you realize that. the third thing is them being a little less predictable. i was once told attraction is about keeping someone slightly off balance. and sometimes in relationships we feel too stable the whole time. something needs to be shaken up, whether -- i know -- i've had my attraction with someone change just when a piece of music came on and they started dancing. >> that happened to hoda when she saw you do that weird thing up there? >> the shoulders. >> it went in reverse. >> it went in reverse. >> that's the key. it is hard for her to engineer that. it really is. but she can -- here's what i

would say to her, don't come at him with all the things he can do from a low point where you say i'm not attracted to you anymore, but here is how i can get attracted to you. men are fragile. find a moment where you're in a beautiful moment, and then start talking to them about what you tv. >> she once was. >> why do you find frank attractive? >> we gave up on that so many years ago. >> that's not true, is it? >> no, it isn't true. >> you play. >> you play and you laugh and you -- keep reminding yourself of what you fell in love with initially. it is still there. you remind yourself. >> that's very true. but also i think it helps to show the person the things that they were attracted to in the first place as well because -- >> i can't put it on anymore. >> let's get to the next question. this is lauren, she's from long island. and she's got a question for us. lauren? >> hi. i'm 37 years old and i'm looking for someone to settle down with and hopefully marry one day.

i'm on two different online dating sites. i also tried singles events but nothing is working. i put on my online profile a lot of qualities i'm looking for in a future guy. what other things should i try to get a guy to notice my profile? >> it was lauren, right? >> yes. >> hi, lauren. look, i'm saying this not just to you, but to everybody, no one cares what we want. they only care what they want. if you think about a dating profile, it is an advertisement if anything. if you saw a billboard for a company and they said, we want your money, so spend it with us, it wouldn't work. what they do is they cater to our needs. they figure out what we want and they tell us that they have it. i want to see from you, what is that movie you have an opinion on that is funny that everybody loves and you hate, your opinion is funny about that. stupid stuff. >> get their attention. >> get their attention. do you like going to football games but you also like a girlie

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going. >> springtime. >> we should point out we have price tags, $10 up to $37. >> yes. >> and we're going to just try to guess the prices on these wines, right? >> you are. you are going to try to guess the price. not easy thing to do. whoever guesses all the prices right or whoever wins gets the wine. >> okay. >> we're taking it anyway. >> so try the first one. >> okay. see what you think. this is chardonnay, very popular in restaurants around the u.s. you know, i think it is a classic kind of apple and pear characteristics to it. >> we taste them all and then tag them. >> want to taste them all? then we have rose, usually popular these days. this is from the south of france. really crisp, has that kind of -- walks that line between red and white. nice bottle. nice bottle of rose, i think. another chardonnay, to make things tricky. this one is a french chardonnay. also popular in restaurants.

i never know. >> not french. >> it is not yours. >> and that's got -- >> the trouble is we just had rose, so it is a little -- >> confused. >> you're supposed to cleanse your palate a little bit. >> you're experts. and then red. this is a big robust red, merlot cabernet blend, and i think, you know, a lot of flavor packed into it, a lot of richness. and the question is, how much do these wines cost. >> so our price tags just so we can tell everybody at home, $10, $14, $25 and $37. >> i actually -- >> okay. i am going to guess. i'm going to go the big money on the red. >> i was going to do that too. should i do a different one? >> do a different one. it is much more fun. or do the -- >> where is the big numoney? >> i don't know. i'm guessing. >> i'm going to go with this is 10 bucks here. >> right there.

okay. >> i don't know. >> i thought that was 14. >> where do we think the next two are? >> i'm going 25. >> i'm going -- i can put this on the same one? >> yeah, yeah. >> all right. >> i'm now completely -- >> two more to go. >> $10. >> i'm going to go -- i don't know. >> you can't put -- that's what i thought was most. so now i don't know. >> all right. >> okay, we are ready. >> the reveal. we're going to go in order, the least expensive wine, you guys thought this was 37 and 25 bucks this is $10 a bottle. >> next. >> okay. and next up, this wine, $14 a bottle, spot on for $14. >> kathie lee, you're right. >> that is the novella chardonnay from the south of france. this wine, you guessed $14. >> what did kath guess? >> $37. >> it is actually $25. it is an expensive rose, brangelina wine. >> oh, yes. >> it is really a very good

wine. >> a beautiful -- >> very popular wine in america, but neither of you thought it was the most expensive, it is. cake bread chardonnay. >> i've been known to drink as >> ray, thanks so much. how bad is it to fold laundry while it is still damp? >> we'll help you clean up your dirty habits. >> are you striking out in your relationship? >> laura and jorge posada are here. we love them. thank you. >> you're welcome. low price. goose bumps wa i let him know every time i save a dollar. every time. now there is a tool made for you. introducing savings catcher from walmart. it compares prices to top stores in your area. no more driving all over town. if there's a lower advertised price, walmart will give you the difference on an e-gift card. oh! money! every penny counts! yep! try the savings catcher for yourself. go to walmart.com/savingscatcher and enter your receipt. save money. live better. walmart. here's something fun to do with hot dogs.

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she is a life coach, a lawyer. he is a former all-star catcher for the new york yankees. together, they make one great team. laura and jorge posada. and they're ready to play a little he said, she said, when it comes to rationships and family matters that many of us deal with on a daily basis. first and foremost, the amazing derek jeter has now officially retired from 20 years in --

>> last home game. has another game yet. >> last home game. what would be your advice to him, jorge? >> he said he wants to travel, wants to settle down, you know. i think when he comes down to it, have fun. he hasn't had a summer in for so long, so just go out there and spend time with family, spend time with people you have missed throughout the summers, have fun with people you like. >> okay. and now to the issues. first one is should a woman take her husband's name? jessica simpson was on with us a couple of days ago. >> right. >> she revealed that next time she has to get her driver's license, she's going to put down the name, i believe his name is johnson. >> you took hour are hjorge's l. was that an easy decision for you? >> it was easy because he took me to the dmv.

>> it wasn't like, you know, we needed to get it done, but for some reason i just thought that, you know, once we get married, it was part of it, you know, like it was not -- >> made it official. >> made it official, you know. >> were you reluctant at all? >> no, i thought it was cute that he wanted -- that he wanted to take me and he wanted me to -- i thought it was cute and he took the time, you know. now i need to get my license, will you take me? >> not again. >> let's talk sports because it is -- there are sports going on all year, all over the tv. a lot of wives and some -- they're losing their spouse to sports. what is the best way to cope with that? if your husband wants to do nothing but watch sports and you want to do other things, how do you feel? >> watch sports and take that time to do the things that you want to do with yourself or your friends. >> what if he wants mrs. posada to sit there with him? >> that's not going to happen.

>> jorge? >> i tried. there is no way. i go it a place i can be alone, probably a theater or nobody is bothering me and lock myself in. >> and i use it to my advantage. if i need to ask him something or tell him something, he's watching the game, he's not listening to me. i'll say, you know, i asked you, but you weren't listening to me because you were watching the game. >> you don't resent him for not spending time with you? some wives start resenting, they say, he's at it again, i need this, i need that. >> let him be happy. if he enjoys that, why not? >> topic three is parenting duties. when homework is an issue, and sometimes that becomes the wife's domain, how do you guys deal with that issue? >> well, at the beginning when the kids were going early wie were rotating, you take care today, i take care tomorrow. i was pretty much away a lot. so when i got home -- >> it changed. >> i don't know what's going on. i don't know all that's going

on. i'm, like, i was going back in the book, like, i'm lost. i got no -- >> past third grade, i was done for. >> i did it for 12 years, and he retired and now his shift is for the next 12 years. >> good luck. >> it's tough. no idea. we got a tutor. best money. >> game called ball and chain trivia. laura, we asked jorge who was interested in marriage first, you or him. what do you think jorge said? >> him. >> jorge, who was -- why are you -- it was you? >> yes. >> all right. >> you knew. >> i didn't know, when he proposed, i punched him. >> her way of saying -- >> yeah. >> all right, jorge, if laura could choose one thing of yours to get rid of, what would it be? >> he's perfect. >> i have no idea. >> there is something she can't stand. >> i don't know. >> the correct answer is --

>> the machine. >> easy. >> laura, we asked jorge, who usually gets thure way with things, you or jorge? >> i do. >> you're right. >> very close to a perfect -- >> happy life, happy wife. >> thank you for coming in. how bad is it to eat raw cookie dough really? >> the truth about some common habits. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

how bad is it to stifle a sneeze or eat raw cookie dough. if those questions leave you scratching your head, we have the perfect game for you. >> here to test your knowledge and ours, the food habits you may want to break, is hgtv magazine's editor in chief sarah

peterson. >> thank you for having me. >> we're ready. we have our answers. >> we talked to experts, those are your choices for the answers. okay. first question, how bad is to cook vegetables without washing them first? >> oh, not so bad. >> not so bad. >> it is really bad. >> why? >> food safety specialists at the university of minnesota, here's the deal -- >> who specifically? >> if you cook your vegetables, sure, the bacteria goes away. here is the thing, you probably chop them and prep them on a cutting board before washing them and the cross contamination continues. safety -- >> what if you have a clean cutting board? >> you need to wash your vegetables. >> you cook them -- i'm going with what the experts say.

folding laundry while it's still damp? >> what, foldi iwhat? >> folding laundry when it's still damp. >> i think it is pretty bad. >> pretty bad. >> we're both wrong? >> pretty bad. >> it changes -- why? >> pretty bad, if you fold laundry that is damp, it is going to smell, it will smell like mildew and mold. >> that's super bad. >> okay. back to the experts at the university of kentucky who also -- >> all right, next one. >> how bad is it to stifle a sneeze? >> not very bad. >> hold it in. it is a medical issue. i want to help you out. >> super bad. >> not so bad. >> it is super bad. yeah. emt doctors at the university of mississippi medical center say you don't want to keep that stuff in, let it out. >> let it go. ♪ let it go >> cover your mouth, though. that is super bad not to do

that. good that sneeze out. >> all right. >> how bad is it to eat raw cookie dough? >> not so bad. >> store bought and homemade. so there is a little hint there. two different answers. two different answers. how bad is it to eat raw cookie? >> i say not so bad. >> i say pretty bad. >> you're both right. it is not so bad if you eat the store bought. homemade, because you are cooking with eggs and flour, it is bad. >> thank you. >> you are a sweetheart. thank you. >> we have blake shelton. >> what? >> amy grant, susan boyle. >> jordan sparks, rita wilson, tyler perry and kate walsh. >> what a surprise. >> have a great weekend.

nbc bay area news starts now. >> travelers across the country and here in the bay area scrambling after chicago grounded flights at both of its major airports. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm sam brock. this ground stop happened after a fire in the chicago suburbs. stephanie chuang joins us live at sfo with the latest developments on the ripple effect that could be happening at local airports. how are things there at sfo? >> reporter: you know, sam, good morning to you and kris. very fluid, of course. for instance here at sfo, there are 26 nonstop flights to the chicago area airport and just a