>> that's what's going on right now in the bait bayh. we're back in 25 minutes with a live look at local news, weather and traffic. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. have a great day. > buenos días. good morning. las noticias de último minuto. breaking overnight an american un camarógrafo americano que camera man working for nbc news trabajaba para nbc noticias en liberia, fue diagnosticado con in liberia diagnosed with ebola. he and the team he was with ébola, el y el equipo de la doctora nancy snyderman fueron including dr. nancy snyderman evacuados para estados unidos set to be evacuated to the u.s. this morning dr. nancy and the parents of that cameraman join us live. hoy. la doctora, y los padres del >> in harm's way. camarógrafo se unen a nosotros en vivo. severe storms tear through texas, 90 miles per hour winds tormentas terribles en texas. vientos a 90 millas por hora. ripping the roof off a college dorm. and this morning millions more from pennsylvania to georgia are now in that system's path. >> biggest breach ever. banking giant jpmorgan chase reveals more than 83 million accounts compromised in a massive cyber attack. how concerned should you be?

>> and double standard? an revealing social experiment. he attacks her, then she attacks him. >> i wasn't cheating on you. >> you won't believe how differently witnesses reacted today, friday, october 3, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. tamron is here while savannah is on maternity leave. al's making his way back from afghanistan. seems every day we had some new development in this ebola story. >> absolutely. >> we'll get to our top story. it's touched our extended family

a. photo journalist working with dr. nanscy snyderman and her tem in liberia tested positive for eba la. dr. nancy is with us by phone from monrovia. good morning to you. how is this young man ashoka mukpo doing? >> matt, he sounded well. it's been quite a lot the last 48 hours. when he realized he had a fever and feeling achy in this environment the word ebola pops to the top of everyone's mind. he self-quarantined, got his test. it turned out to be positive. at that point it was all a matter of logistics, stabilizing him. he is with doctors without borders and will be air lifted to a center in the united states. he's good. the amount of virus in his body is low and he should have a good prognosis. >> there's a larger team there in liberia, nancy, with you.

so the question is, how long had you been working with him and how close was the contact between you and the other members of the team with him once he became symptomatic? >> well, once he became symptomatic we only spent a few hours. he and i were working in a work space when he told me he wasn't feeling well. he joined us 72 hours earlier as an independent journalist and had been in the hospital -- in the country two weeks prior to that. so, my suspicion is that he was infected before we met him and then he became symptomatic once we met him. we shared a work space, we shared vehicles, shared equipment. everyone here is hyper alert. we have not been in close proximity, no one shakes hands, there is no hugging. so i do believe that our team, while we are being hyper vigil lent we're at very, very low risk for becoming ill. >> and yet you're going to fly

out today, you're monitoring your temperature quite a few times during the day. from my understanding once you get back to the united states, you're going to self-quarantine up to 21 days. >> yes. we're taking this very, very, very -- approaching this very cautiously and probably more judiciously than other people because we want to send the right message that we will self quarantine on our own, take our temperature twice a day. if we have a fever we will then obviously get tested. but the norm is, because you must come into contact with bodily fluids, vomit, diarrhea, blood, urine or sweat directly, that because we have not had that kind of exposure, even though i was in ebola isolation unit i was wearing protective gear, i disrobed according to protocol.

we had recognized and observed universal precautions here. and we're going to extend that for for 21 days out of courtesy respect to our colleagues and the united states. >> that certainly is making sense. by the way, wish ashoka mukpo our best. the reason we're doing a phone interview with nancy is because all of the camera gear that they have been using to bring the story to the united states is now being disinfected. our best to you and your team. thank you. >> ashoka mukpo's parents are with us now. good morning to both of you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning, tamron. thanks for having us. >> dr. levy, let me start with you. you spoke with your son on the phone. what can you tell us about his spirits and what he's told you regarding his condition? >> i just talked to him earlier this morning and his spirits seem better today. i think obviously he's scared and worried.

he's been filming what's happening in liberia for two weeks and seeing the death and tragedies. and now it's really hit home for him. but his spirits are better, he knows he' goesing to come home. he has a couple more days and also his symptoms still are fairly mild, just a mild fever. so i was happy to hear how he's doing, walking around and definitely more cheerful, tender but cheerful. >> request i know as a mother you are pleased to hear he is cheerful but we cannot imagine the worry and the stress you are experiencing. what more did he tell you regarding the conditions there and the care he specifically is receiving as he await as trip back to the u.s.? >> he's receiving the best care possible that they can offer him. the doctors without borders in monrovia. still, it can't possibly because of the lack of resources compare to what is going to be available to him when he gets home to the united states. i think the enormous anxiety

that i have as a mother or that we share as parents is the delay between now and him leaving on sunday. the state department has been fantastic, they have been compassionate. i cannot say how much i appreciate how wonderful the government has been and i believe they are doing things as quickly as they can but that doesn't take away from the fact we know he is still going to be in liberia until sunday and i really can only hope and pray his symptoms don't worsen. >> dr. levy, when you spoke with your son you told him how proud you are of him and that he returned to that country to expose what was happening, the plight of the thousands who have died. and the social situation on the ground there. >> yes. he spent two years in monrovia working with a non-government organization and made a strong connection to the liberian people. and he felt strongly when he started to hear what was going on that he wanted to go back. and almost to make a difference,

and i was obviously concerned as a parent but proud that he has the integrity and desire to do something good and so went back to monrovia. so i'm happy that he had that integrity and concerned that he put himself in harm's way to do that. >> thank you so much for your time under these circumstances. thank you. >> they must be so worried. by the way, nancy writebol one of the first americans to contract the virus in liberia, brought back to emory university where she was cured sent me an e-mail. i wanted to drop awe note to let you know how sorry to hear of the news of the camera man that tested positive for ebola. please know we'll be praying for all of you. so obviously this news spreading quickly. in the meantime, we're learning more about why thomas duncan, the first person diagnosed here in the u.s. was allowed back into the community after going to the hospital with symptoms of that virus.

and some of the people who had contact with duncan now quarantined as a precaution, are speaking out. nbc national correspondent kate snow is in dallas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at that apartment where the residents are where duncan used to live, they are starting to complain saying why are we inside this apartment the same place where the man got so desperately ill? this morning cleaners are expected to arrive to sanitize that apartment. meantime, the hospital late last night clarifying what happened one week ago today when duncan went to an e.r. and was sent back home. new information this morning the hospital says when thomas eric duncan came he had a fever and symptoms that could have been caused by many things. a key point when asked he told the nurse he had not been around any one ill. he said the same thing before boarding a plane to leave liberia, duncan did tell a nurse he had been in africa in the last four weeks but due to what

the hospital call as flaw only nurses could see his travel history on a patient record doctors did not. and he was released. now, disease detectives are on a frantic search to track down any one who had contact with him monitoring those at high risk. >> these people will be called once a day, visited once a day, take their temperature, look for symptoms. >> reporter: the people who live in the apartment where duncan got sick are being closely watched. >> i'm worried. i'm worried. >> reporter: oliver speak nbc news from inside the apartment four days after duncan left in an ambulance, his dirty bed sheets still inside. >> why do we have us quarantined in an apartment that's highly contaminated that has such high risk to contract the virus. >> reporter: thursday a cleaning team arrived, city officials arranged for the specially trained cleaners to can-of-sanitize the place. it's unclear if the cleaning has happened yet. a food bank sent in a three-day supply of meals leaving the

boxes outside the door. down the street also quarantined, the daughter of duncan's girlfriend, her husband and four kids, ages 2 to 11. they say they are going stir crazy, i spoke her, her kids spent a lot of time near duncan last weekend. >> hugging him, we pray to be okay with us. >> reporter: duncan is in isolati isolation. his mom recorded this video message for her son. >> i want for you to hug me for all to see each other. >> he needs help. he is suffering. but this is not the way any one would want to go down in history. >> reporter: the president has called the mayor of dallas to make sure they have everything they need here to deal with this crisis. meantime, in liberia the government there says they will prosecute duncan for lying on the questionnaire when he was leaving liberia. he said on that he had not had any contact with any one who had ebola.

back to you in new york. matt. >> kate snow in dallas, thank you very much. earlier this morning we talked to dr. tom frieden and i asked him why the apartment that thomas duncan was staying in wasn't immediately cord onned off and cleaned. >> this is the first time we've ever had a case of ebola in the u.s. and there are issues to make sure that when things are removed, it's done safely, it's not going to be disposed of in any way that would abrisk. >> we have to check with the people in dallas. but this was a week. and obviously as a head of the centers for disease control so concerned about the spread of this virus, is it acceptable that an apartment would be in that condition, a hot zone basically, for a week after that patient left that building? >> we have had our staff working with the local authorities who i understand that bleach has been used and this is something that we expect to get resolved today.

>> seemed like it took a lot of time to have that taken care of. >> yes. it does seem that way. we'll have more throughout the morning. natalie is here with stunning revelations on a massive security breach we talked about but we're getting more details. >> they call it among the largest cyber attacks discovered at a financial institution. jpmorgan chase disclosing that a recent data breach compromised about about 76 million household accounts and 7 million small businesses. cnbc's courtney reagan is here with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you. that's right. it's the nation's largest bank, jpmorgan chase announcing that more than 76 million consumer, 7 million small businesses, may have been affected. more consumers than target and home depot's hack attacks. customers used chase.com and the mobile apps may have been affected. the bank says customer names, address, phone numbers and e-mail addresses may have been

stolen though so far there is no evidence that account numbers, pass words or social security numbers have been stolen. jpmorgan chase has not yet seen unusual fraud activity stemming from the breach. many consider this hack attack much more troubling than the others because of the sensitive nature of financial information and accounts. natalie. >> thank you very much. could we see another bush in the white house? former president george w. bush revealed thursday during an interview with fox news his brother jeb is considering running for president. >> i think he wants to be president. i hi he'd be a great president. he understands what it's like to be president for not only the person running or serving, plus family. >> former president bush says his brother is a very thoughtful man and he doesn't believe that jeb has made a final decision yet. so stay tuned on that one. a wild chase ends in dramatic fashion on a southern california freeway a. man

suspected of grand theft took police on a 90-minute pursuit through orange county. the suspect weaved in and out of traffic occasionally on the wrong side of the road. look how it ended. the truck goes airborne, flips on its side. the man was uninjured and able to climb oud and did surrender. good news there. well, don't look down, two window washers in oakland got stuck thursday on the side after 24-story high rise and trapped in the hot sun for two hours. firefighters worked from the roof, they gave the window washers ropes. one of the men pulling himself up the side of the building until he reached the rooftop. rescue crews then pulled him to safety. >> i would need full anesthesia. they would have to put me out. drag me out of there. >> my gosh. >> here's good news. lindsey vonn is back on the

slopes. nine months after knee injuries she said it was worth the wait and there are cool videos to come. the 29-year-old told "the new york times" that she still has the 2018 winter olympics firmly in her sights. and the world championships in february. that's coming up as well. her hometown. great seeing her in action. >> thank you. >> dylan's got a check of the weather. >> yes. and you know, there is nothing that will stop a news crew. look at this video from texas. these were crews set up outside the texas hospital and these storms came in, winds gusting at 90 miles per hour. it was tossing the tents, tossing all of the lights and all of the cameras and that was just a taste of some of these storms that moved through. we had damaging winds and flooding rains move through the area, and it all came through right around rush hour. so it was nasty in texas yesterday. today, though, we're still looking at this cold front. you can see it stretching from the great lakes down into

eastern texas and it's this area right in through here where we are going to see some of our strongest storm this is morning. they aren't going to be as strong as they were yesterday but it is still going to be that cold front that moves east. we'll see the rain up and down the east coast by the start of the weekend. that's a look at the weather across country. your local forecast is coming up. test or nothing. the sleekest... ...sexiest, ...baddest, ...safest, ...tightest, ...quickest, ...harshest... ...or nothing. at mercedes-benz, we do things one way or we don't do them at all. introducing the all-new c-class. the best or nothing. we're seeing clear skies to start the morning off. dry air dropping the temperatures down to 47 in the north day but san francisco 65 degrees. notice the way the giants flag

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is eight to nine feet underground. it was put in in 1953. it flooded up to seven homes, getting over a foot of water inside some of them. one car fell into a sinkhole. other than that damage was limited thanks to firefighters and city crews putting asphalt in. they're hoping to get this all done by noon. sam, back to you. >> thank you very much, stephanie. now let's look at what's going on outside with your weather and meteorologist rob mayeda. >> chilly in napa, parts of the north day in the 40s may warm by as much as 50 degrees by this afternoon. temperatures in the low to mid 90s around san jose, upper 80s to low 90s in so san francisco

and looks like the same for the weekend. mike? >>. >> 880 through fremont, you see that smashed up car blocking one of your middle lanes. that's jamming you up past the truck scales. we're talking about a slow drive from 880 into the area just showing up on our sensors. back to you. >> dangerous looking situation there on 880. we'll check back in with you in 25 minutes, mike. see you then.

friday morning. it's the 3rd day of october, 2014. wow, look how pretty that is. >> it is. >> in washington, d.c. the sight is pretty. the music is beautiful. that is aretha franklin, doing a cover an adele hit. the queen of soul is here today. she had 20 of us here in the studio at about 6:30 in the morning, she was rehearsing. we were staring at her. she was doing this. >> 20 people got a private show. millions of you will get a private show in your home or at work or in your car. meantime, let's take a look at what's making headlines. an american photojournalist working for nbc news in liberia

tested positive for ebola. the 33-year-old is being flown back to the united states for treatment. dr. nancy snyderman and the rest of her crew are not showing any symptoms. in an abundance of caution, they will also return home and place themselves under quarantine for 21 days. a line of powerful thunderstorms moving east after roaring through parts of texas. heavy rain and high winds slammed the dallas-ft. worth area, knocking out power for more than 262,000 customers. and we are learning more about this summer's cyber attack on jp morgan chase. the bank says 76 million households and another 7 million small businesses had their names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses stolen. the financial giant says other sensitive data was not compromised. and coming up, tightrope walker nik wallenda, getting ready to do it again. he has an exclusive announcement about what he has planned. i am not so sure i am excited for this one. no, it's going to be great.

>> he looks so calm. >> he is so calm. he's amazing. our special correspondent joan lunden is here to answer all your questions. just send them in using the #pinkpower. let's begin this half hour with harsh reality facing "house wives of atlanta" theresa gu guiduce and her husband. i didn't get that name quite right. >> you did okay. the judge in new jersey federal court says she considered probation but in the end, in her words, the crimes, quote, merited incarceration. true reality can be a bitter pill. jail time for both theresa and joe juiduce. the stars of "real house wives of new jersey." >> you never know how strong you are until it's the only choice you have. >> reporter: both pled guilty to

multiple federal fraud charges last month, including lying on mortgage and loan applications worth millions of dollars. following thursday's sentencing, the government says it's satisfied with the court's decisions and hopes the publicity sends a message. >> we hope the people who see and hear about this will think twice before doing the same things themselves. >> i know joe and i are good people. and in my heart and in my soul, i will make sure that this is right, whatever right means. >> reporter: the couple's real-life legal troubles and pleased to pleas to be saved from jail for the sake of their girls. >> i really need protection right now, joe and i, and the girls. please protect our family. amen. >> reporter: hidden from cameras just before the sentence was read, a contrite reality tv star

and mother told the judge, i have heard you. i need to live to do things for myself. it's time for me to wake up. i will make this right no matter what it takes. in addition to jail time, the couple owes more than $430,000. joe faces possible deportation to italy, even though he has lived in this country since childhood, the 42-year-old is not a u.s. citizen. the judge did stagger the jail time for the sake of their young kids. teresa begins her jail time in january and when she is done, joe will follow. >> strong statement. no question about it. stephanie, thank you very much. hot button issue of domestic violence. how would you react if you witnessed it? jeff rossen is here with a real eye opener. jeff, good morning. >> tamron, good morning to you. this is such an important topic. so many people, men and women, victims of domestic violence, one in four women suffering through it, one in seven men are

abused by a partner. what if you were walking down the street and saw it happening right in front of you? would you step in if a man was assaulting a woman? what if it was the other way around, a woman beating up the man? this morning you're about to see a stunning social experiment. a warning here, some of the video is disturbing. >> you could tell me the truth. why you talking to that guy last night? >> a boyfriend and girlfriend arguing on the street and it t gets violent. >> listen! >> the crowd speaking up. what they don't know, this boyfriend and girlfriend are just actors with the improv group octv, setting up a social experiment to test reactions. it's ripped from the headlines, tmz sports video of ray rice hitting his wife in the video, causing worldwide outrage but when solange knowles hit jay-z, people laughed. even comedy spoofs on tv. >> let me tell you once and for all what i think of this man.

>> reporter: so these actors hit the streets and posted their video online. >> we're doing a domestic violence experiment. >> i'm going to be abusing him, he's going to be abusing me and we'll see who gets more attention. >> listen. listen. >> reporter: first the guy abusing the girl. >> wait. look at me. look at me. i'm talking to you. >> reporter: watch how people spring into action. this woman, jumping over bushes to pull them apart. >> stop, stop. >> you don't talk to him. i'm not playing. >> reporter: this man literally tackling the guy on the street. >> we're filming. >> are you all right? >> we're filming a social experiment. we're just raising awareness. >> reporter: every time they ran the scenario, bystanders ran over to help. then you switched it up and you were assaulting him? >> yes. >> reporter: were you surprised by the reaction? >> astounded. >> reporter: she's going to town on him.

watch acres very different reaction. this guy in the red hat is taking video. some are even laughing. this guy walks over and joins in, slapping the man. >> i'm getting goosebumps watching it. >> reporter: we showed the video to katie ray jones, ceo of the national domestic violence hotline. >> it's really heartbreaking to see that there could be a man on the street suffering and no one offers to help. >> reporter: we do have ta double standard in society, right? we see a woman in help, we want to jump in and help her. >> when men reach out to us, they often say they tried to reach out to someone or co-workers knew and they were told to put their wife in check. no matter who the victim is, domestic violence is not okay. >> amazing video. experts say many victims, men and women, suffer in silence. we have more information about what to do if you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship. go to today.com. we also have the phone number

for the domestic abuse hotline. >> somewhere around 20% of domestic abuse victims are men. and that number certainly is growing, even in middle and high schools, boys are victims as well. >> some of the inaction was disturbing. you like to see that people are willing to put themselves on the line. >> and the woman who jumped over the fence. >> a lot of women jumped in, too. that was impressive. >> jeff, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from dylan. >> announcer: "today's" sunday night football weather is brought to you by nfl mobile. exclusively from verizon. >> you guys ready for the weekend? >> yes! >> it's going to be a hot one in california and very cold one through the middle of the country where this dip in the jaem jet stream is creating freeze warnings. fire danger season has been relentless out there. and with more heat in the forecast, heat advisories in effect in san francisco and san

diego, we also have some red flag warnings because of the hot, dry wind and that could, of course, fuel any fire that develops and perhaps make it spread. take a look at our temperatures. we're running 15 to nearly 20 degrees above average for highs. san jose today should top out around 97 degrees. saturday, temperatures will be even hotter. it looks like saturday will be the hottest day. l.a., 97 degrees. that's 17 degrees above average. and then on sunday, we will start to see some improvements, especially right along the immediate coastline, san francisco will be a little cooler. l.a. will drop to 92 degrees. still extremely hot. san francisco, we look to top downtown san francisco, highs well into the low to mid 90s around san jose, upper 90s south of downtown.

pacifica, all the way down to santa cruz and san francisco. now as the sea breeze does pick up on sunday, we'll see some heat relief around the coast and bay but likely taking at least one more day before that cooling reaches some of our inland valleys to wrap up the weekend. >> just a couple of nights away. sunday night is football night in america. the bengals are taking on the patriots. can the patriots redeem themselves or will the bengals defense be too much? it will be a perfect night for football. 51 degrees, mostly clear and cool. a lot of people, especially in the eastern half of the country, will feel like the temperatures will finally be spot on for football. >> all right. >> sounds good, as a patriots fan, i know, you said that very well. >> i'm hoping they'll redeem

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bryant gumbel. why? why are you doing this? >> it's my passion. chicago, the windy city, very alluring to me. a lot of people would think the wire walker doesn't want to go to the windy city. i enjoy the challenges. i enjoy challenging myself. i've done it since 2 years old. i've done it since before i was born -- i mean, before my mom was born. >> the part of the stunt that willie and i are like, really? you're going to do this? >> two things i'm adding to up the stakes, walking from one building over 500 foot high across the river to a building that's 650 foot high. >> so you're going up hill? >> a 15-degree incline. challenges of weather. cold quite possibly. my feet slipping. we're working on a special coating on the cable. >> and then -- >> get to the punch line. >> then i'm going to cross over

marina city towers and i'm going to do it blindfolded. >> why? >> you know, again, it's about challenging myself. and, hopefully, through challenging myself, inspiring other people to challenge themselves. >> not like that. >> have you tried this before? have you walked blindfolded ? >> i've trained a lot, intensively, actually, but never performed blindfolded. >> if something goes wrong, do you have to rip that off quickly? >> i want to make sure that people realize it's real. i don't want the magic feel to it, which is my concern on doing this, to be honest, from the beginning. i thought about doing duct tape over my eyes first, there's no way to see. that there is that emergency backup of where i'm going to have to take it off quick. >> natalie will be hosting this event. >> praying right along with you, nik. >> you can catch "skyscraper live" sunday november 2nd, 7:00 pm eastern on the discovery

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680 is jammed right now. the clean-up crew is still there. chp said it's going to take at least a half an hour. unexpected for a friday. 880 well over on the left, that's jammed up approach willing warren where there was an earlier crash. another slow drive coming down

from union city. as well as hayward. a tough drive, both heading through fremont. that's a big traffic mess for this friday. unexpected. you do expect a backup at the bay bridge. rob, we also don't expect this hot weather but you've got that in the forecast. >> especially on the coast, one of the places we can normally escape the heat but not today. the heat is all the way down the coast. it was upper 80s to low 90s, to saratoga in the forecast today. north bay out toward the tri-valley today, outdoor events, including hardly strictly blue grass, use precautions out there. and some heat relieve heading toward sunday. sam? >> so rob will be tracking warming temperatures. mike looking at two major traffic incidents going on on 880 and 680 as he mentioned right in the commute flow. we'll have an update for you on both of those fronts coming up

in about 25 minutes. we'll see you then. thanks for joining us.

♪ it's 8:00 on today. coming up, ask joan anything. special correspondent joan lunden answers your questions. we'll tell you how a football game changed the life of one mom. >> going to that game ended up being what saved my life. >> as we wrap up our special series "pink power." then, captive audience, >> i'm the one dropping fire on all of these people. >> emmy-winning series "homeland" we're talking to the stars, getting a look behind the scenes. we are on location. ♪ and a cover that deserves a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t, the queen

of soul aretha franklin taking 0 a on a classic made famous by adele. she'll be performing for us "today," friday, october 3rd, 2014. ♪ >> good morning from new york! >> all the way from alabama. y'all! >> hi, seattle! >> howdy! >> we turn 11 today! >> it's our sweet 16. >> great! >> we're back now 8:00 on a friday morning. it's the 3rd day of october, 2014. we have a huge, huge crowd here! lots of great people and a beautiful morning. and you know what? i think they're excited because we've also got a legend here this morning. >> yes. >> miss aretha franklin. >> i walked by her getting a little makeup done. you feel the presence of aretha franklin.

>> you feel the diva-dom. is that the word? >> the talent. the pure talent. >> she's a queen! >> this woman, you shook her hand and she collapsed. >> nice nice to see you. i love you too. thank you so much. >> my name is mara. can we have our own show? >> she doesn't even know who i am. she's like give me my show. >> we have a huge show next week. the full lineup of fleetwood mac is back together after 16 years. they are going to take over this plaza next thursday! and perform a few of their classics live. fleetwood mac. the original lineup is joining us here next thursday. that is great to be great! >> that is very cool. >> they sound better than ever. >> amazing. >> we look forward to it. let's go inside. natalie has all the headlines. natalie, take it back. >> good morning, everyone. an american freelance cameraman working with nbc news in liberia has been diagnosed with ebola. ashoka mukpo began working with

dr. nancy snyderman on tuesday hen area team covering the ebola outbreak. he will be air-lifted to the u.s. for treatment. we spoke by phone with dr. nancy earlier this morning. >> we shared a work space, vehicles, equipment. but everyone here is hyper alert. we have not been in close proximity. no one shakes hands. there's no hugging. so i do believe that our team, while we are being hyper vigilant, we are at very, very, very low risk. >> and dr. nancy and her team will be self-quarantined once they return to the u.s. for 21 days out of an abundance of caution. >> in the united states, the first person diagnosed with ebola in this country remains in serious condition. the hospital treating thomas eric duncan now says he was first sent home with just antibiotics last week because his symptoms could have been caused by a number of things besides ebola and he did not reveal he had been working with an ebola patient in liberia. this morning, matt asked the head of the centers for disease

control if those who had contact with duncan should be publicly identified. >> will you release the names of the people who have been identified by those contact tracers? >> absolutely not. we release information to protect the public. at times, we release patient names or other things if we have to tell people they may have been in contact. but none of these contacts are sick. none of them are a risk to anyone else. >> meantime, family members and others who had close contact with duncan are quarantined in their apartments. it's being called one of the largest corporate cyber attacks ever discovered at a financial institution. jpmorgan chase disclosed that a recent data breach compromised about 76 million household accounts and 7 million small businesses. the cyber attack was discovered in july, at which time it was estimated that only 1 million customers were possibly affected. jm jpmorgan chase says only contact information was compromised and there's no evidence that customers' account numbers, passwords or social

security numbers were stolen. police in hong kong have their hands full this morning trying to keep the peace as pro democracy demonstrators enter a second week. clashes broke out again today and revived the possibility that the week-long standoff could turn violent. that, despite an attempt by beijing's leader to defuse the situation by offering talks with the demonstrators. a bicycle accident in china that was caught on camera and looked a lot worse than it actually was. the rider was crossing an intersection when he was hit by a car and pinned under it. more than a dozen bystanders, police officers and taxi drivers rushed in to lift the car and free the victim, who was hospitalized but is in good condition. it is 8:05 right now. let's get another check of the weather with dylan in for al. >> natalie, i'm going to take it to one second. we have aretha franklin and cheese and meat sticks from wisconsin? are you kidding me? what's your name? >> kathy dunbar and this is my sister, phyllis. >> thank you both from

wisconsin. >> our first time in new york. >> welcome. and you brought gifts for us. with welcome. let's go to dylan. >> cheese and meat sticks? you can't beat that. it's that season again. we have an important question here on the plaza. what do you want to ask? >> i was wondering if claire would go to homecoming with me in san jose, california. >> she's watching, right? >> yes, she is watching. >> claire, we need an answer. let's check out the weather across the country. we are looking at really chilly temperatures tomorrow morning. take a look at what you're waking up to tomorrow morning as you walk the dog. 38 degrees in chicago. that is 12 degrees below average for all of those early soccer games you got going on. it's only going to be in the 30s back through des moines. and on sunday it will start spreading east. perhaps record-breakingly cold in atlanta. 44 degrees to start off the day. that is 13 degrees below average. even up into virginia. 51 degrees. new york starts off the day at 49 on sunday. today, looking for scattered showers and storms. nothing severe. they could be very strong storms, especially down through the southeast, stretching all the way north, up into the great lakes. that will spread east as we go

into tomorrow. it's that cold front that will start to cool down our temperatures. that's a look at the weather still seeing some cool temperatures for now, at least in the north bay. 54 degrees. that will not be the case heading into the afternoon. heat advisory for the bay area. hottest temperatures from noon to about 7:00. mostly 90s, even around the coast in san francisco today. look at these temperatures. upper 80s to low 90s in san francisco. low to mid 90s in downtown san jose. south of san jose, mid 90s in the north bay and tri-valley and similar temperatures for saturday. cooling begins on sunday. >> please say yes, claire. >> we hope so. dylan, thank you very much. up next on trending, women and halloween is raising eyebrows. joan lunden is back to answer your questions about breast cancer. the great aretha franklin's

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behalf of jennifer lawrence, kate upton and kirsten dunst has taken a major stance. he is threatening google with a $100 million lawsuit. he says google didn't act fast enough to pull the pictures from its websites. google is responding saying it quickly removed tens of thousands of pictures and closed hundreds of accounts. the company adding this note. the internet is used for many good things. stealing people's private photos is not one of them. this is going to get a lot of attention, you start talking about $100 million. it might prompt people to take action and prompt celebrities to think twice. >> in uk there's a law that people who don't want pictures on the internet the right to have them pulled. >> the fact of the matter is this is stealing, plain and simple. it's an invasion of privacy. it's absolutely outrageous. >> so, is subway, the sandwich chain, sending women the wrong message about their bodies?

check out their new halloween commercial and then you decide. >> you guys are eating burgers? >> hey, summer's over. >> halloween is coming. you have to stay in shape for all the costumes. >> what's that? >> you know, attractive nurse, spicy red ridinghood, viking princess warrior. hot devil. sassy teacher and foxy fullback. touchdown! >> could we go over the viking lady again? >> whatever you stay fit for -- >> i'm sorry for laughing. >> despite the laughs -- >> can't help it. >> people call this ad sexist and lazy. subway wants women to stay skinny so they can wear sexy halloween some are missing the intended humor of the ad and that they never meant to offend anyone. >> carson didn't miss the humor. >> i was laughing. >> you don't have to read so into it. >> did you watch the show last year? wasn't sexy enough? >> that guy and pam anderson.

>> i do think you need to at least look for the humor in that. being a little oversensitive. proud to be father ashton kutcher sharing good news and adorable baby photos, well, sort of. they've named their daughter wyatt isabel kutcher. he posted all of these photos of baby and baby animals righting, can you guess which one is ours? does it really matter? all babies are really cute? >> upper right. >> baby camel. >> that's the baby, right? >> we don't know. >> not going to tell us. >> speaking of cute babies, this is too much. sons often grow up idolizing their fathers. here's one infant who proves he wants to be like his dear old dad. >> i can watch that all day

long. >> this is 8-month-old hadley flexing his muscles and roaring into the mirror after tubby time. future incredible hulk maybe. that's adorable. i love that. >> he is really -- he's so cute. that is what's trending. surely, that made you smile. >> it did. up next, joan lunden and the queen of soul, aretha franklin. we're back in 30 seconds. 8:16.

we're 8:16. we're wrapping up our pink power series. we've been very happy to have joan lunden serve as our special correspondent this week. she's been very candid about her ongoing battle against breast cancer. she joins us again on this friday morning. this time with a little twist to answer your questions. carson is in the orange room with radiologist, dr. sue an drasman to help us back. >> welcome, joan. >> thank you. good to be here. >> we've got a lot of questions. we've been inundated with people sending in questions. a lot of people ask the same question. elizabeth from facebook asks, you mentioned that you had a normal mammogram and the problem developed in an ultrasound. why did you have the ultrasound? should i ask my doctor to do this as a follow-up? >> this is the resounding question. i had the new 3d mammogram, which they're great if you have what's called fatty tissue in your breast. but if you have dense fibrous tissue, then you need to

probably seek out an ultrasound. we have a radiologist with us this morning. >> he's in the orange room. >> or she, sorry. >> i was talking to her about this. i asked about it so much. she said if it's more than 50% dense, you really need that ultrasound. because they can't read -- she gave me a great analogy, she said in a snowstorm you can't see the snowball. if the snowball is a tumor and in the midst of the dense tissue, it's literally impossible to see in a mammogram. that's the analogy. >> do you have a follow-up? >> mammography is the most widely used screening tool for early detection. but it doesn't do the whole job. mammography is wonderful in fatty breasts but falls short in dense breasts, as you have experienced. women with dense breasts, need to be their own advocates. they need to ask for a breast ultrasound. most radiologists will bring that up. but if they don't, patients need to say, are my breasts dense? if that's the case, ultrasound should be our next modality that

is used. >> carson, you're getting other questions. >> let me jump right in. this is from our chicago affiliate. do you have any advice for women recently, they get the diagno s diagnosis. how do you get them from the initial shock and fear to ready to fight? >> well, breast cancer is a team approach. there's a radiologist that often makes the diagnosis initially and then a breast surgeon gets involved and in some cases a medical oncologist and a radiation oncologist. but the most important thing is that patients need to be their own advocates and do research. breast cancers are all very different. breast cancers are not created equal. one person's treatment may be very different from another person's treatment. be your own advocate. >> that's really what makes this such a challenging journey for women. because you're almost like shot at meteoric speed from the radiologist to a breast cancer doctor.

if you have triple negative like me where there are no markers, you have to do chemotherapy. then you're sent to the oncologist. i'm telling you, you can go to three different doctors, you can get three different opinions and then you're left to make -- to be your own patient advocate. but you're making these decisions and you feel like i'm not the medical professional. >> by the way, it's a diagnosis not only for the patient but for a family. an entire family. i know you've had a lot of support. we have a question to read to you. kimberly says i'm nine years old and my older sister got her ears pierced. don't you think it's fair that i get it done too. >> do you know who kimberly is? >> yes. that's my daughter kimberly and her older sister kate got her earsed pierced. >> i mentioned families going through this. look at this over here? >> oh, my gosh. we have your kids. hi guys. >> this is kate and max are here as well. >> let's put the twins together. >> look who else is here. your son evan and new

granddaughter. >> this is team hundrlunden in ways. >> and sara who works with me and lindsey who works with me. she's on maternity leave. they just had little parker who is one-month-old. >> front and center. >> jamie, lindsey and sara, they grew up with me in the land of television. now we're all -- this is the joy. you got to -- you have to live in the moment and you can't be afraid of what you're going through. you can't forget to enjoy the joy that's happening in your life. >> sara, mom is going through this not only as a personal diagnosis, but in a public way. she's a public figure. has that changed the way you as a family have dealt with this? >> yeah. we've all grown up with our mom in the public eye. and to see her go through this with such strength and bravery, i think that we can all learn something from that and take a page from her book as we fight our own battles in life.

>> we're so thrilled to have all of you here. >> you're waiting a few years for your pierced ears, sweetheart. >> that's the bad news. >> even though hers are very pretty. >> thanks for your grace, joan and your candor this whole week. jeff thank you very much. good to see you guys. team lunden, we appreciate it. let's go to tamron. this time with a cover of adelle's rolling in the deep. the song is on a new album. aretha franklin singes the great diva classics. with us the queen of soul. >> good morning to you. >> let me read a few things that people have said. mtv says the rolling in the deep cover demands your respe-e-s-p t r-e-s-p-e-c-t. >> she says her cover is the rare remake giving the original a run for its money. even the most protective adele fans won't mind once they hear it. >> wow.

>> listen, you are the queen. we call you that for a reason. did you ever expect the reaction to that cover that you received? >> i really did not. the reaction has been phenomenal. i must tell you. i love the original. i actually enjoyed adele and i was watching one of her promos, the kids on the school bus were having a wild time with, we could have had it all ♪ going wild. i could have fun and have a good time with that tune. i love the song. she's a terrific artist. a wonderful writer. very, very heavy writer. >> i'm sure she's flattered and blown away by what you've done with the song. you're teaming up with alicia keys as well. covering classics from keys, etta james, barbra streisand. we see people try to sing an aretha franklin song, even the president do his respe-e-s-p-e-.

when aretha franklin covers your song, what do you think goes through the mind of the best artist? >> wow. >> aretha is going to own my song? >> hmm. just do a good job. just do a good job. >> it's amazing. >> songs are made to be enjoyed and more than one person can sing them. >> do you feel that way when people cover your songs? >> yeah, sure. especially if i wrote it and i published it. yeah. i love it. >> you said in an interview that this album, i think that you have not felt this good about an album since 1980s. what was missing in between? >> i haven't been as excited about a cd since jump to it. the first time i heard my music on the radio, i felt the same kind of excitement. >> really?

>> here you are in your chanel shoes, your handbag over there. it's adorable. >> thank you. >> what's keeping you so young? i know you had health delays with this album. what's keeping you so young and fresh? >> i think the love of the business. the industry. and getting my rest. i'll never be accused of not getting my rest. good diet and good health regimen. >> you look amazing. you sound spectacular. >> thank you. you as well. >> there was a private concert for us earlier. millions of you, get ready for a private concert from the great aretha franklin. first, your local news and weather. ♪

you're watching today in the bay. >> good friday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. happening right now, major traffic troubles this morning in the east bay. right now a live picture from our helicopter, which we're working, there it is, to try to get the kinks out. 880 south over mission boulevard. cars jammed up. let's toss it over to mike to find out what's going on in the east bay. mike? >> this is much more pleasant than it was about a half hour ago. the top of the screen, actually southbound, let's look at your maps as we talk about traffic through that area. southbound 880 slow back towards hayward, fremont, milpitas area. the earlier series of crashes have all cleared, but it was a tough morning there.

tougher still for these folks, where lanes have all cleared just after our last cut-in they cleared the lanes, but rippled towards the pleasanton area. my friend just called from highway 84, he's stuck in the backup, as well. there's no escape until you get south towards mission boulevard. another crash west 580. he was stuck at that, as well. poor antonio. things are moving a little more smooth. >> looks like the accidents are bleeding into neighboring interstates. thank you very much, mike. see you again in 25 minutes.

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we're back now 8:30 on a friday morning, the 3rd day of october, 2014. a lot of people getting ready for a big performance. >> love you, too. >> from aretha franklin in a second. >> yes. miss aretha franklin is here to perform her incredible take of adele's "rolling in the deep." >> should be cool. >> yes. speaking of big names in music, carson has a huge announcement about "the voice." >> that's right. seven-time grammy winner taylor swift will act as the sole mentor for all our teams during the knockout round. of course, you can watch "the voice" here on nbc. taylor swift, it was mentioned maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't. she will be back to work with her coaches and teams as the overall mentor. >> that's a pretty impressive group now. >> so intimidating to perform for them. >> dylan, how about a check of

the weather? >> it's getting closer to the weekend. the weather is going to impov for most of the country. it's chilly in the plains states, 50s and 60s. kind of cold. we could see a couple of snowflakes fly in wisconsin. in the northeast, though, we will see a very damp start to the weekend, especially in the morning and it moves up into the weekend. and nothing about the cold about the weather around the bay area today. temperatures in the 90s from noon to 7:00, the hottest temperatures of the day and also a spare the air day, especially around the south bay and santa clara valley for the afternoon. highs mid 90s, upper 90s around saratoga. pacifica, mid 90s in the inland valley, a trend continuing into tomorrow. notice sunday, san francisco some cooling and the sea breeze comes back and we cool off early next week. >> and that's your latest forecast. tamron? >> now to our special series, our long series we're doing the

entire nfl season called "together we make football." nbc's josh elliott is traveling the country to see how football has changed the lives of so many people. good to see you, buddy. >> good to see you, tamron. this is a remarkable story, truly remark yab. it's about a young mother named beth steele who, last year at a new england patriots game in cincinnati had something happen that would change the course of her life. >> patriots/bengals in town october 6th. tj invited his best friend to come out. and bought a ticket for him. >> due to commitments on his end, getting engaged, change of plans on his side. >> i was able to step in. so the ticket didn't go to waste. going to that game ended up being what saved my life. >> last october, beth steele was settling in for a day of football with her husband when a certain color caught her eye. >> we went into the game. noticed the pink sneakers, noticed the pink quarterback

towel. i thought of that as a marketing scheme, but something about all the pink, it did make me go home that night and do a self breast exam. found a lump. so at the ripe old age of 36 i went in for my first mammogram. the radiologist said, you have massive and aggressive breast cancer. you need to be seen immediately. i didn't even check out with the nursing staff. i just walked out, down three flights of stairs where tj was sitting in the minivan, walked around the car so the kids couldn't see me and literally laid on the ground and started sobbing. >> the surgeon found three tumors and two different types of breast cancer. while her life changed in an instant, beth resolved to keep her children's routines the same. >> we decided that cancer was not the kids' fault. they would not be negatively affect bid this as much as possible. tumbling has been an important.

make moms do the makeup. it was a way for me to disguise i was not feeling well, showing up at the competition. they would always come up with silly questions about hair loss, how did they glue your boob back on? appropriate things that were going on in our lives. >> beth's prognosis is now excellent. and she and her husband returned to boston for the wedding of someone very important to their story. >> tj's best friend is getting married. he is the guy who blew us off and let us go to the bengals game. >> your story is so inspirational to us, you're going to be the team captain. >> i never saw myself as a breast cancer advocate. >> thank you, sir. >> after what you've already been through, nothing -- >> i have also been given an opportunity to educate women of any age that they have a risk. had the patriots been in town any other month that year i wouldn't have found my breast cancer. i wouldn't have survived.

>> beth is here with tj and her two children. adelaide and liam. you look like you had a blast at the game. how are you doing now? you look great. >> feeling great. powering through. almost the end of this battle. >> it's just wonderful to have you here, to be able to hear this story. you know, i know nfl teams like to give game balls for the big stars of the game. i think it's fair to say, you're as big a star as we've got. tj, i want to let you then do the honors here. something very special. >> yes. >> you're mvp. thank you for making it through this with us. we love you. >> thank you. >> please thank your friend for bailing on you again. wonderful thing. something very special. the little one we saw tumbling through the piece has a little something for her mother as well. so, this is a very special surprise that she's going to read. >> dear mommy, for the past year, you've carried us, our

whole life, family. so the pate res want you to come to the game sunday night and lead the way in front of more than 150 women who survived breast cancer. they are going to form a pink ribbon and you will carry their banner, just like you carried us. thank you for being strong for us. i love you. >> very good. thank you. mommy loves you. >> so we'll see you sunday night then in new england. >> thank you so much. that would be great. yes. >> and thank you. thank you for sharing your story. especially in this month. how important a story it is. i can't thank you all enough. >> thank you. >> to the steele family and you're rocking that top. let me just bring it back to the girl stuff here. great job. congratulations to you. because you got engaged. >> i did. that's actually true. >> congratulations.

>> she put a ring on it. >> i did. i finally did. no. yes. >> congratulations. you know, it's actually -- to see this is to see what matters most. >> what family is. >> and why it's so important. i'm blessed. >> congratulations. remember to head to today.com to share your football stories for a chance to win a trip to super bowl xlix. football night in america, sunday night. we already know what this family is doing. we're going to have a party. the queen of soul, aretha franklin, will be back with a special live performance. first this is "today" on nbc.

>> we want to cut your cooking time in half, pay attention. "new york times" columnist mark bittman is out with a new cookbook "how to cook everything fast." he is here to share his speedy

recipes. this is a serious book, by the way. this is real good. we're going to get at it. if you're coming into the kitchen, set yourself up for speed. >> the book is set up that way. this is recipes the way they were meant to be written. and they are written so that even people who don't know how to cook can get into the kitchen and start cooking. and some very basic stuff. you have your work surface clean, except for the stuff you are usually going to use, oil, salt and peppers. spoons, knives. >> those are things you should always stock up on? >> a kitchen that has a good pantry, the kind of things you need, stock and grains and so on. but this is really a revolutionary way to cook. we're going to look at this here. >> we're going to do chicken parm, one of my favorites, eggplant parm, in about half the time it would take normally. where do we get started ? >> if you would slice some of that egg plant. what we're doing here -- actually, i'm sorry. we're going to -- this is one of the basic rules which, of course, i've forgotten. we're going to put some oil in our pans and heat them while we

get the food ready. >> so these go in the oven now? >> yep. by the time we're ready, we're ready to cook because the pans will be hot. >> we cut eggplant and chicken? >> i'm going to cut this chicken in half because, of course, smaller pieces of things cook more quickly. that's a principle of fast cooking. >> i've sliced some eggplant. >> i've sliced some chicken. we've got sliced tomato. parmesan, bread crumbs. you can mix those together. i'll get our now hot pans out of the oven. >> fine. >> how are we doing? >> doing okay. so we've got our mixture. put that one here. do we do layers? >> we stack the chicken and tomato. you do not put the tomato on the eggplant yet. it takes tlorng cook. something like this. and then back in the oven. salt and pepper naturally. we can skip that.

>> right. >> back in the oven. and then five minutes later, let's say, it looks something like this. >> i'll grab yours. >> got that? >> yes. there you go. >> and now this is pretty much cooked and we put on our mixture of bread crumbs and cheese. >> right on top? >> right on top. and some fresh basil. >> okay. and then we pop that back in the oven? >> just until that browns. >> and this is what it looks like when it's done. how long, start to finish? >> 20, 25 minutes. and i'm not kidding -- excuse me. and it's fresh. the bread crumbs are crisp. the tomatoes are not saucy. they're beautiful, fresh tomatoes. you can do a cubano type sandwich with this. >> and the book is filled with all these fast recipes that are

delicious. mark bittman, as always, you've done it. thank you very much. >> thanks, matt. >> we appreciate it. aretha franklin performing an incredible cover of "rolling in the deep." first this is "today" on nbc.

>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> 8:46. we're back. it's time for a sensational performance from 18-time grammy winner aretha franklin called "aretha franklin sings the great diva classics." are you ready? >> as ready as i'm going to be. >> me, too. ladies and gentlemen, aretha franklin. >> thanks. ♪ there's a fire burning in my heart reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out of the dark finally i can see you crystal

clear go ahead and sell me out and i'll lay your ship bare see how i will leave every part of you don't underestimate the things that i will do ♪ ♪ there's a fire burning in my heart reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out of the dark ♪ ♪ the scars of your love remind me of us i can't help think iing we finay had it all the scars of your love they keep me breathless i can't help thinking we could have had it all ♪ ♪ you're gonna wish you never had met me rolling in the deep tears are gonna fall rolling in the deep you had my heart inside of your hand you're gonna wish you never had met me you played it to the beat ♪

♪ baby i have no story to be told but i've heard one on you and i'm gonna make your head burn think of me in the depths of your despair see how i will always be there ♪ ♪ the scars of your love remind me of us i can't help thinking we finally had it all the scars of your love they keep me breathless i can't help thinking we could have had it all ♪ ♪ you're gonna wish you had never met me rolling in the deep tears are gonna fall roll nth deep ♪ ♪ you had my heart inside of your hand you're gonna wish you had never met me but you played it to the beat tears are gonna fall rolling in the deep ♪ ♪ through every open door count

your blessings and what you're looking for think of me in the depths of your despair you never knew that i ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain ain't no mountain ain't no river ♪ ♪ ain't no river wide enough ♪ to keep me from getting to you there ain't no mountain high enough ♪ ♪ i'm still in love with you oh, yes i am ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain low enough oh, baby ♪ ♪ yeah yeah ♪ there ain't no river there ain't no mountain

oh, no no, no ♪ ♪ to keep me from getting to you ♪ shout out to clive davis. shout out to barry gordy. ♪ oh, yeah there ain't no river there ain't no mountain ♪ there's carson daly. >> yes. >> it is good to be the queen. aretha franklin. she's back with one more song in a little while. first on a friday morning, this is "today" on nbc. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46.

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now 8:52. a lot of people are excited about this weekend's return of the hit show "homeland." the cast gave us a behind-the-scenes sneak peek where season four is being shot. here is nbc's keir simmons. >> ten seconds till impact. >> reporter: hard-hitting return of "homeland," claire danes. pregnant. she left her child at home to go fight terrorists. >> what is it to resist those maternal impulses? >> reporter: she has been

raising her own son at home while filming season three, which ended with the death of its central character, brody. >> incapable of accepting her role as mother and engaging with this little baby that is a direct link to brody, who she hasn't let go of quite yet. >> brody? brody! >> reporter: now she has a new ally. >> let me give you a quick tour of our set. >> reporter: who shows us around. >> the islamabad embassy. this is the conference room. a lot of major decisions happen in this room. u.s. ambassador to pakistan, martha boyd. >> peter has just been filling me in on the well wishers gathering outside our front gate. >> this is her fancy office. >> reporter: terror attacks, air strikes, homeland mirrors the real world. >> it will be intense.

i don't light the writers tell me what's going to happen. i only get it when i get the next script. i like to be surprised just like the audience does. >> names off the kill list for a living. >> reporter: in true "homeland" style you don't know who to trust. >> peter quinn is possibly the only one currently on the show with a moral compass. >> reporter: or what carrie will do next. >> she wants to do good but the process of doing good is messy. >> it's going to be a pretty wild ride. >> reporter: for "today," keir simmons, nbc news. >> a lot of people right here on this set looking forward to that season. >> i cannot wait. let's get a check of some birthdays now from mr. willard scott. hey, willard. >> you can't beat it. this is it. cornelius vanderbilt knew what he was doing. i'll tell you more about that later in beautiful newport. it is beautiful. take a look, if you will, at bernice owens smith from

baltimore, maryland. 100 years old today. and she loves visits from her friends. and especially her family. this is rose bell. and she is from glenview, illinois. she's 100 years old today. this is walden magers, handsome fellow that he is, from springfield, missouri. and we wish him a happy birthday. he is 100 years old today. willard cohodas from san antonio, texas. wish him a happy birthday. his secret to longevity is long distance walking. that's it. that's all for now. we want to send it back to the greatest team in the world in good old new york city. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, willard. coming up in the next hour -- >> aretha and the legendary clive davis. >> she's going to sing another song, right is this. >> yes. the most beautiful song. we'll be talking about

halloween decorations gone technolo technology. lots of gadgets you should have for your house. >> attract children while trick-or-treating if you let them go one or two houses down. >> there's an app for that? >> there's always an app for that. >> have a good hour. we'll see you shortly. more music ahead from aretha franklin. first a look at these you're watching today in the bay. >> good morning to you. 8:56 on your friday. i'm sam brock. happening today, state health leaders will be meeting to discuss the current status of the event row virus in california. yesterday officials in two counties confirmed cases of children strickened with the virus here in the bay area. alameda has two, solano has one. a third ramp has opened near the interstate 280/880

interchange starting today. drivers heading there will see a brand new signalized intersection. traffic from the ramps will no longer cross and loop on the street, instead, making a left-hand turn through the intersection. see you in 25 minutes with more news, weather, and traffic.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a friday morning, october 3rd, 2014. i'm willie geist, along with natalie morales and tamron hall. our buddy, al, will be back from the big uso trip on monday. we can't wait to get him back. >> to see his routine and the big show. we're going to see that on tuesday. >> yes. >> good stuff. >> this is a huge morning here. >> yes. >> the queen of soul. >> amazing. >> can you feel -- >> she's sticking around. she's going to hang with us. >> i know. >> we're not worthy. >> we really aren't. >> we're not. >> it's incredible. >> she is going to talk to us, sing another song for us. i love the concept on this

album, by the way. songs you already love with her voice put to them. >> mixing them with some of her favorite songs. >> and her aretha flavor. we do have to -- i'm going to tell the story. she won't get mad at me. she hates it cold. aretha franklin hates the cold. >> not her thing. >> you cannot have cold air, nothing. >> got to keep the voice -- >> that's why her voice is so beautiful after all these years. finally, natalie and i are happy. >> it's tropical. >> we've been begging for the ac to be turned off. aretha franklin comes in, says turn off the air. she does a snap. >> done. >> it's done. feels like we're in jamaica. take your sleeves off, natalie. >> we're on vacation. >> thank you, miss franklin. >> we'll talk to aretha in a few minutes. we absolutely cannot wait for that. we start this morning with ebola. a freelance cameraman working for us at nbc news in liberia has become the latest american

to become affected with ebola. ashoka mukpo started with symptoms a day after he was hired. dr. nancy snyderman talks about how close she was working with the cameraman. >> once he became symptomatic, we only spent two hours ago. we were working in a work space when he told me he wasn't feeling well. he joined us 72 hours earlier as an independent journalist and had been in the hospital -- had been in the country two weeks prior to that. so my suspicion is that he was infected before we met him. and then he became symptomatic once we met him. we shared a work space. we shared vehicles. we shared equipment. but everyone here is hyper alert. we have not been in close proximity. no one shakes hands. there's no hugging. so, i do believe that our team, while we are being hyper vigilant, we are at very, very, very low risk.

>> you know, nancy was on the phone there for that interview because their camera equipment is actually being completely disinfected. so they have no use of that equipment. dr. nancy and her team having their temperatures monitored. they'll travel back to the u.s. privately, not on a commercial plane. they'll keep themselves together on a private plane and be under quarantine for 21 days. >> out of abundance of caution. although nancy pointing out they've not had any symptoms of ebola virus. >> that's right. authorities plan to prosecute thomas eric duncan, the liberia man diagnosed with ebola on dallas. he lied on a questionnaire he filled out before boarding a plane on his journey to texas. it asked if he had cared for any ebola patients or touched anyone who then died. he answered that question, no. >> when, in fact, he aided a pregnant woman and her family. >> yes. >> she died. her brother died. and he assisted them at some point in time. >> yeah. >> we now know that. >> that's right. so duncan, by the way, remains

in serious condition this morning at the hospital in dallas. >> i was surprised to learn, though, apparently there is no law here in the u.s. requiring people to report if they have had -- obviously, most people do it. it's sort of code of moral conduct. you expect if somebody asks you have you been sick, have you traveled to these countries with the whole foot and mouth disease in customs, they ask you. you're hoping it's the honor code that people are checking off that they legitimately are not come in contact with the virus or disease. >> i was thinking, though, yes, it's an honor code. but if you believe you're dying, as was this case -- i'm not saying he did the right thing by no stretch of the imagination. you ask yourself here he has been exposed, trying to save someone else's life and is asked at that moment to tell the truth. in the back of his mind perhaps, we don't know, thinking the people that have been treated in the united states have lived. 3,000 people have died in west africa. i mean, is it even an honor code or are you trying to survive?

>> and if you're a parent with children, you're going to want to get out of there as quickly as you can and get them to the right treatment. it's hard to know what you would do in that situation. you know, your heart goes out to his family, who, as well, have been suffering with this, knowing his condition is serious still. at least he has been upgraded somewhat. >> they're doing the best they can at those airports. it's pretty rudimentary to check the fever, ask somebody to check a box and you go on your way. we're going to switch gears. >> little bit. >> take quite a turn here. have you had the rite of passage that every parent has experienced at some point in their lives yet, willie? you know what i'm talking about, right? >> lice. >> have they visited you? it's going to happen this year. i see it happening this year. it happened to us this last spring. >> did you get it? >> my kids had it pretty bad and every day i came in like -- i never told our hair people.

i'm like, my kids have -- i never told laura. >> critters all over your head. >> i think because when you have product in your hair sometimes they say it sort of protects you from it. >> is that right? >> anyway the reason we bring this up, jennifer garner was on jimmy fallon, guest on "the tonight show." she told the cutest story and how ben begged her to go to a party after she put on that smelly, disgusting lice treatment. take a listen. >> your kids had lice? >> yes, they did. >> and it spreads all over the place. >> stars are just like us. >> did you get lice? >> we all got lice. >> no! >> it's make meeg itchy just to talk about it. it was years ago. i'm totally fine right now. they comb this oil -- it looks like you put crisco in your hair but you smell like sulphur and

rosemary. the first person i see is george clooney. >> of all people. >> i never met george clooney and i was kind of like, he's so handsome. oh, my god! so i see him and i walk up to him, chatting with him, trying to act like it's cool. eye chose, you know, whatever -- >> to grease my hair. >> i can see that he smells me, you know. >> no, this is awful! >> but he's trying to be polite. so, anyway, people keep asking why we weren't at george's wedding and we were both working, but i think he didn't want licey there. >> she's great. >> i have to say, the whole interview was really funny. at one point she impersonates her own husband when he says let's go to this party and she does it in her really cute way as every woman likes to impersonate their husband. >> she said i do it with love. i do it with love. >> worth watching if you haven't seen it. >> speaking of love, whoo, disney has a new wedding cake out. >> okay.

>> so, they're taking wedding cakes to another level. trust me on this one. the cake that disney has, by the way, they're using projection mapping, lighting images are projected on to a white wedding cake. anything can be projected on to the cake, your face. you could do a love story, a poem, anything you want. and you say, really, anything? wait until we tell you the price tag. because you should be able to get anything you want for this. the technology for the cake does exist outside of disney. as we understand it, it starts at -- guess. >> well, we know. >> i know. >> you know? $12,000. >> it's not just for the cake. it's the full disney wedding package. we don't know what that includes. i'm sure it's the whole experience. >> spoon and ice cream. when you start bringing in projectors. >> that's a big cake, though. >> cakes are expensive, wedding cakes, especially. and that's like ten tiers. >> the package goes to the cake. they are so expensive. >> didn't that mean like you ran out of time to decorate the

cake? it's just a white cake at the end of the day. >> it's a projector. you could put a projector and put up tinkerbell. magical. >> it's a long way to go. if you like it, good for you. how about this? >> oh, gosh. >> october is breast cancer month. >> yes. >> in honor of that, we're launching a charity effort called pink or swim. >> this is good. >> through next friday, october 10th, we'll have a dunk tank filled with pink water, teamed up with the av on foundation of women. which of the four of us "today's take" anchors you want to see dunked. >> we get water balloons for whatever reason. >> raise $10,000 by next friday, a week to do this, the anchor with the most votes gets dunked on live national television. all the money will go to the avon foundation. >> hands up, who here wants to get dunked? really wants to? >> are there people who want to get dunked ? >> i don't mind. >> i thought you were dunking us

already. >> everybody knows i'm always up for a good challenge. >> there you have it. >> we're done. >> i guarantee, al's going to win but you can vote for me, please. >> vote for natalie to be dunked. >> all yours. >> i think it's a good -- it's a great cause. i'm happy to get dunked. if it takes that -- >> and the other three guys, do we get to throw the balls at the dunk tank? >> let's see if you have a good arm. you should warm up. >> go right ahead. >> no, not right now. >> go to today.com and vote for one of us that you want to see dunked next month. >> you know you want in. >> no. >> feels like you really want this. >> natalie has petitioned -- >> no, no, no. i'm not petitioning. >> you just said i would love to do it. >> i was just saying i'm not going to say no. >> you're up for it. >> yeah. it's a great cause. >> we support the cause. >> she wants it. >> that's not the point. >> because tamron doesn't want to. i'm using reverse psychology. >> the princess bride. >> i have a video for you to see. everyone knows how long it takes

me to get my hair straight. don't do that to me. >> we know how cute it looks when it's curly. >> natalie, you're not helping. >> this is going to be a fun week. >> you're not off the hook. if willie does it, he should do it in a magic mike tank top. ladies, vote for willie. >> i think willie really want it is. >> you know you want to show those ab-eronies. >> you would create the biggest splash. >> that's an insult. >> that's a compliment. >> we have something else we want to tell you about. it's called facebook friday. take a look at this. if you've ever had an itch that you cannot reach -- >> what are we talking about here? >> one that doesn't require ointment. >> what? >> he said it. take a look at this bear. this is hilarious. it was posted to the washington department of fish and wildlife's facebook. it's already been viewed more than 2 million times, according to the department's spokesperson. >> that is cute.

>> now we have a challenge for. >> you i think that's a man in a bear suit. >> it's a big dude. >> if you can make us laugh -- obviously it's really easy to make us laugh. hence the reason we laugh throughout this whole show. upload a photo or video to our facebook page that you believe guarantees that we just won't smile, that we will laugh. >> keep it clean, people. >> i'm partial to kids. if you do something funny with the kid i'm going to laugh. >> we like anything. >> i like it. >> anything. >> let us know. we'll see at the end of the show if you can make us laugh. you don't get a prize. >> and your video gets to be on our air. >> again, vote natalie and tamron. let's get a check of the weather from dylan dreyer. >> and magic mike. >> we're ganging up on you, willie. rain through the middle of the country. this cold front out ahead of it. we are going to see another line of stronger storms today. not as strong as yesterday. in chicago, it's a damp start to the day. you will see some improvements. look how temperatures drop down into the 50s for highs today. it's all this cold trofront thas

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we're only three days into october. nearly a third of americans have already started halloween shopping. >> shhh, we're working here. come on! if you want to get into the spirit and outdo your neighbors we've scared up the decor to help you do it. hello, darling. you look awesome. >> thank you. this is one of my favorite holidays to decorate for. i like to out-griswold my neighbor. >> could it be any louder in here? >> the allowedest of the bunch, animated, swinging bats. i have these at my parents hanging on a tree limb from spirit halloween. motion activated or put it on a demo mode and control them with the touch of a button. very cool, life-like animatronic options. >> you just have to deal with the noise. >> ghosts here.

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transforming vehicle. >> you just have to walk around in cardboard all day long. >> exactly. >> it looks good on donna. that's the most amazing thing. >> thank you, katie. >> good stuff. quiet, guys. enough. coming up next, a big consumer alert to tell you about. then it does not get any bigger than these two music legends, the queen of soul, aretha franklin. five-time grammy winning, legendary producer clive davis, working together on this beautiful new album. they'll be right here in our studio and talk to them and get another song from aretha after this.

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you're watching today in the bay. >> good morning, your time is 9:26. i'm vicky nguyen and we have new details right now. restoration crews are at several flooded homes in san francisco this morning cleaning up after an overnight water main break that happened 12:30 in the city's bayview district. investigators say a 12-inch pipe burst, but they are not sure why. crews hope to have the pipe repaired by noon at the latest. seven homes were damaged, along with several cars. a small sinkhole firmed at the section of carr street and salinas avenue, not far from candlestick park. we will have a live update coming up at 11:00. a third ramp has opened near

the interchange at stevens creek boulevard. starting today, drivers headed from northbound 280 will see a new signalized intersection. traffic from the ramps will no longer cross and move on to the street. instead, they'll make a left-hand turn through a new intersection that has traffic lights. we're back in two minutes with a look at weather and traffic after this.

well, we are tracking a heat advisory for the bay area and you can clearly see why on the temperatures over my shoulder, from san jose in the low 90s, upper 80s and low # 0s even out to the coast. san francisco seeing those highs also climbing into the near low 90s for highs. mid 90s in the valleys of the north bay and east bay, a hot start to the weekend and then some cooling arriving as the sea breeze picks up sunday, heading into monday. for another check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> check the coolant before

getting on the roadways. cooler heads for fremont, but still a slower drive. look at your maps, slow drive from the bridge all the way down towards 237, passing by mission boulevard. 680 recovering, as well. very tough still for westbound 580 the crash and areas still on the shoulder and blocking one lane into livermore, but by the time you get to dublin, just fine. the rest of the bay showing a typical friday commute. back to you. >> thank you. i'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients.

save money and save lives. yes on 46. >> welcome back to "today." it's friday morning, october 3, 2014. i'm willie. we have our buddy al back here on monday. natalie and i in a few weeks, november 2, sunday night on "the discovery channel" will host y skyscrap skyscrapers. >> nik wallenda is going to do it again. the grand canyon thing, we barely got through that. we're going to be there and watch this and experience this live when he is now going to attempt to walk between buildings more than 50 stories above chicago. he's going to do part of it, get this, first of all there is an incline of like 15 feet. so he's going to walk uphill. and then he also announced earlier on the show he's going to do the second half of the walk blindfolded. >> nervous yet? >> very.

i think he made it real when i saw him here and telling us what he was going to do. >> i was watching that video from the grand canyon and get nervous. >> my stomach gets in knots. >> there is a delay? >> 10-second delay. he is -- >> for you, not him. >> he's fine. he'll be fine. >> it's going to be thrilling. it's sunday night, november 2, 7:00 eastern time. discovery. we'll be thrilled, honored and a little bit scared. >> going to be amazing. >> a check of the weather now. >> last time he did it over the grand canyon i stopped everything i was doing. i was there. so it's going to be fun to watch. a windy city, though, so we'll see. let's take a look at the weather through this weekend. it's going to be a little washout across the northeast. we've got scattered showers in the morning and early afternoon in the mid-atlantic. heavier rain moves into new england. we could see a few snowflakes fall in wisconsin, that's how cold the air is behind the

front. we'll only top out in the 40s and 50s. 48 degrees for a high temperature in chicago on saturday. on sunday, though, it starts to warm back in the 50s, low 70s in southern illinois. most of the country looking pretty quiet except a couple of light spotty rain showers. show. well, so far we're seeing at least a warm start to the morning around san francisco, even though we started out cool in the north bay valleys, all locations warming into the upper 80s and low 90s today. pacifica down to santa cruz, hot day today. mid 90s out towards the north bay and tri-valley, even oakland seeing low 90s. plan on a hot start to the weekend. san francisco cooling on saturday, but the sea breeze picking up, which should take an edge off the heat early next week. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> thanks a lot. this is as we mention add very special friday morning because we are in the presence of true greatness t queen of soul herself, 18-time grammy winner

aretha franklin. >> and earlier she sang adele's "rolling in the deep" on her album out later this month. >> we are honored to have miss franklin and clyde davis co-producing the album, aretha franklin sings the great diva classics. we have legend overload. >> how long have you known each other? >> 1979. >> '79. you said it was i think 1980 when you were last excited about an album. >> '84. '85. i had the same kind of excitement, only not quite as much. it's more. it's like 100-fold now around this. it's like a lot of electricity around the cd or something. >> it's a cool album, clooipd. what was the pitch to aretha. >> first of all, everything you do with aretha, the greatest

singer of all time. i'm mindful of that. that "time" magazine at the end of the century had her with the beatles and sinatra among the 100 most important person tins century of the 20th century. so we wanted to have something exciting, electrifying, and the concept was aretha singing the great diva classics so we do people, we do midnight train to georgia, and it comes up to rolling in the deep which i've got to say out of genuine excitement, she's out with it, 72 hours, we've had over 2.5 million hits in this. >> not a bad pitch man. >> i love it. tell me more. >> so it's exciting. you can't blame us for being excited.

>> a lot of people they say diva and you know, they don't think -- they may think of you. do you mind that? >> no, i don't really. when i leave the stage i'm just the lady next door. when i leave the stage. >> listen, my head will be so big i won't be able to get out of this door. >> have you heard from adele about this song? >> i have not. not yet. >> i bet she'd be honored. >> i have spoken with the head of columbia records and he says that adele is just thrilled. >> also working on a whitney houston project with whitney's music. >> we're coming out with a dvd of all of the greatest live performances so from when i brought her on the moyv griffin show when she was 19 and it goes straight through to oprah in 2009. great concerts in between. awe inspiring performance.

it's a legacy of whitney to show how great she was. >> this living legend is with us now. and i know we're out of time but can i tell who you had a crush on the last time we were together? you remember who you went on and on about? >> oh, my gosh. >> tell us. >> what is his name. >> plmaxwell. >> maxwell. as an artist, far too young for me. maxwell wouldn't even know where to begin with me. >> you heard that, maxwell. >> he's cute though. he's a nice kid. >> we'll talk more about it later. miss franklin, thank you. clyde, thank you as well. and aretha frank little will be back sinking. first when we go spanning the world right after this. [ female announcer ] we lowered her fever.

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perfectly executed. best moves of the month, the missouri football player. >> nice. >> were twerking. you know that's a penalty. >> number 76. >> backfield in motion. >> best interception. bbc guy. the spider gets the fly. hey, that's great. he's the clean-up hitter. sure. the worst moves of the month. the steeple chase winner is showboating and got himself disqualified for doing it. what a genius. and in brazil, when you score a goal sometimes you jump the fence. you really have to look out for the hole on the other side. yeah. what hole? that hole. he was never seen again. our races. in britain watch the guy on the left pull up alongside. what you do is you mess with the guy's sideview mirror in this car. hey! is that legal? in california, the sprint car race, this is the flag guy and -- >> ooh! >> nobody got hurt. >> our fans of the month, the

lady in colorado in the third row, is this big galoof really going to block my view the entire game? hey, usher. and fan puts the moves on the young lady behind him. he has never met her. now this kid is smooth. >> all right. >> fantastic, as always. >> thank you. >> thank you, len. good to see you. have a great weekend. >> you, too. at last, the performance you've all been so here's the new living room... tv, couch, pillows. nice! see, we've completely remodeled the kitchen. cozy. ♪ let's go check out the pantry! ♪ it's our dunkin' dream room! amazing! wish i had a room like this. let's make some dunkin'. one taste and you'll understand. great remodel. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. try new french roast and colombian today.

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james' classic "at last." ♪ at last my love has come along my lonely days are over and life is like a song ♪ ♪ a song ♪ oh, at last the skies above me are blue my heart was wrapped up in

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and here we are here we are we're in heaven and you are mine at last ♪ ♪ ooh at last ♪ from detroit, right? sing, all right. that reminds me of the four tops. ♪ i found a thrill that i could press my cheek to a thrill that i have never known ♪ ♪ baby, you smile d ooh and then the spell was cast

and here we are here we are here we are in heaven and you are mine you are mine at last at last you are mine at last oh, you are mine ooh you are mine at last ♪ >> wow! aretha franklin. thank you, aretha. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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here to preview the weekend. >> we talk about distracted driving, texting while you're driving. i'm sure you've been guilty of texting and walking. i almost walked into something while texting and dropping off my kids at preschool. teens have been said they've been almost hit by a bicycle. 18% said they were texting when it happened. we'll take a look this weekend at how distracted kids are on the street by all of this other stuff they have going on. the numbers are really starting. by the way, next week is international walk to school week. more and more of these kids could be out and perhaps even more distracted. we'll take a look at that this weekend. >> dangerous new york city, traffic passing. >> people with strollers, they're texting, they're -- exactly. >> we look forward to that. thank you, erica.

earlier, we asked you to post your funniest video on our facebook page. the challenge was to see if you could make us laugh. here are some of the -- we have three. this is called potty training. take a look. the little girl is adorable. the doll in the toilet. bonnie lewis has a dog -- >> that's impressive. >> really loves coffee and hops. >> or the donut maybe. >> when your toddler has been quiet for more than five minutes. >> be afraid. be very afraid. >> all right. we want to update everyone on our pink or swim vote. tamron has exploded out to a big, early lead. 56% of you say you want to see her dunked next friday. 23%, natalie. >> jedi mind tricks. tamron said she didn't want to do t i said i'll do it. work

you're watching today in the bay. >> well, good morning, everyone, 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. happening today, the attorney will file evidence with the court today that proves the teen is still alive. the family's attorney says he

has video showing mcmath's hands and feet moving after the girl's mother asks her to move them. the family wants the judge to change the 13-year-old's medical status. doctors say she died ten months ago after a procedure at children's oakland. here's a live look right now across the bay area this morning. no matter where you live, it is going to be hot and the air quality management district is asking the bay area to spare the air today. we're talking near 90-degree temperatures in san francisco. let's check your weather and find out what's going to happen. over to you. >> around san francisco, even though we started off cool in the north bay valleys, all locations warming into the upper 80s and low 90, including san jose. hot day today, san francisco upper 80s to low 90s. mid 90s across the north bay and tri-valley. oakland seeing low 90s and plan on a hot start to the weekend.

san francisco cooling on saturday and the sea breeze picking up early next week. now for another check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> over my shoulder, a slower drive through fremont. it's not dramatic anymore. the bay bridge, not dramatic either, but you have a backup over there at the toll plaza, as well. fast track, big advantage for you. still on the maps, see slowing south westbound off the east shore freeway. slow through oakland, getting rid of that morning commute and 880 southbound through fremont, we showed you the shot over my shoulder, a lot of folks getting to 237 near mission boulevard. northbound 101 late slowing from the airport up towards 101. scott, back to you. >> more local news coming up in half an hour. see you then.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. it's friday. it is try day, friday. october 3rd. we're so glad you're with us. it is a special day for hoda, because we're talking to none other than blake shelton, like you don't know. also performing a song after his new cd. >> so terrific. also we have funny lady and "snl" alum, so hysterical, ana gasteyer. she sings too. >> she can sing her begonias off. >> and from "gone girl," she plays ben affleck's sister, twin

sister in this movie. she's phenomenal. >> carrie kuhn, you'll learn all about her. >> we won't give anything about the movie away. read the book and then you know. >> it is hard not to do that. >> you like "fatal attraction," you'll love this movie. >> we want to give you a head start on the songs for the fall. shazzam has come out with the songs for the fall. here is what shazzam has predicted so you're ahead of the curve. here is the number two song, it is called "hideaway" by kisa. let's listen. ♪ you let my heart escape put my head into the clouds ♪ >> looks like the '80s, doesn't it? high waisted jeans and suspenders. now you can tell everybody, here is the number one song. "waves" by mr. probs. >> i love him. >> i know you've been wondering what he's come out with.

♪ drifting away wave after wave ♪ ♪ wave after wave >> i heard this song. ♪ slowly drifting >> yeah. >> how can that be a hit? >> wait. >> yeah. >> beautiful. okay. "wave after wave." that doesn't have the beat of the hits of these days. >> it is almost like a -- >> it is a little hip nottic. >> you liked it. >> i was expecting something i hate. >> if it is not hate, it is love. >> there is a gentleman, there say book called "lone survivor." he's a father and he has certain demands for the boys who want to date his daughter. there he is. >> his daughter is only 2. just warning you. he's a former navy s.e.a.l.

everything but his name is on here, you guys. marcus. >> marcus. >> he took his facebook page to write a warning to his daughter's future boyfriend. >> okay. here's what he lists. you have to paint the house, mend some fence and cut the lawn. be a handy man. bottle up a hurricane. >> put out a forest fire with a squirt gun. >> basically no one is good enough. and he's considering having a chasity belt made for her engraved on it, ask father for the key. >> liked him up until then. i think he's an amazing hero and has a story to tell. do you have a story? >> no dating. that's how it was in our house. you had to -- you couldn't go out on dates, even though everyone else was. i remember going into my dad's room and 16 and i asked someone to sadie hawkins and i went in just to finally say, i'm going.

i walked in, and i said i want this, i'm going to the sadie hawkins dance and i already asked someone and i'm going. and he said, no, you're not going and that was pretty much the end of it. >> you didn't go? >> i didn't go to that one -- >> you snuck out. how old were you? >> 16. 16, 17, all through high school. you couldn't -- >> you know, i don't know. you've told me some stories that curled my hair. it is better to just sort of introduce it nicely as opposed to you will not, you know? >> we couldn't have guys call the house. there was no phone calls like that. >> makes you want to sneak around. i can see why your parents wanted to protect. >> they wanted to protect because there wasn't lots of dating, you just got married. they didn't realize how late i would be getting married. >> they never would have sent you off to summer camp. >> okay. anyway. what about you? what was your dating experience when you were younger. >> buster looked like a member

of the manson family that would show up. >> what did your dad think? >> buster is at the door. my father wanted to slam the door. >> did he ever say, no, you can't go out with this guy? >> no, he never said you can't. one time, my first love, you know that, i stayed out past -- >> curfew. >> curfew. we were at rehoboth on the boardwalk and it was one of the little things where you sit, and all of a sudden, i saw my father and my brother walking -- >> looking for you. >> i knew. we hightailed it to our house and came right around and, bye, he left and -- >> you ran from your dad and your brother? >> yes. >> you hid and you ran? >> no, i didn't want the confrontation with him there. i was, like, you get out of here, i'll deal with it. >> so you -- okay, good. that makes me feel better. because one time my dad came home and i was making out in the basement and i remember it so well and i said, oh, my god, it

is my dad, i said to the guy, john, i said, get out of here. i still remember him to this day, what he looked like running in my backyard, terrified. i was like this, and my dad was upstairs and i was, like, hi, dad, what are you doing home from work? i came to make lunch. okay. my heart was pounding, terrifying. i'm having -- i was 14. i was 14. >> when did you make out? how old were you? >> i wasn't 14. >> 14 is seventh grade? oh, my gosh. >> i love the word slut, it is more fun to say than the word tramp. >> gets a much better reaction. it is time for -- >> friday funny. >> you didn't do it right. a man bought a new convertible and was trying it out around the interstate for the first time.

top was down, the breeze was blowing and he decided to see what the power of this engine had. as the needle jumped up to 80 miles per hour, he saw flashing red and blue lights behind him, there is no way they can catch me and i pressed down on the gas. car went to 90 miles per hour, then 100. policeman was not giving up. he slowed down and the man pulled over. the cop said, hey, buddy, it's been a long day. this is the end of my shift and it is friday the 13th. i don't feel like doing more paperwork. so if you can give me a great excuse for your speeding, i will let you go. the guy thought for a second and said, last week my wife ran off with a cop and i was afraid you were trying to give her back. >> that's good. nice. she scores! it is time for our "today's" johnson's baby announcements where we celebrate new moms and their adorable new additions to their families. >> our first is matteau vincenzo masino born in new york city on

august 31st. this is the first child and they offer this advice to expecting parents, when the baby comes, take it one day at a time. >> next to a baby born in lexington, south carolina, cane tr ex tres triplet. they chose his middle name because he's the third one. >> and next is jessica elizabeth velazquez, her parents jackie and bernardo offer this advice, don't sweat the small stuff. laundry and dishes it wait. >> our final johnson's baby of the week. hetson jack hatfield, born on august 25th. his parents say they were about to give up trying to get pregnant, and then this little miracle came along. >> that's the way it often happens. we want to congrat all our baby and their families f you want to submit your baby for our johnson's baby of the week

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okay, i can't believe this is happening right here. >> right now. >> we're with the one, the only blake shelton. >> hello. >> hello, dream boat. >> you're so full of crap, i love you. i love you, though. i love you. >> i'm just saying what she's thinking. >> exactly. i got the thought bubble. >> want to do the rest of his intro. >> he needs no introduction. not only is he a judge of nbc's "the voice," but blake has been country music's male vocalist of the year, let's count them, one, two, three, four times. >> and now out with his 11th studio album. >> 11th? >> what were the other ten? >> that's what i was thinking. my god, you make records. gosh, dang, i thought i won that award three times. four times? i'm going to go with what that says. >> you probably won four. >> it never gets old, i would think. >> no. that's what i mean, it is like

stuff goes by so fast, you know what i mean? and then you're-li looking like >> in the country music world now, every other week you're at another awards show. >> i know. i think there is too many awards shows myself. my gosh. there is just the right amount of -- i should take that back. there is -- i wish there was more awards shows. i sound ungrateful when i say that, but there is a lot of them. >> talk about "the voice." how are gwen stefani, who is awesome, and pharrell? how are they? >> you know what, i had met pharrell before at some award show. and so i kind of knew him. he was a nice guy. and he's actually been on "the voice" a time or two performing. i met him and i knew he was a really nice guy. and i didn't -- i had never met gwen and i didn't know anybody that knew her either really, you

know what i mean. i was, like, oh, my gosh, she's going to be a freak or something. she is the most normal person i have met in hollywood yet. and i'm including carson. and carson is a little bit off. >> he's crazy. >> he's off in a good way. >> right. but gwen is like, just -- she uses the word rad. she still uses the word rad. >> she is who she is. she doesn't care. >> i know. i love her. i love her. >> you got a great album out, your 11th. "neon lights" you've been talking about all over the place. and you're going to play another one for us a little later today. >> a new song. >> a new song. >> is this a new blake that we should be excited about or -- >> same old blake that you're tired of. by the way, i was here -- not

here, watching y'all, i watch y'all every morning and i was watching whenever you played boys around here and saw the look of disgust, at least pretend you like my songs. at least act. >> i like a lot of your stuff. not that one so much. you brought your guitar. is there a reason for that? >> i did. >> why? >> i want to hear some music. don't you want to hear some music? this is perfectly in tune and i heard you've been taking guitar lessons. and i have -- >> no. >> just for you, i have played for you on this show before, impromptu -- >> do you have a pick? >> no. >> okay. she doesn't need one. >> i don't remember. >> if it is a g note. >> you don't have one? >> you'll get over it. >> she calls -- >> wait, wait. down, down, up, down, down up.

>> okay. >> sounds like a katy perry song. >> sing something. >> i don't remember the -- i don't remember "country road," how does it go? g. ♪ country road >> this is terrible. ♪ take me home >> wait, d, d, d. ♪ to the place i belong ♪ >> is it g? no, e minor. yes. ♪ long >> c? >> yeah, c. whoops. hold on, hold on, hold on. >> that's not right either. >> it's close. ♪ >> come on. do something. do something. >> we're on tv right now and you totally screwed it up. oh, boy. >> she's only just started about four months ago. give her a break.

>> you're not going to play anything? >> hell no, i wanted to hear you play. >> that is terrible. >> come on, man. this is your big break. >> now i'm embarrassed. now i'm embarrassed in front of my fake boyfriend. >> your wife looks so darn hot these days. it is going to make her angry for me to say this, but she looks amazing. >> i told you, she looks great. >> i don't know what you're saying. she looks amazing. she looks amazing. >> congrat on everything, blake. >> we have to go. >> we have to go. >> you're going to sing for us though in a little bit. >> yes. >> that was rude. >> i didn't know the chords to my song. at least learn the chords. >> you can catch him on "the voice" monday and tuesday night here on nbc.

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love this, smell the roses spray. i have really been using this lately to help destress, but it smells so wonderful. >> is it just a room -- >> it is a great setting spray, it hydrates, takes care if you have redness or inflammation. this is a really fantastic spray. >> love that. sensational. >> these can be for the holidays. but suki has a great multipurpose balm for your hair, cuticles, elbows, feet and more. 100% of this gets -- the proceeds get donated to charity. >> for your hood. >> for stretch marks and all of that, breast cancer action. and then super smile, i really love this toothbrush design, it comes in other colors, but the pink will give 75% of their proceeds and what is great is that it is an ergonomic design, but stands up on its own. i love how chic this is. great girlfriend gift. >> great stocking stuffer. >> stocking stuffer.

and rag and bone, high end designer that celebrities love, they teamed up to put together this keys to the cure t-shirt. both men and women can get this, $35. butter sauce, i love this. i am living in this. >> hodi would love this. >> and last but not least, just fab donating 100% of their proceeds for this amazing bow clutch that comes with a chain. i think this is such a cute bag for holiday. if you're willing to go sky high, they have these fun platforms. >> all right. >> i was a little afraid to try on. but i love the bag. there is more on our website and all month on bobbie.com. >> thank you, darling. we're his number one fans. >> you named your dog after him. a performance by blake shelton. >> yes. and how do the box trolls square off against alexander the terrible horrible no good very bad day. >> our real moms give us their movie picks after your local news. helps you find a whole range of coverages. no one else gives you options like that.

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several hours while they investigated. still trying to determine the cause. no word if the driver will face charges. lawyers for chinatown gangster will be in court today to work on a court order designed to prevent evidence leaks. he faces various charges, including racketeering and conspiracy. today his lawyers will be talking with a judge about changing a court order to require his lawyers to keep a log of the evidence they have in their possessions at all times to prevent any leaks. chow says the requirement violates his right. well, a check of weather and traffic after the break.

well, we are tracking a heat advisory for the bay area and you can clearly see why on the temperatures over my shoulder from san jose in the low 90s, upper 80s and low 90s even out to the coast. pacifica down towards santa cruz today. san francisco seeing highs climbing into the 90s for highs. tri-valley, a hot start to the weekend, and then some cooling arriving as the sea breeze picks up sunday, heading into monday. now for another check of your morning commute, here's mike. >> you know it's friday, we still have backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. a look at the shot and lanes coming off the curb, those are jammed up, but fast track also still slow. we have a good amount of traffic heading into the north bay. in towards the city, we'll see that build over the next hour and a half and coming towards

us, the westbound commute done for the morning getting out of town, scott. >> all right, mike. more local news coming up in the big show at 11:00. kwooel see you then. we're back on friday with more of "today." and we have our popcorn, you know what that means. our real moms are back. >> dara mcnamara is a mother of three, and and fan dango. suzanne rusk, mother of two and lifestyle editor of family circle magazine. >> and liz stern has three little ones and is ceo of diva moms.com. >> let's get started. "the box trolls" open now what do we think? we'll start with dara. >> i think it is a great daddy and me movie, has a lot of fatherhood topics in it. it is about this 11-year-old raised by underground creatures. it is something that is really

appealing to little kids. like my 4-year-old couldn't wait to see it. it is not -- it is too dark. >> you like it? >> for 4-year-olds it is probably a little dark. it is darker, but my kids loved it. >> i think you can take an 8-year-old, 7-year-old. >> 7-year-old and 10-year-old, i recommend it. it is scary but the animation is superb. >> let's talk about the reese witherspoon movie called "the good lie". that's getting a lot of great buzz. >> a great movie for adults. it is about four lost boys of sudan who relocate to the united states just before 9/11 and they see the employment counselor who tries to get them a job. it is a story we should all know, really uplifting. >> based in truth? >> it is based on the events of the lost boys of sudan, but what is interesting about it for me is that even though it is a story we want kids to know, i

have reservations about kids seeing it. there is the horrors of war but there is smoking of pot and adult stuff in it. >> it is what happened in that country. i think an older kid you share that with and expose them to what is going on. what other children had to go through. having said that, i don't think it is for small kids. >> getting great -- >> i took my 10-year-old and it was a really great experience for the two of us to see this movie together, we talked a little bit before what we were going to see, what was going to happen, prewarn him, but at the end of the movie, so beautiful, it is about a family story, how family supports one another through everything, thick and thin. >> educational. >> really educational. at the end, my son had tears. we both had tears in our eyes. he said, mommy, it is such a good movie, thank you for taking me. it is important. i don't think a lot of movies have that message. >> let's talk about the last

one. >> huge book. >> yes. >> "alexander the terrible horrible no good day." >> it looks like it is a cute film. but it is a hilarious film. they made this not just about alexander's bad day, but the whole family's bad day. it was so relatable. my daughter and i laughed so hard. >> everyone can go see this. i was with -- >> it is a great family film. whole family will enjoy it. not just kids have bad days. we all have bad days. i recommend it for everybody. >> before we go -- >> no sex, no violence, totally clean. >> my life. >> before we go, real quick, tell me if you were taking home this weekend, on demand, what movie would you watch? >> chef. >> i go back to the oldie but goody, i like some like it hot and my kids love it. >> we can't get enough of frozen in my house. >> frozen.

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"snl." who could forget schwedy balls or martha stewart's topless thanksgiving special. that was hilarious. >> now, ana is exercise her singing chops and boy, does she have them, with the release of her new album called "i'm hip." it is a mix of jazz standards and covers and she can still manage to get laughs with her music video for "one mint julep." ♪ i didn't know what we were doing ♪ ♪ we married a mint julep a mint julep a mint julep ♪ ♪ one mint julep it was the cause of it all ♪ >> that's the best. >> we're in love with her. >> thank you. >> mint julep it is a song on your cd. you made your own recipe. >> i developed a recipe for it.

i was careful to make it weight watchers friendly. >> you did? >> it is light. >> no, i had a whole afternoon of research for my mint julep. i didn't want to do simple syrup, because it was too many -- i tried stevia and it tasted -- >> what makes it sweet? >> maple. year round orange maple mint julep. >> what were you doing on "cheek to cheek". >> for "cheek to cheek," yeah, it doesn't involve dancing at all. >> i didn't know you sang. you sing. >> thank you. >> wow. >> you know, i have sort of two careers. i'm literally -- i left "saturday night live" -- i started as a voice major in college and went to northwestern where they have a music -- a music department but i wasn't ready to be a grown-up yet and it was in chicago where all the comedy people so i got sucked in the improv rabbit hole and then

i was doing comedy and just -- >> which came naturally to you too. did you know you were funny growing up? >> yeah. a little bit like an amusement, not always a good thing. >> like in school and stuff? >> yeah. all the time. i would get report cards that would say, ana and her friend amy are like laurel and hardy. so i ended up after "saturday night live" i did quite a few broadway musicals, "wicked". >> you know the soundtrack from "wicked", that's one of the most demanding physically roles in the -- the "gravity" song. >> i think it sounds a lot like that, actually. >> it is incredibly demanding. >> it was very difficult. but it was fun, fun, fun. and such a great way to make up for lost time vocally and train. i had this jazz act, to wrap that up, like for a while now, for ten years.

this has been kind of a dream. >> were these songs played in your house when you were younger? >> a lot of them. this is real entertainment era, late 1950s, early '60s a lot of songs about a girl in front of a big band. >> as you're listening to the cd, i hope you all do, you can see how it would be in performance. you have a ball doing this. >> i have so much fun. and the band is so fun that i work with. i have a very horny voice, it goes well with horns. and -- >> i don't know why they want us to say you're a paid spokesperson for weight watchers. >> i'm an ambassadoress. >> have you lost a lot of pounds? >> i have and my husband lost 80. >> will you sing? >> i would love to. >> cheers. >> bottoms up. >> ana gasteyer. >> the only person ben affleck

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♪ i never liked the taste of whiskey ♪ ♪ until i kissed it off of her lips ♪ ♪ never knew just what hitting me getting me tipsy ♪ ♪ levis on a dogwood branch ♪ ♪ yeah, she was taking me under ♪ ♪ i might have lost my innocence but she was saving my soul that summer ♪ ♪ i don't know much about eternity where somebody like me is gonna wind up going ♪ ♪ all i know is that i already been ♪ ♪ parked in a chevy by the deep river rolling ♪ ♪ and that summer night shooting star paradise ♪ ♪ might be all that i'm getting kissing and sipping that seven and seven ♪ ♪ somewhere just south of heaven ♪

she might have been a falling angel ♪ ♪ no, i didn't care at all ♪ i never thought a prayer could be answered ♪ ♪ with a whispered sweet southern drawl ♪ ♪ even now when i close my eyes ♪ ♪ i see her silhouette dance on the river ♪ ♪ the way we spent those endless nights ♪ ♪ that's the way i could spend forever. ♪ i don't know much about eternity ♪ ♪ where somebody like me is gonna wind up going ♪ ♪ all i know is that i have already been ♪ ♪ parked in a chevy by the deep river rolling ♪ ♪ and that summer night shooting star paradise ♪ ♪ might be all that i'm getting ♪ ♪ kissing and sipping that seven and seven ♪

♪ somewhere just south of heaven ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ somewhere just beyond the jericho line ♪ ♪ little white church roll back through the pines ♪ ♪ down where the three cross river unwinds ♪ ♪ if there's a heaven on earth man that would be mine ♪ ♪ i don't know much about eternity or where be somebody like me is gonna wind up going ♪ ♪ all i know is that i have already been ♪ ♪ parked in a chevy by the deep river rolling ♪ ♪ and that summer night shooting star paradise ♪ ♪ might be all that i'm getting ♪ ♪ kissing and sipping that seven and seven ♪ ♪ somewhere just south of heaven ♪

♪ just south of heaven ♪ somewhere just beyond the jericho line ♪ ♪ little white church roll back through the pines ♪ ♪ down where the three cross river unwinds ♪ ♪ if there's a heaven on earth man, that would be mine ♪ ♪ just south of heaven just a little bit south of heaven ♪ >> carrie coon from "gone girl" is here. >> but first this is "today" on nbc. insurance companies are spending millions of dollars

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actress carrie coon is about to have a very, very big weekend. she's one of the breakout stars in the hbo drama "the leftovers" which wrapped up its first season. >> in the feature film debut she snagged the role of ben affleck's twin sister in possibly the most anticipated movie of the year "gone girl". >> i feel sick. so bizarre. it seems like the kind of thing that would happen to amy. she always attracts -- >> drama. you can say it. it is just me and you. >> just because i don't like to be around amy doesn't mean i don't care about her. anyway, whoever took her is bound to bring her back. >> nice line. >> good ones. >> we both saw the film about a week ago and both of us said, oh, my gosh, this is so intense.

and said who is this girl. >> all about you. >> that's so sweet. >> you really are so good. >> thank you. >> you play a twin sister. we don't want to give away any of the -- >> no. >> you stand by your brother, don't you? >> i do. >> do you have a brother in real life? >> i have three brothers in real life. that is a tried and tested stand by, yes. it can be really hard with boys. you know how boys are. >> the relationship you have with ben affleck's character, is there a real friendship? >> absolutely. he's very easy going, really smart, really funny. we have the same sense of humor and hit it off right away. the banter and rhythm came quickly. >> in real life, you have this adorable little bless iing, lika shadow. they tried to make that -- tell us how that happened. >> they filled it in a little bit and i did my camera test and they said, that's off center, so

they took it away. >> how did you get this gig? >> i shot a self-tape in my living room in chicago and i had 22 pages of text to memorize and i was going to a wedding. a friend came over, i said, let's knock this out really fast, i bet nobody will see it. on friday, i was at the wedding in new orleans and there was a call saying can you be in l.a. -- >> to meet with david fincher. >> i didn't meet him until friday. i was driving around l.a., taking meetings. i had never been to l.a. before. i had to rent a gps. >> you're from akron, ohio. tell us what is happening this weekend. >> i'm going to akron and my friends and family have basically rented out a theater. my brother runs a regal cinema and they're coming to see the film and my parents and grandparents are getting in a limo and coming to the theater and walking the red carpet and there is a wonderful man named justin campbell who works at the museum with my dad and designed a dress for me. it is a whole sort of local premiere. and one way limo. we all have to get rides home. it is expensive in the midwest.

>> come monday, you'll be able it go anywhere you want to go. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> in case you haven't heard, "gone girl" opens today at a theater near you. >> next week, carol burnett, actress emmy ross and james danson.

nbc bay area starts now. >> good morning and thanks for joining us, i'm vicky nguyen in for kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. break out the ice, it's going to be hotter today. you are looking at the south bay, where temperatures soared even higher than the last few days. we have live team coverage with meteorologist rob mayeda keeping closer eye on the heat, but let's begin with nbc bay area's nannette miranda live at a cooling center in san jose. that's the place to be, nannette. >> reporter: well, absolutely. the heat advisory just moments ago has been extended through tomorrow, so definitely need a place like this behind me, a cooling center. san jose has