with doctors without borders. doctors say they're prepared. no cases here in california. >> a hearing on the ebola crisis. much more on what they're talking about later today. >> that's what's happening on "today in the bay." go giants! breaking overnight. ebola in new york city. a doctor who treated patients in africa diagnosed with the virus here. before being admitted to the hospital he used subways, took an uber car ride and even went bowling. did his alcohols put the public at risk? not enough parts. the new concern this morning tied to that massive air bag recall involving at least 8 million cars. "today" exclusive. you remember the shocking video. >> why did you shoot me? >> this morning, the man shot by a state trooper during a routine traffic stop is speaking out for the first time. and, awkward. >> my guest today, bradley pitt.

>> zach galifianakis welcomes brad pitt to "between two ferns." >> is it hard for you to maintain -- >> why? >> because you live in your wife's shadow. >> in a bit for the ages, presses all the superstar's buttons "today," friday, october 24th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker, tamron hall. natalie is off and savannah is on maternity leave. i don't know if i would rather host on "between two ferns" or be a guest on "between two ferns." >> the best video you'll see, perfect for friday. >> we'll get to that a little later on. obviously, there's a lot to

talk about this morning. our top story, new concerns over ebola after a new york city doctor tested positive. the 33-year-old is in isolation at bellevue hospital this morning, but his neighbors in upper manhattan have a lot of questions about where that doctor went and what he did in the days leading up to his diagnosis. we're going to talk to new york's governor, andrew cuomo and dr. natalie azar in just a moment. first we e.r. doctor just back from treating ebola patients in west africa, and now he, his fiancee and two friends are in isolation. overnight, the new york health department confirmed the first case of ebola in america's largest city. >> there is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed.

>> reporter: new york city mayor bill de blasio urged public calm. 3 fever and gastrointestinal problems consistent with ebola. spencer has been back in the u.s. for about a week after working directly with ebola patients in guinea as part of the doctors without borders program.

health officials say spencer "self-isolated" after returning but also stated he rode three different subway lines, jogged, destination. city sources say dr. spencer did not feel well for "a couple of days," but did not fully self-quarantine until thursday morning. however, they stress that during that time, he was in extremely low risk for being contagious to others. health department sources also say his fiancee is being quarantined as a high risk, as are two others close to him. in harlem, dr. spencer's apartment is sealed off and his neighbors put on alert. >> it makes sense to me, if you've been in west africa treating, you know, valiantly treating patients with ebola, if you come back into the country, let's take the appropriate precautions and say we should isolate you for 21 days. >> reporter: now, his two friends and fiancee are okay as of now. officials say that so far, they

are not symptomatic. they do want to stress that this doctor does know about the disease and that he was self-monitoring and called the health department as soon as he felt feverish. they say that they do not believe that he is a risk to public health here in new york city. public. matt?? >> katy >> all right, katy tur on the s you very story. katy, thank you very much. andrew cuomo is the governor o new york.overnor of governor cuomo, it's good to ser you.us. >> good to see thank you for joining us. >> good to see you, matt. any >> i don't think anybody should be shocked that a case of ebolaa has now been diagnosed in new has now york city. it's a major port of entry in t. it's a this country.f entry in so, the question then becomes, . on once dr. spencer identified penr himself, did officials here do himself, did what they needed to do in a he what they timely fashion and exercising a the proper protocols?? timely fashion and exercising the proper protocols? are you confident are you confident in that? >> as confident as one can be, >> as confident as one can matt. matt. you you know, you're right, this is this a situation that we hoped i we wouldn't happen, but we expected that it would. but we expected that it it is new york..it is new york. people come through here. throu.

we also have we also have the advantage heree of notice. here dallas really had no notice. dallas really had no we all watched what happened inl dallas. happened in so, we have been preparing dallas. we have been preparing literally for weeks literally for weeks on a coordinated effort plan.inated effort plan, between new york between new york city, new yorki state, federal government, cdc. government, we've just done a training with we had just 5,000 health care workers. traih 5,000 health care our health care union has been health care union has been fantastic. fantastic. and this was a doctor and this was a doctor, as you hi heard in this setup piece.n pie. so, the doctor was so, the doctor was familiar with the the disease. and, again, this is and again, this is not like the flu.u.it's not airborne. it's not airborne. from people it's not from people sneezing.z. the person has to be the person has to be symptomatic, and it's basically symptomatic. transferred through bodily tra through bodily fluid -- >> you say it was a doc >> but you say that this doctor who was familiar with the disease -- ng. you say it was a >> -- is not systemic -- >> i apologize for interrupting. you say the doctor was familiard with the disease. yet, you heard that gentleman at the end of katie tur's piece, e saying if you're so familiar e g with the disease, you've been treating ebola patients in

guinea, you come back to this country.patients do you ride the subways? do you take an uber car?nuinea,e do you go to a bowling alley?suo do you think dr. spencer acted bowling alley? do you think responsibly?ncer acted >> look, i'm not a doctor, matt but the flip side of what you d. the flip side of what you just said is, if you're a ou're, doctor, you know you're not you're not contagious until you're symptomatic. ptomatic. this is a doctor who is t this is a doctor who's taking , his temperature twice a day.y, t and obviously, concluded that ha was not symptomatic, and that's. why he went out, still in a ina limited way.way. he went bowling with two he went bowling with two friend. he was with his friends. he was with his fiancee.e took and he took the subway.subway. he obviously but he obviously felt he wasn't symptomatic. he knew that wa symptomatic.s only he knew that was the only time it was contagious. time as soon as he had a fever, he he w presented himself to the as soon as he had a fever, he hospital. presented himself to the hosp all the procedures thereon weren exactly according to the book. o the first responders did a boo. magnificent job. responder the health care workers did a magnificent job. magnificent job. so, everything has happened thed way it should happen.id since then.job. so, everything has we've been in contact with the e

federal officials.way it shouldp president obama called last pet. we've been in night. contact with the federal offi ron klain, the new ebola czar, i sylvia burwell, head of health and human services. night, ron so, everything worked the way it klain, the should. czar, and our hope and our belief is that the doctor who was familiaf wasn't symptomatic.d health ser. that's why he left the house and wasn't contagious when he's not. symptomatic. the doctor wasn't symptomatic. that's why he >> new york's governor, andrew cuomo. governor, nice to have you herew i appreciate your time this morning.cuomo, thank you for be thank you.here. apprec >> wish it was under different a thank you. >> wish it wa circumstances, but always good circumstances but alw to talk to you, matt. ayaytalk >> thank you very much..glets o let's go over to hoda. ie >> matt, thanks. let's turn to dr. nattie azar, with medicine at nyu's medical r center. is a good morning. >> good morning. medical profest >> governor cuomo just said i'm not a doctor, so he couldn't answer the question of did he medical act responsibly, did the doctor act responsibly.center. good morning. as a doctor, do you think that cuomo said he's not a he acted responsibly? he couldnh >> well, in this scenario, i etn

think we have to deal with the facts, and the facts that we si? understand about the virus, and we're going to say this thnd thw repeatedly, that you're not eiae contagious when you're s. you're not asymptomatic. c you're and as you get sicker and you e sicker, you become more and mor you become contagious as the viral load m contagious as the v increases. increases. so the so, the likelihood of this of particular patient being able to transmit this virus via casual contact and use of public viru, transportation, we never want t contact in use of public say zero, but as close to zero r as possible. say zero, >> let's talk about casual clor contact, because people do worro >> let's talk about these kinds of things. >> sure. >> there were people on the act. subway with him, i'm sure, people who rode in that uber ca afterwards. there we >> yes. the >> what is the possibility?peopo because we just heard governor cuomo say a sneeze, you can't ar afterwards. catch it that way, but if i wera this close to you and i sneezedh on you, could it happen? way but i >> here again is the issue that the amount of virus in your bodily fluids increases the f you and i sicker that you are. sneezed on you get it? in , of catching ebola in a subway would require that a endw patient infected with ebola is .

a patient so sick that they're actually s vomiting, bleeding, having diarrhea and that you're t vomiting, standing next to the person, yog touch their bodily fluid and yo' then have a portal of entry in to the person and your own body. touch the bo >> just quickly, for doctors fu coming from west africa, do you portal of think it's a good idea for themr to be quarantined, not voluntarily, but a mandatory way? body. >> do you think that >> but have that enforced. coming from west so, this is -- what i would say in my honest opinion, there vot should perhaps be a discussion e about those health care workers who are clearly at the greatest who are clearly at the greatest risk of acquiring ebola, should, there be a mandatory quarantinem for them. for them. i th i think that the cdc, first of all, has been incredibly responsive all, has been incredibly commu with h responsive and communicative hot with health care systems hee se very fluid as well throughout the country, and we've seen that they've been their recommendations h very fluid as well and that their recommendations have beene evolving.naand decide whether oo they can look at this scenario t and decide whether or not shou something like that should be be implemented.in particular docto for the time being, this rr or particular doctor followed exact orders from doctors without borders. ders fazar, thanks so >> dr. azar, thanks so much.cia >> of course. >> we appreciate it. and dr. azars

all right, and dr. azar's goingr your questions to stick around a little later.n she's going to answer your questions online.r orange r you can send them to us in our r orange room with #orangeroom. matt, back to you. oom.ma>> >> hoda, thank you very much.ho. dr. kent dr. kent brantly, who recovered, from his own battle with ebola,e is speaking out about this case. here in new york city.inment to nbc news, d in this exclusive statement to nbc news, dr. brantly tells us, "from everything i've read and heard about his heard about his circumstances, w it sounds like new york has done everything right to contain this everything right to contain thie case. new york can likewise set a i hope the people of new york tc can likewise set an example for the rest of the country by ou b handling this handling this event with reason and calm instead of panic." and calm instead of panic." now to that deadly terror a attack in canada.r attack in canada. this morning we're learning a e little bit more about the gunman gunman behind behind it, as chilling, new chw surveillance video surfaces of the shooting spree.. shooting s. nbc's kevin tibbles is in ottaws once again. kevin, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, canadian officials now say the killer came to ottawa in hopes of obtaining a passport and that he wanted to travel to syria, presumably trying to hook up

with isis. >> we have learned through the current investigation that this individual has been in ottawa since at least october 2nd, 2014, that he was in town to deal with a passport issue, but then he was also hoping to leave for syria. >> reporter: that man, officials say, is michael zehaf-bibeau, a recent convert to islam with plans to travel to syria, a hotbed of isis terror activity. officials believe the delay in his passport due to a background check may have prompted the tragic shooting wednesday. the gunman is seen here just minutes after killing a canadian soldier with a hunting rifle. he hijacks a car. and in newly released video, he's seen heading for the canadian parliament. people scatter as he gets out, runs, and then at gunpoint commandeers a second car heading for the front door. once inside, he continues firing until being killed in a

shoot-out with security. credited with stopping the shooter, the sergeant-at-arms, kevin vickers, a former police officer, seen here, gun in hand, just as the incident ended. [ applause ] the canadian government saying it refused to allow a terrorist to interrupt its work, reconvened, celebrating vickers as a hero. >> when the nation needed him yesterday, he was there and he did what he needed to do, and we're just tremendously relieved that he's fine. >> zehaf-bibeau had a criminal record, and some say he once asked to be sent to jail to overcome an addiction to crack-cocaine. he had been living in a homeless shelter. his conversion to islam took place on the other side of the country, at this british columbia mosque. his mother, who had not seen him in years, denounced his actions, saying "i am mad at my son. i don't understand and part of me wants to hate him at this time." at canada's war memorial, where

army corporal nathan cirillo was killed in cold blood, they came to lay flowers and pay tribute. and at a makeshift memorial outside cirillo's home, two friends waited for their master to come home. it is now also known that zehaf-bibeau held both canadian and libyan citizenship. the young soldier that he killed, shot him in the back, will be buried next week. matt? hoda? >> such a sad story. kevin tibbles, thank you so much. tamron's in for natalie wito another disturbing attack, this one here in new york city. week >> it is. disturbing attack, good morning, everyone. in new a frightening scene played out . on a new york city street a frightening scene pla thursday when a man with a ye ak hatchet attacked a group of c c thursday when a m uniformed police officers in an broad daylight, wounding t a hatche them.ed nbc's stephanie gosk has the af story.uniformed police officers woundi >> reporter: security video ngt. records the moment a man in a ae hooded coat charges across the >> reporter: sidewalk raising a hatchet in ey his hand. records the moment a four rookie police officers wer across a sidewalk with hatchet standing just out of frame. in hand. >> the male then swung at one om

the officers with the hatchet, e striking his right arm.. the officers with after striking that officer, the suspect continues swinging the . hatchet, striking a second he continues swinging officer in the head, causing hi hatchet, striking to fall to the sidewalk. officer in the head, >> reporter: according to c c to fall to the police, the uninjured officers opened fire on the suspect, unc suspect, killing killing him, and accidentally accidentally shooting a 29-year-old female 29-y bystander a half a block away ea from the crime scene.half a bloe scene. police sources have identified identified the suspect as 32-year-old the suspect as 32-year-old zale thompson and saying this thompson and say this facebook page showing muslim prayers andg an armed fighter belongs to him. investigators are searching the suspect's hard drive for clues about what may have motivated the attack, but authorities have not found any hate literature o. hard links to any jihadist as y have groups at this time. triggered they've not after the shooting in canada one from hate groups at this time. wednesday, the nypd is on alertl issuing a patrol bulletin, warning officers about potential potential atta attacks. >> i think, certainly, the heightened concerns relative to heightened concern is that type of assault based on t on what's just happened in canada. what's just happened in canada

certainly one of the things that comes to mind, but that's what we investigation will >> reporter: stephanie gosk, n determine.bc >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc now to that news, new york. now to the massive airbag recall affecting dozens of makef and models.es and auto dealers now say there are s not enough replacement parts to there are fix the problem, and getting nh them could take weeks or even months. fix the problem. air bag the airbag inflaters are made bi the the takita corporation. consumer advocates call them a . potential ticking time bomb thag can explode, sending metal bom shrapnel flying inside a vehicle. everyone who owns one of these l cars under recall should get the you should get the air airbag inflater replaced as soo replaced as soon as possible. as possible. the to see to your car is affected, go to today.com. your car the two dogs credited with i taking down the white house aff. ready, apparently, to get back fence jumper are doing well and. thursday ready to get back to work. the tweete thursday, the secret service d f tweeted pictures of the dogs j hurr jordan and hurricane, while thea took a well-deserved day off..f. jordan was kicked jordan was kicked in the snout t and hurricane was punched e wasd repeatedly by the man who jumpeh the white house fence wednesday

house night, but both are doing well. that man is facing several ni w. that man is charges.ing several charges. and a great and a great escape it was not. newly released surveillance in newly released surveillance video from iceland, a man video captured a man ramming hi car through a parking garage gate in iceland. parkin but apparently, he was not gar satisfied that he got through ii so he backed his car up, slamme. into it two more times. car yes, follow along. knocking ovr hi even knocking over his companio had gotten out of the at one point, who had gotten ou, of the car, but he saved the o best for last, hitting the gate. no one was hurt. the so hard it flips over his car. no one was hurt, but the damage was costly. i have to go back hurricane and jordan, the secret service dogs.rdan and hurricane. go to the twitter page to check. apparently hurricane l out their profiles. playing with his apparently, hurricane loves toy, tough dog, and jordan likes long walks on the white house playing with his squeaky toy. s >> people are really giving them love today for their hard work. >> normally this time you're talking about the northeast. you're talking about the northwest this morning. >> that's right. we'll show you a rare tornado in

just a moment. did you miss the partial eclipse? if you're here in the east you didn't really get a chance to see it. take a look at this, partial eclipse of the sun. next time we're going to see one, 2017. it will be a total eclipse. ♪ total eclipse of the heart >> oh. >> oh, yeah, like you could do better. >> good thing we don't have to hear that again until 2017. >> wow! let's show you what's going on out there. tornado in long view, washington. ef-1 tornado blowing through that town kind of blew up out of nowhere, really. you can see debris being pushed. this dumpster pushed like a toy. buildings had their roofs ripped off. nobody injured, nobody hurt, no deaths. more moisture in the pacific northwest today. seattle, washington, will see more rain, clouds moving in. over the next 48 hours, we'll be

talking about two to three inches of rain. good news, the nor'easter is moving away. boston, cloudy skies. by the weekend it will be gorgeous. plenty of sunshine and more rain through southern florida. but the good news is it will move out by the weekend. more showers and thunderstorms throughout miami, right into the evening hours. we're going to get t mostly clear skies.

a chilly start to the morning in san jose. 50 with patchy fog in the north bay. a mild day ahead. san francisco with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. north bay we'll see highs in the mid 70s, 80s around livermore. later tonight, clouds filling in, rain coming up, changing to scattered showers saturday afternoon. very much. >> some breaking news from the orange room, which doesn't happen every day. >> we buried the lead this morning. it's 7:20 and we're just now getting to this? >> what? >> queen elizabeth is on twitter. 730,000 followers. that all changed a few minutes ago. this came out from the official account showing her at the london science museum, #the

queen tweets. that was from palace officials. now here she comes. this is from queen elizabeth. it is a pleasure to open the information age exhibition today at the science museum. i hope people will enjoy visiting. elizabeth r. keeping it on the casual. >> does that stand for royal? >> the last tweet was sent personally by the queen. #the queen tweets. remember the old photo bomb she pulled off during that selfie? welcome to twitter and welcome to the thunderdome. it gets ugly in here. >> hoda already following her. >> i'm trying to follow her right now. it says queen. >> not sure that's the real one. >> different queen. >> careful. willie geist. coming up, why was he the one apologizing? man shot by a south carolina trooper after being pulled over for a seat belt violation speaks out for the first time. he is here for an exclusive

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expensive watches and that are still on the loose. >> and the giants finally getting the home field advantage against the kansas city royals. the series is tied 1-1. tonight's game starts at 5:07. the weather will cooperate, i understand, rob? >> for game three, not so bad. just before the game gets started, a pretty warm day, upper 60s, low 70s, near 80 degrees in saratoga. in the north bay today, highs in the 70s. the rain for now on the north coast. that's going to change later tonight. after midnight, this weekend storm will come in for tomorrow morning. that will bring us some rain and wind. not so much of an issue today but 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., you'll see that rain move in. mike? >> things bogging down just before and just after that off ramp there. that's not an usual pattern.

and we see a little more build for the east shore freeway. the big slowdown is westbound 24, recovering from an earlier truck fire. and a new crash right there, it's at main jamming up 680 out of concord and pleasant hill by that walnut creek interchange. the hayward side of the san mateo bridge where that pattern continues to shift over to the peninsula. a typical build for your northbound direction. back to you. >> sounds good. we'll be back with another local news update for you in about half an hour. enjoy your friday morning.

we're back now, 7:30 on a friday morning, october 24th, 2014. that means we're a week away from halloween, and that's why we are taking a stroll down memory lane with some of the costumes from past years. favorites here? >> oh, yeah. "star wars" was a good one. why did i have to be the ugliest person, yoda? >> because your name rhymes. >> anyway, it's our way of telling you we will be having our halloween extravaganza one week from today. getting everything ready. >> people keep asking, who are you going to be? >> can't say.

it's a big secret. >> going as hoda. >> meantime, let's see what's making headlines. a doctor who returned from west africa is being treated at a hospital in new york for ebola. he develop aid fever thursday and was taken to the hospital. his fiancee and two close friends are being monitored. the man who jumped the white house fence is being held. tornado tore through the city of long view and was on the ground for more than a mile. no injuries reported. a classroom without desks. we'll take you to a school where kids read while working out on stationary bicycles. action-based learning could be the next big thing. interesting. >> smart idea. >> it is smart. let's begin this half hour with a "today" exclusive.

this is tied to a story we've been following for some time now. a south carolina state trooper fired after shooting and wounding an unarmed driver who was stopped because he wasn't wearing a seat belt. in a moment, we'll talk to the victim in the case exclusively. but first, more of his story. moments before the confrontation, the dash cam individual wroe shows former state trooper shawn grubert's car getting ready to leave the gas station when, instead, he backs up suddenly and stops behind lev rachlt. jones,'s gets out of his truck not far from the gas pumps. >> may i have your license please? >> reporter: when he reaches for his license, groubert yells to get out of the car. >> get out of the car! get out of the car! get on the ground!

>> jones was shot in the hip. >> what did i do, sir? >> are you hit? >> i think so. i can't feel my leg. i don't know what happened. i just grabbed my license. >> i need a 1052. >> why did you -- why did you shoot me? >> well, you dove head first back into your car. >> i'm sorry. >> then you jumped back out. >> i'm sorry. i didn't hear two words. why were you pulling me over? i just pulled in -- >> seat belt violation. >> i just pulled it off right there at the corner to pull in the gas station! ahh. >> well, i've got help coming to you, okay? i got help coming to you. >> groubert has been charged with aggravated assault and battery. his attorney says there's more than one way to interpret the video. calling the shooting unwarranted and, quote, he reacted to a perceived threat where there was none. levar jones is with us exclusively along with his attorney, annette dorsey.

good morning. good to have you here. how are you feeling? >> feeling good, brother. >> got the cane, still recuperating? >> trying to get my legs back under me, head back together. it's been a slow, but sure recovery. >> you didn't want to watch that videota videotape. >> no, i did not. >> still have not seen it? >> no, sir. >> why not? >> it brings back a lot of memories, for one. second off, it's something that i just really have no interest in watching. >> for two weeks, nobody even knew that video existed. >> yes, yes. >> during that two-week period you were getting all kinds of questions, whether saying them to your face or behind your back, saying his side of the story can't be right because nobody gets shot for no reason. >> that's why it makes that tape so difficult for me to watch. the weeks that i had to go through, look at people and telling them basically i pulled over at a gas station. officer asked me for my

identification. when i reached for my identification, i was shot at. to tell that story to anybody is just something that no one can believe the first time, until the tape was released and they actually seen it. >> have you gone over in your mind, levar, is there anything you would have done differently from the moment that trooper stopped you? >> no. >> nothing? >> nothing. i didn't have enough time to do anything differently. >> you were heard on that videotape apologizing. >> yes. >> that is part of the tape that started me. why were you apologizing? >> i actually was watching the morning that it got released, no one can believe how fast everything happen ed on that tape. it's shocking. and it's very disturbing. i know me, personally, i wasn't the only person that was affected by this. i know total strangers that have met me after the fact and told me they started crying. so much love and compassion has came out from across the

country. so this is the situation where right now, we need to take all those feelings and put them into a bigger cause than even myself or even that tape. >> you want more police departments across the country to use those dash cam videos. you want more police officers to wear cameras on their bodies so that instance like this are caught on tape and it won't be a he said, he said or he said, she said type situation. this trooper is facing criminal charges, could be sent to prison up to 20 years. what do you think is a fair punishment? >> i really feel he needs to be charged with something that holds felony status. that way, he will have to sign a gun act, will no longer be able to carry a gun, will no longer be able to be a police officer. >> what about recourse for you? do you have legal recourse you can seek in this case? >> i think besides recourse, our

main purpose for being here is to let the nation know that there's no amount of money that could justify what happened to levar. and so we're seeking justice. we're seeking to join those mothers against police brutality. we're seeking to push the issues across the nation where cities are -- question for the need of whether dash cams and body cams are need. >> levar, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> good luck. continued good health. we'll get a check of the weather now from al. >> announcer: "today's" sunday night football weather is brought to you by nfl mobile, exclusively from verizon. >> and we'll get to that in just a bit. first, we've got springtime in okay. big dome of high pressure dominating. the jet stream is way up to the north. and so here we go. look at these temperatures. denver, 83, 20 degrees above average. kansas city, 81. little rock, 77. as we make our way east by

saturday, oh, man, washington, d.c. is going to be 70. atlanta, 76. st. louis, 79. dallas, 91 degrees. we're right now we're seeing 50s and 61 degrees outside. sunshine there right into at&t park this morning. a little patchy fog at times in the north bay. that should be breaking up shortly. we'll see 70s popping up in our inland locations. hinting at rain later tonight. you'll see in the north bay today increasing high clouds, highs in the mid 70s and upper 70s near 80 in the tri-valley.

>> it's the night you wait for. you go through five days of heck to get to this. oh, baby, the packers, they get rid of the frozen tundra of lambeau field to go to mercedes-benz superdome. clear, mild, 75 degrees at the dome. but what the heck? it's sunday night football night in america. >> yes! >> we've got to get that -- >> yeah, we do. >> the saints have got to win this week. it is their turn. >> they have been warned. al, thank you very much. a story you've got to see. this is the touching reason why one town is celebrating a year's worth of holidays all in one week. stick around for that. >> great. next, should more lawmakers follow their lead? two rival senators forced to work together to survive life on a deserted island. they'll open up about that a deserted island. they'll open up about that experience, after this. mm. feel it. j.j. watt? you know there's a game on tonight right, amy?

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good morning, everyone. secrets can be hard to keep in washington, we know that. this is quite a tale. for 18 months, two senators planned a difficult and exotic trip and told none of their fellow senators, making their own experiment in cooperation. a plunge into what looks like paradise. crystal blue waters. 7,000 miles from their day jobs in washington. >> i was just looking for another senator who could spear fish, you know. >> reporter: but this was no vacation. >> we had to shelter quickly. >> reporter: a made for reality tv survival test. >> first clam down the hatch. i just hope it stays down the hatch. >> reporter: take one democrat. senator martin heinrich -- >> in a survival situation -- >> sleeping with a democrat. >> thankfully, not too close. >> reporter:rooned in the north pacific on an island. >> i think there will be a few people on my side, at least, who

will be upset, consorting with the enemy. >> yeah. >> reporter: and you have discovery channel's new show, rival survival. >> after about 20 coconuts, i can say we're both over the coconut water fad. >> reporter: leaving d.c. dysfunction far behind for seven days, forced to, dare i say it, work together with only three tools. >> the first item we both agreed on was the machete. >> reporter: and search for freshwater brought these senators to their knees. >> slurping up water from leaves, very unsanitorial, i can tell you that. >> reporter: there had to have been moments when you were saying, what am i doing here? >> that was one of them. >> that was one of them. >> yeah. >> reporter: their goal, to come back with more than a sun tan. >> if we could exist on a deserted isle, maybe we could reach across the aisle here. >> we know each other better, we probably trust each other a lot more. >> reporter: that trust is the tool they built together, an adventure in team work. and while they still disagree on most political issues, they do

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70s closer to san francisco. near 80 around morgan hill and saratoga this afternoon. north bay looking at increasing high clouds, high in the low to mid 70s, upper 70s closer to pleasanton. that rain line will drop to the south as we head into tonight. breezy. skies will clear saturday evening and dry out as we head towards sunday. let's look at your morning commute. >> through the haze, a look at the map it's not so bad toward the dublin interchange. this here concord out to pleasant hill, a couple of crashes, and main street crash has moved to the shoulder. recovery through lafayette and the bay bridge. nothing unusual for this friday commute.

slow across the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thank you for joining us. we'll be back with another update in half an hour. have a great friday.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up -- >> trick or treat. >> the most touching story you'll see all day. >> it's so much fun to watch his face light up. >> why one community is coming together to celebrate a year's worth of holidays all in a week. plus, packing on the pounds to prove a point. why one woman decided to gain 50 pounds to send a message about losing weight. and a grilling fit for galifianakis. >> do you think people focus maybe too much on your looks and don't realize that you're just a [ bleep ] actor? >> hilariously awkward exchange between the comedian and

superstar brad pitt "today," friday, october 24th, 2014. ♪ celebrating a decade of love and marriage from california. >> we're celebrating our 15-year anniversary with our family. >> i'm 35 years old and celebrating ten years of marriage with this guy. >> whoo! >> from washington, missouri. >> we love "today." >> good morning from trinidad and tobago. >> all right. it's 8:00 on a friday morning, 24th day of october, 2014. and i do believe we have one of the craziest crowds we've had in a long time here on the plaza this morning. >> amazing.

>> good morning, everybody. >> what a blast. >> terrific to see you. >> what have we been handing out here? >> something good. can you wait for that zach galifianakis bit? >> no. >> that is going to be so, so great. welcome back to "today." i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb. we've got al roker and willie geist here as well. natalie is off today, and savannah is on maternity leave. we have a lot to get to. let's go inside. we have tamron with a look at the headlines. good morning, everyone. officials in new york are urging calm after confirming the city's first ebola case. katy tur is at bellevue where the patient is being treated this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. an e.r. doctor named dr. craig spencer, who was in west africa, treating ebola patient with his doctors without borders. he called the health department with a high fever. the health department called 911, determined they needed to send a hazmat team to his harlem apartment to get him here to bellevue hospital. he has since been confirmed as

the first patient in new york city with ebola. they're trying to retrace his steps, to find everybody he may have come in contact with, including his fiancee and two friends, who are now in isolation. officials say as of now they're not symptomatic. tamron? >> katy, thank you. >> earlier matt asked governor cuomo about the doctor's decision to go out in public after returning from west africa. >> if you're a doctor, you know you're not contagious until you're symptomatic. this is a doctor who is taking his temperature twice a day and obviously concluded that he was not symptomatic and that's why he went out. >> we are just 11 days away from the midterm elections and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd has hit the road in an rv. he is talking to voters and candidates in the battleground states of hotly contested races. chuck is in milwaukee this morning. republican takeover of the senate looking like a done deal at this point? good morning.

>> it is. good morning, tamron. not yet a done deal. although, every day that ebola or isis is in the news in these last ten days, i can tell you, talking to campaigns on both sides, they really do think that actually hurts the democrats. democrats are trying to have a closing argument in these senate races, making the case that the republicans too extreme on issues important to women or too extreme on domestic issues but they can't. if they can't break through with that and ebola and isis are dominating the headlines, it may put republicans in a better position. but not yet a done deal. >> if you had to pick, chuck, what two states would determine control of the senate would you say are on that list and state that is voters should really pay attention to? >> believe it or not, we're up to 13 states that have an impact on this battle for control of the senate. republicans need a gain of six seats. but if i were to pick two states, i would say iowa and colorado.

i was just in iowa yesterday. it is hard to imagine either party able to have control of the senate without winning both the iowa and colorado senate races. let me tell you something, both of them, one-point races, tamron. >> chuck todd on the road. thank you so much. and on "meet the press," chuck will have six new senate polls for you and how republicans would govern if they get the majority. on the heels of italy's singing none, two priests stage a tap dancing duel while studying in rome. they heard from critics who found it undignified to which they answered the bible tells us to live with joy. from the reaction of that crowd, they enjoyed it. it is 8:05. let's get another check of the weather with al. >> that's great. thanks, tamron. this is a cutie. who is this? >> william.

>> how old? >> 13 months. >> how nice. and he likes the mic. i'm sorry, i need this. and these ladies over here, i love this. multitasking. they're here, enjoying the "today" show and what are you knitting? >> scarves. >> very nice. >> we'll bring you a hat when it's cold enough. >> all right. we appreciate that. let's check your weather and show you what we've got going on. a nor'easter, pulling away. showers still hanging around albany. as you see, roads still wet. they should end later today. still going to be a little on the cool side coming up. now the rest of the country, afternoon temperatures staying cool in the northeast and new england. also in the pacific northwest, lot of rain there. midsection of the country from texas on up into the central plains, going to be in the 80s. plenty of sunshine. gorgeous day. more rain in the northeast. strong rip currents southern florida with showers there and the pacific northwest looking at more rain as well. and today is your 11th birthday. what's your name? >> sierra. >> what a pretty name. where are you from? >> maine. >> where it's raining a lot.

>> yeah. >> so we're glad you're here. happy birthday, sweetheart. that's what's go a lot of sunshine to start, but also patchy, thick fog along the coast around half moon bay and then for the afternoon, 78 in san jose. close to 80 south of downtown. upper 60s to low 70s near san francisco. mid 70s around the north bay today. 70s to near 80 out by the tri-valley and nice weather both for game three of the world series, increasing sclouds. oregon at cal, increasing clouds as the chance of rain increases and we get into the weekend, saturday morning, wind and rain. >> hey, look at this. all these folks belong to this guy, this camera guy, jim corrigan right here. go stand with your family. there you go. that's a good looking -- give him a kiss, yeah. i love it. back to you -- oh, i'm sorry i did that.

sorry you had to see that, folks. >> nice job, al. >> that was good. that's the first time i've seen that camera in focus. >> whoa! >> yes, yes! we have a new member that we want you to meet. >> who is this? >> al, matt, willie, this is abigail, she is bearing hokie sweatshirts. right? >> thank you, abigail. >> how old are you? >> i'm turning 8. >> that's so great. >> so sweet. thank you for hanging out with us a little -- oh! >> you might have to keep her. >> suddenly attached to you, literally. coming up on trending, why is one of the most popular super models in the world quitting twitter? plus a year's worth of holidays in just seven days. the incredible reason behind one town's unusual celebration. then, we're helping you take charge of your laundry, abigail, including a quick trick to remove wrinkles and a kitchen item that can help brighten your whites. first, these messages. ♪

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let's kick off friday that was a lot of people talking and laughing. you know the funny guy show "between two ferns" hosted by zach galifianakis. he won an emmy for the segment he did right there, with president obama. he is back with brad pitt. zach has trouble even getting the basic details right. take a look. >> my guest today, bradley pitts. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. >> showers. why don't you take them? when you and clooney get dressed up in your tuxes together, do you ever kind of look at each other and go, aren't we a couple of dapper dans? >> never happened, to my recollection. >> is it hard for you to maintain a suntan? >> why? >> because you live in your wife's shadow. is it like one of those

classical love stories, like when -- i don't know, when ross first saw rachel? you know that show "friends"? have you seen that? ♪ i'll be there for you when the rain starts to ♪ >> i like that song. >> of course, you guys know brad pitt is very familiar with "friends," guest starred on the show with jennifer aniston, his then wife. we posted the complete video on today.com. please go look at it. it will make your friday. so good. so good. >> that's a good one. i can't get it together after that. one of the most popular stars on twitter has had enough. s model is friend of the show. known for her bold tweets. she's also married to john legend, also friend of the show, and was beloved by so many on social media until wednesday when she tweeted, quote "active shooting in canada or, as we call it in america, wednesday."

>> that tweet set off a social media firestorm, critics blasting her for speaking out about gun control. she even got some death threats. that's when chrissy wrote "i feel sick. bye, twitter. taking my comments to instagram." >> she says i feel sick, about what i wrote or what the reaction was? >> what she is reading. she explained what she meant by what happened. next, the death threats. >> not the first person to say good-bye to twitter. >> no, and won't be the last. now something on the fun side that he found on the web. could you draw your partner from memory? folks at buzzfeed got couples together asking them to do just that. not everybody so happy with the results. before we show you that, we wanted to try something. we have dry erase boards and a marker. each of us will draw somebody to the right. willie, you draw me. >> yep. >> while we do that, check out what happened to the couple.

>> this is the best you could do in six minutes? >> how is it any worse than yours? >> look how much detail i put in! >> patrick, those eyebrows look like a good three -- >> i think this is a really good portrayal of e.t. >> i will, like, look like a mean, trashy woman. >> yeah. >> there we go. >> so we're drawing the person to our right. al, you're first. okay. all right. come on. >> i'm going first. here we go. >> who is that? >> i have drawn tamron. >> who is that? >> tamron. >> that's me? >> signature hair. >> that does not look like my chin. it looks like a witch. >> it's close. >> who do you have? >> this is willie. signature hair, long legs, what i affectionately call lasagna hair. >> i'll take that. >> mr. roker. >> that's a good one. >> i like that. >> mr. lauer.

>> that's a good one. >> he could have used a little less marker on the nose. >> i ran out of ink. >> i misunderstood the rules so i also drew willie. >> who is that? is that me? >> that's willie. no, i'm kidding. that's you. you know what? i slipped! that is a combination of people. >> i would like to see mine. turn that around! >> wow! here we go, speaking of the battle of the bulge -- >> looks like kim kardashian. >> i'll take it. the battle of the bulge is always trending and can be a very emotional issue. one woman has decided to gain 50 pounds to prove a point about losing weight. nbc's kelly cobiella is in london with more. hey, kelly. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. if you google the word "diet" you come up with more than 46 million results but this woman, katie hopkins, says you can cut it down to four words.

move more, eat less. christian bale did it for "american hustle," renee zellweger did it twice. charlize theron did it and won an oscar. piling on the pounds for a movie role is one thing. katie, how much are you eating? >> it looks massive, doesn't it? >> reporter: british reality star katie hopkins put on 50 pounds to prove a point. >> people said to me, all of my life, you're lucky to be skinny. what i wanted to prove was that there are no excuses for being overweight. >> hopkins has made a career out of speaking her mind. listen so what you're saying. you judge children on their name? >> yes. >> reporter: but the woman known as britain's biggest loud mouth put her foot in it when she declared -- >> i don't believe you can be fat and happy. i think that's just a cop out. >> reporter: twitter lit up, people calling her ignorant, insulting and flat out wrong. so she started eating, everything! how many calories did you eat a

day? >> 6,500 calories a day, every day. >> she stuffed herself with burgers, fries, pasta, cupcakes, at times eating herself to tears. >> i didn't cry at my wedding but i cried over this. it was so disgusting. >> reporter: the next step in her experiment, katie will try to lose 50 pounds. she says she has already gained a different perspective. >> i've learned a lot about how it feels to be big, how difficult it is to be big, how horrible it is to have fat sitting on the top of your thighs and how much more challenging it is just to do everyday life when you're bigger. >> reporter: she has given herself three months and a drastic change in diet to prove being thin is as simple as eating less and moving more. hopkins says she really is doing it to encourage people, to show them that it's doable but she's already having a tough time of it. she has no dietician, no personal trainer and she still has 35 pounds to lose in two months, going into the holiday

season, no less. >> wow, that's going to be tough. she's doing it the way most people do, no dietician and no trainer. thanks so much. appreciate it. over to matt. >> hoda, thank you very much. when you were in school, did you have a hard time sitting still at your desk all day long? a school in north carolina has come up with a clever way to deal with kids who get a little fidgety. today' lifg lifestyle and fitness corner jenna wolfe has more on that. hi, jenna. >> hey, matt. we all have energy. kids have a lot of energy. to make them bottle it up and save it for recess or after school is not fair to them. at the same time, you don't really want to distract from the teacher's lesson plans. what do you do? how about swap out desks for stationary bikes for a class period? what do you get? read and ride. ♪ >> first thing you need to do -- >> reporter: for most kids, sitting still in class all day isn't exactly an easy assignment. wandering minds lead to fidgety little bodies and all that fidgeting spells lost detention. >> it's important for kids to

have fun while they read and at the same time have the moment they need instead of being trapped at their desk for four, five, six hours every day! >> reporter: scott ertl, guidance kournl kournl counselor in this school in north carolina, had an idea. instead of fighting the this school in north carolina, had an idea. instead of fighting the restlessness, why not feed it? >> middle row, get your read and ride books. >> reporter: replace desks with stationary bikes. the program is read and ride. students spend around 30inutes of the school day in a classroom that looks just like this. it's called action based learning, marrying the body and the mind. at a time when one in four elementary schools no longer provide recess to all their grades, curriculum like this is proving that movement matters. >> i see a lot of success. reading is sometimes one of their most challenging subjects, but i think that their energy towards reading is really good. >> reporter: but it's not just

bikes. schools around the country are offering balls, bands, anything that inspires education and expels energy. what does read and ride do for you? >> it helps me with my fluency. >> reporter: it helps to make you a better reader? >> yes. >> reporter: is it working? the numbers say yes. students who participated at least three times a week at the school achieved an 83% proficiency in reading. and when those who mattered most were surveyed, the response was overwhelming. >> in the classroom, you have to sit and you don't have any energy to let out because you need it quiet so the teacher can teach. >> reporter: right. and here? >> and in here, you can pedal as fast as you can. >> reporter: do you like coming to this class? >> yeah. >> reporter: what about your friends? >> they say that this class is awesome. >> reporter: a group of kids with a thirst for athletic nourishment and a hunger for great riding. remember, these are donated

bikes. no cost to the school. the curriculum to read and ride is online and can be downloaded and used in schools across the country. it's already happening. >> i was one of those kids who fidgeted all day long. >> why do i feel like everyone in tv was one of those kids, right? >> short attention span. jenna, thank you very much. over to hoda. >> thank you, matt. one of my favorite stories of the day, a town who defines community and it's all for one very brave little boy. here is nbc's joe friar. >> reporter: across a tight-knit neighborhood in utah, there is total disregard for the calendar. >> that's good. that will be great. >> reporter: christmas lights in october and trick-or-treaters hitting the streets a week too early. >> flex your muscles. get them ready to go. >> reporter: for ethan van leuven, the holidays just couldn't wait. >> trick or treat. >> reporter: that superhero costume is disguising a villain battling him from within,

it's a leukemia that he has been fighting all his life. >> the doctors said he has two days to a couple of weeks left to live. so that is when we thought we would make the most of the last days he has remaining with us. >> reporter: it's why this community celebrated halloween ten days ahead of schedule and why they're now throwing a parade honoring ethan's 5th birthday one month before the actual day. >> ethan. >> they're saying your name. >> my hero. >> ethan, you're our hero! >> ethan is having a blast. it's so much fun to watch his face light up. >> whoa! >> reporter: it's a week of holidays, which continues tonight with christmas eve, so everyone on the block is decorating their homes, sending ethan's family a message. >> just that we love them. it's a real tough time for them. we want to be there for them. >> reporter: they realize for the van leuvens, time is the most precious resource on earth.

>> it makes it a little bit easier, to see how many people love and support. ♪ happy birthday dear ethan >> reporter: this week, life here won't be defined by a calendar, but by the people who are making every moment special. >> that's cool. way up in the sky. >> happy birthday. >> reporter: for "today," joe friar, nbc news, west jordan, utah. >> at its core that is such a sad story and yet there's something really -- >> beautiful. >> -- joyful about the fact that this community did this for this family. >> by the way, that is the best story you're going to see today on this show. that was terrific. >> we're back right after your local news. ♪

you're watching today in the bay. >> a very good morning to you. it's 8:26. shall we play ball? the entire bay area counting down to tonight's world series game three between the giants and the kansas city royals. the team finally getting the home field advantage at at&t park. series is tied 1-1, but hopefully the familiar setting will help our giants pull ahead. giant's game starts at 5:07. now a check at the commute with mike. how's it looking out there? >> pretty standard for a friday, laura, but a couple slower spots you might not expect this amount of traffic coming past the coliseum. as we look at our maps, we look at a difficult pattern, but heavier flow north and

southbound. looks like something was going on, but chp doesn't have anything in their report, so whatever it is, starting to move better now. slower drive going on southbound coming off south 242. couple earlier crashes cleared, but still a recovery there. highway 4, though, not as much traffic in the area, so improvement there. the rest of your bay showing a typical pattern. northbound routes 101 past the airport as well as downtown for 87, difficult slowing there. of course, san mateo, always slow right now. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. another local news update coming up in half an hour. see you then. go giants!

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azaela. >> having a little bit of difficulty with their promo. lots of laughs. >> that is going to be a great, great, great one. how one family found a way to make their son's football dreams come true. josh elliott has more on that. does anyone enjoy doing their laundry? quite a guy. if you don't, this morning we've got quick and easy tricks to help you take charge of those piles of dirty clothing. elizabeth mayhew will show you what you should really be using to brighten those whites. everybody likes a bright white. >> absolutely. >> john lithgow stops by to talk about broadway and whatever else he wants to talk about. >> mr. roker? >> wet weather in the pacific northwest tomorrow, beautiful weather in the northeast.

cooler conditions. breezy conditions around the great lakes. sunshine through the gulf coast. then sunday, sunday, more rain in the pacific northwest, sunshine through the gulf. look for showers moving their way into the central plains. we've got gorgeous weather through the mississippi river lots of sunshine around the bay area right now. 53 degrees, hazy skies in san jose, 60s, close to it, 61 right now in san francisco near mccovey cove and still a bit of patchy fog in the north bay. afternoon, highs mostly 70s today. san jose, 78 degrees. near 80 around saratoga. upper 60s around san francisco and low 70s around the peninsula. mid 70s for the north bay. increasing high clouds later on today, which lead to a chance of rain after midnight tonight, early saturday, with showers to kick off the weekend, then things turn drier through sunday. weather. guess what, tomorrow, besides being saturday it's also usa

weekend's make a difference day. merriam is here to tell us more about it. >> in 1992, there was a leap year. we had an extra day. usa weekend asked its readers to take that extra day and do something good for somebody else. that's how make a difference day was born. now millions of americans come out to do something good for somebody else on the fourth saturday of october every year. >> how do they do it? >> go to make a difference.com and find a project near you or clean up the park, do a lemonade stand. go on make a difference day.com and register. more of our special series with the nfl "together we make football." nbc's josh elliott continues his magical, mistical tour of nfl

stories. back in new orleans. >> reporter: what a tour it's been as we crisscrossed the country, bringing viewer stories of how the sport has really shaped their lives and we have a great one this week. this week we head a couple of hours west of new orleans, a little town called new iberia, a town known for its to basco and sugar cane but now for its football. >> the doctor hands you the baby and you could tell something was different. they said he has downs. you're not thinking about this level of competition. you're thinking i want my kid to be healthy. i want my kid to be happy. >> reporter: he found a place for his son, cameron, where he could compete like everybody else. >> that's what i need, baby. >> reporter: special olympics u.s.a. summer games are held

once every four years. for the first time, they included a unified flag football division, where athletes with and without intellectual disabilities could compete as a team. >> it's about being on a field where everybody is equal. everybody is even and you can't say, that kid's special and this kid's not. >> reporter: team louisiana emerged from a field of over 50 teams to earn a spot in the gold medal games. >> this is probably the last time we're going to play football together, okay? let's have fun together our last game, okay? fourth down, fourth down. let's go, guys. let's go. >> defense! >> nice, baby! >> reporter: a father's dream for his son became reality. and the team from cajun country became national champions. >> whoo! >> yeah!

>> the world doesn't know these kids like we do. and they got to say, i was the best. that's where the emotions came fro from. >> we were ecstatic to do that. we finally got our first gold medal for the team. >> reporter: and with that gleam of gold still falling on their faces, team louisiana had one more shining moment. >> wow! >> drew brees! >> i want to introduce the national special olympic champions this year. let's break it down. count of three, saints of the one, two, three -- >> saints! >> mr. drew brees -- >> as a parent, that touched me a lot. and you could see the excitement. that was one of the highlights

of maybe their life. >> and it is our distinct pleasure to welcome the gold medalists here today, team louisiana led, of course, by coach and also owner and advice chairman of the board of the new orleans saints. coach, i want to start with you. we just saw the story. but you were there with these kids for the great opportunity. what's it been like for you, especially to see the gold around their necks? >> josh, hanging a gold medal on these guys was one thing. getting into that medal round was awesome. but, you know, because of programs like special olympics unified sports, these guys have opportunities beyond as a parent that we can imagine. we have our athletes on the field competing at these high levels. here we are in the superdome friday morning before game day. these guys just put their heart

on the line. unified sport sincere not just here in the united states. this is a world event. a lot of people don't realize how great this program is. we have great sponsors like espn that just give these guys opportunities like crazy. they build friendships. they build bonds. >> you could see it today. >> you could see it, absolutely. >> watching these guys today enjoy the moment. >> absolutely. >> that's been wonderful. i will say the impact, though, you make on people is profound as well. in fact, coach sean payton had another message for all of you. >> great meeting with you a few days ago. we want you back here sunday night to watch us face the green bay packers. >> congratulations from the entire state of louisiana on taking home the gold. on behalf of coach payton and the new orleans saints, pregame sideline passes. congratulations. we can't wait to see you on

sunda sunday. >> high five. >> and, for more stories like team louisiana's logon to today.com. thank you, team louisiana. and thank you, rita. we really appreciate it. >> all right, josh. thank you very much. congratulations to team louisiana as well. reminder, you can catch the saints taking on the green bay packers sunday night. coverage begins at 7:00 eastern with football night in america. coming up, why does john lithgow call himself the male glenn close? he will try to explain that. next, you want whiter whites and brighter brights? the secrets to taking charge of your laundry. hoda is covering that one. first this is "today" on nbc.

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that pile of dirty clothes and how to keep your whites white and your brights bright? elizabeth mayhew is here. i didn't know there was a wrong way to load a washing machine. apparently there is and a lot of us fall into that trap. >> number one thing people do, they want to get the laundry done. they stuff it all in. >> yes. >> you can't do that. machines have a certain capacity. >> okay. >> for large, front loading machines, it's about 18 pounds. if you have a top loader, it's about 12 to 15 pounds. >> eyeball it for me. most people don't weigh their clothe. how much should it be? >> it's about that -- a little bit less than that. you don't want to stuff it. you need water, the agitation so the water can take the dirt away and clean the clothes. you just need to leave room. number one, you sort. whites go with whites. you're going to do your whites -- wash them separately. one note about washing machines. they're much smarter than they

ever used to be. they know the temperature. when you put it in when it says wash on cold, for example, it's about 70 degrees just so you know that. older machines don't really heat up enough. if you have an older machine you probably want to wash your whites on a warm cycle. so after you sort, you're going to do your wash. washing machine detergent, be careful of the one you buy. don't use too much. >> i use a lot because i feel like it make it is cleaner. >> it actually leaves residue and is not good for your clothing. >> let's talk stains. you should treat it right when it happens. who does that? if you don't do that -- >> number one thing is -- wet it. if anything, just wet it with cold water. take some spray. you can keep these in different parts of your house. put one even in your bathroom near your laundry hamper so you can spray quickly. then you actually want to treat it. do not put it in the drier before -- take it out of the washing machine.

see if there's a stain still. street it again. once you put it in the dryer, you cook it in. >> the dreaded yellow armpit stain is nasty. >> one stain in particular -- >> what do you do for it? >> do not use bleach. it breaks down the foobers of your clothing. you just take -- crush up as principle, warm water. i say soak it overnight and salicylic acid will help. >> lemon works, too? >> for whites. soak them in lemon water and put them in the sun. sun works the best. >> if you have jeans or anything, turn them inside out. reason you don't wash them in hot water, it's like washing your face. that opens the pores. if you open the pores of colors it lets the dye bleed out. that's why you wash them in cold and turn things inside out. >> quickly, wrinkles -- you're supposed to take things right out of the dryer so they don't

wrinkle. >> when you are ironing things like pants, turn them inside out. that way you don't get that shiny -- >> oh, yeah. >> finish. the other thing you can do is line underneath your pad, line it in foil. it actually acts as an insulation and is ironing both sides. >> thank you, elizabeth. the best. all right. coming up next, star of stage and screen, john lithgow is here. first this is "today" on nbc.

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back now at 8:47. when it comes to john lithgow, what can't he do? emmy winner, golden globes, oscar nominee. where it all began on broadway, starring alongside flen close, good friend, in a play called "the delicate balance." how many shows, do you know?

i do. >> it's in the 20s. >> 26. i was reading last night that the first time you appeared on broadway in "the changing," i hope i'm not wrong here, you won a tony. >> that's right. >> first time? >> three weeks after my broadway debut. >> i would have quit. that would have been it. how do you ever top it? >> i should have. >> at this stage of the game, having done so many shows -- i know every show is different. but is the process the same as you're in rehearsals and previews and things like that? >> well, no. it's always different, which is one of the exciting things about it. i mean, "a delicate balance" follows on the heels of king lear, which i did this past summer in the park. what could be more different than that? >> in terms of your body snapping back into the routine of eight shows a week and -- is that something that you just never forget? >> well, it becomes familiar. it's like moving back into a broadway theater and start the

routines again. i feel like a kid again. i sort of come back to new york to do theater just for the feeling of deja vu. >> there's great camaraderie when you're on stage with a certain group of people. you and glenn close starred in "garp" in the '80s. >> yes. >> you've become good friends. >> yes. >> did you try to work together between then and now? >> she gets to call the shots. >> you said i'm the male glenn close and she's the female john lithgow. what did you mean by that? >> i'm not sure she's complimented by that. >> she liked it. >> ready, willing, able to do practically anything. and i just -- i sort of identify with glenn's career in many ways. >> she talked about learning the dialogue for this show.

she was here a couple of weeks ago and she said it's very difficult. >> yeah. >> that it's complicated. it's dense dialogue. there were times she wanted to fall on her knees and roll on the ground. you can identify with that? >> i think everybody doing dialogue has that experience. it's very staccato, unpredictable and this came off shakespeare, very orderly language. it's been an enormous challenge. once you get it, it's electric, because it's just as unpredictable for the audience. >> there's a rhythm to it. have you had horror stories -- i'm not jinxing you. have you had horror stories on stage where a line just goes blank? >> yes. >> what do you do? >> you just wait for the ground to open up under you and fall, disappear forever. >> it doesn't happen. you're stuck there. >> actually, last night i forgot an entrance for the first time in my career. i left three actresses on stage,

impr ovising. >> what do they do at that point? >> i heard glenn say, as i was dashing down from upstairs, they can't have that much luggage. >> a couple of movie roles coming up, interstellar, getting a lot of attention. are you looking forward to that? >> it's an incredible film. i think it is a great film. i have a small part in it. it's nice to have a small part in a great film. >> getting your hands full on broadway in "a delicate balance." good to have you back. >> wonderful to be here, matt. it's a pleasure. we're back on a friday morning. this is "today" on nbc. look at all these children. they all lost their lives because of

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some of us might have some pumpkin carving in our near future over the weekend. willie is in the orange room with some ideas. >> we wanted to see your best pumpkin carving. boy, did you deliver. make a cheeseburger inside the jack-o-lantern. very nicely done there. on instagram, that's cool, the glow of the candle, silhouette the foyerman making a save. >> wow! >> from mash about it on instagram. prison theme. >> been there a long time. >> this is true artistry on

facebook. a baby face with a binky in there. how about this one? this is how this family delivered the news that mommy is pregnant with baby number two. that's becky on facebook. also we've been having this big countdown, scariest halloween movie of all time. we got to the finals yesterday, exorcist versus the shining. who do you think won? >> i'm going to be a contrarian and go with the shining. >> the scariest halloween movie of all time is "the exorcist." >> of course. >> uh-huh. >> congratulations to "the exorci exorcist." >> congratulations. >> we won, we won! time now for "today's" birthday wishes from our good friend, mr. willard scott. >> the aquarium at mystic connecticut, you meet the nicest people. we want to wish happy birthday to our beloved birthdays today. millie, you are so sweet.

millie kuperman is from staten island, new york, and is 101 years old today. raphael plana rios from honolulu, hawaii. 100 years old today. and he loves to do exercise. this is knut einarsen from ken more, washington state, 100 years old today. you know something? you can drink two pots of coffee every single day. ruth beeman lives in henrietta, new york, 100 today. she is one happy woman, volunteers all the time and does good things for people. she loves to travel. how about that? that's it, gang. back to new york. >> i love when he blows a kiss. thank you, willard. so, kiddo ises, have you something good coming up at 9:00? >> we have a lot of good things.

>> best do it yourself halloween pet costume. >> did you bring pepper? >> no, her agent says she's not working for free. >> are you a dog costume person? >> no and more importantly, you're watching today in the bay. >> a good friday morning to you. it is 8:56, i'm laura garcia-cannon. people living in one san jose neighborhood will have to wait until at least sunday before it's safe to drink the tap water. the water is contaminated with e. coli and so far several people have gotten sick. officials say they think an animal might have crawled into a pipe, but they are not

completely sure. crews are working around the clock to flush out those pipes. we're going to have another local news update for you in half an hour. there we'll take a look at your morning commute. of course, the changes in the forecast, rain coming our way, and update on our san francisco giants that are playing in the world series game three tonight against the royals at 5:07. have a great morning.

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♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> 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" friday morning, october 24th, 2014. big crowd on the plaza. >> they're raising the roof out there. >> loud! >> that is like a holiday kind of -- wow! >> good energy. everybody screaming. this crowd has become a mob. >> turn on us in a second. >> that's right. it's like a remake of "the walking dead."

they just come right through. >> i'm willie, along with al and tamron. natalie has the day off today. tamron's in this magazine and she won something. she's a champion. >> that's our lady. >> that's it. >> this is why there's a balance of two guys, two women. because of this. >> we're trying to celebrate you right now. >> we're thot knocking you. we're proud of you. >> it comes off like two brothers, you're at home -- >> can't we just be proud of you? >> we're proud of you. we'll get to it in a moment. >> that's called the side eye i'm giving you right now. >> tyou get ethnic when you say that, the side eye. >> can you get more specific? >> don't get more specific than that. >> halloween is in a week. are you all ready? don't say anything specific. >> it's rocking. >> is it ethnic? >> it's ethnic. >> i cannot wait till halloween.

>> i tried mine on about an hour ago. it's good. you have to tune in next friday. just telling you. >> official countdown this weekend. everyone goes out and carves pumpkins. >> seven days away, baby. >> and they're celebrating in outside boise, idaho, actually. this corn maze we want to show you. >> let's see it. >> it's fantastic. >> i haven't seen it yet. >> it's outside boise. farmstead corn maze celebrating the wizard of oz. >> that is crazy. >> 75 years since the release of that film. it's carved into 18 acres of corner. takes you a long to get through. they have dorothy skipping through. >> the yellow brick road. >> tin man, everything. >> can you put that up again? >> i would love to see a time lapse of that. that's incredible. >> artistry. >> amazing. >> if you live outside boise, check that out. >> that's worth going to boise.

>> wizard of oz, there is a new app called dorothy. >> i don't know about this one. >> i am with you on this. it's a device you put -- little thing you put in your shoe. you click three times. >> is this real? >> and your phone rings. >> what happens? >> it calls you. it gets you out of an uncomfortable situation, like a bad date. >> what? go on. >> it sends a call or texts you. it's a fake text or phone call. >> really? >> then you -- oh, wait, unfortunately, something has come up. i've got to go. >> we is this on sale? >> they haven't decided. i think this is a hoax myself. >> i don't think this is real. >> is it actually on the app store? >> not yet. >> right. >> you don't think it's real? >> no. >> where there's a market, and there's a market for people who want to get out of bad dates. >> but it's not so subtle,

though. you're sitting, having a drink -- >> suddenly, you're at a hoedown. >> where would it go? >> on the side there. >> that would ruin the look. >> see now it's dead. >> and i showed my feet on tv. turn the camera off. >> turn the camera off, she says. >> just go to black for five seconds while tamron puts her shoe back on. >> 50 years of history, turn it off. >> had this been an actual emergency, we would have told you to go get another shoe. >> you guys don't understand -- ladies at home totally understand, getting a shoe back on is not easily. i need a little vaseline. i'm going to move on from that. anyway, speaking of difficult situations -- >> lot of stories here. >> don't like talking to you. a musician, like many people you

want to take a break, relax on the beach, get a tan and there was a dog nearby and he had a different plan. take a look at this. >> it's going to come off. >> oh, dear. >> uh-oh. >> i think we're being bamboozled here. >> yeah. and the boyfriend is just -- >> oh, no. >> right. >> she should have suspected something when he put bacon strips on her bikini. >> i was told there was a really cute puppy and you're going to be laughing. who could see the puppy? >> was it -- i saw a puppy. >> small dog. >> was there something else? >> really? who is looking at -- >> now i see it. >> who is looking at that puppy? >> i am watching the dog. how is -- why don't you just yank it away? i don't understand. >> the dog's not trying hard enough is what you're saying? >> this is like a weird --

>> yeah. oh, look at the dog. >> what's your point? >> al makes the important point, which is that the boyfriend is not helping at all. >> not helping at all. >> he doesn't want to help. >> obviously. >> because she's hot and that's probably why that was picked. did you pick it? >> no. >> first time i saw it. >> you're on the conference call. >> i missed the call today. adam? >> no. >> in and out finger pointing. >> oh, wow! >> christine picked it? >> not a lot of room under that bus. >> jeez. >> wow! shall we move on? >> yes. >> adam normally when we call him out, he's on camera. adam is in the witness protection program. back to the camera. wow! >> oh, my goodness. >> did we take the shoes off on the "today" show? >> yeah. >> put my other shoe on. if you have bad news to tell

somebody -- i'm trying to move us along here. a little help? if you have bad news to tell somebody do you sometimes text or e-mail that news when you ought to pick up the phone? >> yes. do you, al? >> no. i am a person who does it face to face. >> always? >> yeah. my daughter's boyfriend texted me something and i said, dude, this is a call, at least a call, not a text. >> girlfriend's -- >> your daughter's boyfriend texted you something that should have been a phone call? >> at least a phone call. more probably actually in person. >> might you understand, though, why he did that? he was probably intimidated and this is the way you get what you're saying out there. let mr. roker simmer on it -- >> no, because then mr. roker has more time to clean the shotgun. i'm just joking. i joke because i love.

>> that's the truth. >> we bring this up because there's a new survey -- and i love keurig coffee, those machines but i don't see the relationship. 26% say they're guilty of using social media text or e-mail to convey important news to family or friends. >> do you? >> i try not to. it's very tempting. you avoid the confrontation and put it out there. >> it's like this. you get your say in, uninterrupted and they can get their say in, uninterrupted. >> it's almost like you introduced the topic, right? so you put it down there and you can go in and talk about it afterwards. >> after the bomb is gone. >> exactly. that's exactly what it is. >> is everybody okay? then you walk in. that's probably the modern way. >> what about this? >> i don't know. spooky facebook friday. we're talking about. we sent out a call on our

facebook page and asked for you guys to send us some of your spectacular halloween decorations. this is unbelievable. people spend billions of dollars on decorating. from garnett valley, p.a. many of you followed her call to action. scrolling through some of them. >> is that jeannine again? >> no. i'm sorry. let me get to my list of names here. wait, wait. >> amanda cutler. >> there you go. i should have remembered amanda, from garland, texas, my backyard. that's her. then we have lea. you can see how she transformed her house to look like a scary face. >> cool. >> isn't that cool? >> yeah. >> next up on my list, mark campbell from sacramento, california, nightmare before christmas decorations. i should have had the names. >> is this a contest? i vote for amanda cutler.

>> in texas, that dining room? >> it's cool. >> how far out do you go? you have kids. >> they're happy ghosts and fun witches. there's nothing spooky at all. >> i put a pumpkin in front of the door of the apartment. >> i just put out a can of pumpkin. >> send us your halloween decorations. al? >> halloween is going to be spectacular. >> let's show you what's going on, rare occurrence in seattle and long view, washington, an hour north of portland. they had a tornado, ef-1 tornado yesterday. you can see debris flying all the way around, roofs got torn off buildings. look at that dumpster being pushed like toys. they're cleaning up now. no problem. more heavy rain coming in. we're talking about over the next few days. the rain continues in the

pacific northwest with anywhere from one to three inches of rain falling in that area. in fact, in the mountains, we could see up to four inches. then here in the northeast, good news. it's finally starting to end. that nor'easter pulls away. we've got fog, showers. those will end in boston later on this morning. and it's been heavy rain down in southern florida. some areas picking up nine inches of rain. good news there, we're starting to see the showers come to an end. skies will brighten by the time they get to the weekend. showers continue in miami for the next, let's and we're already at 64 degrees out in san francisco, at&t park, see the flags blowing with a south wind, which will be increasing later today, but in the meantime, 70s in the forecast, even near san francisco, upper 70s near san jose, into the north bay, highs into the mid 70s, upper 70s to close to 80 near the tri-valley today. later tonight, clouds on the

increase, winds picking up out of the south as the rain arrives through the weekend. showers carry over into your saturday afternoon, then skies clear as we head into sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. all hail the champion. >> the champion. so al and i are getting our biweekly mani/pedis and we look at each other and say, ooh, tamron is who wore it better up against iggy azalea. she got the song. but you got wore it best, whoever has the bigger picture, that means they won. >> yeah. >> tamron wore it better. >> here is what it says. it fit s "today's" tamron like it's love. we know you love to flaunt that booty, iggy, but this dress is too tight. go up a size. >> i thought she looked great in the dress. she does have a banging body for

sure. but here is the deal with this. this is so funny -- >> don't complain. you won. >> i wasn't going to complain. scold me in the pink dress and i got this and won. one of the blogger sincere fashion bomb daily and said you're on fashion bomb daily. the girl says both of them have busted shoes on. >> oh! >> i know. >> that's like hurting a girl where it -- both of them. >> just took away from the victor. >> both of them have busted shoes. >> you should -- >> i didn't read it. sent it to me with haha by it. >> haha? >> haha, fashion bomb daily blog says you have busted shoes. >> i think you start blocking your cousin. >> you've heard of people frieg on the beach. this has taken it to a new level. find out what this photo it interesting,

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now to the story behind the most memorable pictures of the week. >> partial solar eclipse, a dramatic rescue and what might be the largest under water ever. >> beautiful images. let's start with a breathtaking one from the partial eclipse. al was talking about that earlier. >> yesterday, most visible in the central time zone but almost everyone could see it, as long as there were no clouds. look at those images. >> gorgeous. >> i'm looking for the time we have a full solar eclipse. >> august 2017. >> that's the one i'll be counting down for. >> very cool. >> let's move on to a dramatic sea rescue captured earlier this week. >> off the north coast of the netherlands, because hurricane

gonzalo, the uk got between 50 and 70-mile-an-hour winds, intense in the uk. he is obviously dealing with those winds. >> amazing stuff. let's go under the water. a real marvel. this is off the bahamas coast. >> this is the sculptor. i think he sculpted you. >> he did a bunch of us and sunk some sculptures down in the water off the bahamas. >> it is a special ph concrete that doesn't deteriorate. >> matt, savannah, natalie, me. >> hans solo. >> that's right. i'm actually still frozen in carbonite. that's pretty cool. tell us about this one. >> it turns into a manmade reef. it's 18-feet tall underneath the water called ocean atlas, like the greek atlas who has the world on his shoulders. the frying pan. what is this? >> this is amazing. this is in sydney, known as the

glamorama beach. they're just going into the summer 93 degrees monday. this is called we're frying out here. >> very nice. >> cool. >> you have to have a funny photo. do you have one? >> funny you should ask. we have one coming right up. >> here we go. let's take a look. >> again -- >> uh-oh. >> oh! >> we got the better of it. >> this is another -- this is wednesday again, fighting hurricane gonzalo. he's not having much luck with the weather. >> that's pretty good. >> i like it. and last? >> another picture from rome. another picture of the pope, adjusting himself. he is never flustered. >> oh! that is so cute. >> i think she smelled his breath. in rome, they have -- i think she got a little too close.

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you're watching today in the bay. >> a good friday morning. it's 9:26. i'm sam brock. palo alto police have released now surveillance photos of two robbery suspects. the pair pulled a gun at the gleim jewelry store in palo alto back on wednesday and made out with around 25 expensive watches and are still on the loose. you can see the pictures right there. if you recognize them, please contact police. a plan to talk about the recent proposal to charge bicyclists and pedestrians to cross the golden gate bridge. today's meeting is to see if the plan should or should not go forward. the proposal comes as the bridge board is looking to fill a $33 million deficit. if the tolls are approved,

they'd go into effect in 2017. still not clear, though, exactly how much that toll would be. and the world series finally making it back to at&t park. the game between the giants and royals, game three, kicks off tonight at 5:07. fans expected to pack the stands well before then. hopefully, the home field advantage helps push the giants to take the lead in the series. they have a couple games here at home and are tied 1-1. after the break, a look at weather and your traffic for the weekend. stay with us. californians are discovering the real risks behind prop 46.

it was written and paid for by the trial lawyers to make them millions... while, for the rest of us, health care costs go up. no wonder every major newspaper in the state opposes prop 46. they say 46 "overreached in a decidedly cynical way." it's a ploy "for trial lawyers to enrich themselves." and prop 46 has "too many potential drawbacks to be worth the risk." time to vote no on prop 46. and at&t park looking very nice right now. 64 degrees, sunshine, and a south wind picking up. you'll see more towards tonight. in the meantime, upper 60s to low 70s around san francisco. 78 degrees in san jose, and in the north bay, mid 70s before the clouds thicken up. tri-valley, upper 70s to near 80. rain near the coast, but towards the weekend, clouds thicken up, rain for your saturday morning, transitioning to scattered showers saturday afternoon, then

skies begin to clear. temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than today's highs. now for another check of the morning commute, here's mike. >> bay bridge, folks turning into the city, giants fans only allowed. that is my rule. bay bridge toll plaza, look at our shot from the coliseum, traffic jamming up right there, high street, crash, one lane, two lanes open there past the scene. look at the map, this is the backup late in the commute. jammed for 880, 580 is much clearer. smooth drive across the san mateo and dunbarton bridges. sam, back to you. >> some drivers having to get through a few more hurdles to get to work, but it is your friday. some solace there. see you again in 25 minutes.

♪ >> this is the one willie -- >> is that your move? >> that's the move. >> it's kind of like his hitch. this is where you live. right in here. >> welcome back to "today." it's friday, october 24th. one week to halloween. i'm willie along with al and tamron. natalie is off today. dogs and children off camera. >> a lot going on here. >> for halloween. >> what could possibly go wrong here? >> children and animals. >> look how cute he is. look. and matching -- his vest matches the dog. >> little halloween segment coming up. how about this one? new york city artist named mike

chow. he decided to combine his love of food with his 1-year-old son on the instagram account. framing up the little dude. fries. >> look at the baby. >> how about mac n cheese? >> oh, yeah. >> oh, my gosh. and a cookie. >> that is fantastic. >> an afro cookie. >> very cool. >> that's so cute. you were on the fence about people sending out pictures of food. remember, you were like, i don't really -- >> we had a thing about that. i've come around a little bit on that. it's america. do what you want to do. who am i to judge in you want to take a picture of your food, take a picture of your food. when i'm at a restaurant i just enjoy the meal. how about appetizers for thanksgiving that are healthy? kind of against us, generally speaking. >> you're on a tear. >> we're looking for three of the healthiest, most delicious thanksgiving side dishes.

enter at today.com. >> they better be good. >> explain why we're kind of against it. >> because it's one day. >> right. >> if you do moderation -- >> right. >> -- you're okay. don't put half sweet potato souffle on your plate. but if you were looking to save some calories and fat, then we need you to make these so good -- >> that our sock also fall off. >> that's right. >> the deadline is next wednesday, october 29th. get on it. send in the recipe. we want to see it. >> we want to taste it. bring it! >> we want to have tamron's shoes blown right off so we have to turn all the cameras off. >> turn off the cameras, she said. >> because tamron cannot have her feet bared. >> barefeet on tv. not good for my twitter account. what's going on in the weather? is it flip flop weather? >> almost. saturday, flip flop weather certainly for texas and the central plains looking pretty good. nor'easter pulls away.

caribou maine, 57. rain continues in northern california into the pacific northwest. sunday, sunday, few showers hanging around and snowflakes in the interior sections of new england. little snow back through the northern plains, pacific northwest looking at rain. again, gorgeous weather from the southwest all the way into texas and up into the mississippi river valley. that's what's going on around the country. here's what -- uh-oh. >> uh-oh. somebody said uh-oh. did you say right now, sunshine around the bay area. pretty mild forecast for your friday with upper 70s around san jose and even around san francisco. highs approaching 70. for the north bay, increasing high clouds for the afternoon, mid 70s for highs around the tri-valley. you will notice the clouds on the increase, also winds picking up out of the south as this weather system brings us rain and wind into saturday morning, changing over to scattered showers, then partly cloudy skies into the afternoon there for sunday, but the cool temperatures will continue early into the new week.

>> that is your latest weather. jenny slate is on four different tv shows, rave reviews for her performance, and already a "new york times" best-selling author. >> out with her second book tied to her hugely popular marcel the shell. it's aptly titled "marcel the shell the most surprised i've ever been. >> what a terrific book. >> thank you very much. >> if there is somebody living under a shell, whos to not know who marcel is or seen the videos, tell us. >> sure. marcel is a stop motion animation little creature i made with my husband, dean fletcher camp. he has one eye, two shoes and he's an individual. oh, there's my husband. >> oh! >> he looks nice. i look bad. >> you look contemplative.

>> yeah. >> the video has 2 million hits. what is it about this guy? >> i think his personality is really -- he's casual and confident. but very small and he's kind of just like, i'm the way i am. are you the way you are? and everyone is kind of like, yeah, i am the way i am. >> good lesson. >> it is a good lesson. his voice, i'm told -- of course, you're not able, as we showed your husband's picture, you can only use marcel for work purposes, not for pleasure purposes. >> that's true. >> it's a true story. >> i know. >> it's true. i'm not allowed to use the marcel voice in romantic encounter. >> what would that -- if you were, what would that sound like? >> i think one time i might have been like, you're a great kisser or whatever and my husband is like, get out of here! get out of here! >> that's going to spoil the mood. >> yeah. it's just for art and performance. >> which sometimes they can meld. >> that's true. that's true. >> is that voice that we all know so well now, is that

inspired by anything? based on someone or something? >> it started a weekend when my husband and i, my best friend, gabe, and my other friend and husband were squished into one hotel room for a wedding. i felt very small and started being like, i'm just squished. but that's how it started and my friends were like, jenny's really freaking out. my husband was like, i think there's actually something there. >> good for your husband. >> yeah. he's a smart guy. >> you've gotten rave reviews for the movie "the obvious child" and this was very important to you. >> it was, yeah. really sweet story. comedian in brooklyn who gets dumped, fired, pregnant, and learns how to deal with what's going on in her life. it's a modern story, very positive and very funny. >> very cool. >> yeah. >> jenny, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me.

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good news, erica hill is here with a preview of what's coming up this weekend. >> nicest introduction ever, mr. geist. nice to see you guys. you guys had a little adventure to a haunted house recently. >> sure did. >> dylan went to learn how to be one of the people in the haunted house who scares you. >> that's a fun job. >> she said it was actually terrifying but really fun. she's going to show us what goes into becoming one of these people. you actually have to audition. one woman is back for her 17th year auditioning. so you have to get picked and then once they pick you, you're sort of in for the season. >> my gosh. >> that's a better place to be, the person who is frightening, scaring the people. >> i would probably handle that better. i can't do haunted house, watch the scary movie, nothing. >> you should take tamron. >> she tore a muscle. >> i heard. >> how is the healing process? >> it's coming along. thanks for asking, a week later. >> oh,

you're watching today in the bay. >> and good morning, it's 9:56 on your friday. i'm sam brock. the world series game three coming to at&t park, and this evening fans will see starting pitcher tim hudson up on that

mound for his first time pitching in a world series contest. giants die hards hope hudson, along with the home field advantage, will be enough to break the current 1-1 tie against the kansas city royals. pregame festivities kick off with little big town singing the national anthem. and the ceremonial first pitch go to this man, frank burke. burke caught travis ishikawa's walk off pennant winning home run in game five of the nlcs. tonight's game begins at 5:07. we know you can feel the excitement. now nice weather to bring it in, rob mayeda. >> for now a cool start to the morning, patchy fog in parts of the north bay, but temperatures should climb quickly around lunchtime, some of the valleys into the 70s and high clouds increasing late as the rain comes in later tonight. 78 degrees in san jose. mid 70s around santa cruz later on with near 70 in san francisco. mid 70s in the north bay, and

temperatures in the 70s to near 80 for today and the tri-valley before the rain sweeps in starting tonight, into saturday morning. now for the commute, mike? >> little relief past the oakland coliseum, rob. over here, a stalled vehicle, i showed it last half hour. it just moved to the shoulder and cleared the roadway about five minutes ago. look how quickly this recovers past the coliseum, but still a slower drive all the way up to that scene. that earlier issue for 580 has cleared, no problems, and in berkley curve and east shore freeway looking much lighter now. that will build over the afternoon for the giants game world series going on. smooth drive across the san mateo bridge, dunbarton bridge over to the peninsula. south bay not a problem right now, but this evening cal plays oregon, as well. congestion around there. back to you, sam. >> thank you very much, mike. hope you're having a terrific friday. see you again in 25 minutes.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. you made it. yes, you did. good for you. it is try day friday, octob 24th. they did it, hoda, and so did you. you had a big week this week. hardest working woman at nbc news. >> you know what's going to make our show hot today, jenny mccarthy. >> she is fun. she has a new gig. >> she is newly married. she has a lot to talk about. >> always a lot of fun. there she is. >> is she drinking? >> oh, no.

talking. we'll get her drinking, yeah. >> we'll see you in a little bit. you sent in photos of rooms around your house you wanted to step up, we got you the help, we'll check out the photos later. >> glamour magazine gives us the best beauty buys, which will be great, and how to throw an even happier happy hour from the experts. >> exactly. okay. so apparently there is a makeup artist who can transform herself into stars. >> you don't have a halloween costume, there is this woman, a makeup artist, so her name is luisa batala. she transforms herself into movie iconic -- "ciconic movie people. >> and music. >> here she is as betty davis. my gosh. >> wow. that looks like a painting. >> marlon brando. >> unbelievable. >> wait a minute. is that her? or that a painting? >> these are paintings? no?

>> here she is as keith richards. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay. here she says the hardest one was rocky because it took her so much time to become rocky. took her five hours. >> what? >> it is hard to believe those are photographs instead of paintings. >> yeah. well, apparently they are. so stop challenging everything. >> i'm sorry. i'm cynical, it is so good. she's really talented. she's an artist, she's talented. if she's a makeup artist, she's talented, either way. >> all the transformations are on her facebook page and instagram, you can go there and look at them, if you would like. >> apparently there is a spider so big, they're saying it is puppy size. >> i don't like the comparison. you don't compare puppies with spiders. >> you might want to close your eyes. >> so this guy -- this spider was in guyana, okay?

>> and they found the spider in a rain forest in guyana. we wanted to be clear it is not guiana or new guinea. it is called a bird eater. >> it is the world's largest spider, about the size of -- probably bigger than bambino, its legs reach one foot. >> here what's weird. so when it feels threatened, what it does is it rubs its legs against its tummy, so when you're looking at it, you're, like, look, but don't lean in -- >> hind legs. >> whatever, i said legs. rubs here -- his tummy with his legs. >> his hind legs makes a difference to me. >> oh, my gosh. all right. >> it releases a cloud of hairs. >> that's what i'm trying to say. barbs come out, barbs come out that stick you in the eyes if you lean in too close. >> it is painful and itchy.

>> anyway, whatever, we're never going it see that thing. it has two inch long fangs and here is the good news, if you care, its bite is not deadly, okay. >> after all that, you tell us if it bites you -- >> it stings you because the barbs from the rubbing of the tummy -- >> from the hind legs. how to draw a perfect circle. this is earth shattering! let me s >> let me see you draw one without the lesson. we have three seconds. >> that's not bad. >> this is just us practicing before. okay. you know what? this is, like, everything about our show, okay. this is annoying and -- this is hoda's. >> okay. >> you hold up yours and i'll hold up mine. >> you know what, i'm over it. i am over it. there is a guy on youtube who teaches you how to draw a

perfect circle. so we're going to watch how he does and we'll try it, although someone has already done it. let's see. >> to draw a circle, we pivot the paper here on the bony part of our wrist. put your hand on the paper like this and spin it underneath. make sure you're holding your pen or pencil firmly, try not to move or shake it, then gently lower it down on to the paper and carefully spin it all the way around just like this. pretty cool, huh? >> oh, it is like a protractor. >> it is. but it is interesting. if you're putting pressure on it, it won't -- >> okay, just, now on three we're going to try it. spin it. okay, ready? one, two, three. >> i do it better -- >> no, you can't. no, that's the way he said it. >> look at you. >> if i had a bigger piece of paper -- >> there you go, use mine because i can't do it. >> why can't you? >> i just can't. >> why won't you try it? >> i tried. >> no, you didn't.

>> go, hoda. go, hoda. almost. >> it is close. >> it is much closer. >> by the way, that's good. >> yes, show mine again. okay. you guys have met grumpy cat. let me -- >> i like grumpy cat. >> angry cat, this is competition. here is garfy, the angriest cat in the world. >> oh, my gosh. wow. that photo, a million views. is that angry or grumpy? >> that's angry. garfy, lives with his owner in turkey. >> i like that. to see more pictures, you can meet garfy on garfy.com, or he has an instagram. >> you know what else it is time for, just in time, kathie lee's friday funny. okay. a couple walks into a art gallery, they pass a beautiful painting of a beautiful woman

who is totally naked, except for some strategically placed leaves. the wife glances at the painting and continues on. she realizes her shhusband is n longer walking next to her. she looks back and notices her husband is still there staring at the painting of the woman. she gets a little testy, says, honey, what are you waiting for? continuing to stare at painting, the husband says, autumn. >> that was good. the leaves fall off. >> hello. >> i got it. time for our johnson's baby announcements, we celebrate new moms and the adorable new additions to their families. >> first baby is claire violet louderman, born on october 10th, in barington, illinois, and her parents offer this advice to parents, be calm and establish routines early on. that is really, really good advice. routines mean everything to a baby. >> next, baby born in crest vue, florida, weighing six pounds,

eight ounces, eli cash rollins, first child for parents jennifer and patrick. they say eli is sweet and he's very easy going. he looks it. >> yes. now to a little girl named ariana janee villobos-flores. she was born in norfolk, virginia, on september 26th. this is the fourth child in the family for parents tamara and uslir. first girl. her mom says this new baby is very demanding which makes her definitely a girl. >> the final johnson's baby of the week is harlyn dawn fugueleburg born in north carolina on october 29th. her dad is a medic in the army and shipped out in the first deployment in a few weeks. her mom megan says listen to advice from others but in the end do what is best for your baby, they are all unique. >> congratulations to all of our babies. >> for next round of baby pictures you send them to klgandhoda.com, please do them in halloween costumes.

this is a very special hole waln themed johnson's baby of the week. >> thank you. for this segment, we're going to be accepting babies up to 1 year old. >> exactly. >> okay or not okay. is it okay or not okay to publicly pine for your ex? >> this is what we had to say about it. you know, hoda, i think it is best to keep your pity parties to yourself and work on the relationship privately. >> i think we have something in common here. i say i think pining is fine, but probably best to do it in private. >> we agree? >> did you copy me? >> i went first. >> oh, then i copied you. >> yes. >> all right. >> okay. in honor of breast cancer awareness month, we have a new product. >> these are cool, these are pink travel pillows. you put them around your neck when you get on a plane. these are special because they happen to have a little side car to put your ipod in.

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she's a best-selling author, model, talk show host and comedienne. >> jenny mccarthy is now adding morning radio host to her list. her show "dirty sexy funny" is on sirius xm. >> star channel. >> is that what it is called? >> star channel. channel 109. >> thanks for taking over. i love it. >> little exchange with her and her husband, donnie. >> what song is my favorite song? it is our song? come on. >> our song? okay, we have three songs, but i'm going to go -- i'll pick the one i think you would say our song is, just give me a reason by pink. >> that's right. >> was he right? >> he was right. and then we sang it to each other. i did a four week trial to see if we liked it and fell in love with it, two hours to actually

talk -- >> no hair, no makeup, no -- >> no spanx. it is a blessing. they give you the freedom to be myself. >> is there a format? >> you know how it started? i started a comedy tour for women years ago, we have been on the road, taking really funny girls that needed a platform and went to radio and decided, okay, this is a great platform for me. so now it is my show, monday through friday, i follow howard at 10:00, and i bring on female comediennes that are in town or comics -- >> so many of them now. >> so many. >> is it a different medium? you're used to being physical and -- >> yeah, so you know it is more relaxing i think because i get to wear my sweat pants. i feel like i'm more myself, which is what people want out of me. >> that's part of the problem at "the view" for you, they hired you to be who you are, but then they didn't really -- they wanted to sort of put -- i don't know, put -- >> in a box. i'm more of io that, so to

speak. i felt that, you know, everything happens for the best reason, that's my philosophy. i'm, like, god will look out for ma me and i'll land in a perfect place. i look back where it is at now, i couldn't be happier. i have this wonderful husband. >> can we talk about the wonderful husband? >> by the way, you guys seem so gaga in love. >> it is not even a joke. we are mad about each other. we just can't get enough of each other. >> you've been friends before. did you -- >> i had no idea. isn't that weird? i met him on my vh1 show. >> where you were in bed naked and stuff? >> no. >> the one you came and talked to us about? >> i gave him my phone number and from there it just took off. and i'm just -- he's so wonderful to my son evan, single mom, package deal, and i can't

even believe, he's a leo, he's a romantic lover. >> has it changed your life a lot? you were dating and very serious, has marriage changed? >> you know what has happened? i know because i was married before, no one turns into something better or worse, sometimes worse, but, you know, what happened with us is i looked at evan and he said, i feel so much more safe now. as a single mom, i'm, like -- every night, he was so scared at night and now he fell in love with donnie, calls him donnie daddy, daddy donnie. their bond, it was heaven sent. i feel really blessed in my love life, in my work, and this manicure, i mean, i'm like -- >> for halloween or for donnie? >> i had to get away from the square ones, you can't do the square. i like the square. >> i am square. i'll wear square. >> you went long too. >> they said i have man hands,

so the longer -- >> you don't have man hands. >> who is they? >> everyone. >> i thought our new mantra is we don't give a rip. >> we don't give a rip. >> they make great nose pickers so -- or back scratchers. >> jenny, we're happy for you. we really are. congratulations. >> monday. >> all right. catch the premiere dirty sexy funny all those things monday on sirius xm star channel 109. >> sounds awesome. you sent us pictures of the rooms in your house you thought needed a redo. >> like that one. we'll show you what one designer did to give them a fresh new look without having to spend a fortune. and you'll flip over fashion that gives you more than one look. >> bobbie is all abuzz. >> you know what it is? >> it is her 40th birthday. but it wasn't always that way. ahh!! ahhhh!! let go! let go! no. no, budget. no.

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slips -- >> our "today" style editor and bobbie.com's bobbie thomas is here with reversible attire that gives you more bang for your fashion bucks. >> i'm so excited because tracy and sarah both work with me at bobbie.com and they're troopers because they have essentially the same items on, but they look like they're in two different outfits if you look head to toe. we'll have the camera pull back. the jeans are reversible. $39, the same pair of jeans and you're seeing both sides. this pair is that pair. >> they're just pull up. >> you slip them inside out. >> but no zipper or anything. >> no zipper. and they have another pattern, black and plaid that we have on a pedestal. >> that's genius. >> the top is also a reversible top. this -- these are by venus. they're $40, the jeans. 20 bucks a pair. these are the best tops. i found them on hsn.

they're black on one side. four colors, but it flips to this great taupe color and it is double lined, so it is flattering and you can scrunch the sleeves and play with them. you could even tie it in a knot, but great, four colors. thank you, ladies. >> that looks great. excellent. >> that was fun. >> another thing you can do to maximize, the holidays we're all running around, you need a slip, you're, like, the neck lines, this is a great straight neckline or v neck line if you need something straight, flip it around and wear the slip backwards. these are flip around slips by vanity fair, around $20, you get two necklines out of one, they come in black and nude. and then, of course, one of my favorites come fall, spanx has tight and tights which reverse. black to brown or black to gray. two colored tights out of one. >> so smart. >> turn them inside out. >> yes. and at see wonder you can get

belts that flip, this one goes orange to brown and tons of colors. plenty to-like at. >> we have to point out something today. >> yes, we do. a very special birthday. >> a big birthday, cake made by karen cash. >> we all adore you. >> take a look at it. high heels. >> i am -- >> embrace it. >> i am 40. >> love 40. >> i love you so much. >> we love you, bobbie. >> they're the cutest. >> look at pumps. >> all edible. >> edible shoes, what more could a girl want? >> we love you so much. >> thank you. >> wait until you see how we spruce up your living room and kitchens that you sent to us. >> and the glammies. >> all after your local news.

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the water is contaminated with e. coli and so far several people have gotten sick. officials say they think an animal may have called into a pipe, but they are not completely sure. the entire bay area counting down to tonight's world series game three between the giants and the kansas city royals. the team finally getting the home field advantage at at&t park. the series currently tied at 1-1, but hopefully the familiar setting will help the giants pull ahead. tonight's game starts at 5:07. we know wind sometimes helps them out. a look at weather and traffic after the break.

before we start to see changes arrive in the weather forecast, a pretty mild day in store with upper 70s near san jose and 80 south of downtown san jose. upper 60s to low 70s in san francisco. mid 70s around the north bay. upper 70s to near 80 around the tri-valley. notice the rain for now is off to the north. this is going to change as the system starts to sweep through later tonight with some wind and rain at times for saturday. scattered showers for the afternoon, clearing skies around sunday. now for a check of your commute conditions on this friday, let's send it to mike. >> all right, rob. clearing at the bay bridge right here. this is the trend before 10:30. 11:00 we'll see it build. folks heading back over to the city after the morning break, get in towards san francisco. 5:07, at&t park, all jammed up around the area. the rest of the bay right now is

moving smoothly. recovery from hayward to oakland, rest of the bay no problem. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much, mike. that story and all today's news coming up in a half hour at 11:00. see you then. we're back with more of "today" on this try day friday. if your kitchen feels outdated or your living room could use some sprucing up, all it takes it simple changes to transform your home. >> we asked you to send photos of rooms in your house that could use a little help. libby langdon has worked her magic. >> welcome. we love these kinds of things. >> thank you. >> it gives people hope. >> there is a lot you can do with a little bit of money. >> shirley sent us a picture of her kitchen. she said basically her kitchen needs an update. taking a peek at that, what did you think? >> i love the fact that shirley sent a picture of her kitchen at night. that's when we're in our kitchens the most.

and the biggest thing is it is lacking light. and there was a lot of storage that we knew we could add. so when you see the area that is sort of between the top of the cabinetry and the ceiling, there are actually regular standard cabinets that you can buy, called a bridge cabinet, and it literally bridges the gap between the ceiling and the top of your cabinet. >> you can use that for tchotchkes. >> absolutely. there is a bridge cabinet with glass and light in there. but also look at the lighting under the cabinets. and those are actually just simple little l.e.d. things you can buy and stick on there. >> made a big difference. >> makes a huge difference. >> different colored little stools, right? >> yes, different colored stools. and if you look at the cabinetry, there is a simple self-adhesive sea grass, like a wall pap, ypaper you can cut, l,

and you can tack it on there and when you want to take it down, you can. >> it doesn't hurt the wood? >> no, it is absolutely fine. >> let's move on to marion from woodstock, georgia, a photo of her living room. she wanted it zhuszhed up here. >> she thought it was a little boring. it was easy to kind of spice up this space. she's got that great sofa, but it sort of blind together with the wall color, the rug, all of that. it was important to create some separation. she also has a lot of little goodies on the top of her -- top of the cocktail table, smooth that out a little bit. >> what did you do? >> what we would do is do an accent wall that is just behind the sofa to lighten and brighten. and then an area rug on top of the existing rug to create a little contrast. also, just different pillow covers to go behind her existing covers so you're lightening it up. sometimes people keep the exact pillow that comes with it.

>> a lot of work. >> the drape makes a big deal and a little ottoman down in front. >> and the lighting. >> yes, yes. and adding the lamp in the corner helps bring a little more of a focus point. >> i would have put plants in there too to warm it up. >> plants are good. a living thing in a room is good. >> renee from illinois sent this photo of her bathroom. she wanted her bathroom fixed up. >> that looks like a lot of people's bathrooms. >> it does. the key is to take sometimes what you already have and rework it. so what i would do is i would paint the bottom of that vanity. i like her floor, i think the floor is great. but i would paint the vanity. and also that window is sort of feeling peculiar and see that mirror. so many people have those mirrors that are attached to the wall with the little clear plastic pins. >> yeah. >> exactly. and so there you can literally frame the mirror, you already have, and put it in black. >> and the floor. >> that's the same floor.

but look how different it looks. >> what did you do? >> no, by having it next to the darker -- by having it next to the darker vanity, it looks -- >> it doesn't look green anymore. >> green and white and then a brighter color on the wall, a pale yellow and black is good together. >> that's good. i don't believe you about the floor. >> thank you. so winner of the glammy is -- >> well, we'll have glamour magazine's best beauty buys of the year. >> and we're going to show you how to take the stuff you've got and make it work. >> make it extraordinary. >> why didn't you say that? >> after this.

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if you're trying to save some money and time, you can do it by tapping into what you already have right at home. >> ordinary household items like ice cube trays and hairspray can help you with almost anything in your house. >> here to show us extraordinary uses for ordinary things is liz vaccariello. >> like a barbie doll. >> thank you. >> aadorable. >> we're starting off with ice

krub tr cube trays. >> we have herbs and vegetables in season, don't want to put them to waste. take a spoon, take the leftover herbs, pour a little bit of water. >> is it herbs or herbs? >> it is herbs. you put it in there and this way you freeze it and a month later, you put it in the soup, in your -- >> that's great. >> very well done, liz vaccariello. with boots, my tend to flop in the closet. what can we do? >> one liter bottles, and take your boots taut by sticking an old soda bottle in there. >> it does take up more room in your closet, that's the only thing. but look how nice. >> i dare you to do that in your closet, hoda. >> you're so funny. >> now we'll stick our fingers to the very tip. >> are these clean? >> brand-new. >> we're going to take an ordinary -- we're going to take hairspray and put it at the tips

of the nylons and that is going to keep the fibers from ripping. this is going to prevent your run. >> how long do you keep your hand in there, until it drys? >> i think so. >> smart idea, by the way. always rip. >> always rip. it is also the time to, if you buy inexpensive meat that needs to bee izetenderized, take any of beer, pour a can of beer over that piece of meat. >> or three cans of beer. >> three cans of beer. soak it for an hour and the enzymes in the beer tenderize the meat. about an hour, leave it in overnight. if you cook something in your slow cooker, you can use the herb ice cubes too. >> could you cook it in the beer? >> you could. i cook my ribs in the beer. or my husband cooks the ribs in the beer. you can take lemon juice, make

it from lemons, strain it so you don't have any pulp or pits in there and put it in the humidifier and it gives it a wonderful citrus scent and the citric acid will prevent mold and mildew. >> genius. >> brilliant. >> yes. >> your daughters have done this art work, right? >> yes. we have the chameleon from sofia, olivia did a snake. you don't want to throw it away, don't want to destroy it and don't want to take up a zillion square meters of space. roll your children's art work up into a ball and you're going to use spare paper towel rolls. and stick the art work in the paper towel roll -- i'll write -- >> write what it is. >> sofia on here. >> yours is olivia. >> fourth grade, yours is olivia, she did a snake. >> olivia, fourth grade. >> sofia, chameleon. and you can stick it, keep it in -- you have cubicles, cubbies

like this. >> great idea. thank you very, very much. >> what we like to call our show. >> the happy hour. >> how to be the perfect host. >> all fun and games. first, this is "today" on nbc.

there is no better time than happy hour. that's the best time of the day. instead of going out, why not host a party in your own home. >> here is leslie bracco, author of "wine for women," one of our personal heroes. >> i tasted several thousand bottles of wine every year, so i'll give you pro tips and tricks to have a fun party. the first is, pick a theme. if you have your friends over for happy hour, pick a theme. all the wines are under $20. you can say whites from all over

the world, reds, whatever. get some music going. make sure you have food. >> some music. >> cheese platter everybody loves. i've done three different cheeses. goes with whatever you want on the table. >> this is your pits. >> olive pits. >> if you want to spit the wine. >> weird. >> here is a couple of pro tricks we used. want you to taste each of these. that's yours and that's yours, okay. >> i'm sorry. >> this is your set this , this your set. taste boath of the wines and tel me if you like one better than the other. you like the one on your left? that is decanted for over two hours. >> pour it in a pitcher to air it out. >> anything. >> just the red. >> they all taste better with a little bit of air.

>> right, okay. >> $20 for that. and four bottles of wine. then the other pro tip, we cleanse our pallet. you can use crackers or cheese but the pros use olives, mild olives, roast beef when we taste a lot of red wine. you're looking at me like -- >> i'm learning all this, this is good. >> and if you're judging -- i judge 100 wines a day, if you judge them, they say, darling, you need a cleansing ale. >> that cleanses your pallet. >> sure does. >> all right. now we'll play some games. let the games begin, all right? so i always think it is more fun to learn about wine when you have some games going on. i have the wine words game. this is about describing wine. i want you to taste these wines. those are kathie's, those are hoda's, you have tags. earthy, elegant, the other is smooth, spicy. i want you to taste and, again,

it is not that one is the right answer or the wrong, just that it is -- we have to use words to describe wine. >> we just have a minute left. >> we got this beautiful -- you got it right, kathie, hoda got it right too. >> now i have two beautiful chardonnays. this you have to guess the country. i have the gorgeous laroche chardonnay from france, which has no oats and crisp and fruity. and the -- guess which one. >> stick a cork in the map. wine number one from california or france? >> i say california. >> get it in there. >> okay. kath, what do you say? >> no idea. i need some more ale. i have no idea. i like the second one better. >> you like the second one. this is the french chardonnay. this is the laroche. >> i'm gagging on --

>> here is your cork. >> all right. >> the beautiful laroche chardonnay and now what do you do with the empty bottles? ready, ladies? and go. >> nobody wins that game. >> you got it. >> we got to run. funny lady amy poehler and fran drescher are here. >> this is good. this is nice. performances by southern gravity and zoe deschanel. >> and have a great weekend, everybody. >> great weekend, everybody. we'll see you for fun day monday. you know when, fun day monday. couple of days. >> nice talking to you. >> leslie, we love you. i'm taking this home. >> bye.

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nbc bay area news starts now. good morning, and thanks forjoining on this friday. we begin with breaking news out of at&t park. it's news some folks say sounds like a stretch. according to the founder and ceo of boat bound, that company acquired the rights to rename mccovey cove. boats bound is a pier-to-pier boat rental, kind of like the uber in san francisco bay. the name change begins today as the giants host the royals in game three of the world series. the company says in honor of the naming rights, it will celebrate each home run with credit