lows, the works. >> country tina happy to johnson have a great day! deep > buenos días. south and northeast, is this just the beginning of what's to come. breaking overnight, a brush with dang at 20,000 feet after a door on his jet flies off. what went wrong? we have contact. the first images from a spacecraft that landed on a comet speedi at 85,000, a historic feat, but questions on how long the mission will last. and rokerthon, the nine hours in now, request of a new world record in weather casting, and

with 25 hours left, he's going strong and the run for the record books taeds, thursday, november 13, 2014. announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh, there's the man of the hour or 34 hours to be exact. welcome to "today," a thursday morning. >> nine hours in, you look great. no worse for wear and tear. >> i went to visit al at master's degree night last night in my pjs. >> at 4:00 in the morning. >> not in my pjs, though, ten minutes ago. you're welcome, al. >> he's going through with it. >> giving new definition to live streaming. isn't that right, al?

>> yeah, yeah, yeah. one of the bathroom breaks, i did a homage. >> open microphone. the weather is exciting this morning. >> picked a day to set a world record. the polar vortex, record low temperatures, arctic air from the pacific northwest down into the southeast. right now, denver, 13 below, that's the air temperature. it feels like 32 below, and look at you come east, atlanta now at 40 degrees, feels like 33. ground 0 for the coldest air? the end is nowhere near in sight yet. >> reporter: hey, al, good morning, yeah, it's not been this cold in november in denver in almost a hundred years, and not just here. temperatures are 20 to 40 degrees below normal for a third of the country, and this polar,

arctic blast, whatever you want to call it, is not going anywhere any time soon, but could linger until the middle of next week. in denver, the arctic blast crushed a record set 98 years ago. fearing for those with nowhere to go, volunteers hit the streets looking to bring people in from the bone chilling cold. >> we can't force anybody off the streets, just offer help. >> reporter: the punishing system rare for mid-november dumped snow and then ushered in the deep freeze. as the misery spread, some watched temperatures plunge from the 70s and 80s to the 30 s and 40s in less than 24 hours. at the university of mipz, workers braved the cold to clear snow on the field and from 10,000 feet, ahead of a game scheduled for saturday. that familiar scrape heard in so many communities, but rarely so soon. in oregon, trees litter roads

brought down by 60 miles per hour. that may not be the worst of it. round two could be freezing rain and ice. >> everybody's putting on winter tires because of the freeze tomorrow morning. we want to be prepared. >> reporter: these cold temperatures are very dangerous, and they've already proven deadly. four lives have been lost to the storm. people need to take it seriously and be careful when the temperatures are this cold. matt, back to you. >> janet, get inside, bundle up, thank you very much. turning now to a flight scare involving one of the biggest names in music. u2 lead sing ebono and four friends en route to berlin wednesday when a small door of the leer jet fell off midair. we have that story this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. investigators are already looking at what happened here. the pilot apparently heard a rumble, turbulence, as the plane bank right, but a newspaper

quoted what is said in a source close to bono saying he's extremely lucky the plane could have gone down. ♪ >> the private jet was flying between 50 and 20,000 feet according to aviation officials when the tailgate fell off the plane. this leer jet 60 en route from dublin to berlin. this is bono in germany hours after the incident looking unshaken. but he and four friends on board reportedly heard a big thud during the two hour trip realizing after landing that the door had gone and luggage fell out. the front man whose hits include "elevation" and "vertigo" and performed on a rooftop is famously jet set, here arriving

at george clooney's wedding. they played sunday at the european music awards. airport officials say there was no structural damage to the aircraft and they believe those on board were never in danger, but so far, the door of the plane had not been found after what was not such a beautiful day. ♪ a beautiful day >> reporter: one irish newspaper says he believes he's lucky to be alive. he doesn't know what happened here, but the door was not connected to the pressurized cabin, or we could have been talking about something far, far worse, and bono is said to head to new york to appear with jimmy fallon, so he has to get back on a plane soon. >> like falling off a bike. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> in this case, the bike's a private jet. >> with no luggage. >> exactly. this morning, the first images back from high in space.

that spacecraft that landed on a comet traveling at 885,000 mile per hour, a mission ten years in the making, but this morning, there's questions about it. we are live at the european space agency in germany this morning. kat katie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a really big deal, likening it to the space walk, but this is millions of miles away deep into space, and although they are considering it a success, it did not go entirely as plan ned. overnight jubilation after a space frontier was smashed quickly turned to concentration as they crunched data to see if their washing machine sized space probe managed to hang on. >> jump twice. so it touched down. lifted off again. stayed flying, basically, for a long time, about two hours. then it touched down again. >> reporter: comet 67p is 300

million miles away, deep in space, just landing on it, even for a moment, made history. to land twice, they are now saying is double history. it's been a long journey, a decade of chasing across 4 billion miles of space to find a piece of icy rock barely wider than the islands of manhattan, all to solve mankind's biggest puzzle. how did we get here? are we alone? >> now, we are a water planet. where did our water come from? one of the ideas that's been around is the water came from outer space through comets. >> reporter: this morning, teams are analyzing the initial information and the first photo from the lander as it rides 67p, how long it stays on is unknown as the landers harpoons, which were supposed to anchor it down did not fire. still, the mission is hailed as a success. for our greatest mind, a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn

more about life itself. >> look at the photo one more time. it's clear what you're looking at, but what you see there is a foot or a leg for the lander in one corner, and there's this big rock. we believe that is a boulder or wall obstructing the view a little. they are not sure if it's in a crevace or wall or rock, but they'll tell us more as soon as they figure out what's going on. guys? >> looks fake, but it's real. we believe you. >> it is cool. that's great. thank you very much. meanwhile, two window washers released from a new york hospital this morning after a dramatic rescue from the side of the tallest building in the western heemgs fear, 1 -- hemisphere, one world trade

center, craig, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning, look up there, on the 69th floor, that's where the high-rise window washers were suspended for more than an hour and a half as onlookers gathered at the ground, folks watched on tv and online, and everyone holding their breaths. dangling and trapped from the tallest building in the western hemisphere, two window washers stranded after a cable snapped on the top of the one world trade center, leaving them stuck and scared in app almost vertical position. the man identified is juan lopez, seen hours before in pictures posted on social media. more than a hundred new york city firefighters rushed to the scene. want department tweeting a photo from inside, up close look at the terrifying view. from the top floor, rescue workers lowered additional safety harnnesses and two-way

radio to assure them all was well. >> worried about those blow. the guys up there were not going anywhere at that point. >> reporter: once they felt secure and were not hurt, new york's bravest sliced and drilled through layers of blast resis tent glass. >> half inch, the inner layer, cut out a four by eight sheet of that glass, and subsequently three-eighth inch layer of the outer glass. >> reporter: after the panes were pulled inside the building, it was the window washers' turn. hoisted in one at a time, only then did the city breathe a collective sigh of relief. >> here's number two, working number two, stepping in as we speak. inside. on -- okay. we have a successful mission. >> reporter: man. finally on the ground. the guys were rushed to a local hospital for minor hyperthermia,

and released a short time later okay. what caused the cable to snap, that's under investigation this morning. the building itself just opened last week. some 13 years after the original world trade center was destroyed. >> how do you feel about heights? >> oh, my gosh. i can't watch it. if you're a window washer on the world trade center, you have a high tolerance for danger. >> but that angle? >> my goodness, and the wife and child of one of them watched it develop live on tv. >> you're following the president's trip overseas, there's a warning from the president today that myanmar may be in a backslide in the country's march towards a freer society, meeting with the country's president today, and he said he's committed to building stronger ties with southeast asia on economics and security issues. those came at the southeast asia nations and u.s. summit in myanmar. back home, president obama is

close to making a final decision on what executive action he will take on immigration. some wanted to halt deportations for millions of illegal immigrants who came to the countras children. house speaker boehner says if the president goes at it alone, he'll kill chance of major legislation passing. the house could vote today on a bill that builds the controversial keystone oil pipeline, but if it makes it to president obama's desk, white house advisers may recommend a veto. it's been stalled for six years over environmental concerns. a disturbing incident involving u.s. navy sailors is caught on camera. the video shows three sailors from the uss ross docked in instan bull. the americans there in american clothing, surrounded by a dozen activists calling them killers and shouting at them to leave turkey and put a bag over one of their heads. the americans did not fight back. they managed to get away safely and told the activists are part of a fringe group and that

turkey's generally hospitable to westerners. rattled nerves in kansas and oklahoma wednesday after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake centers 25 miles southwest of wichita. only minor damage reported. the quake in an area where the oil and gas industry uses fracking. officials are trying to determine if that is behind a recent increase in activity there. and call it an accident waiting to happen. surveillance cameras caught a florida man trying to steal a chain saw by stuffing it into his pants. >> what could go wrong? >> it was worth $600, got away initially, and he was caught, though, after a foot chase. i think -- >> there are a hundred punch lines. >> good thing al's not here right now. i don't think he could resist.

>> oh, you know what? let's go to him. >> he's listening. >> even in this, he'll have a comment about that. mr. roker? >> oh, you know, it's just the tip of the iceberg. anyway. let's show you, we got a big storm in the pacific northwest looking at that in detail later, wet weather in the mid atlantic ocean, and lake effect snow setting up, and, again, brutally cold air continues for at least another 48 hours. let's get to your low cam forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. grown in america. picked and packed at the peak of ripeness. with no artificial ingredients.

del monte. bursting with life. good morning to you. i wanted to start by showing you some live pictures across the bay area. we do have some pictures out there and an overcast sky. i can tell you, though, as we get into this afternoon, showers should start to let up. you want to keep your umbrella by your side until at least lunchtime. more showers and fog coming during the week. everywhere. it's impressive. >> the minute al started at 10:00 eastern time, i think the weather world changed.

al is in the ninth hour, and number one on twitter now is, of course, trending worldwide overnight, and here's the numbers, worldwide, rokerthon, united states, rokerthon. what's not up here? he did it, he beat kim kardashian. >> no! >> yeah. >> he didn't even take clothes off. >> with his clothes on. beat kim kardashian. anyway, a lot of you sent in adorable selfies of you watching the action. there's a cat glued to al roker. that's great. in ohio, al, you put one person to bed. he couldn't hang with roker thon. look at that cute face. he tried. that was from big dan there. so coming up, we've got more pictures, actually, there's al -- that's cute.

look at you. that's a great picture. a little bedtime which will happen sometime tomorrow. coming up, a rokerthon recap from the night including what happened when i was lucky enough to stop by rockertho nrgs. i brought in the dog because i thought he wanted to meet the pup, but we'll show you more great scenes from overnight and when we keep tabs on rokerthon, and that means he is right beyond this door. it's going on. >> okay. >> right beyond, right beyond. hello, hello. right beyond. keep doing the weather. >> okay, looking at a lot of wet weather in the northwest, icy conditions as well. do you have to do the weather?

okay, here's the forecast. >> hammering that out. thank you very much. a true hero, dramatic 911 calls released from the washington teacher who ran towards gunfire to save her students. >> also ahead, a report exposing what you call a shocking problem. >> i'm jeff ross, next to the street light in a major american city, but this light has an invizle danger. watch this. holding this light to it, so much electricity on the surface, it lights up. why experts say cities and towns across the country have the same problem. how to protect yourself coming up. >> have that story, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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seen much rain so far season. what are we in store for the rest of the day? let's check in with christina. >> still tracking very light activity. you still want to keep your jacket handy, keep your umbrella by your side. it will be cool enough for a coat. we're still going to see some light activity. we might see some pop-up thunderstorms. otherwise we will dry you out overnight by friday into saturday. temperatures stay nice and steady. little wave of moisture on sunday, clear you out for monday and then more rain on the way tuesday into wednesday of next week. here's mike and your drive. >> early morning rain tens to ha -- continues to have the effect on the roadways. still the wet conditions are

what you worry about. look at the offramp here, a pretty tight turn. southbound 680, northbound a little slow toward sam ramon. -- san ramone. the essex treat onramp has reopened and there's the san mateo bridge in south bay. >> another local update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

[ music playing ] ♪ 7:30 now, thursday morning, 13th day of november, 2014, nine and a half hours into rockerthon 2014. he's doing this every year. he's still going strong. >> you'll go for the record next. >> going strong, going for a record, 34 hours uninterrupted weather forecasting to be a world record holder if he makes that, just 24 and a half hours to go. >> that's all. >> looks like he's holding up well. >> oh, there he is. i'll be in to change your batteries in a minute, al, but a look at the top stories now.

the weather, actually, an arctic blast sweeps through two-thirds of the country this morning, and it may be the beginning. winter storm is going to hit the north we northwest this weekend. could be the earlyist on record. >> a spacecraft landed on a speeding comet some 300 million miles away. scientists hope that problem analyzes the comet's surface and offers insight to the origins of our solar system. >> all right. relentless flow of hot lava continues to advance to homes on hawaii's big island. three are being monitored. this comes day after the flow consumed the first house in pahoa. coming up, a hidden danger lurking in your neighborhood and you may not know it. stray voltage electrifying common everyday octobers that

can be deadly for you and your pets. >> first this morning, chilling new 9 is 11 calls reveal what happened inside a school lunch room as a shooter gunned down classmates in the washington state high school. for the first time, we hear the teacher called a hero for trying to stop the shooting. >> reporter: as students sprinted from marysville-pilchuck high school, after fire, police received calls from inside including a frantic teacher. >> i have the the shooter, one shooter. >> reporter: a first year social studies teacher described each moment coming face-to-face with the gunman. >> he's right here. i'm staring at him right now, sitting next to him, i need staff now! >> reporter: called a hero for running towards the sound of gunfire after a student killed four classmates and himself in

the cafeteria three weeks ago. >> tried to stop him before he kill himself. >> reporter: praised by officials. >> i can't speak highly enough about the specialism and great job she did remaining calm, cool, and collected. >> reporter: providing key details. >> black shoes, black pants, black jacket. >> someone is shooting at our school. >> reporter: myr >> reporter:my which he texted her daughter, are you okay? >> she was the most wonderful person. >> reporter: she was killed at the high school. three died later, and 14-year-old nate hatch survived shot by freyberg. >> took away the best thing brought into the world. but he's a child too, and in order for me to reel from this, i have to forgive him. >> reporter: a family and community hoping to heal by focusing on forgiveness, never

forgetting what was lost and learned. for "today," nbc news, los angeles. >> incredible. let's take a turn now to the weather. al is there in the green room going strong with rokerthon. >> winter is going strong as well. winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories from the pacific northwest all the way into the southwest into the west of new mexico. the bulk of these, though, in the pacific northwest. watching a very powerful storm getting itself together. the moisture's coming in on land, and along the coast where it's warmer, we got mostly rain, but in the mountains, there's colder air from the polar vortex. the snow gets itself together and is going to move on ward and inland and the snow is going to pile up. the snowfall amounts we are talking about, significant icing, and snow between portland and bend up to a foot and a

half, and into idaho and parts of western wyoming, a foot and a half as well. this could be a very, very 7:35, happy thursday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. we had quite a bit of rainfall come through earlier. at this point your radar is mostly dry. we are still fair game for an earlier shower or two. we also have a steady mist and drizzle right now. that's courtesy of some thick fog rolling in. temperatures are going to end up in the 60s for today. upper 60s in the south bay, mid 60s for san francisco. rain returns early next week. >> al, you look incredibly well considering we're nine and a half hours in. >> hard to believe. it's gone pretty quickly. a lot is going on. in fact, look what went on overnight while you were sleeping. ♪ >> reporter: nbc's al roker

hopes he can beat 33 hours. >> three, two, one! let the rokerthon begin. here's what's happening, little rock will be 29 degrees tonight. mid atlantic, the southeast, memphis just 29. you're on the chilly side. hey, i got some frenz. my wife, you can see how concerned they are about me. they are all drunk. now we're getting started. there's no place like home. nothing's happening in the middle right now. cameron hall is here. oh, my golly. >> my dog just popped outside the studio. >> oh, really? [ laughter ] ♪ do you know the way to san jose ♪ ♪ i've been away so long ♪ i don't want to lose my way

>> 43 inches of rain in -- a alvin! hey, natalie morales! >> do you need a box of joe? >> i need a box of joe. >> how is it going? >> it's going well. >> during the break, i went to heed nature's call, and, well, i forgot that my microphone was on. we gave new meaning to the phrase live streams. >> lake effect snow, western pa, they are starting to develop. >> hoda! eight hours, baby. the rokerthon! boom, #rock #rokerthon. >> what are the rules? >> i have to talk about weather, five minute breaks for every hour i'm on. actually, what am i up to now? >> looking for hours? >> that's right here. >> no, i know. >> 40 minutes. >> i have 40 minutes. >> you do?

>> later on, i'm taking a nap. >> how long has it been since you went to the bathroom? i don't remember. >> a long time, though? >> okay, i'm done. >> and with that, the rorokerth continues. >> i knew he was going to do that. >> so did i. >> hang in there, buddy, all right? >> hope you don't hit a wall! >> oh, look familiar? ever wonder who is behind the hollywood stunts? this morning, michael douglas opens up about the man who has been making him look good for decades. >> up next, an invisible danger, shock eed literally just walkin down the street, and how your family and pets could be add risk.

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your body? believe it or not, it's happening in city and towns across the country right now with many recent cases of people and pets injured and even killed. this morning, before you leave the house, check out what we found. that's a bus stop sparking out of control. and look at this lamp post on a residential street. dangerous electricity on the surface. >> this is a serious safety hazard. >> reporter: even fire hydrants lek try fied, sparks shooting in all directions. it's called stray voltage, invisible killer, making everyday objects come alive with electricity. >> map holes, sidewalks, fences, anything in the land scape with wires, when they fail, they leak to the surface. >> reporter: here's how it happens. cities and towns have old infrastructure, old wires. the insulation eroding away, voltage from inside leaks out.

>> the the difference is when the water system breaks down, you see a puddle. electricity, there's no signs. >> reporter: and that is the scariest part. there's no way to tell just by looking at it. across the country, children and pets have been shocked. even killed. >> i had noed why what was happening. all i can think of he was having a heart attack, seizuring. >> reporter: leeza was walking her dog when stray voltage electrified him. >> open up the mouth, stuck my hand in his mouth and i got a jolt. he passed away within a couple minutes. >> reporter: to show us the danger, engineers from power survey take us out overnight in washington, d.c. other cities and electric companies hire them to scan for stray voltage. >> that's a big one right there. that's a strong aliving room. there's an energy structure nearby. >> reporter: right away, sensors

detected a hidden hot spot. >> we identified voltage on the streetlight, and when we make contact to it, it lights up. >> reporter: the side of the street light is lighting that billion b? >> yes, the same found in a light socket is on the outside of this. it could be deadly. when i touch this to the pole, there's sparks. >> reporter: never seen anything like this. the team of engineers roadblock the area and call the city to report the danger. >> stoplight that's energy jazzed. saw sparks coming from it. >> reporter: minutes later, more problem. streetlight after streetlight all sparking up. >> here's another one. >> reporter: in fact, it's so strong, even the sidewalk is electrify. there's 90 volts. >> reporter: why aren't people dying from this every day. >> a couple things have to happen to get a shock.

you have to touch it and if your feet are wet, it's dangerous. >> reporter: why do pets get hurt? >> they don't have protection of shoes so their paws touch the ground and electricity passes right through their bodies. >> reporter: the biggest shock of all came at this bus stop, this is just a regular scheduled sign, not connected to willi electricity so why it is sparking up? >> wires are underground, and this pole is driven into the wires. >> reporter: in one night, our team found over 40 locations with stray voltage in d.c. alone. these engineers say power companies are not doing enough to keep us safe. >> a very reactive situation. after there's a death or injury, there's testing, prior to that, nothing happens. >> reporter: and here is the bigger problem. the engineers say less than 2% of the cities and utilities around the country are proactively testing for it, meaning in most places, stray voltage is hidden on your street right now. experts say, of course, when you

walk down the street, avoid the manhole grates and metal grates. especially with the salt, the wet snow, that's a recipe for disaster. >> rubber soled shoes help. >> they do. that's why pets are hurt so much. they have the paws and they pee next to the streetlights too, hate to say it, but they do. >> a lot of pockets of urination on the show. >> more than usual. >> live streaming. >> didn't see that coming. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> by the way, you reached out to the group? >> declined to comment. if you see it happening, call your local utility company. >> thank you so much. coming up on trending, what two parents did when a hockey fight broke out in front of their daughter. >> up next, the viral sensation overnight, and now alex from target is opening up about the dark side of instant stardom. back after this.

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alex lee known as alex from target says there's a dark side to internet fame. >> it's overwhelming. >> reporter: now he can't leave the house and his family received death threats. his road to celebrity was short when a teenager spotted a picture of him and tweeted out the photo, and he was internet famous by the end of the shift. within days, he's on ellen. >> do you have any other talents? >> i mean, i can bag groceries pretty well. >> reporter: going from 144 followers on tarter to more than 730,000, and inspiring more google searches than bieber, but he said the attention is frightening saying he's scared to go in public. in addition to death threats, the family's social security numbers, bank accounts, and phone numbers leaked online and thousands have taken to social media to trash him. his father tells the times our concern is making sure he's safe. in the en, alex and his family hopes to do something positive

with the opportunity and help guide other teens dealing with bullying online, but for now, he's trying to maintain a normal teenage life going to school, taking out the trash, and, yes, still working at target. so the family worries for safety of alex and his five siblings. they have been in contact with local police. alex's parents met with the school principals, security officers, and managers to put together security plans in case of an emergency. i mean, it's so sad. >> wow. why hurt a kid like that? for what reason? makes no sense. >> thank you so much. the battle over plus sizes, and why one retailer is charges more. >> after your local news. ♪

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good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. at 6:30 tonight, the city's public safety commission will consider adding more crossing guards in areas around schools. other public safety officers may be considered. it always comes in the wake of an accident that killed a 15-year-old monta vista high school student last month. he was struck and killed by a gravel truck on his way to school. >> and the rain is making for difficult conditions for drivers, especially for driver who haven't seen a lot of rain so far this season. >> good morning to you, laura,

good morning to you at home. the sierra nevada could pick up 4 to 6 inches of pressure powder from this storm. this could produce another wave of rainfall as we head through the next two hours, anticipating that south of highway 92. at this point looking a little better for your drive. temps will be in the 60s. let's get the details from mike. >> you can see the low cloud starting to lift. a smooth drive but a slower commute because of that volume of traffic. if you look through oakland, we still have a little bit of soup going on here and water on the lens making it look worse than perhaps it is. a slow drive for 580 and 880. volume starting to go all over the bay area. back to you. >> another local news update in about half an hour. hope to see you then.

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[ music playing ] good morning. it's 8:00 on "today." we're trying to entertain al. rokerthon is continuing. how many hours into it? ten or something? >> we are coming up on ten hours. >> there he is. >> al,sam champion just called, he is going for 36 hours next week. >> he is more than welcome to. i have two broadcasts going on right now at the same time. >> anyway, let's talk to some people over here, what's the longest you have stayed away? >> 24 hours. >> you have done 24 hour. >> 36. >> wow! >> a guinness world record holder. >> we should all mention we are all wearing purple because. >> today's world pancreatic cancer, it's one of the worst cancers to get. >> very good cause. by the way, good causes, rokerthon is all ability. money donated will go to the uso. all for a good purpose.

>> exactly right. let's go pence, not to rokerthon, but to natalie with the news headlines. >> thanks, once again. one-third of the country dealing with temperatures 20 to 30 degrees lower than normal, as al roker has been telling us. it gave denver negative readings him at the university of minnesota, workers are braving frigid temperatures ahead of a game scheduled for saturday and a second round of wintry weather could spread snow and freezing rain across much of the nation. a scary close call for one of the biggest rock stars thousands of feet in the air. u12's front man bono were on their way to germany when the rear door fell off halfway into the flight. passengers reportedly heard a loud thud. two suitcases came out t. plane was able to land safely in berlin. americans may be able to spend

more time picking at thanksgiving leftovers and bargains. peter alexander is in falls church, virginia. explain for us. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning to you. you better believe there are people watching us, eyeing their spot to camp out for the black friday door buster deals. this season, there may be a reason you don't have to. >> that pre-dawn crush is as much a part of our thanksgiving tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. could that black friday stampede for deals be a thing of christmas past? this season, retailers are trying to entice shoppers with supersize sales over an entire week him wal-mart is stretching its discounts from one day to five. target is proposing holiday deals starting the sunday before thanksgiving. >> i'm always ab sales. i usually don't pay full price for anything. >> reporter: if you to the battling those black friday crowds earned you the best bargain, the experts don't buy it. >> the fact is some stores are advertising door buster deals

that, frankly, they've promoted previously or plan to promote later in the season. >> reporter: take this 50-inch rca tv at k-mart, according to the website nerd wallet it will be marked down on friday, same as two months earlier this whirlpool at best buy tidesed for $999 on friday, $10 keeper on labor day. what are the best days for deals? the largest single-day price drop is expected the sunday to monday before thfrlg. the computer or a tablet right beside them taking care of the deals you can find online. >> reporter: still for those who don't easily part with tradition, don't worry, you will have plenty of friends out there with you. this thanksgiving, don't be surprised if the people at the table start without you. nearly a third of all online sales will come from smartphones or tablets, more than any day

all year. natalie. >> all right, peter alexander, falls church, thanks so much. a wonderful update on a family we have been following for years, after having three children, carolyn and saun savage struggled with infertility for two decades, their book "inconceivable" details how she carried another couple's child because of a fertility mixup and later gave up the baby. later they carried twin girls for them. on wednesday, 45-year-old carolyn gave birth to a baby boy delivered by c-section. it's her sixth child. carolyn says 7 pound 1 ouvens, nicholas winston savage was conceived the old faxed way. congratulations to them. i love to hear those updates. right now, let's get another check of the weather with al and rokerthon. >> thank you so much, natalie. as we watch the wet weather down through the gulf coast, we will watch. that we have lake effect snow around the great lakes. >> oh my gosh, it's alan alda

and candace bergen. >> can we come in. >> okay. >> see you in a minute. >> all right. >> that's crazy! candace bergen and alan alda, two television icons. i am so thrilled. pacific northwest. we got a lot of wet weather there. we are watching that on the "today" map, this will be a major winter storm coming into the pacific 8:06. good morning to you. still tracking some light activity on your radar, most of which is pushing out of the area. we're watching for this next plume of moisture to move onshore, that could produce another wave of rainfall. then we're going to clear you out throughout the second half of the day. watch out for the conditions this morning, golden gate bridge camera shows you the fog is settling in. we'll be in the 60s for today. temperatures staying nice and comfortable right now in the 50s and low 60s. 65 later in san francisco.

and that's your latest weather. >> i'm trying. i'm trying. congratulations, you guys are on broadway and what a great play, "love letters." >> a wonderful play. >> so, tell us, what's going to happen? like tonight when the crowd is coming into the theater, are they going to be rained on? >> no. >> i'm trying to help with the weather. >> we got the beverly hills forecast for you. >> oh. >> right now 55 degrees. a little on the cool side. temperatures in the upper 60s. new york city for broadway. here we go. right now, 40 degrees. as we look ahead, perfect matinee weather all the way through and then how long are you guys going to be in this play? >> it just got extended a couple weeks. i'm not exactly sure. we will be through a lot of the months of september. >> that's fantastic. great to see you. >> what's your weather question for al so we can keep talking about weather? if he doesn't talk about weather every minute, he loses the

contest. >> will there ever be rain in california? >> i don't know, it's been rough. >> it's not good. you give them heck! >> all right. yeah. >> alan alda, candace bergen, live on broadway, their "love letters." >> i love when she says, give them hell. what is the forecast? hell? just kidding. >> the polar vortex is must see hell. >> an adorable baby discovering the joy of a music am birthday card. then should women's plus size clothing cost more than palestinianplus size? >> what do you wish you could protect with life insurance? why? tweet us using the hashtag #getaplan plus more rokerthon after these messages. >> roker! roker! roker!

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. 8:13. >> could every kids day be a thing of the past. >> all schools are officially closed for a snow day. [ music playing ] >> it's a snow day! snow day! anything can happen. >> maybe not any more. could the snow day be obsolete? schools are still closing when the weather is frightful. now more than schools are setting up virtual classrooms requiring them to work at home on laptop itself and tablets. they say this trend is catching on all over the country. kids will be bummed. >> but it makes sense. >> it does. >> because kids can do work from home now. but was there ever a better feeling tan waking up, in my day, listening to the tran

sister -- tran sister radio. >> the power was out. come on. we didn't have cable. >> i lost my laptop. >> all right. here's one of those stories that is as a parent, this ask makes you ask yourself, what would i do? a fight breaks out, it happens all the time. right in the front row is a family with a young girl, probably about four or five-years-old some what did they do as the fighters are literally pressed up on the glass in front of them. they shield the eyes of their daughter. they cover her eyes so the girl won't see the fight, which raises the question, would you do the same thing? >> i've taken my son to a hockey game when he was little. it was a pretty violent game. you talk to them, i didn't could have his eyes. i talked to him. this is not for real. this is not what you should be

doing. >> don't you go to a hockey game, you know there is a good chance this could happen. >> i this i the proximity. it's right in front of her eyes, i would have shielded my child the proximity, it's right on her. >> i think you have to question at what age do you bring your kids to the game. i agree with tam-on-. >> they all look scared in that video, too. >> no question. >> michael douglas, he has had the same stunt double for 26 years. after wrapping up production on the super hero flip, he decided to share this photo from the set. >> wow. identical twins. >> can you tell who is who? >> it's make olen the willest. there is one from "black rain" 1989, 1997's "the game." not only are they both called michael, they are also good golfing pulled dis as well. >> i laughed he is showing him a little public love here. those guys toil away behind the

scenes and never get credit. >> amazing. babies can be entertained by the simplest things, even, apparently, musical birthday cards. [ music playing ] >> uh-oh. >> she looked at that card, it's a one-year-old. she looked at that card and said, oh, no, you didn't. >> no, no, no. >> peck up again. >> that's great video. >> you got to love the problem solving. okay. let's get this party back on. she started boogieing before the music went on. that's amazing. >> that's what's trending today. now, controversy over plus size pricing, one woman is putting her foot down for national retailers to charge more for women's plus size jeans but not men's. >> hey, good morning, savannah,

second class citizens, that's how several plus size women described the way they feel they are being treated by retailers. one woman's push to put an end to the perceived discrimination that has brought this conversation into the spotlight. >> you think a pair of jeans fits all three of you is going to fit all of this? >> reporter: as if finding the perfect pair of jeans isn't hard enough. few fall into the plus-size category, you may have to shell out a few extra dollars for your denim. at $17.5 billion the plus sides women's fashion industry is big business and growing. but at a price. a size 8 pair of old navy's rockstar super skinny jeans cost $27. a size 28 rings in at $40 bucks. over in the men's section, all men's slim fit jeans cost the same. no matter the size. >> i don't think it's fair. >> reporter: it's something that shocked renee posey who discovered the des crep panes on the website, the only place they

sell plus-size clothing. she says old navy isn't the only retailer charging more for plus-size clothing. >> i don't understand it. it's straight of fat shame. >> reporter: she got online, urging gap, ink, the owner to stop up-chargeing for women's plus-size clothening. >> i think it really appeals to sense of fairness. i think plus-size women like myself are fed up being treated by second class citizens by retailers. >> reporter: gap notes the jeans are more money, its more work. it depends women's plus-size styles are not just larger sizes of other williomen's items, thee created by a team of experts, which includes curve-enhancing an curve-flattering elements such as four-way stretch materials and contoured waistbands, which most palestinian's garments do not include is there there are so mr. different nuances, you want to make great fitting garments

for plus size women it takes more time and therefore more money. >> reporter: madeleine jones editor of plus-size magazine says she is used to paying more for plus-size clothing. she sees this as a part of a bigger problem. >> we think in fashion we are treated as the minority. it makes plus-size women feel like sec class citizens when you are not included with everyone else. >> okay. that change.org petition renee created continues to gain traction. at last count this morning more than 32,000 supporters agree with her. lit go up after people see this. >> people don't like a sound for it. even if there is a reason for itch they don't like getting charged more. thank you. now a story decades or a decade in the making. this week marks one year since a young man at the center of a high po file murder case was released from prison. you may remember ryan ferguson's emotional homecoming after

spending almost ten years for a crime he always said he didn't commit. we have a look at how he has begun now to rebuild his life. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt, ryan ferguson not for nearly a decade to prove his innocence, now, one year since his conviction in missouri was overturned, he has moved to florida and has been determined to make the most of every day. it's hard to know exactly where to begin when you have a lot to do. it's even harder when you are making up for lost team. ryan ferguson is making up for ten years. >> does a day go by that you don't think about it? >> it really hurts to think about that. you try to avoid it. but it's impossible. i missed out on all my 20s and there's just no getting away from that. >> reporter: ryan was arrested. locked up at 19, accused of committing a halloween night murder after a friend said he

had dream-like memories they committed together. >> i've got to go to prison for the rest of my life. i have to tell what that man did. >> that friend and another eyewitness admitted to lying on the stand. >> i don't want to die knowing i did the wrong thing. >> last november, a state appeals court overturned ryan's conviction, stated the verdict was not worthy of confidence and after nearly ten years behind bars allowed him to be released. when you were in prison, did you think you would ever come back to this? >> it was a concern. i had dreamt of coming to florida while i was in brison just to be with friend and family and this beautiful environment and there was a really scary possibility that might never happen. >> reporter: he came out having to learn things we take for granted, like texting, instagram even facebook. >> i never used an ipod let

alone an iphone. >> when did you go on facebook for the first time? >> dpefl not the first night. >> reporter: he has been chris crassing the country for an awareness. >> i have a dream to show i am not an anomaly. this happens all the time. >> reporter: he's also taken up the cause of helping kids whose parents have been incarcerated go to college. something he missed out on when he was arrested his freshman year. >> these kids, i feel the connection with, is that we choose to be defined instead by what we choose to do with our life, not what has happened to us. >> reporter: for the most part, he is able to stay positive and upbeat. but sometimes just to think about the fact that he lost ten years of his freedom, it's hard. >> i thought when i got out, i'd be really happy. i got my freedom back. but it's two different worlds, prison and now here. i found a lot of struggles. >> reporter: two things that

help cope, working out. he was featured in men's health magazine and has a new book, stronger, faster, smarter, being released from january. he says it's a blueprint that encourages all of to us keep pushing. >> keep pushing is a metaphor for life. it's usable in the gym. it's usable in our education. everything. so keep pushing. >> reporter: just last month, ryan turned 30. celebrating his first birthday on the outside since he was 19. finally surrounded by the people he loves, ryan can't wait for the future. >> did you make a wish? >> i have my wish. you know, family, friends and freedom. so the three fs. >> ryan ferguson's attorney has filed a $100 million civil rights lawsuit in this case. it's worth noting the innocence project says roughly 30% of

exonerated people like ryan never receive any money. so he is certainly not counting on that money. i was telling you guys, i was so taken aback by how positive he is considering you think about all the things you did between the ages of 19 and 29. that's when you grow. absolutely. >> you have to keep pushing forward. >> that's what he is doing. >> thank you. >> let's go over to tamron in the orange room. >> guys, true story. right now i am with legends alan alda and candace bergen. we are talking after owl things kim kardashian's picture. kim has seen it. >> i didn't know who or what was

you're watching today in the bay. >> a very good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's take a live look outside. interstate 880 in oakland, where weather conditions, that's an improvement out there. nice round of rain rolled through the bay area earlier today. still wet. most of it has cleared out, but there are still some scattered showers to report. christina loren tells us things should stay dry through at least the first half of the weekend, which is good news. now let's check the morning commute with mike. >> good morning. like you showed on the live camera, they'll stay dry once they've dried out, but the lens having a bit of moisture there. droplets. we're still seeing the roadway with slick conditions in parts of the bay. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, obviously. slower drive getting down here. the orange painted on our maps

for much of the east bay and north bay, fog may be sinking in because of moisture in the area as conditions continue to change. a slower drive for most of your usual routes, extra slow through san francisco or oakland, northbound commute, the peninsula and east bay look standard for 880 and 101 southbound, and your northbound routes through the south bay really kicking in. earlier crash looks like it's completely off to the shoulder, but more distractions through cupertino. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. another local news update coming up in half an hour. we hope to see you then. try to stay dry.

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jennifer, that is beautiful. i mean the necklace. no, tell me about the star. >> the star weighs 550 pounds, 9-feet in diameter. it has a million facets of light. >> it's absolutely beautiful. by the way, you are helping us out with the toy drive on december 1st this year. >> yes, we are, we are happy to make a donation to the "today" show toy drive. >> when do they put it up will? >> from a couple hours. >> the tree lighting will be. >> december 3rd. >> right here on nbc. >> 720 led bulbs. >> beautiful. sparkly. >> jennifer, thanks very much. we appreciate it. >> we will see you soon. by the way, it's cold this morning. you know where it will be hot? >> where? >> out in orlando. that little matter of one direction. the british sen sakes are at it. a few album called "four."

they will debut it live monday morning on "today." . coming up, they got nine emmy awards between them and have played the most memorable characters, now alan alda and candace bergen are teaming up for a new project. i feel terrible i exposed mr. alan alda to the kim kardashian picture. >> he is still smiling. >> he made his moment. he was great. first a check of the weather from rick rocker, who stepped out of rokerthon. >> we are hermetically sealed, can't come out. for today, we are looking at a good storm finger. rain along the coast. heavier snow. some areas in oregon could pick up two feet of snow. there are blizzard warnings up for parts of oregon. we are watching lake effect snow around the great lakes and cold air continues down through the

south. tomorrow, lake effect snow machine continues between water town and sir could you describe, new york. we could be talking upwards of two feet of snow. it continues on the when plains. temperatures still cooler than normal. only 70 degrees 8:33 now. showing you a live picture of downtown san francisco. although that's what much of the bay area looks like, overcast, we've got some fog moving in. here's sunol, for example. what's great is we've already picked up .4 of an inch of rainfall in places like san francisco, here in san jose you're looking at slick conditions out there. your roadways are nice and wet, but quarter of an inch, grand totals plus your weekend forecast coming up in just moments. matt, we are coming up on

ten-and-a-half hours towards rokerthon and our record. >> we will check if with you in a second. without exaggeration alan alda and candace bergen are two legends. they are coming together in "love letters" a run just extended on broadway. first of all, congratulationsings that's good news. >> yes, it is. >> all of us that aren't a part of hollywood know you all know each other, see each other all the time, work together all the time. that's not the case here. >> we live both of us in new york. so we know each other from new york rather than hollywood. >> we have known each other a long time. i don't know how long it goes back. 40 or 50 years. >> 50 or 60. >> were there near misses in terms of working together in the past? >> no. >> nobody wanted it. >> nobody offered it. but we've known each other, we're getting to know each other much better now we sit

side-by-side on the stage every night. >> this show is spectacular. just for people who aren't familiar with "love letters." it is very much about love letters, two people wrote the first letter when they were 7-years-old. >> something leak that. what's interesting, in spite of the title "love letters," it's not goy and sentimental. it's very tough sometimes and very funny and there are only one or two actual love letters in the play. the rest of it is these two people trying to find each other. they're out of sync all the time. >> what was it like to try and come up with the rhythm with alan? i mean, obviously, he's a great actor. you are a great actress. does it come naturally or did you have to work at it? >> well, i was reading these letters, as an actor, you are deprived of all of your familiar territory. you can't look the other actor in the eye. you have your stationary for the entire play. so you are more focused on that and finding the specifics of the

letters. >> the difficulty, i agree, with candy, the difficult is relating to the other person without looking at them, which is something odd for an actor, because we get a lot out of the other person's face. >> let's talk about broadway. every time an actor/actress come they have been on broadway, they say it's different from any other acting experience. is that true? do you feel that way? >> well, he's a broadway vet. i -- >> you were on broadway in 2012, weren't you? >> yeah, that's almost the only other time. what i find so strike about broadway is everyone that does it does it for the love of the work. because you can't really make a living doing it. and people who are there are there because they want to be. so there is a real seriousness of purpose and focus and the performance, everyone does their best. well, in our case, it's only two of us. >> most of us do our best. >> yeah. >> you were there in 2005 last

time, with glen ross. when you are on broadway, i understand the schedule is, it takes everything. >> you know what's interesting about it. you think the show is only two hours a night. so they have it easy. from the minute you wake up, you are thinking, did i get enough sleep for tonight? is my voice in shape? am i getting sick? when do i eat? you know, i don't eat right before the show. then your friends come, you have to go out and eat spaghetti afterwards. >> you can't wind down. you both have something in common, in your careers have created iconic characters for television, murphy brown and hawkeye pierce, are characters like this something you look at always as a gift? >> oh, i do. i loved playing murphy. she was a fantastic character and just always fun to play for ten years. >> do you always look for the next one? do you always think, can i get a

character -- >> no, certainly not in my case. because that was a once in a lifetime experience. you can't get a combination of writing and acting and directing leak that again plus the response from the audience. it would be crazy to look for that again. what about you? you created the character of matt lauer. >> i'm still working on it, believe me. >> do you think you will ever be matt lauer again? >> never. no one here wants that. candace bergen alan alda, it's a thrill to have you guys here. >> great to see you again. >> just a reminder there show has been extended on broadway. they will hang around with kathie lee and hoda later. and you can see them on "love letters." up next, snooze or lose, a sleep disorder that affects millions of people, natalie gets the results of her sleep study to see if she suffers from it. first on thursday morning, this is "today" on nbc.

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4r6r789s. this morning on snooze or lose, sleep disorders for most of us falling or stay eight sleep can be a problem sometimes. in our snooze or lose survey 22% of adults says their spouse or significant other's snoring disturbs their sleep. >> why are you looking at me. >> according to the national foundation it affects folks who work overnight or shift jobs are more likely to have a sleep disorder like some of the firefighters we caught up with in columbus, ohio. firefighters are on call. >> there is our home for 24 hours. >> reporter: no matter what time it is. >> it starts at 8:00 a.m., ends at 8:00 a.m. a fire run and a fire, we could be up three, four hours before we get to come back and go to bed. >> my sleep at the station is,

can i tell the quality isn't as good. you don't sleep as deeply because you don't want to take a chance on missing a run. >> reporter: but it's not just the alarms keeping the firefighters up at night. >> i senator very loudly. >> i was a very heavy snoreer. the guys hatet it. overtime they told me you stopped breathing a great deal throughout the night. >> reporter: both sax sachs and sheperd were diagnosed with sleep apnea. brigham women's study studied several firefighters including a station in columbus and found 37% screened positive for sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, shift work disorder and restless leg syndrome. >> we found the firefighters and paramedic itself screened positive for sleep disorder had

twice as many motor vehicle crashes. >> i would wake up at 3:00 in the morning, within 20 second i could be driving a 72,000 pound fire truck down the road. i feed to have my faculties about me. >> reporter: there are health issues, hypertension, heart disease, mood and memory problems. for the firefighters in the study there was an increased risk. >> there was more than a 150% increase in cardio vasc loor disease and 200% increase in depression, diabetes. >> we expect a lot from firefighters. it's difficult for them to get adequate amounts of sleep. we hope the results will lead fire departments to institute screening for sleep disorders. >> reporter: the firefighters have taken steps, they wear machines that help you breathe more easily and watch diet and exercise to improve their health. but sleep is a luxury when you

are on call. >> i don't think we'll get back to a sleep schedule until we retire. you just get used to what the schedule's like. >> in a job such as firefighters or e.r. doctors or air traffic controllers, where you are working long overnight hours that may affect when you sleep, to do everything you can to maximize the quality of your sleep. >> so how do you find out if you have sleep apnea? each of us on the show has taken some sort of sleep test this week. i tried the portable sleep lab to study whether i suffered from it. here to explain the results, dr. karl brazil, director at the division of epilepsy college of physicians and surgeons. good morning. >> good morning. >> as you mentioned, 18 million people suffer from sleep apnea. i use this portable sleep lab machine to test what my results would be. what does this device do and what is it looking for? >> it's a pretty simple device. it measures your breatheing and

effort of breathing, measures your heart rate. >> let's look at natalie's results. i'm curious apt this first one, settle this first and for all. >> natalie is on the top, perfectly level. someone with the buzzes are snores. so it shows this person snores. not everybody that has sleep apnea that one does. >> natalie does not. we got that. >> the results of her test on the breathing. >> her breathing is very, very regular, few look at the top line. on the bottom this person is stopping every 30 to 40 second, complete cessation of the breathing. so that's a problem. >> chest movement is another indicator as well. >> yours is very regular. with a person with sleep apnea, the movement continues that, shows you it's obstructive. the cleft is expanding, the person is trying to breathe. >> not to mention the heart beat.

>> again, if you look at natalie, very level. as your breathing stops, it's hard to see on that graphic, your heart rate can drop and go up and down a lot. which is a big straven on your heart, big fluctuations in health concerns. >> we have a recording of somebody who had sleep apnea. you can hear their breathing and the pattern. and the snoring. so if you can, what are the symptoms and the best ways to be able to tell if you, obviously, if you snore like that, i think. >> if you snore like that, then it stops, that's sleep apnea. not everybody makes noise. that's not 100%. if you wake up tired, that's a sign. if you wake up with a headache, that's a sign. if you are overweight, you are more likely to have it. >> real quick. treatment, the machines, we saw the guys at the the fire house using those. >> it keeps your airway opened when you are asleep. it's usually the best treatment.

for whatever reason that doesn't work, you can use a device in your mouth. >> it's scary. at least you are healthy, though. and a quiet sleeper. >> i'm good. can you sleep with me any time. okay. >> we'll talk about. that dr. karl, you didn't expect this segment to take that turn, did you? thank you very much. coming up next, what everyone needs to learn about life insurance. hi, natalie, on nbc. >> i'll ♪

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this morning on today's money, we are talking about recovering yourself now, new rules for life insurance. the way we live our lives, we have sharon eperson senior personal correspondent. tamron in the orange room.

she has tweets from viewers. she will answer them in a moment. go remember to you. life insurance, not something everyone thinks about when they think of retirement and planning. >> they don't want to think about it or do anything about it. people are paralyzed, thinking it's so expensive and don't want to deal with their own mortality either. >> it's not as expensive as you might think. >> especially when you get a term policy. it's relatively inexpensive. you can get $250,000 of life insurance for less than a dollar a day. >> we are talking about the way people are changing the way they live. we want to talk about female bread winners. this is what it used to be. mom was staying at home. that kind of thing. >> there are about 5 million married moms making more than their husbands, two are the primary bread winners today him wives may have to have more life insurance coverage than their husbands. the bottom line is, if there is someone in the family that depends on you, you need to have life insurance.

>> let's move over here, this is relevant to me, older parents, you may have college prices coming up. >> you will have to pay for college in your 50. you may have an adult child living at home and deal with aging parents, all of those expenses are something you may want to have covered by buying a term policy later in life or permanent insurance which is more expensive but will cover you until you die for your entire life. that's something a lot of folks in their 50s and school districts buying, they want to leave a legacy for their children. >> let's talk about stay-at-home parents. >> a number staying at home. you want to make sure if you are at home, there are a lot of responsibility you have whether it's driving your kids around our caring for them in general, caring for the home. those services need to be calculated in the costs. you need to be insured for that. if are you a working parent, consider what time you have to take off to deal with grieving, caring for the home until that

logs of income the stay-at-home parent should be insured for that amount of money as well. >> finally singles, some think you are getting life insurance for yourdz kids or your spouse? >> you may want to get life insurance if you don't want to leave loved ones with debts you have. if you are single, you may want life insurance. more important, if you are single and have no dependents is to get disability insurance. because if you are injured or disabled on theoyou want to protect part of that paycheck, that's what disability insurance can do for you. >> it makes sense, tamron has been getting questions from viewers in the orange room. >> we v. one from joanna first asks the question, i want my kids protected. i worry about the loss of our house and the bills that would be left behind. so sharon, what's your advice for joanna? >> joanna is doing a great job in figuring out what her needs are today and in the future. that itself key. that's the first step in determining how much life insurance you need and what she will be able to afford.

keep in mind, if you are out 35-years-old, are you if good health. you want $250,000 of life insurance, it will cost a woman about $150,000 a year. that's something that is probably affordable for a lot of people. >> do you have another one for brian? very relatable? what is a reasonable monthly life insurance payment for a healthy plael. what is your price on comparing prices, sharon? >> you have to look at a good place to figure out your needs as life happens.org you want to pay about $40 a month for a term policy for a 20-year term, one of the least expensive you can get. >> thank you so much. you don't go anywhere. right? you will stick around, continue this conversation, if you have questions, can you tweet us using the hashtag get a plan. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. [ music playing ] . .

>> won is doing a little moonlighting today. savannah guthrie a guest on per dith viera's talk show. >> very exciting. >> the last time i saw you was halloween. we did a takeoff on the "snl" special for mom jeans. >> pom jeans. >> we lad such a good time. >> tell me, honestly, did you keep the jeans? >> you said you wanted many tow return them to you. >> oh. i actually love mine because

they have an elastic waist. you want to be sexy. you just go. >> they're a little too much. >> just went downhill from there. check your local listings this afternoon. i ran like a ritual bonfire threw them in there. >> it was padding again. >> it was padding. meanwhile, as we get set to say good-bye the next hour coming up and more of you're watching today in the bay. >> a very good thursday morning to you. it is 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. new details this morning on a deadly police shooting in concord last night in the parking lot of the willow shopping mall, long willow pass road. police shot and killed a suspected carjacker. authorities have not identified the man, but say he had an extensive rap sheet. new video out of san francisco this morning where a tree crashed down and injured a

person walking nearby about 7:30 this morning near san francisco general hospital. the victim ended up trapped underneath the tree until crews could rescue him. he's now hospitalizedith head injuries. the tree also brought down many lines and damaged cars, so they are doing what they can to cut it down. another update in half an hour. 12k3w4r6r7b8g9s.

from nbc news, there is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tam interest ron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "tod" it's thursday morning, november 13th, 2014, day two of -- >> rokerthon! >> whew, al roker is in the middle of a forecast we are told. >> in a hermetically sealed bubble. we are only allowed outside the glass. he's on. >> 11 hours now. >> he's about a 33rd of the way there, not quite. if you put it that way, he has a lot ahead of him. >> i love how many fans showed up for rokerthon, al!

>> rokerthon! [ cheers ] . >> you are trying to keep him awake, right? >> you will stay out the full 34 hours, right? >> oh, yeah. >> that's a part of the deal. >> around midnight he will really need you. >> in case you haven't heard, al is going to shatt ter guinness world record for longest uninterrupted weather cast, 34 hours is the goal. >> that will end we think at 8 of the if he makes it all the way through. >> he will make it. he's the energizeer bunny. >> i came out last night at midnight. there were fans out at midnight. i was walking my dogs, had my pjs on, i thought, why not go by work? there i am in my pajamas. >> you actually were in your pajamas. >> you saw me. >> i saw you. i called my mom. she got her personal forecast from dallas, texas from al. >> is everything okay with the dogs int green room?

>> upon arrival the dog pooped. >> you had on grey pa ja mas with a grey beanie and talked about your dog. and you are up this morning. >> she's been paying attention to every hour. >> you came in this morning. >> i came in an hour early this morning, i brought him some coves although he doesn't drink it. it was for the crew, just kind of give him a pep talk apparently, he had taken a break right before. they left his mic opened. he really was live streaming. >> my dog oscar pooped in the green room. >> you covered all the bases. >> tomorrow, tonight, you are showing up. >> i will be out somewhere at 10:00 i'm coming in hot. you don't know what will happen. >> he will hit that wall. if you are running a marathon, that's like the 20-mile mark. >> 10:00 is about 26 hours in. something like that. >> 24 hour. he started at 10:00 p.m.

>> he's a journalist. not a mathematician. it's not what he does. >> we'll call debra, al's rife. >> we should point out it's for a great cause, it's not just breaking a record. it's raising money, help our troops as this man has been dedicated to doing for his career. >> how great is al roker? >> al roker. should we go in and say hi? >> we will muscle our way in. >> okay. >> bye-bye. >> you keep cheering him on. he needs all the help he can get definitely today. >> all right. there we go. oh, a bit warmer. >> hi, you are helping us undress. >> okay. >> we'll come in and say hi. >> say hi. >> how are you doing? >> is that an exercise bike? >> hi, al. are you at a good point? >> we will show you some great tweets. we can put that in.

here come our gang. >> al roker. a big fan. >> he's the big world record guy. >> we'll continue. we are coming up on 11 hours. you guys are here for that as we, right now we are in the heart, heartland, wisconsin, it is 21 degrees. >> br. >> that is cold. we have been asking people to tweet us at hashtag al rokerthon. where did that little guy go? >> i just saw him. >> he's in here somewhere. >> while you look, can i point out how good al still looks, altogether. >> coming up on 11 hours. >> we can celebrate yay! 11 hours! >> all right. >> have you done a global forecast, too? >> we have done the caribbean, africa. we have done asia. we have been all over. >> we need a selfie. >> people are predicting how many selfies you would take. >> all over buffalo, new york,

will get some snow. >> talk weather while we're here. >> come on, matt. >> hello, yay! boom. >> we'll be back tomorrow. >> all right. >> we're proud of you. >> the guinness world people are right here. i will get you a pair of those pajamas when you finish. >> it's lovely. all right. we will go to the orange room. did you see the story, of course, everybody was watching yesterday the window washers at the freedom tower and how scary that was. they were trapped on the 69th floor of the one world trade center and these guys were just hanging there as you see almost just horizonally dangling. >> yes. >> so the cable snapped on the side and that kind of left them in that precarious position and rescuers actually had to get them out of there, they had to

slice through what is shatterproof and blastproof glass in order to get to them. the two guys, the window washers there, they had just posted some pictures on social media right before this. they did suffer from some hypothermia. thank goodness it all ended well. i was reading one of the wife's and son were watching on live television. you are sitting there hearing the news break about your husband and know, oh my gosh. >> i started watching and at some point my mind went to the family are watching. do they even know this is happening. >> right before their very eyes. tourists at one world trade were looking up transfixed by what they were watching as well. >> that is a tough, tough job. they do it all over every american city around the world. that is tough. let's say it again, fdny when

you feed them, there they are. taking another rescue. thank god everybody is rescued. that was scary. what do we have here? taylor swift in "time" magazine, on the cover, she said, in part, i'm sure there will be things that make my grandkids make fun of me for no matter what, i would rather it be look how awful your dancing was on the "shake it off video" tlaern grandma, is that your nipple? she's the woman of the moment. >> she understands she is in a position she has to be a good example. i think she is thinking about the long haul. >> she is in it for the long haul. >> we have an update. how big she is, there is not a day that has gone by this week that taylor swift has not had a story in the news. >> yes. >> she is huge. >> she is everywhere. >> we have done the spotify

story for a week. >> right. >> which she knew. she will sell a million copies anyway. >> she already did 1.3 million. >> she knows she takes on spotify, she will sell her album. >> when i was in local news in chicago. they brought this kid in, i think she was 13 years old, cute little blond girl and the person said, this will be the biggest person in music in country music. it was taylor swift. >> wow, amazing. >> she was ten or 11-years-old this machine was behind her at the time. i think she's a brilliant marketer. those songs about all of the exs, that was fodder from amy poehler and the talk of that at the golden globes at the golden globes. she created this brand. she was a little kid performing on this morning show hustling at this little age with her mom and her mom was there. i remember the guy, their music person saying, that that's her mom. she doesn't leave her side. you sue the beginnings of a

super star. >> the combination of being really smart and really talented. >> it helps when you have a good and supportive mom by her which leads us to our next topics. >> brooke shields has a memoir about her mother, there was a little girl t. book is about her relationship with her mother terry. i have to tell you, i am interviewing her next week. it is an incredible book. the life that brooke shields was a friend of all of ours lived, i didn't know ten percent of what she has been through. >> she opens up from her relationships from her virginity. >> she named names. >> she is on the cover of "people" magazine. really, she is talking mostly about her mother and terry was a life long alcoholic who often left brooke with a neighbor down the hall when she went out drinking. you read this and realize for brooke today who is married and has two beautiful daughters and is so grounded and normal and

real to come out with what she went through when you read in this book, it was remarkable. >> she speaks for the love and respect for her mom and understands it was a disease that overtook her life, at the same extent, i understood and i understand my mom perhaps better than anyone having gone through it. >> sugar coating. listen, parents aren't perfect, now she is a parent, to your point, she is able to look back with this reflection and things that may have hurt as a teenager, watching your mom leave you with a sitter while she drinks. she tries to understand and see it through her mom's pain. it's a beautiful growth for her. >> for a lot of her life, all she had walls her mom. it was the two of them coming up in the child eye. >> she was a child star of all child stars at the time. >> she has a very, she has a sense of humorant her mother. there is line, she talks about when her mother died, she put her ashes up between the mand

mantle between the two things she loved, brooke and a bottle of boz. she is able laugh about that. i have to tell you whether you know brooke shields or not, read this book. it's an unbelievable life and admiration of her mother. >> it's a good read. >> she had some famous relationships, which i think they want us to mention, john f. kennedy, jr. >> dean cane. >> remember when people thought she dated michael jackson. >> 45ir they're buddies. >> the story line at the time was they dated. now, of course, she cleared the air on all of this. shelves again going back to taylor swift being at the top of the game the calvin klein jeans, everything, "blue lagoon," she was it. >> she still is. >> absolutely. >> let's get a check of the weather with our buddy al, and the rokerthon.

. >> and we are watching a major storm developing in the pacific northwest along the coast, we see storms develop. look at the winter storms and watches stretching from the pacific northwest. we have frost and freeze warnings in the south. we want to focus on what is going on in the pacific northwest. we got some blizzard watches, watches, winter storm warnings. we've also got a bitterly cold air. this polar vortex again creating record lows him we got even colder air behind that coming up, later on this weekend 9:12. still have a few light spotty cells, but really starting to see that fog settle in an overcast sky for much of the bay area. if we see more shower activity, it will be between now and noon. temperatures today will be

comfortable. we'll end up in the mid 60s all across the board. ditch your umbrella by tonight. into the weekend, nice and dry and comfortable. see a nice day on monday, then more rain tuesday and wednesday of next week. more on that today at 11:00. . >> that's your ratest etc. i love it, erin sorkin in here. i feel i'm doing a rapid dialogue. >> i noticed you have been talking act the weather a lot. >> i have been, it continues to be really cold, that's what it is, all weather all the time. as a sequel, i think you should do the weather channel. >> what's the temperature outside right now? >> 45 degrees. >> all right, that's it. >> you get back to work, i will take him pence, he is the man, of course, behind dramas like "the west wing," "the newsroom." the die lock is not as snappy as

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. >> if you guys were the inventors of facebook, you'd have invented facebook. >> aaron sorkin is the man and the pen behind some of the most memorable dramas. >> i want the truth. >> you can't handle the truth! . >> my name is andrew sheperd. i am the president. >> what are you trying to say? >> i say you don't play the team the way they're designed to be played. >> and tv shows like "studio 60" and "sports night." now his hit drama "the newsroom" is wrapping its final season on hbo. >> this will be a reality show. we don't do good tv. we do the news. >> and aaron joins us. aaron, it's good to see you. this was fascinating. we are watching this clip, you are critiquing the way it was directed, editing. >> there was a moment in the social network. listen, there is nothing i have written and wish we could go

back into the editing room, 16, 18 frames we'd pull out. >> that's hard even when it's made millions of dollars, you still see suspect you would have changed? >> absolutely. it all ends up feeling like my high school yearbook picture. you want to go back. it's there. >> you are winging your hands a couple years later over 16 frames. >> what am i reading you will not write for tv anymore? we don't accept that. >> that's really nice of you. honestly, if i have an idea for a tv series, i'd love to come back. i love doing series television. the only problem with it, if i'm writing a movie or a play and the writing isn't going well, which is most of the time, that's my kind of resting pulse, if writing isn't going well, i'll have a good day, can i call the studio the producer, whoever is waiting for it and say, it's not going well, i know i thought it was going to be the end of

the summer. it will be more like thanksgiving, teleinvestigation you have air dates, hard deadlines to meet. which means you have to write when are you not writing well. put it on the cast and crew and broadcast it to everybody. that's just becoming tougher and tougher to swallow. >> talk about the hbo experience a little bit. it is so different and the head of hbo has attracted people like you and turned it over. said i respect what you do, i think you are talented. go do your thing. >> i have never been anywhere a. great season for nbc. i love working for nbc. i did two shows here. hbo because it's not advertiseer supported, you are in business with the audience instead of the advertisers, it's just much more writer, director, actor friendly. >> mark zuckerberg said of the social network it hurt his feelings, you recently revealed that. >> i saw that. i really, i'm sorry that it did. i get it completely.

i know i wouldn't want a movie made about the things i did when i was 19-years-old. so i get it. but i didn't set out to hurt his feelings. >> you set out to tell the story. >> i did. there was a cool intellect, it was an origins story about this fe tom none on facebook. >> so will you promise not to hurt willie's feelings when you bring the story to life? >> a story of the mornings here? >> much more like brad pitt in "moneyball." >> i love that. good move there, aaron sorkin. >> congratulations on the "newsroom." >> congratulations on the "newsroom." its airs sunday nights on you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in, and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i try this if you try... not this. okay.

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you're watching today in the bay. >> and a good thursday morning to you. it's 9:26. i'm sam brock. new this morning, a tree crashed down in san francisco, injuring a person that happened to be walking nearby. this happened at 7:30 this morning near san francisco's general hospital. the victim ended up trapped underneath that tree until crews were able to come to the rescue. police say this is the only victim. they did not provide an update on the person's condition. that tree also brought down muni lines and damaged several cars, as well. an early morning geyser on the streets of walnut creek. amazing video of a water line rupture on california street. the city of walnut creek says it's a loose cap that burst along the pipe after building up way too much pressure. it took crews more than two

hours to reseal the cap after thousands of gallons of water were lost. although we haven't had a precise number on that. no word either on why it took so long to stop the water. coming up after this break, a look at weather and traffic. stay with us.

9:28. welcome back. i'm meteorologist christina loren. showing you a drying out bay area. we're going to see this trend as we head throughout the next few hours, then by 12:00 today, should be mostly clear. showers, lingering low cloud cover. the fog is settling in now that the rain is clearing out. 65 degrees on the east shore today. 66 for the south bay, 66 degrees on the peninsula, where we picked up over .3 an inch of rain. close to half inch in san francisco. we'll tell you how much where you live today at 11:00. first, let's find out how the drive is moving along with mike. >> over in oakland, our live shot we can see much better. we've seen clouds start to lift over here by the coliseum, at

least, come pressing here towards high street. look at your map, talking about 880 and 580, slow drive into the heart of oakland, then easing towards the toll plaza. we had a stall on the upper deck of the bay bridge off treasure island that slow things down a bit. typical spot both directions out of daley city. compressing through fremont and northbound 101 up past the airport. typical pattern here and the roadways are drying out a bit. that is good news. back to you. >> very good news. made it hard for drivers earlier this morning. we'll have another update in another 25 minutes.

. >> welcome back to "today," it's a thursday morning, november 13th, 2014. al is checking in. >> al roker all the time. >> al is over in the green room. >> i'm grad he is finally taking a seat. being on your feet that amount of time, 11-and-a-half hours. >> now to he's talking to the tv. >> ginger drink in his hands. a lot of fans monitor how many ginger drinks. >> we'll check in with al in a minute. first it's throwback thursday. 2005, "neverland." johnny depp, indicate winslet,

they told the story behind "peter pan." . >> now, it is being turned into a broadway music am. it was announced it will star actor matthew morrison, you know him best from "glee." matthew is in los angeles with fantastic news, thank you for waking up super early. okay. so what's the news you have? >> like you said, i'm making my return to broadway. i found a co-star. it's this man next to me, mr. kel see gramer. >> oh, all right. >> congratulations. >> fantastic. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> kel see, you were in les category folet. what made you do this show? >> harvey is a compelling guy. it's also my favorite story. so you can't go wrong with it him honestly. it's such a crowd pleaseer.

it's emotional. all the things that theater is supposed to be. my character is a lot of fun to play. i'm looking forward to working with matthew here. i think it will be a great experience for people, audiences, for kids, for everybody. it's so moving. it's so impassioned and everybody loves the material. i think it's just a great piece. i went and saw the sort of out of town tryout in boston and just was sitting there weeping. everybody around me was sitting there weeping. i thought, you know what, this is going to work. >> guys, so you know, in the movie ten years ago, matthew, your roam was played by johnny depp. kelsey yours by dustin hoffman, no pressure, fellas. >> could they walk in the park? could they sing? >> a lot of people are looking forward to this "finding neverland." starring matthew morrison and kel kelsey grammer.

we can't wait to see you soon. now, let's check in with al in the midst of setting a guinness world record rokerthon, how is it going, al? >> good willing. we have so much to talk about. coming up on 11-and-a-half hours. we have a winter storm watches, winter weather advisories from the pacific northwest all the way into salt lake and beyond as we watch, a storm system again, getting to gather its strength. snowfall apples, generally, some areas, we are talking a foot-and-a-half of snow. it could be even two feet of snow. but a wide swath of six-to-nine inches of snow as we watch this. all that cold air stretching casualty by a down in texas 9:33. taking a live look at the bay area radar picture. couple things that are interesting happening here. showers are all racing off to the sierra nevada. for us, we're getting a little bit of a break, but you'll

notice this steady plume of moisture, this could produce more shower activity. throughout the next three hours, we are starting to see light cells develop offshore, but overall, the trend is drier, especially areas north of the golden gate bridge. any activity will be south of 92. 65 degrees for san francisco today. 65 on the east shore. . >> and that's your latest weather. >> hang in there, al, looking good there. and jeff dun ham speaking of looking good, is a funny guy, he spent years traveling, cracking jokes to soldout stadiums on five continents him now you can catch some of the best moments of his dvd "all over the map." >> jeff is here with us along with peanuts. >> good morning, great, it's great to see you guys, natalie, purple, look at this, i am purple. tamron, you are sing him, are you in maybe? >> i learned you are a boy.

>> i'm available. remember, when you go purpose him, you never go back. >> oh! >> sign me up. we'll talk after the show. >> whoa, what is al doing? the rokerthon rokerthon. i did not understand. i thought you said something else, i thought he was going to be modeling a horrible article of clothing, the roker thong. he should not wear that to the white house. that's all i'm saying. >> he has some much for someone who is purpose him. >> oh my goodness. it's been a great first minute for peanut. >> coming out strong! >> coming out real hot. >> i am, i'm trying. >> killing it! >> we will talk to jeff. you hang out. >> you can take it down a notch. >> the girl that you called al. that was nice. my son. sometimes. something i don't get, maybe,

mmmow. >> peanut. >> my turn. fun. >> dvd? >> yeah. >> world tour? >> right. >> samberg central special? >> right. >> i have a couple other characters, but we went all over the place, english was not the first language. so we were in malaysia, kuala lumpur. the craziest one doing a show for all muslims with my character akmed the terrorist. it was like ra homecoming. he's back, not really. then the craziest one, two days later, i found myself in the middle of tel aviv, israel doing the exact same show for 5,000 jewish people. their favorite was akmed the terrorist. >> cues me, i was there, too,

thank you, thank you. >> obviously, humor does not always translate. so you are dealing with a language barrier and cultural. >> that's what i thought. but you know what, what i took away from this tour is on this planet most people have the same concerns, family, food, roof over our head, our kids. that means we can all joke about the same things. i did basically the same show except 20 minutes, they all had their own special material. i went away realizing, you know what, most of us are good people. it's a hand. . it's the headline, hogwash the other garbage. the show worked every single country. >> who knew? >> we were on fire. so are you, peanuts. >> thank you for letting me have 13 seconds in the beginning. >> oh my gosh. natalie, set me, go ahead, say it. >> what happened to your shoe? >> set me you up, peanut, you lost your shoe. >> peanut, you lost your shoe. >> hey, i found one.

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great to see you back. let's start with the movies. the one with steve car interest elle. >> it's so good. the buzz started with the best director, he brought us "moneyball" and steve carelle you can't recognize him in this. he plays this mentally ill characterer based on a true story after a man really into wrestling, so which draws him to channing tatum's character and his brother mark are you familiar lo plays dave schultz, it is a crazy story of wrestling, money and murder. first off, garth brooks back after 14 years. >> his last daughter went off to college. to you he and trisha yearwood would have new albums out. he's doing it his way. he's selling his songs on his own site, ghost tunes, not itunes. he's on twitter and facebook.

he tweeted us this week. >> he had a cancer survivor in the front row. he serenaded her and gave her his guitar. >> he knows how to connect. even people are saying the tour can be bigger than u2's tour. we talked with nick jonas with the single now the album coming out. >> emergence, he is no longer in a boy band he has this r & b, michael jackson/pharrell sound now. he is poseing shirtless. he is ripped. he is 22, no longer a disney star. >> next up tv, a lot of celebrities. >> a lot of awards on tomorrow night. they build themselves as the lawnp of awards season. >> a great point. >> what they have nobody else has had angelina jolie is

throwing her weight behind "broken," which is out. the co-stars will be there, everyone from johnny depp starring in it. >> first time this will be broadcast live. >> before this wayfair. >> it brings back, if you have pen pals. it matches you with someone your age up to 113 countries, for a week, you share photos, from the lunch menu to how you look. >> is that facebook? >> facebook with strangers. >> we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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you're watching today in the bay. >> well, good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. happening today, the city of cupertino will take a closer look at ways to improve student safety. especially those on bikes. tonight the city's public safety

commission will consider adding more crossing guards in areas around schools, in the wake of the accident that killed a 15-year-old student last month. he was struck and killed by a gravel truck while biking to school. new this morning, a tree crashed down in san francisco, injuring a person walking nearby near 7:30 this morning. fortunately, near san francisco general hospital. victim ended up trapped until crews rescued the person, now hospitalized with a head injury, no update on the condition. the tree brought down muni lines and damaged cars, as well. let's check your weather with christina. >> we have showers out there on the radar, and we are going to continue to see the very spotty activity through the next couple hours. golden gate bridge shows you heavy low cloud cover, steady mist in drizzle. you can see that on the east shore camera, as well. keep the umbrella and coat with you today. temperatures wrapping up in the mid 60s.

nice dry break friday, saturday, sunday. by late monday, more rain returns. we'll tell you about it today at 11:00. first, here's mike and your drive. >> christina, at least the oakland camera dried out so we can see the high street off-ramp where there was a disabled vehicle clogging things up. slow continuing up towards high street. let's look at the maps, slower drive for 880. 580, speeds over 40 miles an hour, up in the 50s for the most part. over here to the orange blob, fog might be on the system past the crash at 242 and the 680 merge right there. the rest of the bay continues to show lighter traffic throw. scott, back to you. >> thanks. another update coming for you in half an hour.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we got it. >> a big, big, big, big show on this thirsty thursday, hodi. november 13th. >> november 13th. it doesn't get much bigger than this. every now and then, legends grace our presence. >> and we like to breathe their air. >> we like to be around them. >> yes. >> and today it is awesome. >> alan alda and candice bergen. >> yes. >> they're spending a lot of time together these days. they are in our studio, upstairs, actually living and

breathing right with us. >> they're on broadway doing "love letters" and we're thrilled to have them. >> thank you, guys. we're glad you're here. oh, my god. and louis and jill hit the plaza bright and early for us this morning to find two great ladies to ambush. we'll reveal their makeovers in a bit. >> nick lachey is singing a song for us. if you've ever seen a broadway show once or loved this song "falling slowly," you are going to love this. i love that song. i heard so many versions. >> and it is guinness world records day. al roker is hoping to break the record for the longest uninterrupted weather broadcast. >> he's downstairs as we speak, working on open, come in, okay, getting a kiss. >> he likes anything with ginger. >> yes, he does. >> he's holding up so well. >> we'll talk to him at 10:25, exactly. >> jill is also working to break a record with kenneth cole, the largest high heeled shoe, which is now on our plaza. it is going to be measured.

we don't know for sure, we have the woman in the blazer is going to officiate. >> yes. >> we're going to know very soon. >> she's with kenneth cole too. >> yes. >> they're going to share the award. >> we're wearing purple. today is world pancreatic cancer day. the disease you know is debilitating. we want to help the cause. we are wearing our purple in solidarity. all right, we had our favorite things party last night. we're exhausted. >> yesterday was a marathon. >> we drank and ate. >> well, we were working, hoda, come on. this is -- every year we get together with our ad sales people and our sponsors of our show who we wouldn't have a show without them so we're very grateful to them. joy bauer was there. >> that's you posing with your own cutout of your stuff. >> i had to cover up my stuff so we used a spanx bra. why not? >> we had a place where people could take pictures. we don't know why they wanted to. can you remove the banner so we don't block tammy out completely.

okay. >> you can put it back. >> we had a lot of fun. we want to thank our advertisers. we'll talk about our favorite things tomorrow on the show. it was a favorite thing party. >> it was a lot of fun. >> all right. >> earlier in the day, hoda, i've been wanting to get to the show for a long time. >> yes. >> sting has written the score to a beautiful new show called "the last ship." and my good friend rob mathes did all the orchestrations and it is just -- you know, it is very biographical. it was a labor of love. the minute you hear those chords and you hear the voices, you know it has sting all over it. he's such an artist and such a lovely guy. and i want to encourage everybody to go see it. you liked it too. >> i enjoyed it. the music is quintessential sting. once you hear it, it is amazing. >> it is deeper than a lot of things on broadway these days. and i appreciate that very much. something important. >> they're doing special tickets over the holidays. at a great discounted rate. so everyone should go and check

it out. we'll talk about bono. he was on a flight, okay, something scary happened to him. >> yes. >> he was flying and on a private plane they were at 8,000 feet when suddenly the back door of the cargo of the plane blew out and the luggage just went flying out. >> they don't know where their luggage is now, or the door. >> but it was -- it didn't ruin the pressurization of the cabben. >> didn't affect them. they were never really truly in danger but you don't know that at the time and it is terrifying. >> you lived through that. >> frank and i were on our way to nantucket and we were about 2,000 feet in the air and the front door just went flying. everything that was sitting in little bumper seats there went -- sucked right out. >> you must have freaked. >> you know what, i've been in something far worse years earlier when my kids were with us and they were little, and it was about 40,000 feet, and all of a sudden we heard -- the clear air turbulence and we went like this, i thought i'm going

to die in atlantic city. i died so many times in atlantic city. but this is -- so anyway, they're counting us down and i was enjoying my story, but we'll go to al who is working hard. >> this is important. al roker is live as we speak. he's -- we hit just the 12-hour mark? >> we just hit the 12-hour mark. >> good. >> on the way to 34 hours to try to break the guinness world record. right now we have sunshine and 43 degrees. next few days, not too bad, clouds later today, 48. partly sunny on friday and 44. saturday looks good with plenty of sunshine. so here's the deal, we're going for 34 hours in a row. the alleged record was set by a young woman in norway, but she's not been verified by guinness, so to start off, we had guinness here, and we have actual guinness verified witnesses watching everything, logging everything in, so that we're all on the up and up.

and we're just going to keep going. and ironically there is so much going on, weatherwise, from major storm in the pacific northwest, we have got lake-effect snow here in the northeast. and, again, all that record cold down south that i don't have any shortage of stuff to talk about, guys. >> well, what an amazing job, al. we're rooting for you. >> we have this for you. we'll save it because now would not be the time. >> no. >> save that for nighty night. >> okay. we love you. we'll check in with you a little bit later. >> very proud of you, buddy. very proud. anyway, shall we move on or go back to my scintillating story. >> i thought it was over. what happened? you almost died in vegas. >> not vegas. atlantic city. >> i listened more than 10%. >> that's more than i get at home so that's good.

>> yesterday on the meredith vieira show, barbra streisand stopped by and she wanted to discuss some things. there are headlines about her and her husband, that they're breaking up, it's over, no good. well, she begs to differ. let's listen to what she said. >> he's the love of your life, james brolin, 16 years. 16 years later you're still holding in. >> yes. we are. no matter what you read in those silly things, oh, my gosh, we were in the supermarket a few weeks ago actually and a guy -- we were holding hands as a matter of fact and a guy behind us said i'm so glad to see you back together. i said, really? when did we go apart? because he must have read those supermarket tabloids. >> yeah. >> they hold hands in the grocery store. >> that's incredible. >> i didn't know she would go to grocery stores. >> i don't think -- well, i

guess people -- >> out of malibu where they have a beautiful home, they have fantastic farmer markets and everything around there. >> you like holding hands? >> i do. yeah. i like it. i don't like clam hands. >> no. don't like to hold all the time and when your fingers are like that, because i lose circulation. i like a normal firm -- >> you know what i'm embarrassed about. candice and alan are sitting there going, what are they talking about? >> we get paid for this. >> very quickly this is what some of our producers thought would be interesting to talk about. >> do not throw them under the bus. that is not cool. okay, wait, there is a great baby viral video i know you guys are going to like. you know the birthday cards, you open them, music comes out. a baby discovered them. take a look. ♪

>> that is the cutest. >> he knew what would happen too. >> all day long. all day long. >> again. >> by the way, their house looks like my house. i'm just letting you know. >> i went to your apartment yesterday, you were kind enough to let me get ready at your apartment. >> can i tell you something -- >> it does look like that. >> kath came to my apartment, so happy it was on wednesday because that's the day the cleaning lady comes. i'm like, kathie lee is coming and it is so clean. >> let me tell you who the boss is at that house? >> who? >> blake. everywhere there is dog stuff. >> you pull a bone out of the couch like ew. little ihoda, shall we? this song is a classic? it is called "classic." it is by mkto. do you guys know this song? puts you in a great mood. let's do it. ♪ like michael i want to kiss you

like prince ♪ ♪ get it on like marvin gay ♪ ♪ like hathaway ♪ out of my mind thinking i'm cool ♪ >> i do not -- >> candice, do you like that? alan? come on. come on. candice likes it. see? >> no. ♪ you're so classic >> it is about the classics. a fun song about the classics. >> i'm happy for you, hoda. i really am. l >> let's take a look. listen to us on sirius 108. this is what the women looked like earlier this morning. wait until you see what happened to them after their "ambush makeovers." >> and two comedic legends, not just to me, candice bergen and alan alda and we have got a little surprise for them. >> we do, don't we? >> yes, right after this.

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alan alda and candice bergen are hollywood royalty. between mash, murphy brown, the west wing, miss congeniality, they're combined skills screen time is decades of entertainment. between the two of them, they have taken home 11 emmys. >> wow. now candice and alan -- >> how many do you have? >> five? >> i have seven. >> see? >> plenty of time to get two

more. >> well, now these two wonderful human beings are combining their star power here in new york city and in "love letters" and the response is overwhelming. in fact, they have got some good news to share. >> yes. >> you do? >> we're being held over. >> yes. >> you will? >> no, no. saturday nights. we're going to be doing the show until december 18th, i think, right? >> right before the christmas holiday. >> fantastic. >> it is hard to believe you haven't worked together before that. i look at you two and think we have seen you together before. >> we know each other from across the dinner table. >> what was it like, right off the bat? >> no food for one thing. >> you were grouchy. >> i'm used to getting fed while i make talk with candice. but, no, we're having a wonderful time. >> it is great. it is the perfect job for us. >> people don't note story. why is it perfect for you? you live on the home, not on the road. >> you can live at home. it is a finite work time so it

doesn't disrupt your home life. >> no one cares about our home life. >> the material is beautifully written. witty, moving. >> everybody who might not be familiar -- >> it is about two children, basically, right? >> you hear their letters, from the time they were children, until, you know, way later in their life, and it is called love letters, but not ever letter is a love letter. there is a couple of true real love letters. the rest of the time, they're people drawn to each other but don't quite come into sync together. so they -- >> timing is off. >> yes. >> and something painful about that. >> the longing. >> very funny. but it is also very touching. >> we met some people who want to read a love letter and ask a question of each of you. they're downstairs in the orange room. sharyl from philadelphia is first. she's celebrating her bffs 76th

birthday. >> i loved you in murphy brown. your character was such an inspiring and strong business woman. how has that character carried over into your other roles? >> well, you know, the character murphy was truly unique and i loved playing her for ten years. so i guess i've looked for other roles that were as strong as murphy, but you can't duplicate murphy. >> and couldn't keep an assistant. those are my favorite things. she could keep a painter. she could. >> yes. >> everybody identifies with her. >> is it true you took yourself out of the running for more emmys after a certain time? >> yes. >> she. she could have had. >> she could have had nine or ten. what's the matter with you? >> she had enough. >> you took yourself out of the running. al roker is killing himself to get an award and you took yourself out. i don't get it. >> a letter perfect bruce to alan.

>> dear alan, your character on mash, what is it like playing an evil character on "the black list". >> that's true. >> the first show i did, i was torturing james spader there. look at him. now they put a bomb around my neck. >> i hate when that happens. >> i know. you come to work and all of a sudden there say bomb around your neck. >> you are ice cold. scary. >> that's the nice thing to get, as an actor, you get to be different kinds of people. sometimes the good parts of the characters i've played stick with me. has that happened with you? >> yes. >> the bad parts don't tend to stick. i don't think. maybe for a short time. i can be a little cranky when playing an ax murderer, but just for a day or so. but good when the characters are so confident. i like that to stick zblifrt year of playing murphy, my driving became so aggressive. in fact, i cut off a friend of my brother's and he recognized me and he went, what the --

>> in real life, you are two of the most beloved people in the business. and two of the nicest people around. >> thank you. >> you don't have to take that kind of talk. >> i know. >> i've seen this man at -- >> oh, man. you better explain that. >> i'm not. let them use their imagination. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> "love letters ," through december 18th. >> good news. the tissue box will be ready when we reveal the women's amazing makeovers. ♪ when he first joined the army, i was very nervous. ♪ we didn't know what they would have him doing. ♪ but, bobby always had a plan. ♪

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>> one of them is our girl jill martin who teamed up with kenneth cole to try to create the largest high heeled shoe ever. >> and they are here to present it to kim patrick, a guinness world record official, and she's going to tell us if they succeeded. first of all, congratulations, guys. how exciting before we know for sure. >> this is an official presentation. >> yes, it is. >> for the official award. >> yes. >> what does this personally mean to you, kenneth? you've won many awards. what does this one mean? >> to fulfill jill martin's bucket list. in and of itself the biggest award of all. >> exactly. >> on your bucket list. >> right. and you got to work with the kids. we had he to make a jumbo over 6 one and three feet. i had kids come in and help us build it. we taught them to dream big! >> let's see -- can i point out, they're very comfortable. i mean, they're -- >> i had them on this morning, they're fantastic. >> almost sneakerish in the way they feel. >> we are selling them

afterwards 24 hours after this kenneth cole.com and they're giving a portion. >> what happened? >> the shoe measures 6 feet 5 inches long and 6'1" tall which smashes the previous record. >> yea! >> thank you! >> put that on your resume. >> check, check, check. >> look at this! >> very nice. >> congratulations. >> we're not going to let anyone else build a shoe. okay? this is it. this is the last time it is going to happen. >> but there is another record broken tomorrow, we hope, with al. al roker is waiting. >> say a prayer for al. >> we all will. coming up later, two ladies get fabulous transformations and ambush makeovers. >> is it me or is it getting hot in here? >> it is getting hot. guess who is going to sing for us? nick lachey. after your local news. >> congratulations! ♪ .

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now hospitalized with a head injury. no update on the condition, though. the tree also brought down muni lines and damaged cars, but it was properly punished, as you can see. most of the bay area now drying out from the morning's rainstorm, rolled into the area around midnight. conditions were difficult for drivers, especially in some of the areas that have not seen so much rain this season. we'll take a look at weather and traffic, too, coming up after the break.

welcome back now. temperatures for today will be comfortable, although a lot of that shower activity is clearing out of the area. you still want to keep your umbrella handy. we could see mist and drizzle and spotty showers throughout the day, but by about 5:00 tonight, we're going to rule that chance out. we'll see a nice comfortable weekend, then we'll bring in the rain again for the beginning of next week. more on that today at 11:00. plus we'll take a look at how much rain we accumulated from this first of a series, we'll see you then. first here's mike and your drive. >> looking towards christina, gray skies, but the traffic flow moving better now that the second of two stalls happened over here. much better visibility here. the bay bridge toll plaza now that they wiped the lens on our camera, we can see the backup, but the clouds are starting to lift here, but fog, mist, and drizzle in some spots. let's look at the golden gate bridge camera, oh, look, fog, mist, drizzle, as well as the cars. watch the slick roads.

>> one of my favorite 70s bands. back at 11:00 for our next newscast. we'll see you then. we're back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday. you know what that means? "ambush makeovers." earlier this morning our dynamic duo "today" contributor and stylist extraordinaire louis licari and "today" contributor and author jill martin. >> record holder. >> we have to say that every week now? >> yes. >> we should point out that the big shoe is going to be on display at lord & taylor indefinitely. >> if you would like to do your christmas shopping, go look at it. tell us, louis, first of all, fun last night at the little party. >> so much fun. >> did you enjoy yourself? >> kathie lee and hoda's favorite things. >> loved it. >> of course you did. tell us about your selection on the plaza.

>> we find perhaps two of our best makeovers. so get ready. chilly. it was great. i'm very excited about today. >> chelsea pomeroy is our first lucky lady, from tom water, washington. low maintenance, doesn't wear any makeup. the last time she colored her hair was ten years ago in college when she died it bright red. this makeover comes at a perfect time because she's going to a wedding this weekend. let's listen to her story. >> we're here with beautiful bianca. you tell me there are a lot of reasons your mom deserves this. tell me them. >> because she helps me with my homework and she took me to new york and she's taking me to the american girl doll store today. >> and you went yesterday too, so you're going twice. she's some mom, huh? >> yes. >> and i know you're super excited for this. >> i am so excited. we have a wedding to go to this weekend. this is awesome. >> we're so excited. look at chelsea. >> you're adorable. >> we're so excited for you chelsea. please keep your blindfold on for a second.

here is chelsea before. and let's bring out the new chelsea. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh, my goodness. >> all right, bianca, are you ready to see your mom? are you sure? take off your blindfold, sweetie. can you believe it? >> mom, turn around. >> i'm so ready. >> oh, my gosh! >> you look like a -- like amy adams. you look beautiful. >> glamorous. >> hello. >> look at camera 12. tell us about the hair. >> the haircut, she was a red head. i said no, no, no, let's not go that direction. let's keep it earthy and shoft. i lightened it to this very natural looking blonde color. >> bianca, what do you think? >> she looks beautiful. >> she looks beautiful. of course she does. jill, that's a perfect outfit.

>> i like pieces you can mix and match. this is perfect. this is andrew mark jacket, the nydj jeans. look how great these look on her and jewelry from h&m. >> big round of applause for chelsea. >> go ahead. >> our second lady is marcella lobar, 46, from new york. she's a volunteer firefighter, emt instructor and mom of two, who is obviously very little time for her beauty routine. her mom and friends make fun of her weird outfits and claims she doesn't take care of herself. she's excited to get a glam new look. let's listen to her story. >> well, it is your birthday. but as your gift you want this for marcella. tell me why. >> she does everything for everybody else. she's a great friend and mom and mentor to everybody. she deserves this more than anyone. >> that must be nice to hear. >> oh, my gosh. not used to taking compliments. thank you. >> happy birthday. and thank you.

>> still giving it away. >> yeah. >> tears. that's her best friend eileen who is with her for her birthday. let's say one last look at marcella and bring out the birthday girl. wow! oh, my gosh. where are you going? >> come back. >> there you go. perfect. all righty. you want to -- take a look at her. >> oh, my gosh. >> wow. >> you're going to freak out. >> i've known marcella for years, never, wow. >> marcella, turn around. you're going to freak out. are you ready? >> oh, my gosh. >> you look great. >> you look -- >> okay. jerry, lower. >> you need some too? >> you look so hot. >> thank you. >> thank you, jerry.

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> beautiful, sweetie. >> gorgeous. >> look right there so everybody can see what louis is talking about. >> the first thing she did, she lightened her hair so much, it almost had an orange quality. not a hair color that really worked. she had beautiful blue eyes and why have light hair when you have eyes that just light up with a little bit of darkness. we used a color light enough, it is tone on tone and nuances are still there. very sexy swept to the -- >> i love it. >> love, love, no, can't be better. and then, of course, all put together. >> lovely makeup. >> yes, it is all soft. >> inner beauty shines through. >> is this clara? >> that's part of the outfit, mix and match. >> isn't it unbelievably comfortable? it travels. >> you can groove it up a little bit. >> fantastic. >> let's bring chelsea out. big round of applause. >> thank you. >> jill, fantastic.

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[ doorbell rings ] oh, i hope it's the microfiber recliner! [ laughs ] ahhh. ♪ we're back with more of our special series snooze or lose. if your partner keeps you up at night, this is for you. >> according to the national sleep foundation, one in every four couples is sleeping in separate bedrooms. >> wow. >> yep. so we asked our viewers to submit videos of what is prev t preventing them from getting the much needed zs. let's take a look. [ snoring ] >> what's that going on there? >> you want us to talk, but it is so fun watching people.

>> it looks like they're all on their backs and that's one of the big problems. here with tips to help you get some rest is nina radcliffe and senat snoring and sleep apnea specialist dr. eric cohen. so snoring is the main culprit. is that what is keeping couples up at night? >> yes. when you snore, you usually sleep alone. snore is one of those few conditions where both partners really suffer. one of the things we need to know is when you don't get enough sleep, it can increase your risk for cancer and it can even increase your weight. >> a lot of reasons to get a good night's sleep. >> a lot of people complain about this. one came in on facebook. let's have a listen. >> i threatened, like, sleeping in a different room, i punch him to wake him up and i get yelled at for it, he tells me he can't help it and i need to find a way

to get him to stop snoring because he never used to snore. >> but he can help it, right? there are things you can do. you got to want to. >> yeah. he can help it. he needs to do something about it. the type of snoring she's describing can be a sign of something more serious, called sleep apnea. >> what is that? >> sleep apnea is when the upper air way is obstructed while sleeping at night and the oxygen levels actually drop, your body has to work harder, your heart has to work harder to deliver oxygen. over time that will lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes. >> how do you know if you have that? >> you need to be checked out. there is no way on physical exams to know. a sleep study will confirm whether or not. >> do any of the nose strips or anything work, with snoring? >> little guy i'm trying to get frank to use. breathe right or something. >> do those work? >> they work in a small group of people. the key is weight loss, quitting smoking, avoiding heavy foods and alcohol. that can -- >> frank is none of those. >> well, he likes a little bit

of wine at night. he sure does. >> tv and technology. a lot of us either have the phone next to us or the tv on. that's the big no-no, right? >> body's internal clocks are set by something called melatonin which can be suppressed if there is artificial lights. that includes anything with the screen. your phone, your smartphones, your television, your computer. so having that on to interrupt your level of sleep hormone is -- >> if your alarm clock for a lot of people, it is near your bed. >> if it is your alarm clock, use it as an alarm clock and don't keep it near the bed. keep it on the other side of the room. there is not a temptation to look at it when sleeping. >> do these work? i put them on and i just -- it bothers me having to -- but other people just love them. >> it can decrease the amount of light that comes to your retina which can spruppress your melatonin. >> pets, we love that, but you love them. >> i kick frank out before bambino go, i'm telling you.

>> pets, another body to the equation, not a teddy bear, it is a living organism that snores, sleeps -- >> not all of them. bambino is perfect and so is blake. there is a movie you like, it is probably nick lachey is singing about it. >> he's singing for us. >> beautiful. ♪ when he first joined the army, i was very nervous. ♪ we didn't know what they would have him doing. ♪ but, bobby always had a plan. ♪ [ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army strong. talk to your son or daughter about opportunities in the army.

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the physical cd in walmart or online, itunes and all that good stuff. >> you're going to sing one of our favorites. >> one of my favorites. >> "falling slowly". >> yes. a special song to my wife and i. we had it performed at our -- >> a little baby now. all is good in nick lachey's life. >> thank you, ladies. >> here we go. ♪ i don't know you but i want you ♪ ♪ even more ♪ words fall through me always move me ♪ ♪ and i can't react

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nbc bay area news starts now. >> and right now at 11:00, the rain-soaked bay area drying off, but only for a little bit. the first of several storms moves out. more are on the way. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us, i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. let's get right to meteorologist christina loren with rainfall totals. i think i was in the one single pocket that didn't get any actual measurable rain. >> you know, that's what happens sometimes around the bay area. makes my job a little difficult with all those various microclimates to forecast for. it's a big bay area, as well, and look at how much variance we have when it comes to your totals. the highest came in from the south bay. almost an inch of