live local news update. >> we'll provide you with updates on what's happening in virginia. heavy hearts and prayers we say good-bye. good morning, breaking news, a television reporter and photographer shot and killed in virginia during a live broadcast. the alleged gunman on the loose. a massive search underway right now. >> ejected, univision anchor jorge ramos kicked out of a donald trump news conference. >> sit down. sit down. go back to univision. >> as trump's john going batter with megyn kelly forces her boss to weigh in. we'll talk to trump in a live interview. nice start, the dow starts more than 400 points at the opening bell, but after six

straight days of losses, is a rally really on? >> fast food friends, burger king offering to komg up with the ultimate burger together. are you ready for the mcwhopper? welcome "today." >> this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. we want to talk about this breaking news in virginia. you've seen the video, i've seen the video. a local news crew from wdbj ambushed by a gunman as they interview a woman live on television. >> the video is incredibly disturbing to watch. we aren't showing it in its entirety. the victims have been identified

now as a 24-year-old reporter alison parker and 27-year-old photo journalist adam ward. to say this is a shocking occurrence is an understatement. we want to get right to justice correspondent pete williams. what do we know? >> good morning, savannah. this happened at 6:45 at a shopper center 25 miles southeast of roanoke. the reporter, the one you just identified alison parker was killed, just turned 24. the photographer, adam ward was killed shlgs he was 27. she was broadcasting on the air interviewing the director of a local chamber of commerce about tourism when suddenly gunshots rang out apparently coming from behind where the cameraman was standing. we're not showing the entire sequence which cuts back to the anchor in the studio but eight gunshots can be heard. both the victims are from the roanoke area and went to virginia schools and colleges. there are conflicting reports on whether the woman who was being interviewed, vickie gardner, how serious her injury is.

she was injured in the shooting, taken to a local hospital. police and sheriff's deputies are scouring the area for whoever fired the shots. jeff marks of wdbj announced the deaths on the air and asked how this individual could rob the families of their lives and loves. no idea why the shoot took place though. the video may offer a clue because the camera shows a brief glimpse of who fire the shot, apparently holding a hand gun, police in new york city are sending units to television stations there. >> let's bring in clint van zandt. good morning to you. you've had a chance to see the video. first of all, this is a remote

location. this doesn't seem to be a heavily trafficked area. it was very early in the morning. you'd have to wonder how this gunman would even know that this reporter and this television crew would be at this location. >> that's part of the challenge, matt and savannah. this shooting took place at 6:45 this morning. this is a shopping mall, the mall would not have been open yet, so the amount of pedestrian traffic would have been extremely limited. so law enforcement as they consider the motive have to try to make a decision was this targeted at the reporter and her cameraman? was this targeted against the person they were interviewing? i mean, how does this guy wind up at 6:45 this morning dressed in dark clothing with a gun in his hand and as you suggest in the video, watch the whole video, the cameraman appears to get shot first and drops the camera and takes this picture that we see of the believed shooter and then shoots one if

not the other two people killing two -- perhaps wounding one and runs off. as you know, motive is not what law enforcement needs at this second. they need a picture, they need a name. they need a vehicle. they can figure out the motive later but right now this guy presents a threat to the community and to law enforcement should any cops stop him and try to figure out who he is and what he's up to today. >> speaking of that very thing, we put the image up on the air. it's just a passing glance at the suspect we believe. is that enough, clint? do you think somebody could be watching that and say, that looks like someone i know? >> i think if you combine this, savannah and surveillance cameras that would normally be at a mall, surveillance cameras that would take pictures of cars in the parking lot and witnesses that were on the scene, we put all of this together and we're going to come up with a verbal

as well as pick torial picture of who this is. we've got to put him in a vehicle. was he by himself, with someone else? once they get their hands on him, they'll figure out why he committed this terrible act. but right now someone shows up at this early time in the morning, probably with a semiautomatic pistol and came there to kill and he did it. >> it's a shopping area. you you have to hope there are a lot of surveillance cameras and they can get him coming and going. no motive and no suspect in custody. the irony here, the videograp r videographer, his camera may have captured the image that can help solve the crime. >> clint, thank you to you. meantime, we have other news this morning, donald trump in the headlines for something that happened at the news conference last night in iowa. a confrontation with a prominent spanish language anchor ramos, ended with ramos being reejected from the room.

first, peter alexander has more on the heated exchange. >> good morning. this was really quite the class and spectacle. was trump out of line or the anchor man grandstanding? ramos is the most powerful newsman in spanish tv and called the walter connectic eer con ci america. last night the two squared off. >> in iowa, more fireworks and another feud. >> sit down. you weren't called. sit down. sit down. >> a combative donald trump confronted by jorge ramos about trump's controversial comments on immigration. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> no, you don't, you haven't been called. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> go back to univision. >> the anchor escorted out. room insisting he had a right to ask a question. ramos has been a fierce critic of trump's accusing him of spreading hate. >> donald trump is no question

the loudest voice of intolerance and hatred and division in the united states. ramos was later let back in where they sparred at length on immigration. >> deporting 11 million -- are you going to bring the army? >> we're going to do it in a very humane fashion. >> that wall trump has proposed to build. >> how are you going to build a 1900 mile wall. >> very easy, i'm a builder. can i tell you what's more complicated? what's more complicated is building a building that's 95 stories tall. >> at times, things got personal. >> do ut know the number and you're part of the lawsuit. how much of i suing univision for? 500 million. he's an honest guy, now i like him. >> trump isn't backing down from his reignited fight with fox news even after the chief called for him to apologize for the latest twitter tirad, tweeting

he liked her show better when she was on vacation and retweeting an insulting comment that dismissed her as a bimbo. >> it's a very small element in my life, megyn kelly, she should probably apologize to me but i just don't care. >> trump added insight into his philosophy on firing back. >> when people treat me unfairly, i don't let thex forget. >> that would include jeb bush who recently began directly hitting trump over immigration. on tuesday blasting trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants as unrealistic. tuesday night, trump promised to hold back. >> and the second place was so far back we won't even talk about it. i want to be nice tonight. i want to be nice. >> being nice really didn't last that long of the to be fair, donald trump also picked up the support of rick perry's former iowa state chairman while there. as for the clash with ramos, the

national association of hispanic journalists is condemning trump for allowing ramos to be ejected for simply asking a question. >> peter alexander, thanks very much. let's get right to donald trump on the phone. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> good to talk to you. this confrontation last night, jorge ramos has been an outspoken critic of your immigration policy. we can debate at length whether he should have waited his turn to ask the question but you did tell him to sit down repeatedly and then threw in a go back to univision for good measure. do feuds like this, donald, work for you? do you think this helps you with your supporters? >> i don't know. i have very big support because i'm leading in every poll by double digits and you know, there's a movement going on, a whole silent majority thing happening. and it's very o i mpressive to see. i was being asked a question from another reporter, i would

have gotten to him very quickly and he stood up and started ranting and raving like a madman and frankly he was out of line. most newspaper reports said i handled it very well. he was totally, absolutely out of line. >> you have said when people treat me unfairly, i don't let them forget me and that leads me to megyn kelly, we know what happened after the debate. you thought she was unfair in her questioning to you and 19 days later she comes back from vacation on monday and it seemed like in an unprovoked attack you went back after her. questioning her appearance, her performance and then retweeting a very unflattering comment about her that called her a bimbo. why have you let megyn kelly get so far under your skin? >> well, i haven't. i mean, if you tweet a few tweets or retweets in this case, that's not getting under your skin. i'm personally not a fan. i don't think she does a good job. i don't think she's a very good professional and i think frankly

the show is better without her but that's up to them and they can do whatever they want. i respect roger, he can do whatever he wants, i don't care. >> it starts to sound a little bit -- take this in the right way, donald, you're a guy with a school yard crush. when we're in elementary school and junior high schools guys say the meanest things about the girls they like the most. >> trust me, there is no crush. that i can tell you. as far as i was concerned during the debate she asked me questions that were totally inappropriate and other people were asked nice questions about jobs and god, about other things and she hits me with questions totally inappropriate. a lot of people said that, many people agreed with me. she knows it better than anybody because fox was -- you talk about twitter, she was -- they were going after fox big league because of the kind of questions i was asked that night. and despite that, every poll of the debate had me winning "time" had me winning and druj had me

winning the debate but i was not asked fair questions. >> the chairman of fox news called your attention unacceptable and disturbing. i cannot be more proud of megyn for her professionalism and class in the face of all of mr. trump's verbal saults. donald trump rarely apologizes although in this case he should. we've never been deterred by politicians or anyone else attacking us for doing our job, much less allowed ourselves to be bullied by anyone and we're not going to start now. do you embrace the term bully, when it comes to your dealings with the press? >> i'm not a bully. i think it's just the opposite way. i'm not a bully. you saw that last night. this man gets up and starts ranting and raving and screaming and disrespectful to reporters. we had a tremendous group of people in iowa. the room was packed with thousands of people and press room was packed prior to. i did a press event prior to. he gets up ap and starts ranting

and raving and very disrespectful to all reporters who had questions also. >> you're making the republican establishment nervous. there's two moves i want to talk to you about. in north carolina and virginia, top republicans are proposing something. they are saying if you want to be or any candidate wants to be on their primary ballot, that candidate has to pledge to support the eventual nominee and not to run a third party candidacy. that is aimed straight at you. how do you respond to that? >> first of all, i'm winning those two polls by a lot also, north carolina just came out and it's a tremendous margin. and i have great relationships in those states and other states have that same provision, they've had it for years. i'm going to run, matt, i want to be treated fairly and i'm being treated fairly in the republican party, front-runner in every poll. i want to run and be treated fairly and run as a republican. that's where i am. i'm leading in the polls. i think i'll get the nomination

aechb i think i'll win the election and we'll make america great again. that's what i want to do. i'm only doing this for one reason, to make our country great again. that's what i'm doing it for. >> let me end on this, this is something posted on the political report this week, written by a.m.my wamter who compared it to a post college summer fling and wrote this, you're unattached and care free and want to connect with someone passionately and fall in love and your parents want you to meet a guy like jeb bush, no wonder gop voters are dallying with trump. he's everything your parents hate, loud and disrespectful and prblly smokes and drives a motorcycle but you don't care. eventually though, you settle down with the responsible guy. is that the way you see this unfolding? >> no, not at all. jeb bush is a low energy person and will never take us to the promise land. the country will not work under jeb bush. it's going to work the way it is right now where everybody is taking advantage of the united

states, everybody is laughing at the united states. i'm getting the biggest crowds. i have the biggest support as i said, the polls, you know the polls came out in new hampshire and iowa nationally just yet. every one has massive leads. they are tired of the jeb bushes of the world and tired of the clintons and tired of the people running this country into the ground. and i think that's why i have the biggest crowds and i have the biggest polls. >> donald trump, to be continued. thanks for joining us, i appreciate it. >> thank you very much, matt. >> other news now, one of the american heroes who helped stop a gunman on a paris bound train is back home in california as the suspect now faces terrorism charges. nbc's kelly koeb yell la has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, the french prosecutor said this alleged gunman was planning a mass murder. they say he listened to a jihadist message on youtube using his cell phone while he was on the train friday.

back here in germany, spencer stone has already been in and out of the hospital here. he said the staff here is doing an awesome job. he and his friends now trying to get lives back to normal. anthony is back on home soil this morning, flying across the atlantic on a private jet with his parents. a flight donated by an organize sportswear ceo. over the weekend, boyle flew the mothers to paris to watch sons receive france's highest honor. >> these guys acted how we wish we would act in that kind of experience. you could see maybe your own kids in that kind of situation and you would hope that they would act that way as well. >> alex scarlatos will be awarded the soldier's medal, the highest noncombat award. the secretary of the army saying

his actions that day ee pit miz what we mean by a soldier of character. more praise from the air commander. >> when it came down to it, he was brave enough and did act. >> alleged gunman pictured here still tied up after his arrest, led into a courthouse in france yesterday barefoot and blindfolded. among cha zanny's arsenal, -- telling cnn. >> heard him say, got the gun, a few seconds after i hear a shot, maybe one or two, it was very loud. then i saw my husband just fell to the ground. >> moogolian still in the hospital while plans to honor the home coming heroes underway. >> after treatment a and little rehab, he had dinner with stone

yesterday here on base and said there was a constant stream of people coming up to him and saying thank you. >> all right, kelly, thank you. >> let's get a check on the weather for the west coast from al. >> goo i can't find my discover card! wait, i can freeze my account. [touch tone] introducing freeze it, from discover. it allows you to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds if your card is misplaced. not here... ♪ and once you find your card, you can switch it right on again. hey...you're back! [touch tone] freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.com. as we take a look at south bay number, high will be 60 degrees and up to 85 degrees today in the east bay.

75 degrees. san francisco, 70. we'll be warming up in the north bay. up to 88 degrees in the tri-valley. very hot today. 94 degrees. we'll have more of those highs as we head into the next few days. have a great day. coming up in the next half hour, the power of the haboob knocking an 18-wheeler off the road. >> looking forward to that. coming up, the former prep school student accused of will he take the stand today in his own defense? we'll be live at the courthouse. >> and the painting of jesus removed from a middle school in kansas where it's hung for decades. a raging debate that's ignited. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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the forecast with kari hall. >> good morning. skies are clearing, temperatures now around 60 degrees across the bay area. but it will be heating up inland. still cool along the coast. 85 degrees in san jose. 82 in palo alto. castro at 72. santa rosa up to 85. 90 in concord. fremont sees a high of 80. 93 in dublin. let's get a look at morning commute with mike there good morning. looking toward the south bay whereas we talked about 7:00 cue for everybody to hit the roads. en en envelenveloping silicon vall the shoulder presenting a distraction but not a major factor. both sides of the bay slower drive. 880 off of 238 a build. bay bridge toll plaza no big concerns. san mateo westbound with slower drive of volume of traffic makes its way to the peninsula. >> back with another local news update in a half hour. hope you join us then.

7:30 on the west coast this wednesday morning, 26th of august, 2015. what a disturbing scene out of virginia this morning. a young reporter, and cameraman gunned down and killed live on the air. >> virginia's governor just announced authorities know who the gunman is. they are pursuing that person. let's get right to our justice correspondent pete williams. >> we're getting in essence live updates because the virginia governor is being interviewed live in a radio station. he says that authorities believe the gunman was a disgruntled former employee who fired at the tv crew, not a case of terrorism, he says, this is a criminal case and the governor just said a few moments ago that

the police are now pursuing the suspect on an interstate highway in virginia. and he says he believes an arrest is imminent. so it would appear that authorities know who it is and are closing in. they also captured an image, the cameraman who was shot, his camera managed to capture a fleeting image of the gunman and this was an important piece of evidence just as his camera is lying on its side. that's why the picture is turned side ways, you can clearly see someone holding a hand gunfiring in a position where someone would have been to fire the shots. >> alison parker and adam ward are the victims of that shooting. >> we'll continue to follow it. meantime the suspect in a closely watched sexual assault trial in new hampshire is on the stand right now testifying in his own defense. nbc's gabe gutierrez is outside the courthouse, good morning. >> reporter: the prosecution has rested its case and owen labrie took the stand a few moments

ago. he could be the only witness the defense calls. >> today owen labrie is expected to take the stand in his own defense after a detective testified labrie told her he wept when she first called her about allegations he raped a 15-year-old girl. he said after he put the condom on it was a sobering moment and that he had a moment of self-restraint and stopping and then he called it a moment of divine inspiration. >> during a tense cross-examination, the defense questioned the interrogation tactics and why she wanted to move an interview from a public coffee shop to the police station. >> only after you said it again and again and again and again and again and finally they said, okay, we'll go to the police station, correct. >> i did say it again. >> is it fair to say that you convinced them that they should

go back to the police station by the fact that you kept bringing it up again and again? >> i disagree with the word convinced. >> the defense suggesting she was trying to coerce labrie when she recommended the teenager speak to her without his mother. >> that was your goal, wasn't it? >> i fotold him to think about . >> that was your goal, wasn't it? >> it was my goal but he made a decision -- >> just admit it was your goal. >> another detective said 119 facebook messages from labrie's account had been deleted but police got them from one of his friends. several of them testified labrie implied or flat out told him he had sex with the girl. he's pleaded not guilty to all charges. >> i suppose unless you have teenagers who are in high school, it's hard to appreciate how these kids talk. it can be pretty crude. >> gabe gutierrez at the courthouse, lisa bloom is our "today" analyst.

there can't be any trial decision than whether to put the defendant on the stand. do you think this is a case where he needs to testify? >> i think the defense team must have come to the decision that the accuser was credible enough that they are concerned at least on the statutory rape charge so they have to put him on and he has to connect with the jury. but it's reelgly a risky thing to do it shifts the spotlight to him, whereas the issue so far has been is she credible. you put him on the stand and it almost becomes a one witness case. >> that's right and he already engaged in a few inconsistencies that he's going to be hit with on cross-examination. >> what do i do if you're the defense toefrn, he's about to take the stand? how do you prepare him? >> i would tell him you have to be liked. you cannot be arrogant, not even for one moment. the way to be liked is to cop to mistakes i've made and show remorse, you're not going to admit you raped the young woman but admit you went after her and it was inappropriate. she was 15 years old and you

feel very badly about what happened. >> the reason for cross-examination, it can be tough, let's say you're the prosecutor, what do you go after? >> my favorite is his claim that he pursued her for months and gets her alone and she seems to be willing according to him. he puts on a condom then has a moment of divine inspiration and he stops and doesn't engage in sex with her. that's a cross examiner's dream. >> we'll see if he takes the stand. thank you very much. >> let us get a check on the weather with al roker. >> thank you so much. i've got to show you this video. this is a haboob coming out of phoenix, arizona, this storm system really developed and showed amazing stuff. you can see the rain coming out and down burst from this. the winds out ahead of it actually blow an 18-wheeler off the road on i-10 outside of phoenix. driver is okay but torrential downpours and real mess. guess what? we're looking at more potential

for this flooding rain again today throughout the southwest. as we go to the map and show you the tropical moisture hanging in there as this front pushes south. we see that moisture coming up. brief damaging winds and flash flooding and cloud to ground lightning all the way far north as casper. we have air quality alerts in effect throughout the southwest -- the northwest, cooler more humid air bringing better weather as you can see but all the way down into parts of nebraska, we're seeing smoke good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. skies are clearing fast. and we'll have a lot of sunshine throughout the day as our temperatures warm up finally above normal in many spots. east bay, 75 degrees. peninsula, high of 70 degrees. the north bay. 88 degrees. tri-valley is where it gets the hottest, up to 94 degrees. in the peninsula, 79. and the south bay, highs in the mid-80s. we'll have more of this weather tomorrow but cooling off for the weekend.

all right. that's your latest weather. let's go back to matt and savannah. >> thanks so much. now to a controversial decision to take down a portrait of jesus get ago lot of attention. stephanie gosk is here with the story. >> the debate over le religion in school, a latest chapter , a middle school in kansas where a painting that's hung for decades was removed. this portrait of jesus christ is one of the most famous ever patiented. 500 million copies sold. since the '50s it's hung in this middle school in kansas. but no longer. >> we wanted to try to do it at the earliest point we could. so it wasn't going to create any more controversy. the attorneys were very clear that it was a violation of the establishment clause the way it

was hanging. >> reporter: less than a week ago the freedom from religion foundation wrote a letter to the superintendent calling the placement of the portrait an egregious violation of the fist amendment. >> it is a picture of jesus. the courts consistently ruled pictures of jesus and other religious iconography do not belong in a public school. >> reporter: tell that to an angry middle school student who responded with the portrait in hand. >> i think they shouldn't have tooken it down. it was kind of crazy. >> reporter: the freedom from religion foundation fights battles over church and state all over the country. >> last year we received more than 3,000 initial complaints from people around the country. on all sorts of issues. >> reporter: this month the group protested school prayer before football games in kentucky. the distribution of bibles in some florida schools. in fact, the group brought a lawsuit in ohio over the exact same portrait hanging in a school.

the school district settled, agreeing to take the painting down and pay $95,000 amid public anger. >> they don't know anything about the culture of our community. >> reporter: when the letter arrived on superintendent richard prophet's desk he department hesitate and backlash was swift. >> i anticipated negative reaction. however we had to act in accordance with the law. >> reporter: some of the anger we have heard is focused on the freedom from religion foundation itself seen by some in town as outsiders. the foundation said it was a family in the community with children at the school that made the initial complaint. >> all right, stephanie. thank you very much. coming up, get ready for the mcwhopper. on trending, how burger king is looking to play nice with its arch rival. >> next up, the controversial tweet that led espn to suspend former baseball star kurt schilling. schilling. why he's

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for $139 a month after a $1000 volkswagen bonus. back now at 8:00 a.m. on the west coast. 11:00 here on the east coast. wednesday, august 26th. breaking news out of virginia, a television reporter and photo journalist shot and killed as they conducted an interview live on the air. >> the 24-year-old alison parker and adam ward was the photographer. they are pursuing a suspect believed to be a disgruntled co-worker of the victims. and the suspect just identified to nbc news as vester flanigan. pete, we have a name, we've heard about a possible pursuit. what else do we know?

>> and you know, just a moment ago, you showed, matt, a still picture. i want to go back to that. this is an important piece of evidence. apparently after the cameraman has been shot, as he's coming down to the ground, his camera is turned side ways and the picture is on its side. that is apparently the image of the man that police believe fired these shots, six to eight rounds. they believe he is still armed. they've been pursuing him on a couple of interstate highways. the governor of virginia says that he's a disgruntled former employee of the station and that they believe an arrest is imminent. all of this happened at about 6:45 this morning at a shopping center about 25 miles southeast of roanoke. a reporter was broadcasting on the air interviewing the director of a local chamber of commerce about tourism when gunshots rang out, from behind where the cameraman is stand

being. we're freezing the image at this point and not showing the entire sequence on the video. but you can hear at least perhaps six to eight gunshots. both of victims are from the roanoke area and went to schools. the woman interviewed, vickie gardner was injured in the shooting and she was taken to the hospital. police immediately begin scouring the area trying to find this gunman. the general manager of the station where the reporter and photographer work, jeff marks of wdbj announced their deaths after the shooting and asked how could this individual have robbedalison and adam's families of their lives and loves. you see dark pants and blue top and holding the hand gun and that is what immediately got authorities focused and they got a description of a specific kind of car, a 2009 silver mustang. they began to monitor the phone

calls and the governor even said in a live radio interview a short time ago in washington that authorities were monitoring his phone calls and he called someone, the suspect had and was distraught. they are scouring the area. there have been some reports that the car was spotted at the roanoke airport. so authorities want to try to end this they say peacefully. they know the suspect is armed and they want to try to bring this to an end without further violence. >> before i let you go, you say he had a beef with the station. do we know if he had a particular negative experience with these two people he shot? >> no, we don't know that yet. we don't know much about him, how long he worked at the station. all we know that the governor said that he's a disgruntled former employee. >> we'll be back to you in a little while. >> we want to bring in a reporter for the nbc affiliate in the same town in roanoke and

she knew both of the victims. ananda, it's such a sad and shocking day around there. i guess my first question is whether you've talked to anybody from that station from wdbj who knew the suspect, vester flanigan and any idea what may have motivated this. >> reporter: you know, at this point this is such an emotional day, a lot of people are affected. for us, we're considered competitors but today we're not. this could have happened to anyone and for alison, i remember talking to her and she said it was her hometown news station and dream for her to work for wdbj and adam, both worked in the mornings. it's such a hard day for a lot of us and it was a shock to many of us when we woke up this morning, it happened just before 7:00 at bridgewater plaza, a popular summer spot here at smith mountain lake. hearing both of them were killed in the attack is completely devastating.

>> what savannah was asking, has anyone at your station or do you have any experience or any knowledge of this man we're now hearing is the suspect, vester, flanigan? >> reporter: no, we haven't. police just stopped over there when we were doing this live shot and said they were going to release more information. i'm going to head over there to get more information, but at this point we do not know. >> we appreciate you taking a few moments with us. we remember what it's like when you're working at a television station and see mem on stories and become friends with reporters and photographer from the other stations and the town. what do you remember about these two, alison and adam? >> reporter: i remember them working mornings, alison had amazing energy, whenever she did live shots. it just amazes me like, she's about an hour away, from the martinsville area and whenever i went down there, everyone loved alison and adam was going to

more down to charlotte the morning -- he's engaged to the morning producer, it was actually her last day and he was going to move down there for her. it's been a really, really hard day. this community is just so close. >> our hearts go out to you and everybody there. thank you so much. from our nbc affiliate, wsls. >> let us bring in clint van zandt. good morning to you. they have a name, description of a vehicle, license plate. this should not take that much time, should it? >> no, they've got a lot going too, matt, as was previously reported, they also have his phone number. he's made one or more telephone calls this morning. you know, my background as a former hostage negotiator with the fbi, that would be a wonderful intro to use that phone and make a phone call, start talking to this individual, with the realization that law enforcement is trying

to zero in, if in fact he runs from the vehicle, they have a means to contact him. what they want to do is get him in a situation, get him surrounded and then see if they can talk him out. they don't want to hurt them. they want to bring him out alive and give him every chance to do it. right now, it appears that this threat is isolated to the immediate area where police think they have him located. >> and i'm sure at the same time this is all going on, other investigators are pouring into his background. >> well, they'll be doing that, savannah, going over his background. if he's abandoned the vehicle, going through that. they'll be going through his home, everything else, simultaneously we're trying to develop motive but of course the most important thing right now is number one, to get this man into custody so that no one else gets hurt. number two, find out if there was anyone else helping him or who was knowledgeable that these are stages two, three and four et cetera of the investigation.

stage number one is get him into custody and then build their case after that. >> again this was a live television broadcast at 6:45 this morning. i don't know whether there would have been much advance notice that this reporter and this crew would have been at that location south of roanoke. does this seem at the moment to you just by what you've seen on that videotape and what you're now hearing to have been an attack planned out well in advance? >> it seems there must have been some forethought. the idea that he would have just stumbled upon this crew at 6:45 in the morning sounds very challenging and of course, as we're told by the governor of virginia, this individual is a disgruntled employee. whether that's former or current employee, but he's someone who likely could have had access to the schedule of these individuals. of course, the question is is this personal.

did he do this based upon one or both of the individuals working for the station? some type of feud he may have had with them? or in another bizarre worst case scenario, did he do this intentionally because he knew they were on air and he wanted to strike them at that moment so this terrible act that he committed would go out over the air waves. >> thanks very much. what we know, alison parker -- adam ward, 27, both shot and killed this morning doing a live broadcast and interviewing the head of the chamber of commerce in that area. >> there's a third victim, vickie gardner, we're not sure of her condition but we'll continue to follow that as the authorities search for the suspect who's been identified to

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we are back at 8:13. time for what's trending today. >> is this a p.r. stunt or a quest for peace? burger king proposing to end the beef with mcdonald's. check out the full page ad in papers. it's an open letter suggesting the archle rivals bury the hatchet and for international peace day come together to create the mcwhopper. that's a sandwich blending the best of the whopper and the best of the big mac. >> oh, man. >> here's what it would look like. top is the big mac, bottom is the whopper. the sandwich would go on sale for one day in atlanta. proceeds would benefit the nonprofit called peace one day. so far, no response from mcdonald's. but they are boxed in on this one. do they say no, we're not into

peace? >> come on. >> if the whopper and big mac had a love child this is what it looks like. >> the best of each. >> so the special sauce we keep, mcdonald's. >> the meat from burger king. >> fries from mcdonald's. >> which raises the ancient question. which do you prefer? >> we are both whopper people. >> whopper from burger king and mcdonald's fries. >> i like the double cheeseburger. >> wasn't one of the choices. >> i have never had either one. >> you have never -- >> no. >> this is like spider-man versus super man. >> dylan never had a big mac or a whopper. >> have you ever had a mcwhopper? >> welcome to breakfast. >> get in there. >> if you get it to go, put a fried egg on it at home and you're in heaven. >> you need all of that. >> how are things in boston? >> temperatures in the 70s. >> kind of a summer day there. >> you will not just see grills

and lawn mowers. you will see snow blowers for sale right outside on the sidewalk. it's not even labor day. >> not ready. >> store shel shelves are bein stocked with things for fall and watch this sign. asking people to preorder christmas trees. people, there are 120 days until christmas. >> i like it. you want to guarantee you will not have a snowstorm at your house, go spend a lot of money on a snowblower. fwree guaranteed. buy a generator, power never goes out. >> you get a mcwhopper, it's good. i was able to taste it all. so the sauce is good. i love the pickles. >> you're like the secretary of state here. >> it's a diplomatic burger. >> how polite is your child? a father wanted to test his son's manners. so he deliberately gave him a

terrible birthday gift. it was an avocado. heaven wrapped it up. here's how the little boy responded. take a look. >> an avocado! thanks! >> aw! [ applause ] >> that child passing the test with flying colors. the father saying he's trying to teach his child the importance of being gracious, even when you don't like a gift. >> that's terrific. >> i love that he knew it was an avocado. >> and he could say it. >> next he said guacamole! >> margarita! >> my brother is a fan of putting a different present in an old box. one year it was a nintendo 64 box and inside was a shirt. she was the most disappointed i have ever seen somebody. yay! oh. >> dylan's mom went to high school with bruce springsteen. >> i heard. >> matt loves the pick for the most timeless song ever and amy

schumer recreates an iconic image. >> the first one is controversial. not everyone happy. first up the most timeless songs of all time. at least according to spotify looking at which songs have been replayed the most. only those released between 1950 and 2005. so 55 years of songs. here are the top five. in fifth, "smells like teen spirit" by nirvana, "don't stop believinging," "numb" by linkin park, "mr. brightside" by the killers and number one -- listen to this. [ rapping ] >> oh, wow. ♪ you only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity ♪ ♪ once in a lifetime >> users played eminem's song more than 59 million times. other songs on the list, number

8 "billie jean" by michael jackson. number 12, "all i want for christmas is you" by mariah carey. gold digger, with or without you by u12. sweet child o mine by guns n roses and in da club by 50 cent. >> that will get a party started. >> i didn't see stevie wonder, the stones. >> the fact that it goes back to the 50s, 60s, 70s. >> there was no way to make everyone happy on that list. >> it speaks more to who uses spotify. >> exactly. >> next, melissa mccarthy -- we're done with that. showing off girl power on "ghostbusters." not only gathering all her female cast mates but every female member of the cast and crew holding signs with their job titles. talk about girl power. >> is this song sung by -- >> no. >> maybe beyonce should redo it.

>> and we showed you this this photo of ed sheeran. he tweeted it saying he was getting a huge lion tattoo on the chest. ed is coming clean, posting a new photo on instagram admitting he was joking about the lion. >> i'm happy about that. >> he has a lot of tattoos. when he was in studio. >> that's fine. as long as it's not a lion on the chest. >> you have sesame street. >> do i? >> that's so mean! >> at least wait until i'm done. >> finally amy schumer getting the last laugh. someone on twitter said she could be related to the woman in the american gothic painting. amy recruited j.k. simmons and they recreated the painting using an everyday fork instead of a pitchfork. >> i like it. >> well

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today we'll be up to 85 degrees in san jose. warming up, especially inland. palo alto, 82 degrees. embarcadero at a nice comfortable 70 degrees. a lot of sunshine today. pleasanton topping out at 94 degrees. we'll have a couple days of inland warmth. then we all cool off in time for the weekend. keep checking in for those updates. have a great day. that's your latest weather. >> thank you. we have been focusing on marriage this week. andrea canning is back with more on the intense boot camp of sorts that some couples are turning to. she told us about this on tuesday. good morning. >> hey, everybody. it's a weekend get away where couples sit together in a group and focus not only on issues between them but how their own history may affect their current relationships. on tuesday you met maisy and

patch, together for two years t. pair arrived at the retreat separated, dealing with betrayal issues. emotions ran high. they did see a light at the end of the tunnel. let's see how the other couples did. >> reporter: couples retreat is designed to be tough. the founder tina conkin use it is r-3 factor -- reveal, rewrite, renew -- to help couples find forgiveness. >> many of them will have the reaction, whoa, didn't know this is what it would be about. but within the first hour they get reallile real. >> reporter: she asks each person to look at their background and see how their own experiences may affect their current relationship. she said she has an over 80% success rate. >> there is a lot that is learned when there is a group. you realize, hey, we don't have to hide. we are not the only ones. >> reporter: for courtney and jake, diana and sean, and julie and mattias admitting their role in the relationship breakdown is

eye opening. married over two years, courtney and jake arrive separated. >> i moved out one day, kind of out of the blue. just because i was really fearful in our marriage. jake has a lot of anger. >> reporter: when asked to rate the relationship the two were in different places. >> 7 is a really good marriage. you shouldn't be here. but you're separated. what did you rate it as? 5. even 5, you shouldn't be separated. do you want to change the number and get honest? >> no. >> is she home? >> she's not. >> then you're not a 7. >> that's our last hurdle. >> could this be your last hurdle? >> yes. >> put it at a 5. i can't work with 7. >> reporter: over two days courtney and jake open up and

find forgiveness. >> courtney, will you forgive me for instilling fear in our relationship? >> i actually finally think i can say yes. >> reporter: for julie and mattias, their five-year marriage has had ups and downs from the start. >> we have really strong personalities. we also just go at it. >> reporter: he's from germany. she's from california. realizing their cultural differences affect the marriage help it is two find common ground. >> understanding where she's coming from, where i'm coming from. >> reporter: it's not as easy for diana and sean. a group exercise meant to elicit fun has the opposite effect for these two. >> there was no fun. i was trying to take pictures, he's like, i don't want pictures, i don't do selfies. >> what could you have done this afternoon to get back on track? >> given her a hug.

try to hold her hand. >> did you do any of that? >> no. >> because it shall. >> you have someone sitting like this. >> i don't care what she's doing. sit in his lap. i want you to hold her so she knows and feels what you want her to feel. it definitely felt hopeful as the couples left today. did you feel hopeful for them? >> i did. i really did. i see hope where others don't. i felt they left in a good place. >> reporter: these couples, each embarking on a new future. >> it was an emotional weekend for all of the couples. we have checked in and they all say they are doing great.

courtney and jake who were not living together at the start of the retreat are now moving back in together. tina, the woman who runs the program, said you need to wait 30 days bf you move back in together. >> we love you, but we all agree this has been hard to watch. >> it's draining. >> i guess it is supposed to be. >> it has been. it's hard to watch people that broken. >> it is. she said what you can really do for each other, the little things. get your spouse a cup of coffee in the morning. plug in their phone at night for them. all the little things matter. >> kindness begets kindness. >> do something nice for your partner today. >> like for matt. >> okay. thank you so much. it's really been thought provoking. thank you. coming up, creative cakes you can cook -- get this -- in the microwave. i like that. >> and matthew broderick is here talking about goomorng,t's-26. i..==tvo=a d

good wednesday morning. it's 8:26. i'm sam brock. very quickly, we are following developments in virginia of the two journalists killed earlier this morning. if there's an arrest made at some point, nbc news is going to come on with a special report. stay tuned for that. again, we are following that very closely. meantime, closer to home now. a dramatic rescue this morning of a woman stranded on a peninsula cliffside. coast guard rescue crew plucked her off the cliffside and pulled her into a waiting helicopter. there's video from about 6:40 this morning. she was stranded for more than seven hours after falling late last night near palisades park in daly city. rescuers from the ground were stymied by two dogs that were with the woman that would not let them within reach. authorities say a man also initially fell down that cliff. he managed to scramble back up

the hill to safety. both the man and the woman are said to be okay now. we're happy to hear that. let's get a quick check of traffic. >> looking to south bay where even though we have a slow drive for the northbound freeways, starting to ease off a little bit. speeds coming up a tad. still, that push toward the rest of silicon valley. by 9:00, we should see things improve for the speeds. the rest of your bay looks smooth. south 880 we have a car fire on the shoulder. no crash. that is a distraction. the rest of these crashes in the area, minor incidents. still, distractions as you head your way towards the bay bridge.

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it's wednesday morning. 26th of august, 2015. 8:30 on the west coast. we're covering breaking news this morning. these terrible shootings of a reporter and her cameraman while

they weret 1200 him of this forum he apparently wanted. it's this situation. they're hoping they believe they're on the right track. they hope to have him in custody shortly. they hope to end this peacefully. obviously, they know, or at least they believe, he still has the gun and is armed and dangerous. >> and feels comfortable enough to pause and post video to not just one, but at least two social media accounts. we want to bring in our nbc news analy analyst, clint. the most important thing right now is authorities are tracking and feel they have a line on him. i mean, talk about thinking you've seen it all. you're talking about someone

who, in this very moment, wants to send out the evidence of his crime. put it on social media. wants to get that attention. what kind of person are we talking about here? >> well, this is someone who has planned this out, as pete suggests and you and matt have looked at. i've seen his so-called go-pro video. in his hand, approaching the n victims. you see the gun, and then you see the victims in front. so this is someone who planned to do this. who, with his television, his media background, assembled everything that he needed to put together, to come up with these live videos, and then in the midst of hot pursuit by law enforcement, takes the time to post both videos and tweets, providing his motive, in ju having done something like that.

perhaps believing that, number one, he wants to get this information out, obviously. number two, that once in custody, he wouldn't be able to put this amount of information out. i think now, the race is between law enforcement to get him in custody, and social media, to bring these terrible tweets and videos down. while at the same time, he's posting them as fast as they can take them down. >> the news organization saying they've received a lengthy fax from someone claiming to be bryce williams which, again, is the name this person has gone by. clint, i want to mention, without asking people to even go -- attempt to find these videos, one of the things that was startling to me is this alleged shooter walks up to this situation, this live broadcast, and stands there for a good ten seconds, aiming the gun back and forth, almost taunting, although i don't think the reporter could turn away from the person she was interviewing to really take

great notice of this. but stands there almost calmly for ten seconds before beginning to shoot. >> i think part of what he's doing, matt, is setting his shot. i mean, this is someone with a background in journalism, who is knowledgeable on photojournalism. i think that's a correct term, he's taunting, but at least taunting in his own mind, and realized that the reporter is focused on the person she's talking to. the camera person is focused on those two. nobody is looking at him. it's like he's in his own little world right there, composing his shot, getting ready to commit this horrible act. once again, this is the power of life and death that he has in his hand. he realizes that, and he's composing his shot to reflect that in the most negative way. >> i want to mention, he walked right up to these people. he was a matter of two feet away

from the videographer. >> yeah. they could almost reach out and touch the barrel of the gun. realize, the videographer had his back to the subject. again, this is a tremendously cowardly act, to do something like that. and his purpose for going to twitter, for posting the go-pro video, anything else, is to try to give justification, in his mind, to what you and i and the rest of the world would believe is an act for which there is no justification. >> we are following this disturbing story. clint, thank you for being with us. to update people, we have two victims, alison parker and adam ward, a photographer and reporter. third$!w victim who was shot, wounded, we don't know her condition. authorities on the trail of a man named vester flanagan, who goes by williams. we will continue to follow this. >> this is "today" on nbc.

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8:48 this morning on "today" food. the sweet treat without the traditional baking. author of "let them eat cake," has a delicious dessert that doesn't require the hot oven. good to see you. >> office goalways good to see >> 25 minutes or less and we're not heating up the kitchen. >> it's to hot in so many places, that you don't want the oven on. we're using the microwave. >> which is great. any challenges with that? we'll get to that in a second. you're going to mix dry and wet ingredients. >> correct. first, you'll mix the flour. flour, cocoa powder. that's elspresso powder. you add it to enrich the chocolate flavor. >> okay.

>> whisk, whisk, whisk. while you do that, i'm going to add the eggs, sugar, vanilla, milk and salt. the reason i'm adding salt here is because usually, you put it in the dry ingredients, that you want to keep the salt in tact. we're going to put this through a sieve, on to the wet ingredients. salt granules are big. it would sift out the salt. dump it in there. tap, tap, until it's all the way through. then mix it gently, gently so it doesn't explode. >> like it did earlier? >> yeah. exactly. >> what do you do now? >> now, you have a batter. let's say this is our batter. >> let's say it's finished. >> you would sieve it again into a cup with a spout. >> that way, you don't get the lumps. >> don't get the lumps. the reason you put it in a cup with a spout, we're going to put it into a whipped cream dispenser. >> easier to get into the cups in a second.

>> then in we'll pour it in. then you're going to charge it and shake it. >> okay. >> shake, shake, shake. shake, shake,9gñ shake. then this is one of the fun things. you get a waxed cup, buty you don't put non-stick spray on it because you want it to stick slightly. >> i'll let you do this. >> make sure you shook enough. what this does is -- excuse me -- is it air raerates the ba. we didn't put baking powder in there. put this in the microwave for 45 seconds to 55 seconds. it's fancy. you know, you're fancy. >> always want to try to work it into our cooking segment. this is what it looks when you come out. should you not expect perfection? >> you want perception, i know. it's lopsided. some microwaves go sideways. that's okay. you want to make sure you can tear it apart. look at that. it's a sponge cake.

dip it in right there. >> again, make this in less than 25 minutes. if you have time, you can make the ganache. whisk, whisk. best ever. all of this is under 25 minutes. >> let me tell you, card board would taste good if you dip it in that. >> it's true. >> always good to have you >> good to be here. >> you can get this recipe and more at today.com/food. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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play practical jokes. we need more people like him. edward spurling, atlantic beach in new york. he loves photography. he's 100 years old today. we salute him on his birthday. we'll be back and make it fantastic. >> willard, thank you very much. do you know what, earlier on today in trending we talked about burger king's offer to mcdonald's to come together to create the mcwhopper for international peace day. mcdonald's ceo just responded on facebook. >> okay. cue the breaking news music. he said, we love the intention but think our two brands could do something bigger adding, we'll be in touch. p.s., a simple phone call will do next time. >> oh! >> don't put us on the spot, burger king. >> dang. >> nobody puts mcdonald's in a corner. >> who's the real king? >> wow. >> maybe they need the marital therapy session we just saw.

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good wednesday morning. it's 8:56. i'm sam brock. that breaking news, we are learning of a bay area link to the suspected gunman who shot and killed a tv news crew this morning in virginia. he's identified as vester flanagan, also known as bryce williams. his on-air name. a disgrunted former employee at wdbj in virginia. a linked in account matching that name indicates that bryce williams attended san francisco state in the early '90s. also, nbc news is now saying

that williams may have relatives here in the bay area. police have been on his trail ever since shortly after the shooting this morning to left a photographer and a reporter dead. 24 and 27 years old respectively. we know that police were actively pursuing flanagan. we'll have an update on that. nbc news special report next.

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>> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. >> and good morning everyone. we've got breaking news on a very troubling story out of virginia. a pair of television journalists at a local cbs affiliate there, allison parker, a reporter, and photographer adam ward was shot and killed early this morning during a live broadcast. the attack captured on air. >> the suspect has been identified as 41-year-old vester flanagan, a former reporter at that same station. disturbingly, he appears to have

filmed all of this with his own personal camera and was posting it online even as police were pursuing him this morning. federal authorities have just confirmed that the gunman is dead, he took his own life on a virginia highway. pete, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: this finally resolved itself about five hours after it happened. the shooting was at 6:45 this morning eastern time during a live broadcast. we're not going to show you the entire sequence. as you'll see, the reporter was interviewing a local chamber of commerce official as the shots rang out. as the camera man went down, he caught a fleeting image of a man appearing to be holding a gun. that was vester flanagan, described as a former disgruntled employee. law enforcement tell us they

pursued him on interstate 66 on virginia. as police pulled his car over and approached it, he fired a fatal shot and killed himself. >> if we put that image up again of allison parker interviewing vicky gardner and that we froze before the shooting took place. what we know from viewing the videos that the suspect posted online, he was standing just a matter of two or 3 feet away from allison parker when he opened fire. >> reporter: right. and apparently they never saw him. the camera man's back would have been to the gunman. the reporter is looking at the interview guest. neither buone of them saw what s coming. it was fascinating that the material was posted on social media, but taken down very quickly apparently at the request of law enforcement who wanted to deny the gunman any further credit for his crime. >> at least as far as twitter is

concerned, he made a series of allegations against the reporter, against adam ward, the photographer and then said i'm going to post the video to facebook then started posting it to the twitter. while police say they were pursuing him along the highway, it appears he felt comfortable enough to pull over to the side of the road or keep driving and post video to social media sites. >> reporter: there was some confusion, as you would expect in the hours after the shooting. a number of different vehicles were being followed that were clearly not being driven by him. authorities are going to have to work back now and try to figure out his movements step by step and where he was. it's obvious part of the time when he was taking all these internet postings, he was not on the move. >> there are reports that the girlfriend of the photo journalist, adam ward, was actually a producer for the morning newscast.

it is entirely possible she was in the control room as this was all happening live on the air. >> reporter: a small station. you know, a lot of us have worked in similar environments. everybody knows everybody. >> pete williams, who's been covering this story since it started early this morning. again, we now have confirmation that the gunman in this situation, vester flanagan, who went by the name on air of bryce williams, has killed himself along a highway in virginia after taking two lives of a reporter and a photo jurn list early this morning. >> we're going to have a lot more on msnbc.lester holt. this has been an nbc news special report. >> they say music, drinking water, dancing. >> yeah. i like that song. ♪ >> and turn the lights up bright. this comes from the american chemical society.

>> they're doing great work over there. >> that's right. because without chemicals, there is no funny. >> i don't know. >> as the old saying goes. >> a laugh riot. >> so the headline is the cat thing. >> drink a lot of water and dance. >> speaking of dancing and singing. this is so cool. these teachers and staff, they were having a staff meeting at west des moines school district. and just when you think teachers can't get any cooler than they already are, these teachers break into song during an employee meeting last week. here it is. >> i know that we have only -- [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

♪ one day more ♪ ♪ one day more [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> nice. >> they changed the lyrics to "one more day". this is hilarious. >> and they've got voices. >> a vocal teacher. what else did we learn? vocal, computer science, social studies in there. do they still have shop? >> oh, yeah. more popular than ever. >> these are actual teachers having a little fun. >> every now and then. >> every blue moon. and so here's the deal. we're looking for teachers who have unique teaching styles to inspire their kids. do you sing?

do you dance? maybe, i don't know, inspire us. we're looking for the craziest, coolest, most creative teachers in america. we're not going to pit you against each other. >> oh. >> this is not "game of thrones" teachers style. >> slide rules. >> we can give you love and show people out there in america what you are up to. so it's cool school week. go to today.com. tell us about your teacher, tell us about yourself, tell us anything that will make us smile. >> can't wait to see those. so many teachers doing cool things. >> so many great teachers. >> they have to be. especially in some of the arts programs, music programs. >> reaching into your own pockets. >> yeah, my mom. we'll get that. >> that performance, i love music teachers because they're so creative and they can wrangle like 100 kids. i don't know how they do it with

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this is fascinating. >> it is. >> the cone of uncertainty. >> have you ever been in the cone of uncertainty? >> i have. lovely to come out of that. yeah. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. the sun is coming out across the bay area and temperatures are warming up. check out the east bay now at 69 degrees. 65 degrees in the south bay. and we'll get more sun this afternoon and a little bit warmer in many spots. the south bay up to 85 degrees. peninsula 79 degrees. east bay at 75. and expect a high of 94 degrees today in the tri-valley. san francisco still comfortable with some peeks of sun and north bay topping out at 88. >> another line, slimy but satisfying. >> that's from the pig thing, the hogwart. >> the grubs. the hogwart? that was harry potter.

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if you're mad about this -- >> no. i'm not mad. we are not married. remember? >> okay. >> we are butch and sundance, but i don't recall them and i don't think i have seen the movie. that's the point of the ampersand. >> i don't know what that means. >> they earned their name by sticking together. >> good morning. good to see you both. i love it. butch & sundance. we have been in this situation where you end up with a co-worker that you don't know well, potentially on a weekend or overnight trip. how was it for you getting into this role? have you had awkward moments like that before? >> we had the real life version. we met at the airport on the way to albuquerque from new york. we didn't know each other but we were going to be co-workers. i bought matthew a pillow to sleep on. >> that's a good start. >> then he liked me.

i stole his jacket, crumpled it up and slept on it. >> halfway through -- can i take your coat, wadded it up in a ball and slept on it. i got off the plane, not at my sharpest. >> the pillow was strategic so you could later steal his jacket. >> i had a pillow as well, but i needed two things. >> this movie, so much of it is just the two of you. >> yes. >> you have done so many ensembles. is that a different set of acting chops? >> you depend a lot on -- she was a great partner. most every scene was just us. dialogue-driven. we spent a lot of time learning it the day before or during lunch. you become very dependent and luckily and happily dependent. >> we got on well naturally. he's got funny bones as you guys

know . >> funny bones. >> my shoulder surgeon -- [ laughter ] >> -- laughs like crazy. >> a living operation game. >> matthew, you may already be sick of being asked this. it's almost 30 years now which is hard to believe for those of us who grew up with "ferris beuller's day off". >> yeah. >> can you believe the staying power? my kids are watching it. it's generation to generation. >> it is. so far. at some point somebody will say, let's watch something else. >> not yet. >> no. >> little 10-year-olds, i like ferris beuller. okay. thank you. >> that 10-year-old sounds like you. >> every imitation i do is the same. >> can we hear yours? >> i wish the union would be strong. >> matthew and alice, thank you both so much. "dirty weekend" opens in theaters. it's on demand september 4.

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9:26. i'm sam brock. our breaking news, a bay area link to the gunman who shot and killed a tv news crew this morning in virginia. he is identified as vester lee flanagan, also known as on-air name bryce williams, a former disgruntle employee at wdbj in virginia. he worked sustained san francisco state. williams has relatives here in the bay area. nbc news also says authorities were closing in on williams after a lengthy pursuit this morning and that he shot himself. but we are hearing conflicting reports about whether or not he's still alive. now, the shooting this morning left a 24-year-old female

reporter and a 27-year-old male photographer dead. you see them on your screen right there. they were covering a local chamber of commerce story this morning when they were shot. it appears that williams actually filmed the shooting on a gopro and later posted the video to various social media sites. that video was quickly taken down. much more on this story on our midday newscast as we have several reporters digging up more details on this tragedy. we'll bring that to you at 11:00. in the meantime after this break a look at weather and traffic. trf

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's in the upper 60s already in the east bay. starting to warm up as the sunshine comes out we'll have a lot of sun today. and warmer temperatures. a high of 85 in the south bay. peninsula 79 degrees. east bay 75. but the tri-valley is where it will be hottest. up to 94 degrees today. san francisco still cool with some peeks of sun. and the north bay 88. let's get a look at traffic with mike. all right. we're seeing from time to time

traffic breaks up a bit and then we see another burst of traffic over at the bay bridge toll plaza. look at your map though it's a slow drive across down the east shore freeway all the way across to about treasure island. the mark here is eastbound out of the city still reported right around the tunnel itself. little slowing for both decks as you head toward that midpoint. smoother drive for walnut creek area, so is oakland. things lightning across to the san mateo drive 101 jammed and northbound routes continue to improve except north 880. back to you. okay, mike. appreciate that report. we'll be back in just 25 minutes with another update. we continue to follow breaking news out of virginia. we will see you in 25.

taking a look at the headlines, more than 2 million pounds of turkey bacon are being recalled nationwide. kraft says the food may spoil before the best when used by dates. kraft has received reports of people getting sick. for a full list of the recalled turkey bacon products go to today.com. researchers in denmark say taking a low dose painkiller every day for five years may reduce the risk of colon cancer. the study found those who took one or two low dose aspirins for five years cut the risk by about 27%. it also found those who took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories such as bieb fro finish for five years cut the risk by 30% more

or. there is a caution that people shouldn't take any medicine regularly without consulting their doctor. a new study is suggesting omega-3 supplements do nothing to prevent memory loss. researchers looked at more than 4,000 older adults over a five-year period and found they did nothing to slow down the cognitive decline. one researcher said while the supplements don't cut it, eating foods that are naturally high in omega 3s like salmon, flaxseed and walnuts are a better bet for overall brain health. amazon is expanding the prime now membership program to include beer, wine and hard liquor for the first time. the alcohol sales are offered only in the seattle area with no additional fee for two-hour delivery and $8 for one-hour delivery. amazon isn't saying how soon it could spread to other cities. whale watchers got an eye full off the coast of nova scotia

when they got something. a hutch back whale not only breached but headed right toward the boat full of tourists upside down, kept going, going, breaching dozens of times. all caught on -- can you imagine? >> i could keep watching this. >> it's so fun. i sense a road trip. >> yeah. you bet. >> no? >> he got a little close. >> what's going on? >> let's see what's happening. for today, we are looking off the southeastern atlantic coast through florida. beautiful day in the northeast into the great lakes. low humidity. smoky conditions. that's smoke from the fires in the pacific northwest making it into the midwest and the plains. wet weather in the southwest. tomorrow we'll continue to have smoke problems. we are hoping to see rain next week to help the fires in the pacific northwest. meantime, showers from the monsoon up into the central rockies. eastern half of the country looks spectacular tomorrow.

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>> he plays tituss andromedon, a struggling actor looking for his big break on broadway. >> this was me then. i was cute, just like you, showed my teeth when i smiled, just like you. i changed my name to tituss andromedon and auditioned for the lion king. >> you were in the lion king on broadway? >> yes. except i was not. i auditioned until they told me, you are not passing as a straight giraffe. >> tituss! good morning! congratulations on the emmy nomination. >> thank you. >> we love the show. you had quite a reaction when you got the call. >> i did. i was in my living room with my best friend. i was waiting for the announcement. but the lead characters are announced and you have to wait for the rest to surface online. it's taking too long, as far as

i'm concerned. so i just politely got up, went down stairs, got all of the shots at 11:00 in the morning, as i'm getting up i get a phone call and i see my publicist. they go, oh, tituss. i said, it's okay. you don't have to tell me. i was convinced it didn't happen and it would be fine. i would spend the day finishing off those shots. and i started crying. you'd think you know how you will feel. >> you hung up on your agent. >> i did. i have to go. i was inconsolable. i'll call you back. i don't think i got that far. i called my mom who was not available. oh, my gosh. forgot to tell my mama i would be on the "today" show. mama, i hope i can still be your son when this is over with. i'm sorry. but i'm on the "today" show. >> okay. where does she live?

>> she's in athens, georgia. >> this time zone. >> yeah. >> your emmy nomination is one of seven for the show. we feel like honorary members of the family. ellie has been with us, jane was with us this week. we have a great crew of people. throw in tina fey. what's it like working with them. >> it's like recess every day. >> it is. the hours whiz by. tina and robert create a warm familial environment. they are generous. >> it's terrific. tituss burgess, all the best. congratulations. >> thank you. >> "unbreakable kimmy schmidt" >> "unbreakable kimmy schmidt" is ♪ ♪

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sleeves or shirts that show our burns. we feel more comfortable hiding them. >> reporter: trey lynn, the youngest, learned of dr. jill weible who was experimenting with laser treatment. >> for there to be hope for burn victims, i just felt like we needed to call and maybe something could happen from there. >> reporter: the sisters reached out to the doctor who, with a laser manufacturer, agreed to perform the procedure on all three of them, free of charge. >> i'm about to get the treatment! i'm excited. >> reporter: as part of the treatment, the laser fires tiny dots of heat into the scar tissue, vaporizing the scar and allowing a healthy layer of skin collagen to eventually regrow on their faces, arms and chests. three months and one follow up treatment later the sisters revealed the results on "today." >> you love the changes you see in the mirror. >> yes. >> reporter: it didn't end there. after six treatments, here are

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>> reporter: big changes that improved many lives and much of the widespread attention for the procedure can be traced back to these three stunning sisters. >> we were blessed to have each other growing up. we could go through the challenges together. i know a lot of people don't have that. so when we shared our story, i think a lot of people know, hey, there is someone else out there like me, too. >> three beautiful women. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning. 9:56 right now. i'm kris sanchez. and that breaking news, a bay area link to the gunman who shot and killed a tv news crew this morning in virginia. he's identified as vester lee flanagan but went by a tv name of bryce williams. he's reportedly a disgruntled

former employee at wdbj in virginia. we have now confirmed he worked at the bay area's cbs station in the early 1990s and also attended san francisco state. we have more on how authorities caught up with him coming up at 11:00. now let's look at your forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> kris, our temperatures are warming up. now in the lower 70s in the east bay, south bay at 68. mostly sunny skies will stay with us and slightly warmer air today, 85 degrees in the south bay. east bay 75 degrees while the tri-valley sees a high of 94 degrees. san francisco look for a high of 70 in the north bay, reaching 88 degrees. let's see how that commute is moving with mike. bummer for the drive. tow truck, flashing lights, a lot of activity here grove point off northbound 101 just cleared up. and now chp they're going to clear in a couple seconds. see traffic moves nicely here. map shows you speed sensors should be recovering over the next few, 887, 17 and 85 showing

better flow over the last five to ten minutes improving throughout the south bay. still have fremont as well as 101 through palo alto bogging down as you get down toward that portion. back to you. thank you, mike. we will have more local news coming up for you in just a half hour.

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