that continues to be jammed in both directions. this is our live shot showing you that big is over on the shoulder a number had of folks there, a m this of cars. folks are getting by, slowing, though, in the area and that adds to the build up. no you we do have the san mateo bridge westbound that tow truck not in lanes, no incident on the span itself for the san mateo bridge but in san mateo 101 is looking a little extra slow this morning. >> hopefully you get off to good start this morning. that's what's happening "today in the bay." >> don't think we are going to say that's a case of the mondays. up and down. donald trump remains on top in iowa among republicans. hillary clinton faces sinking poll numbers. challenger bernie sanders now trailing her by just seven points in a key state. paying tribute, more than 1,000 people marched to honor a texas sheriff's deputy ambushed and killed while pumping gas. ♪ the suspect heads to court today. and the wild night at the vmas.

>> and the winner is taylor swift. >> taylor swift winning big justin beeber in tears and kanye west announcing a career change. >> i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> and miley cyrus being miley cyrus. >> i'll do almost anything. >> from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." we have willie in for matt this week. how long will we say kanye west up six points in iowa? not doing as well in new hampshire. you know, it could happen. >> and clearly laying the groundwork for that run in 2020 by making good with taylor swift. >> yes. taylor swift constituency very, very important for his political career. the vmas did not disappoint.

we'll have our update. the weather is the top story this morning. soaking rains down south. extreme heat for millions. we'll get to the forecast in just a moment. let's start with nbc's kerry sanders. he's in clear water, florida, this morning. good morning to you. >> well, good morning. we've already had some rain here this morning. and it's likely it's going to get worse later today. folks are preparing in the tampa bay region for what they know will be a lot of tropical moisture coming in from the remnants of erika. sandbagging is already under way in part because in the last 60 days they've had 27 1/2 inches of rain here and they've already experienced some floods. the ground is saturated. so they know erika will create more problems. there is already street flooding in tampa. desoto county florida already canceled schools in anticipation of flooding. erika created quite a mess across the caribbean. 20 people died.

24 people this morning are still missing. and on the island of hispanola, the rains were so torrential they created mudslides and created quite a mess there as well. here, a lot of eyes and a lot of attention on what they know is going to be an ugly 24 or 48 hours. >> kerry, we know we'll keep an eye on it. >> we're keeping an eye on the downpours plus a building heat wave across the country. good morning. >> good morning. there is a lot going on. we'll start first with the remnants of erika. most of the heavy rain is through the carolinas. you see this activity off the west coast of florida this is going to fill back n since the storms are tropical in nature, they produce torrential down pours. we have flash flood watches across central florida. this is the area hard hit just a few weeks ago. we are looking at an additional one to three inches of rain. that soefr the course of the next several days through wednesday. so it is going to continue with that rainy forecast for the next

couple of days with isolated higher amounts. out in the pacific, we're still keeping an eye now on three storms. this is ignacio. it is a category 3 storm. it will stay well to the north of hawaii. but we have been seeing hurricane hunters sending in pictures from the center of the storm. we actually had some of those eyewall pictures of the storm. they were incredible. that storm is going to weaken. here they are. look at this. this is right in the center of the storm. here's the eye where you can see the sky. that's the eyewall where you get most of your intense winds. really incredible stuff from the hurricane hunters. this is no threat to land. if anything, we'll see 20 foot high seas. really no wind or heavy rain to worry b maybe just some tropical storm-like rain showers. now in the rest of the country and from the plains to the midwest, over to the east, we have a big area of high pressure. this ridge and jet stream, temperatures are 5 to 20 degrees above average. today, tomorrow, wednesday, pretty much lasting in the northeast through possibly the

middle of next week. willie? >> it is muggy out there already. thanks so much. now to the presidential race. an eye opening new poll in iowa. >> donald trump is seeing his favorability soar and bernie sanders is closing the gap with hillary clinton. in the meantime, one of clinton's aides finds herself in the spotlight. first, nbc national correspondent peter alexander breaking down the numbers for us. >> good morning. these days it is good to be a political outsider. hillary clinton's points dropped by 20 points over the last few months. donald trump is holding on to his lead there. ben carson right behind him. and if you combine caucusgoers first and second choices, trump and carson are tied. >> reporter: call it the summer of political discontent. the two biggest

anti-establishment candidates, donald trump and bernie sanders flying high. with hillary clinton hitting a new low. her support in iowa dropping below 50% for the first time this year. the new des moines register poll showing the gap between clinton and sanders is down to seven points compared to 40 points three months ago. >> this is not anti-hillary clinton. this is pro bernie sanders and a message that says enough is enough. >> like the candy bars handed out at the meeting, more democrats are riding with biden who showed up unannounced at a party in delaware that his late son beau would attend. 14% of likely caucus goers would vote for biden even though he's not a candidate for now. among republicans, trump's on top again. in second place ben carson and farther hund ted cruz and scott walker who assisted on "meet the press" is considering a wall along the u.s. bored we are mexico but with canada, too. >> some people asked us about that in new hampshire.

they raise legitimate concerns. that is legitimate issue for us to look at. >> so the bottom line here, talk to democrats or republicans, both sides will tell you they like this poll. democrats like the republican poll. republicans like the democrats because they show there is real trouble for the opposite sides of the establishment candidates right now. >> everyone is happy in politics. okay. thank you very much. one of hillary clinton's top aides is in the headlines this morning with republican lawmakers and donald trump taking aim at her position and in trump's case, her marriage. we have the story. kristen, good morning. >> willie, good morning you to. for nearly 20 years, uma abadine is one of her closest aides. now she is facing the same ethical questions plaguing clinton and donald trump is trying to capitalize on all of it. she's a fixture by hillary clinton's side and also a high profile political mind.

top aide uma abidine. she became the target of an attack usually saved for candidates. donald trump taking aim. >> so uma is getting classified secrets. she's married to anthony weiner. who is a perv. i know anthony weiner for a long time. i knew before they caught him with the bing, bing, bing. >> the clinton responded angrily, donald trump spent the summer saying offensive things about women but there is no place for patently false personal attacks against a staff member. his comments were in reference to anthony weaner who resigned from congress in 2011 amid a sex scandal which resurfaced when he unsuccessfully ran for mayor two years later. abedin defending him. >> i'm very nervous. >> since then, abedin has largely stayed on the sidelines but recently republican lawmakers and conservative

activists groups demanded documents letted to abedin's time at the state department where she held a position with an outside private firm raising potential coss flikts of interest. all that fodder for trump. >> it's coming through huma. she has a lot of information. >> for clinton, it's one more on going political challenge. >> what we've seen over the last several weeks is a perfect storm of bad news. yes for clinton but also for huma. >> now clinton campaign officials are defending abedin's work at the state department and accusing republicans of trying to bully her. one saying the suggestion of wrongdoing is unfounded and from partisans in congress with a clear agenda. now as for trump, democrats and republicans criticize him for attacking abedin many noting it is highly unusual for a presidential candidate to go after an adviser. back to you. >> few people closer to hillary clinton than huma abedin, thank

you. >> more than 1,000 people turned out in houston last night to honor a sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed while filling up his patrol car at a gas station. the alleged gunman behind the ambush will be in court today. we have the latest. janet, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. authorities are still looking for a motive in what appears to be an unprovoked execution style murder. the suspect's mother said he was with her at the time and couldn't have done it. but detectives say ballistic evidence ties the suspect to the scene of the crime. >> reporter: today the suspect charged in the ambush killing of a houston deputy while he pumped gas will be in court. shannon miles' motive is a mystery. the sheriff says it may have been for one reason, goforth was wearing an officer's uniform. the shots kept coming as the deputy lay dying on the ground. >> he was ordered to get down. and he keeps shooting on five, six times.

>> a community in heartbreak. sunday night, more than 1,000 people walked in quiet solidarity. ♪ >> reporter: sharing support for law enforcement and the slain officer's family. >> it breaks my heart to know that they're going to be without a father. >> reporter: the senseless crime has drawn crowds to the gas station. now a flower filled memorial. this family drove 50 miles. >> as a peace officer, how did this touch you? >> it's awful. i mean -- something we do every day. >> reporter: traffic at a stand still nearby as drivers stopped to open wallets for the deputy's family. >> thank you. everything is going to the family. >> reporter: almost $70,000 in two days. an online effort raised tens of thousands more. darren goforth had another title, daddy, to a 5-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter.

and husband to a wife who had a statement. this morning deputy goforth's wife has the task of planning her husband's funeral tentatively set for friday. guys, back to you. >> all right. janet, thank you very much. natalie is here now with fallout from a terrifying scene at a baseball game over the weekend. >> right. good morning. there are growing calls to improve fan safety at major league baseball stadiums in the wake of that tragic descent in atlanta over the weekend. a 60-year-old man died after falling from the upper deck at turner field. we're there. good morning, gabe. >> natalie, good morning. greg murray was an atlanta braves season ticket holder for. now his death is raising questions yet again about rules regulating fan safety at ballparks. some of which have not been updated since the great depression. >> quiet crowd here at turner field. and really some sadness that will be for a while.

>> reporter: a somber moment at sunday's game where turner field's flags flew at half-staff just one day after the death of avid fan greg murray inside this very ballpark. a team statement was read in a memorial before the first pitch. >> greg was a husband, a father and a grand father who dearly loved his family, atlanta, and the atlanta braves. please join the atlanta braves and the new york yankees as we observe a moment of silence. >> the tragedy occurred in front of a sellout crowd. murray was standing up and booing yankee pinch hitter alex rodriguez during the seventh inning when he fell from the second row of his 400 level section over the railing and down two tiers on to concrete steps located behind home plate. >> someone just fell over the upper deck right below us. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: no one else was injured. his family now grieving their loss.

>> tonight greg pass add way he was doing one of his favorite things, watching the braves play. >> reporter: with more than 20 fall related deaths since 1969, the minimum standards set 76 years ago may need to be looked at. >> the international building code sets a minimum railing height where people are seated of just 26 inches which is roughly right above knee high on an average american. that is not very high. >> reporter: this is the third death here at atlanta's turner field since 2008. one of those was ruled a suicide. police are still investigating this latest case and it's not clear whether railing height had anything to do with it. right now it appears to be a tragic accident. natalie? >> gabe, thank you. today president obama becomes the first sitting pr president to visit the alaskan arctic. the visit comes just one day after a white house announcement

that name of north america's tallest mountain has been changed. alaska's mt. mckinley is now denali, a traditional native name. it stands for the high one or great one had been named after former president william mckinley. a security breach at newark liberty international airport forced officials to evacuate a terminal. a man made his way into a secure hallway by going through an exit door instead of passing through a security checkpoint. officers chased the man and took him into custody. that portion of the airport was closed for nearly two hours while officials performed a security sweep. nearly two hour while officials performed a security sweep. another airport scare this one in oakland, california, where two southwest airline planes bumped into each other as one of the planes was pushing back from the gate. as you can see there by that some damage to the wing tip. no one was injured fortunately. and congratulations in order to japan after making a record comeback to win the little league world series.

tokyo was down by eight runs in the first inning to the team from lewis berry, pennsylvania, but they rallied for the seven runs in the next inning on their way to an 18-11 win. japan has now won four titles in the last six years. so tough loss for the pennsylvania team, but well played overall. >> yeah. good to have you back, natalie. thank you so much. >> good to be back. >> let's turn to dylan in for al this morning. >> yeah, it is all about the heat. that's a look at your forecast across the country. your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds. danger from virtually anywhere. it's been smashed, dropped and driven. it's perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. it's been shaken, rattled and pummeled. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. it's been in the rain... the cold... and dragged through the mud. introducing the all-new mercedes-benz gle. it's where brains meet brawn.

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[ cheers and applause ] 7:30 now on monday morning, the 31st of august, 2015. hot, muggy, sticky. it's that kind of day across the country as this heat wave gets going. it will be here all week. >> next week and -- >> really? >> hanging on. >> all right. let's take a look at what's making headlines on this final day of august. the remnants of tropical storm erika dumping heavy rains on florida this morning. high surf advisories in hawaii for hurricane ignacio set to pass off the northeast coast of the big island. >> voters in the iowa caucus are making headlines today on the republican side donald trump is leading.

23%. while bernie sanders is closing the gap with hillary clinton polling just seven points behind her in a key state. >> and one of the most recognizable names in the horror movie genre died. legendary writer and director wes craven, the 76-year-old was battling brain cancer. he was the man behind classics like "a nightmare on elm street" and "stream". >> coming up, nicki minaj, taylor, kanye, justin. we'll have more. >> and a terrifying close encounter with a great white shark off the coast of california. she was unharmed but the same can't be said of her surfboard. >> there's a dorsal. >> reporter: nervous laughter as the shadow glides underneath. an unmistakable fin. a hammerhead circled these fishermen for about an hour.

>> see if i can jump. >> i know. >> reporter: up the coast -- >> i started swimming furiously. >> reporter: this surfer had a much more violent encounter. sharks are no strangers to the west coast. in the last 15 years there were 85 shark attacks from california to oregon, five deadly. this year, two shark attacks. so far no injuries, only close calls. as for shark sightings, too many to count. san diego's la jolla closed on sunday after another sighting near shore. are there more sharks or just more cameras around. >> in years past we didn't have the technology to see them. >> reporter: experts say warming el nino waters are drawing sharks north. at seal beach drones are used to keep tabs on what's underneath and patrols are throwing flotation devices to show them away. but for those who come face to face with a shark. >> it won't stop me or anybody else from surfing.

people probably don't understand that. there is a love of the water. >> reporter: she feels safe enough to go back in the water. nbc news, los angeles. >> they always go right back in the water. >> one brave lady. >> goes back in with the same board, not a good idea. >> bad luck, among other things. meantime the video music awards were last night. if you missed it, you missed a lot. ronan farrow is keeping tabs on it for us. quite a night. >> it was quite a night. i was there. dirty work but someone's got to do it. can you believe the vmas are 32? older than most of the performers. even at that age they are still in the fight to stay relevant. last year the show was without a big controversy and down in ratings. an 18% drop from the year before. this year mtv turned to the queen of controversy, miley cyrus, as master of ceremonies. i headed there to see the

results. >> i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> reporter: kanye west's early presidential bid just the tip of the iceberg at a vma awards show that saw old feuds ending and new ones starting. >> miley, what's good? >> reporter: it began with nicki minaj tweeting she was passed over for video of the year because of industry bias. cyrus later commenting on nicki minaj, you made it about you. >> we do interviews. we know how they manipulate. congratulations. >> she says there are issues with the way certain bodies are accepted, certain skin colors. that's more reflective of the broader culture. >> reporter: one person who has no problem making it about himself, kanye west who won the video vanguard award. the presenter? taylor swift. >> i first met kanye west six years ago at this show actually. >> reporter: west infamously interrupted taylor swift's

sweech th speech that year. >> i'm going to let you finish but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> if i had to do it all again, what would i have done? would i have worn a leather shirt? >> reporter: last night there was no interrupting west during a rambling 12-minute speech. >> yes, i wrote up a little something. >> reporter: unlike performer justin bieber who experienced the show. and then there was miley who said after her last vma controversy people make too much of her on stage antics. >> it's funny how serious people take it and they're like, you're racist. really? we're kids dancing around. >> reporter: she had ten costume changes. all of it making for a night best summed up by future presidential candidate kanye west. >> i don't understand awards

shows. >> reporter: the vmas are a calculated effort to get people talking. a lot of artists eager to talk about the new albums and the notorious feuds. surprisingly during the show and since, a lot of silence on the serious issues underlying the feuds. >> go figure. thank you so much. >> quite a night. >> now for more on the stunning fabric shortage in hollywood. what happened? >> they wore a lot of clothes back when i was there. somehow the shortage hit. vmas took over the social media space. 47 million tweets. the number one talked about moment on both twitter and facebook, kanye's speech which was 14 minutes long. in my day the orchestra would have played him off the stabge here. people loved when he announced he was running for president. that led to meme magic. this one with his infamous words to taylor swift, imma let you

finish, but. this year when taylor beat beyonce for best female video he did let her finish, took a snooze there. another hot topic online was justin bieber's hairdo, the comparisons were endless. leave it to the biebs. he put it on instagram. him and kate gosselin getting us excited for justin bieber taking over rockefeller plaza. that will happen next thursday. it will be a huge event. we are looking forward to that. >> carson, all these years later you were there early on i.'s still relevant. people still pay attention to the vmas and talk about it the next day. >> raise your hand in you feel 80. >> you're not down with the kids? >> i know. carson, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> let's get a check of the weather from dylan. >> "today" weather is brought to you by edward jones, a big financial services firm that doesn't act that way. >> good morning. how's this for a bad day?

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all right. we are back. our ongoing summer of secrets. this morning we are talking free money. right now there is $42 billion in unclaimed cash just sitting there for the taking. all you have to do is claim what's yours. "today" financialle editor jean chatzky is here to help. $42 billion is a lot of money. >> a lot. >> where does it come from? >> all over. this is money that people left behind. bank accounts they have let go. security deposits with landlords and with utility companies. safe deposit boxes, store credit. anything that you might have forgotten about along the way is there to be claimed. >> how do you find out if you have unclaimed money? >> there are two websitines to check out. the first is missing money.com which covers 40 states. there is that one. go to unclaimed.org. just hit the websites, type in the name, type in where you

live. and it will show you the addresses of people who have your name. you can say, yes, that's me. >> i did it this morning, by the way. zero unclaimed money. not one cent. but you don't have to put in your social security number right away. people get concerned about giving financial information. >> you will be able to tell if it's yours. then go through the process of putting in all of the other identifying details they need to send you the cash. >> you have tips if you don't get the first hit how you might find some money. >> you want to make sure you type in all the different places you have lived, that you use all the various names that you might have had. not that everyone has an alias but if you were married, had a maiden name, type that in. and just use your first initial, especially with an unusual last name. that will make sure you pop up the different spellings. >> two people from the plaza.

brooke and colin campbell from tulsa. they are celebrating their ten-year anniversary. i know we ran you through the computer searches. what did you get? did you find anything? >> yes. we found that i was just about $100 and then we searched my sister-in-law and other family members. my sister-in-law is owed about $100 as well. >> we ran my mom's name. it was over $100. the average is $900. it could be near $1,000. hopefully for her that would be great. >> two words for you, shop spree in new york city! >> i just want to point out it takes about three minutes for them to search these names. there is very little work required to run yourself through the computer. >> colin and brook, thank you so much. let's go out for brunch. using them as an example, they find out they are owed a couple hundred bucks. how fast do you get it? >> inside three or four months. i found $25 just a couple of weeks ago. i had a check within a week.

>> there are some services that say we will help you find your unclaimed money. should you use them? >> you do not have to use them. if you get a letter from one of the services saying we found money for you, you can still go ahead and search for yourself. these services will charge you money. if you decide the paperwork is too much of a hassle to do yourself it's okay to use them. do not pay up front. you shouldn't pay more than 10 or 20% of what they find for you. >> i was interested to learn this. the states are required to keep track of this money. >> absolutely. they are required to keep track of it and they are required to give it back to you when you think it's yours. >> coming up, pumping iron with putin? on trending the story behind the

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a very good monday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening today, santa clara county leaders will meet to discuss a possible solution with i.c.e. they will give law enforcement a heads-up before the release of violent undocumented inmates. the issue has been front and center every since a deadly shooting in june. santa clara county has considered itself a sanctuary community. until now, there's been little cooperation with i.c.e. something to think about if you're headed to the beach today, people are being warned to watch out for strong rip currents and large breakers. also avoid any fishing places. a high surf advisory expires tonight. keeping tabs on our forecast, meteorologist kari hall. >> it will be a beautiful day, a lot of sunshine.

but the wind will be kicking up later on today. a live look at san francisco. you see the clear blue skies. highs in the lower 70s. san mateo, 74 degrees. los gatos up to 84 degrees. in the north bay, napa, 85. east bay oakland, 76. tri-valley as hot as 87 degrees. cooler air as we head through the week. we'll keep you updated on that. right now, mike is keeping you updated on the commute. >> and we have that issue southbound 880 around the coliseum at 66th, still have one lane blocked. jammed for the upper east shore freeway. slow into san rafael. typical jam-up toward diablo. a couple of crashes northbound 880. a slower drive across the san mateo bridge. westbound is the problem. >> another local news update coming up in half an hour. hope you have a great monday morning.

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today is monday, 31st, 2015. >> hi. i'm from new york and i'm celebrating my 10 th birthday. >> all the way from south florida, we're celebrating our 80th birthday. >> i'm here celebrating my birthday. >> all the way from minnesota. >> this bride to be is celebrating her last horray in new york city. >> the sister hfd the traveling tutus all the way from iowa! welcome back to "today" it is monday, august 31st, 2015. hello august. it's over. september starts tomorrow. >> yes, it does. >> yes, indeed. >> we've got a very disappointed man on our plaza.

let's say hello to luke. what's up? >> i came to new york to see matt and al and instead he got willie and dillon. >> so sorry. >> here's your consolation prize. >> to make matters worse, here's a coffee mug. >> please accept this matching pair of coffee mugs. >> now you can have a cup of delicious coffee. >> thank you for coming. >> coming up, carson's better half siri is here with a great recipe using your fresh summer vegetables. >> let's go inside. natalie has a check of the morning top stories. >> good morning. most of florida is under flood warnings today as the remains of tropical storm erika dumped heavy rain across the state. some minor street flooding was reported overnight in tampa bay and in gainesville before reaching florida the storm killed 20 people and left

200,000 without electricity in puerto rico. donald trump is surging and hillary clinton is slipping in the latest iowa poll. trump's numbers are way up since may and the survey of voters who are likely to take part in the iowa caucuses, however, runner up ben carson has gained enough ground to come within striking distance of trump. on the democratic side, vermont senator bernie sanders is now just seven points behind clinton who had a commanding lead back in may. thousands of people lined the streets in washington sunday to honor three young firefighters who died when flames engulfed their crashed emergency vehicle earlier this month. colleagues saluted as a motorcade of fire trucks passed by. at a memorial service later, the heroes were eulogized as three men who chose to make a difference. the morning news team at station wdbj in roanoke, virginia, is beginning the first week without two co-workers who were murdered on air. the station tweeted out a group photo from happier times that

includes reporter alice s eer a and adam ward. we love our morning family. we'll get through this together. the french-american professor who helped stop a gunman on a paris bound train is out of the hospital. the 51-year-old virginia native was shot in the back of the neck. another american involved in the take down saved his life by applying pressure to the wound. he says it is great feeling -- it's a great feeling to be back out doors once again. new england patriots star tom brady is back in court today in new york. a federal judge ordered the quarterback and nfl commissioner roger goodell to show up after they failed to settle the deflategate dispute out of court. the judge hopes to decide the case by friday. if you're a fan of pro basketball and hollywood, you might want to break open your piggy bank. the basketball uniform worn by nba legend michael jordan in the movie "space jam" is on the auction block.

of course, you might be bidding against lebron james, a big fan of the film in which his squad wins the big game against the stars. i wonder what that would go for. >> willie up is for the challenge. >> lebron james is going to make "space jam 2." it's not official. he loves that movie. he's going to make a sequel. >> that will be good. >> now to a new warning for anyone who uses the small ear bud that's come with most smart phones. >> the question this morning, are they putting an entire generation at risk for hearing loss? today we have this story. good morning. >> good morning. think how often you see young adults wearing the popular ear buds. we underestimate how loud we set the volume. once the damage is done, there's nothing you can do. everywhere you look these days, young people are wearing ear buds listening to music. and while they're smaller than the head phones most of us grew up wearing, they're far more powerful and now doctors say more dangerous.

yet, few have any idea of the risk. >> i found out i was losing my hearing. i was 22 years old at the time. >> this 24-year-old brittany skipper listened to loud music every day for hours despite her parents' advice. >> you turn it down. you need to turn it down. and i never listened. >> i guess as a young person, who would, right? >> yeah. you don't think anything is going to happen. >> reporter: now experts say an entire generation is at risk of all the young patients dr. joe sees in a week, about 40 have some form of hearing loss. >> if you picture a classroom with 20 kids, 4 kids will have hearing loss. most of them the teacher won't even know it and the kids probably don't even know it. >> reporter: the trend so alarming that world health organization just issued a dire warning that more than a billion teens and young adults are at risk for hearing loss due to unsafe music too loudly. >> back in the day we wear the earphones over the ear. nowadays they sit here inside

the ear canal. they also can play all day at a much higher volume and all of that noise causes damage. >> reporter: the damage happens when sound travels from the ear bud deep inside your ear to the cochlea where 20,000 air cells trans mitt the sound to the brain. if the sound is too loud and for too long, kit damage the hair cells or worse, cause them to die off. >> most people associate hearing loss with elderly. the majority of americans with hearing loss are under the age of 65. >> reporter: to see how loud kids are actually listening to music, we teamed up with a hearing expert and the mannequin she outfitted with a decemberible medecembeible meter. >> are you ready? >> i think i'm in trouble. >> any level over 80 decibles is considered harmful after 15 minutes listening time. >> 87. >> so she gets like a b plus.

>> you're listening at about 98 decibles. the muse sick under 80. >> so she get an a. >> we have 92. 96, now 100. you're listening between 99 and 105. >> of all the students we tested, only one was listening to music at a level considered safe. >> i do see a significant drop. >> reporter: as for brittany, she stopped using ear buds completely. >> i don't think people really realize how serious of a matter it is. that they really are affecting their hearing. >> reporter: and the fact that it's permanent. >> yeah. it's permanent. you can't bring it back. once you lose it, it's gone. >> one more note. doctors recommend following the 60/60 rule. keep the volume below 60% and keep the listening under 60 minutes a day. it also has to wear head phones that cancel background noise so you can keep the volume down.

i was telling the crew, this is a wakeup call for me. i crank up the music so i can tune everything else out. that's exactly what you're not supposed to do. >> we all have these in. i think we all have hearing loss in whatever ear. >> you think about our little ones who grow up with the tablets and, you know, you put the ear buds in so you don't have to hear their noise. >> you talk about one hour a day. there are people that sit all day at work with ear buds on computers. >> for 25 years. since 18 i was on the radio every day with big head phones listening to music. >> it is a little better. >> yeah. >> and one of the girls we interviewed, the reasons doctors thought she lost her hearing, she went to bed with them. you know sometimes teenagers went to bed with the ear buds in, a wakeup call for all of us. >> if you can hear it. >> huh? >> thank you so much. coming up next, get trod smile. on trending, the video proves that gorillas do enjoy a good game of peek-a-boo, too.

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>> isn't he great? anyway, remember this? that was the best. >> submarine action. >> judo. >> right. >> that, too. it's true. >> and the barbecue in the gym, that's cool. >> looks like a date on "the bachelor." went to the gym. >> had tea together. >> along with the birds and the bees, this is one of the big talks, this is an important one about drinking alcohol. at what age do you broach that subject? the american academy of pediatrics has new guidance that may surprise you. it says you should start talking about alcohol with your kids as early as age 9.

9 years old. parents may not realize their kids are trying alcohol. >> my dad would say, get me a beer, you can have a sip. >> it was the perfect thing to let you taste it and you wouldn't like it. >> i think it was so i'd get up and get him a beer. >> it worked. >> you developed a taste early. >> a little bit of exposure is good. takes the mystique off so when they're in junior high and high school they don't see beer and go, oh, my. introduce it, introduce it. >> i grew up in spain. you can have alcohol. >> red wine at the table as long as i can remember. >> 9? >> well, we weren't playing drinking games, but -- >> no, no. it's good. >> you ought to know what it is. >> all the kids look up to their parents. they are influenced by what we do. if you can normalize it a little

bit. that way they won't be shell-shocked. >> we had wine on vacation and luke says, what does wine taste like? >> dirt. >> did you have a favorite toy when you were a kid? >> green army guys. "star wars" action figures. >> they say the best of all time is lego which are the greatest. frisbee, monopoly. some of these are what you expect. but look at number 19, down at the end. something that may surprise you unless you are a parent. a cardboard box. 19th best toy of all time. >> i believe it. >> spaceship. >> slide down the stairs with it. >> i have one. >> that's not big enough. >> vail would fit in there. >> pots and pans are good. >> and getting a new refrigerator, that was the best. >> big delivery like furniture. turn it into a clubhouse. >> make it into a hat. >> exactly.

>> this is a good look. >> very creative. >> good choice for anchors as well. >> it's a bird, a plane. >> a brooch. >> you picked up on the "airplane" reference. good job. this is 2-year-old isaiah kidding around with a 2-year-old gorilla. a couple of toddlers playing peekaboo. as he left isaiah said, bye, gorilla. they went back and forth. >> adorable. >> the gorilla. >> wait until the parents get that kid a dog. but i want the gorilla! >> having fun there. >> now to taylor swift giving us a look at her wildest dreams. and brad pitt's adorable son. >> we'll start with taylor swift.

she was a big winner at the vmas. she got people talking before the show started releasing a video for "wildest dreams." it stars the dreamy scott eastwood. they play actors who fall in love during a big movie shoot but things turn sour. ♪ ♪ say you'll remember me ♪ standing in a nice dress ♪ staring at the sun set ♪ say you'll see me again ♪ even if it's just in your wildest dreams ♪ >> another girl there. taylor doing the old hollywood look. pulling it off. you see the beautiful wildlife. taylor said the proceeds go to animal conservation. speaking of taylor swift, straight outta compton. >> good segue. >> riding success into the record books, the movie from our sister company universal raked in $13.2 million topping the box office again. that makes it the second of the year to win three weeks

straight. jurassic world also. now it's the highest grossing musical biopic. anyone know what it beat out? >> "walk the line". >> nice job. >> finally brad pitt taking time out of work for bonding with 7-year-old knox visiting a grand prix race in england. brad supporting his trademark cap there. brad is producing a documentary about motorcycle racers. that's your pop start. >> carson, thank you very much. dylan has a look at the weather. >> yes. most of the country is going to be okay, except for the northwest. we had a series of systems that will continue to move on shore. they come with wind. the worst of the wind is over. we'll see heavier rain. that's great news for firefighters who are still dealing with the smoky conditions out that way.

air quality alerts are still in effect in eastern washington and stretching over into idaho, too. in the south, we are dealing with remnants of erika. not producing that much widespread rain. pockets of heavy rain across the carolinas and more across florida. the heat is on. it is going to stay in the upper 80s and lower 90s. 15 to 20 degrees above average all week long. perhaps into the middle of next good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today will be nice and comfortable, warming up this afternoon into the upper 80s in gilroy. san mateo, 74 degrees. the embarcadero will be at 72 degrees. 85 in napa and 76 in oakland. in dublin, expect a high of 85 degrees. and with all this sunshine, the wind will be picking up this afternoon. and we'll have cooler temperatures as we head into the middle of the workweek. so enjoy this nice, quiet weather. >> and that's your latest forecast.

willie? >> thanks, dylan. chlgts we're kibing off a new series called simple swaps. foods you can replace to take a bite out of certain health risks. fist up, high blood pressure. 70 million americans have it. today joy bauer has things to lower your number without medication. good morning. good to see i. >> good morning, willie. >> we all know the term high blood pressure. i'm not sure we know what it means. why is it important to keep it low? >> high blood pressure is a dangerous condition when the force of the blood traveling through our body is so intense it damages the arterial walls. you know, you can imagine the statistics, more than 30% of americans have it. if anybody is watching and they don't know their numbers, go to the doctor. >> how do i know when i have it? >> when you have it, you're diagnosed with a number greater than 120/80. even if it is a little bit over the number and you have pre-hypertension you have to jump into action.

>> what are some things we can do to drive that down? >> i want to show you quickly what it looks like. this is pretty alarming. this is a healthy artery. the blood is flowing nice and smoothly right through. when you have chronic high blood pressure, you get all sorts of stiffening of the outer walls but you still have that same volume going through, so you have this intense pressure. the good news is a lot of stuff that you could do to bring your numbers down. the first is you want to minimize your salt intake, because salt draws in water, which is going to increase that blood volume. the next thing what a lot of people don't realize you have to eat potassium-rich foods because that drives the numbers down. you want to lose weight, even by losing just five pounds, you can dramatically lower those numbers. you want to stop smoking of course. you want to exercise, reduce stress and moderate your drinking because all of these things play a huge role in lowering or elevating your numbers. >> okay, you're always so good at these swaps, bringing in

healthy food. let's speak specifically about blood pressure and start with peanut butter and jelly. >> this is the most easiest swap ever. we all love a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. instead of eating a peanut butter and jilly sandwich switch it over to a peanut butter and sliced banana sandwich. bananas are loaded with potassium. lot of research shows potassium can offset the ill effects of sodium and keep the artery walls more elastic and less stiff. simple swap with a big result. >> and the kids love the taste. >> a little bit of fiber as well. >> last days of barbecue season, people love a good hotdog. >> whether at the ball park or cookout, instead of a hotdog with sauerkraut, mustard, you'll go for a burger, lettuce, tomato, a squart of ketchup on a bun and here is why.

oyou're always bet we are the burger versus the hotdogs. >> and sodium not good for your blood pressure. >>. >> it increases the volume. instead of putting a whole lot of sugar on your oatmeal, slice the amount of sugar in half and fill in with cocoa powder. cocoa powder is 100% dark chocolate. you have heard dark chocolate can keep your arteries elastic and drive down the numbers and you can eat chocolate in the morning. >> i was going to say you're not giving up too much. you get chocolate in the morning. >> you would have put two tablespoons of sugar on, put one tablespoon and then one tablespoon of cocoa powder. s' really delicious. >> i'm going to eat that, a mouthful in a second. >> help your blood pressure. >> these are great tips for a problem a lot of people suffer from.

tomorrow, we'll have something to reduce your risk for diabetes. savannah? >> willie, thank you so much. we have renee brown here. she's wise and will talk about how to endure life's big challenges. and get some of the viewer questions. first, your local news. lives' challenges and answer our viewers questions. >> country megastar brad paisley crushes it on the plaza live this friday only on today. >> want to catch up with friends but on your schedule, don't wish for it. demand it. now you can watch "today" any time of the day on demand. i'. ==pvo twschls

good morning. i'm sam brock. two schools canceling their classes today. 500 students affected after a fire in los gatos. it happened a little bit before midnight at loma prieta elementary school and c.t. english middle school. it's off summit road along highway 17. some areas of the school are heavily damaged including the community room which connects both of those campuses. the room houses extracurricular classes and contains a sheriff's substation. the fire destroyed a number of high-tech items. investigators are calling that fire suspicious. if you're just getting out the door on your way to work, a bit clogged up in the east bay.

>> tough through oakland and around the bay. look at this. clean-up still going on south 880. leaving one lane blocked here. there was a fuel spill in the area. look at the map, still jammed up in both directions approaching the coliseum. jammed across 92 and 101 north through san mateo, extra slow this morning. right now, there's 880. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with another update.

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# renee today. she'll answer as many as she can. >> she's popular. people love her. >> she's awesome. >> more of the fuel for school series. the things in the backpack your kids need. >> and country duo maddie and tay will be here. brad paisley will be here on friday. dylan's forecast in a moment. first let's go inside to carson. >> today's parenting team has been sharing their back to school advice featuring the best tips on the show on friday. these are some of the top contributors this month. remember, anybody can sign up to be part of the today parenting team. now we are wiping the slate clean to launch our new challenge all about getting happy. many of us feel overwhelmed as parents. let's share ways we can save stress and be happier. join the conversation.

let's go the dylan. >> hey, carson. we are taking selfies here. your poor phone is so cracked. get this woman a new phone. >> i know. i'll save up. >> we'll get there eventually. let's look at the weather across the country. we have scattered pockets of heavier rain near florida. the remnants of erika producing rain through parts of the carolinas. in the northwest, we have a few more days of rain in the forecast. not so much the wind but we'll see upper 60s, low 70s and significant rain that way. tomorrow, still raining in the northwest, down through florida. the rest of the country, really enjoying a nice first day of september. temperatures will be in the upper 80s and lower 90s. really it doesn't look like the fall-like temperatures are anywhere in sight. it will stay good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're in the mid-60s now with a lot of sunshine across the bay.

and expect a high of 75 degrees in san francisco. the north bay topping out at 85 degrees. east bay will be at 80 degrees and the tri-valley up to 87. some seasonable temperatures with mostly sunny skies and the winds picking up as we go through the day. we'll also have some cooler weather as we head into the start of september. our temperatures going down just a few more degrees as we head into the middle of the week. and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> today's books is brought to you by the new kindle voyage. passionately crafted for readers. >> what does it mean to be strong? through >> what does it mean to be strong? author bring they brown has zeroed in on four key principles and what it takes to get back up after a fall. >> the best way to describe worthy is i am enough. the practical part is making it work it's practice. it's line -- it's like, it's not

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hurt. your willingness to show up and try and let people know that you care about something. when you don't know what the outcome is going to be, that's courage. >> renee brown's new book is called "rising strong, the reckoni reckoning, the rumble, the revolution." so many people are fans of you and what you say really resonates. why do you think that is? why do you think this has caught on so much? >> you know, i think it's because i have been doing it for 13 years and i think we're tired of being afraid. i think we want to show up and be seen and try new things. even though it's a hypercritical kind of unforgiving world. i think we're ready to be brave. >> we have a lot of brave folks who tweeted us questions or asked us questions. first one is from colleen in in the plaza. what is your question? >> what do you say to your child when you want to encourage them

to be the best when trying out for a team? >> i don't know if it can make it. yeah. >> i think we have to retrain the trying part, so we're such a a -- you know, are we going to make the team, are we going to score, are we going to -- so to reframe it as your willingness to go out for something you care about, that's the courageous part. to put yourself out there. sometimes we have to check the stories kids tell themselves. we make up the huge stories about i'm not good enough, i'm not strong enough, i'm not athletic enough. we also help reality check those because those are a way to protect ourselves. >> a measure of success is really in the trying n the going for it. >> showing up. >> rochelle has a question. go ahead. >> what are some things that you struggled with and are those things what have inspired you to write your book? >> good question. >> yes. >> yeah, of course putting work

out into the world. for me it's a book or a pep talk. not just that. just trying to put -- make a contribution in a hypercritical world. you stay afraid all the time. you know, you don't want to look at comments. you don't want to -- so for me, writing this book, i want to live a brave life. if you're brave enough, awesome enough, you're going to fall. this is not a book for people who have fallen but a book for people who are brave enough to try. >> along with the name of it. we have a twitter question. this came from lauren bowman, how do we not shut down after sharing feelings about our pain and then being told to be more positive. >> it's the worst. >> you can understand why some -- why did i share it at all? >> i think when people say be more positive, what they're really saying is i'm not comfortable with the pain you're in. >> yeah. >> so i think we have to choose carefully and share our stories and struggles with people who have earned the right to hear them. and also have the courage to ask

for what we need. if i say, listen, i'm really struggling at work, i need you to listen. i don't need any advice, i need to know i'm not alone in the struggle. to ask for what you need. >> then maybe it's a relief for the listener. they know they're not on the hook to try to supply an answer. last one from sue ludwig, can you talk about using perspective to shame ourselves, ie, i'll keep my story quiet is not as bad -- >> dot dot dot. >> i get that all the time. we call it comparative -- when we rank ordering how everyone's story is but that comes from a place of believing that empathy and compassion are finite. if i give you a slice, i only have this much to give. but empathy is infinite. just because, you know, i'm thinking, i don't want to ask for help around my divorce because this person has a sick child, we have enough to go around. compassion is infinite. >> the giving is beneficial to everybody. >> yeah. including the giver.

>> thank you so much. once again the book is called "rising strong." coming up next, four vaccines you probably don't know your kid needs for the start of the school year. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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fist dose around 11 to 12. then a booster shot at 16. to confer that immune any through the college age group. more importantly, this year you may remember from a year ago we had outbreaks in princeton of a new sero group of meningitis b not covered by the quadrivalent we are recommending now. if there is an outbreak in your area and you are at risk your child can receive the new vaccine that will confer immunity to serogroup b. >> start at 11 or 12. >> if you don't get the meningitis vaccine until 16 or 17 you don't need a booster. >> to one that's gotten attention, the hpv. a recent study found only 60% of girls and 40% of boys get one dose of the hpv vaccine. why is this important? >> this is an important one that they are only getting one dose. it is three shots. they need to be given at month 0, two and six. if you don't do the series of

three you are not going to have full immunity. the vaccine is recommended for children as young as 9 but generally around age 11 to 12. this is so important to protect against cervical cancer. the new one -- as well as the vulva, anal area. very important. in the last six months or so, i think in december of 2014, the fda approved a new gardisil which is gardisil 9 which the strains, oral lesions and genital warts we are conferring immune if i for more strains causing cervical cancer. >> this wasn't around for a lot of people. is it too late for adults? >> for women up to and including the age of 26. for men up to and including 21. >> to the next one. tdap. what does it protect against? >> the tdap is tetanus,

diphtheria and per us ttussis. we know our children get these starting at age 2. they get five of those. around 11 or 12 the cdc is recommending the kids get a booster shot of the three vaccines all in one called the tdap. >> another important group you say should get the shot as well. >> pregnant women. as i mentioned a newborn infant cannot get the series until 2 months. they have to get quite a few before they have immunity. if you are pregnant you should get this to protect your newborn child and other ifs you have exposure to them. >> one more here. the seasonalle flu vaccine. is it too early? >> it's already available. i generally recommend to patients to wait a little bit until mid to late september, early october. you want that immunity to last through the flu season which can go as long as may. generally once you get the flu vaccine it takes two weeks to build up anti-bodies and it

should last throughout the flu sb season. >> and there is a flu vaccine on the horizon that can be taken as a pill? >> they completed the phase 1 study. they are talking about universal flu vaccine which can, i would say, mutate along with the mutation to maintain immunity. last year we had difficulty with the vaccine. >> good reminder. dr. azar, good to see you. >> thank you. >> siri is grilling fresh vegetables for a pasta dish you have to try. first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right. welcome back, everybody. this morning on today food putting the bounty of the season to good use. siri pinter is here. she's of siriously delicious.com

and has an original today. >> good morning. >> these are summer dishes while we can still make them. >> exactly. it's a hundred degrees out still. summer might feel over but it's not. this is a really light vegetable pasta dish. >> let's look at the ingredients on the grid. >> we have corn, green beans, olive oil, whole wheat spaghetti which i cook with all the time. salt and pepper, chives and feta cheese. >> love it. >> start grilling. >> i let carson do the big grilling but vegetables i can handle. we'll drizzle this with olive oil, not a lot. i will brush it so it evenly gets all over the corn. >> okay. >> then we'll throw it on the grill. grill the corn. it's so sweet and delicious you don't miss the butter. >> when i boil corn a couple of minutes. >> a couple minutes per side and you get beautiful char marks. >> it looks so good.

>> it's so easy. anybody can do that. >> that's my kind of grilling. >> mine, too. >> no temperatures, don't worry about cooking meat. >> next we'll to green beans. these fall into the grate, so you have a wonderful fwrgrillin basket. this has olive oil, salt and pepper. throw it in the grill basket. >> you drizzled the oil. >> not too much. too much olive oil on the flames can flare up. we'll take this over. and throw that on. while those cook, why don't you toss those around a little bit. i will grab the corn. show you a little trick. >> we have the taste testers there. i'm just cooking, guys. >> so good. >> really good. >> i'm the griller. >> how am i doing? >> you're doing great. haven't burned down the joint yet. >> i haven't. >> you need the grilling flavor in the corn. it goes with the wheat pasta.

delicious. >> those are cooking. we'll cut it over the bowl. that way the kernels -- it's hot so i'm using a towel. the kernels fall into the bowl. >> easy. >> if you don't have corn, you can use squash, asparagus, zucchini, broccoli. any vegetables. do two, three. >> anything you want. >> next, we are going to throw in -- look how great the grill marks are. >> how long do you do them? >> six or seven minutes. >> feta cheese. you could use mozzarella. >> no! the feta's good. it's salty. >> okay. chives and take the whole wheat pasta. >> you say you like the wheat pasta. why? it's healthier? >> healthier. makes me feel better about serving pasta every night to the

kids. they're picky eaters. the most important thing is to save a little bit of pasta water. that starchy water just almost creates its own sauce and binds everything together. >> you pour it over the top. >> exactly. toss it up and -- >> just one ladle. >> about a fourth cup. you don't need butter, cream. >> this is seasoned, ready to rock. >> you don't need anything. >> what do you think? >> smile, let me take a picture for your mom. i actually like the wheat pasta better than the regular pasta. i like the flavor, texture. >> absorbs the sauce better. >> did the feta melt? >> no. >> it's softer and good. >> you tonight need salt, pepper or anything. it's good. >> if you wanted to put protein you could grill up chicken. >> exactly. >> over to you, carson.

>> right. do some man grilling. siri, thank sos much. check out the recipe on today.com/food. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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this morning on "today's take," a stump speech for the ages. kanye announces his run for president at the vmas. plus, a cheerleader tries to set a world record on our plaza. and free money. how to put cash in your wallet without even working. that and more coming up now. [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a little bit of a muggy monday morning. august 31, 2015. it's a little bit mug by the here. i'm willie with natalie.

tamron is on assignment. al has the morning off so dylan is co-hosting with us. >> i sold it. i believe it. >> i know. >> you picked the morning jam. what are we reasoning to? >> "run away," bruno mars. it was a song that stuck with me. >> he was on the vmas last night. won an early award. which brings us to a busy night. every morning we wake up to an e-mail from the overnight producer pete green who catches us up on what we missed overnight. here's what the e-mail said. taylor swift and nicki minaj are no longer feuding. nicki minaj and miley cyrus definitely are feuding. justin bieber cried and kanye is running for president in 2020. that's pretty much it. that's our note from pete. >> a little bit of news there, too. >> yes.

let's walk you through it. taylor swift, the night's big winner won four awards including video of the year for "bad blood." everybody is talking about the video vanguard award she presented to kanye west. the two reunited after kanye fay lousily interrupted her speech in 2009 with the "imma let you finish" moment. look what kanye had to say last night about the infamous run-in with taylor on stage. >> and i often think back to the first day i met you also. i think about when i'm in the grocery store with my daughter and i have a really great conversation about fresh juice. at the end they say, oh, you're not that bad after all. >> i just love that he had a conversation about fresh juice in grocery stores.

>> do you think kim ever gets -- >> what's he talking about? >> he was talking about how much hate he got after that moment. i go to a baseball game and 50,000 people boo me on screen. he was explaining. >> because of the taylor swift moment. >> in his own special way he was explaining that. then at the very end of the speech, kanye spoke about big future plans. >> it's about ideas, bro. new ideas. people with ideas. people with believe in truth. and, yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, i have decided in 2020 to run for president. >> i kind of believe him. i kind of believe he's going to do it. >> he said you could have guessed like the whole speech was presidential. it's pretty obvious. i think you can tell, i'm running for president. >> with kanye president and kim

as the first lady. >> oh, my gosh. and trump running for re-election so trump against kanye. unbelievable. >> i cant wait. i thought this election cycle was exciting. next time, wow. >> justin bieber made his comeback, hovering over the audience as part of the aerial act. at the end of the performance he actually cried as the song "what do you mean" came to an end. justin coming back. i think it's been five years since he performed there. some people comparing the new hair style which he rolled out on the red carpet to kate gosselin's early style. >> he made the comparison himself, right? >> he did. he put it on instagram. >> is that what he asked for when he went to the barber? >> give me the gosselin. >> it's pretty dead on. >> it is. i think we all saw this moment coming when taylor swift and nicki minaj had a beef online and made up. let's watch the vmas. sure enough, they delivered.

nicki minaj gave her performance with taylor swift to bury the hatchet. after nicki minaj won best hip-hop video she had this exchange with miley cyrus. >> and now -- back to -- this [ bleep ] that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. miley, what's good? >> hey. we're all in this industry. we all do interviews. we all know how they manipulate [ bleep ]. congratulations. just because the vmas have already started doesn't mean the voting the done. >> wow. >> they cut off her mic. enough of that. >> miley was hosting the show. i guess she was critical in the "new york times" of nicki minaj. >> hard to have a serious conversation when you're wearing that. >> how many outfit changes? >> ten costume changes.

i'm told she had ten. >> and wardrobe malfunctions in between, too. >> was there a slip? >> there was. i don't know. i think it was meant to be that way. >> quite a night. she was perfectly happy with it. >> looks good on her. how many of you when you go on vacation end up being the person who takes the pictures? i just got back from vacation. i'm the family photographer. my kids are like, enough, mom. not another picture. apparently one of the new vacation trends could be that. hiring a photographer -- professional photographer. shoot my travel, for example, one agency charges $250 for a two-hour photo session and a tour. this is based in miami. if you say we'll go to a beach location in miami a photographer gives you a tour of the area and you also get the photos included. >> i like that they take picture sos you don't have to keep

posing. they capture moments you wouldn't get. >> that's the idea. everybody is posting vacation photos online on social media. they feel if it's not on social media then the vacation didn't happen. as one person is quoted. apparently that's the theory. >> commentary. >> exactly. el camino is another travel agency including a personal photographer to document the trip. when you buy a trip to colombia or nicaragua, i was on vacation in hatteras, north carolina, i took all the photos. so at the end i was looking through and thought there is not a single shot of me. so, okay. i'm taking my own selfie. these are my feet in the sand. >> there you go. >> i was on vacation. >> there's a good one. >> josh, get in here. i hate selfies. >> when you get the guy, he's on vacation with you? >> he just shows up to whatever

location. >> oh, thought he was in the hotel room with you. >> now pose. okay. >> easy, pal. >> here's another topic i thought was interesting. food network.com interviewed chefs and learned 25 things chefs will never tell you. we picked some of our favorites. first of all, chefs hate picky eaters. 60% said requests for substitutions are annoying. when eating out in oh restaurants chefs avoid pasta and chicken because those are usually the most over priced. >> they're so easy to make. >> go with the special. that's what they are trying -- it's fresh, different. >> this is gross. i have thought about it living in new york. roaches are more common than you think. 75% of chefs say they have seen roaches in the kitchen. i guess it's food. >> mice. not just roaches. >> i believe it.

>> enjoy going out to dinner. 13% of chefs have seen a cook do unappetizing things to a customer's food. it's lower than i thought it would be. >> i'm glad it's 13%. >> yes. >> keep it down there. >> i think they are not telling the truth on that. they're not willing to rat out chefs. >> the other one goes back to the chefs not doing things to your food, but three chefs admitted uneaten bread from one basket goes right into another. >> that doesn't bother me much. >> you don't know if they touched it. >> but how do you know. >> don't want to throw out delicious food. man handled bread. you could opt for that, it's cheaper. >> half off. >> gently used bread. >> i will take the croutons. >> al is off today. dylan is doing the weather. >> yes. we have quite a lot of rain moving into florida, thanks to

the remnants of erika. most of it is just offshore now. we are going to see that fill in. flood watches are in effect in central florida because of the rain they had a month ago the rain is wet. locally, three to five inches and flooding in and around tampa. we also have another system, three of them actually out west. the one in the middle is ignacio staying to the north of hawaii. we expect these up to 20 feet high. but that's it. just a wave. good for surfers when you don't feel the wind or rain with that. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today will be a nice day. a lot of sunshine. a breezy wind. and warming up inland. in gilroy up to 9 degrees. half-moon bay 72 degrees. and in san francisco mission district will be at 71 degrees today. napa 85. oakland 76 degrees. concord 86. and livermore expect a high of

87 degrees. into the next several days our temperatures going down. in fact, we'll have more comfortable weather through the workweek. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thanks a lot. >> with summer winding down you may have noticed are things starting to tighten up a little bit around the waistband? we have 16 to 16. 16 weeks to 2016. we hope you will sign on. if you are interested in getting ripped and cut and looking good, joy bauer -- >> or just losing a couple of pounds. you don't have to go all in. >> joy bauer and jenna wolf will be helping some of the viewers get into shape and feel great in the final 16 weeks before 2016. >> cool. >> if you're interested go to today.com. learn how to sign on there. >> joy and jenna can help us. >> you'll get ripped and cut. >> no choice. >> up next, just in time for the start of u.s. open a funny comedy about tennis.

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there. >> look how awkward david looks. see what he's doing? >> sit up straight. >> welcome, jeremy and dade. you're on tv now. >> they were ripping each oh through the whole clip. >> he's not even wearing a belt. >> my wife said no belt. >> look at you. >> no belt, no tie. >> you can't see his under the belly. >> you can keep it casual with us. we like it. let's talk about the movie. clearly there is a shortage of comities when it comes to tennis. >> and movies in the theaters that are fun to watch that have a point, that are poignant about family, people can relate to. they don't put these movies in theaters anymore. it's important people see it so more movies like this come out and we don't have to watch superheroes all the time. superheroes are great. but if you see this, more will come out. >> one of the things you worry about is the actors won't really be able to perform the sport,

not convincing. you guys played and you're good. are you a big tennis player? >> i have been playing since i was 3. i'm a lot better than jeremy. he spent hundreds of hours. >> hundreds. you can see one of the kids. >> he looks better. that's the most important. >> what's the audition like? do you have to serve in the audition? >> i actually read and i told them i was good. but in the beginning -- >> we didn't audition. read the script together. >> once i was hired we went out and played. >> he said he was a 5.0. >> which is a good ten ninis player. >> can they follow me? >> sure. 30 seconds. >> we have a life forward for some reason. >> she's calling the lines here. >> oh. thai getting rid of everything. >> look at this. >> is this how it was on set every day? >> do the close upshot. this is what i did.

thanks for hiring me on the movie. let's play tennis. you did the right thing hiring me. let's play. >> ooh! >> that's how it went. >> i did that for like 30 seconds. >> they were very upset. >> oh, geez. >> the hardest part was you'd get close-ups of the tennis shots and you had to pretend it was a great shot. but the extras, everyone there saw what really happened. yes! you still have the reaction. >> you guys model your games after anybody we'll see this week? >> he modeled his after arthur ashe and mine was john mcenroe. >> i can see the swagger. >> people say i look like federer, but i don't want to -- >> literally, no one has ever said that. >> let's have a real rally.

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noises and here to explain them and let us know when there is cause for concern dr. azar joins us again. the body makes lots of sounds. >> sure does. >> when should you be concerned? should you listen to what it's trying to tell us? >> first is stomach rumbling. that's a normal sound. it's a bowel sound. this isn't abnormal. embarrassing though. it is the sound the body gives off when food and air and gas is moving and liquid is moving through the intestines. it's not coming from the stomach. if you're concerned see your doctor. any abnormal sounds you think you hear associated with abdominal pain, fever, blood or mucus in the stool, could it be a sign of something serious, have that evaluated. >> does that mean you're hungry? >> it sends a reflex to the brain. >> cracking joints. this is a tough one. >> two different things. people who crack their knuckles,

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good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a lot of sunshine and temperatures warming up. we're in the mid-60s all across the bay. and with comfortable weather now we'll be warming up to 80 degrees in the east bay and peninsula. south bay up to 82 today with a breezy wind in the tri-valley expect a high of 87 degrees. and 72 degrees in san francisco. the north bay reaching 85

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warming up inland today but still nice and comfortable. a high of 84 degrees in los gatos. san mateo up to 74. and the mission district expect a high of 71 degrees. in the north bay 88 degrees in santa rosa, hayward 75 degrees. and livermore topping out at 87 degrees. and with highs reaching the 70s and 80s today we'll see our temperatures trending downward over the next couple of days. so nice weather continues through the workweek. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you very much, dylan. remember the video we showed you recently? 16-year-old cheer leader angel rice from georgia seems she can flip and flip and flip forever. >> the flipping has already started. we decided to bring her to the plaza to try setting a guinness world record for the most double full twists. >> oh, yeah. >> double full twists in a minute. we invited her fellow tumblers from the gym to show off their moves. >> welcome angel rice, her mom tanya and coach frank.

>> hi. >> you blew us away when we saw the video. can you walk us through what you are doing. >> i'm doing a couple double full twists that i will show you today trying to beat the record. i'm doing a bounceback and a french fry into different skills. i will try to show you that today. >> this is different from regular gymnastics. tumbling is its own thing. >> yeah. it's similar to gymnastics because you do the tumbling as well. in cheer you do tumbles, stunts and jumps as well. >> coach frank, we are seeing young kids, some as young as 7, i believe, doing these stunts. is it hard to get into them? >> it is not hard. i think mainly the kid isn't scared and we can basically get the kids tumbling. >> what do you think when you see your baby girl doing crazy things in the air? >> i think go, go, go. you can do better. i'm always pushing her.

>> amazing. >> i just keep being hard on her and she keeps coming out. >> she keeps it up. >> you're here to break a record today. >> yes, ma'am. >> yes, ma'am, all right. >> by tlet's bring kim patrick guinness. this is a new category. what are you looking for? what's the standard? system she has to do a full 720 rotation on each one and turn back in the opposite direction. she can do as many hand springs as she needs to in one minute. >> we'll set the clock. i will take your microphone. 60 seconds. hoping to set a world record. >> we'll count you down to the go. >> ready, angel? three, two, one, go! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> wow!

>> five! >> six! >> seven! >> come on! eight! >> watch your line! >> nine. >> come on! >> come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> ten. >> come on, angel. >> ten seconds. you got it. how much time? >> eight seconds. >> you can do it. >> awesome! >> what was the final? >> what did we get to? what was the final total there? le. >> don't you get dizzy?

>> 11 total. >> you needed ten for the record and you did ten. [ cheers and applause ] >> you must be dizzy. out of breath. >> i'm a little bit out of breath, but not dizzy. >> have you done that many before in such a short time? >> no, sir. >> never? >> no. >> this is not an olympic sport but you hope some datumabling will be so you can represent the usa? >> yes, ma'am. i to represent the usa for team usa for gymnastics. so hopefully they put my sport in the olympics. >> we hope so. you are darned good at that. amazing. congratulations. >> we need a gold medal around that neck. angel, congratulations. mom, thanks for sharing your daughter's talents. well done, sir. >> thank you. >> the kids are awesome. [ cheers and applause ] >> congratulations, angel. >> tune in next week for our series break it "today." we have a full week attempting

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not an exotic pantry. >> yeah. the last of the summer stock of stone fruits. >> you can substitute plum, apricot, cherry, anythifig. this is the beauty of this dessert. we'll start with the dough. we have flour, baking powder and salt. then add the cubed cold butter. it's important it's cold. >> why cold? >> you want the cold to make it fluffy. you don't want it all mushed in there. >> it flakes more, right? >> i have no idea how to use this. >> it's never like the one you have at home. >> it's not. >> the cobbler has the cake stuff on top. >> exactly. there are so many different -- there we go. just pulse it. so you're not even -- make the butter into little crumbles.

we'll pretend it's ready to go. then pour it into the bowl. you don't want to over work it. then add sugar and cream. >> heavy cream? >> it is. >> for the richness. >> definitely. just lightly mix it. then this is the final result. >> so it's crumb bli. >> yeah. next to the fruit. we have water boiling here. you want to peel the skin of the peaches and nectarines. it's tough. you know, peach skin especially. >> that's a neat trick. x on top. >> right into the boiling water for 40 seconds. then take it out and put it in ice water. >> when it comes out, it peels easily, right? >> exactly. then you don't have the skin in there. take a paring knife. try this one. that one's already kind of done. it comes off easily. this is done. we'll make our slices.

>> mm-hmm. >> beautiful. >> roughly how many peaches, nectarines? four each, it seems? >> to fill a baking dish. you can do whatever quantity you want to. probably four of each. >> then you have the fruit sliced already. we'll add sugar. we have corn starch to give it a nice creamy thing. >> you said taste the fruit first to adjust the sugar. >> do you want to piece of fruit? >> yeah. >> you could. >> cinnamon and the nutmeg. oh, i'm sorry. a grater. you can do this fresh. it makes a difference. it's the ingredient you don't know what it tastes like but when it's in there, you know. >> we are running out of time here. we want to get this gorgeous one out of the oven. >> we have ice cream, too. >> a la mode. >> we'll serve ourselves here,

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good monday morning. 9:56. i'm sam brock. southwest right now still trying to figure out how two planes collided last night at oakland international airport. this photo shows the tip of one of those plane's wings broke off. they hit each other on the runway there. it happened when one plane

clipped another as it was being pushed away from the gate. nobody was hurt and both planes are now out of service. they're doing maintenance to find out what went wrong. meantime, people are being warned to watch out for strong rip currents and large breakers today especially along san francisco and the monterey bay coastline. a high surf advisory expires later tonight. in the meantime, high winds in the forecast. let's get a check of weather with kari. a lot of sunshine in today's forecast with a high of 89 degrees in gilroy. palo alto expect a high of 81. and the embarcadero up to 72 degrees. 85 in napa. and oakland topping out at 76 degrees. dublin 85. hayward at 75 degrees today. cooler weather as we head through the week. let's get a look at the commute with mike. we're looking over here southbound 880 still jammed up through fremont. look at your map from the top of your screen you see 880 jammed up passing a crash. over on the shoulder now and just continuing toward 237. northbound routes continue to

improve for the most part, but 280 still tough. crash at stevens creek and one still blocking a lane by a fuel spill over on 85 and transition off the northbound 280. anywhere north of the san mateo showing recovery to the bay bridge. recovery and improvement, we like those. back in another 25 minutes for an update.

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