>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody! by that we mean you. so glad you're joining us for boozeday tuesday, september 8th. hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. i know you did. hoda always does. i's a party wherever she goes. >> you did, too. >> this is justin bieber. he cried during the vmas a while back. >> "what do you mean." ♪ >> okay. >> well, justin bieber showed up

somewhere and surprised fans. we'll talk about that a little bit later in the program in the buzz. >> in the scoop. >> yes. >> and we were at tennis yesterday, the u.s. open. >> we were at the u.s. open. >> a beautiful, hot day. >> we saw gladys knight. >> she was there. >> she's the world's greatest f tennis fan. >> we had a beautiful time. the matches were great. >> i can't remember one person who was playing. >> i didn't know any of their names but you don't have to. watch people compete at that level. thank you to everyone at the usta. they were so nice to us. >> harriet especially. she was so sweet and took great care of us. >> took us right down to the baseline. >> we were on the court. we were practically playing. it was a lot of fun. i went earlier with my mom a couple of days before. and my friend mary. they have a big tennis racket. >> of course. >> i want to give a shoutout to

hannah and elliot. you have to get the school outfit, the backpack. to all the kids having their first day of school, we hope you have fun. >> hope they're not watching. we hope they're at school. >> yes. >> and you ran into a familiar face. i didn't know who it was at first. >> here's the thing. i started having the worst hot flashes. it's gross. >> really, really bad. >> it was 93 or something. >> i was on a mission to go to whole foods. >> and get your co-hash? what is it? >> black cohash. i see a juice place. maybe i'll feel good and he wille think. who's in the juice place? steven tyler, just randomly on 57th. he said i need cream for my face. i said there is a whole foods down the street. so we walked. i got the cohash. he kept saying i'm 67.

he looks like a child. he looked great. >> a child with a beard. >> with a beard. and gray hair. >> with a hormone problem, but other than that. >> anyway. >> he's a friendly guy. >> he asked about you. he's a sweet guy. >> the women from the u.s. open's name, katrina. >> hello. >> and congratulations to our little sister sarah hanes. she was here for three years. she and her husband max are expecting a baby boy. >> congratulations to you are girl. do you remember how she got her start? >> yes. she was booking cars for everybody here. she was doing a lot of the online stuff. and hoda and i adored her. we said why aren't you on camel are -- camera? look at that face. she said, well, i would like to. >> and so we did and a star was born. >> it's that time of year.

nobody wants it. they are not ready for fall. they want the pumpkin spice latte. >> they're back, by the way. >> and they are made with real pumpkin, i guess. that looks a little bit like baby bar f. >> the top went away. >> but it's delicious. >> they use real pumpkin in this. >> they altered the recipe for real pumpkin. no caramel coloring anymore. >> all right. so bees feed -- >> buzzfeed. >> that, too. we talk about them because they do interesting things. are you more kathie lee or more hoda? when i first saw it i thought are they trying to do a popularity thing and i was upset. >> no. >> i was thinking we love each other and we don't need it. >> not at all. >> it wasn't that. >> take the quiz was to figure out if you are more like kath or me. >> that's what it's about.

>> red or white wine? >> you said white. i said red. >> >> pick an era of music. kathie lee said the '60s -- >> '70s. >> when was gladys knight? ♪ on that midnight train to georgia ♪ >> i said today's hits. >> of course. >> what did you say? >> the '70s. >> i don't know. all the numbers are up there. >> pick a or kardashian. we both picked -- >> khloe? >> pick another "today" anchor. we got willie and al. >> i picked al. . >> i picked willie. >> then there was a color. pink or blue. >> blue. >> i picked blue, too. and one more. >> pick a celebrity bff. >> these are your choices. amy schumer, ed sheeran,

jennifer lawrence or sandra bullock. >> i picked sandra bullock. >> so did i. >> are we the same person? >> kathie lee is more kathie lee and hoda is more of a hoda. of course i am. hoda is more of a -- hoda. >> what was the point? >> there is no point. >> no. what was the point of that whole operation? >> i don't know. if you can explain it we'd love to hear from you. >> it works! >> we picked our own answers. >> harry stiles corrects a fan's poster. >> people have different reactions to this. >> they go to the one direction concert. this girl holds up a beautiful sign that says, "hi, harry, your so nice." he sees the poster is spelled incorrectly. she spelled it y-o-u-r. he corrected the grammar to "you

are," the contraction. >> right. >> and tweeted the picture. she thanked him for correcting her grammar. um -- look. i know when i read something that's incorrect. i don't love the whole -- no, no, no, apostrophe. once in a while it's fun. >> you get nasty things and somebody says you're such a hypocrite -- h-i-p- -- yes. i said, by the way, it's h-y, just so you know. aren't we all at times? >> that's a good response. >> we all have moments. you don't want to get nasty. you can help with their spelling, that's a nice thing. >> all right. >> it's not hypocriticahypocrit. duane johnson, better known as the rock, saved two newly adopted puppies from drowning. he adopted these french

bulldogs. >> adopted them and decided to let them go in the backyard to learn to do their business like big boys. opens the door, the dogs go racing out and he has a pool. the pups -- hobbs and brutus -- jump into the pool. one swam beautifully. >> and the other sank like a brick. >> so he dove down in his white t-shirt and learned a lesson that not all puppies can swim. i thought they could dog paddle. >> yeah. >> anyway, he learned a lesson and saved them. >> how cute is he with the puppies. >> we just wanted to see him in that shirt. we are looking for the "today" show fans with a party to celebrate a major livle mife milestone. >> if you know a wedding, anniversary, sweet 16, about to retire, go to klgandhoda.com to

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actress kathryn hahn has appeared in over 50 films including "how to lose a guy in 10 days" and the 2013 comedy if "we're the millers." she played a political strategist on "parks and rec." >> now she's taking a turn for the creepy in the new horror film by. many -- m. knight shyamalan called "the visit." and things get sinister. >> mom, you need to get us right now. >> what? what happened? >> mom, get in the car and come right now. >> do you know how long that would take my car, rebecca? >> mom, trust me, there's something wrong with nana and poppa. i'm telling you, you need to come pick us up tonight. >> bekka, you're scaring me, my

heart is in my throat. >> we're okay now, just come. >> did you go? [ laughter ] >> i was too busy. sorry, guys. i had so many things to. >> do you are a terrible mother! >> real hands off. >> so nana and poppa are demon possessed or something? >> it's the most -- i've never done one of these -- intentionally. and it was -- >> did you just snort? >> yes. >> she has a great snort. >> it was terrifying. >> you're not a scary movie kind of girl? >> i am! the irony is i love a scary movie and i watch -- it drives my husband crazy because i watch it, like, through -- he's like "why did we go if you're talking through the whole thing?" i'm looking through a water bottle, my ears are plugged. >> but you like the adrenaline factor. >> i like the audience vibe. i love a testifying audience. when you have to yell to the

screen. >> "get out of the house." >> have you seen this film with an audience? most people are probably going "you're a terrible mother!" >> she's a good momma. she -- i have never -- tonight's the first time i get to see it with a big group. i saw it with -- in a very small screening with a few people. >> was it scary seeing in the the small room? >> yes. >> my daughter was in one earlier in the summer called "the galgallows." it's interesting watching it small and then in a real movie theater with real people reacting. >> it's so different. i'm so excited for it. >> so what things do scare you? what kind of things? ghosts? are you more into the violent scary or the -- >> gory? >> i was going to say my garage right now is terrifying. i need to get in there and clean it up. no, i don't like gore, i like more of a --

[ laughter ] gosh! >> does that kind of thing do it to you? >> happy halloween! my son would be thrilled about that. can i have that? >> they didn't know what you did for a living. tell us what happened. >> the guy said "you're an actor, right? "i said "yeah." then he said "show me your act." he put me on the spot. he was not impressed? >> what are the ages of your kids? >> six and eight and they just started school today. i can't believe it. >> they did? >> yeah. >> you are a terrible mother! your kids are at school and you're here. >> you don't just play a terrible mother, you are one. >> it's very, very method. >> are your kids afraid to go to school? >> we got end-of-summer blues in our house. we hate that. we're like -- we went to see

"e.t." at the hollywood bowl and the l.a. philharmonic played the score. it was beautiful. it's been a fun summer. >> but you're back to "happy --ish." was that canceled --ish? >>. [ laughter ] yes! >> but she is in a new movie. we love it when you come. >> i'm so happy to see you! we're so sorryish about the other things. [ laughter ] >> the crowd is ready for our guys but are the guys ready for our crowd? >> plus, two of our three favorite three-year-olds, elmo and abbey are here with some fun games for the kids coming up after this. (chhe's so cute!ng) what should we name him? (gasps) can we keep him? -please? mom, can we keep him?

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for some that means being away for from mom or dad for the first time. >> but you can help them build the skills they need for pre-school or kindergarten and beyond with fun games. here to tell us about them is rose marie rule the owe, senior vice president of content at sesame workshop. >> and two folks who need no introduction, elmo and abbey. nice to see you guys! oh, thank you! >> we're going play in a little bit. >> it's so great. the great thing -- one of the great things about this concept is kids can be having fun while they're learning something, right? >> absolutely. sesame workshop is a not for profit educational organization and our mission is to help children grow smarter, stronger and kinder. we do that through our engaging stories and content with our muppets to show children they're learning lots of things while they're playing because play is how children learn. >> what kind of things do they learn that way, do you think? >> well, one of the core school

readiness skills is to help children have better school of their emotions, especially now because school can be exciting but so it can be an anxious time for children so we teach them about their emotions through games as well as controlling their emotions but it's also important for children to develop listening skills. >> oh! >> listening skills and to focus their attention and to remember rules. >> and some do it better than others! >> exactly. >> but they have two worlds, the world at home and the world at school and that can be hard for children at time because they go from one world to the other world. >> and the world of recess. >> the word of recess! that's also fun. >> elmo and abbey, do you guys want to play some games with the kids? >> you want to play games, everybody? okay, let's -- >> the first game we'll play, elmo, is elmo says. and what's really important is that we have to listen to what elmo tells us and listen to the

directions. these are important school readiness skills. take it away elmo. >> you're the teacher, elmo. >> let's play elmo says. elmo says touch your nose. elmo says touch your nose. elmo says go wuba wuba, wuba. now clap your hands. >> oh! >> elmo didn't say "elmo says." >> that's part of the instructions. >> can we play freeze dance? >> freeze dance, abbey likes this dance all the time. >> okay here's what you do, when you hear the music you're like whoo, yes, yes! when the music stops you have to freeze. okay? okay, everybody. ready? >> crank it, please. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ [ music stops ] ♪ ♪ >> hoda, i like this one. [ music stops ] >> yay! [ applause ] you guys are awesome! >> we thank you so much! thank you. >> the new tv show is called "play all day with elmo." they left out poor abbey i don't know. >> she's in there. >> and i like to play when i'm watching it because elmo plays. >> l you keep dancing abbey for us? coming up, more fun when we go for the guinness world record live. find out what the man in your life is really thinking

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ck traffic maps a spare the air alert has been issued. that means that you should bike, carpool or use public transportation. try to reduce the e zoneozone emissions out there. 100 in los gatos. 98 in palo alto. the embarcadero at 92 degrees today. unbearable heat all across the bay area. santa rosa will be up to 100 degrees. and oakland, 96. dublin reaching 100 degrees. let's see how the commute is moving now with mike. >> still have a slow drive heading down towards fremont. the crash is out of the road now. but the back-up starting back in union city. still slow getting down into palo alto out of redwood city. northbound routes not so bad. the bay bridge toll plaza has the back-up. getting into the city.

beautiful view. back to you. >> might as well enjoy something. thank you, mike. we'll be back for our 11:00 newscast in 30 minutes. we are back on this boozeday tuesday with the hunky man panel we calle guys tell all. if you have been wondering what your man is thinking we've got answers for you. up first, a new addition to the guys. this single man from bravo. two of our panel veterans, comedians who are each married with kids -- not to one another but we don't judge. rick unger can be seen on his low budget morning show on periscope. what? >> low budget. it comes from my kitchen. i'm singing, cooking. it's everything. >> and last but not least, the single ben gleeb. >> host of the idiot test. >> we like that show.

>> the idea of it. but the show itself is on gsn. >> you ladies are good at it. >> we're going across the street for our first question. go ahead. >> hi. my name is maddie from michigan. my question is it a deal breaker if your significant other doesn't cook or clean very off s -- often because i don't. >> i'm chuck from new york city and the answer is yes. >> what? >> i like to cook and clean myself. i hate cleaning actually. cleaning gone. >> what do you do? >> you have to cut a deal. >> i like to cook and i like to be clean but i'm not neat. you have to at least be a tidier to be with me. >> you have to bring something to the table. if you have a good job going on. but if you're poor and not cooking and cleaning. >> translation. if you are awesome in bed, you don't have to do anything.

>> i beg to differ. unless you are giving me awesome in bed several times a day, i need a little more. >> several times a day? >> and the dishes. >> that's not -- if you're not going to do anything you have to do a lot. >> what he said hurt me. >> i need more than that. >> i'm telling you. i need more than just sex to make me happy in life. >> if it was to be with you several times a day, everyone would choose dishes. >> that's what i wanted in the first place. >> across the street. >> i'm debbie from new jersey. when is it acceptable to ask about finances or credit score and how do you handle it if the answers you get back don't meet your expectations? >> that's a good question. >> very good. >> debbie is like me. a jersey girl asks about your

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if the lock hollywood weekend has you feeling out of the loop, we'll get you caught up in today's buzz. >> here with the celebrity news you need to know is it or the and chief of showbusiness cafe.com jack rico. hi, jack. >> how are you ladies? good to see you. >> starting off with sad news with john hamm and his long time girlfriend. >> john hamm and his partner jennifer west felde have split up after 18 years of being together. >> that's a long time. >> they put out an official statement but nowhere in the statement are there reasons or explanations on why they broke up. >> well, it's nobody's business, is it? >> but sometimes it gets to a lot of -- magazines probably ask, things like that. but it's very private and in this particular case they were never married but they're easily one of the most stable relationships in hollywood, 18 years. and so john hamm and her, he

starred in two of her movies which she wrote, one of them was "kissing jessica stein" and the other was "friends with kids" in 2011. he's up for an eighth nomination at the emmys on september 20 for the role of don draper. now, he's never won it, but this is the last time he's eligible for that and i think he has a good option and could probably win the whole thing. >> but it just also was very candid about the fact that he came through rehab, right? so i'm sure there will be lots of speculation. nobody knows what goes on with two people. >> not at all. >> sam smith. he hinted at news then gave away the deal. he told the story. is. >> that's right, on instagram yesterday he posted on his instagram account a black-and-white photo of presumably his hand with a ring on his finger and had the logo of an octopus which is the logo of the villainous organization in the new james bond movie "specter" which basically got all social media crazy, abuzz with the fact that he was going

to sing the new james bond theme which he confirmed with natalie this morning. if it goes anywhere near what adele went through with "skyfall," she won a golden globe and oscar for that. >> did he write this song? >> from all reports he did. the name of the song is "writings on the wall." it comes out october 23 so you should be looking for that. >> he is so talented. and hugh jackman in the bond world, too. >> he was in australia on this news program and they asked him hey, listen, if -- once daniel craig steps off in the james bond role would you be interested in being the new james sfwhobond? he said he'd consider it but ten years before the producers approached him while he was shooting "x 2" while he was doing the wolverine role and he said he'd consider it this time around. >> he'd be a good choice, don't you think? >> for anything. >> i'm going to see him tomorrow night, i'll see his new movie

"pan" so i'll ask him about that and get back to you. >> another quick video, justin bieber surprised some people, an impromptu concert where he picked up drumsticks and started playing? >> this is a little great story. he went to visit a friend in angola, indiana, population 8,600. one of these night he is pops into a bar, starts playing video games and he gets recognized and frenzy ensues. >> i bet. >> he was generous enough to pose for pictures with fans then he just went over and asked the cover band at that moment if he could join in on the drums. they obviously acquiesced. >> hello. >> and it became such a social media frenzy. >> he seems like he's on a better road now. hopefully he's got much more trustworthy people now. >> and his single is top 13 right now. he'll be at the "today" show plaza this weekend. >> thanks, jack. >> will he be the top dog? >> an amazing pooch tries to set a guinness world record live. >> hind legs up the stairs.

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now that everybody is back into the busy work and schoolle routine there is not a lot of time to spend in the kitchen. >> so the today food team has a plan to get dinner on the table fast. all you need is -- >> five minutes. >> kim baker is here from "working it in the kitchen," food for the work week. >> these are pork cutlets. these are the ingredients. >> what are they? >> pork chops. i will show you how to make a pork cutlet. we have basil, apricot preserves, red wine. you're liking it already. we'll season it with salt and pepper. >> okay. >> a little bit of garlic powder. >> all right. >> this is very simple seasoning. >> easy, breezy. >> mm-hmm. >> when meat is good and tasty, you don't want to lose the taste

of the meat. >> exactly. >> i will get these started. we have olive oil in the pan. >> do you cut the fat off or leave it on? >> leave it on. >> you can trim it if you want. >> it taetss better with it on. >> you get a pork chop from the grocery store. you will slice it into two. you want to make it even across. it's like butterflying but you go all the way through and end up with two pork cutlets. this will sear for a minute and a half on either side. >> that's quick. then we pour in the red wine. >> apricot preserves. >> exactly right. if you don't like pork you can use shrimp, chicken and then if you are a white wine lover instead of red you can use white wine or also orange juice. >> there you go. >> a little unknown thing. these cook for a minute and a half on each side.

>> pork needs to be cooked through because of the potential. >> you can enjoy it medium-rare. it's acceptable. you want it to be to the proper temperature. >> is that it? >> we have to pour in the apricot preserves. you let it reduce down. >> for how long? >> once it reduces down it gets thicker. then you add a little bit of basil. >> i love basil on everything. >> that takes three minutes. you have a salad. this is apples that are just sauteing. >> any kind. >> you're putting lettuce in the frying pan? >> fried lettuce! i like it already. >> this takes maybe a minute. you don't need salad dressing. >> look what you made. >> add salt and pepper. >> let's give it a try. >> it looks really good. >> yep. >> what do you think, hoda-woman? >> kim! >> there you go.

>> this is delicious. >> five minutes. that's all it takes. if you want you can add anythinanything -- figs, asparagus, peas. turn it into tacos with the leftovers. put mango and avocado. that's a great weeknight meal. >> for this recipe and 30 days of ideas go to today.com/food. >> will sailor the dog make it into the guinness book of world records? we are moments away from finding out. >> first, this is "today" on nbc. it into the giuinness book of worl sflords we'll find out. >> really good.

we are here across the street at the morrell wine bar and cafe -- a place we love -- >> for our special series break it today. >> all week talented animals will be trying to break records, guinness world records. today this amazing poodle named

sailor will attempt to become a guinness world record record holder to climb stairs on hind legs alone. >> sailor's trainer is alex. great to see you again. so you train rescues, that's your expertise, huh? >> yes. i got this dog when he was six months old, was going to be destroyed. >> how do you freezing rain a dog to walk on its hind legs upstairs? >> show him how to do it. [ laughter ] >> well, it takes a lot of time. many hours. you teach the dog first how to walk on his hind legs then teach him to take a step and from a step you build it up and from one step to two steps, very time consuming but it's more conditioning the dog to be able to do it. >> and people want to know if the dog enjoys it. >> it's like anything else. when he's learning -- everyone says, you know, do i use treats. i use praise. my dog every ten seconds.

>> that's what i do with hoda. it works great. >> he loves the praise. >> what did you just say? [ laughter ] >> are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> okay, so you'll go up to the top. let us know when you're ready. >> heel. sit. good boy. stay. stay. >> we have the adjudicator here. >> stay. stay. stay. stay. >> look hue he's looking at him. >> stay, stay. >> tell us when you're ready. >> sailor. walk, sailor, walk. walk. walk. and step. step. good boy. go, go, go, sailor, you got it. good boy. walk, walk. go, go. you got it sailor! atta boy! go, go, go. [ cheers and applause ] good boy, sailor! atta boy! good boy! >> oh, my gosh.

oh, my gosh! it's a celebration! >> wait a minute. let's hear. what was the verdict from our guinness world recorded a jude kator? >> sailor attempts the title for the fastest time to climb 20 stairs. the minimum to beat was 30 seconds. >> how many? >> and sailor did it 18.9. >> way! congratulations! >> that was beautiful to watch. thank you so much. >> coming up tomorrow we have carol king and the cast of "beautiful" they'll stop buy with big news. >> plus elvis duran's artist of the month. tomorrow is winesday wednesday. one of the best days of he was last seen nearly 36 hours

ago. kris/2shot good morning, and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. scott/2shot and i'm scott mcgrew. we'll get to that story in a bit -- but first let's talk about the heat. scott/live as it's going to be a scorcher today. here's a live look in san jose. we're in the longest stretch of heat we've seen this summer. kris meteorologist kari hall is here to show us just how hot it'll get... kris/omni to get the weather in your neighborhood -- get our free nbc bay area app. to get the weather in your