slowing. we don't have an eta from chp. >> local news in half an hour. >> have a great day. good morning. coming to america. pope francis headed to the u.s. after drawing huge crowds in cuba. and sharing a hand shake with fidel castro. as he gets set to arrive tomorrow we're with the pope every step of the way. the surge. carly fiorina jumps into second place in the race for president. the front-runner donald trump losing ground. we'll talk to him live. the president and the prisoners. >> how you all doing. >> an exclusive look at president obama's visit to a federal prison, a first for a sitting president. this morning his very personal conversation with convicted

felons. and eighth time's the charm. jon hamm wins for mad men and crawled to the stage. >> there has been a terrible mistake clearly. >> a night filled with excitement and emotion and a standing ovation for tracy morgan. >> i finally regained consciousness i was ecstatic to learn that i wasn't the one who messed up. >> and there's one member of our team who has a shiny new statue monday, september 21, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. matt has the morning off. willie is here and i hope carson doesn't think he has the morning off the old i won an emmy excuse. >> i think that's an excused absence.

we have an update on his progress, he cleared security at tsa. i think we have a picture of it. that is carson's emmy, "the voice" winning passing through security. he will be back. >> if you wonder that will set off the metal detector. let's get to our top story, pope francis traveling to eastern cuba today ahead of his much anticipated arrival in the u.s. tomorrow. if the crowds in cuba are an indication the pope's first trip to america will be something to see. nbc's ann thompson is traveling with the pontiff and good morning. >> reporter: good morning. pope francis made all the stops expected of a head of state but the magic moments when he's met the people. this is some kind of worship. a rock star welcome from cuba's youth for the 78-year-old pontiff even in the rain. francis telling the crowd sunday night, urging them first and

foremost to dream. he is for many here a sign of hope, flying 300,000 to the square. francis, preaches the virtues of christ. >> i see him and i think of my grandfather, so humble. >> reporter: sunday the pope travels to fidel castro's home and met his brother raul, all of this a run up to six packed days in the u.s. on the pope's agenda, a white house welcome. a speech before a joint session of congress, a papal first. praying ground zero in new york and the world meeting of families in philadelphia. francis' signature is reaching out, stopping for those often ignored. leaving no baby unblessed, no gift unacknowledged. on the flight to havana the pope told me he wants to meet the american people, so much so he requested a ride in central park

he will take in a souped up jeep wrangler. francis' love of crowds is charged with protecting him headaches and security preparations are already well under way. the head of papal security tells me there is no specific security threat to the pope on this trip and he is confident in the secret service protection plan. today pope francis travels to the country side and will visit one of the holiest shrines in the country. savannah, back to you. >> ann thompson, thank you. john miller is deputy commissioner of intelligence and counter terrorism for the new york city police department, a key of the massive security effort put into place for the pope's visit. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> how would you describe this type of security challenge? >> well, this is the single largest and most complicated security undertaking in the history of the nypd.

not because the pope hasn't been here before, popes have traveled to new york many times. it's because you have the u.n. general assembly with 170 world leaders, you have the president of the united states coming at some point during this, and you have the pope. and the difference here, new yorkers especially are used to the president passing through, used to world leaders across town. a factor of having the u.n. but they will stop in large numbers and gather to see the pope. so running all three of those has never been done before. >> ann touched on this is a pope who likes to get out and be with the people, wants to touch people, shake hands. is that something you're comfortable with him doing here? >> you know, when you are the pope, it really doesn't matter if the we're comfortable with it if the you decide you're going to hop out of the car. what we have done working with the lead agency here, this is nsse, national special security event, the secret service has overall command for the

protection of the pope and the event. we're going to have thousands and thousands of cops work hand in glove and we have a very layered approach to this which is we have a plan, and if we have to divert from the plan, especially if he decides to, we're prepared. >> it's about protecting the pope. it's also protecting the crowds that come to see the pope because as you well know, isis made no secret of its desire to go after soft targets like that. >> that's right. you know, we've seen that in the boston marathon bombing model. so we are going to have a lot of eyes focused on the key protectee here, the pope, but we're going to have a lot of things in the background. there will be plain clothes people, a network of cameras, a number of detectors and sensors all part of it. >> going to be a busy week. thanks for being here. >> looking forward to it. >> good to see you. more than 60 million catholics in the united states what will this pope find?

according to the new report, 77% say his teachings match up with their beliefs. >> there are some notable exceptions and we'll have a lot more on this survey later on when maria shriver joins us live. >> we'll turn to politics getting interesting in the republican race for president. bolstered by a strong debate carly fiorina is now in second place behind donald trump. tweel talk to donald in a moment. first, let's get to nbc national correspondent peter alexander. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump's momentum appears to be fading, ben carson now facing calls that he drop out of the race from a prom nant muslim american group after controversial comments he made about islam and the presidency. and as you noted carly fiorina has rocketed up in the polls. this morning two top tier republicans are on the defensive. ben carson telling chuck todd he would not support a muslim president. >> i would not advocate we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree

with that. >> later carson's campaign clarified insisting-y has great respect for the muslim community but he doesn't believe the american people are ready for a muslim president. donald trump still fending off questions. blamed muslims for being a problem in the u.s. >> i have friends that are muslims, they are great people, amazing people. but we certainly do have a problem. you have a problem throughout the world. >> what's the problem? >> you have radicals that are doing things. i mean it wasn't people from sweden that blew up the world trade center. >> both comments after another shake-up in an unpredictable race. trump's lead dwindling down 8 points since the start of september. over carson carly fiorina, fresh off her strong debate showing. after fiorina targeted trump on the stage. >> i think women all over heard what mr. trump said. >> trump is firing back.

>> she's got a good pitter-patter. if you listen to her more than five minutes straight you get a headache. >> trump attacks her business record, that was a political liability for her in the past. he tweeted fiorina did such a horrible job at lucent and hue bet packard she never got another offer. another item, the total collapse of wisconsin governor scott walker. he once huv tered at the top, now less than a half percentage point. >> peter alexander on the campaign trail, thanks. >> let's turn to donald trump. he joins us on the phone. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i will mention at the top, i know you'll remind me if i don't that you lead in every single poll but this latest national poll by cnn does show a decrease for you. carly fiorina is surging. do you consider her a threat?

>> when people find out what a horrible job she did in business, running do companies into the ground, she lost to barbara boxer in a land slide. she was leading that race, it was a race that should have been won by the republicans and she got absolutely decimated in that race. >> why do you think she is surging now? >> she has a good line of pitter-patter. if you listen to her speaking it's the same line that i will speak to my friend netanyahu. they heard it for the first time. almost like robotic. frankly, you look at it and it's rob robotic. i think people will understand her soon but when they look at her record, of tremendous failure, look, she look lucent into the ground, hp into the ground. destroyed it. and you know, i think that -- then she ran for the senate in a race that should have been won and lost because of the fact she did so badly as a business

leader. the head of the yale school of business one of the heads, wrote a report that was one of the most vicious. it was true but it was a strong report. so i think when people see her record, i don't see how she could possibly win. the reason she lost when she ran for the senate, she lost in a land slide, is when her record was exposed. >> let's talk about you. obviously you have gotten a lot of attention for comments made by a voter at a town hall last week. the voter said among other things the problem in this country is muslims. you have since said that you know many muslims, you have friends who are muslim, you said that they are excellent fabulous and great and you have a great respect and love for them. if that's the case, why didn't you say that right then and there? >> i said it always. i never had a problem with muslims. you do have an individual problem where you have some radicals that are causing problems, and i can be politically correct. how could you say that, and i

said give me a break, it's all over the world. you turn on the nightly news, the newscasts, you have a problem. people don't have to admit that, savannah. they can try and keep it nice and cool but the fact is you do have a problem and it's a problem that has to be addressed. >> i think there is this issue of radical islam. that's not what this voter said. he said the problem is muslims. i guess my question to you is would you have corrected him if he said something like the problem in this country is christians or in this country is -- >> i assumed that he was talking about radical islam. and again, no matter where you turn you're reading about it and seeing it. it's an amazing problem. it's a very big problem. now i fully understand the muslims, great people and i have many friends and i have -- they are great friends. by the way, they are concerned with radical islam too. i assume that's what he was talking about. >> let me ask you one more thing. he said the president is muslim and the president is not an

american. do you take any responsibility for the popularity of those views when you yourself for many years were a big proponent of the notion that the president was not born in the united states. do you bear any responsibility for the fact that voters who think that are attracted to your campaign? >> savannah, he made statements, it's not my obligation to defend the president. is the president going to defend me because last night during the emmy awards people said things about me. is the president going to defend me. i don't think so. i don't think it's my obligation to defend him. i have no obligation to defend him. most agree with that. you know, when he makes his statements, he's asking me a question, i actually said nothing. this is the first time in my entire life that people have made something controversial with respect to saying nothing. >> because it's so striking, donald, for you not to say something. that's why people think

remaining silent you tacitly agree. >> a man was asking a question and i decided why should i come to the defense of the president. haes not going to come to my defense. most agreed with what i did. the only poll you didn't put up was the nbc poll where i'm way at the top. i'm much more than double. i don't understand why nbc is using a cnn poll which was also a good poll, i'm leading by a lot, but the nbc poll that you announced yesterday was fantastic. and you didn't talk about that. >> well, i tried to. >> saying this. why aren't you talking about your own poll, why are you showing a cnn poll which is very good but not as good as the one you put up zbled >> i should have mentioned our nbc poll by name but i did did say you were leading in every poll. >> you put up the cnn poll. you didn't put up the nbc poll and you're the ones paying for the nbc poll. i don't get it other than the nbc poll is a very good poll for trump. >> it's a good poll for trump. the cnn poll is a good one for you too.

you are leading by double-digits. >> nbc was better. >> we'll leave it there. thank you for your time. always appreciate it. >> thank you. >> donald up 15 in that nbc survey. meantime, a night of stars in los angeles last night. for the the emmy awards, hollywood turning out in force to honor tv's best. joe fryer has the highlights and the surprises. good morning. >> good morning, willie. "game of thrones" made history winning 12 emmys this year, shattering the previous record held by the west wing and veep took the comedy crown. dethroning modern family. the red carpet was red hot. >> hot. >> around 100 degrees. >> i can feel sweat running down my legs. isn't that glamorous. >> stars hurried in side. >> racism is over. don't fact check that. >> history was made when viola davis became the first african-american woman to win

lead actress in a drama. >> the only thing that separates women of color from any one else is opportunity. you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> going into the show jon hamm had never won an emmy. >> we're all here for jon hamm. >> right. that was on the invite. for jon hamm. >> finally got his trophy. >> there has been a terrible mistake clearly. >> transparent's jeffrey was a first time winner dedicating his award to the transgender community. >> thank you for your patience. thank you for your courage. thank you for your story. >> julie lieuy dry physical and alison almost a record. >> puts you one behind color ris leechman. >> while the night's top honors with veep and "game of thrones" the biggest surprise when tracy

morgan walked on stage, sense of humor shining through once again after last year's devastating crash. >> i finally regained consciousness i was ecstatic to learn i wasn't the one who messed up. >> came from my heart. to my peers, my comrades and to the people in tv land, thank you very much. >> in all a dominant night for hbo winning 43 emmys this year including several for the limited series olive kitteridge. it she won a comedy emmy for that same character last year, but this year the show was deemed a drama. >> more big fans of her. thank you. a lot of great moments. tracy morgan coming back. >> good to see him. >> jon hamm finally. >> 8th time is the charm. >> and carson. >> should we call him? wake him up.

we're going to try to find carson. we'll have a lot more on the emmys coming up. let's turn to natalie. a story out of california. >> the fire season rages on out west, officials in california say another 162 homes destroyed by a wild fire north of san francisco, that brings the total more than 1,000 homes burned in lake county. meantime, at least one person has died in a fire burned in carmel valley. it's 30% contained. scary at a u 2 concert. the band had to cancel after a security scare forced police to evacuate the arena. this happened in stockholm, sweden. they said they had started an investigation regarding a possible weapons violation. the irish times is reporting that a man had a gun inside the arena. no suspect was arrested. the show has been rescheduled for tomorrow. a video on a southwest flight is raising safety concerns this morning.

it shows a flight attendant who appears to slur his words and then you see falls asleep. that video was taken by a passenger on a flight from birmingham, alabama to dallas who thought theattendant was acting strangely. while the man was making the safety announcement he seemingly forgets the script, begins talking slowly and then momentarily nods off. he wakes up a few seconds later. we have reached out to southwest airlines for comment and not heard back. bizarre moment in a formula 1 race when a fan wandered on the track in singapore as cars sped by more than 200 miles per hour. you can see him right this off to the side. casually walking near the fence. it prompted officials to send out the safety car. the 27-year-old man eventually climbed over the track side barrier. he was taken into police custody. cars racing past him. he's lucky he didn't get hit. >> absolutely.

thank you so much. hi. your name is? >> we missed you, al roker. >> glad to meet you. >> good to have you back. >> thanks. we've got some rain coming back. unfortunately where they don't need it in the southwest. it has been raining like crazy, all that flooding last week, guess what, more on tap. this is all part of a tropical disturbance that's going to make its way up through the baja of california, it brings all of the moisture tuesday on into wednesday. in fact, could be mudslides, could be talking about flooding in the area. look at the rainfall through wednesday morning. we've got this going up in the upper midwest. all eyes on the southwest. locally 2 to 4 inches of rain in parts of arizona and 1 to 2 inches into southern california. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. we're going to get tl forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good monday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's starting to warm up and the peninsula as well as the south bay and the bay it's in the mid to upper 60s and it's going to be another hot day. 95 degrees in the south bay, as well as the north bay. 92 degrees in the peninsula and the east bay at 87 degrees. in the tri-valley, still hitting 00 degrees there in san francisco. little bit lower than yesterday. but still very warm. a high of 85 degrees. and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. coming up could copy cats be on the loose. the concerns in phoenix after the arrest of a suspect in that

highway sniper shootings. >> an exclusive first look inside the president's historic visit to a federal prison, personal and revealing conversation he shared with some of the inmates there. first this is today on nbc.

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a very good monday morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a fatal accident in the east bay tying up the morning commute. let's go straight to mike in the east bay. >> i'm getting out of your way. traffic slowing southbound starting after they moved one of the vehicles out of the area. shifted over to the left and then over to the right. basically the same status right now. but they also have to clear up the oil that spilled in the area after this deadly crash so these lanes will not be open for at least half an hour. 45 minutes before we see any increase in traffic flow area. south of there okay for the dublin interchange and west of there, the east shore free way jammed up towards the bay brim.

traffic kicking in there and via east bay through hayward slowing down through 880 and now the south bay really starts to kick in traffic through san jose moving up into the rest of silicon valley. kari, what do you have for us? >> starts off mild and clear blue skies as we get a view of san francisco and still will be pretty inland today. in saratoga to 97 degrees and burlinggame 87 degrees and sunset at 87 degrees and 100 degrees in fairfield and 87 in oakland and san ramon at 8 degrees feeling more comfortable through the rest of the week. >> we'll look forward to that. another local news upin half an hour. in the meantime, try to keep cool especially if you're inland, as kari has mentioned. have a great morning.

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we're down to 7:30, 21st of we're back. it's 7:30. september 21st, 2015. what are you two talking about? i see a lot of giggles. i know, aren't you. a little buddy back next year. >> i missed you, guys. >> we missed you too. let's check out what's making headlines this morning. donald trump still leading in the republican race, but one poll has that lead shrinking down eight points this month following her standout performance in last week's debate.

carly fiorina has now surged to second place. pope francis is spending his second full day in cuba ahead of his historic trip to the united states this week. on sunday he celebrated mass in the havana main plaza before a crowd of 300,000 people and met with former president fidel castro. >> and a record night at the emmys for hbo's "game of thrones" picking up best award for best drama. and viola davis became the first woman of color to win best actor, and jon hamm finally gets the award for "mad men." more on that coming up. the suspect arrested in a connection with a string of highway shootings in phoenix are insisting police have the wrong man as he sits behind bars this morning, but officials say their investigation proves otherwise. here's nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: traffic is flowing down the i-10, but the warn ing signs are still up while the suspected i-10 shooter 21-year-old leslie allen merritt jr. is in jail linking him to the gun with four of the seemingly random shootings that terrorized drivers for more than

five weeks. in court merritt told the judge he was innocent. >> all i have to say is that i'm the wrong guy. i tried telling the detectives that, and my gun's been in the pawnshop for the last two months. i haven't even had access to a weapon. >> reporter: his father calling him a hard working landscaper and family man. >> he's a giant teddy bear. my son is the type of if he sees a person in need, he'd take the shirt off his back. >> reporter: and some of merritt's neighbors say they have the wrong suspect. >> i don't think he's one who is doing the shootings on the highway. i think it's somebody else. >> reporter: but police say ballistic tests show a gun pawned by merritt was used in the shootings on august 29th and 30th, and court documents show the gun was not in pawn status when the shootings happened. on friday the s.w.a.t. team arrested merritt at this walmart. >> people have got peace of mind. >> reporter: on ground people who drive up and down i-10 is relieved. >> i'm glad this person was caught but it's pretty frightening. >> reporter: many are wondering about the other seven shootings still unsolved. i'd like to believe this is over, but i'm definitely going

to stay off the i-10 for a while. >> reporter: police are looking for copycat shooters, encouraging drivers to remain on alert. gadi schwartz, nbc news, phoenix, arizona. >> still a lot of frayed nerves there for sure. let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> calendar says it's going to be first day of fall on wednesday. >> yeah. >> thermometer says completely different, all right. we've got this heat building, big ridge of high pressure. jet stream way up to the north and the start off in the midwest. look at the temperatures today. anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees above normal, denver 5 and amarillo 91 and minneapolis at 78. tomorrow it starts to move east and chicago you're at 78 and little rock five degrees above average at 79. and minneapolis at 75. and new york city city, eight degrees above average, 81. charleston 82 and burlington looking at 78. 12 degrees above average. lots of sunshine here in the northeast. showers along the spine of the appalachians.

the southwest looking at wet weather as that low pressure system makes its way in. cooler weather in the pacific northwest which good morning. i'm meteorologist kari. we have temperatures anywhere from 55 degrees in the north bay to 70 degrees in the south bay. and it will be another hot one highs in the 90s across most of the inland bay area. and 92 degrees in the peninsula. the east bay up to 87 degrees. the tri-valley a high of 100 degrees today in san francisco. and it will still be very warm, not much of a wind. a high of 85 degrees. and it will be much cooler heading into the next few days. >> get that weather whenever you need it. go to the weather channel on cable. weather.com online. willie? >> al, thanks very much. just ahead or "pop start." big day for alison williams starting with a wedding and ending with an emmy. plus an exclusive look of president obama's historic trip inside a federal prison.

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we don't know who it is, we just need to make sure she has what she needs. welcome to windows 10. the future starts now for all of us. we're back at 7:39. president obama made history in july as the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. >> the trip was captured as part of a new special exploring u.s. prisons called fixing the system. we'll talk to the man behind vice in a moment. first, an exclusive first look at the president's time inside the el reno correctional facility in oklahoma. >> how you all doing. >> the image is striking. the president surrounded by convicted felons, it was a

chance to highlight a system he thinks is broken. mandatory sentencing for non-violent offenders. >> as a society we seem to be okay with certain communities just being locked in this cycle where kids are raised around drug crime, they naturally gravitate to drug crime, get involved in the criminal justice system and just turns and everybody thinks that's normal. >> the president even opens up how his own absent father affected him. >> i didn't know my dad and had too many of our young people don't know their dads. obviously, for them to be able to see you and a strong positive way, that's going to have an impact. i met my dad for one month when i was 10 years old. that's the only time i met him. >> tyrone serving 15 years for a nonviolent drug charge tells the president he is trying to make the most of his sentence. >> i'm in a college program, we

graduate in may of 2016 so i'm taking advantage of the time to better myself as a man for my kids when i get out. i can be a better person to them. they can look up to me like my dad turned his life around. >> that will be a powerful message for them. >> it is not lost on the president that some luck factors in as well. >> i did a lot of stupid stuff when i was young. but i said this before, i was just in an environment where you could afford to make mistakes, i had more than the margin of error than a lot of kids do. >> shane smith is the founder and ceo of vice media and the host of vice on hb, 0. you were actually there. we've seen some of the images. what were your impressions? what was it like to have a sitting u.s. president walk the halls of the facility? >> i guess the honesty shook me the most how he opened up and

said yes, i've done drugs and i didn't know my dad, and i mean it's pretty -- unique. especially at this presidential race is going on to have a sitting president go there and explain why he had empathy. >> you talked about the empathy. what do you feel he thought he had in common with those men? >> i think he's very open about it. he said look, i made mistakes like everybody else has made. and but he had a bigger safety net and when he first came to chicago and was doing community everybody else has made, and he had a bigger safety net. and when he first came to chicago and was doing community organizing, that -- he wasn't that different from, you know, a lot of people who were being sent away for these incredibly long sentences, and i think that attorney general holder and president obama have more empathy than previous presidents and attorneys.

>> documentary was screened on the white house last friday. the president was there. >> yeah. >> did you get a good review? >> yeah, we got a good review and a good review by the ex-attorney general holder which was good because he actually knows a lot what have we were talking about. >> what did they say about it? >> well, i think there's general consensus. what we were trying to do is shine the light. there's general consensus not only from the president and his office, the attorney general's office, but also the republicans and democrats that something's gone horribly wrong, and there's not a lot of dissent. there's now "how do we fix it?" and you have, you know, ted cruz with cory booker, you know, and you're never going to see that on capitol hill with anybody else other than criminal justice reform because both sides realize it's completely broken. >> rand paul has made this a center piece of his campaign. >> a lot of senators, a lot of congress people out there, the president himself, saying, look, we have to fix this. >> and the documentary shines a light on it for sure. shane smith, congratulations. i should mention it again.

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we we mentioned a minute ago carson's got an excused absence this morning. tamron explains why. hey, tamron. >> yes, he's in the air right now flying home with that hardware. carson was a big winner at the emmys last night, and congrats to our buddy and team for "the voice" who won for outstanding reality competition. carson instagrammed from the airport early this morning. take a look. making the humble trip back

home. i said on twitter "it's bring your stay you to work day tomorrow." got to see this. another big winner at the winner was hbo. not only did they take home the most awards for any network, yes, ma'am host andy samberg gave them major love, sharing his hbo now username and password on live tv. and, guys, actually his real username and password. people went bananas logging on to the subscription-based service and, of course, we watched it all play out and watch all the emmy-winning shows and hbo joined the fun as they should have. mean if anybody needs hbo recommendations, thank andy samberg. major fail. all the people logged in and crashed the website. many are assuming that this was a, mag stunt. perhaps hbo teaming up with andy. we don't know. we don't have any confirming a.

we will know if andy pops up on hbo with his own show. meanwhile, miss savannah guthrie, i don't think you were watching the emmys but you were probably crying because the eagles lost to the cowboys. >> whoa! >> i'm sorry. >> a very costly loss with tony romo. >> i was sideswiped. >> but tony is going to be okay and the only reason i kind of root for the eagles baby zale has an eagles shirt. >> i won't go hard on you and the family. >> you didn't see that coming, did you? >> i really didn't see it coming, but i should have seen it coming. and baby zale had to stay up light because mike thinks she's good luck charm. i think we've established that that is not the case. >> but you're right, al. tony romo injured there, so we're wishing him the best. good game. >> tamron, that's 15 yards, personal foul. >> unsportsmanlike conduct. >> look at miss vale. >> i love you, baby, but it wasn't enough. she gave it her all though, right? >> thank you, tamron, i guess. >> coming up, maria shriver is here to talk about how american catholics feel about pope francis and the direction he is taking the church in ahead of his visit to the u.s. her new survey, but first your local news. the kids are asleep.

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=vo= on the deadly "valley fire" burning in lake, napa, and good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. new details on the valley fire. cal fire now reports that fire has burn 75,000 acres. and it is 70% contained. that's a small upgrade since last night on the containment. some vacuation orders have been lifted over the weekend and more people will be allowed to return home today. also happening today, the father of 8-year-old maddy middleton will hold a rally just before the teenager accused of killing his daughter heads to court. 15-year-old adrian gonzalez charged with murdering maddy cyst weeks ago. maddy's father calling on the community to join outside the courthouse to help him keep that focus on maddy. pleas of murder, kidnapping and charges of sexual assault. let's get a check of the weather. >> temperatures heating up quickly as we go through the day. as we get a live look from mt.

hamilton in the south bay, mostly clear. not much of a wind as we go through afternoon and theind coming in from the north and those temperatures rise up to 95 to 98 degrees in the south bay. palo alto at 84 today and also seeing a highs hitting 100 degrees in fairfield. 99 degrees in antioch and san ramon today a high of 96. let's see how the commute is moving now with mike. >> we're still looking at this. a scene taken from a chopper overhead. this is about an hour ago and we still have the same status. one lane open getting its way out of the scene of a crash. split into two parts here. we'll look at the map and still jammed south 680 coming off the walnut creek interchange and san ramon. may have some lanes opening soon and sweeper truck clear some of that vehicle spill. the rest of your approach towards the bay bridge, meanwhile, looking jammed up and into the south bay. back to you. >> mike, thanks.

more local news coming up and update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

i it's 8:00 on "today." plus beyond "baywatch," pamela anderson is raw and revealing in her latest book as the former pin-up model gets very personal. the stars sizzle on a red hot red carpet. we're going to break down all the show stopping fashions from last night's 67th annual emmy awards monday september 21st,

2015. >> it's my first time in new york! >> from georgia, spending my birthday on the "today" show. ♪ >> from arizona. >> california. >> we're celebrating our 39th anniversary. >> the "today" show! ♪ ♪ >> and good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." it's one pretty morning out on the plaza, 21st of september, 2015. it feels like fall, a nice little chill in the air. say good morning to everyone. >> coming up, maria shriver is here with us. she's got a new look at

catholics in america. we're happy to say she'll be with us through much of the week contributing to coverage of pope francis in the united states. >> plus o. >> i've got apparently something on me they like. my mutton chop. >> we're going to catch up with our friend joan lunden, who has been so brave and open about her battle with breast cancer. she's google to catch us up on how she's doing. obviously she's been an inspiration to women all around the country. she's a fantastic woman. >> a check of the top stories. >> hey, guys. good morning to everyone. pope francis visiting cuba's holiest shrine before heading to the u.s. he held an extraordinary meeting sunday with cuban president fidel castro and brother.

he addressed 300,000 people in havana's main square. addressed congress on thursday as well. former businesswoman carly fiorina has surged to second place in republican presidential race in the latest national poll. she still trails behind donald trump. earlier today trump told savannah she will lose the same way she lost the 2010 senate race because she said he was not a good executive. >> when people see her record, i don't see how she could possibly win. the reason she lost when she ran for the senate, and she lost in a landslide, is when her record was exposed. >> on friday fiorina defended her performance as a corporate ceo and said people can, quote, come at my track record with hewlett-packard all day long. proposed nuclear deal between iran, united states and other world powers. the head of the united nations nuclear agency admits that iran was allowed to provide its own samples from a military site in iran.

however, he says they were taken under strict u.n. agency standards. the sample will be analyzed for signs that iran may have worked on nuclear weapons. the investigation is crucial to implementing the landmark nuclear agreement. at least 21 people were injured this morning when a truck hauling fence building material collided with the bus in north carolina about 75 miles from raleigh. the converted school bus was transporting farm work stories a field. it flipped onto its side after the crash. two of the victims were in critical condition. one new york city couple will never forget their engagement day. they had to be rescued from new york's east river along with 17 other people when their traditional chinese dragon boat overturned. the accident happened just after franklin chu proposed to his girlfriend vicki li but managed to hold onto the ring as the boat went doup.

>> a stare to remember. thank you. best selling author jackie collins died. >> remembered as a trail blazer in her field and inspiration to millions of fans, hoda is with us. good morning. >> good morning. in the statement jackie's family called her beautiful, dynamic, one-of-a-kind mother. while the 77-year-old kept her illness private from the outside world, she did not let it slow her down. >> famous movie stars, drivers, makeup artists always telling me behind the scenes stories. i have to tone them down. if i told the real truth, they would say, jackie, it's gone too far now. >> jackie collins just 10 days ago on a british talk show looking happy and healthy while promoting her latest novel. born in 1937 in london, collins lived most of her life in the u.s. she started her career as an actress but gave it up in the 1960s and quickly found her calling as a writer. >> i started to write, wrote a book called "the world is full

of married men." i saw publisher's books. i like what he publishes he'll like what i write. >> with more than 30 best sellers and 500 million books sold worldwide, jackie collins paved the way for racy plot lines, glamorous back drops and strong female characters telling matt lauer in 2013. >> i've always written strong women. that's one of the secrets of my success. women love my characters. >> collins was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer 6.5 years ago but kept her illness private confiding only in her daughters according to "people" magazine. >> she wanted to live her life and not have people's sympathy. she wanted to carry on with what she was doing. >> september 14th, her last interview she decided to break her silence. i've written five books since the diagnosis, lived my life, travel all over the world. i've never turned down book tours. no one has ever no one until now

when i feel like i should come out with it. collins told the magazine she knew of the lump two years before she went to the doctor. always get it checked. the sooner the better. that's the best advice i can give. social media has seen an outpouring of love from her older sister joan collins. >> fairwell to my beautiful baby sister. i will live you and miss you forever. rest in peace with a picture of the two as children. oprah. >> i always loved our interviews. >> jackie also said on her grave stone she hoped it would say she gave a lot of people a lot of pleasure. >> it's interesting, i talked to jackie collins on my radio show three monday ago. she talked about she was writing an autobiography, racing through it. you wonder at that point if she had known or not. she left us with a lot of great books. >> absolutely. so productive even in the face of this battle. hoda, thank you. thanks, hoda. coming up maria shriver on what means most to american

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>> i'll reconsider it after seeing these pictures. >> we all know the sexy whatever is already the thing for halloween and now there's the sexy donald, the short shorts and the make america great hat sold separately, i'm told. >> you know what, doing very well in the polls? >> is it. >> which poll? >> our poll. >> all polls. >> donald, how much drumps will we see this halloween? >> a bazillion. >> one on every corner. >> i just hope they are not all sexy. >> all right. let's play one of our favorite games. what is marshawn lynch up, seattle seahawks, famous running back despises talking to the press. he gave us this phrase i'm just here so i won't get fined. and last time we saw him selling skittles because he loves skittles on tv and has found a new way to be a spokesperson without actually speaking. >> approached me about being their spokesman and i said i don't know, i don't really like to speak so they said, well, pepsi's all about trying something new. give it a shot.

so i said, okay. as long as i don't have to speak, and they said, okay. would you at least move your lips? glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug. >> wow. >> that's epic. >> that's fantastic. >> should have saved that for the super bowl. that's how good that is. >> doesn't have to speak and still getting money. the man's a genius, genius. >> one of the most popular stories online comes from the "washington post," get this, about a yellow-bellied water snake. here she is. i want you to look closely at her. >> yeah. >> first of all, she hasn't had contact with a male snake for at least eight years. >> oh. >> secondly, this is -- she's pregnant, this is the second year in a row she has given birth. do you see the miracle of life there? >> yeah. >> hasn't seen a male snake in eight years. has two baby snakes. >> nature finds a way. >> yes. >> well, insects, i fess it

happens with them, some insects. >> tell us more about that, nat. >> i just know from science class virgin births can happen. i think we need to put a camera because there's a male snake sneaking late at night. >> isn't that redundant? >> didn't have to go there. >> making a booty call, is that what you're saying, tamron, that's what it was, wasn't it that's what it was. >> we digress. >> where's marlon perkins when you need him. >> a star-studded wedding and the emmys. >> first, we want to say congrats to alison williams who got married on saturday. look at that from a beautiful ranch in wyoming. allison pictured that, check out the oscar de la renta dress and her dad walked her down the aisle and guess who officiated, if you don't know by now, toll

hanks. that's a baller move. reportedly in attendance, katy perry and john mayer together and len, dunham and bruce springsteen, star-studded wedding but most importantly a beautiful bride. love, love, love, the emmys and andy sanberg. earlier we showed you the hbo stunt but how did he do as a host overall? in the opening number andy realizes he's missed out on a lot of good tv shows so he spends a year in a bunker getting caught up and finally emerges to show off what he's watched. ♪ i watch original black. er call louie and "game of thrones," "modern family. "empower, "how to get away with murder." "flash, reruns of "m.a.s.h.." "the daily show." the bachelorette and stephen colbert and "what not to wear." "army wives and "prison wives and "sister wives, "good wife"

and 40 more shows about wives! >> that's awesome. >> brilliant, so andy is getting overall good reviews this morning for the first time as the emmy host and next time you say there's nothing on tv to watch. >> andy begs to differ. >> wow. let's get to the fashions we which love. the stars were practically melting on the red carpet. temperatures soared to 96 degrees. this is a beauty korean olivia kulpa almost fainted on the red carpet tweeting this picture of herself in a wheelchair and thankfully she's okay this morning and look at mario lopez. >> oh, my gosh. >> he had to change his shirt multiple times because he kept sweating through them. ew. right. this got people talking the most, heidi klu in from versace. got a strong reaction to say the least online with some saying that this was not heidi's best look. another risk-taker, january jones, "mad men" star in an

emerald green jumpsuit. what do you guys think? >> i like it. >> look at that. i think that's stunning. >> i love that color. >> probably very cool on the red carpet. >> and good to take a risk. you're on the red carpet and you're a star. >> feel like emmys they take more risks. >> the best part, probably got it as a loner so if you don't like it you can take it back, lost no cash there. who was the best dress and we asked you on tate.com. teraji and lady gaga in black, one in alexander wang and gaga in brandon marshall and this metallic dress by marc jacobs this. dress is mesh and probably very, very heavy, guys. she joked that she felt all the breezes in all the right places. >> good for her. >> i like that. >> and winning with about half the votes, 49% of you say sarah highland, the "modern family" star wearing this beautiful

burgundy number by zach posen so a nice mix of beautiful trends, off the shoulder, apparently very big. keep that in mind. >> liked the chains. claire dans had that cool chain dress, kind of punk rock look. >> couple that with sexy donald trump and you've got a winner. >> try that on the red carpet. >> al, how's the heat outside? >> here we go. if you think it has been a warm september, are you right. look at these temperatures. in the midwest into the northeast, anywhere from five to eight degrees above average, and in fact for september we are on track in the northeast for some spots that are going to be record-setting. the record september temperatures, portland, boston, new york, syracuse all within striking distance and in some cases going to be breaking those records, crushing them and then you get into the midwest. minneapolis, chicago, st. louis, des moines, all of these are their records and you can look at those temperatures. they are very close to either breaking or tying the record,

and we even get into the southwest, denver, pueblo and albuquerque all with temperatures upper 60s to the mid-70s for the records, and they are very close to breaking them. of course, we have a week and a half still left to go, but right now it looks like there's going to be a lot of records falling for the month good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're right around 70 degrees for most of the bay area. still at 60 degrees in the north bay with mostly sunny skies. and it's going to be another hot one. but this will be the last hot day before the next several days with a high of 92 in the peninsula. 95 in the south bay. and north bay. san francisco reaching 85 degrees and 87 in the east bay. still hitting 100 degrees in the tri-valley. try to stay cool out there. and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thanks very much. now to our special series "do you believe?" ahead of the pope's arrival

nbc's special anchor maria shriver is here with a new shriver report. it's a snapshot poll of american catholics and just in time. maria, good morning to you. >> savannah, nice to see you. since becoming leader of the world's billion-plus catholics prance its has made headlines for steering the church in what many see a more progressive direction than ever before, but what do the faithful actually really believe? well, we recently polled catholics of all ages, races and political leanings here in the united states, and this morning a revealing look at the modern american catholic under francis' papacy? whether on campus at the jesuit georgetown university >> i think pope francis is pretty great. i follow him on twitter. >> reporter: or outside at weekday morning mass in weesy. >> he's definitely shown himself as the pope of the people. >> reporter: catholics are praising pope francis, sentiments echoed in a survey of american catholics in which 77%

said his teachings match up with their beliefs and 44% said he has made them feel closer to their church. >> pope francis has the gift of reaching people of all beliefs, left or right, conservative, and i think that's a great lesson for all of us. >> reporter: but just who is us? when he arrives tomorrow the first latin american pope will set foot in a nation where now one in every three conlicks is hispanic. >> we really feel very happy to have him, you know, as the first hispanic pope. >> reporter: and while this popular pontiff has spoken out on welcoming divorced catholics back to the church and allowing priests to forgive abortion, the poll also shows that one the modern american catholic is a complex balance between accepting more progressive ideals for society. >> i'm pro-choice, i'm pro gay marriage and i think can i still

be a good catholic. >> reporter: while preserving traditional church teachings in their own lives. >> as a catholic i go along with the church teachings but the pope is embracing the struggles that we're seeing today. >> reporter: when it comes to same-sex marriage, 76% said a good catholic could support it but only 54% would be comfortable if their own child was in a same-sex marriage. 71% believed a good catholic can be pro choice, yet just a mere 16% would be comfortable supporting their own child's choice to have an abortion. and on women in the priesthood, 88% believed one could be a good catholic and support women becoming priests. yet only half that number, 44%, say they would attend a church with a female priest. >> people have to understand that the church is not simple police a comfort blanket. the church is a challenge. jesus himself was a challenge to the religious values, if you

will, of his time. >> reporter: and while 4 in 10 catholics, many of them younger, said they have considered leaving the church and 42% find today's church out of step with their own values, with the 2016 election around the corner, 71% said they would be uncomfortable with a presidential candidate who doesn't believe in god. as for pope francis, he's a leader most of the flock is eager to follow. >> we catholics, particularly we'll have to commit ourselves to listen to him. we're going to have to, if we need, it undergo a conversion. >> reporter: well, one area that many felt a good catholic could not compromise on is wealth. 63% in our survey say you cannot be a good catholic if you place your own personal financial gain over the well-being of others, and something that's very in step with the pope's emphasis on

inequality so when i was bock walking by a store i was looking at that, and i said not when pope francis is coming. not going to buy anything this week. >> not going to buy anything. >> the poll is fascinating, as i said. it's very timely. 48% polled said they saw pope francis as an influential political leader as well, and you and i were just talking is people tend to see in him what they want in terms of whether he's a liberal or a conservative. >> exactly. people who are liberal said he's liberal and moderates say he's moderate and conservatives say he's moderate to conservative but people of all faiths and all leanings will be watching what he says when he speaks to the congress this week, and i think that they have said, most people who have watched him, they say he's going to make everybody feel a little uncomfortable. >> clearly a lot of political leaders listen to him. ifled event president were catholic one-third of catholics said he horshe would be beholden to the vatican. >> fasz nating and even more so

among younger catholics. clearly people who didn't live in the 1960s when he had this debate. people discussing people's faith thinking they be beholden to the head of whatever religion is, and we saw that with romney last time. still something people aren't that informed about. >> the numbers are great to dig into. maria, thank you. so happy you'll be with us all this week. she will help lead our coverage of the pope's visit to america. tamron, over to you. >> coming you, two big stars, debra messing and pamela anderson, chatting about wrangler. they are both animals but he's nowhere to be find, but first your local news and weather. i'm ... =anim= developing now

... ==/vo== a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the wildfire burning in monterey county say they found the body in the spot they think the fire started. as of now authorities are calling the death suspicious. the fire is burning near jamesburg. it's burped about 1200 acres and destroyed 10 homes. the fire is 30% contained. meantime, the butte fire burning in calaveras county has burned more than 500 homes and also burned through nearly 71,000 acres. containment is at 74%. all evacuation orders have been lifted, but cleanup is expected to take some time. want to check the morning commute with mike. it was a rough start. how we looking now? >> we'll start in the south bay where we're still watching that

crash cleanup in san ramon. northbound 101 moves slowly but better than we might expect looking at this map. south bay jammed up for north 101, starting to ease a little bit right by the camera. slow from about highway 85. 85, 87 slow into downtown. 280 jammed toward 87. that's the biggest build. the rest of the east bay looking pretty standard. the bay bridge, jamming expected at this time on a monday. southbound 68, still have lanes blocked. back to you. >> another local news update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

>> happy birthday. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." it is 8:30. it's monday, september 21st. nice crowd out on our plaza. time to get -- oh, look at the little baby. he's so cute. cute little baby. cute crowd. welcome back. >> coming up this half hour, pamela anderson is here with a raw look at her life as an actress, a model and a mom. >> you know who else we love around here? we love debra messing, and she's here as well. she's talking about second chances because it's all about that on the second season of her new show so she's here to explain. >> and debra, excellent spokes modeling you are doing right there. >> she's got it. >> wait a second.

you've got on sandals. the first of us to wear a jacket. broke out the jacket. >> my toes are confused. it's fall. >> your toes think it's summer. >> my body knows it's fall. >> your bottom half and top half aren't matching. >> oh, well, oh, well. >> let's show you what we've got going on starting with today. wet weather through the southwest. could be some flash flooding and going to be watching that. cooler in the pacific northwest and warmth making its way into the northern plains and some rain down through central and southern florida, and then on tomorrow we're looking at more wet weather through the southwest and moving into the rockies and the cool weather continues in the pacific northwest and good news for the firefighters there. wet weather along southeastern atlantic coast and cool day in the northeast, new england and the great lakes. down into the gulf coast and on into the mid-plains. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a lot of sunshine today and temperatures heating up quickly. we're already in the lower 70s right now while it's still 60 in

napa. and it's 70 degrees in san jose today with a high of 95 degrees. still hot today. 94 in palo alto. the lower at 83. 100 in fairfield and 94 degrees in napa today. oakland, 87 degrees. and livermore, expect a high of 100 degrees. one last day of high heat before it feels more comfortable the rest of the week. >> that's your latest weather. any time you need the weather go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> actress, author, activist pamela anderson out with a new book giving us a candid look inside her life called "raw" and pamela is here with us this morning. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> i'm at home doing my show research yesterday and my wife says what are you looking at right now and i swear it's for work. pamela anderson's new book. >> i think she would like it more than you. women love it. >> babe, see, she is on the show today. it's legit. tell me about this book, photography, journal entries, poetry. how do you describe it to people? >> kind of like a scrapbook,

handput it together. my friend emma dunleavy has been traveling with me for 20 years and wanted to put all the shenanigans in one thing, that chapter, that chapter of my life but the best part of the book is 50% goes to my foundation so it adds up for those buying it. >> what new will your fans learn about you by leafing through this book? >> some of the writing. i think it kind of shows the mania going on in my head and probably like everybody else that goes through relationships and is raising children. i write every single day so we put a lot of my journal entries in there and some of my poetry and pictures of behind behind the scenes, and it's -- you know, we thought we put it together and do something for charity. >> you actually write about your boys who are now 19 and 17. >> yes. that's why i'm always in tears. >> teenagers will do that to you. >> you write this, tommy lee and i have raised very grounded and interesting sons out of the spotlight shielding them from the craziness of hollywood and fiercely protecting their childhoods. why was that so important to you? >> i think it's very important.

they are going to make their own choices on the rest of the life and it wouldn't be their choice if we were dragging them down red carpets and as soon as i did, went to a friend's premier when brandon was 18 and he got so much attention. of course, now he wants to be an actor. >> got two looking boys. >> they are gorgeous. >> they are gorgeous and talented and you have that humbleness, let's work on education and so that's kind of our right now. >> was there something about your experience in the spotlight that made you want to keep them out of it? >> well, they are kids. i want them to have a childhood and we share our homes between canada, you know, vancouver island and in l.a., and that will keep them really grounded, i hope, but they are genetically loaded so perfect gentlemen considering the gene pool. >> considering the gene pool. >> yes. >> there's talk out there now about a "baywatch" movie perhaps. you've heard that chatter. >> for 15 years. i'll believe it when i see it. >> are you interested, involved?

>> i love -- i think it was of the times, television. it was 35 millimeter film, everyone looked good. i don't know if i want to -- i don't know. i don't know. i can -- i don't like remakes. let's think of new things to put in movies. >> what do you think when you see that picture right there? >> i would rather people think of me as that way than any other way. >> you're a sex symbol and icon of that time. >> now we're got matt lauer up there. we'll talk about that. >> sexy in a red swimsuit. i've seen that. you know you've made it when you're a halloween costume. >> what do you think about matt lauer at pamela anderson? >> kind of looks like me now. >> i'm going to give you a lot more credit than that and here's the slow motion running. >> needs to work on that. >> you don't need two buoys, but one. i can help him for next year. >> have to reboot that ourselves and i played mitch. i was hasselhoff with a very furry chest so i was proud to be your fake wing man. >> you look better. >> slightly. >> slightly better.

>> pamela, so food to see you. the book is "raw" and your fans are going to love this. >> thanks. thanks for having me. >> "allure" best in beauty awards. seven breakthroughs that will have you looking your best. but first, this is "today" on nbc. breakthroughs that will have you looking your best. but first, this is "today" on nbc. misswill turn anan asphalt parking lot into a new neighborhood for san franciscans. a vote for "yes" on "d" is definitely a vote for more parks and open space. a vote on proposition "d" is a vote for jobs. campos: no one is being displaced.

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we're back now. time for the best beauty award winners. this year after testing thousands of products the team at "allure" magazine has upped the ante. none of the 200-plus winners has any idea they have won until right this minute. linda wells, editor, is here with a sneak peek. got my shopping basket ready. let's formalize it because i always steal the products after this segment. first of all, you've got -- >> 13,000 new products. >> and you try everything. >> we do. >> and it takes months and months and we send things to dermatologists and cosmetic chemists to make sure they are the best of the very best. >> and these are the breakthrough awards.

>> this is something that's never been done before. they saw a problem and the first of their kind, whether in technology or ingredients and they are really exceptional. >> okay. let's start the shopping. this one is one i want. sorry, the segment. erasa. does it erase lines? >> it actually does. the closest we've gotten to botox. an empty box you just put in there. relaxes the muscles that cause the face to contract so your lines -- you're not paralyzed, not getting an injection, but the lines in your face are much more soft and lovely and wonderful. >> okay. >> and it also has anti-aging ingredients, traditional ones so a really good serum. >> what do we have here is. >> a pure pigment called color fx and you can put a drop in it. 25 shades. a drop goes in your moisturizer that you use in the morning, whatever it is, mix it up and then you've got a custom foundation. >> it's supposed to match your color. >> it also uses your moisturizer

so you're not using two products. >> i like that. kind of like a tinted moisturizers but it matches you. this one confounds me. never thought you were supposed to straighten your hair if it's wet. >> this actually has cool mist in it so it reduces. it's a remington t-studio. i'm really bad at this because i have naturally straight hair so forgive me. this is perfect. >> do it again. >> i'm doing this on amra who works at "allure." you can see the steam, a little mist. >> not supposed to damage your hair. >> does it at a lower temperature and makes it straight and glossy and wonderful. >> like that. thank you very much. next. >> yes. we have an acne product, and this is called avene. this doesn't make your skin flaky and dry. it prevents excess oil production and also has

anti-bacterials and has an exfoliant and it's really aggressive without looking or feeling aggressive. >> won't have your skin feeling icky after that. >> is this the in-shower product? >> all kinds of new products that actually work with wet skin and allow ingredients to penetrate wet skin which never could be done before. this is jergens, a wet skin moisturizer. you put it on your body. when you've turned off the shower your body is totally soaking wet. it takes the moisture and forms a little film on your body of oil and then it pushes the moisture under the skin. >> so you wouldn't have to do lotion. >> this is it. >> is that the idea? >> it goes on really fast and you only use a little bit. >> do it in the shower? >> you don't want the water on. >> okay. that's pushing it. >> i'll try it at home. >> what do we have here? >> this is from zoia and called naked manicure and looked very dense in the product but it's actually very sheer and counteracts any yellowness or damage to your nails, using keratin and diffusers and a

certain color of purple pink. looks sheer. nail looks completely clean, not yellow or damaged. >> if you don't want a color on makes your clear nails look nicer. >> and gel manicures and really bright colors cause your nails to yellow and they cause dense and -- >> they do. so this is good. >> and then we have airbrush makeup. >> whoa. >> used to be a giant machine and was loud and expensive. this you can put in your purse, and it goes on just simply and has little pods inside and the pods are bronzer, foundation, highlighter and blush, and then you just press a button. you want to try? >> yeah. >> i don't want to do it with your white shirt. >> i'll do this. it's just the tiniest mist, and it gives you really, really natural looking color. >> how do you know if it's the right color for you? >> there's jillions of pods and you test your skin and pop them in and pop them out. >> the one machine and pop out the colors. >> take the pods and can do all these different things with one machine.

>> sold. >> thank you so much. linda wells, if you want more of the list, today.com has it, an early look at the ten best products under $10. that's always a popular one. coming up next, debra messing on her hit show, her family and second chances this season. hmm. what does that mean? but first, this is "today" on nbc. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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emmy winner debra messing is back for season two of her nbc show "the mystery of laura" where she plays a new york city detective and caring mom as she demonstrates in her own way. >> i saw her son. >> thankfully he's more hungry than traumatized. >> oh, i have a -- an unpaid xl cable bill. here we go. most of a granola bar.

>> thanks, but theo is diabetic. we're sugar-free, gluten-free. >> tried that for a day. turns everything we're eating is chock full of gluten. not to rub it in, hon. so you saw the crash. >> good morning, debra messing. >> good morning. >> "mysteries of laura" picked up for a second season. >> yes. >> which is in itself an accomplishment these days? huge accomplishment. we were the only show that premiered last year on our network that came back for a second season so we were absolutely over the moon thrilled. >> and the reason is it's because it's really good. it's really fun and it's very different, i think. your publicity folks told me this was about second chances this season, and then i learn that your new partner on the force is your ex-husband. >> yes. >> my little mind is working that maybe there's going to be a love rekindled perhaps. >> who knows. >> okay. >> who knows. >> that is not a denial. >> that is not a denial. i'm not saying i know anything. but -- but, no, there has been a shift, and now we are partners

in the field and so we need to spend a lot more time together, and, you know, things -- which means it can get funnier. we're still co-parents. we're trying to save the world, you know. >> there will be a lot of dramedy. >> there will be. >> the emmys were last night. did you watch? >> yes. did you watch in the way i love to curled up on the couch with stretchy pants and eating ice cream? >> i was in my bed, all of those same things, yes. >> highlights, how do you think andy sanberg did. >> i think he's just so delicious and adorable. >> i do, too. >> his whole opening thing. it was like i like his face. i just like him a lot, yeah. i think -- i think viola davis winning was the highlight of the night for me. >> yeah. there were some amazing moments. tracy morgan coming back. >> yes. >> we were thinking about when you won your emy. >> yeah. >> and actually you were -- you had a secret at that time. >> i had a big secret. i was nine weeks pregnant and nobody knew but my immediate

family and that whole last week that's a beautiful gown and it came all the way from beirut and it had to be let out, like every day that last week, because i just kept growing every day, and i was like oh, they are going to tell. they are going to be able to tell. >> does the designer know or is she thinking debra is eating a lot of potato chips before the award. >> i think he was given the lowdown because we knew we needed extra fabric. >> by the way, your son roman is now 11. >> he's 11. >> how is he doing in. >> spectacularly. he's great. >> it's back-to-school time and i learned something that we have in common. >> what's that? >> you as well as i, we are obsessed with office supply stores. >> oh, my gosh. >> i should live at staples. >> oh, my gosh! that's like my drug of choice. i mean, the pen aisle. >> yes. >> forget about it. >> don't even get me started on the notepads. >> the notepads, that's where my head goes -- and i can't handle it. for me it's all about the pens and it's like, okay, i need to find the bold tip and do they

have any like fountain pens? >> back-to-school shopping, so fun i see a date of us in our stretchy pants and we'll go the office supply store. >> great. >> deborah, you'll be back next hour. >> and catch "the mystery of laura" that premiers wednesday right here on nbc. >> thank you. >> coming up, a live performance from the british sensation george ezra but first, this is "today" on nbc. my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locate and mark fieldman for pg&e. most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california.

the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> british foreign singer and songwriter george ezra is quickly making a name for himself in the united states and his debut album "wanted on voiblg" features his hit "budapest" and at 22 years old george just getting started. george, guys, good to see you. >> yeah. >> had you here not long ago. had to have you back. >> thank you very much. >> toss it feel like you're on a rocket ship ride. your album has blown up. not just budapest. you've got a lot of hits coming up soon >> you might be able to. i'm sock of it now. it's gone really quickly. kind of too quick to take it in what's going on. >> you're something of an old soul. >> i think billboard magazine described you as a boy band looks, which is a compliment and blues man chops. some of your heros are guys like

bob dylan, maybe not what we would expect from a guy your age. how would you describe your sound? >> it's hard. people get awkward describing this. i grew up listening to a lot of american sicker/songwriters and british bands so i think it sounds like a mixture of two if that's anything to go on. >> a lot of old-timers. you like to go back. the song is "blame is on me." what's this song about? >> i moved to bristol when i was about 1 and one of the first songs i wrote when i got to bristol so it's sort about that. >> it's a good one. can't wait to here it. ladies and gentlemen, george ezra. >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ the garden blessed by the gods of me and you ♪ ♪ we headed west for to find

ourselves some truth, oh, ♪ ♪ what are you waiting for ♪ what no, what are you waiting for ♪ ♪ we counted all our reasons, excuses that we maude ♪ ♪ we found ourselves some treasure and threw it all away, ooh ♪ ♪ what are you waiting for ♪ what are you waiting for ♪ ♪ what you waiting for ♪ no, what you waiting for ♪ when i dance alone and the sun's beating down ♪ ♪ blame it on me ♪ when i lose control and the veil's overused ♪ ♪ blame it on me ♪ what you waiting for ♪ no, what you waiting for ♪ caught in the tide of blossom, caught in the carnival ♪

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♪ when i lose control and the veil's overused ♪ ♪ blame it on me ♪ when i dance alone, i know i'll go ♪ ♪ blame it on me, ooh ♪ when i'll lose control, i know i'll go ♪ ♪ blame it on me, ooh ♪ what you waiting for ♪ no, what you waiting for ♪ what you waiting for ♪ no, what you waiting for >>. [ applause ] >> wow. >> all right. >> fantastic. >> george ezra. >> we love you, george. >> well done. >> sounding good. thanks for being here. >> the album is "wanted on

voyage." do yourself a favor and one of those you can put on first track and go all the way through. great to see you so. next i'm ... =take vo= a plan to alter alcohol sales at levi's stadium may be in the good morning. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. a plan to cut off alcohol sales at levi's stadium may be in the works following another brutal fan beating caught on video. the stadium authority will meet tomorrow to discuss safety concerns. city council members spearheading an effort to cut off alcohol sales at halftime. this comes after three men and a teenager were arrested in the connection of a brutal assault of a vikings fan after last monday night's game. last year a bathroom brawl left

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this morning on "today's thnchts morning on today's take deborah unravels the mysteries of laura. it was a hot night on the emmy's red carpet and we'll shoot hoops and talk books with kareme. >> from nbc news, this is today's take live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today, it's monday morning, september 21st, 2015. a beautiful day outside in new york city. a beautiful day for fall out there.

everybody's backment al's here, we missed you. >> natalie, you brought al a nice morning jam. >> i did. >> sticky situation. 90 plus degrees. >> at least 90 degrees. >> crazy weather. i was thinking about all the people that showed up to see the pope in cuba. 91% humidity. >> 300,000 jammed together in the plaza. >> crazy weather. >> we're talking about the emmys. my favorite moment is our buddy carson daily. the amazing race wins every year. congratulations already for the amazing race. the voice won. there's carson. carson on his way back to new york a clctually and he instagrd a photo of his emmy going through. >> he got a sweet shout out for being a producer of the show. >> the music man with a face on

him. >> we'll have to see if he works it. >> congrats to you, carson. good night. >> i got to tell you, john ham. finally after seven tries winning. >> he's like this must be a mistake. >> he's just, he is terrific. then a little history with davis. >> yep. first african american woman to win an emmy for outstanding lead actress. she had a great speech. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> so true. very special. and, of course, tracey morgan. >> yeah. >> an emotional moment when he

showed up a surprise walking on to the stage. no help to present the emmy for which i love outstanding drama. >> there you go. >> of course, it was his first award show after being critically injured after the accident last year. a little bit of what tracey had to say. >> i suffered a traumatic brain injury that put me in a coma for eight days and i finally regained consciousness. i was just ecstatic to learn that i wasn't the one who messed up. only recently i've started to feel like myself again so which means a whole lot of y'all women going to get pregnant at the afterparty. >> and he's back. >> he's got that timing down. >> you're just waiting even though he's serious, you're just waiting for him. you know he's coming. so funny. october 17th. >> yeah. >> our buddy. >> fantastic. >> actor in comedy series for a

transgender woman. >> he's getting all the roles he deserves. a teacher use to say act like your life depends on it. there's a lot of people whose lives to depend on it. that's a nice moment. >> he's a good guy too. he's been on the show since the show first started. he's here and he's just a gentle person behind the scenes and super friendly. he says he watches this hour every day. >> he's a great guy. >> that role has been ground breaking. >> outstanding actress in a comedy series again. she won but i loved her speeches while she got up there and thanked a category of women up along with her for the nomination and she said this one goes for the ladies out there. i love sharing that. >> a huge night too. best comedy as well. >> yes. >> this is one of those shows.

laugh out loud and you hope people that see you understands. >> unbelievable. it's really. >> the writing is so genius. >> ckudos to andy yesterday. >> that's the opening digital thing. he was great. >> something that caught our eye outside of the emmys. this little flower girl. four years old. her name is joe joe. name is joe joe. you know she's going to be adorable. she has to tell her dad or explain to her dad how weddings work so her dad wouldn't embarrass her. she's a flower girl. take a look. >> you can't call my name when i'm going to be walking. no one can call us because we're going to be baby walking down the aisle.

you do not understand at all. [ laughter ] >> she's got a job to do. >> she looks like a mini amy. she's so like precise. you cannot call my name. 500,000 views already. >> our event when you get the video like gosh. look this way. >> look this way. so i know where she's coming from. >> i like that she's like i'm trying to help us all out here. you don't get it. who gave her the entail? the bride. listen joe joe. >> joe joe has the hand gestures. >> yeah, the moves. >> look at me. >> joe joe, thank you for putting that out there.

>> here's an article that caught my eye over the weekend. tamora, i know you're probably into this too. mercury retro grade. what does that mean to you? >> it means my life. >> i can't find anything. okay. mercury retro gray. al, you're a science man, you should know this. >> it's not. new york this weekend, this article, why smart people believes mercury retro grade ruins lives. the expression comes from there's three times every year where it appears mercury is thinning faster than earth. in reverse. so therefore, it is retro. >> superman flying around. >> it's not really happening. >> when it verses time? >> everything goes crazy in your life. technology goes by. your keys get lost, your computer freezes up. all those things.

what's happening right now. it started on thursday, october 9th. >> it happens when there is no mercury? >> well, but the belief is it happens more. so okay, are you guys -- do you know your sign? >> i know my sign but i've never read it. >> you're telling me you're bull headed, you're strong. >> okay, i'm sure you see a tweet with your horoscope or might glance, you're never drawn in? >> no. >> no. >> you never look at the new york post? >> no. >> i always do. i start to dread things. it doesn't ruin it but i'm curious. >> it doesn't mean we actually believe in it. >> oh no. >> things go off sometimes. i'm old school. hey baby, what's your sign?

>> i'm old school. >> i'm about to do this witchcraft called meteorology. >> our signs, taurus, lebro. >> i'm gem nigini. go ahead, al. >> we're looking at wet weather throughout southeast. that could cause some flooding. we're going to be watching this over the next several at as. parts of southern california and arizona. afternoon ptemperatures really toesty. much of california above normal temperatures as western florida. for today we look at a gorgeous day. more showers and thunderstorms continue in the southwest. good news in the pacific northwest. cooler which is good news for the firefighters working on the

fire fires. good morning. i'm kari hall. temperatures are now in the mid-70s rising quickly across the bay area under all of the sunshine. it will be another hot one with a high of 95 degrees in the south bay as well as the north bay. the peninsula take reaching 92 degrees. east bay up to 87 and tri-valley, expect a high of 100. and 85 degrees today in san francisco. >> and that is your latest weather. >> you left out mercury. how is the weather on mercury today? >> very enlightening. don't do that. >> you've got a cool event. philly, saturday night. what happened? >> with stepping stones scholarship gala took lays in philadelphia. an event, i love it. one of these organizations that they spot talented kids in communities they feel are underserved.

teachers who work hard but sometimes it's just not always equal, and these kids are studyi studying stem and robotic and mercury retrograde and they are building robots but at the same time checking their hearts. congratulations to them. outstanding. >> maybe it's a robot that checks your horoscope. >> don't get up. sit down. >> coming up next, the emmy-winning stars of "the mysteries of laura" debra messing. we'll talk to her about that. >> debra, what's your sign? >> and mostly about mercury being a retro grade. >> i'm a

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>> and now her series returns where she plays a crime-fighting mom. >> the moon moving into your work and health sector this morning is helpful, dear leo, so everything -- and you believe in your horoscope. >> sure. >> and mercury retrograde. >> oh, yes, yes. my phone, my computers, everything stops working, e-mails don't get sent. >> i believe. i believe. >> you better be a nice on your show. congratulations on this second season. >> thank you. >> this character, so many people root for her and why you've enjoyed this series. single mom, like yourself, just making it work. >> yeah, yeah. >> i really -- i loved being able to play a woman who is really at the top of her game in terms of her work and her love

for her work and also a devoted mom who is juggling everything, trying her best and doing, you know, taking it hour by hour and something i relate to and i know a lot of people, everyone is working nowadays so obviously, yeah, and it's tricky. it's tricky and there's light humor in the show and well as some really sophisticated murder mystery every -- every week so to me it's -- it sort of has a little bit of everything. >> let's reset the season for your fans as we come into season two. your ex-husband who is now your boss is now your partner. how is that going? >> it's complicated. makes things more complicated on tv land which means great, right? >> we like that. >> right. >> he's no longer my boss and is my equal and we're out in the field and still co-parenting and when at the end of the season last season he had expressed his love for me and then maybe forgot he said it, not sure. so --

>> yes. >> because he had a -- he had -- >> an injury. >> an injury, yeah, so, you know, it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. >> i watched the first episode of the second season and there's a little flicker of something brewing there. >> really, you think? >> so maybe a rekindling of the romance. >> they don't tell me anything. >> there's an answer. >> teach us that. >> we'll do that from now on. >> eric mccormick guests in the first. >> yeah. >> will we see megan mulally? >> i would love it, are you kidding? they are like my sister and my brothers until the rest of time and any chance to be able to play with them again, especially in a completely different genre and, you know, different venue and different kind of character, i would love to see megan go completely against type and play a very sort of subversive, you know, quiet villain.

>> look at the director in you coming out. >> creative genius. cast already. >> people would be like what, huh, you know. >> someone is calling her right now telling her. >> exactly. she has her own show and tours the world with her singing and we're all pretty busy. >> you are. >> i almost had a guest starring role on your show. >> oh, yeah, you did. >> what happened? >> it got cut. >> he didn't read his horoscope. >> why? >> because mercury retrograde. >> oh, there you go. >> all the way back. >> that's why she's a superstar. >> this could have been gold. >> look at that. >> just like that it was over. >> over. >> in fact, i think i'm wearing the same suit. >> before we let you go, we saw an instagram post. you took a picture of a tool you really coveted in a store, a wood tool, we went ahead and got

it for you. >> got me a tool. >> wasn't prior to seeing this thing and i just saw this and felt i feed this in my life. >> what else do you need? >> it has everything. that's so kind. i love presents. >> you like us until that's in tsa. >> you can use that when things go wrong from mercury retrograde. >> break your way through. >> the new season of "the mysteries of laura" premiers wednesday at 8:00, 7:00 central here hon nbc. >> thank you very much. >> fun to hang out. >> i love being with all of you. feel like i'm on "the view" or something. >> better. >> oh, sorry. >> beat it, messing. >> beat it. >> i just meant because there's a lot of you. >> yeah, thanks, thanks so much. >> your mercury sure is in retrograde. >> suddenly takes an ugly turn. >> but can he take on kareem abdul-jabbar? the basketball legend who doesn't think this is another

show is here with us with his signature moves and to talk about his new book. he's brilliant after this. bye, debra messing. >> we love you. we hey nithanks. today. juicy fruit? sure i'll try a piec....

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...the control you need... ...ask your doctor about non-insulin victoza®. it's covered by most health plans. he's an nba legend who needs no introduction but we'll do it anyway. kareem abdul-jabbar, the league's all-time leading score with 33,387 points and holds the nba record for the most valuable player award six times and holds nba career records for most minutes played and most field goals made. >> we could go on, but if that's not impressive enough kareem is also a "new york times" best-selling author and has written his first book. best selling author among them. why a book based on the sherlock holmes theme. >> i've enjoyed it all my time. when i was here in new york,

sherlock holmes and in my adult life i've watched the jeremy brett bbc series, those are very good and always enjoyed it and read it all, and i've always had aspirations to write a novel, but i didn't think i could do it so i stuck to nonfiction, and my manager said no, no, let's -- why don't you try this. and i was like, no, and she finally got me to do it, and -- and we've done very well. >> and why "my croft holmes." what about sherlock's brother that spoke to you? >> they talked about him in very slight terms and such an interesting person and there's only a few paragraphs on him in the original, but he is described as being equally as observant as sherlock and with deductive reasoning like

sherlock's and sometimes he is the british government. >> yeah. >> and this is at a time when great britain was a world superpower, so, wow, sherlock holmes' brother runs the government. a lot of interesting things you can do with it. >> yes. >> so myself and ana, we felt like we had a nice field to be in and create some back story

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oakland and she crashed a stolen car and tried to get away jumping off the bridge. edwards then swam to shore, went back to the bridge and hitched a ride home. authorities say she was intoxicated and working as a prostitute that night. she is now facing several charges. we'll have a look at weather and traffic right after this break.

good monday morning. i'm kari hall. taking a live lack at san jose, temperatures are starting to warm up under all that sunshine. we're in tnin the mid-70s. napa at 66, livermore at 75. it will still be hot take. 95 degrees today in san jose. about yoburlingame 88. a little cooler today a high of 78 outer sunset. 99 in antioch. livermore are see a high of 100 degrees. let's see how the roads are moving now with mike. >> we have a better flow of traffic right here for 680 southbound. the earlier crash and sceneup of

a diesel spill has cleared up. a lot more traffic down toward 680. across the bay bridge, we have a crash blocking two lanes and that is backing traffic up on the span and slower coming in the mid and east shore freeway. so use caution from the east bay over towards san francisco. northbound route continues with a sloeer drive. debris 280 causing slowing toward downtown. back to you. thank you very much. we'll be back with another update for you will in half an hour.

taking a look at headlines volkswagen's share price fell over 20% following the german automaker's admission that it rigged u.s. emissions test for about 500,000 diesel cars. volkswagen's chief executive said sunday he was deeply sorry about breaking the public trust. the company has promised to cooperate with u.s. regulators. a shortage of turkey breast meat is booting prices and causing shortages in deli counters and sandwich shops. the wholesale price of fresh turkey breast is up more than 40% from a year ago, a record outbreak of bird flu forces farmers to euthanize millions of turkeys, especially the larger ones used for deli meat. however, there should be enough frozen thanksgiving turkeys to go around.

they were packed and put into freezers month ago. binge tv watchers thrown for a loop on sunday morning. amazon which hosts servers for several major websites including netflix suffered an outage on sunday morning affecting netflix and amazon, reddit and timber and others. amazon said issues at its cloud facility in virginia are to blame or perhaps it was mercury in retro river grade. a big opening weekend for "the maze runner," and the sequel brought in an estimated $30 million, slightly less than the original. "black mask" was second and "the visit" was third and let's get a check of the wet we are mr. okker. hey, al. >> thanks, natalie. a beautiful day in the northeast down to the great lakes and showers in the appalachians and the wet weather in the southwest. could be flash flooding tonight into tomorrow and you could see beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. much cooler and that's good news. tomorrow the sunshine continues, great lakes,

good monday morning. i'm kari hall. a lot of sunshine now and subpoenas in the mid-70s and heading up to the 90s today. one last hot day with poor air quality before we start to seism proving conditions as we go through the week. expect a high of 95 take oday ie south bay, east bay up to 87, tri-valley 100. san francisco you'll see a high of 85 while the north bay tops out today at 95 degrees. >> and that's your latest weather. tamron. >> it's what everyone is talking about after the emmy award show the fashions so which trends were hot from the red carpet? >> in style's" fashion and beauty editor at large joins us. >> good to see you. >> rocking one of the friends. >> i am. we're looking at all of the women's fashion. >> yes. >> we have willie here as the i

guess the stereotypical male. >> what? >> no, i'm going to surprise you in this segment. >> he'll give us the he shade she said opinion. >> all right. >> so let's get it started. black is still, of course, the fashion color du jour. >> it's all about the new black. >> there's a new black. >> there's a new black. it's all about interesting silhouettes so here's lady gaga, for example, and she's wearing, you know, this designer brandon maxwell who is her stylist but you see how it's black and asymmetric and has an interesting shape on side so it's not just a very streamlined. there has to be some interest there. >> there you go, this is a little skin without being like strapless, what do you think in. >> looks very classy i thought. full cut. >> her look is usually a little over the top and this is nice and elegant for her. >> classic. >> so black is just not a safe color? >> it's not. >> there's teraji who wore alexander wang, her straps and chain and has a keyhole here and there was a sheer situation at the bottom so it was all about

just taking black to the next woman. >> she's a gorgeous woman. >> beautiful, and the cutout is interesting. is that back for the fall? >> totally back. >> and amy poler. >> all about showing skin but not too much skin. >> you do like the cutout. >> i like that he likes that. >> metallic, you're wearing. >> i'm wearing metallic, and this is one of my favorite trends because i think you can wear something very simple and the metallic will give it pop. i love this trend, especially last night because i think carrie washington was one of the best dressed. >> right. >> and she was wearing a marc jacobs metallic silver dress straight off the runway. they showed this last week here in new york during fashion week. >> love it. >> so she has connections she was able to get this dress. >> considered one of the best-dressed women in the world. >> looked great. love that it's shorter in the length and has the high sligt and it's sexy and the boxy shoulders give it edge and i thought she nailed? >> i know you like the high split because that's easy but the boxy shoulder, what do you think of it, very '80s dynasty. >> very unfair because she's one

of the most famous human beings in the world. >> on a mortal? >> maybe not my favorite but looks incredible. >> amy kinsler who did metallic, too. >> that's our girl ellie. >> and she was in a very -- a more, you know, classic silhouette. >> this is actually from naene khan. >> and moving down, it was all about the pants. i'm all about the pants. >> i think pants are great. they are a way to be comfortable. >> i know. >> and also for somebody who just doesn't want to put on a dress i feel like there's androgyny there. >> i don't like that notion. >> no, i don't like pants a being interm red as masculine or androgynous because people associate femininity with a dress, right? >> but there's a way to throw on an edge and have a super high heel and look sexy and i think january jones looked great in this green jim suit. >> killing it. >> she killed it and then also

kieran who plays her daughter on "mad men" looks great, age appropriate and now she's transitioning. >> and your silhouette is lovely because these are all skinny, i have on skinny pants, but that's a fuller silhouette which is beautiful. >> the key for this is to wear the high heels. otherwise they will drown you. >> strong color, strong silhouette. >> we saw red, we saw pinks and then we saw a lot of teals. >> yeah. >> here's amy, and she's wearing zach posen, very beautiful color and laverne kaufman in teal, too, calvin klein collection with the cutouts, there you go again. >> and solid colors with big this fall. doing it on tuesday trend and for all the people who said i'm not matching. it's supposed to be like this, intentional. >> not supposed to match. >> all about color blocking. >> you both look great. >> i rock the pants, too. >> always on trend, you know me. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> you know, from paper towns

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the scene where he's supposed to hold up a pab cage and didn't have a pancake and threw a coffee foam at me and he's like i like this get. >> kind of good could havy. >> throwing coffee at each other. i like this kid. >> there's some fighting in this. you have to fight mickey rourke who by the way is a professional boxer. >> i was terrified just because, you know, he's a great boxer and a great fighter and has done all these movies where he fights and i thought if he makes contact i'm dead. >> and then he was terrified. >> and he did make contact. >> right, right. >> but like, you know, magic movie, and he was terrified of me hitting him because i had no idea what i'm doing. thought i might accidentally hit him because i've only done one fight and the one fight scene i actually did get hard by patrick schwarzenegger and it's in the movie and like snot comes out of my nose. >> okay. >> and thankfully mickey and i did not make contact for real.

>> your health, good news. >> this has to be kind of incredible for you. you've listed mickey rourke and robert de niro and dustin hoffman as your idols. >> yeah. >> you've got a new movie coming out called "the intern" with robert de niro so you've worked with two out of three by the age of 20. >> and i had an acting lesson with dustin hoffman in the eighth grade and won a contest. an embarrassment of riches, amazing, and learned different things from each of them and, you know, i just aspire to be, you know -- >> well, you're getting there, so busy. seems you're here every other week. keep going, matt. >> wrangler has had a little spot and there you go. matt, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> "ashby" is theaters on demand and digital hd this friday. up next, live style expert up next, live style expert bee smith and her hu you tuck here... you tuck there.

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she's a legendary lifestyle guru known as bae smith and four careers ago she was diagnosed with early alzheimer's. >> we'll talk to her in a home but first a look at her extraordinary rise to fame. >> bae smith beginning her career as a fashion, the first african-american model to grace the cover of "mademoiselle" magazine in 1976. a she m went on to become a famed restaurant tour as the owner of three restaurants. >> that's it for today. thanks for watching. remember whatever you do just do it with style. >> and her life style expertise was on full display when she hosted her long running television show bee smith with style. with edition of her magazine, three books and home collection she submitted her role as a life style maiden. today she's front and center

with a battle against all hiemers. >> i'm bee smith and i suffer from alzheimers disease. she and dan continued to share their story raising awareness to continue to help others fighting the disease as well. >> good to see you guys. >> great to be here. >> first of all, how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm feeling good and i'm making sure that we're eating well and we're taking care of ourselves and things like that. i'm very happy. >> she's a very positive person and we've learned to adapt to things that are changing but that doesn't -- >> what are your struggles with b. right now? where do you find yourself having the hardest time right now? this is a disease that evolved over time and every day, it's somewhat different. >> you're right about that.

you know, it's for me it's all about the family. i still cook. i still like to do that and i like to be a part of, you know, the family and have it all together and that's a good thing. >> family has been a very important part of what we're doing. that's one of the reasons we're here today. we're happy to be partnering with the care giver network to celebrate and take a moment to recognize the people who are out there, the frontline, the care givers and so what we're doing is hopefully by bringing awareness to alzheimers and care givers in particular we want them to know that they matter so what we're going to be doing is going around and tell people that take one moment using the hashtag, take one moment, for

people who have alzheimers or who have had alzheimers to send in via social media a momentum or photo of them and by doing so, we're going to have the care giver action network give a thousand thank you meals to people out there who have been on the frontlines of first responders and care givers. >> about 15 million americans are caring for somebody with alzheimers and you guys front and center about this. you got a book coming out. >> yes, we'll be putting a book out in january. we look forward to that. the thing we've learned is there's a journey and you have to be able to adapt. what she's doing by being out there is knowing first, education is important and exercise is critical and this journey with alzheimers and to be honest and keep a journal of what's going on so that as

things progress, you can let your care givers, your adopters and clinicians as a care giver know what's happening so that they can use the proper techniques and medications to make a difference. >> you as a care giver, i know you said this is part of a club that you never asked to be a part of. it's a very tough thing to be in the position. >> it's the toughest thing i've ever had to do. it's easy to be a boy friend or husband or a relative or to be a care giver to watch a person go through and challenge and to help them and to learn the greatest language of all, patience. that's the toughest thing. >> so true. well said. >> you look terrific b. always great to see you. >> thank you so much. >> if you would like more information about the take one campaign, we'll be back in a moment with the great karime to shoot some baskets with us.

back with kareem abdul-jabbar. i think you wanted to learn the sky hook, tamron, didn't you. is that what you're saying? >> this one is worthy. i'm not worthy. >> roker. >> what are the finer points? >> the finer points. >> give me the ball. >> okay. >> when you shoot, i'm right-handed, i don't want to have my back to the camera. >> that's okay. >> we're good. >> you want to release it off of your fingertips and want to get it back here so the defense canned get to it so that's basically what you're doing. >> that's an unstoppable move, al. >> come on, al. let's see it, al. >> sky hook it, al. >> air ball. air ball. >> al, keep two hands on the ball as long as you can. >> as long as you can one more good morning, it's 9-56... i'm

... =anim= new details - =vo= on the deadly "valley fire" burning in lake, napa, and happy monday. we do have new details on the valley fire burning in lake, napa and sonoma, it's 70%

contained. that is a small upgrade since last night and the fourth worst fire this california history. some evacuations have been lifted smrks peopleallowed to return home today. temperatures will be heating up fast. we're up to 100 degrees again today in the tri-valley. east bay, 87. peninsula, 92. 95 in the south bay as well as the north bay. san francisco today sees a high of 85. and then temperatures coming way down as we head into the next few days. let's see how the roads are moving with mike. a live look shows us the traffic flows still stop and go at points here like north of 608 for highway 101. let's show you the map. overall things are moving better. where the camera was, things slowing down. 280 moving much better now. we do have a slowdown north 85 up into cupertino.

the earlier crash has cleared. easier drive through oakland for 880 and 580. still slowing from walnut creek south, but the crash cleared. back to you. we'll have another local news update in half an hour. see you then.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, and cassidy romeo, and we are hoping that you have had a lovely weekend and very lovely on the east coast and hot here. >> and very last weekend of sum meer? >> i think it is. >> and we have a very big show