south of 37 a crash there. >> we'll check back with mike in half an hour with a local news update. >> hopefully a super monday after the super moon. >> make it great. . good morning. ice breaker. president obama said to meet putin today. a meeting two years in the meeting as they announce a new plan to fight isis. it catches white house by surprise. we're live at the u.n. back home, the vatican overnight after wrapping up his historic trip with an outdoor mass attended by nearly a million people in philadelphia. this morning the one thing he

says surprised him about his visit. on the democratic side new poles show hillary clinton slipping more. drip, drip, drip of the e-mail scandal clearly taking a toll. >> you know, i wasn't that focussed on my e-mail acount to be clear here. >> and seeing red stunning images of the first simple lunar eclipse in 33 years. the next one not for another 18. while nasa promises to reveal the answer to a major mystery on mars today, monday, september 28, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt louer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to today on monday morning.

it's 7:00 on the west coast. it does not work when we have the blood mood. >> you know, every 33 years or so. we're sorry you missed something like this. the blood moon all at the same time and yes, i fell asleep at 8:00. >> i did too. it was a beautiful full moon before that. we'll tell you more about that and show you great images online. let us take a look at the top story where president obama is about to address the general assembly, the president of brazil, she's just finishing up her remarks and later, the president holds a high stakes meeting with russian president p putin. andrea is live at the u.n. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president just passing by me. the drama has only increased.

putin who has not been here in 10 year has made a major power play in the u.s. >> the president already at the u.n. sunday says he's going to tell some hard troops. >> this is not my seventh year addressing the general assembly. i tend to be more blunt. along with the gray hair i'm becoming more likely to speak my mind. >> a little blunt talk might help when he sits down with putin this afternoon. he talks about his relationship with obama. >> i think we listen to each other in a way. especially when it comes to something that doesn't go counter to our own ideas about what we should and should not do. >> when asked if he thinks the president considers him and russia as equal. >> well, you ask him. he's your president. how can i know what he thinks? >> obama has accepted a larger

meeting for two years. ever since putin gave temporary asylum. now they can't agree on whom invited whom. the white house says putin reached out. they discrete that. at first the white house said ukraine where russia is backing. the kremlin says syria where the u.s. expects russia is making a power play. >> trying to keep him in power permanently. >> reporter: and john kerry and the russian foreign minister just met again today and the president going to try to find out when he meets with putin later today, what is he up to in syria? the u.s. is going to have to

passively admit putin policy of keeping a power may indeed win the day. matt and savannah. >> andrea mitchell at the u.n. >> a revealing pole to tell you about. republicans donald trump and ben carson now running neck and neck while on the democratic side hillary clinton losing ground to bernie sanders. we got two reports for you and will break things down with chuck todd in a moment. peter alexander, peter, good morning. >> with his momentum stalling, donald trump is going to invail his tax plan today including the tax hikes. he and ben carson all locked up at the top. two of their challengers are picking up steam and not backing down with one of them trashing trump's campaign as a freak show. despite the curtains collapsing

on carly fiorina in san antonio the other day it's been anything but lights out for her campaign. fiorina and marco rubio tied for third place. trump on 60 minutes. >> i'm on a lot of covers. i think more than almost any super model. i think more than any super model. >> trying to combat he's light on substance he previewed a new tax plan. >> it's going to be a tremendous incentive to grow the economy and we're going the take in more money. >> trump may be feeling the heat most recently teeing off on rubio. >> he's a light weight. we have this clown, marco rubio. i've been so nice to him. >> in an interview with mpr news he dismissed trump. >> i would just say this, he is a very sensitive person. he doesn't like to be criticized. >> facing new scrutiny of her

own she's defending her plan that planned parent hood was caught on tape to keep a fetus alive. >> several media back checkers including nbc news concludes her account is not true. the video uses misleading stocked footage. >> are you willing to conceive you exaggerated that scene? >> no, not at all. that scene does exist. >> meanwhile, following his decision to design john boehner is lashing out at his critics. >> the bible says be ware of false prophets. there are people spreading noise about how much can get done. >> as for the false profits, he blasted their political strategies they said never had a chance including the 2013 push to appeal obama care that led to a government shut down boehner

said was absolutely not re realistic. >> thank you. >> turning our pole shows clinton's lead over sanders is slipping further. kristin has that part of the story. kristi kristin, good morning to you. >> secretary clinton spends this week fundraising before she heads back out on the campaign trail. as hillary clinton heads west today she's facing a new reality. the controversy over her e-mails is here to stay. something she acknowledged for the first time on meet the press. >> it is a drip, drip, drip. there's only so much i can control. >> clinton says she regrets using a personal account while serving as secretary of state. there were work e-mails on her previous account! you said march that the e-mail system began in march of 09 and

yet we have the same e-mail address popping up in january. >> there was a transition period. i wasn't that focussed on my e-mail account to be clear here. >> republican candidates have hammered her over the e-mails and they said sunday clinton continues to mislead the american people. it's all taking a toll. the latest nbc wall street journal pole shows clinton has lost ground to bernie sanders. she leads him by just seven points. 42- 42-35%. a big drop. >> william jefferson clinton. >> the controversy overshadowing the clinton charity meeting in new york where former president bill clinton blamed republicans and the media. >> i claulkactually am amazed. i have never seen so much expended on so little. >> now, when asked while she set

up the server she said out of convenience her husband already had a system set up at their house. the wild card is still vice president joe biden. just meoments ago cnn announced the vice president can join the debate even if he doesn't enter the race until the day of the debate and that would be a game changer. >> thank you so much. chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and political direeck the of nbc news. >> you said you thought it would linger because it's such a ripe target. >> mrs. clinton seems to be making it worse herself. what did you detect in her tone? >> a couple of things and which is number one, i think this acknowledgment where you saw bill clinton sayings in isn't going to end any time soon.

any of you nervous about this, be prepared it won't end. the other thing is she did sort of say i'm taking it seriously and understand why people are upset about it. we went through question after question after question and basically, half the time i had with her i spent 30 minutes with her and a good 15 minutes on th this. >> here she has bernie sanders on the left getting into her lead in some poles that we've seen and then the possibility of joe biden. >> i think we're a week away from biden, he himself has admitted if he's going to run to win he's got to get in by the first of october and get into the first debate. he could wait until the end of october. the clintons are nervous about biden.

if he gets in, there's the first debate and nine days later it's the testimony on capitol hill. you can see quickly how this can spiral out of control for her if everything went bad. >> just a minute left. let's look at the numbers on the republican side. carson tied. it's a snapshot but what does it tell us? >> look at them. 21-20. over 50% for the nonelected marco rubio. >> you can't help but wonder is he the compromise? if you're jeb bush and don't have what it takes, he's lingering there and you can see is he everybody's second choice? i think he's turning into everybody's second choice. the question is can you get the other people out of the way. >> quickly before i let you go, what do you make of the boehner resignation?

>> the same energy that's pushing trump and carson is what pushed him out. they got one, boy, now they say it's our turn to take over the skbier party and the presidential campaign trail is where they're headed next. >> thank you chuck. people can see more of hillary clinton's interview on your new show. >> by the way, next monday here on today we'll be in new hampshire talking to secretary clinton during an exclusive interview and live town hall meetings. six historic days left a big impression on pope francis and millions of people acocross the country. nbcs ann thompson took the flight to italy with the pope. >> he seemed to have enjoyed his time in the united states. he came back and told reporters as the plane travelled from philadelphia to rome that he was surprised we the american

people. he had the impressions of the cities he visited washington formal and warm. new york exuberant. remember the standing ovation. then philadelphia where 800,000 people came out for his final mass he said was very demonstrative. he said he was not trying to defend the bishops when he offered words of compassion. he said as far as he concerns a priest who abuses a child performs a -- as for his star power he's not impressed with it. he says that is just temporary. he says what last is being a servant to god. >> ann thompson wrapping up her pope coverage. thank you very much. >> natalie on assignment, tamora here with a couple of headlines.

>> a fifth victim of last week's duck boat crash has died that happened in seattle. the 20-yeear-old woman not identified was an international student at the college like the other four killed. the ride of the duck tours are on hold and definitely after new revelations of an investigation. the duck boat involved in the crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended in 2013. is joyce mitchell faces up to seven year ins prison. she reached a plea deal with prosecutors this summer admitting to providing tools to richard, matt and david sweat. in an exclusive interview with today earlier this month, mitchell told matt she got in over her head. big news developing this

morning, the volts wagon commission scandal, german prosecutors started an investigation of martin wintercorn. if investigation focuses on allegations of fraud and the sell of cars are manipulated emissions of data. he quit last wednesday after almost nine years at the helm of europe's largest car maker saying he had no knowledge of manipulation of admissions results. two big sports stories making headlines. one of them good and the others not so great. 22-year-old golf super star capping off an incredible year by winning both the ford championship and the season long fed ex cup. he is the youngest player ever to do so and the only golfer to ever win $22 million in prize money in just one year. in the meantime, he is awesome, not so good news here sharing inside the washington nationals dugout turned to a lot of frustrations and boiled over

into what looked like a nasty thing playing out. bryce harper and -- exchanging words. he put his hands on harper's throat and pushed him backwards. the scuffle was broken up by other players and coaches and apparently papelbom had called out harper for not hustling all the way to first base after the out. he said he and harper were on the same page. i'm terrified i mispronounced his name three times. >> you don't want to know what thatpage said. there werea lot of cuss words. >> thank you very much. mr. roker. >> woe cars had trouble getting through but this motorcycle says

i'm just powering. they have the bridge underneath there and a roadway. in mobile, alabama picking up a few inches of rain there. very short periods of time. flooding this parking lot coming into a lake. a car parked in it. there's more coming over the next several days. also in new orleans as well. we have a tropical depression down in the dpufl agulf and uppl low. all the moisture over the next 72 hours and as it does it's bringing heavy rain. some areas picking up 6-8 inches of rain in the panhandle of florida in the next five days. out west you will love that rain.

tu tucson, 98. seattle sunshine 70 degrees. 82 in denver, colorado with partly sunny skies. . good monday morning. i'm meteorologist keri hall. still cool in the knot bay, 50 degrees in the peninsula south bay, 61 degrees. expect highs in the 70s and 80s across the "today in the bay" area. fairly mild and about average

for this time of year after the morning clouds clear out, some clearing inland. 70 degrees in san francisco, the north bay up to 83 degrees, south bay 84 degrees and mid 70s for the peninsula and the east bay and warming up to 89 in the tri-valley. r latest weather. >> started the show by saying did you see it, that incredible moon last night? a rare supermoon lunar eclipse had people all across the country and around the world looking to the sky. carson, some amazing pictures online. >> and some not so amazing ones. we'll get to that. >> okay. >> people were trying though. basically two things were going on during sunday's supermoon lunar eclipse, the moon came closest to the earth and when it got behind it created the red glows creating the blood moon. we haven't seen these we haven't seen these two echblts happen simultaneously. it will be the year 2033. thanks to some nearly 1 million

tweets you saw images from las vegas to paris. we saw incredible images here from time lapse photography. that's a cool wunl there. social media users had higher expectations. not all of them turned out so great. not so inspiring as they hoped. those folks, there's always 2033. guys, back to you. >> all right carson. thank you very much. >> carson could have harassed you. >> coming up, setting the apple cart, the words between coe tim cook and oscar winner on the new movie of steve jobs. >> and dangerous manhole explosio explosions. this morning underground to show us why they happen and what's being done to stop it. this is today on nbc.

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forecast for today. here's keri. >> we get a look at san francisco, the temperature there, 56 degrees, 56 in oakland. in this afternoon, expect it to warm up nicely, into the low to mid 80s, 70s and 80s in the pa lins la with 60s on the coast. 60s in san francisco and 91 degrees in fairfield, 81 in napa, oakland 76 and dublin topping out at 88 degrees. let's see what's hpg on the roads with mike. >> we had an earlier crash on 1 in mountain view. then another crash at lawrence bogged it down. looks like north 101 right by the airport and also north 280 coming up toward 880 really slowing. the volume bumping up. look at 87, slowing into downtown. there's a tough drive for san jose and the rest of the silicon valley. a smooth drive across the

dumbarton bridge. >> all right. another update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

7:30 now on this monday morning, 28th of september, 2015, and there's a happy crowd outside our plaza, and we'll go outside and say hello. happy monday morning, everybody. >> that's right. let's take a look at some of the headlines :happy monday morning everybody. >> that's right. let's take a look at the headlines this morning. president obama makes a speech to the u.n. world assembly this morning and planning to meet with russian president later in the day. that will be their first face to face in about two years. >> the highlights of pope francis' last days here.

>> and take a look at this. a part of a stage curtain fell while carly fiorina spoke in montana. she says she's plenty tough enough to be commander in chief. she's tied for third with marco rubio. >> we began this half hour with a very public spat between the head of apple and oscar writing screen author. joe, good morning to you. >> good morning savannah. erin who won the academy award wrote the screen play for the new jobs movie. before it was released there was controversy. >> in the four years before steve jobs passed away, the co-founder has been the subject

of a documentary. >> he was a joy to work with and i miss him dearly every day. >> current apple ceo tim cook spoke on steven colbert and took a shot at the makers of the new film while admitting he has not seen it. >> i think a lot of people trying to be opportunitistic. >> screen writer known for his outspoken manner fired back tim cook should see the movie before he decides what it is. he went on according to the hollywood reporter, if you got a factory full of children in china assemblying phones for $0.17 an hour you have a lot of

nerve calling someone else opportunitist opportunitistic. >> it's how the jobs are portrayed. >> he's following a ceo whose now literally larger than life. >> the new steve jobs movie is set backstage at three iconic product launches. it first hits theaters about a week from this friday. it's managed to generate some controversy but none a box office match. we'll have to see if this one is a game changer. >> joe, thank you very much. >> let us get a check on the weather from mr. roker. >> let's check out what's hap n

happening along the eastern seaboard. we've also got a tropical depression here in the east coast forming 20 miles southwest of bermuda. winds moving west at 2. makes its way towards the u.s. coast. what we expect is going to happen is this thing is going to get caught up in the cold front and it's going to cause heavy rain, gusty winds, beach erosion and flooding all the way to the mid-atlantic states. look at the rainfall, next five days generally 1-3 inches of rain. locally 3-5 inches of rain which could cause flooding problems and looking at rip currents and beach erosion. it's goi good morning. i'm meteorologist kerry hall. clouds to start out and cool temperatures, especially in the north bay. expect it to be a mild afternoon with clearing inland with mostly sunny skies in the east bay. san francisco up to 70 degrees

in the north bay, a high of 83 degrees. 84 in the south bay and in the tri-valley we'll see highs topping out at 89. a mixture of sun and clouds for most of the day and slightly cooler into the next couple of days. latest weather. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. just ahead. tags on school's attention span. we'll tell you about the effort to ban a favorite childhood game. >> and watch where you walk. >> hi, good morning. i'm jeff. coming up, dramatic video of manhole explosions across the country. in some cases injurying people. this morning, we are underground to show you why they explode and what cities are doing to keep you safe coming up.

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too. every day people get hurt. hurling heavy pieces of metal high in the sky. this morning, we finally answer the question why does this happen? we're showing you how to stop it. boom. after deafening boom. manholes exploding without warning. metal that can weigh up to 300 pounds rocketing into the sky. this one caught on camera during a news report. another smoking manhole bursting in the middle of a new york city street. these accidents can be dangerous. just last month a woman riding this bus was injured when a manhole erupted under it.

the cover ripping right through the floor. earlier this year this man was hit in the head when one was launched into the sky after a blow out. a thousand volts of electricity running through here and most cities and towns, the infrastructure is incredibly old. so many winters and summer expanding and contracting to corrodes the wires and installations. on top of that, grass gets down here eating away at the wire. brain water from the street. water in here right now. then during the winter you have salt on the streets that gets down here and eats away. all you need is one spark and boom. >> here's what it looks like up

close. failed cables, corroded wiring damaged beyond repair. now cities across the country are racing to get ahead of the winter trying to prevent another accident. >> right now the cables are around 70-80 degrees. >> before there's an explosion. >> before it fails, correct. >> we also use the camera and face a 360 degree image of the manhole. >> that way engineers can look right on the spot. >> the other thing we do is have holes in planable covers. these holes reduce any pressure build up in the event of an explosi explosion. >> no matter what city you're in look for these. >> absolutely. >> it's all about prevention so the ground doesn't open up

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. good monday morning. it's 7:56. i'm sam brock. so far police have no suspects in a vandal attack coinciding with the recent visit by pope francis. late saturday or sunday, somebody snuck in and overturned a statue. they covered it up in green paint, splattering tombstones, walls and doors in the process. last week the pope elevated sara to sainthood. church officials say the mission did not receiver any permanent damage. in the meantime, a smoldering barbecue grill might have sparked an overnight fire. neighbors were forced to evacuate homes on shelly avenue. nobody was injured but crews say the fire did displace a family of four. plenty of cloud cover keeping

things reasonable today. h's get a check of your weather with meteorologist keri hall. >> we'll see the clouds in the bay this afternoon. you see the low and the high clouds. the temperature is 63 in lover moore, san francisco is at 56 degrees. a look at all of the micro climates, mainly 70s and 80s, a few spots at 90 degrees. and 60 along the immediate cost. in pleasant tan, a high of 87 degrees. we're looking at a murky drive northbound 880 past the coliseum. it's the volume of traffic. heading up into downtown oakland. down the east shore freeway very slow toward the toll plaza. southbound 11, really having a concern for the north bay. the rest of the bay looking pretty good as far as the dumbarton bridge goes. san mateo bridge looks a little lighter. south bay, just jammed.

look at this. all below 20 for the freeways. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back in 25 minutes. ♪

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it's 8:00 on3 f2 "today", dentro de poco, una one mom's crusade against a major chain goes viral after she vents her frustration over inappropriate halloween costumes for young girls. then are you sitting on the next billion dollar invention? help us as we work with qvc give a viewer a chance of a lifetime as we reveal the next big thing. we have a double dose of hollywood heart throbs. oscar winner matt damon opens up about his new out of this world movie and his family. >> that's actually not a feeling i can really relate to because i have four kids. i just sometimes want 20 minutes by myself.

>> uncle jesse himself, john stamos, stops by and talks about not one but two shows today, monday, september 28th, 2015. ♪ ♪ good morning from3 f2 california. >> texas! ♪ ♪ >> good morning, i'm from oklahoma city. >> sweet 16! >> we are back now september 28th. it's 8:00 in the morning on this monday and we've got a very big fall crowd out on the plaza this morning. a little overcast. as a matter of fact, if you look at that seven-day thing you like to show, this does not look like

the best week ahead. >> no, it's not but we need the rain in the middle east because of the drought. >> you know what makes me feel better, john stamos is here. >> how about that. >> man. >> he's a greek. >> got a lot to talk about. john is a guy who just makes us smile and laugh just by his presence. >> he does. so glad he's here. that's you, john. love you. by the way, breakfast cancer awareness begins again. we hope you'll get involved. if you're a survivor we hope you'll be here for a special ambush makeover with kathie lee and holiday, a. >> on friday come to the plaza with your family and friends who have helped you in your fight. we're going to be throwing a pink power party full of surprises. for more information and to sign up go to today.com. it will be fun. >> amazing event. let's get a check of the top

stories. natalie on assignment. tamron at the news desk. tamron. >> good morning. president obama addressed fellow world leaders at the united nations this morning. it was his seventh appearance before the world body. he prompted to be more blunt than he has been in the past. >> if we cannot work together more effectively, we will all suffer the consequences. that is true for the united states as well. no matter how powerful our military, how strong our economy, we understand the united states cannot solve the world's problems alone. >> also on the agenda, his first private meeting in two years with russian president vladimir putin. the two were expected to discuss russia's appearance in ukraine and syrian civil war, which has led to europe's refugee crisis. pope francis flew back to rome overnight saying he left the united states with a heart

full of gratitude and hope. nbc's anne thompson in vatican city. anne, good morning. >> tamron, pope francis said he found washington formal but warm, new york exuberant and philadelphia very demonstrative in his first ever trip to the united states. it's clear america love pope francis. on the papal plane, we learned that affection is returned. what surprised me was the warmth, the warmth of the people, so loveable. welcomed like a rock star in philadelphia by 800,000 adoring fans. >> he's an amazing human being and i want to feel his holiness. >> the pope's final day on his trip to the u.s., a mixture of joy and faith and the still painful business of the church. on the issue of sex abuse, francis explained he was not going easy on the bishops when

he offered them words of compassion in washington. one must not cover it up. those that covered it up are guilty. on his last day he visited a prison, greeting 100 prisoners offering encouragement and a message of redemption. and he spent time with the walker family with argentina who drove more than 13,000 miles from buenos aires to see the pope in person. now as far as his own star power goes, francis is not impressed. he says it's fleeting. what lasts, he says, is being a servant of god. tamron. >> thank you very much. back here in the race for president ben carson is now neck and neck with donald trump. same "wall street journal" poll shows carly fiorina and marco rubio tied for third. in a "60 minutes" interview trump promised tax cuts for middle class. he drew boos when he called

rubio lightweight and a clown. rubio dismissed trump saying he's not interested in being a member of trump's freak show. fiorina meantime had a scare sunday when part of a stage collapsed while she was speaking in san antonio. no one was hurt and she later went on with her remarks. well, so far so good for a pair of panda twins born less than two weeks ago at a breeding center in southwest china. the two female cubs were delivered by a giant panda whose name translates to celebration english. the babies will have plenty of company. they are the sixth pair of twins born at the center just this year. something with the water over there. >> very good. cute, tamron, thank you. have you picked out your kids' halloween costumes yet? >> one moms mom's struggle to find something suitable for her little girl prompted her to write a letter going viral. chanel jones here with that story. >> reporter: good morning.

when she went looking for a costume for her daughter, she found something more than characters scary she found what's suitable for boys and what's suitable for girls. now sparked a nationwide discussion. go find a lot of costumes, boys' costumes, girls' costumes, even baby costumes. the company has more halloween costumes than anyone else. so lynne cramer didn't think it would be hard to find something for her 3-year-old daughter. >> i was surprised. >> she says she has nothing against any costume but there's a wide range of career choices for little boys, police officer, firefighter, doctor, 16 in all, and just three for girls. cheerleader, cowgirl and a police officer with a decidedly different look. >> dear party city -- >> so she wrote to the company. >> i'm writing in the hopes that you will reconsider some of the content on your website and antiquated views the content

about your beliefs. >> police costumes. >> generally speaking real life uniformed police officers do not wear short skirts and low shirts. >> they wrote back and said they appreciate her insight and would consider her feedback. then her post disappeared from the party city facebook page. that's when folks on the internet started weighing in. dear lin cramer, you are my new mom hero. i'm standing with lin cramer and standing with her. >> i see nothing wrong with how you're marketing your costume. omg people are so sensitive. 2340 need for an uproar. >> in a statement, "party city supplies a broad assortment of costumes suitable for all styles, taste and budgets. we believe parents are as involved in costume choices az they are in every day attire. some companies are changing. target and disney no longer

separate toys by gender. that's just fine with a little girl named riley. >> some girls like superheroes, some girls like princesses, some boys like superheroes, some boys like princesses. >> reporter: that video by riley has been viewed more than 4 million times. lin kramer says her daughter should see costumes empowering by girls and boys. so after all this, what's her daughter going to be? mary poppins, a costume homemade by her mom. >> it's a very cute video. it's an interesting topic as well. >> it is. i never thought about it. then we went clicking around. all companies you see a police officer and the boy has the stereotypical costume and the girl has a little skirt, button down, cute little hat. her point is she wants the girls to have both options. >> chanel, thank you so much. >> coming up, one woman's priceless reaction to a surprise duet between taylor swift and a

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>> the reason kids run after other kids and the kid falls and they fall. >> i'm tagging you right now with the eyes. >> the school officials are trying to respond to the emotional and physical well-being of kids. a lot of parents though didn't care for this and had a little backlash and tag is a much-needed activity. >> yeah. >> so the school has now reinstated traditional tag, people, but they are still seeking a less violent alternative. >> we would play tag with the girls, fun. >> there's the problem right there. now you know what the origin of all of this. >> what's next? >> balless dodge ball. >> touchless football. >> flag football. >> i know, but i don't like that. >> let's talk about that -- >> chess. >> let's talk about the famous resting face. >> can we say it? >> you know the one where some people are accused of having a sour expression on their face when they are not realizing that they are being looked at. turns out there's a surprising

upside to having an us pleasant natural expression. experts say it's all because you have to work harder to be understood and prevent your emotions from being misinterm ted. the result, you choose your words more careful and this gives you a stronger sense of self-awareness and anybody still awake here and also allows you to adapt quickly in unfamiliar situations. does that make any sense? >> you're not interested because you're not afflicted it brf. >> my face has a natural downturn. >> no, it does not. >> and that's why i smile so much. >> look at this, it's horrible. >> you have sparkly eyes. >> if you make that face. >> that's my face. >> resting face. >> let me see your resting face. >> see, you're scowling. >> it's hard to do it because we're aware. >> anyway. >> people pay attention more, i guess. >> yes. let's talk about weddings. every bride needs something

borrowed and something old, too and this may be the best something borrowed and old we're ever seen. bride abby kingston with her fiancee and other big day she will wear a wedding dress that's been worn in her family 11 times. >> wow. >> amazing. gan with her greatgreat grandmother in 1895. since then it's been passed around the family tree and a few changes along the way. some change the the train and added lace and gave it their own personal touch and i think we have abby's take on the dress, do we? >> wow. >> lovely. >> lovely. >> that's really cool. >> i wonder how much of the original pattern is from the olden days. how much did it really change from the original dress? >> hard to say but they probably get the bodies and adjusted the sleeves a little bit. that's remark. a that's beautiful. >> to keep that tradition going in the family. >> the fabric would hold up. had to be cleaned. >> one would hope. >> now the actor revealing a

decade long secret and the latest celebrity duet that has a lot of people talking. carson, time for "pop starts." >> first up actor danny pinetaro who played jonathan in dlat who's the boss." he sat down with oprah an confessed he's been keeping a secret for more than a decade. >> i'm hiv-positive and i have been for 12 years, and it's just a big deal, you know, like it's not something that people are talking about right now really. >> danny said he's decided to talk about it in hopes of serving as a role model for the gay community. now the star shined as the global citizen festival, a loud call for global activism. tens of thousands of people attended in central park for the star-studded lineup including beyonce and ed sheerin. if you missed any of it, take a look.

♪ >> that was only one of the amazing duets. beyonce and eddie vetter did redemption song and ed sheerin in coldplay and chris martin and ariana grande. the list of celebrities in attendance goes on and on and another surprise first lady michelle obama came on to hug beyonce asking for the advocatation of girls education and taylor swift, a little bit more rock 'n' roll after adding mick jagger to her squad. he joined her on stage in nashville for a surprise perform-and-ance and lively rendition of "i can't get no satisfaction" take a look. ♪ and i try, and i tried ♪ i can't get no >> there we go, amazing, right, but if you thought you were excited to see that, just wait until you see this grandma's reaction. >> oh, my god!

oh, my god! >> mind blown. >> i love her. >> mick jagger and taylor swift together, grandma there. just can't believe that she's witnessing that. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> that's the person of the day. >> wow, that is your "pop start." what a great reaction. >> actually she just found out nasa's discovery. let her know, mind blown. >> all right, al. >> that's good, thank you. >> thought you'd like it. >> carson, thank you, as well. >> you're welcome, you're welcome. >> smile. >> your resting face. >> time for the weather. >> good idea. glad i thought of it. a cool front is coming in, and it's going to mean a big change to the weather. in fact, behind it cooler air and ahead of it cooling rain and tweeted we've got warming temperatures. look at these temperatures, kansas city 84,ished police 83 and front moves through and boom, chicago 73 by wednesday

and 57 in st. louis and it makes its way to the east. temperatures today in the mid to upper 70s to low 82s, but then by thursday it's 61 in burlington, 61 boston and 66 new york city. buffalo will go from a high of 71 to a high good monday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's 49 degrees now in the north bay. and 61 degrees in the south bay and expect highs in the 70s and 80s across all of the bay area. in san francisco, a high of 70 degrees. a mixture of sun and clouds. it will take a while before those clouds clear out. i think we'll see clearing a little bit more quickly inland and a high of 83 degrees in the north bay. in the tri-valley, expect a high of 89 degrees. and some mostly sunny skies as we head into the afternoon. >> and that is your latest weather. mr. lauer. >> all right, al, thank you very much. for eight seasons john sameos starred as uncle jesse on the hit show "full house" a role

he's revis i hadding in the upcoming netflix series "fuller house" but first he plays a bachelor discovering he's a dad and new granddad in the fox comedy called "grandfathers." take a look. >> i'm a grand -- i'm grand -- i've never even had a gray hair. sure, i have always wanted a family, but have i, or is that just some line i've been used to go pick up girls? it's a great lines, by the way so when this weird kid and his baby show up and ask me in the realest possible way do i want a family, well, my answer is very honestly is i have no idea. >> sounds like you need some time to process this. >> yeah. >> okay. john, nice to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> talking to yourself in the mirror, is that what's going on? >> i do that most mornings. >> how are you, first of all. >> i'm good, matt. i feel better than i've felt in a decade. i feel very, very good. >> can i just people what we're talking about. you're here to talk about two shows but you made headlines over the summer saying you spent a month in rehab.

was there an episode or experience that forced your hand? >> i lost my mother last year who was the love of my life, and it was obviously a very difficult time for me. and i -- i had this moment. i had some time off and i had a decision to make and so i -- i -- i took advantage of the time and i made a choice, and i'm just so grateful that i did. >> something you contemplated in the past? >> i had, yeah. just going back and forth and, you know, i just -- i had such goodwill behind me. i really felt, a lot of people, like hey, john, go get healthy and we love you, and so it was time, and i'm glad i did it. >> i'm glad you're well. >> you look great, by the way. good to have you back. "grandfather" is the a show where you play jimmy. a single guy. is he 50 yet in, his 50s? >> 50. >> single, does not have a family and does not want a family around found out he's a dad and a grandpa. >> i love this show and i'm so proud of it. i think people will love it.

it's very clever show yet it's accessible. a perfect home for fox. the jokes are smart and it's very emotional. >> but he's having a hard time understanding this whole concept that he's a grandfather. i think a waiter in a restaurant realizes and says you're a grandfather >> i introduce my son and this is his daughter and you're a grandpa and i slap him. >> is it harder as an actor to be the guy who slaps someone or the guy who gets slapped knowing it's coming. >> you fell me. can i give you -- >> john -- >> jim, you're a grandpa. >> by the way, he asked me to do this. >> jimmy, you're a grandpa. >> ooh. >> matt, you're a grandpa. >> yeah. >> real, a grandfather. >> yeah. >> okay. let's talk about "fuller house." >> he wanted to do this before. >> markings i look at it and i think would i be able to hit somebody hard enough to make it convincing on camera or would i wince before i actually got

thereto if i was the guy getting slapped. >> you winced allotted. >> did i really. i'm a little sore, too. "fuller house" is coming to netflix. >> like me and tom cruise. >> never quite cross that had line. >> "fuller house," do you have any idea how much fans are looking forward to this? >> yeah, i do. i've been trying to get this show off the ground for years, about six, seven years because i knew how important this show was to people. i think it was cancelled a little premature. we were still going strong. we didn't even know the show was going to be cancelled until a few weeks before. didn't even do a finale of "full house" so for years i've been trying to get this going again. realized how important it is to people. >> there's a cadence with a cast, with a sitcom. did it pick right back up when you started shooting? >> oh, yeah, yeah, cadence was saget saying something dirt and me reprimanding him and then saying something dirty. >> he can be so filthy. >> people will be happy, so sweet and has a lot of the original elements. >> how are you going to do both? >> i'm figuring it out.

"grandfather" is full time. we're going hard core and we bounced back and forth and did the first two episodes of "fuller house". >> and the entire cast is back except from what i understand. >> me. >> the olsen twins are not in the shot. might they pull off one of the great surprises and make an appearance? only takes one? >> fer fully welcome any time. i love them. there was a lot of miscommunication in the press. i talked to them and understood why they didn't want to come back. they have which go lives. they haven't acted in a while, but i love them dearly and they are always welcome on our show >> you want roker to make a call. >> i want roker to be one of the olsen twins, too much? >> not going to work. >> you're a grandfather? >> yeah. >> john stamos, thank you. >> back in our next house, by the way, and "grandfather" premiers tomorrow night on fox. just ahead, matt damon on his martian adventure on being a dad and if he'll ever share the

screen with ben affleck again. it actually hurts. >> did it. >> i'm bleedingthe discovery bar charged with stabbing and killing a nine-year old boy as he slept in his own bed -- is back in court. and we may learn if he's competent enough to stand trial. defense attorneys for 18-year old william schultz say mental illness played a role in the stabbing of third grader jordon almgren last april. today, a jury will hear mental assessments from two independent evaluators. shultz was living at almgren's house when the stabbing occurred - after being kicked out of his own home. he has entered a "not guilty" plea. anchor toss to trx ad-lib toss to traffic traffic toss traffic ck traffic maps look at all of this rain. through san jose. had an early kickoff and just stuck around. and now the traffic.

for 85 up into cupertino, 280 meeting up with 85, a tough drive continuing for mountain view and 237. now, a smoother drive for the san mateo bridge, but the dumbarton bridge, there were a couple crashes. a nice drive toward the bay bridge. that's not a problem. it's a standard slow for a monday on the east bay. here on the peninsula, south 101 jams as you head down toward 380, just shy of 380, there's a stall in the fast line. back to you. >> thanks very much. we'll be back with another local news update in about a half hour. have a good monday morning. tonight "rob lowe" and

"cindy crawford." new "tonight tonight show and then nbc requests tonight." ♪ >> hello. >> 4:30 now, it's monday morning, 28th of september, 2015. nice monday morning out here on the plaza. and happy to have everybody here. starting to feel fall. a little fally outside. >> fallish outside, yes. >> coming up, "the next big thing" and we need you to help us pick it. we narrowed down the field and this week you'll get to crown the top three as we give one lucky inventor a chance to wear a life-changing appearance on

qvc. i mean, you get a great product on qvc. >> you're made. >> and matt damon on his new role. he had's a martian and he'll talk about precious time he spends with his family and a guy who is like his family member ben affleck. >> first a check of the weather. >> starting with today, a lot of wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast, gulf coast as well and beautiful day in the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. rain through appalachians. we're also looking tomorrow at more wet weather through the gulf mid-atlantic states and moving into the northeast with the exception of right along the coast. the sunshine continues from the plains into the southwest, and into parts of central california as well. that's what's going good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. still a lot of clouds across the area. we will have clearing as we go into the afternoon. in san jose and palo alto, a

high of 80. the financial district at 70. in napa, up to 81 this afternoon. oakland, 76. in dublin, expect a high of 88 degrees. our temperatures are warm today. but will be coming down even a few more degrees as we head into tomorrow as well as wednesday. >> that is your latest weather. what is your name, young man? >> cody day already. >> nice to see you and your family. thanks for being here and let's head inside savannah. >> all right, al. thank you so much, and now to "today's" "next big thing." over the summer we asked to you submit your inventions for the chance to sell them live on qvc. well, after nearly 2,000 entries we will introduce you to our nine finalists all this week, but, first, a behind-the-scenes look at how we narrowed down the field. there's a saying ask and you shall receive, and, boy, did we receive. almost 2,000 entries to be "today's" next big thing all hoping for that one shot, that one chance which could change

their lives forever, a segment selling their product live on qvc, and qvc can mean big business. this sparkly sequinned scarf by the late joan rivers sold 88,000 units in just a day, but to get one lucky winner beyond these doors and into these studios we first needed to narrow the field down to nine finalists. from apparel that polishes your posterior to an activity mat for cats and even a wax for your zip their makes it move quicker. >> it gets stuff unstuck. >> with so many ideas, how were we to choose? well, we deferred to the qvc motto, to look for products that make their customers' lives better, easier and more fun. so whether it's a gadget that protects your purse, files your feet or preserves your passwords, one of these products will become "today's next big thing." and i am now walking through the

doors that starting tomorrow our finalists will be stepping through to pitch their products. we'll bring you three each day and then you can vote on them and then on friday the top three will be back as our judges cast the final vote to choose "today's next big thing" and let us meet said doujs, doug howe, executive vice president of merchandising for qvc, jill martin is a "today" contributor and creative director of qvc's g.i.l.i. brand and al roker, everybody. i don't know why i'm here. >> fabulous. >> the top judge. >> doug, you're the perfect person to do this because at qvc you get thousands of pitches every year. >> yes. >> what stands out for you? what makes a really good pitch? >> it's just a great product that addresses a need and often illist its this response of, like, wow, why didn't i think of that? >> and, jill, you've done this. you know all about this. how much does personality matter? >> you know what, it really is about energy and personality, but it's really about being authentic, about someone who knows their product and is really going to solve a problem, so that's what we'll be looking for. >> all right. al, you said you don't know what

you're doing here. >> yes, i do. >> but you -- you are very entrepreneurial, i would say. i don't know if people know that about you, and you know a good product when you see one. >> i think it's something that brings, as our other esteemed judges have said, it changes somebody's life but it also is value, and, i mean, can you get a great product but if you overpay for it you don't feel good about it. >> doug, what kind of product is just like a slam dunk for qvc? >> usually a product that customers -- solves a problem, addresses a need or something that, again, has a broad appeal, you know, but is really oftentimes combined with a really powerful story so the passion that comes across from the designer, et creator directive, the entrepreneur, really powerful. >> jill, having your product on qvc is huge, a game-changer. >> changed my life and the cool thing is by saturday we'll pick the finalist friday and saturday that person is going to pre-sell their product with me on qvc so somebody's life will literally

be changed by the end of the week. so amazing we can do this. >> al, you're a entrepreneur and a salesman and a weatherman and a gentleman. what do you think in terms of the sales pitch? what are looking for in terms of that ability to really solve a product? >> somebody who knows their product, believes in their product and -- and has a sincerity about it that they -- that they are not out just to make a buck but they really do want to make people's lives better. i think it really does -- it comes across. >> it's very exciting. we have a whole set and the doors. >> can you walk through that door again. >> i'm going to exit through the door, but first i have some business to attend to, thank you very much. real work begins. we'll meet our first three finalists in the apparel and accessories category and give you your first chance to vote tomorrow. coming up, matt damon on his out of this world adventure, the martians. bye.

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we are back. it's 8:38. here's a question. how do you deal with being alone. >> oscar winner matt damon finds himself on mars in his highly anticipated movie called "the martian." and he sat down recently with natalie and they talked about the film and much more. >> it's the ultimate survivor's story, a man stranded on mars with nothing but his wit and ingenuity to keep him alive. what drew youed to the role? mean, you're playing mark watney, a guy basically stranded on mars? >> i'm alone for most of the movie so i didn't have to talk to any other actors so that was one of the big draws. >> tell me a little bit about getting into mark wantedy and tappinging into that, i'm all alone, i'm stranded. >> not actually a feeling i can relate to because i have four kids. you know, i just sometimes want 20 minutes by myself in my house. the real draw for me, there's a great book that this guy andy

weir wrote that had a premise could a guy survive if he was really highly trained on mars by himself. it's just this real kind of neat story of this guy doing everything that one would have to do to live on this totally inhospitable planet. >> i've got to figure out a way to grow three years worth of food here on a planet where nothing grows. >> andy weir said that he saw the character mark watney as himself but smarter and braver and having no flaws. he saw matt damon. >> well, that's very nice of him, but the bravery of these guys, like when you meet them. >> yeah. >> and it is really humbling, like you haven't hung out with some of these astronauts, you've got to be incredibly smart, incredibly fitted. like i threw my arm around one of them the other day it was like hitting iron. >> were you the kind of kid growing up that you wanted to be an astronaut in. >> i played at everything, i think because i wanted to be an actor i was always pretending to be somebody else and certainly i was an astronaut.

a lot of this job is totally ridiculous and really great and that's why it's fun because we're playing at the end of the day. >> the movie was directed by ridley scott. it's the first time they have worked together. >> i walked in to meet him, and he said we've never met, and i said, no, no, we haven't. and he said the script is great. and i said, it is, it's great, and he goes it's bleeping great and it's that, too, and he goes why the hell aren't we making this? and i said i -- i don't know. i guess we are, and that was -- >> that was it. that was our first meeting. >> damon also known for playing jason bourne is currently working on the fifth installment of the successful franchise. we saw the producer for the latest busch film released a little picture of you as jason bourne is back. >> it's going great and just exciting to be on that set. been about nine years since you did one. >> what made you guys decide it

was time to bring it back? >> enough had changed in the world. what would jason bourne think about all of this, in kind of a post-snowden world, what does that character look like? we love those movies as much as anybody and a big part of our lives and we spent a lot of years on that and we wanted to make sure we'd make something good. >> despite his busy schedule family comes first. you never spend more than two weeks away from your family. how do you manage to make that work. >> usually it's pretty easy. usually we're all together. sometimes it's challenging, but it just has to be the priority. >> have they seen your movies? >> no. >> i guess they are a little young. >> well, my 17-year-old has seen all of them, yeah, all the one she wants to see. >> what does she think, is daddy the super smart? >> dad is not cool. dad is never cool. >> come on, you're cool. >> you can't -- you're not cool to your own kids. >> are you kidding me? >> yeah. you're -- you're kind of dorky dad i think no matter who you are. >> from family to his famous friendship with ben affleck,

naturally we wanted to know when will we see them together again? do you ever see you and ben getting back together on film? >> yeah, yeah. i mean, we have a company together. we're constantly developing stuff. you just have to find the right project. we want to work together. obviously it's just -- you know, we want to get it right. >> i love the whole premise of "the martian." >> could you be alone? >> this idea can you surfive. worth nightmare. >> it's terrifying. >> it hits theaters this friday and natalie and matt sat down before controversy erupted over damon's comments on a recent episode of "project green light. ". >> the a new and uplifting way to help kids deal with bullying, but, first, this is "today"

welcome back to "today." if your child becomes a victim of bullying like many parents you may not know where to turn.

today's life-style correspondent jenna wolfe has met somebody who has come up with a pretty good idea. >> reporter: i love this. helpless feeling, your child being picked on in school and one personal trainer in detroit that is a plan, one he says that's more than just a band-aid on the problem. from the outside it looks like any gym in any town, but inside there's a movement brewing. >> go, go, go, go, go. keep going, come on. >> it's easy for somebody to say something needs to be done and not enough people step up and actually do something. >> reporter: ryan, a personal trainer in the suburb of detroit, has made it his mission to tackle the unsettling and destructive issue of bullying in school. instead of teaching kids how to fight back, his thought, why not give them better tools like self-confidence, self-esteem and strength. what are a lot of these kids going through on a day-to-day basis out there? >> all these kids have different issues. some kids are bullied, some

bullied daily. >> reporter: 13-year-old reid wilson has been enrolled in ryan's program for three month, a 60-minute class focusing on strength and cardio. >> what we're going to do is our circuit. >> reporter: and most importantly motivation. was there a little part of coming here that helped with the stuff that goes on outside? >> i don't have very many friends at school. well, i have a lot of friends, but i just come here and i feel so much better when i'm done. >> reporter: one out of every four students report being bullied during the school year, and when it comes to those perceived as being overweight 84% of all students say they have observed name calling and teasing during physical activity. >> i feel confident because i come out there stronger, positive, and like just happier because i feel like i can be myself, and i'm equal as everybody else. >> reporter: what's the message that you want these kids to walk away with? >> they are betting their lives in the future and they don't even know it. >> reporter: one trainer in one gym helping kids help themselves. what's the message that ryan

tries to get through to you guys when you're working out here? >> that it's not about what people say, it's just how you feel. >> reporter: so sweet. what's the takeaway here. ryan isn't reinventing the wheel. he's just talking to these kids in a way that they understand, like a friend would, so the gym helps them get in shape and that in turns builds self-esteem to help build confidence to help deal with everything else. we're seeing this start picking up all over the country and something as simple as that is what the kids need. check your local community center and get your kids active. get them engaged at a young age, get them engaged in different activities to let them feel good about themselves. >> when you get a workout, you feel better about yourself, more confident and stronger. >> reporter: and that's why it shouldn't start young with these kids, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 and 11 and 12. anyway, that being said. >> coming up next, oscar winner

charlize theron, but, first,

so you're walking past a newsstand today you'll see a couple of familiar faces. savannah on the cover of "guideposts," a magazine of people of faith and talks about vale and the many blessings in her life. >> nice picture, by the way. >> super cute. >> wow, that baby is cute, right? sglib side the pages of "people"

in espanol, natalie is listed as one of the 25 most powerful women. >> congratulations to her. that's great. let's turn to mr. willard scott with the a check of some birthdays. hey, willard. >> hello, new york. we love you. have some birthdays. i think you're going to like it. jean vasile, brajwater, new jersey, loves to spend time with her family. 100 years old today. happy birthday. hilda holmes, how about that name, new orleans, louisiana, 100 years old and lovers to watch television. james white, north carolina, god ole north carolina, such a progressive state. 100 years old. loves to listen to books on tape. phil seheier in shoreline, washington state, flew in world war ii, b-26, remember those, workhorse of the war.

that's all for right now. hope you've had fun. we had fun. now back to new york. >> willard, look who is here. >> oscar winner, model, mom, humanitarian charlize theron. her africa outreach program works with youth in her home country of south africa. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> we'll talk about that in a second and we learned about you in the last 30 seconds. you're obsessed with "dateline" and the investigations. >> i am a tiny bit, yeah. it's kind of like somebody people have a cup of chamomile tea before they go to bed and i need a little "dateline." >> goes to bed with me every night. the hair, an obsession. >> nothing settles you like a nice cry. >> very calming. >> let's talk about your foundation. you're doing great work, and it's really all about prevention. >> yes. >> explain what it's all about. >> well, there's i think a lot of people think that we've come a long way with hiv/aids, and we have, especially over the last decade and hiv and aids is still

the number one killer of women of reproductive age worldwide so it's something we still really need to care about because it's really disproportionately hitting young girls and young women. we're seen a stability or a decrease in a lot of the infection rates across the board, but we are seeing an increase when comes to the youth and add lessens so somehow we're not reaching the very, very vulnerable girls, and that's what our project tries to do. we work with grass root organizations on ground, so we're working in villages with people who know the issues that these girls are facing with gender equality, lack of education or not getting the same level of education because they are still being treated as secretary or third class citizens. >> and we're only scratching the surface here. coming back in the next hour to talk more. >> oh, i'm staying all day. >> congratulations, another child. >> a little girl, yes. >> you look so well rested.

>> all right. and we're going to have much more ahead with charlize and the i'm ... ==anim== happening

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otherwise still standing. classes there will be held in portable units behind middletown middle school. classes throughout the district start in about five minutes at 9:00 a.m. so some return to normalcy there. we'll be back in 25 minutes with a look at your weather and traffic coming up. we'll see you then. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

this morning on "today's take" oscar winner charlize theron on issues that hit close to home. >> and john stamos, now a grandfather, have mercy, and the new host of "the daily show" trevor noah joins us. all that and more coming up next >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller pina colada. >> welcome to "today" on a monday morning, september 26th, 2015. i'll willie along with al and tamron. al, i love it. good morning jam. >> a little mix and black magic. >> who picked this, leila in.

>> no, i did. >> i -- wow. >> know, i'm sure dads everywhere crank this up on their way to work. >> with the pope here this past week the feeling of love and togetherness, i thought it would last for awhile. >> i swear i wasn't coming for you. we were at the jets game last night and i saw you with leila and thought maybe she didn't pick it. i didn't picture this as an al roker song, little mix. >> al roker surprises you. >> every day. >> she saw me coming. >> i got scared. i got scared. >> oh, my goodness. you mentioned the jets game yesterday. >> yes. >> saturday night. >> tamron and i were both at the global citizen festival at central park. >> you weren't just there. >> we were hosting the coverage. >> a little program. >> it was incredible, incredible night. the global citizen festival, in case you don't know, global

group poverty project run by a 32-year-old guy hugh evans who has been doing this all his life and they have a goal to end extreme poverty by the year 200 and, man, do they attract a crowd and attract stars. they attract heads of stayed, world leaders. bill gates, mark zuckerberg, the first lady of the united states, the vice president. there's beyonce. the acts were coldplay and ed sheeran, common, beyonce and closing the night right there with eddie vetter. i was just blown away. it was a six and a half hour concert of the best music you've heard back-to-back-to-back. >> and between, us a pointed out, the music, there were these powerful messages, emyusef was there with her message of empouring girls. epic. >> when malala got up there, a hush, over 75,000 people. you're thinking she just turned 18 years old and can command

that crowd and deliver that message. >> i loved even before they said her name the crowd knew her face and it let me know that there was a level of engagement in the news that she could walk out and instantly before they announce her all of the young people and honestly, willie and i might have been the oldest people there, and that's so inspiring because you hear all of these stereotypes about kids leila's age that they don't care and all about the selfie culture, to get to this concert you had to do some type of volunteer work. >> generation z, if lena dunham is the face of the millennial, alex from -- from "modern family" is the face of generation z. >> does z mean it's over? >> it just means they are committed. they are worried about the future. they care about the environment and they are a really engaged group of young people. >> which is why a beyonce will show up two years in a row. we don't have to play a lot of

it but eddie vetter asked beans toe come back out and they sit down in microphones and sing bob marley's redemption song and it just took your breath away and they cut in and pause and while playing guitar. they played nelson mandela's speech on poverty. >> yeah. >> to me that was the most powerful moment of an incredibly powerful day. >> and i love these mashups, when ed sheeran came out with beyonce and sang "drunk in love." to see ed singing the lyrics of that, he was even blushing at some of that and sting and common, they performed together. >> great. >> my favorite moment, at some point where back on the msnbc stage and they killed this. i see willie dancing to "single ladies" and there's willie. >> my 8-year-old daughter lucy was there so i had to humiliate her in front of a large group of people. >> that worked out there. >> you and al dancing in front of your bodies, that's what

these two men do. also a big weekend, we say see you later because it's never bye, see you soon to pope francis. >> miss him already. >> pope francis wrapped up his u.s. visit in philadelphia this weekend. 800 thousand people were there. a special moment at the airport when the pope actually got out of his car and kissed a 10-year-old named michael keaton who suffers from cerebral palsy, spotted him and got out of that vehicle. his mother, this little boy's mother was, as you can imagine, weeping. >> yeah. >> and he's the son of a man who was directing the band that welcomed the pope, and his mom, just look at that, oh, so special. >> beautiful. >> and there was also a really nice moment at saturday's parade when the pope. >> pope baby. >> baby quinn madden, baby quinn, look at quinn's outfit. how do you not bring baby quinn up. at first it's a little girl. look, you can't tell, all

covered in the pope gear. how amazing is that and your family will say remember when we dressed you like the pope and that got you noticed. >> wow. >> this pope has had a sense of humor about all this throughout the visit. the pope dolls and all that. >> such a joy. i've been curious around halloween to see how many people are dressed as the pope. >> pope and trump, man, one or the other. >> talk about -- >> wow. >> both ends of the spectrum there. >> going to be a big halloween, yeah. >> another big moment on saturday night as a young boy sang for pope francis at the world meeting of families event. 14-year-old bobby hill performed an a capella version of "pia jesus" which led to a joke from host mark wahlberg. ♪ >> that -- that right there was

truly the voice of an angel. but then he whispered in my ear that he loved the movie "ted." and i -- and i -- i told him that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. holy father, please, forgive me. >> bobby and keystone state boys choir director steven fisher. how you doing? >> "ted," really? >> awkward. >> it was really funny, like it's a talking teddy bear. what? >> words you shouldn't know about it. >> you learned a lot in that movie. >> don't repeat any of it. >> what did you think that mark wahlberg was the voice of an angel and then he's telling on you. >> mark wahlberg, i'm calling you out. >> and bobby didn't know he was doing that. the keystone state boy and girls

choir was brought on to sing in the last number and the producers game and said we've get 60 seconds to cover a set change and we don't want the holy father watching a set change and he said i've got bobby, and by the way, it's going to be a capella and he just went out and did it and nailed it. >> amazing. >> and then presented the pope with a rock from and the argument can a, we're the first choir to go to antarctica. >> and when do you have here, rita cosby. >> the holy father gave us a rosary that was blessed by him. >> that's amazing. >> did you have school today? >> he's not missing a day of school because they closed because of the pope. >> everything is closed until like 12:00. >> you go back to school tomorrow in. >> yes. you understand you're the king of the school. >> maybe. >> not too bad, bobby. >> what are you thinking in the five minutes between you're going to sing for the pope and then you're on stage singing for pope. are you nervous, how are you feeling? >> a little nervous but more excited. >> it showed, it showed.

>> what was your second choice, like a more fun upbeat song? >> no, that was it. >> can you give us a little bit of it, come over and do weather with :vme. >> his agent will not allow it. >> how about doing weather. >> come do the weather. >> you're a better looking version of me anyway. >> thanks. >> come on over. did you see the supermoon, rita cosby. >> i did while we were driving up here, but it got covered by the clouds. >> here's some pictures in case you missed it, oh, wow. >> this hasn't happened in 33 years and won't be another one -- how old are you? >> i'm 14. >> you'll be 32 when the next one happens, pretty cool. we're going to do the weather now. you see all the showers and hit the button there for me, boom. very nice, and now there's a low pressure system that's going to bring all that moisture up here so we'll be looking at a lot of wet weather along the gulf coast. you know anybody in florida? >> yeah. >> who? >> my friend lives there. >> he's going to get wet. >> hit that button one more time. >> yeah, that's it, boom, and look how much rain. we're talking the panhandle of

florida, two to three inches, some places six to inch eight inches of rain, that's a lot of rain. how about you, you worried about rain in -- where you from in. >> philadelphia. philadelphia, guess. what we eve got rain coming there, too. >> oh, man. >> by the mid-week period but you'll be in school, right? right? >> yeah. i'll be in school. >> that's what -- i'm going to say that's what's going on good morning. i'm kari hall. a lot of crowds of clouds as wew from the north bay about that we will get some clearing this afternoon. highs near 70 in the financial district. 73 in foster city. warming up inland. up to 91 degrees today in fairfield. and pittsburg, 87. pleasanton 87 and 74 in hayward.

>> it will them what you just said. >> follow me on twitter. >> what's your handle? >> my handle is bobbywhill. let's get a selfies. >> also follow -- >> oh, okay. >> come on in, bobby. >> i take it -- >> we're building a brand over here. >> come on. >> awesome. >> all right. >> okay, bobby. you got the concert booked in atlantic city, what's going on? >> i'll tell you guys. >> all right. >> there you go. >> bobby hill, ladies and gentlemen. >> bobby hill, man. >> love that kid. >> that's how you play. >> coming up he plays a very cool uncle jesse on the hit series -- i call him uncle jesse and john stamos is tv's newest grandfather. >> grandfather. >> and we'll talk about that and get the new scoop on the new i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses...

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only natural that "grandfather would be next. >> is this marl? in his new comedy "grandfather" john plays a bachelor who seems to have it all except a family of his own. >> that all changes pretty quickly. check it out. >> everyone, what's the one thing that i've always said was missing from my life? >> a linen pan that goes from the beach to the bar. >> and the search continues. >> i meant a family, a family, everyone, i'd like you to meet jerald and his doubter. >> you're a grandpa. >> but i did that -- to lauer this morning, and did you see that? >> i did. >> who is getting slapped here, al just requesting it. >> al. >> he wanted it. >> come on. >> thanks for having me on this. this is the cool hour. i mean, earlier -- lauer warms everybody up? >> this is where it all happens, all happens here. >> he's good and deserved the slap, and he should stay with the parades, you do the interviews. >> really, matt, you're a

grandpa. >> oh. >> you're a grandfather. >> oh. >> okay. those are good. >> so, you know, they say don't work with kid or animals. you're, you're going back. you've got "fuller house" and "grandfather" and you're working with kids again. you calling saget an animal? >> yes, yes, it worked the first time so i -- i love the kids on "full house" and we have twins on the new show and i'm obsessed with them. like one of those parents that, you know, show their picture all the time and they are not even my kids. but they are great. >> jimmy martineau, ways his story, his dale in. >> we started out sort of loosely based on me and i think a guy like me i think people think has it all and, you know, you pulled curtain behind and he's insecure and scared and maybe something is missing from his life and that's sort of what this character is about and then, you know, and the first 60

seconds he gets a son and a granddaughter. >> i don't even know where to go. i can't help but notice the style of the character, your style now, the three button down and the openness. >> i just took these clothes from wardrobe. >> did you really? >> yeah. >> when i watched the pilot, the pilot on e true hollywood story of my life. i really have a great -- these writers are fantastic. >> yeah. >> and we found a great way to get comedy out of someone like me. >> that's kind of you, i mean, you don't take yourself terribly seriously but you have a good time. >> i think so, yeah. >> you can't -- especially these days. there's this pedestal that actors used to put themselves on, come on. it's, you know -- i lost fact that we get to show that we're just normal people. does that make sense? >> sure, that makes perfect sense. >> people are going bonkers

about "fuller house." "full house" fans coming out, you'll have new fans. you mentioned saget, he's always a problem. how did you get everybody else involved? >> i've been toying with this idea for six, seven years and, in fact, went out to push a spinoff, six, seven years ago and it wasn't right time. we ended the show prematurely so i've always wanted to get back and do a proper, you know, last thing so the -- the netflix is a great place to be obviously. >> oh, yeah. >> i think they could -- they have been very delicate with the legacy which is important to all of us, and it was easy. everybody just wanted to come back and pay tribute to, you know, a show we love. >> and you said the olsen twins are welcome. >> any time. >> tell us about your instagram account quickly. a picture from your account. >> in front of the house. >> photobombing. >> yeah. >> no. >> no, we don't. >> that's the script. >> there it is. >> there it is. >> and they didn't know -- people were going up and had no idea who you were. >> i don't recall being on

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>> and a lot of work to be done that you're focused on. >> south africa, was -- was when i was growing up in the late '0s and '90s when the epidemic really hit and had little information tons, i remember growing up with a horrifying fear because people didn't know why and today we know why and it's preventable and yet more young girls are dying today than 20 years ago and there's something wrong with that. >> is that why you decided to focus your attention on that right now? >> the organization started in 2007, and the program was really set up to support organizations on the ground, organizations, grootd organizations that really focused on prevention. just as much as they did for the immediate care because there was so much immediate care everywhere in south africa and i think all over the world, and we're in the going to stop aids until we actually teach people how not to become positive so

what we've been doing is just curbing it. this is an infectious disease. you can't curb that, so we have to stop it. we have to eliminate it completely. and the problem is in the western world we've come so far. don't really see aids on the front page of the newspaper anymore and the problem is we've become complacent and the problem is right now more young girls are dying because of that complacency. >> one of the things that i think is so important that you point out is there's been a lot of progress made, but still this problem persists, and i know our viewers when they have someone like you come on they say, okay, what can i do to help. >> yes. they are watching right now and now have heard the story and what's the problem. >> great, i have your attention. >> you do, exactly. >> please head us up. we have a facebook so you can find us on our facebook page and have a charlize africa twitter and instagram so you can find out about everything that we're doing, where we're working. volunteer. there's so many ways to get involved. i mean, just not stopping

talking about this, keeping the conversation flowing. that's very, very important, you know. sit at dinner and tell everyone who you're eating with girls are eight times more likely to become hiv-positive than boys in south africa. >> you have to get going. you have a 3-year-old saying where's my mom. >> where's my bottle. ♪ the way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. you could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. or, you could make things easier on yourself. that's right, the quicksilver card from capital one. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. so, let's try this again. what's in your wallet? sfx: stomach growling

now i feel better. mmm today... ==topvo== the discovery bay teege a very good monday morning to you. 9:26. happening today, the discovery of a teen charged with stabbing and killing a 9-year-old boy as he slept in his own bed is back in court. we hey learn if he is competent enough to stand trial. the defense attorney for the 18-year-old say mental illness played a role in the stabbing of the 3rd grader last april. today a jury will hear mental assessments. schultz as entered a not guilty plea. so far police have no suspects in a vandal attack coinciding with a recent visit by pope francis. someone snuck into the caramel mission and overturned a statue and covered it in paint.

last week the pope elevated serra to sainthood angering some. and a smoldering barbecue grill may have sparked a fire on shelly avenue. no one was hurt. but crews say the fire did displace a family of four. we'll have a look the a weather and traffic right after this break.

traffic good monday morning. i'm kari hall. we're still at 56 in the north bay and warming into the lower 60s as you head toward the south bay. expect highs today up into the 70s and 80s with some morning clouds that will slowly clear out except for in san francisco, you may have more of the cloud cover throughout the day with a high of 70. 83 in the north bay, 84 in the south bay. in the tri-valley, expect a high of 89. mike. >> we're lookingmo

fremont, traffic is jammed up into the south bay. a crash making things toucher. northbound routes starting to ease up throughout still lillti vall valley. dublin, you see the slowing. a live look shows you it's jammed. update for you in half an hour. >> we'll be back with another local news update in about half an hour. welcome to fort green sheets. welcome to castle bravestorm. it's full of cool stuff, like my second in command... and my trusty bow. and free of stuff i don't like. and in my castle we only eat chex cereal. chex cereal. it's full of delicious crunchability. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. and that's something even my brother ... sister can understand.

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west virginia. well, a scary moment for republican presidential candidate carly fiorina sunday night when a backdrop collapsed during a campaign event in texas. carly fiorina was speaking at national women's business conference when the frame piping and cloth fell to the ground. you can see actually several women rushing in to shield her. thankfully no one was hurt. the arena made light of the situation saying i'm plenty tough enough to be commander in chief and hotel transylvania 2 takes a bite out of the competition, the animated feature took in $47.5 million kwnd at the intern" was second and "maze runner. . the scorch trails" was third and we thought about "hotel transylvania" because it's a good family film. >> saw it this weekend. loved, it loved it, loved it. let's see if you're going to love your weather. wet weather through the gulf coast for today. showers and thunderstorms in the appalachians and partly cloudy in the northeast and sunshine out west and 80 in portland and

tomorrow we've got cooler air making its way through the plains into the midwest and 80 in chicago today and 64 tomorrow. 86 and thunderstorms down in northern florida and look for clouds here in the northeast with rain moving in later on tomorrow night and on into good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. highs reaching 80 in palo alto and san jose. morning clouds will slowly clear out. and a high of 68 in the castro. fairfield 91. napa 81. oakland topping out at 76. and pleasanton high of 87. our temperatures come down a few more dwegrees the next few days with a few clouds. >> and that's your latest weather. now to the strange sounds your body makes. they happen to all of us, sometimes ringing in the ear or weird sounding cough.

when should you be worried in. >> well, here with that in what you need to know is nbc's medical contributor. doc, good to see you. >> good morning. >> news this morning there may be some changes for early breast cancer treatment. >> yes. al, this was just released this morning at european cancer congress, a new study out funded by the nih on something called the onco type dx, a genetic test, blood test on the cancer itself which is used to predict both recurrence and also response to chemotherapy. this is for women with early stage breast cancer. stage one or stage two. lymph node negative and something called hormone receptor positive, the sub group who test very, very low on this particular test may not need chemotherapy so huge. just reported so we will hear a little bit more, you know, as this evolves today but very, very interesting news in the breast cancer literature. >> when will we see this. >> this test has been available

since 2004 but one of the first prospective studies that actually randomized women to either see how they do when they got a low score versus a high score and they found these tremendous results. >> wow, terrific. >> very, very interesting. >> let's talk about the segment here. these weird noises our bodies make. let's get to the first one which is the cough. why would a cough be weird? >> right. when it's really important -- oh. . this is whooping cough and really important in the fall and winter season. i think a lot of parents when they have young children they don't know the difference between what is a whooping cough sound like and what does croup sound like, two very different diseases, whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, pertussis and preventible by vaccination and can be very fatal in children under 1. whooping cough, can we hear it again, what that is uncontrollable fits of coughing, followed by this very whooping type of wheeze when they try to take a deep breath and you heed to see your doctor right away in

your child has this cough. what's the next cough? >> okay. this is the cough that is characteristic of something called croup which is caused by a viral infection. it characteristically has that loud high pitch what we call barking cough. this is caused by a virus. it doesn't respond or doesn't require antibiotics. a little bit less serious than the whooping cough. >> all right. and we have another sound here. i think this one is the ear ringing. >> yes. >> ear ringing is obviously very, very common. >> and people actually hear. that's what you would hear. >> and there's something called subjective tinitis ringing in the ear that you here and something objective that the doctor can actually hear. ringing in the ear is not uncommon. one of the most common reason, people over the age of 60 can develop this. when is it a sign or something to be concerned about? obviously ringing in the ear that lasts for a prolonged period of time or is associated with vertigo, that is the room spinning, dizziness or hearing loss should be evaluated immediately by your doctor.

>> this next one, we've all been subject to this and done it, burping. >> i didn't know we had an audio for that. belching or burping is voluntary or involuntary and you're expelling air from your stomach. one of the most common causes for or some of the more common causes for belching would be, you know, chewing with your mouth opening, drinking carbonated beverages, talking a lot, anything that gets air in your mouth, including smoking. when is it a concern? well, sometimes people who have underlying reflex, acid reflux can belch quite a bit and people with underlying gas triedies or inflammation of the stomach or hpylorie which is ulcers should have it looked at. >> the wheezing? >> wheezing is high-pitched, typically happens with a whistling sound, happens during expiration breathing out and also can happen during inspiration, asthma,

alearningishing reaction or something obstruct aring your airway. should be evaluated by your doctor. >> there's one sound we left out. >> no, no. >> thank you, natalie azar. my goodness, i knew that would happen when i read the notes. of course, best to check this in with your medical provide fer you have serious health concerns. up next, comedian trevor noah gets comfortable behind the achor desk. we'll talk to the star as he makes his "daily show" debut tonight, and he served up the laughs as the creator of "everybody loves raymond." phil rosenthal has something new on his complaint can't wait to

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trevor, good morning. good to meet you, man. >> thanks very much. >> that's the big elephant in the room. everybody talks about it. how do you fill jon stewart's shoes and how do you react to it when people say it? >> that's funny. i have an elephant in my room at home. you know what? it's the truth. and that's all it is. that jon stewart left a giant void, and i have to work to fill that, and it's not something that will be done tonight. it will not be something done the next night but something we'll work towards and jon said that to me. don't forget. i didn't start the show 16 years in. it took me 16 years to where i am and take your time and do it right and that's exactly what i'll be doing. >> how then, trevor, do you make this show your own? "tonight show," jay leno number one for 20 years and jimmy fallon inherits a number one show and still keeps it there. what does the trevor noah "daily show" look like? >> you find what works and try to bring yourself to every situation. talking about stories, everybody has their own perspective and own place that they have come from so interharntly jon and i

are not different in that reregard. we share a lot of views and come to the same place when it comes to a lot of steueries, but for the most we're trying to get to the same place. your background just determines how you get there, your point view and that's really what changes on "the daily show." is it going to change completely? no, it's not going to change but it is going to change but not completely. can do both things at the same time and that's what i'm working on. >> what you know when you were introduced as a successor to jon a lot of people went to wikipedia to see who trevor noah was. time to get to know you. a little on your background. you're from south africa. who were your comedy influences growing up? >> when i first started comedy i had no influences because i didn't know what comedy was at the time. eddie murphy was a huge influence and eddie izzard after that and i started stumbling on great comedians, chris rock, louie c.d. and dave chapel, probably within of my i'd dolls and you meet great comedians,

comedians that people wouldn't necessarily know are really great influences on me in terms of what they do and how they do it. >> have you been following american politics for a long time because obviously that's the thrust of "the daily show" under jon stewart was putting politicians through the meat grinder every night. are you a lot of fans in. >> yes. a lot of people don't realize you have to follow american politics anywhere in the world because america is the leader of the free world. everyone has to pay attention to that. we're watching american elections no matter where we are in the world. it's a big thing that changes everything, so i've always been keenly watching that for as long as i've been watching news. >> well, we're very excited to see what you put on tonight. you feeling nervous right now? >> of course. i'm nervous or just cold. if i'm shivering it's because -- i want you to know it's because of the ac in here. yeah, but it's nerves and excitement at the same time, getting ready for it and amend up. going to be exciting. exciting week launching the show and then you just start the grind. it's a marathon, not a sprint. >> you'll do great. can't wait to see it.

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for a long time. >> yes. >> how much fun was it actually doing to getting it. >> look at this. i brought you, i was in the world familiarous gelato in italy. we heard you wept because this is so tasty. >> all right. you don't have to tell everybody. i want you to taste this. all these ingredients come from italy and actually have a branch on the sixth floor of macy's. >> does it matter, just dig in? >> the one i tasted is crema, milk, eggs, sugar, that's it, but it's the right milk and right eggs and right sugar made by the right lady. >> and the version in the states in macy's is exactly like you got in rome in. >> in florence. >> yeah, you got it. i would said experience of eating it on the sixth floor of macy's is about 90% of eating it in florence italy. >> the idea behind the show you is go all over the world. >> yes. >> sample the best of every place you go. >> yes. i want to motivate you get off

the couch to come and travel. i know that i live in a world that anthony bourdain lives, the greatest of the greatest and i look at him and i say i'm not doing that. i'm not going to beirut to get shot. a i tell people i'm exactly like anthony bourdain if he was afraid of everything. >> this is delicious. >> i think most people would like. this one is like frozen rice pudding. >> fantastic. >> good night, everybody. we can just stay here. >> what did you bring us from tokyo? >> i brought you something from hong kong. you ready in. >> this is a delicacy in hong kong. this is called the century-year-old egg. you in, tamron? >> i'll have ice cream. >> i'll stay right here. >> we might have a clip of me tasting it. >> what? >> take a look. >> oh. >> i'm being very hilarious by putting the whole thing in my mouth. that's real. there is no acting involved. i thought i would have to go to the hospital. >> what does it taste like in.

>> ice, ole tell you. it tastes at first like very, very, very rotten egg. >> oh. >> that's then supplanted by the overpowering wave of ammonia. >> okay. >> i'll taste it. >> this is a delicacy you say. >> i'll taste it. >> are you really going to taste it. >> if you do it. >> can you call 9 and 1 and hold your finger over the 1. i have another show to do it. will i get sick. >> go ahead, tamron. >> hey. >> you went out with bear grylls. >> what the heck in. >> i did eat a dead squirrel. >> i'm sorry, i'm already apologizing. >> it's not bad at all. >> it hasn't hit you yet. >> no, it's really good. >> you know what you would like, my mother's cooking. >> no. >> oh, man, that smells bad. >> it really isn't bad. >> you thought this was bad? >> i didn't have this exact one. maybe in new york they tone it down a little.

>> bring me my egg cream, i want to show you something. >> i went to tokyo. >> oh, look at you, i love you. >> what's that? what's going on here? >> this is -- i don't know if she's going to like this because she liked that. >> still okay with it? >> i hate the whole thing, it's delicious. >> i went to tokyo and went to this restaurant that specialized in eel. >> while you're making that i'm going to tell the folks "i'll have what nil's having" premiers tonight on pbs. >> have an egg cream.

>> that finishes the delightful egg cream. >> no egg and no cream. >> i'll take it. >> guess who we have? >> nikki read, mrs. ann romney. >> wo

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school officials have arranged for buses to help transport students. we got off to a cloudy start, but thousand ginow givin sunshine. >> we'll start out with clouds, but clearing this afternoon especially for the inland areas. highs today in the 70s and 80s. we'll see a high of 70 in san francisco. 76 in east bay. and the south bay today up to 84. 83 in the north bay. in the tri-valley, of course the temperatures there up to 89 degrees. but it will be slightly milder into the next couple of days. let's check in now with mike. we're looking to the san mateo bridge, westbound a lot of traffic flowing. slow from the hay ward side. reports of an earlier crash and traffic break never updated, so there may be a traffic break continuing. may have to take a second sweep.

92 has the heaviest flow of traffic. done b dunbar looking easier. northbound 101 past the airport, last sticking point for the south bay and late slow down eastbou eastbound. we'll be back in 25 minutes.

from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. ♪ >> that might sound familiar to you. that's miss janet jackson "burn it up." hope you had a great weekend. it's fun day monday, september 28th. >> we have a great show. i cannot believe it has been one year since george and amal got married. they're already having an anniversary. >> good for them. they say it wouldn't last. they seem settled and happy. >> we'll talk with dave carter and a lot of stuff about taylor swift and her concert.