we're getting ready for "today" show. >> want to get ready for rokerthon. >> good state of mind. good morning. . good morning. breaking news, two americans killed and four wounded at a military training center in jordan. we'll have a live report from the pentagon. fighting back, ben carson defends himself against criticism that he fabricated stories in his past and lied about being offea scholarship to west point. republicans prepare to debate again tomorrow night, we'll talk to the head of the republican party. what happened? a parking lot caves in swallowing up 15 cars. authorities still trying to figure out what caused the collapse. nine down and 41 to go. after a hectic hoping weekend

filled with surprises. al's getting set to tackle 13 states in the next 24 hours. four of them in the next few minutes. making this the wildest rokerthon day of them all. monday, november 9th, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt louer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. we start the week with a very busy news. >> we have breaking news just in. a reported attack on americans in jordan. nbc learning about this from the pentagon. what can you tell us about it? >> u.s. defense officials tell us that two american civilian contractors were killed and a third wounded at a police training center overnight outside of jordan. according to the officials, the

shooting spree was carried out by a former jordan police officer fired. that officer committed suicide immediately after the attacks. no u.s. military were at the base. what's not clear is whether the americans were specifically targeted or whether in some kind of political attack or whether this was a personal vendetta. both u.s. and jordan has launched investigations to figure out why this happened. savannah. >> we'll keep in touch with you, nick, this morning as we learn more. >> ben carson facing intense new scrutiny on the campaign trail as the republican presidential candidates get ready for tomorrow night's debate. we're going to talk with the chairman of the rnc this morning. let's bring in peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. >> good morning. we're in milwaukee today ahead of tomorrow night's republican debate.

ben carson under scrutiny for discrepancy s discrepancies in his life story. this morning carson insists that he's not been vetted but being targeted by the news media. >> ben carson's political future may depend on how well he weathers questions about his past. >> if you could give me -- >> carson raising a stunning $3.5 million in one week as scrutiny grows over his claims of a scholarship offer to west point, violent youth and acts to help classmates. carson consistently dismissing his critics. >> you're asking me about something that occurred years ago and expect me to have the details on that. forget about it. it's not going to happen. >> one british newspaper revealing a picture from inside carson's home complete with paintings of carson, another side by side with jesus.

the home like a museum with awards, certificate and personal memorabilia. donald trump isn't letting up zeroing in on carson's descriptions of path as pathological. >> pathological disease is a serious problem. as i understand it, you can't really cure it. >> trump's show stopper, leading saturday night live to its best ratings in three years despite mixed reviews. one latino group protesting trump's appearance promising larry david will get his pay out even though he heckled trump as a joke. >> trump's a racist. [ applause ] >> it's larry david. what are you doing, larry? >> i heard if i yelled that, they would give me $5,000. [ applause ] >> as a business man, i can fully respect that. >> also, under fire, marco rubio is trying to put to rest

lingering questions about his finances releasing two new years of charge card statements to show a pattern of overlapping personal and political spending as a florida legislature. >> this morning, one detail about trump's personal biography is coming under scrutiny. he admitted to being george h.w. bush's running mate in 1988. the official trump bush ticket was revealed in the book. the 41st president says that was a strange and unbelievable idea. trump says it was the other way around that he was asked and told that he would make a great vice president. matt and savannah. >> peter al vandeexander, thank very much. >> good morning. let's talk about ben carson. when someone runs for president and that person has no real political experience and no record in public office to run

on and they decide to run on the elements of an interesting inspiring life story, are specific and pointed questions about elements of that life story appropriate? >> look, i mean i would imagine some questions are appropriate but i do believe this is a totally crazy obsession over incredible detail from 30 and 40 years ago whether it be this issue or some of the other issues highlighted earlier in the segment among other candidates. the fact is we kind of wish the media would be just as obsessed or half obsessed with hillary clinton's lies of many years. >> dr. carson is saying that he is being targeted, not vetted and if he is being vetted he says he's being vetted more severely than anyone else including barack obama who faced years of birthing questions and

hillary clinton whose faced decades of questions about her marriage, personal life, e-mails, 11 hours in a chair in front of congress just a couple of weeks ago. is he being more severely vetted than anyone else? >> yeah, but the difference is that the media is actually, they have an agenda against some of these candidates. in regard to hillary clinton, the media covers it with a wink and nod and isn't this horrible that she had to sit in a chair for 11 hours. that's the tone of the coverage of hillary clinton. it's a tone of this is silly, let's move on. where as with the republicans it's hey, can you believe that 40 years ago that happened or that hey, this credit card over here, those are things that might be interesting for a question but not an obsession. >> you're saying that hillary clinton's past is something people ought to be obsessed with. >> let's be clear here.

if ben carson has woven stories like the west point story into the fabric of his sprinterestin and life inspiring story, doesn't it make it fair game for questions? >> sure. people ask the question and he answered it. so i mean i think, okay, ask and answered. i think people need to move on to the next question. i'm not saying questions aren't appropriate, of course. people can't ask questions, of course. i think you get to a place where all the questions have been asked. >> real, real quickly, i know you wrote a letter to the chairman of nbc news, there were a lot of questions and criticism about the tone and debate and future debates. i know you've spoken to the chairman of nbc news, are you making progress in terms of renewing ties with this network on future debates? >> look, here's the issue. this is an issue in regard to cnbc.

abc is the parent organization. >> nbc. >> nbc is the parent organization. my lebelief is there has to be some consequences for what we saw a couple of weeks ago in denver. people did something that didn't obviously wasn't promised and wasn't expected and there has to be consequences. yeah, i did have a good conversation with andy and by the way, we're going to be talking to the candidates about the issues of that debate. we're looking forward to the debate this week and i think it's going to be a much better debate and i think it's going to be a good time to put cnbc debate behind us. >> the chairman of the rmc, good to see you. thank you very much for your time. >> president obama and israeli prime minister tries to mend their fractured relationship when they meet today. this will be the first time they've spoken face to face since the iran nuclear deal. >> that comes on the heals of a

disturbing video. this shows a palestinian woman attacking a security guard in the west bank. the guard was checking the woman's i.d. when she pulled out a knife and lunged at him. the guard suffered minor injuries but was able to shoot and injure that woman. this is the latest incident in a wave of violence in that region where 11 israelis and more th palestinians have died in the past few months. >> this morning officials are growing more confident it was a bomb that took down a jet. bill is on the story for us this morning. bill, good morning. where does the investigation stand? >> reporter: good morning, savannah, egypt seems to be denying this morning this was an inside job. it's under such pressure to find the cause of this crash that it has been describing one report that investigators are 90% sure this was a bomb as an outright lie. it says there's an intelligent

and media war against it and it is denying allegations of lacked security here at the airport from where the plane took off. >> egyptian officials say footage 3 f2 está bajo sospecha. no workers were under suspicion. workers were not being searched properly. this airport official clearly wasn't use to being exposed. melanie says i don't take off my shoes when i come through here. then i won't go in. it put a hole in the cargo and

sent shock waves through. >> israel won't confirm reports about isis taking down the plane. one egyptian investigator said they were 90% sure it was a bomb based on the final noise in the cockpit. investigators are searching sand from the site for evidence of explosive residue. the fbi has agreed to help asked by the russians. >> i hope it's a wake up call to putin and i hope -- >> reporter: and the world may have to wait a long time. egypt was leading this investigation and it's in no hurry at the moment to confirm any theory. matt, savannah. 3 f2

tamron tiene la historia. with a church van. >> those images are stirring. what a sad story. officials are -- a pick up truck collided with a church van killing four and injuring 14 others. >> a multivehicle accident. >> fire officials investigating the scene overnight in maryland believe the pick up truck may have rear ended a passenger vehicle before losing control and crossing into oncoming traffic. the van then hit the truck setting truck on fire. >> first we thought it was a house on fire because the flames were about the height of that tree. >> neighbors nearby said they tried to help save the victims

by pulling them out of van some using their own water to help put out the fire. >> some came out of their house with a hose. >> authorities say six children and eight adults were transit ported to area hospitals. four adults and four children were in critical condition. >> any time you deal with children and fatalities and serious injuries, it does effect the firefighters and medics and police officers. >> fire officials say the adults in the van were mostly in their 20s and 30s. children ranged in age from 4-10 years old. >> cameron, thank you. so difficult. officials in texas are on edge after a district judge was shot in her driveway in what police believe was a targeted attack. the shooter on the loose this morning. nbc has the story from austin. janet, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. nbc news has learned the judge has previously received threats over tapes in which she was a presiding judge. this morning investigators and

port officials are pouring over hundreds of our cases hoping it will provide some clue as to whomever tried to take her life. >> new urgency this morning as austin police step up their man hunt searching this neighborhood looking for whomever took four shots at the district judge in the driveway of her home. >> four gunshots. very quick succession. no spacing. bang, bang, bang. >> was it a targeted attack? authorities are calling to hundreds of felony cases trying to identify who might monitor. other judges are shaking. >> there has been a greater awareness. everybody's paying better attention. >> she was returning home from a high school football game according to the american statesman newspaper. a bag of trash or garbage can

had been placed in front of the security gate requiring the driver of her car to stop the vehicle to remove it. it was at that time she was shot. >> per caller, the assailant has left but they do not know where they are. >> it was a close call. law enforcement officials say the judge was wounded in the upper body and face area but by shrapnel and glass. her injuries are serious but not life threatening. she has more felony cases. she's rational, reasonable and fair. >> if you thought about someone being very upset with a judge, she's not the type judge you would think. >> reporter: officials have released no suspect description and in fact been very tight lipped about the investigation. meanwhile, here in aus ten, a heightened since of concern over security in the judicial community. matt and savannah. >> i can imagine a lot there.

>> take a look at mississippi where the ground caved in at an i hop parking lot. it happened in meridian near the alabama border. it's 600 feet long. just before the ground opened up the witnesses heard several loud booms and the power was knocked out. >> nobody injured but engineers will be at the scene trying to figure out what caused the collapse. the i hop just opened last week. it is day four of al's rokerthon. al, good morning. how are you holding up? >> i'm doing great. so many people have come here. how are we going to get to 13 states on one day on monster monday? i'll show you at least a start. we get a head start because we're literally at the four corners.

utah, colorado, new mexico, arizona. the four corners and we're going to show you what we brought together. it's going to be huge. in the meantime, let's show you what else is going on today. we've got a big storm getting itself together. it's going to be bringing rain up out of the gulf along the south eastern atlantic coast. look for flash flood watches and warnings from florida all the way to the carolinas. for a flooding threat we're going to watch the system push on up. airport delays from washington all the way up to new york. anywhere from 2-4 inches of rain. possibly up to 5 inches by virginia. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

shop the way you live. love the way you shop. and experience more wonder every day. walmart. good morning. i'm meteorologist keri hal. we have some heavy rain moving into the north bay, as well as san francisco. lightning strikes just offshore. a lot of the lightning has been weakening as it moves inland. but we'll be watching the rain spread elsewhere. the east bay, south bay still dry. temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s. not much of a warmup. windy with times of rain. the rain continues into this evening. >> that's your latest weathe that's the latest. coming up, we're going to give you a recap how we gotten here coming up in the next hour. >> you just checked off four states just like that. >> that's cool.

>> all right. we're going to stay a little while. just ahead, controversy on a major college campus. they're demanding the president be fired and members of the football team on strike refusing to play until that happens. >> and a dangerous trend. people taking photos on active train tracks. would you be able to hear a train coming before it's too late. an eye opening experiment. this is today on nbc.

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wherever the journey takes you, carry american express gold. it's more than a card. it's the gear that gets it done. story in the south bay... a very good monday morning to you. 7:26 now. i'm laura garcia cannon. developing story, authorities have closed the southbound express way following a deadly early morning crash. it happened a little before 4:00 a.m. police say the female driver died when her car crash into a tree. two men in the car were injured. rescue crews extricated one of the men. the other imagined to climb to safely. the road remains closed now but is expected to reopen within the hour. police have not determined what caused the accident or whether the driver may have been impaired. i want to check the morning forecast right now because the rain, coming in. >> yes. we do still have some fog

rolling across parts of the south bay out ahead of the rain but we're concerned about the north bay right now the san francisco with heavier downpours rolling in. we're picking up on live lightning. as that continues to move in, we'll have that affecting the morning commute. temperatures only to upper 50s to lower 60s today and the rain will be off and on even into this evening. let's look at the roads with mike. right you said here, the golden gate looking wet as the rain comes in. look at your map. not only in san francisco where the crash still blocked one lane, the green highlighted all around the bay, puddling and ponding for the areas north of san rafael. the south bay moving very well but we're watching for the rain the come complicate things. watch out for the crosswalks around the schools this morning. be careful out there.

we'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. hope to see you then.

7:30 now. 9th day of november. day four of rokerthon. two. here is the proof. a huge crowd has turned out to celebrate with al at the four corners. say what you will. we're hitting four states in two seconds. >> he's promised all those people a ride on his snazzy jet. the pentagon now investigating reports of a deadly attack at a training facility in jordan. a gunman apparently opened fire killing at least three people including two americans.

>> president obama and israeli prime minister trying to put their public class and nuclear iran deal behind them. this is their first face to face in a year. >> engineers being brought in to figure out what caused a large section of an i hop parking lot to collapse swallowing 15 cars. no injuries reported. we want to begin with a campus controversy making headlines all across the country. university of missouri's governing board holding an emergency meeting to discuss growing calls for the school's president to resign. dozens of students including football players are upset at the way racially charged incidents are being charged on campus. the players say they won't play again until the president is gone. jacob has that story. >> reporter: matt, good morning. it started with a small group of students who wanted their president to listen to their concerns and now everyone from

the football teams to dozens of faculty and lawmakers say president tim wolf has to go. while the tigers lost this weekend, they're fighting a much larger battle off the field. the team standing with many of their fellow students, faculty and lawmakers from both parties demanding the university president resign or be fired. the tigers head coach tweeted this photo of the team and coaching staff with the captions we are united and behind our players. a tipping point in a movement vowing to protest and walk out and in one student's case not eat until wolf is gone. the anger stems from alleged acts of racism on campus in resent months. black students including the student body's president say

they have faced repeated shouts of the n word and last month a -- smeared in human feces. when the black students were first admitted to the university called on the president for action he appeared apathetic. another confrontation over the weekend. >> this is because you don't believe that you have the equal opportunity for success. >> my apology is long overdue. my behavior seemed like i did not care. that was not my intention. but in his lengthy response, the only changed promise is a previously planned diversity strategy set to begin next april. >> we're tired of statements, we're tired of the p.r. teams riding on behalf of our leaders. we want real change.

>> grad many students and faculty have organized a walkout beginning later this morning. the emergency meeting was aborted and next football game is this saturday. if there is no resolution by then and the university of missouri backs out, they could stand to lose up to $1 million. guys, back to you. >> big story. thank you very much. >> very extraordinary. let's check in with al once again. he's taking america by storm. hey, al. >> rokerthon on today is powered by netjets. the world wide leader in private aviation. >> hey guys, we are now in utah officially. we have members of a huge nation here.

we have the byu group. this is really exciting stuff. let's get to, it's freezing out here. it's about 28 degrees. let's give you utah's forecast. showing you what we got as far as utah's concerned. so we fly the rokerthon jet into utah, boom, look at that 53 degrees in cedar city. salt lake city sees a temperature of 57 degrees for a high. we're also looking at unsettling weather in the west. we're going to be watching a big storm system coming in. it's brought about a foot of snow to parts of california. this is going to bring heavy mountain snow from the sierra's into the rockies and strong storms possible. tuesday night hail, damaging winds and can't rule out an isolated tornado and as we move to wednesday, look at this. we've got our enhanced risk of tornados from missouri to western indiana. we're going to be watching this

good morning. i'm meteorologist carry hal. tracking heavy rain across parts of the north bay and san francisco approaching the east bay right now. also some strikes of lightning in the san rafael area moving into the north bay. be on the watchout for a few isolated thunderstorms not only this morning but throughout the afternoon. temperatures rising only up to 55 degrees at half moon bay, in san francisco at 58 degrees, in napa, 62 and 63 degrees in antioch. >> okay. so we've we've officially done the forecast for utah. we're going to give it to these young men. thank you so much. we've started off on friday in hawaii. saturday we were in alaska. well, yesterday we started a rock and roll, baby.

>> we got a big, big crowd here. >> 5:30 a.m. pacific time with a crowd at the falls. then it was across the boarder in idaho. >> i love that. >> on to montana where things got a little dicey. coming down in the past one thing we didn't prepare for happened. >> hopefully, we're going to get a tire fixed. >> a flat tire 807 miles from our next stop. it couldn't stop us. we jumped into action trying to save our tire, schedule and d dignity. the owners at the garage saved the day. we finally got there and it was still surfs up. morning temperature about 40 degrees. just outside we met up with our secret weapon, air rokerthon and the netjets team. then we jumped west to portland

oregon and the chinese garden. running behind hungry in sa sacramento when the roker another another in store. >> there was a snow squall and we couldn't get there. we had to divert. we were late and tired and energized by a huge crowd. >> it isn't rokerthon unless it's a go guys, we had a heck of

a day yesterday. we got 13 states today. monster monday. get ready. we're coming to you. >> al, i noticed you're kind of dragging this monday. >> we got another one. >> you're going to have to explain that. >> yes, well, we had in our commercial we've got a ghost in the commercial. so every place we've had a goat. i know there was questions about the plumber's crack. when we were trying to change the tire. >> all of rokerthon i could have gone without knowing that. >> thank you, al. all right, al. just a little bit. coming up, we've got pop star coming up.

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>> we are back at 7:44. this morning on "rossen reports" a dangerous trend. >> this morning jeff rossen is here with a powerful and personal experiment. >> reporter: good morning to you. i talk about dangerous behavior all the time and i stand here and call people out when they are wrong. well, this morning something a little different. i am calling myself out. just a couple of weeks ago i was doing a story about a different unrelated topic involving my kids. i showed this picture. we're going to call it up right here of my kids right here on the "today" show. there is that photo. my kids love trains so i often took them down to the train tracks to take photos. well, just minutes after the story aired i was bombarded by e-mails, tweets and facebook messages telling me how dangerous it is, how could i, people die this way. to be honest. i never thought about it. always thought that i would see a train coming. i mean, it is a train after all, but, still, i looked into it and

boy was i wrong. this morning a game-changer for you and for me. you're watching an emergency in progress. they are recording on the tracks and suddenly notice a train. they run for safety, but it's too late. this woman is killed. just weeks ago 16-year-old john was hit and killed, taking these photos with his girlfriend for a school project. >> was too late before they realized the train was coming. >> but this may be the most haunting photo of all. two sisters and their best friend taking selfies on the tracks. what they can't see or hear is that train in the background speeding toward them. just three seconds later all the girls were hit and killed. >> this is absolutely a preventable phenomenon and loss. my girls did not have to lose

their life. >> reporter: it's one of the latest trends in photography. people taking selfies, wedding photos, even graduation pictures on active tracks. the photos posted all over social media and what most don't know it's illegal and dangerous. this year alone 291 injured, another 343 killed, trespassing on the tracks. now safety experts are sounding off. >> trains are very loud so people think they are very loud and the truth is they are relatively quiet. if an engineer sees someone on the tracks, even if they apply an emergency brake it takes a mile or more for them to stop. >> reporter: so do you think you could hear a train coming? csx railroad giving us special access to the tracks. in fact, there are csx workers just off camera here to keep us safe. there's actually a freight train on its way coming down the track all the way in the distance. i'm not sure if you can see the headlines or not. i'm going to stand here with my back to the train not paying

attention like so much do when we're on the tracks taking selfies. we'll see how close this train gets before i actually hear it. would i have time to jump out of the way. okay. here comes the train. i don't hear anything at all. it's getting closer and closer and still not a peep. i hear it right now and here it is, look at, that basically right on top of me. they are pretty quiet for as big as they are. boy, that is an amazing example to prove that you just don't have time to jump out of the way. watch again from a different angle this. camera is just inches from the track. you can't hear a thing and keep listening. only when it's right on top of our camera do you hear it. >> and this train is only going 25 miles per hour. some trains get up to 70, 80,

even 90. >> the bottom line as you've seen here today you're not necessarily going to see or hear the train coming miles away. stay off the tracks. it's illegal. it's dangerous and it's deadly. >> reporter: was shocked when i was standing there and doing it. it's an important lesson for us all. train engineers say they see this all the time. they don't know what to do because they can't stop in time. officials say put it this way. you wouldn't stand in the middle of a highway and take a photo. don't do it on the train tracks. >> no room for error. >> i'm really surprised at that. interesting, jeff. >> i was surprised and all the energy and noise is in the back of the train, not the front. >> makes sense. >> thank you, jeff. coming up, the fun times, the feuds, the vacations, what your kids will remember most about you. dylan? >> and, guys, you won't believe the icon who is joining our no the icon who is joining our no shave today not yet. not yet.

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>> fair enough. >> but it is wet out there. let's take a live look at the radar. you see the rain in san francisco as well as the north bay. it's approaching san jose. and we're going to see this throughout the morning. throughout the commute it's going to slow things down, the possibility of some thunderstorms too. it could continue into the afternoon and it be a cool one with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s all across the bay air what we have the camera right here. look how wet it is on the richmond side. i want to show you on the maps. the blood is puddling and ponding. look as we zook the map out, we see a tough drive in. but it's spreading out anywhere north of the san mateo bridge. south of the san mateo bridge, the rest of the commute looking good. it will build from the south bay as the rain comes. extra caution out there on

the roadways today. mike will be back in 20 minutes with more real-time updates.

it's 8:00 on "today" and it's 8:00 on "today," and coming up, hidden in plain sight. the ghost apps used by one student and one high school's shocking sexting scandal. plus, coffee cup controversy. why these new red cups have some customers accusing starbucks of waging a war against christmas. and monsters and men. >> no one will remember frankenstein the man, only the monster! >> daniel radcliffe and james mcavoy team up for a new twist on the legendary story of frankenstein. today, monday, november 9th,

2015. she's 50 in the city! >> celebrating my daughter's 16th birthday! >> whoo! >> hey, y'all. we're from alabama. >> women's golf team takes "today"! >> good morning ohio state university! >> hi, we're back now. 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the ninth day of november 2015. we have got an enormous crowd out on the plaza. >> we do! >> on a chilly morning here in the northeast. >> it is awesome. great to have everybody. starting to feel a little bit like winter out here. meantime, al's rokerthon adventure, he is beginning at the four corners in the

northeast. al, good morning again. >> good morning, guys. so the four corners, where four states intersecond. so right now, i'm al roker reporting from utah, where it's 31 degrees. i'm al roker reporting from colorado, where it's 31 degrees. i'm al roker reporting from new mexico, where it's 31 degrees. and i'm al roker reporting from arizona, where it's 31 degrees. yeah! four states. boom! >> al, which is more invigorating and thrilling, what you just did, or this moment from 2007 during the ends of the earth show? that's when you were in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere within two seconds of each other. >> i know. i was changing -- i was actually

changing seasons, and here, i'm going from state to state. they're totally different. but both exhilarating. i cannot tell you how much i'm tingling right now. >> we are, too, al. >> if he squatted down, he could be in four states all at the same time. >> on all fours. >> you don't want to see that. >> we've already seen enough of that angle today on your weather cast. all right, al, thanks. we're going to get your forecast coming up. but first, tamron is in for natalie this morning, who's on assignment. she's got the top stories of the day. good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. a spokesman for jordan's government says two americans and a south african have been killed during an attack at a police training center outside the capital of amman. two other americans were wounded. americans and other foreign personnel at the facility train iraqi police officers. police say the gunman was a member of the jordanian police force. he was either killed by return fire or took his own life. a funeral is being held today for a 6-year-old boy who

was shot and killed during a police chase in louisiana. the officer is accused of shooting him are due in court on murder charges. gabe gutierrez is in louisiana. good morning. >> reporter: the two officers are expected in court later this morning for a bail hearing. body camera footage has not been released publicly, but investigators are calling it extremely disturbing. friends and family are preparing to lay 6-year-old jeremy to rest. mourners gathered late sunday in hattiesburg, mississippi, to pay their respects. >> he could see angels, just the way he would glance into nowhere and just start laughing and giggling. >> reporter: he and his father chris had recently moved to louisiana. on tuesday night, jeremy was buckled into the front seat of his father's suv when he was shot five times and killed. his dad remains hospitalized in serious condition. nbc news has learned from

witnesses that he had had an argument with his girlfriend outside this bar, leading someone to call 911. though it's still not clear why the officers opened fire. two of the officers involved in the incident, derek stafford and norris greenhouse jr. now face charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. they have not cooperated with investigators. they haven't talked to you yet? >> those two have not. but we'll have that conversation at some point. i believe we will. and if not, then they'll have it in court. >> stafford worked full-time for the marksville, police department, but that night was working a side job. greenhouse was a part-time officer and a reserve deputy marshall for a nearby city. the primary role of the marshals is to serve arrest warrants, but -- >> we do know this. there was no arrest warrants. >> reporter: the city marshal said in a statement that louisiana law empowered his officers to write tickets, make arrests and preserve the peace.

greenhouse is the son of a local prosecutor, whose office has recused itself from the case. greenhouse and stafford are both named in at least one pending lawsuit involving excessive force. they argue the subject was resisting arrest. tamron? >> all right, gabe, thank you very much. president obama is hosting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house today. it is the first time they're talking face to face in more than a year. friction between the two leaders reached a new level earlier this year when president obama pursued a nuclear deal with iran. israel says the agreement leaves iran within reach of a nuclear bomb. u.s. officials are down playing hopes for a peace deal between israel and the palestinians in president obama's final 14 months in office. and you expect a certain amount of action when you go diving in a shark cage, if you're brave enough. the daredevil who captured this video off south africa says he never expected to get so close to those razor sharp teeth, swear words deleted out.

the shark lunged at a piece of bait, slamming its snout into a small gap into the cage. perhaps more remarkable, this moment was part of the diver's honeymoon trip. nothing says i love you like nearly getting you eaten. >> i can only look at that and think that had to hurt that shark. that's a hard cage. i'm all for the newlywed couple also. >> you're taking an unexpected angle there. >> that was nose first into that thing. >> we both paused. >> tamron, thank you. now to some new questions tied to a massive sexting scandal at a high school out in colorado. >> a lot of people asking how did this go on for so long. this morning, a possible answer. by the way, this could be hidden on your kids' phones. kristen dahlgren is here to explain. >> i think i'm like a lot of people. i had never heard of these ghost or vault apps before this. but i bet after seeing this story, a lot of parents are going to be checking their kids' phones. when at least 100 students at colorado's canyon high school were accused of trading nude and

explicit photos like baseball cards -- >> it got to the point of maybe a little bit of a contest, tee who could collect the most. >> reporter: many wondered how so many parents couldn't have known. the anay lie behind this calculator. >> i did a search for hidden apps, and it brought up this calculator app. >> reporter: it works like any other calculator. until you put in your secret code, revealing hidden pictures. >> ghost apps, hidden apps. they're everywhere, and the kids know about them. >> reporter: but many parents don't. >> the apps are specifically designed to hide things from parents, educators, and grown-ups. >> reporter: in 2012, a mcafee team internet behavior study found over 70% of teens have hidden online activity from their parents. >> this one father in particular, he wept so hard and thought he was a failure because he just could not believe his 12-year-old daughter would be sending out inappropriate naked pictures of herself. >> reporter: it's not just colorado. last week, there were sexting scandals in pennsylvania, ohio,

and tennessee. >> there isn't a school in the united states probably at this point that hasn't at some point dealt with the issue of sexting. >> reporter: so what can parents do? experts say check out any new apps. especially those that have accessed the phone's camera. look for redundancy, like two calculators on a phone. or use parental controls so you have control of what's downloaded. but perhaps more than anything, start a conversation. >> the big message for kids here is you think something may just disappear online, but it doesn't. it's permanent. and it can come back to haunt you. >> so obviously talking is key. it's beginning to be hard for us to stay ahead of technology, but if your kids understand the consequences, it may make a difference. in colorado, there could be huge ramification. those teens could face child pornography charges, which would mean that they would be registered sex offenders for the rest of their lives. >> this was hugely eye-opening, to think there are apps that might look like the calculator

app and it hides something like this. >> my children are starting to dislike this show because i go home every day going, let me see your phone. you learn something every day. it's unbelievable. >> kristen, thank you. coming up next, the new trailer for "star wars: the force awakens." plus, did princess diana's former lover try to sell the private letters she wrote to him? dylan? and a new take on the legendary story of frankenstein. we'll talk to daniel radcliffe and james mcavoy about their new movie, but first these messages.

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all right. we're back now. 8:14, it's a great time to start trending today. >> this is trending everywhere today. let me just ask you. does this cup offend you? >> not in the slightest. >> the fact that there's no coffee in it oefnz me. >> it's starbucks new holiday cup and it's causing quite the stir. it's got the red which is a festive holiday thing but it is different. starbucks has removed what it calls symbols of the season like in past years you see orments and snow flakes, those kinds of things. the late design is much more minimalist, and that has ignited an uproar on social media. some people are accusing starbucks of declaring a war on christmas. the #merrychristmas hash tag. scar bucks says the blake canvasses allow the customers to add in their own design. >> when i'm looking for coffee,

it could have pictures of me naked on it, i just need a cup of coffee. >> what do you any? >> i never would have assumed. >> red and green and associate it with holidays. >> holidays. >> i guess the snow flakes and stuff were kind of just generic. not like they are using religious symbols and aren't. >> we're just throwing it in the trash anyway. >> hopefully you're recycling. >> that's a whole other conversation. >> reasonable for valentine's day if it works. >> exactly. what do you remember most about your parents? "time" magazine compiled a list of the things your children will always remember about you. let's take a look at some of them on the list. the times you made them feel safe, when you gave them your undivided attention. your words of praise and criticism. the way you interacted with your spouse and your family traditions. what do you think about that? >> i think it's nice, really nice. >> such a sweet list. >> what else would you add to the list? other things you think your kids will remember about you. >> i feel like whenever your

parents surprise you, do something out the. routine. i remember coming home one day and my dad saying let's go fly a kite, just me and you, and it was so unexpected and i always remember that. >> a bad habit, a parent has a bad habit, smoking or something like that? >> i don't remember that but remember family road trips and my dad always getting lost from the typical dad from "holiday vacation" and thinking about us in the caravan riding about the united states. >> my mom always said take the foot off the gas going into the turn and accelerate at the top of the turn. >> that's something you'll always remember? >> every time i'm driving around. >> nice. >> what about a smell, not about my mom or my dad as much but my grandmother used to wear a certain kind of perfume, and if i'm on the street and i smell one go by with it i'm like hello, grandma, how are you. >> my grandpa with the cigars rolling up the windows, i remember that. by the way, a photo people are sharing a lot of this morning. this is a farmer that sweeted she lost hundreds of sheep, where are they?

well, look closely, there are about 550 of them in that picture. can you see? >> they are wearing the white and gold dress. apparently the sheep. they blend into this field. this is in canada. >> okay. >> and now you can see they are everywhere. >> because we were expecting, looking for white. >> there you go. >> and the goat, did you see the goat in the there, too? >> there's al roker. the farmer says she drove right past them the first time and didn't know where did my sheep go? >> been the hear the baaaa. had to roll down the windows. >> staying in the present, because if you're driving you would never notice anything like that. cool. >> the unlikely duo saving the day at the box office and the new "star wars" trailers sending fans into overdrive. dylan, "pop start." >> hollywood saved from another miserable weekend by an unlikely dream team, jom and charlie brown.

"spectre" topped $76 million and charlie brown officially joined the second place at the kids table scoring $45 million and "the martian" finished third with just over $9 million. lindsey von, the olympic skier, is recovering after breaking up a fight. the culprit, her two dogs. the cause, a frisbee and she is doing just fine and instagrammed this photo from her hospital bed over the weekend. ended up getting stitches in her rights thumb and volk joked this was the blade of a jimmy fallon halloween costume and she's okay sunday way back on the slopes. >> spent too much time on operating table lately. >> takes a lot to knock lindsey vonn down. >> nothing will stop her. and finally "star wars." fans on sunday were treated to a new trailer and some fans are speculating the movie revealed a big secret about han solo. >> i've lived long enough to see

the same eyes in different people. i see your eyes. i know your eyes. >> so speculation here is that harrison ford's han solo is the father of ray, the young female avenger. >> seems like it. >> it wasn't sounds like, wasn't at all, but those are a few little clips because everybody is waiting for sight of luke sims-walker and in the late trailer still hasn't been seen yet and everybody wants to know what the deal is. >> with all the clips we'll piece together a movie in a second. >> i'm such a "star wars" dork. i get the chills watching this. >> you're excited. >> i'm really excited. >> dinnial, thank you. >> let's get a check of the forecast from al as he checks up another state on rokerthon 2. >> that's right, guys. it is 25 degrees now. just before sunrise. it's dropped a few degrees, so

here we go. let's take a look and show you what's happening in new mexico today as we show you on our brand new ipad pro. look at that bad boy. so, we start off in albuquerque and going to be 62 and 39 for a low n.santa fe 57. 31 for a low. carlsbad 76 and 43 for the low, and the four corners, getting up to 62 degrees today with a low of 33 degrees. all right. we are going to try something that has never been done before. we are going to do "america the beautiful" across four states with four bands. we're starting it off with the byu band. hit it. ♪ oh, beautiful for spacious skies ♪ >> and then the kent state revival from colorado. ♪ for purple mountain imagine cities. >> and from the navajo nation in

new mexico. ♪ above the fruited plains >> and the marching band from arizona. ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crowned thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea >> there you have it. ! this is a great country, ladies and gentlemen. you own the rokerth we've got some rain coming down in the bay area. and detecting some lightning just offshore of the peninsula, right around the half moon bay and pacifica areas. you may hear some of those rumbles of thunder and a line of some heavy downpours moving there as well as over across the bay into san leandro. and you'll see this rain off and on throughout the morning commute really slowing things

down. look, you can't see anything in our east bay camera. it's coming down that heavily. we'll see this rain once again into the evening. keep checking in for updates. >> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> all right, al. thank you so much. there is a new controversy this morning involving the royal family. >> it's tied to a series of love letters written by princess diana. keir simmons has that story. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. it does appear james wanted $100,000 or more to secretly sell handwritten notes that princess diana would never have wanted to be made public. we will show you only those letters and cards that have already been published. we have seen many more and they reveal just how in love she was with hewitt even while still married to prince charles. call it a royal betrayal. after news that princess diana's former lover james hewitt was reportedly trying to sell

letters she wrote to him, flirtatious and very private. she signs one kissy-kissy. another written in march 1988 says you have just left and it all seems very empty here to me. and that includes one bottle of champagne, too. thinking of you. the message on a card with a picture of a teddy bear. the notes first published by the mail online were reportedly sent to an l.a. based dealer, a friend of james hewitt e-mailing him prior to our telephone conversation i discussed the position with james this morning. i am sending you, he says, a total of 45 items, nine cards are signed and 27 are not signed. he says hewitt got cold feet and withdrew from the sale. his affair with princess diana reportedly lasted five years beginning after the birth of prince harry, hewitt has said, but the letters even include a note from william and harry. the two boys spent a lot of time with him while their mother was his lover. this morning, now adult princes likely feeling let down by a man

who was once so close to diana and to them. he says he approached hewitt first, then later contacted a lawyer for william and harry. those boys are going to feel just so let down this morning. >> yeah. i can only think of saying ick, that that would happen. >> right. >> a real betrayal. thank you. over to dylan. >> we are nine days into the no shades day campaign where we raise awareness for men's health. i would say the scruff is coming in nicely. we have had viewers sending in their progress using hash tag no shave today. now there is some heavyweight competition entering the fray. check this out. the world's greatest, mohammad ali himself is getting in on the fun tweeting week one of no shave today, whose beard will be the greatest? he gives you the first jab, matt. does that up the ante? >> first jab, i get it. yeah. no question who will have the greatest of everything. it will be ali. no question. >> i have a feeling about that.

don't forget, we have the shave up on the plaza. >> all right.i'm ... ==anim== a a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. authorities have closed southbound almedin expressway following a deadly early-morning crash. it happened a little before 4:00 a.m. police say the female driver died when her car crashed into a tree. two men in the car were injured. rescue crews extricated one of the men. the other managed to climb to safety. the road remains closed right now between redman and camden, but it is expected to reopen in the hour if it hasn't already. police have not determined what caused that accident or whether the driver may have been impaired. let's check the rest of your morning commute. >> we're trying to get word on them whether or not they have indeed opened that expressway. so we'll check that. meanwhile, you have to contend with this. we know the conditions, there's

the maze. it's soupy. we can barely see it. look at oakland just to the south of there. 880 also getting hit with the rain and sudden slowing at high street. the entire area really getting wet. the blue area where there's puzzling and ponding, scattered incidents all over. anywhere south of the bridge looking a little better but it's coming over from the peninsula now. we'll shout out the issue of slowing and a crash 85 northbound. back to you. >> thank you so much. and we'll have anothering you 16

8:30 now. it's monday morning, 9th of november, 2015, and we are making progress. skafltding is up. that's the rockefeller center christmas tree. very soon the lights will go on it. all five miles of l.e.d. lights, i might add, and by the way we have the honor of the hosting the like thing ceremony on deese 2nd. so hope you tune in. >> always fun and chilly. savannah sits inside and drinks

wine while we do all the work. >> and eat sushi. >> coming up we'll talk to james radcliffe and james mcavoy about their new movie, but, first, daniel, there's a woman with a sign that he is her birthday and you're here hero. >> isn't that nice. >> that is so sweet. >> that's a good birthday. >> that's amazing. >> anybody else. >> selfies. >> we always love it when daniel is here. by the way, we've got some exciting news. we are launching today's food club, some weekly newsletters and recipes and special offers and more. it will be the place to get the late and tastiest on all things food. >> and folks are signing up now on the plaza. they are each getting one of these "today" food club spatulas courtesy of get it right. there they are. nine now for a chance to win a trip it the table at studio 1a

and the ultimate giveaway from our friends. >> really cool. >> for more go to today.com/foodclub, and we'll set operate the launch in a moment with a peanut butter sauce. >> what's that? >> i thought you were excited by the brown peanut butter pie. >> something to do with ohio state. >> but first al is well into day four at rokerthon 2 spending time at four corners and right now he's riding into colorado in style. >> that's right. i'm telling you. this is rodney and what's the name of your ranch in. >> canyon trio ranch? >> what kind of horses are these in. >> hurcherons. >> it is beautiful. >> the sun is coming up and it's a spectacular morning. let's show you what's happening as far as colorado. come on in here, big boy. ray, come on in so i can show you the colorado weather. here we go. flying in right now in the four corners. drive 62 getting down to 33

degrees. 49 in aspen. a high of 54 in herm is a. pueblo, colorado 69 and a hey today of 62 in pueblo, and i give you, sir, a rokerthon flag for you to wave proudly at your ranch. that's what's g we have some heavy downpours moving into parts of the bay area. just south of san francisco and moving into the east bay. we've also some reports of lightning and there may be some small hail in some of these storms. very heavy rain moving just in time for the morning commute. unfortunately, that will continue to move in. but producing some good amounts of rain and a nice soaker to start out the week. look at all the microclimates now. temperatures in the lower 50s. and expect more of the rain as we go throughout the day. >> that's your latest weather. let's ride off into the sunrise.

here we go. got to see y'all later. yeah! yeah! >> what a pretty shot. all right, al. way to leave in style. we are here this morning with daniel radcliffe and james mcavoy, stores of the new movie "victor frankenstein," a thrilling twist on the legendry story this time told from the perspective of dr. frankenstein's apprentice igor. take a look. >> we can still get out of this, victor, but you must stop this experiment. >> he has sent. >> you don't be ridiculous. he'll stop at nothing, and the you don't know what he's capable of. >> i don't care. >> what? >> that means nothing to me. i'll turn the tide of human existens here tonight and this world which has spurned me will forever remember my name. >> daniel and james, good morning. >> good morning. >> now we can solve the controversy once and for all. it's frankenstein or

frankenstein? >> frankenstein. >> very much frankenstein. >> exactly. >> and haven't you always wondered what about igor? >> i hope so. >> let me get a little bit of a back story. >> what about igor? >> yeah. i mean, igor, this is the twist that's in this as we're telling it more from his her spective and somebody who really lives this abject life and dr. frankenstein saves me from him and takes me into his world of, you know, bodies and science and all that crazy frankenstein stuff. >> looking really weird. >> exactly. >> and it's a real disgusting stuff happens in this movie. >> yeah, the leftly discutting grossout star. >> if you're making zombies which exactly what frankenstein is it's going to get messy, isn't it? >> and there was the whole matter of curing igor of his hunchback. didn't look pleasant. >> involved of lots of pus in my

mouth. >> i shouldn't have asked. >> james get rid of my hunch bark in the most gross and loving kind. >> why i end up with pus in my mouth. >> why i have to see it the first tuesday of every month and it will honestly make a lot of sense. >> what's fun about this movie. there's some gross gory kind of horror movie stuff, if that's what you want. >> yeah. >> but you guys have a really fun relationship. kind of a bromance the whole igor and frankenstein thing. >> him and i are similar and like to get funny when we can. nine times out of ten it's not that funny. one time you get something fun and it's nice if you can make others laugh unexpectedly when they thought you were coming to be thrilled or chilled, and we do that, and it's an adventure as much as a scary store. >> james you're like the energizer bunny in this role. >> yeah, well, he's mad. the original mad scientist.

shelley wrote a guy who created that role and went for that energy and satisfied what to expect from the crazy doctor and give them something else as well. >> igor has time to shine and igor wasn't even in the original book. >> this is my time to shine. eagle wasn't in the book. he's another character that appears in the film and some people have notions about what to think igor is. >> a long way from the mel brooks movie i love. >> i'm definitely not as good as him. >> he's like i'm going to rerace him and going to mail this -- >> and he also said it's igor's time to shine.

>> as i was putting on sparkly makeup. >> i think the people can see why the movie is so much fun. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> "victor frankenstein" hits theaters november 25th. coming up, how you can join "today's" residen

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simplify cooking and shopping with our five-day meal and inguideient planner, interact with game planners and have a chance to enter sweepstakes and offers. you can end up on "today" cooking alongside natalie and al. foodies, get inspired and take a seat at our table. going to be a lot of fun. to sign up head to today.com/foodclub. brandy maloy is here to celebrate the lunch. dessert recipe way outside things giving but fwoot to see you. >> this is something very different. part-time people get tired of a pumpkin pie and we're minnesota viking as a peanut butter pie. >> we need something for our eggs, brownies, chocolate, flour, vanilla paste and for our frosting just cheam cheese, peanut butter cups, powdered sugar and a little bit of heavy

cream. >> what do we make the first? >> first we make the brownie bottom. here i have chocolate and melted butter, put this into the microwave for 90 seconds. you if will add the sugar i'll add the yegs. >> yes? and we are using vanilla extract. as long as it's pure vanilla extraffic. you get the vanilla bean which i think is lovely and delicious. we'll get to mixed until it's nice and smooth. >> just reaching for some of the cracked oreos here. >> that's what i love about this recipes because can you put add-ins in it. let me add this flour and what makes this brownie bottom tie so good is we'll incorporate chocolate sandwich cookies, but you can really add whatever you want into the brownie batter. >> now. >> yeah. put that in there. but anything that you like in your brownies, nuts, peanut

butter cookies, a little bit of salt from pretzels or even chocolate, i mean, you can really be creative because this is all about decadence. >> you'll pop that into a buttered pan. >> right. so i have my brownie patter and we'll put it into an oven that's been prehe hadding 350 degrees for five minutes or until the center is nice and fudgy. >> it will come out looking like that but we've got to make our finish. >> make the filling. in the mixer i add cream cheese and peanut butter and make sure that the peanut butter is room temperature. >> blends easier. >> makes everything nice and smooth and we'll slowly incorporate the powdered sugar and the reason you want to slowly incorporate that is so that it's nice and smooth and luscious and silky. >> this is a heart attack waiting to happen. matt, go ahead and grab the brownie bottom. >> i'll slowly whisk in the

whipped toning. >> fold this in. >> wipe cream into the peanut butter mixture. >> keep folding and give it a mix and all of this is going right on top. this is a lot. >> and once you put this on top of the brownie you are going to garnish it with -- >> with peanut butter cups. i mean, look. so here's the thing. take a look at this. >> i know. >> i know you're laughing, but honestly, this is the dessert that makes everyone go wild because check it out. you've got that fung fudgy cho i brownie bottom and the silky smooth peanut butter filling. >> it's delicious. it's really good. brandy, thank you. >> you love it. >> and you have peanut butter mouth where you can't talk and it's so good. i'm going to try. for all of our ultimate thanksgiving recipes head to today.com/food and, again, you're right. don't forget to sign up for the new "today" food club while you're there. up next, a live performance from british sensation james bay, but

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break out star james bay took the uk by star with his disability album "chaos and the calm." the biggest album release of the year there. now, he has set his sights on the u.s. with a headlining tour kicking off in philadelphia on friday and james bay is with us by now. good morning. good to see you. >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> looking at your tour dates starting in filly. >> yes. >> and you really are hitting a lot of places in america. this really isn't the coast. going to try to see the whole coast. >> for as many places you put on a tour. going to a lot of great places. there's always more which is the great thing and exciting thing about coming to america and touring here so, yeah. there's a lot of places -- i haven't sort of played in or

played a headline show in yet so i'm really excited. >> you're going to my hometown of tucson, arizona, which i noticed and appreciated. among your fans keith richard and ronny woods of the rolling stone. that's got to be a pinch yourself thing. >> big time. when i first sort of ran into those guys and we met, it was like an awards thing a while back, and, i mean, i really had to hold it together, and just put a picture up there of, you know, after there, like just a couple of weeks after i was chatting with ronny and it kind fell out of my mouth would you like to join us on stage at some point and he was into it and he did, and he came up on stage. again, i really had to sort of live in the moment and not think too much about it because it was a dream thing. >> you had to hard work. >> the song you're about to sing for us for let it go. you're brave in the era of "frozen" to have a song called "let it go." >> i went like it. the movie came out and, i don't know, i -- i had let it go.

>> james, go ahead and play for us. thank you. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ from walking home and talking loads ♪ ♪ to seeing shows in evening clothes with you ♪ ♪ from nervous touch and getting drunk ♪ ♪ to staying up and waking up with you ♪ ♪ but now we're sleeping at the edge ♪ ♪ holding something we don't need ♪ ♪ all this delusion in our heads is gonna bring us to our knees ♪ ♪ so come on let it go ♪ just let it be ♪ why don't you be you and i'll

be me ♪ ♪ everything's that's broke ♪ leave it to the breeze ♪ why don't you be you and i'll be me ♪ ♪ and i'll be me ♪ ♪ from throwing clothes across the floor ♪ ♪ to teeth around claws and slamming doors at you ♪ ♪ if this is all we're living for ♪ ♪ why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore ♪ ♪ i used to recognize myself ♪ it's funny how reflections

change ♪ ♪y when we ear becoming something else i think it's time to walk away ♪ ♪ so come on let it go ♪ just let it be ♪ why don't you be you and i'll be me ♪ ♪ everything that's broke ♪ leave it to the breeze ♪ why don't you be you and i'll be me ♪ ♪ and i'll be me ♪ ♪ trying to push put your hand inside of mine ♪ ♪ when we know it just don't belong ♪ ♪ there's no force on earth could make you right, no ♪ ♪ who ♪ trying to push this problem

under the hill ♪ ♪ when it's just too heavy to hold ♪ ♪ i think now's the time to let it slide ♪ ♪ so come on let it go ♪ just let it be ♪ why don't you be you and i'll be me ♪ ♪ everything that's broke ♪ leave it to the breeze ♪ why don't you be you and i'll be me ♪ ♪ and i'll be me >> james bay, heading out on tour in the u.s. thank you so much. coming up next, local media donny deutsch about adding to his resume. but, first, this is "today" on nbc. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you.

all right. we're back at 8:55. john cena is out and will help out in our next hour. >> hello. >> also joined by ad exec, best selling author and tv personality donny deutsch out with a new usa network show loosely based on his real life called "donny." donny, good morning. >> how you doing, bud. >> you're an egmaniacal womanizer.

i don't have a question here. >> that's the character you played, donny exclamation point. >> i pay a hyper idiotic version of myself which is not much of a stretch, as we know, and i play a talk show host like a dr. phil who on the show i give advice and off the show i'm doing a hypocrite idiot doing all the things i tell people not to do and surrounded by powerful women and i'm butt of the joke and women always rule which is the way it is in real life. >> when does the action come in. >> look, you guys have met a lot of people, have sat on this couch and wonderful on the air. >> you're shirtless. >> whoa! >> no frontal nudity. >> that's a lot of skin, donny. >> well, you know, it's stuff. it's very, very, very, very funny. >> so period because i looked at that thing and i thought it was john cena there naked for a while. my god, he's ripped, this guy. >> not funny. i'm the buffoon on the show

which as i say i didn't have to work very hard for. >> you going to keep him around? >> i'm going to make my wwe -- >> what prompted you to be the butt of a joke? that's a bold move. >> you know, it's just funny. that's what life is about. we can make fun of ourselves. that's what it's all about. you know, why not. >> yeah. >> good luck with it, and he writes it. very talented. premiers tomorrow night at 10:30, 9:30 central oni'm ... =g today... ==topvo== a very good morning to you. 8:56 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. happening today, a high-profile criminal case gets under way in san francisco. he faces federal racketeering charges that now include orchestrating the murder of a rival san francisco gang member. federal agents arrested chow last year with nearly 30 others including former state senator leland yee. yee pleaded guilty to lesser

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this morning on "today's take," antonio banderas brings real life drama to the big screen in "the 33." and the then wwe superstar john cena pulls his weight again as our special co-host and emmy and grammy winner cynthia nixon is here. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbcnous, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron ham live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on monday morning, november 9, 2015 and as you look at the beautiful christmas tree lit up here in rockefeller center in a couple of we be. nice job out on the plaza. i'm willie and tamron and wwe

superstar, our good buddy john cena is here. >> love it because you're here and not just because of the great music you pick. >> "the happy song" otis redding. doesn't sing a bad song. >> you should deejay in addition to every else. >> i do an occasional wedding. >> do you really? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> that would be amazing. i might get married. >> cena is up there. >> and i did tell john and willie in the break and i watched "trainwreck" again this weekend. >> and you are still asking where are his clothes? >> and i'm blushing a little bit. >> you're blushing. >> and i love your friend. she's amazing. >> i'm the one wearing a towel. >> yes, i know and when i realize you were coming it's like i have to face him since seeing that scene. >> it's awkward. >> but it's acting. >> natalie is out on assignment

and al at rokerthon 2 trying to set a new world record with weathercasts in all 50 states one week. so far so good. looks so good in the hat. >> the beard and the hat match this year, like the coloring. >> oh, my gosh. >> yes. completely by accident. completely lly by accident. >> it's cute. >> had a lot of stuff going on. people think this one is a slam dunk but it's not. yesterday, we were driving to montana from -- from cured lane, idaho. it was sunday and it was sunday and trying to pump the air in and had the fix flat in a can. that didn't work. finally we found a garage and we were able to actually get that in so that worked out pretty well. you can see the tire pressure

and we were also supposed to fly into lake tahoe, they had snow squalls, and we ended up flying into reno, nevada instead. so that was kind of crazy. right now we're at the four corners doing monster monday, 13 states in one day. we're in the four corners, so look down here. okay. i'm in four corners, utah. i'm in four corners, colorado. i'm in four corners, new mexico and i'm in four corners arizona. four states, baby! four states. just like that. >> and they all have the same temperature. all the same temperatures as you pointed out earlier today. >> actually -- >> actually it's 25 degrees in arizona. it's 23 degrees in utah. it's 24 in colorado and it's 26 in new mexico. >> i love it. >> that's the way it works. >> takes your neck of the woods to a whole new level. >> we watched that video. look like you were in the car on

the ipad while sean was fixing the tire. >> no, no, i was outside. i was supervision, and if you note in my periscope you'll not only see that. you'll also see -- you'll also see matt greenefield. >> stop doing this. >> you've got to see matt. matt could be a plumber. let's just say that. >> owe mooned everyone. >> i was checking what the leak was and we saw what your leak was. >> oh, oh. >> okay. that's a knockout punch. that's a knockout punch. >> fight's over. >> oh, mr. roker. we'll go back to you in a second and get that weather from you at four corners. >> so cool. >> isn't it. >> i think dylan is actually doing the weather. >> that's great. >> there's dylan over there. she's the best. >> we read the notes for the show. >> no, you don't. >> i'm not doing the weather. >> we knew, we knew. >> yes, you are.

>> trying to make it a surprise. >> yeah, yeah. >> the prettier surprise. >> nice work out there. 13 states today, 13 states. going to be a crazy monday. let's talk about "snl" saturday night, a lot of anticipation and a lot of people excited. >> you've doesn't show. >> i heard about it. about what happened on saturday and hosting "snl." let's get the ratings out there first. >> do we have to guess. >> as predicted my mr. trump himself. biggest overnight ratings since early 2012. the ratings up 50% for this season from the other shows this fall because mr. trump was there. >> okay. >> and in the monologue donald was joined by two trump doubles. check it out. >> you think you're this terrific person. you think you're this. you think you're that, bup, bup, ba. you're being very naive and quite frankly you're fired. >> they don't have my talent, my money or especially my good looks, but you know what?

they are not bad, and we're going to have a lot of fun tonight. >> you're a racist. >> who the hell -- i knew this was going to happen. who is that? >> trump's a racist! [ applause ] >> it's larry david. what are you doing, larry? >> i heard if i yelled that they would give me $5,000. >> that was larry david. >> yes. >> in the opening segment as bernie sanders, came back for the monologue, and there was a group protesting in the city and anybody who yelled that trump is a racist is $5,000. that's how "snl" handled it, and they said they are actually going to give larry david the five grand. >> which he needs, struggling for 5 grand. we'll probably know date it. >> i suspect he will. what's that like to be on "snl" on a saturday night. >> this slow is really crazy. did a quick in and out piece and everything that has to do with the show is fantastic. it actually is.

very much a parallel to wwe. that performing in front of a live audience, everything going on. kind of like what you guys do here, if we had an audience of 10,000. everything changes so fast and everything happens so quick and you get handed something, oh, here you go. go for it and everybody is changing costumes and everything is upside down but it all goes together and i will give it to "saturday night live" they do political satire as good or better than anybody else. they kill it. every time an election comes around, every time something is politically involved they have the best impressions and the best take on it. they really do a great job. >> i love how you brought me and willie into this wwe show, millions of phones. >> just a little show you do is similar to that. >> i think one of the things that people like the best of the shows if you look across the web what, people were interested in. donald trump had a little roll in "snl's" blake parody. ♪ you used to call me on the

cell phone ♪ ♪ does he dance like this ♪ called me on the cell phone ♪ they said do you dance like this ♪ >> there you go. donald trump doing "the hotline bling ♪ saw the same dance move in 11 or 12 years ago. locks down his feet and gets his butt up and out a little bit. >> that's a lot of analysis. >> it's trump. going to call it the trump. no? >> you've been trumped. >> i'm ending it. i think it should become a thing. >> already been a thing. have you seen the polls. he'll remind that. >> i don't think dancing to that has contributed to that. >> a lot of people who support him believe that even though, you know, some people have felt that there was a little much for a presidential candidate that it brought out a different side him so maybe it will work, i don't

know. something else that caught our eye. this gator capture, happened in the great state of texas in sugarland, actually the name of the city, where people were shocked to find a 12-foot long 1 88 hundred-pound alligator. this was in a parking lot with the a little towel over him. a professional gator wrangler actually captured the gator. its nickname is godzilla. >> wow. >> now been taken to the alligator farm and we show you this so that you can say wow and to pose the question to the great jon cena. what would you do? >> i'm going to take the night off from that one and let godzilla be godzilla and praise him in all his alligator glory. that thing is a monster. >> would you just say no. >> that alligator wrangler. she was quite skilled and brave. borderline insane i would have to say. >> first sought video-of-the-gator and saw it was a woman who was wrangling him. girl power. that's what she does.

>> dove right in hon that one. >> as i've been saying all morning we're so glad dylan dreyer is here. >> because we knew that. >> what's happening? >> i'm here. >> what do you do, the weather or something? >> i don't know what's going on. i looked at a thing or two and it is raining in the southeast where actually some heavier pockets of rain could lead to some isolated flash flooding. just keep in mind the ground is very saturated in this area so we do have flash flood watches in effect because of those heavier pockets of rain that we're expecting off and on throughout the day. this area of low pressure will make its way up the east coast and we'll see some heavy rain through north carolina later today and then it moves through virginia as we go into tomorrow and eventually up into the northeast as we go into tuesday evening. we could see some pockets of heavier rain that could end up with about as much as three inches, especially along the east coast of north carolina. we have heavy rain moving through the bay area. if you have the nbc bay area app, you're getting those push alerts to your phones. and we are tracking some of those showers and thunderstorms

moving through. starting to clear san francisco, but as you head southbound 101, you can see all of the heavy rain and lightning moving into san jose. also quite a bit of thunder, lightning there and moving up 880 and 680, heavy downpours. ponding of water on the roads. and it will be here for the next 0 minutes. >> and guys, i'll be back in another 20 minutes. >> yes. >> 20 minutes to do more weather. >> you can stay here as long as you want. >> you coming back. >> i'm coming back. >> i guess we can do that, too. >> coming up, riveting real life drama that captured the world's attention five years ago, 33 chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months. natalie was there as it all unfoldled covering did and now unfoldled covering did and now the big coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad...

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life to survive. we don't know how if they didn't arrive it would have been somebody to organize them the way they live. >> you very happy in. >> yeah. >> the only way, the only way out. >> the move was shot in the chile and deep within mines in colombia. >> i've never been so dirty in my whole life and you got in a cold shower with your brush. you're brushing yourselves and at at end of an hour and a half, unclean and then you go to bed and you wake up in the morning and you know the holy shroud, it was right there in the bed, not possible, and still dirty after all that, you know, but what you understand is that we lived this temporarily. the miners have to go through years. >> this is the face of the rescue mission, politician lawrence goldberg. >> i think he was sent there as a politician to solve the problem, but he starts to understand and in a very human

level what they are going through, you know. it's not about the miners down there. it's like my brother, my father, and it becomes so human in that way that this man goes through a real transformation. >> i want you to promise me you do something! >> i can promise you we're going to do everything we did. >> and juliette, it was as much about the stories going on below ground as it was what was happening above ground and camp hope. they were the ones who kept hope alive. >> well, they were the first ones, the women were the first ones to be at gate and yelling. they wouldn't stop shouting and say if this isn't justice we need to know what's going on. >> the men lost weight to play the part but antonio had his own technique. >> every time i would -- i just did this, put everything inside and it actually looked very good because actually you have to be

15, 20 seconds at a time, and then you go off. >> speaking of food, lou, you're a foodie, and i know that you like to cook on set. did you do any of the cooking? >> no disrespect, but they are used to feeding truckers and farmers. plain tan for every meal. i felt like "above a blue" saute plain tan tans, boiled plantans at end of the day i was probably feeding 30, 40 people. >> let's get ourself some miners. >> it belongs to the world and we all followed it when it was happening and the fact that it had a grace resolution was for all the humanity, sort of a big hope in a heart so being there and surrounded by such a cast, it was fantastic. we had great time together. >> "the 33" opens on friday, and it feels like just yesterday when this all played out.

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good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we've been tracking some strong storms moving through the bay area. as we take a look at the south bay, san jose really seeing some of the heavy downpour. a lot of lightning reports, too. but also as we take a look at the north bay, some lighter showers still continue after seeing quite a bit of rain. a close look now at san francisco, we do see it starting to clear up in some spots after some of the heavy downpours moved through. and dumped a lot of rain especially on those roads, many people trying to get to work. and looking it at the east bay, some of the bright yellows and reds there, that indicates some really heavy rain. and also some lightning strikes. we've been hearing the rumbles of thunder.

if you have the nbc weather app or nbc bay area app, you are also getting those push alerts to your phone. a look now at san jose where we have seen dry conditions and then suddenly there were storms that rolled in. we've seen lightning streaking across the sky and really heavy rain coming down at the rate of about an inch per hour. even though the rain doesn't last an hour, still producing quite a bit of rain and flash flooding. you can see pie the lightning icons there we're still tracking some of the lightning as it continues to move into the tri-valley. we'll take a quick break and come back and check in with mike. fwrs

. welcome back. want to start out and borrow the radar. this orange and yellow it is intense. from the peninsula to the east bay, here is he what is left, all this blue means ponding. a lot of reports of flooding

specifically san francisco, 101 and 280 starting to ease up, but the flooding still remains in many lanes. but the freeways, no full closures except for highway 1. in the you south pabay, the rai coming through the area but so far no flooding reported. is this the san mateo bridge recovering from some rain and south bay starting to see more wet roadways. >> we'll see the this at least for another hour. and still some storms possible as we go through the day. so keep checking back in. not getting your best sleep? could be you've got the wrong bed. enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. save $500 on the veteran's day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology, plus 36-month special financing. know better sleep with sleep number.

taking a look at headlines, engineers are at a mississippi ihop restaurant this morning where the ground caved in in the park pag lot swallowing 15 vehicles. it happened near meridian neither alabama border. the massive hole is 50 feet wide and 600 feet long. witnesses say they heard several loud booms, and the power was knocked out before the ground opened up. thankfully in all of that no one was injured. the ihope had just opened, by the way, last week. a high school sexting scandal in colorado is raising a red flag for parents and schools around the country. officials in canyon city, colorado are investigating whether 100 or more students shared and traded explicit photos themselves. they were also sexting scandals in ohio, pennsylvania and ten

see. experts warn young people often disguise secret files using an app that looks like a calculator on their smartphone. parent should be wary of any new apps that access the phone's camera. and volkswagen will offer cash to u.s. owners of deisel cars as part of an effort to restore goodwill in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal. reports say owners will get a $500 debtit card to spend anywhere they choose and possibly up to $750 to spend at volkswagen dealers. the automaker faces lawsuits from owners seeking compensation for the lower resale value of their cars that were equipped with illegal software. and it took james bond to shake up what's been a lackluster weekend box office. the latest 007 spy drama "spectre" raked in an estimated $73 million debuting in the top spot. charlie brown and his friends in "the peanuts" movie grossed $45 million in their first weekend and matt damon's "the martian"

descended into third place. it's been around. let's check in now with dylan keeping in place for al roker. >> hey, dylan. keeping an eye on the tropics. a new tropical storm. this is kate and it's not really going to be much of a threat to land, but it is still out there, nonetheless. it will pass through the bahamas, just a tropical storm right now with winds at about 40 miles per hour. it's moving northwest at 15, but eventually it's going to take that turn with a cold front moving through the eastern part of the united states. that's going to help steer it back out to sea, so even bermuda doesn't look like it's going to see many of the impacts from this storm system so that will race out to sea. no issue and still wanted to point out tropical storm kate for you. elsewhere across the country we're looking at a rainy day across the southeast. pockets of heavier rain and also flash flood watches through parts of the carolinas. in the middle of the country it looks fantastic. 50s and 60s. the northeast is nice but we do have mountain snow a good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're tracking strong storms

moving through parts of the bay area and now right over pleasant ton, we're getting lightning strikes there. you're hearing the rumbles of thunder and the heavy rain pouring down. it's been moving through 680, along the interstate now and we will continue to track that as it moves across fremont and into milpitas. you see cloud to ground lightning strikes making the storms dangerous and moving in to san jose for the next 30 minutes. >> and that's your late forecast. tamron. >> all right, dylan. thank you very much. emmy, grammy, cynthia nixon best known as lawyer miranda hobbes from the hit show "sex in the city" from the hbo series and certainly things have not slowed down one minute for her. >> she is juggling projects for the stage, television and film including her latest movie "james white" out this friday. >> she plays a cancer stricken mother with a self-destructive son trying to find his way.

>> cynthia, good to have you here. >> this movie "james white" was a phenomenon at sundance and about to be a phenomenon at theaters because your performance and christopher's performance are incredible. talk about this role as a cancer survivor it elf is. i know you were going through the loss of your mother at the time this was being shot. what was this role like you to and what drew you to it? >> well, one of the -- many amazing things about this film. josh monn is a first-time filmmaker and so powerful and so individual. never seen anything like it, and it is in large part autobuying figural and my mom died of cancer and his mom as well in the calendar year that we made the film. you know, when you have a terminal illness, you know, the kind of the two-dimensional depictions of that are like the cancer is all that's happening. >> right. >> you know what i mean, and what's so great about this story is you see this mother and son who love each other very much and have a very complicated relationship and all that stuff

just doesn't miraculously go away because she's dying. >> i would imagine someone pointing this out with a personal connection and get a chance to go home with your three kids and life and it's like hug time. >> a very hectic. we shot it for 18 days in new york city and then they went to mexican for the mexican shoot, but, yeah, it was -- it was such a whirlwind we just basically didn't see much of our families for three weeks. went home and went to sleep. >> you're used to being busy. you do everything. >> i'm directing a play in previews at the new group. mario camtone, my "sex in the city" alum. >> and guest starring in "the affair" debuting on broadway. >> when do you sleep? >> sometimes i sleep. >> do you have time to relax and just kick it? >> i just spent a very busy year so i've got my eye on december. i'm just heading for that, but

it's -- you know, good problems to v.these are projects i'm so excited about. >> when you go into a role like the one you play in "james white," is it a difficult place for you to go? do you take the experience of watching your mother and do you take your own experience? >> i have to say it was pretty cathartic because it was so fresh. >> mm-hmm. >> and i think my mother had certain things in common with the character that i play. upper west side, bohemian, got her child into the arts because that was her passion so i was actually able to wear not my mother's clothes so much but jewelry. it just made me feel very close to her. >> oh, gosh. >> so interesting your fan base, we, of course, still love miranda from "sex in the city" and also appreciate your growth and the variety of things you've chosen to do, and i think that speaks to who you are as a person but also an an actress, as willie pointed out, allowing this vulnerable part your life to be part of this film and this character. >> it's so -- as an actor it's

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hotel websites that lure you in with the gorgeous photos. >> can you trusted them? jeff here with the critical information before your book and it's live. >> anything can happen. i could get up and walk away. you guys stay in hotels all the time. >> sure. >> you stay in hotels all the time, too, and this is a busy travel season and how do we book hotels, right? go on to the website and if you're anything like me you look at those photos that they put up so we actually have some side by sides. a great site called oyster.com and what they do is send investigators to the actual investigators to the hotel to go to the exact spot where they took a photo in many cases and put them up side by side to see how accurate they are. great examples here today. we want to start in italy because we all want to go to italy. beautiful plush room. >> plush chairs and a desk. >> wine over there will you'll like, tamron. good stuff over there. >> but. >> let's go to the real photo of

the room. >> what? >> looks like willie's bedroom. >> mm-hmm. >> nothing there. >> not terrible. >> i know. >> but the deal is it's not terrible, but it's clear deception becae it looks so like roomy and you've got all the furniture to entertain. >> window treatments. >> okay. so the next one. we want to take you to the dominican republic because what we do on vacation, love to eat food and you go to the the buffet. take a look at this beautiful photo of the buffet. >> look at the ham. >> the guys slicing the meat and serving you and the beautiful couple, of course, which just happen to be there. now i want to show you what it really looks like. look, we don't know if this was taken after lunch, but this certainly is not what it is in the photo. >> doesn't look like the happiness in the photo. >> would you be happy with that? >> no, no. >> that's a side by side. >> especially if i was going expecting that. >> that's horrible. >> do you like the beach. >> yeah, i do. >> do you like the beach? >> with a body like think can't

like the beach that much. only so much you can like the beach. if we looked like we would like the beach. james camp taking you to james camp take a look at this beach photo. >> beautiful. >> jamaican me crazy. >> beautiful turquoise water. >> take a look at picture from oyster.com. that's what that beach actually looks like. >> well, i -- i don't like that blue thing there. >> not just that, what about the cement wall. barely any beach there. >> but the wall could have been behind the person who took the photograph. >> exactly. >> they took it there, but it's about the perspective, about context. >> all right. >> it was really probably taken there. >> and on a sunny day. >> there's nobody in that photo. >> very isolated in the brochure. >> people there how are you going to get a spot on that beach? >> okay. >> you need rom to, you know, do your thing. finally we want to take you to the dominican republic.

>> okay. >> this one -- now, this is one those situations where the photo is actually pretty accurate of the location, take a look. >> that's beautiful. >> you will notice in marketing photos and you should always be aware of that, never show people, never show what it looks like with people. watch what oyster went there when there's actually people there. >> that's a petry dish. >> looks kind fun, i don't know. >> people having a good time. >> can't get a seat around the bar. >> that's a lot of people squeezed into that small space. >> that's a lot of people. >> what do we do in. >> be skeptical of carefully cropped photos. photos really cropped, show a corner of the room, show a corner of the pool, you want to be aware of that. also, ask about what you don't see. if there are photos of the bathroom, or, you know, like when you go on a hotel website, showing you the bathroom, the lounge, you want to look for that, not just single feltos every once in a while and the best idea is to not just trust the hotel and resort websites, go to oyster.com and trip

adviser and consumers all the time go on these trips and take their own photos and you can look at consumer reviews as well. >> rats, we're out time. come back live because i wanted to know how do you fight back as a consumer if the pictures don't match. >> switch room and many times complain to the manager, they may even give you a refund. >> do your homework and it will be all right. >> thank you, jeff. that was awesome. >> we're still live and easy appetizersur guests will gobble up on thanksgiving, and it's

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eggs, organic is great, bacon you love it, chives, salt, capers, paprika, lemon juice. pop them in boiling hot water. needs to be coming to a boil. >> okay. >> tamron, your face right now is killing me. >> already boiling. >> the water -- >> you put it in boiling water. >> boiling water. >> six minutes. once it's done with six minutes, turn it off and let it sit and drink a beer, have a glass of wine, eat a piece of cake, cheese ball, whatever you do. when you're done scoop them out, six and six, tamron. thumbs up. >> ice bath. >> so you don't salt the water. >> ice bath. >> my god. i feel like oprah. there's so many questions here. i'm only one guy. shock it and the shell comes off really easy. roll it and check this out. you're going to love me, put it back in the water and see how easy the shells comes off right inside the water. >> so easy. >> now we cut them in half. cut them in half this way so

they are like super sexy. the ones that tamron is eating. >> eat deviled eggs and tell me they are not best you've ever had and the best you've eaten in your life. >> that's a good devil egg and that's no yolk. >> such an elegant man such a minute ago. >> mayonnaise here, we're good, check this out. okay. don't tell anybody, sssh, just for you guys, caper juice. that's my secret weapon, the john cena in my egg mix, that's the muscle. >> appreciate. >> i need some liquor if we're going to keep this up. >> hot sauce, tabasco. are we talking, even making a dish here? >> we go here. when you pulse is it looks gorgeous. >> pulse is up. >> willie, let's see if you can do it. >> put it in a piping back if you can have it. >> willie, that's lovely. >> come on.

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good morning. i'm kari hall. we are seeing some clearing in san francisco getting a chance to dry out, but there is another round of rain moving in although it wouldn't be as intense as what you had earlier this morning. but looking at those storms as they continue to move into parts

of the south and east bay, really intense heavy rain with lightning, too. and we will continue to see this moving through for at least another 30 minutes or so. where we see the bright reds and the yellows, that is where the rain is really coming down at this point at the rate of at least an inch per hour. so getting a closer look in san jose, you still have more rain on the way and you're probably wondering how long will this last. the back edge of this is moving through the south hills and getting an idea of the timing as it moves through, you will see the last round of rain right around 10:24 at allen rock. and once that moving through, you will start to see things clearing out. so a lot of lightning, heavy downpours the rest of the morning. and also some more intense rain. as we get a look at the lightning, as well, we've had a lot of flashes of lightning, but it is starting to calm down just a bit. still some flooding on those area roads as you head out this

morning. watch out for the puddles and we will keep you up to date right here on nbc bay area. you can also get the weather app and you can get those push alerts sent to your phone.

this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hello, everybody. hope you had a great weekend, and it is funday monday. it is always a funday when i am with my hody. >> this is a new song by blake shelton and we will have him on live. >> and we will see him tonight on "the voice" and all eyes will