>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. it is tryday friday, november 20th, and kathie lee is off and you nknow who is fillin in? am. ou think that i am. >> your poor voice is shot. >> hoda, the last time i was here i had a black eye. >> that is rightou fell in the bathroom. onl one common denominator. >> and what is that? >> hoda kotb. >> and every time somebody sas s

you are going to be workinging with hoda, somethi today. >> is it the budget for you. >> you rewear the clothes me.etimes, don't you >> if you could wear one go-to outfit what would be? >> a plastic trashbag. the green and not the clear. i would wear a i do you a favor on the air and we are on vacation for a week. >> well, we are going to be having some fun this week. i >> what was that? >> i got the crash people's great things.

i think that i would like to be a clearinghouse publishers award person. >> yes. >> and this time i was a limousine driver. and she was southern. a abby. >> it is bad. >> no, i do a good one. hey, my name is abby. >> and she is all there. she h and she didn't real ize that i was in the front seat, but i was just t anna camp. >> i love that. >> and sometimes, because i do. it was not fake, it was real. it is called enthusiasm, hoda. perfect" movies. >> but she is good in the new one. >> "strangers." >> yes, you sent it to me and

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and ellen has been having a lot a i have been laughing and amazing. >> wait, what did i say? >> it is like she has been on th episodes. >> she can't say 2. >> 2,000th. celebrating the 2,000th episode all week. >> okay. anyway. that she does. >> what did she do. >> she has fun scaring the-- ind so she strung them together. take a look. and there are diffs i suppose -- >> i know different kinds but -- >> ah! >> whoa! >> wau!

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to -- >> oh, please. that is so lame. oh, oh. >> this is all we had, jerry. jerry [ laughter ] >> you haven't had 2,000 years of episodes. >> by the way, part of the reason that we were afraid to scare you is because -- >> you know. becau you know a lot about people when they are startled. you swear. >> yes a little bit and never enough to notice, but i know. what do you do when you are scared? don't you play like this. you scream and swear. >> i am not a swearer. >> yes, you are. >> a little but not a lot. every now and then. and melissa mccarthy and she is in a movie, and in one, she is a red head. what is it called? >> "the boss" and she is a

redhead and a tough cookie and she is sent to prison for some sort of insider trading. up.hat does she look like? of so six months later she is going to be moving in with an employee played by the wonderful kristin bell. okay. let's take a look at the parts that the we can sew you, because it is not really able to show on daytime tv. >> and how wealthy am i? a golden phoenix, and i sure as [ bleep ] did it. >> you are under arrest for inr tra don't struggle. >> all of the accounts have been frozen. you need to get me a new lawyer. >> you don't have any money, you stupid ginger. >> if he doesn't have anywhere to go, she should stay here. >> oh, look at a that, a bed and sofa. >> careful, it is temperamental.

>> oh, it is not so bad. >> that sweater just says i give up. >> you are making me feel very insecure before my date. >> if you could hear these sad bassett hounds they would say, please, don't set me up in your jeans. claire! it is like you pedal. >> that is so e great. >> i am dying to see it. >> she is the best physical comedy out there of anybody and that was her husband in real life. >> i can't remember, do you remember his name is this. >> no. >> we don't know. >> guess where i get to go this weekend? >> i have no idea. >> miami. >> oh, i love myself. going to be sunny? >> no, i don't think it is. but there will be a nascar event. >> are you into nascar? >> i'm going to be the grand marshall. i get to say -- >> start your begiengines?

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for the past couple of day, i'm been surprising some of our loyal fans. >> i want to say i never agreed to this hat. but you have been quite the party animal. first you nearly gave one fan a heart attack when we showed up at her door as a cruise director. and yesterday we saw you surprising an unsuspecting drive at the altar and actually owe tesch great the wedding. >> and for this one, i did that

have to go far. i got to surprise this really sweet woman from ohio. she came to new york, it was her 60th birthday. and i went along for the ride. you may be wondering why i'm sitting shotgun in a super stretch limo. long way from mississippi. pathetically attempting to disguise my voice. well, it's all part of a master plan to give one special fan the ride of her life. >> are you kidding me? >> vicki is the nicest person you would ever meet. she is always doing things for other people. >> reporter: a loving wife and devoted mother of two, she's also a home economics teacher who spent the last 36 years inspiring her kids to dream a little bigger. >> i was kind of a bad kid and she alone was the first person to ever push me into the right direction.

>> getting ready. >> reporter: vicki's family asked us to help her celebrate. she thinks she's e-mail meeting them in new york for a weekend away. >> she's the biggest fan of the "today" show. you would think she's one of the co-host because she talks along with hoda and kathie lee. >> i've never seen her with a frown. >> reporter: though i just sound like a weird southern hoda, there is hope. vicki won't be able to see me from her seat in the limo, but we'll see her since our covert ops crew has cameras all over. here is milton, our real driver. i'll be playing the role of his assistant. hey, vicki, my name is hoda. how are you? >> you said hoda. >> i said hoda? >> reporter: minor details. >> you're going to introduce me as your trainee, right? >> reporter: all vicki knows is

that hubby mark has a few things planned. >> she's going to freak. vicki is like in the bottom of a coal mine without a light about this whole weekend. >> oh, my god, are you kidding? >> hello. i'm milton, i'll be your chauffeur today. i have an assistant, hope you don't mind. >> hi, y'all. is it somebody's birthday? >> yeah. well, it will be mine tomorrow. >> well, happy birthday. >> i could get used to this. >> we'll drive you around all day long. >> reporter: i managed to keep my identity under wraps for long enough. >> we talk about a bucket list for vicki, vicki's jaw is going to drop. >> where is the birthday? >> are you kidding me? hoda? oh, my gosh. what are you doing? >> i was your limo driver.

i was in the front seat. >> you're kidding me! >> happy birthday. >> reporter: little does vicki know, we stopped just outside of saks fifth avenue. >> let's go shopping. >> reporter: where vicki a shoe junky is headed to a shoe store so big it has its own zip code. and she's going home with any pair she wants. >> she's in heaven. when you die, this is where you want to go. how could you choose one? the orange one with the fringe, that's a cool one. >> reporter: we zero it in on the hottest pair. pack them up. >> after you, birthday girl. >> reporter: next stop, another item on her bucky list, afternoon tea at the plaza hotel. come on, girl. >> ladies and gentlemen, your lunch is served. >> reporter: and now the biggest surprise yet. a student she hasn't seen in more than 20 years.

we flew him in from ohio. >> the chef wanted to come say hello. >> are you kidding me? will? oh, my gosh. is this one of my students, hoda. >> she took an unruly rotten kid and turned him into a chef. and i love you for that. >> she makes other people better around her. >> enjoy. >> oh, my gosh. >> wouldn't that be a great second profession, hitting the road, doing that for people? >> you should think about that. that's a great show. >> all right. >> make people feel good about themselves. spending the weekend getting ready for thanks give something. >> we have just the holiday event you'll want to watch and it stars pitch perfect anna

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>> anna camp has done it all. she's been buff on broadway, she starred in one of train's music videos and appeared in shows like the office and glee. >> you may also recognize her from her role in the hill. or when she romanced a womanizing don draper in "mad men." and also a singer in the hit film pitch perfect. sgl sgl >> and now singing a different tune in saints and strangers. take a look. >> we left everyone and everything we know behind. how much more can he test us? >> as much as he needs. as much as we can bear.

>> i'm worried constantly. >> whoa. >> yeah. >> was it hard to get that one in. >> when you mentioned being broadway, i was british as well when i did that. so i got to relearn all of that. >> is this a real woman from 1620, right, who came over to this country. >> absolutely. >> and how do you research a character like that? >> i read a lot of books. obviously we did it some wikipedia and all of that stuff. but i learned so much about the mayflower and the journey and how much of a struggle it really was. for instance i didn't know that the may flower itself was mainly meant for cargo. it was never meant to carry people. >> i didn't know that either. >> that's all very interesting, but i'm more interested in your shoes. >> that's okay. >> she has some crazy hot kicks. who makes those. >> those are sophia webster i

think. they're confident abomfortable,. they lace and they tie up. it took a while to get in them. >> so you were buff on broadway. was it totally unnerving to be standing there in front of a live audience? >> us speciespecially when you somebody in the audience? >> one time at curtain call, there were sheets on stage and i turned around and i see a guy that i went to college with. oh, man, really, why did you have to pick that seat? >> could we please promise a pitch perfect 3? >> yes. pitch perfect 3 is definitely happening. i don't know in aubrey will be back. i hope so. i would love to do it. obviously i didn't have a clue it was going to continue and become a franchise, but it's such a great movie and such a great movie for girls. and i had the best time shooting

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we believe the remaining hostages are out, but the ten gunmen may still be inside the hotel. a standoff at a motel 6 is over after a man shot himself in the head. that man was a suspect in three murders, one in livermore and fresno and sacramento. he barricaded himself inside a motel room and police say that crisis ended when this man killed himself. tesla recalling all of its model x sedans on concerns the seat belt can detach. more on that on our 11:00 a.m. news. weather and traffic after the break.

we're looking at more widespread 70s across the bay area today. warmer than average temperatures in the south bay. up to 72 in san jose. palo alto, 71 degrees. 68 degrees in the mission district. in santa rosa, 74. oakland, 70 degrees. 74 degrees today in dublin. let's check in with mike for a look at the morning commute. look over here toward mostly green maps around the bay. little slowing in both directions for oakland. that often happens because they put those sweepers into effect between downtown and the coliseum. warriors play tonight against chicago. there will be traffic and a lot of commotion. slowing southbound 84 to dakota. last half hour met with traffic clearing. that crash left the seen a few minute s ago. northbound, big clearing

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thanks is about enjoying the three fs, friends, family and food. >> and you don't want to overdo it. >> and our nutrition editor madelyn fernstrom is about to the help us. we are going to play a game "who is at the door." >> well, it is about being a smart eater, and this game is going to help us. so our friends famare goto s, aou w guess the dish which is lower in calories or fat. and you have bells to ring in, and so it is a game, so compete. ring your bell. okay. >> someone is there. hello, come in. >> and it is bianca who has an appetizer four pigs in the blanket or four deviled eggs.

which is lower in calories. meredith? >> eggs. >> no. th >> that is what i said. >> no, you said the eggs. >> and the pigs in the blanket are little thing, and 140 versus 240 of the eggs and it may sound healthier, but you can count them in half by serving two. so 140 for four. >> aren't eggs better for you? >> well, sometimes they r but mayonnaise and you are thinking, i would love a pig in the blanket and one of those instead of saying that the eggs are better, and it is more about what you want to indulge in. and making smart choices. >> and who is at the door? >> it is joseph with one of the favorite side dishes. >> it is a half cup of the green bean casserole and the fried onion and that is go ing to be

sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top. >> and clearly it is the one you don't think, so it is the yams, the sweet potatoes. >> no, the green beans. >> i thought it was the whole marshmallow thing. >> and very honest with you, but have a modest serving, because it is 100 calories, but regular steamed green beans for 15 or have some potatoes. >> are you staying for dinner? >> i sure hope so. >> and the yams? >> 170 for a half cup. >> all right. let's start playing now. >> all right. >> who's at the door now? >> laura with the starchy favorites. half a cup of the bread stuff org the corn pudding. which is lower? >> corn pudding. >> you would be right. 150 calories versus 200. so when you have the servings are modest, have either or a little bit of a taste of each. >> yes, that is not such a big difference. >> all right. >> and now, who is at the door?

>> ah, look at dave is here to give us one of our favorite sides. >> oh, dave. >> we have a one cup of mack rowny and cheese or one cup same serving of lasagna. >> i are will tell you right now, mac and cheese. >> hoda is right, 290 and lasagna for the same serving is 390 and that is a cup and a big serving, so have half a serving or be a taster. >> now, who is it? >> come in. >> mary is here with the talking turkey. two kinds of turkey. five ounces of white meat or five ounces of dark meat, which is lower? >> white. >> but not by a lot. 190 calories and the dark meet has 230, so it is not that much. and if you want to choke down the white, and you want tom thigh meat, then take the it.

if you like the crispy skin, it only adds 30 calories and so live a little. >> and meredith has two and i have one, and this is the tie-breaker. >> and these are jack who has brought us some cranberry sauce or some turkey gravy. if you have a quarter cup of each of cranberry sauce or the gravy, which one is lower. >> all right. i say the gravy. >> you are right, because it is 30 calories. >> meredith, are you the winner? look i. >> the inflatable turkey. >> hooray! ? >> i like it. >> coming up, he is opening for kelly clarkson and now he is ready to get his big solo tour going. >> and the first stop is right here. eric hutchinson gets ready to eric hutchinson gets ready to you may not be able to tell from the look on my face, but i'm very, very hungry. i need something that satiates my tum tum

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>> announcer: the city concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> we would love to take credit for eric's success, he was artist of the month last year. >> his star already on the rise. now touring with kelly clarkson, heading out for his solo tour next month. >> his latest album debuted on the top ten, it is called "pure fiction." hi. >> third album for you. >> yes. >> a year ago, you might not have been able to write it. what's changed? >> i felt like i should take some risks and break some rules. i've been tradition allist, grew up on belly joel. i took out the second verse. went right to the bridge. let's have some fun. >> people may not think they know your music but do know it through commercials. what song are you going to play

for us? >> tell the world. >> "tell the world." all right. eric hutchinson, take it away ♪ tell the world all the things we've done ♪ ♪ falling in love in the setting sun ♪ ♪ i've got a song and a smile so bright ♪ ♪ i'll make you wish you were here tonight ♪ ♪ all right ♪ all the places we ever go ♪ ♪ feel familiar never alone ♪ ♪ all of the people i don't know will be looking me up when they all get home ♪ ♪ let's tell the world all things we've done falling in love in the setting sun i've got a story and a smile so bright ♪

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all right. since the beginning of the show, we were won dring who melissa mccarthy's husband was, but we could not remember his name. >> it is ben fallcone. >> and anyway, they co-wrote "tammy "tammy" together, and he stars alongside this in this one. >> and from west virginia. >> okay. thanks for coming. >> you are the best. >> no, you are the best. >> and we want you to know that saturday is national family volunteer day, and so we aring asking families to participate

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nbc bay area news starts now. and right now at 11:00, 27 hostages dead after gunmen take over a hotel in west africa. six americans among the people who were able to escape with their lives. for you it seems isis had nothing to do with it. good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kansst -- kris sanch >> in the name of al qaeda and not isis according to the unofficial claims of responsibility. and according to the united nations two jihadis were killed in addition to those 27 hostages two died. at one point as many as 170 guests and hotel staff were being held until the malian army