>> we'll be back with you at 7:25 with more local news. good morning good morning. the presidential push. bernie sanders heads to the white house today where president obama is expected to gently nudge him out of the race while on the "tonight show" he treads carefully on sanders' feelings. >> what happens during primaries, you get a little ouchy. my hope is that over the next couple of weeks we are able to pull things together. >> how soon will the president officially endorse hillary clinton? terror on tape. two gunmen posing as customers suddenly open fire in a crowded tel aviv restaurant. four dead, several others wounded. this morning, how israel is retaliating. not so squeaky clean. new video and text messages painting a very different portrait of the former stanford swimmer just convicted of sexual assault.

evidence of a long history of drug and alcohol use. why is it all surfacing just now? the call of duty. a mother bravely fights off her child's would-be kidnapper inside a florida store. this morning, we hear from the off-duty deputy who sprang into action. >> who knows what he would have done. >> his accounts of the frantic moments as we learn more about the suspect "today" thursday, june 9th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." it is a thursday morning. as you put it yesterday, to be a fly on the wall. >> we know what the message is going to be. i think the tone is the big question. >> the top story, that summit at the white house where president obama is set to meet with bernie sanders today. the big question -- would he strongly urge the senator to drop out of the race clearing the path for hillary clinton?

we have complete coverage starting with nbc's kristen welker at her post at the white house. kristen, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. it is a critical day here for the democratic party at the white house. president obama set to meet with bernie sanders, and it will be a delicate dance. but will it prompt sanders to concede? what happens in that meeting could help chart the next phase of the race for the democrats and their new standard bearer hillary clinton. president obama and bernie sanders just hours away from a high-stakes oval office meeting. the president offering a small preview in an interview that will air tonight on the "tonight show" starring jimmy fallon. >> he's going to be coming to the white house. the main role i'm going to be playing in this process is to remind the american people that this is a serious job. this is not reality tv. >> reporter: that not-so-subtle dig at donald trump will likely be a reoccurring theme once the president hits the campaign trail.

but first mr. obama has to help bridge his divided party and its two primary rivals. aides have told nbc news he is giving sanders space not wanting to alienate him and his supporters. but today is expected to give sanders a gentle nudge. >> my hope is that over the next couple of weeks we are ale to pull things together. what happens during primaries, you get a little ouchy. everybody does. >> reporter: as the president starts that healing process, clinton is poised for a big endorsement. a democratic source tells nbc news massachusetts senator elizabeth warren will throw her support behind clinton soon. a progressive champion, warren could help win over sanders' supporters, and she's already proven an effective attack dog against trump. >> a small, insecure, money-grubber who doesn't care who gets hurt so long as he makes a profit off it. >> reporter: in an interview with lester holt, clinton stressed her key focus right now -- mending fences with bernie sanders and moving

forward to the fall fight. >> i've made it clear that i'm going to do everything i can to make it possible for him to be a good partner in our joint efforts and to defeat donald trump. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by the president, having a little fun at trump's expense. >> do you think the republicans are happy with their choice? >> uh, we are. but i don't know -- i don't know how they're feeling. >> reporter: now it is possible that president obama won't officially endorse clinton until after next tuesday's primary here in d.c. sanders who will also meet with harry reid today has just started to process his options according to aides but feels passionately the platform includes some of his key priorities, including issues like minimum wage and trade. as for clinton, she's at her home in chappaqua today. elizabeth warren is expected to blast trump tonight at an event here in the nation's capital. >> kristen welker on the white

house north lawn, thank you. as for hillary clinton's likely opponent in november, donald trump is promising new attacks on the presumptive nominee and her husband. trump already doing some name calling on twitter overnight. nbc national correspondent peter alexander joins us now from washington. hi, peter. >> reporter: matt, good morning. after that more subdued, more scripted election night performance this week, donald trump quickly returned to his old form complaining about republican criticism over his attacks on a federal judge. beginning tomorrow, he's going to kick off his general election fight in earnest heading to a series of battleground states. he is already touting a speech next week zeroing in on his democratic opponent. donald trump vowing to get back on offense with this tantalizing promise. >> we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the clintons. >> reporter: a speech set for monday in new hampshire. aides telling nbc news trump will press one of his favorite lines of attack, raising questions about donations to the

clinton foundation. >> they've made hundreds of millions of dollars selling access, selling favors, selling government contracts. >> reporter: the question now, will trump get personal? >> lyin' crooked hillary. >> reporter: or sharpen his focus. >> secretary clinton even did all of the work on a totally illegal private server. >> reporter: trump's never shied away from targeting former president bill clinton. >> hillary clinton's husband abused women more than any man that we know of in the history of politics. >> reporter: relitigating the decades-old scandals is not without risk. during president clinton's impeachment, republicans lost seats in the house. meanwhile, trump insists he's disappointed and surprised by fierce criticism from gop leaders. some calling his attacks on the federal judge racist. "i didn't think it was necessary," trump said. "but you know, i'm a big boy." still in an online poll, a

majority of americans says trump's comments were racist. can he transform it into a juggernaut? after estimating trump would need $1 billion to beat clinton, trump's now backing off "because i get so much publicity," he says. his allies unfazed by trump's unconventional campaign. >> well, his strength is being directed at the american people. that's where he's getting his votes. >> on tuesday night he referred to his opponent as secretary clinton, but overnight he got back to the name calling referring to her as crooked hillary clinton. here's what we should note as well. starting later today, mitt romney's annual utah retreat will bring together the never-trump movement along with many party leaders who say they will now back trump. among the attendees, house speaker paul ryan and chairman reince priebus. romney speaks behind closed doors saturday. >> peter alexander, thank you. let's bring in steve kornacki now. we've got a general election match-up set. we have your map. start with how the general election shook out in 2012.

that's a good starting point as any. where does hillary clinton go first? >> for hillary clinton, the good news is, democrats come into this is a little bit of an advantage. when you look at the electoral map. if you gave her the obama states in 2012. democrats have won 4 of the last 6 of these. there are more blue states than red states now. hillary clinton will be playing defense. the first two states she's going to have big campaign events in -- ohio and pennsylvania. you hear about these every four years. pennsylvania's one that's gone democratic every year since '92. but a new poll in pennsylvania, it is a tie right now. a lot of working-class white voters in pennsylvania, the types of voters donald trump is really going after. that's a big part of ohio as well. basically for hillary clinton, if she can defend these two states, it's almost -- it is extremely difficult to see a scenario where donald trump gets to 270 if she can successfully play defense in these two states.

>> we're watching what's going to happen at the white house today with bernie sanders and the president. clearly hillary clinton is concerned about winning over those millions of voters who have supported sanders in the primary season. is there a part of the map, is there a state where sanders' supporters could really make the difference for her? >> yeah. first, we talk about pennsylvania and ohio. you are talking about those working class voters right there. bernie sanders and his blue-collar pitch. if you're hillary clinton, do you want him out there campaigning with you in rural ohio, in rural pennsylvania, places where maybe he did better? check this out, by the way. if hillary clinton were to lose these states, what would happen. if trump were to pick off ohio, if trump were to pick off pennsylvania. remember 270 is the number. doesn't get you there if you are trump, but it gets you close. another state, you talk about bernie sanders, new hampshire is a swing state. where did bernie sanders absolutely clobber hillary clinton? it was new hampshire. again, doesn't get you to 270 but it gets you to striking distance. by the way, one of the first states trump is going to be

going to -- florida. if donald trump could get this and florida, puts him over 270. >> for him it is the midwest, those blue-collar voters, and florida, florida, florida. >> no one is better at the board than steve kornacki. >> we love it. we just watch in awe. >> does a nice job. let's turn now to the deadly terror attack at a popular tourist spot in tel aviv. the terrifying moments were caught on camera as two palestinian gunmen began shooting inside that restaurant. restaurant. israel now retaliating overnight after the ambush killed four and injured several others. nbc's kelly cobiella is here with details. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the israeli prime minister this morning is calling this cold-blooded murder. an ambush in a crowded cafe. the bartender there said the two gunmen looked like lawyers, sat down, ordered food, then opened fire. the shooters are in the upper right corner of the screen in this video from a cafe security camera shown on israeli tv.

the men in the dark suits unload their automatic weapons, firing randomly as terrified people run for the exits. >> he had a rifle in his hand as was just shooting point-blank at people sitting down. >> reporter: in the chaotic aftermath, four killed, six more injured. a gun left on the cafe floor. israeli police chased down the suspected gunmen, arresting both. these pictures not verified by nbc news purport to show one of the gunmen bleeding from a gunshot wound. >> we are going to take the necessary steps to attack the attackers and to defend those that need to be defended. >> reporter: this morning the suspect village in the west bank is on lockdown. one suspect's father told nbc news the attack was "retaliation" for the israeli occupation. the shooting is the latest in a wave of palestinian violence in israel over the past year. vanderbilt graduate student and

u.s. army veteran taylor force was killed in a stabbing spree near tel aviv in march. but this attack, just steps from the defense headquarters, in an outdoor market popular with tourists and soldiers, is the deadliest so far. and this morning the israeli government is cracking down even more. they've banned more than 80,000 palestinians from visiting friends and family in israel during the muslim holy month of ramadan. matt? savannah? >> kelly, thank you very much. today a muslim prayer service will be held for muhammad ali in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. tomorrow morning a slow procession will drive through neighborhoods and streets that played a key role in ali's life. then later a public memorial. tends of thousands of fans along with a crowd of famous faces are going to gather to say good-bye to the greatest. on wednesday, 15,000 free tickets were handed out for that service in about an hour. now to growing controversy over a former stanford university athlete sentenced to just six months in jail for a

sexual assault conviction. this morning, explosive new details from documents in the case contradicting the clean-cut image that brock turner presented in court. nbc's gadi schwartz joins us from outside the santa clara county jail. >> reporter: good morning, matt. because brock turner was convicted of a sex crime he is being held away from the general population. meanwhile, here on the outside, questions continue to swirl about his sentence. in a memo filed by prosecutors presented during sentencing, and obtained by nbc news, brock turner caught in lies about drug use and drinking. the proof on his own cell phone. this in stark contrast to the clean-cut image turner presented to the court, writing to the judge, coming from a small town in ohio, i had never really experienced celebrating or partying that involved alcohol, and telling probation officers he had never done drugs. but multiple texts reference drinking, smoking, buying and sharing weed during high school and college.

texting a friend, oh, dude, i did acid with "blank" last week. it also references video showing him using a bong. in the months before the sexual assault of an unconscious female on stanford's campus, a text message asking, do you think i can buy some lax so we can do some dabs, referring to highly concentrated marijuana oil. before that he was chased and arrested on campus by police for underage drinking caught with a fake i.d. in response to another friend bragging about candy flipping, the act of taking lsd, turner texts, i got to "expleasive" try that. sounds awesome. now his high school counselor apologizing saying he should be held accountable. i'm truly sorry for the additional pain my statement has caused. contradictions new to the court of public opinion but not to the judge who, although under fire for the sentencing, still has his supporters. frustrated prosecutors, however, say this isn't justice.

>> i had hoped for more time. we fought for more time. the victim deserved more time. >> reporter: with good behavior, turner could be out of jail by labor day. his lawyers are planning to file an appeal. the judge a stanford alum now looking at over 8,000 signatures since saturday and supporters still coming to his defense. people in the public defender's office and the district attorney's office saying while they disagree with his sentence, they still don't think he should be kicked off the bench. matt and savannah, back to you. >> gadi schwartz in california, thank you. now to a big story in the sports world. tennis star maria sharapova hit with a two-year suspension after testing positive for a banned substance. calling that punishment harshly unfair, she now plans to appeal the decision. willie's been following this story. willie, good morning. >> good morning, guys. sharapova not only one of the sport's most successful players, she's also one of the most

recognizable and marketable stars. she failed a drug test at the australian open in january. while the drug federation said her actions may not have been intentional, she was still slapped with a significant penalty. maria sharapova shocked the tennis world in march admitting she used the banned substance meldonium. >> i made a huge mistakes. i've let my fans down and the sport down. >> reporter: now she says she will appeal the itf two-year suspension writing on facebook, while the tribunal concluded correctly that i did not intentionally violate the anti-doping rules, i cannot accept an unfairly harsh two-year suspension. but the report details a strong case against the russian superstar leading many experts to conclude she's lucky the punishment wasn't worse. >> the report that the itf panel issued makes abundantly plain

that maria sharapova knew she was taking meldonium, that she was hiding that use. >> meldonium is a heart medication not approved for use in the u.s. it improves stamina and recovery time by carrying increased oxygen to the muscles. sharapova claims she took the drug for medical reasons and didn't know it had been added to the banned substances list in january. some of the game's top players have publicly supported her. in march, serena williams praised sharapova for admitting her mistake. >> i think she's always showed courage and heart in everything that she's done, and this is no different. >> reporter: sharapova has won five grand slam titles and reportedly is the highest paid female athlete in the world with endorsement deals that had included tag heuer, evian and nike. nike issued a statement saying it will continue to partner with her. >> if you know everything so well, then i think life gets pretty boring. >> reporter: but at the age of 29, in a sport where few champions win into their 30s, many in tennis are wondering whether this suspension could

mean the end of sharapova's career as a top professional. sharapova can appeal her suspension to the court of arbitration for sport, an international panel that's based in switzerland. but she's almost certainly not going to be eligible for the rio olympics in august. all this as more than 300 athletes, most from russia and the former eastern bloc, have tested positive for the meldonium since january. if this is in fact the end of her career, she comes back at age 31 with be it will be the end of a run that brought her here at 9 years old, winning her first major at 17. >> and at the top of her game right now, too. willie, thank you. al, what's going on? >> look at this massive wildfire. over 600 acres in arizona. the tender foot fire has caused evacuation of hundreds of homes and they are not -- they really haven't gotten this thing under control just yet. sadly, you remember three years ago, this is right near the town where those 19 hot shot firefighters lost their lives. a lot of concern over this fire. what's the weather like over the next several days around this

region? well, for today, it is going to be breezy, high of 88. wind gusts of 18 miles per hour. not good news. the temperatures die down over the next couple days. we'll watch that. lot of rain, also, down in florida. plus a little tropical disturbance. not going to develop into anything but it will enhance the rainfall down in florida. flood risk for south-central florida. some areas up to four inches or more. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

good thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. temperaturewise, now we are in the upper 50s to low 60s. a lot of clouds. we will get clearing as we go through the day. will be comfortable with highs reaching into the mid 70s. 73 east bay, 74 peninsula. tri-valley will still be fairly warm in some spots. up to 77. overall, our temperatures continue to come down. we will see this trend for the next couple of days before it heats up. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. just ahead, we're going to hear from the hero deputy involved in this that brazen kidnapping attempt caught on camera inside a florida star. plus, can you get a nicer car or better hotel room? had other vacation perks for free just by being nice? jeff rossen puts kindness to the test. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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==topvo== for the fir ti we're hearg what brock er good thursday morning. it's 7:26. for the first time we are hearing what brock turner told the judge abt the sexual assault at stanford. in a letter, he appears to blame the party culture on campus for his crime. he writes in part, "the swim team set no limits on partying or drinking and i saw the guys take full advantage of these circumstances while i was shown to do the same." turner was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman behind a dumpster who was unconscious at the time on campus last year. judge aaron persky sentenced turner to six months in jail. hundreds of thousands signed a petition demanding he be removed from the bench.

we are cloaked in clouds. >> you can see that from our sunol camera. temperaturewise it's in the upper 50s. we'll see these clouds for a little while longer. it get some clearing later on this morning into the afternoon. we are heading up to 77 in los gatos. half moon bay 65. mid 60s for san francisco while we get up to 82 in antioch. oakland at 68. mid 70s for the north bay as well as tri-valley. >> those low clouds not presenting a problem for drivers. looking at a crash west 580 before you get to that richmond bridge. bay bridge metering lights are on. earlier crashes all cleared, slowing through castro valley typical through west 580. south bay, one car broke down north 101 north of 680. no major problems. >> light for the time. thank you very much.

7:30 now on a thursday morning. it is the 9th of june, 2016. what a pretty shot. that's from our cameras on the top of the rock looking past the empire state building, down to one world trade center on the southern tip of manhattan. a beautiful morning. there isn't a cloud outside. these folks might get a little jealous of the crowd here tomorrow, because we've got nick jonas set to take our concert stage, our citi summer concert stage, in our 8:30 half-hour tomorrow. if you're in the area, come on down. >> and if you're here now, just don't leave. good morning, inside studio 1a, here are the headlines this morning. today president obama will meet with bernie sanders at the white house. the president obama expected is give sanders a gentle nudge to

suspend his presidential campaign and clear the path toward the general election for hillary clinton. the president offered a preview of the meeting in an interview with jimmy fallon. >> the main role i'm going to be playing in this process is to remind the american people that this is a serious job. this is not reality tv. >> the president is likely to endorse clinton after next week's primary. this morning, four israelis are dead and several others wounded following a terror attack at a popular tourist spot in tell veefb. a security camera captured these images. moments of panic when two palestinian gunmen began shooting at random inside a crowded restaurant. israeli forces quickly fired back shooting and injuring one of the gunman. they are now both in custody. the attack has prompted the israeli government to ban more than 80,000 palestinians from visiting friends and family in israel during the muslim holy month of ramadan. just when some people thought the golden state

warriors might just ease their way into another nba championship, the cleveland cavaliers showed up in a big way. game three of the nba finals. lebron james leading the cavs to the win. they now lead 2-1 games. > -- the warriors now lead. a quick thinking mother confronted a stranger who tried to kidnap her 13-year-old daughter from a convenience store in florida. nbc's kerry sanders has that story. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the public defenders tells us that the suspect in this case is a military veteran who has a history of psychological problems. regardless, what we see on this videotape is indeed chilling, in part because of what could have happened next. this morning, both the mother who fought off a would-be kidnapper and her 13-year-old daughter are said to be doing

okay physically but are getting counseling after their frightening ordeal. other mothers praising her lightning-fast action. >> she was very, very brave. if my child was being taken, i'm going to attack somebody, too, and she did what she had to do for her baby. >> reporter: the 30-year-old who brazenly tried to grab the 13-year-old from the dollar store is in jail this morning. a judge ordering him held without bond, charged with attempted kidnapping and child abuse. his lawyer says his client is a veteran with deep psychological problems. he did not enter a plea pending a mental evaluation. >> attempted kidnapping just occurred with the suspect if custody. >> reporter: he was captured almost immediately after running from the store by a quick-thinking off-duty deputy. >> as i had pulled in, i saw through the glass door what i thought was a commotion. wasn't sure what. next thing i know, the suspect

comes running out the front door. >> reporter: now being called a hero, the deputy says he is often in that store with his own children and he's shocked that someone would try to snatch a child in broad daylight with other people around. >> i'm glad that it worked out the way it did. who knows what he would have done later on in the day or a week from now. >> reporter: no doubt, every mother this morning with the same reaction. >> that's a mom's instinct to just jump in there and save your child. that's what she did, and thank god for that. >> reporter: in some communities, this is a controversial policy to allow the officers to drive their marked vehicles when they're off duty because there is actually a dollar cost involved. but in this case the sheriff says this is a perfect example why it is a good policy. matt? savannah? >> unbelievable story. kerry sanders, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> announcer: "today" a weather is brought to you by camping world. get one-stop shopping for

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this morning on "rossen reports," travel secrets reveal revealed. >> "today" national correspondent jeff rossen is here with a simple strategy you can use to score freebies on vacation this summer. >> good morning. no matter how much i love saving you money, this one even surprised me. so many of you taking trips this summer. you know those fees can really pile up when you take a vacation. airline fees, hotel fees. list goes on and on. we always hear travel experts telling us -- just be nice, they'll cut you a break, give you free stuff. can it really be that easy, that simple? this morning we are putting on

our smiles and putting this to the test. i'm sending my producer, lindsey, on a trip. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: she's checking her bags. renting a car. and checking in to a hotel. you know how tight these trips can get. but don't worry, my producer has a plan. let me get this straight. you're going to try to get free stuff on this trip. what's the strategy? >> i'm just going to try to be nice. >> you're going to ask politely. >> yeah. >> will never work. >> we'll see. >> reporter: by the way, we're blurring all their faces so just in case they do something nice for us, they don't get in trouble. right away, lindsey's hauling her overweight bag to check in. she's flying delta, the overweight baggage charge -- $100. let's see if she can get it waived. not a good morning. just nobody listens. put your bag up. >> sure. and i'm a little over. but do you think you can give me

back -- >> 52. that's $25. >> just for the bag. so you're not charging me nor the overweight. >> no. that would be $100. lindsey just saved $100. >> people hund tbehind the coun are like dogs being kicked. they have the power. >> reporter: now watch what happens when lindsey actually boards the flight. drink cart comes around and she wants more freebies. >> i actually would love a drink. my mom is driving me insane today. i was wondering if you could help me out though. >> denied. >> no free drink. but at least i tried. >> reporter: but what about her rental car? can she upgrade her ride with a smile? she booked a mid sized car.

>> is there any way that i can get an upgrade for free at all? >> i can try. >> really? thank you so much! >> you're welcome. >> reporter: yep. he just gave lindsey a double upgrade, passed full size all the way up to an suv. >> got a bigger car just by being nice. >> reporter: the price difference -- $30 a day for a three-day trip. that's $90. but the biggest savings of all happened here at the hotel check-in desk. she booked a regular room. >> hi, how are you? it took me a long time to finally get here and cck in but i'm here. >> reporter: after chatting her up and asking for an upgrade, lindsey gets a special deal. >> that's pretty nice. higher room would be great, too. >> reporter: and guess what? she does it. this high room with a view and the private club access usually

costs an extra $50 per night and a slew of delicious foods -- free for lindsey. >> free food just tastes way better. >> reporter: but that's not all. in the morning -- >> free breakfast. >> reporter: at the end of a three-day trip, all lindsey's freebies come out to $340 in savings. so many people are actually just afraid to ask. >> they are afraid to ask. but if you look what you can get when you ask, you have nothing to lose and so much to gain. >> here's another tip. when it comes to those different chains, always mention you're a loyal member. or if it is your first time trying them out, say that, too. they're going to want to make sure you have a great experience to you'll come back an maybe even upgrade you more and more and more. >> jim, just writing that down. smile, be nice. >> smile, be nice. good tips. good tips! all right, jeff. thank you. coming up, look how snoop dogg books the latest celebrity to have a little trouble with

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and upset because he knows he shouldn't be on someone else's property but i woke up this morning knowing he absolutely loves dogs so much. he used to have a dog of his own but unfortunately it passed away last year. this security cam footage has been viewed online 2.5 million times on facebook. aww! that makes my heart happy! guys, now that the mystery has been solved, josh is able to visit duchess freely. you can notice this was sent to his mom ginger. he sends selfies all the time. him and his new buddy and they all lived happily ever after. that's your feel-good orange room story today. >> who you well trained is that dog not to run away with the kid? he stays in that garage. he's got a new buddy. so nice. >> good one, carson. just ahead, you snooze, you lose. the dance studio inspiring girls and hoda to take steps in the right direction.

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approaching 8:00. we have one crash west 24 over the caldecott tunnel. a crash over near the richmond-san rafael bridge shows traffic is moving better. happening right now what we are hearing that brock turner told the judge about the sexual assault that happened in stanford. in a letter to the court the former stanford swimmer appears to blame the party culture on campus for his crime. turner was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on campus last year. his six-month sentencing is drawing international backlash. that trending on nbcbayarea.com. california's new right to die law takes effect today. doctors can help terminally ill patients end their lives. hear their stores on the nbc bay area app. we'll see you again in a half hour.

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coming up -- warning to parents. hundreds of thousands of kids are being prescribed powerful psychiatric drugs to handle everything from adhd to eating disorders but how much do doctors really foe about them? >> do you know those drugs? as a parent, have you heard of them. >> this is a whole sector i know nothing about and i trusted. plus, getting their groove on. >> what do you guys love about move with me? >> it is inspiring our hearts. >> there is so much good people and let us do things like this. >> hoda takes us inside a school that inspires girls to succeed one step at a time. and show stopper.

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now a warning for parents. many families are familiar with the difficult decisions in giving prescription drugs to children. >> millions of kids take psychiatric drugs often for things as routine as ad-hd. how much do doctors really know about them? national correspondent kate snow is here with more. >> good morning. we're talking about powerful brain-al terring drugs known as atypical antipsychotic. six times as many prescriptions for these drugs are being written for kids now versus 15 years ago. the fda has approved them for adults or kids with severe conditions but most kids get preskripr prescriptions for other unapproved uses, even eating disorders. one man wants it to stop. every year 1 in 85 kids will take an noent siantipsychotic

medication. some of the kids were younger than 2. this man says it is all too much. are you saying they're experimenting on kids? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: steven has worked in the world of big pharma for more than 30 years but he says his expertise comes from are something much more personal. much more painful. >> he did not have a mean bone in his body. he was very loving. and could also be very scary. >> reporter: steven's son, andrew, was first diagnosed with ad/hd in kindergarten. as loving as energetic as he could be, he could also be disruptive and full of rage. desperate to help him, andrew's parents took him to doctor after doctor who put him on a series of different drugs. did you know those drugs as a parent? had you heard of them? >> this is a whole sector that i knew nothing about and i trusted. >> reporter: when he was 14 his doctors gave lihim a knew

diagnosis and a new drug. then the unimaginable happened db andrew died suddenly from an extremely rare side effect of taking antipsychotics. even though it was listed on the drug's label, steven said he had never heard of it before. when you think about it now, what do you feel? >> it's a -- it comes in a pulse. it's like a wave of incredible emptiness. >> reporter: there was anger, too. at that time fda had not approved the antipsychotic andrew was taking for use in kids. >> andrew was, in a sense, a guinea pig. they were testing whether this drug would work on him. >> but the doctors were allowed to do that. >> they are. >> so-called off-label. they go off what the label says and guess that it might help andrew. >> that's correct. >> reporter: turns out the vast majority of kids get

antipsychotics off label. is it safe? >> well, there are some safety concerns with these medications. we know less about the effects of these drugs on the developing brain. >> reporter: leading researcher, dr. mark olson, says only limited clinical trials have been done to see if antipsychotics are safe and effective for kids for these off-label uses. >> we need far more studies that are looking at effectiveness in safety of these drugs as they are actually being used in the community. >> reporter: nearly everyone we spoke to for our report, from doctors to the fda, to the drug industry, agreed -- we need more data. >> the side effects of these drugs, the power of these drugs, is no long-term studies and that's a shame. that should be a priority in this be country. >> the fda declined to talk to us on camera, but one former fda official says off-label prescriptions, including antipsychotics for kids, can be helpful, even life saving. steven wants more information out there though, despite the

fact that they help some kids. >> parents are out there at sea so many times. >> that's certainly how he felt. >> kate, thank you. you can fine out more about this story on this sunday's "on assignment." it saairs at 7:00, 6:00 central right here on nbc. let's get a being check of the weather from al. >> record heat starting tomorrow in the midsection of the country. minneapolis will be up into the mid 90s. st. louis, 96. huntsville, alabama, 96. lincoln, nebraska, up into the upper 90s. saturday, cincinnati, 95. memphis, 97. in is under the heat is all the way down to charleston, 96. nashville flirting with it will be heating up this weekend as well in the bay area, but now we're enjoying some nice and comfortable weather. still some low clouds, some mist and fog in some spots. temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. heading into the 70s today.

it will be 64 in san francisco while the rest of the bay area will have some temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. and once again for the weekend we will have some mid-to-upper 80s, even a few spots hitting the low 90s, but it does cool down for the middle of next week. >> that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al, thank you. it is time for "trending." very excitingly, we've got hoda. >> hey. >> all right. starting off, what is your biggest frustration in the morning. don't answer that, matt. >> what or who? had. >> okay. trying to squeeze the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. it is a pain. let us tell you about a new product that could fix all of it. it is called poppits. little gel pods, you pop it into your mouth and brush. the pods dissolve in seconds. it has the exact amount of toothbrush that dentists recommend. ecofriendly. makers hope to bring their

product to market. as of this morning, they are just $10 mow away from reaching that goal. we thought this was such a cool idea. >> think of how many of these tubes are in landfills all around the world. >> you're asking people to change the method. >> you know those wisps that you travel with? >> you can't bring your -- zblr maybe they should make those things sticky on one side, pop it on the brush. >> make a toothbrush made out of toothpaste. >> they have those. those are great. how many people have ever fallen asleep at work? in your office, you doze off. i want to show you a picture of an employee who took a nap at

work. he works, by the way, for that man, for richard branson. branson walked if the office for kind of a surprise visit, and decided to take a little bit of a picture next to that employee who apparently woke up because richard woke him up and the guy just looked at him and went right back to sleep. and then woke up and cleared out his office. >> maybe that's allowed. >> i was at a concert yesterday. citi field. wild, on fire concert. there was a guy dead asleep. and it was beyonce. >> beyonce was asleep? had. >> no! i kept looking at him going, oh, my god. >> why didn't you wake him up? >> i didn't have the heart to do that. >> have you ever looked down at your jeans and wondered, what

are those little studs on the pockets for? you know what i mean? there they are. those little circular metal pieces. today.com looked into this. these are called rivets. they started being used in the 19th century. tell us about that time, matt. >> wow! >> they were supposed to hold jeans together -- i love you -- and -- but now of course they are fasteners. >> you ever look down and see little studs? >> thank you very much, mr. lawyer. >> now to the highlights from the cmt awards. okay. basically -- in the olden days, they were structural. they were the places where they would most likely come apart. >> you are allowed one chubby

joke during pregnancy. first, carrie underwood and the performance that country music fans and hoda are raving about this morning. carrie brought down the house at the cmt awards. she performed her new single called "church bells." she won performance of the year. nig night's biggest prize went to tim mcgraw for "humble and pride." >> how was it that hoda watched that performance while she was at the beyonce concert at citi field? >> beyonce was the night before. next, ed sheeran, the latest star being accused of ripping off another artist's song. a pair of california song writers are suing him for at least $20 million. they say his hit "photograph" copied a song he wrote. l we'll let you decide. this is ed sheeran's "photograph."

♪ >> you all know that song. now we'll play a song called "amazing" sung by matt cardle. ♪ >> no. no. >> close. >> the arrangement is similar. >> pretty close. >> do you? >> the plaintiff's lawyers in this case are the same lawyers behind the "blurred lines" case that won. >> i thought "blurred lines" was more obvious. i'm not sure about that.

>> matt card diagramlecardle. >> you know what would be interesting have someone with a high-pitched voice and see -- >> take it up a few. >> it sounds awfully close. >> the arrangement is similar. voice is different. is there thank you, carson. now to the story of one woman encouraging inner city girls to dance in the face of adversity. >> i love this story so much. new york city can be a pretty tough place where the odds are stacked against kids but thanks to a very special dance studio called groove with me, they are succeeding in big ways. 100% of the kids who go there graduate high school. and going to college is an option, then and law school and the peace corps. it all starts on the dance floor. imagine a place where each step gives you hope with ballerinas

that soar. and tiny dancers whose toes don't stop tapping, helping young girls take steps in the right direction. >> it's just such a source of pride. >> reporter: abby started groove with me hoping to make a difference with the power of dance. and what is it about the magic of a dance floor that gives a girl confidence, do you think? >> i think tap, more than any other type of dance. you can hear it. you got it or you don't got it. when you get it, it sounds awesome. and you know, all the dancers like that. >> reporter: located in one of new york city's toughest neighborhoods, groove with me is run on donations and is completely free for the dancers. girls from kindergarten to high school seniors take class offered six days a week. the lessons go far beyond the dance floor. it is about dance, discipline, and rules. i joined abby's hip-hop class with some very talented 5 and 6 year-olds. oh, i ♪

that was so fun. >> reporter: it didn't take long to get the magic of this place. >> okay. this is so exciting. i'm going to sleep. ♪ oh, my gosh. it's me! >> wow. >> wow. that was awesome. >> reporter: then i got schooled by some of my favorite dancers. >> what do you guys love about groove with me? >> it's inspiring our hearts for dancing. >> there's so much good people and let us do things like activities. >> and can you be in the class if you're late? >> no. okay. so you have to be on time. are you allowed to chew gum?

>> no. >> so no chewing gum. are you allowed to talk all the time? >> no. >> because you have rules. >> reporter: and abby's rules get results. what started out with a handful of kids in her apartment, has grown to more than 200 girls and dance recitals celebrated each year. the greatest reward, every single girl in groove with me graduates high school in a neighborhood that typically sees only 60% of its students finish. >> i know love is like a really strong word. but like i really do love groove with me. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: 18-year-old shay la kelly is a shining star. she's been dancing at groove with me since she was nine. >> i've taken advantage of every single class that is here. >> reporter: she says she doesn't have to look far to see friends making the wrong moves. >> i have a couple associates that are pregnant now.

i have one that has had her baby already. i see that they're struggling. if she would have came to groove with me, i think her life would have been like way better. >> reporter: she graduates high school this thing. she's joining the navy and has big plans. but she says she will always come back to her second home. >> a home isn't just a place where you have roof and walls. it's a place of love and affection and caring. you build these friendships that are everlasting. >> one of my favorite organizations. i've donated to this group for a long time because the results are incredible. and to give you an idea of the need for something like this, abby said she put up flyers in the neighborhood and the program was fully booked with 200 kids within minutes. it just shows there's such a need and the proof's in the pudding. >> great results.

that's really cool. >> hoda, thank you. guests in the orange rough. i'm ... ==topvo== for the fir timee're hearinwhbr a good thursday morning at 8:26. i'm sam brock. for the first time we're hearing what brock turner told the judge about the sexual assault that he committed at stanford. in a letter to the court, the former stanford swimmer appears to blame the party culture on campus for his crime. he writes in part, "the swim team set no limits on partying or drinking, and i saw the guys take full advantage of these circumstances, while i was shown to do the same." turner was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus last year. the judge sentenced turner to six months in jail. and in response, over 800,000 people now have signed a petition demanding that the judge be removed from his spot on the bench. let's get a quick check of traffic. mike, what are you looking at?

>> oakland and slowing past the capitol assume. there's a car on the side of the road. there were flashing lights and that looks like it's really caused slowing. look at the map. we have slowing southbound as well. there may be an incident through downtown, although chp has nothing on the reports. here's a nice drive toward the bay bridge, smooth although there's a crash just before the san mateo bridge toll plaza. that will slow you down, but overall, looking good westward and into the south bay. back to you. >> mike, thank you very. . that's going to do it for us but we'll have more updates in a half an hour.

8:30 now on a thursday morning. it is also the 9th day of june, 2016. we're taking a look at some of the nice people who stopped by our plaza. a beautiful, beautiful morning. >> we were just sitting there chatting and chatting, carson's trying to get the hang of

whether it starts an stops. >> tomorrow morning, nick jonas is in the plaza. first this morning, we'll talk to mark ruffalo talking about taking on morgan freeman in "now you see me 2." did you know before he was mark ruffalo, he loved puppies. >> and we'll tell you who to quickly conjure up $400 for life's little emergencies. in honor of pet appreciation week, our friend beth stern has brought along some of her furry friends. we'll get them all into great homes. but first, we need a check of the weather. >> where is al? >> where did he go?

>> here's what's happening. we've got lots of green and yellow. >> i see a slight risk there over in the upper midwest. >> 69 degrees here in the northeast. today, some thunderstorms down in florida. and in texas as well. slight risk of storms in the upper midwest. we're going to get to good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we do still have a lot of clouds, some mist and drizzle all across the bay area to start out the day, but we won't see that all day long. we will get some clearing. right now temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. napa now at 68 degrees. a look at the microclimates. 60s along the coast and in san francisco, half moon bay 65 degrees and 81 degrees in gil y gilroy. still a lot of sunshine there, warmer temperatures, while we'll have some 60s along the coast and low 80s today in antioch.

>> are we still on? >> we're on this time every morning. >> where's richard branson when you need him? let's go to savannah. >> all right, al. mark ruffalo is here. can you do the weather? do you mind? >> i can't do the weather. >> all right. it's sunny outside. it's a beautiful, sunny day. now to the real reason mark ruffalo is here. what happens when you take a good guy like him and turn him into kind of a bad guy. check out "now you see me 2" in which mark plays an fbi with a dark secret and he is on a mission to avenge the death of his father. >> you're not getting in my head. okay? you think you're luring me into a trap? you're not. now i am desperate, which means i'm dangerous. my only concern is the health and well being of the horsemen and you're going to lead me to them. and if you don't, i promise you, you'll end up far worse than in

some cushy jail cell somewhere. >> mark, good morning. morgan freeman, that must have been intimidating. >> it was. it was god! >> it was. you're like right in his face. "now you see me 2." i've gotten a chance to talk to a bunch of the actors this week and everybody said they were really up to the sequel. it was not a hard decision. >> no. it is really a great group of people and we have a lot of fun together. we all had our hand in the script, in the collaboration with ed solomon, our great writer. so we were all -- we all had a hand in it. we all were really pulling for it to be good. >> it is really fun because it has this whole magic theme. it's really different. were you one of the actors that went to the so-called magic boot camp? >> i did one day at magic boot camp just because i wanted to see them doing magic boot camp. i don't get to do a lot of magic in this particular movie.

maybe in "now you see me 3" i'll get to do it more. >> people are talking about that. >> i know. >> are you into it? >> if "now you see me 2 "does well. >> you don't have any magic but you do have a fight scene. >> it was a real choreographed fight scene that has kind of an homage to jackie chan. it has magic in it, it has some humor and it has good fighting in it. but yeah, i generally don't get to do that kind of thing but i love doing that. >> it looks really fun. i have another shot, i have a behind-the-scenes situation where -- this is what i heard about it. that you're coming out of the water, and you start coughing -- see if we can roll it. then something happens. let's see. >> here you are. there is your action.

>> ooh! you act like you vomit on yourself. >> i acted like i vomit on myself! i did! >> oh, i thought you were playing a prank on them. >> oh, my gosh. >> no. i swallowed water. >> i thought it was a prank and the guys were like, wow, that's really real. >> i actually did. first i ate woody harrelson's fake cheesecake which was like a raw cashew faux cheesecake. and so that wasn't sitting well with me after lunch. and i had to do this coughing scene where i come out of the water from drowning. and all of a sudden i'm coughing and coughing and then all of a sudden i'm -- i throw up. >> i just want to say that, if i knew that was really you actually being sick, i don't know if i would have played it. i feel kind of bad now. >> yeah. my fellow cast members, did

anyone run to my kid? >> no. they were all -- ooh, yuck! before you were mark ruffalo, famous and award winning actor, you were a bartender, i heard, for ten years. >> not ten years, but sis, eight years. >> my facts are a little iffy this morning. >> don't worry. >> you still have a go-to drink that you drink? >> i don't real will drink so much. i learned enough watching other people drink to know better. margaritas. i had a -- i had a special thursday night fan club for my mark-a-ritas, they called them. >> salt or no salt? >> it depended. the big thing was fresh lime juice and shaken to the point where the ice becomes a little froth of chipped ice floating on the top of the margarita. >> man, you're making that sound

real good. carson's about to come over and hug you. mark ruffalo, thank you so much. glad you feel better. i promise no vomit shots the next time. coming up next, establishing an emergency fund. jean chatzky's tips on how to quickly find an extra $400. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

back now, 8:40, with our special series "fresh start today." this morning, hitting the refresh button on your finances. when a survey conducted by the federal reserve board asked respondents how they'd pay for a $400 emergency, 47% of americans said they would have to cover the expense by borrowing money or selling something, or that they wouldn't be able to come up with the money the a all. if you're part of that 47%, our resident money maven jean

chatzky is here. you know what struck me? that $400 is not really a lot of money when it comes to a real financial emergency. >> that's right. $400 could push a lot of people over edge. what's really scary about this is we are watching our credit card debt numbers tick up very quickly. we are almost at 2008 levels. >> we put out the call online for people who found themselves in this same situation and they could ask you their questions. kelly from milwaukee. >> i'm recently divorced, and while i make a nice salary, in any given month i would have a hard time coming up with $400 in the event of an emergency. this past month, for example, my basement flooded. in order to clean that up i had to set a couple of bills aside that i couldn't pay. in addition, i have two teenage daughters who when they need money i give it to them and that adds up over the course of the month. >> she's got issues with spending, then that issue with giving her kids money. >> that's right. so we dug in. the first thing i toll her to do

was just track her spending. she had to figure out where that money was actually going. and what she found was she's going to the grocery store four different, five different times a week. we put a lid on that. she's spending a lot less. also with the kids, she was giving each teenager $20 each week, adds up to $160 to $200 a month. it's summer. they've put out notices. they're going to get jobs, baby-sit, walk dogs. >> you think you can come up with the $400 that way. >> very quickly. >> next up with be j, jen and a maine. >> we have two children with medical issues. if the time were to come that they needed medical care or got sick, that i would not get paid to stay home with them. so therefore, our bills get behind and the medical bills come in and we need to pay them. >> jen and adam find themselves in a position a lot of people

do. medical expenses. >> by the way, medical expenses are really tough but a lot of people believe they're not negotiable, that you can't shop around for things like prescription drugs. that's an entire different segment but you can and you should talk to your doctor about lowering the price. meanwhile, we'll find their $400 by working on their monthly expenses. they got a lot of redundancies. $400 on cell phone bills, plus bills from land lines. we cut some of those expenses. immediately found $60 a month. she's working part-time but she's got to work to bring in additional income while staying home. took a look at her skills and recommended she look for jobs as a virtual assistant. >> because her salary goes like this and she needs to steady it out. >> she just needs to bring more in. >> next up, just continue frin cincinnati. >> i currently work two jobs, one is commission without benefits. because i don't get a regular paycheck it makes it very difficult to make ends meet an

plan for each month and plan for the future. >> the guy's working two jobs and still has this $400 problem. >> that's right. he's working two jobs but his income is not steady and he needs to do what's called income smoothing. take his income for six months, divide by six so he knows what his monthly income really is. that way he can stay on a budget. he's also too overreliant right now on his parents. while they are helping him out -- which they are right now -- i want him to super charge his savings and figure out what it will cost him to actually move out. you need a goal to work toward in order to get yourself there. >> kudos to the parents who are helping as so many parents across the country are. >> absolutely. my son is graduating from college in a week and he needs a job, too. by the way. >> all right. general tips. >> automate your savings. if you see money at the bottom line offy you are bank account, you are going to spend it. get it out of there. only withdraw for mrnlgs and

understand what emergencies are. this last one, this is the big one. accountability. those three people are now accountable to me and to all of america. tell somebody what you're trying to do. >> love when you help people, jean. thank you very much. for more on jean's "start today strategies," go to today.com. tomorrow the four js return for a fresh start today facebook chat. next, some adorable pets are here and they're up for adopt n adoption. and that adorable young lady, beth stern, is going to be here to talk about them. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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adoption is a great way to find a four-legged friend. beth stern, best selling author of "yoda gets a buddy" is here for tips on adoption. beth, you've had a house built. >> yes, we have 18 animals in the stern house. i'm a foster parent for north shore animal league so i have a lot of cats and kissens right now. it is kitten season and a lot of kittens that will otherwise be euthanized at municipal shelters, i bring them in and nurture them and howard and i find them incredible homes. >> what's your best advice for a first-timer? >> the whole family should go to your local shelter. assess your lifestyle and you should pick out an animal together and you should know that this animal is your responsibility. could be up to 20 years of their lives. >> a lot of people have misconceptions about shelter animals. what would you looic to say about that? >> a lot of people think that

the adult animals of shelters are problem children and that's why they're there. that's not necessarily the case. sometimes it is really sad circumstances where the owner passed away. i say visit the adult animals first when you go to your local shelter. they are the best pets. >> talk about some of the friends you brought. >> savannah, you've got a 10-week-old, i think a shepherd mix. we do a lot of rescues from the cayman islands. she's going to be about 50 pounds so i think that she needs a yard. children. a perfect family dog. she's about 10 weeks old. >> she matches your dress. >> tamron? >> tamron's got a 13-week-old retriever mix. we named her mattie. she's probably going to be about 60 pounds. a great family dog. she's already spayed. she's ready to go home right now. anybody in the studio can take this one home. we spay and neuter all our pets

at north shore before they go home. >> al is holding another cute one. >> we named him stretch armstrong. he's a 2-year-old dachshund. he is so chill. i have been holding him backstage the whole time. he is just a little man who wants to go home. perfect for a city apartment. he's smaller. he's full grown. he sleeps through the night. he's house broken. come on! >> does beth know how to hit the high points of animals? >> then with carson, we have a year-and-a-half old chihuahua-terrier mix. she would be a great family dog. she would be great with somebody that already has a dog at home. come on, she's all ready to go. she's a southern belle. we do a lot of rescues in virginia, we do cayman islands. we actually do rescues in tokyo and moscow. >> i didn't realize it was so far reaching. beth, take a walk with us over

here. >> every shelter is just filled with kittens. we have matt and howard. >> does he know about that? >> howard and matt are buddies. we decided to name them on your behalf. they starred with me on hallmark's channel kitten bowl this coming august. they's tv stars! >> is this matt house broken? >> you're holding howard. you're kissing howard right now. >> beth, thank you so much. >> all these animals are at north shore animal league america or go to your local shelters. there are tons waiting for new homes. >> we're back from a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >> howard is purring!

we're back with our little friends. >> we've got our friends at smucker's excited to introduce you to some extraordinary folks. let's get started. happy 106th birthday to miss agne sechlt m agnes may turner of evanston, illinois. she loves animals and playing with puppies. jean is 100 years old. likes to make jewelry, paint and

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this morning on "today's take," the great jeff daniels is here as he takes on one of the most intense roles of his career. then it is the goo goo dolls live on our stage with some brand-new music. and new kids on the block are here with something big for their die-hard fans. all that and more coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today," thursday morning, june 9th, 2016. just a beautiful day here in new york city. nice crowd outside on our plaza. i'm willie, along with al and tamron. natalie is off today. our morning gym em is "slide."

>>ky just tell you what's in my view right now? might be one of the cutest --ky borrow you for a second? come on over here. i don't even know his name or who he belongs to. >> that's my friend's son, eric. >> what's his name? >> he went to his first yankee game last night. >> i'm sorry, i have a texas rangers hat for you later. charlie was in my view over there. i couldn't concentrate. >> charlie, how much did you get for the teeth from the tooth fairy? >> $10. >> a piece or for both? >> for one. >> that's a lot of cash! what did you do with it? >> did you spend it yet? okay. put it in the bank.

put it in the bank. go heels. >> he's crazy. >> he was in my view. >> charlie's not even leaving. >> you don't have to leave. >> charlie -- charlie, you can take one of these guitars if you like -- no, only kidding. >> he's debated. i got $10. >> that's the goo goo dolls. thanks, charlie. you made my day. we have an amazing story of survival. three men are saved after their maul plane stalled mid-air over the mountains in british columbia in canada on sunday. the men were taking a short flight from vancouver when the 81-year-old pilot, vern hannah took a wrong turn and was forced to emergency an emergency landing on the glacier. but, my friends, he stuck the

landing. they wrote their names and dates where on the side of the plane so in case someone found them. they even wrote their names on their arms in case their bodies were found. they spent a night in the forest. a snowmobile er found the plane and called the authorities. >> i caused the accident to begin with so i'm no hero. i'm glad to get out of it, yeah. it was too late to turn back. all we could try and do was outclimb the valley. so we flew up the valley but we kept losing air speed. it was an absolute emergency. as soon as i realized we were in down draft and i could not climb. >> experienced pilot, 81 years old, driving a 1963 old plane he had. just had to set it dow on the glacier. >> remember, if that ever happens to you, write on the

plane. that is so dark. >> i do that whenever i get in an uber. >> i thought you were going to say whenever you ride your bike home. everybody has been talking about this. >> amaze ig! >> one of the friends of our show, oscar winning actor j.k. simmons, he is a friend of "today's take," always comes to the show dressed to the nines, nice suits, got the beard. check out these photos that have set the internet on fire. >> is that real? >> that is real, my friends. i've never seen him like this. look at the beard. train -- >> the beard is what you see? >> well, beard, the guns. trainer aaron williamson posting these photos on instagram. williamson every time we train together i forget he is 61 years old. so much respect for this guy. i'm 61. i don't look like that. >> wow. >> he didn't either a short time ago. he was just here. >> he's bulking up for the role of commissioner gordon in the

new film out next year -- >> commissioner gordon was buff? >> who knew? >> i thought he was going to be batman. >> he's always been in good shape. if you watched "whiplash." >> the headline i read on the plane yesterday, "j.k. is jack." >> j.k., can i come and do a training session with you? >> you think you can hang? >> no. i just want to look. >> i want to know what -- this is not my goal to have arms like that, but i'd love to know what he did. because he was just here! >> obviously he's -- i couldn't do anything like that. i think you would look more like david letterman who has a beard, too. look at that. >> he have the guns? >> no. he's just got the beard. willie, would you want to -- you think you could -- >> i don't know if i need to go that big but i'm hiring -- let me see this -- trainer aaron williamson.

he's a hollywood trainer. >> let's have him come on. >> i need aaron williamson in my life. >> how much is -- >> i don't want to get like dwayne johnson. >> nor could you. >> because your starting point counts. dwayne started -- >> boy, j.k., putting in the work. >> i can see if he was playing a wolverine. >> but he's playing -- in a suit! he is going to cover it all up. >> that is amazing. this is one of those "would you ever" moments. this is something very popular around here. we have pass around pick tuesday of things and ask you, would you ever. so have you ever wondered what it was like to walk on water outside of christ? so the artist has created an art

installation in northern italy that would allow people to do just that. it's 1.8 mile floating walkway. it is made up of 200,000 floating cubes that will eventually be covered in yellow fabric. the cubes are anchored to concrete blocks on the lake floor. it connects mainland with two island in 9 lake, normally only sesable ab accessible by boat. it is opening june 18th. entrance is free. it cost $17 million to build. you might recall, the artist created these central park gates back in 2005. >> it is basically a walkway. >> but it is ice cubes. >> cubes covered in fabric. >> are they like -- >> moving? >> -- moving? >> even if they are anchored -- >> you're kwiind of -- it is li

a dock. anchored in some way with you you can walk around it. >> and they have lifeguards around the clock? >> do they? >> they have lifeguards. actually, all you need is j.k. simmons. graeb t grab people, one in each arm, and go. you want to do the weather with me, bud? charlie, come on over. you can help me out. when i tell you, just hit the button. boom. there you go. one more time. little harder. boom. boom. there's something wrong with it. oh, there we go. okay. so look at the rain totals since last weekend in florida. st. petersburg, 8.7. ta tallahassee, 6.2. it keeps raining. we'll have that stationary front just hanging around and it is

not going to do anything, just hang there. more rain for the next couple of days and a tropical disturbance that's going to enhance things so it is going to be a mess down in florida. lo i'm carrie hall and we have mostly cloudy skies and temperatures to low 60s with brosy winds. it stays breezy as the skies clear, but it will be nice and comfortable with highs in the mid- to upper 70s to the south bay and the east bay as well as the trivalley and north bay. and the weather stations like this for a couple more days towards the end of the weekend. >> and that is your latest weather. can you believe it's been more than 30 years since "terms of endearment"? this man, jeff daniels, has gone on to star in everything from

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and i don't really know except that we had to. it's two people caught in a situation. this woman, 27-year-old girl, shows up at this guy's place of work and they had an illegal, very wrong relationship when she was younger and she confronts him. and it starts -- we have to -- it starts -- like that. and the only way to do it is all-in. if you phone it in or kind of sort of do it because you don't feel like it today, it doesn't play as strongly. so it's been our mission to put the pedal to the metal every single show. it's been hard. but, the audience -- that's what it's supposed to be. that's what the american theater can do sometimes is rock you like that. and this is a play that does that. >> you did this play nine years ago off broadway. i love what you said, you are such a better actor today than

you were nine years ago so this is a better play because of it. >> yeah. well, we all get better. you do this show for a year and you're better than you were a year ago. just little things. so you come out of newsroom and do some other things, then you get to do "blackbird" again, then you think, okay, i have the tools to actually no you do this. that's been a joy to revisit it and go deeper. >> how was it to receive the tony nomination? >> that was great but i really wanted it for me and michelle. it is just the two of us for 90 minutes of just slugfest and so when they were announcing the names, it wasn't jeff -- it was -- listen. i have worked too hard and we both got in.

do not disappoint me. >> as much as you've enjoyed this role, or maybe "enjoyed" is the wrong word, but relished this role, your last show is saturday. are you looking forward to the break from doing 20 weeks of this kind of intensity? >> first of all, you get the chance to star on broadway, whether you're 25 or 61, xhcherh it. the 25 year-olds don't. they're just younger. but to star on broadway has just been -- i think about that every night we go on. but, the hard part is, if you get the great reviews like we did, if you get the tony nominations like we did, you got to live up to that. that's the hard part. because when you do something 144 shows, it can dissipate, it can get stale. and to live up to those reviews that happened three months ago for tonight's audience, i'll be glad when that pressure is off. >> as one of our finest american actors, i mention you should

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twice. what you have is essentially three loops. you're going to take the middle loop, pull it towards you. then you're going to loop it around these two guys, pull the skinniest part of the tie and you have essentially created an easy knot. then watch this, slip it over his head by adjusting, and pull it down. tie in ten seconds. >> open cake. how do you keep it from going stale? >> this year you have a lot of sweet 16s and parties that require cakes. what happens is when the cake is exposed to air, it dries out. simple solution is to take two pieces of bread, one here, stick it to the outside of the cake with simple toothpicks. what that does is it keeps the cake moist so you never have to slide off those dry pieces of cake. >> we live in a world without is

a saran wrap. >> in case you don't have it, al! first-time parents, take your kids to the beach this summer. they get a sunburn. what do you do? you can apply aloe but this is two-in one. take a little bit of aloe here. then you can spoon it in to these ice molds. what you're going to do then is stick them in the freezer. when you pop them out you actually have these little aloe ice cubes. no only does the aloe soothe the burn but the coolness feels amazing on your kids' skin. birthday parties in the summer. kids don't like to wait for ice cream. the night before take a muffin tin, line it with little muffin cups like this. scoop out your ice cream the night before, put it back in your freezer and the day of the party you already have your ice cream tray ready. no kids crying over ice cream. >> you know how you keep that from drying up? you put some bread on top of it.

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with their doctors to end their own lives legally. it is expected to triple the number of patient who is can get medication from their doctors if their pain and suffering becomes intolerable. supporters insist it will help end suffering for the people who need it the most. we have a look at weather and traffic after the break. weather toss to traffic

>> good morning. i'm carrie hall. we are seeing the clouds clear from sunol. most of the bay area seeing a thick cloud cover and patchy drizzle and fog. temperature-wise we are in the 50s and 60s as you head out the door. after the clouds clear, we will have a pleasant afternoon and by lunchtime, mostly sunny skies. 77 in the trivalley and the south bay. san francisco with a high of 64 degrees. let's go over to mike to look at the roadways. >> northbound 101 holding

steady. to see the crash scene over on the shoulder. look at the south bay and the rest of the bay. an easy flow of traffic and slowing down the east shore. you are heading down towards the bay bridge and oakland with a live look. still slow in the northbound direction, but that's from the coliseum to downtown. we have stragglers in the commute and my wife is one of them. >> we will have more news in a half hour. every wonder what nature valley is made of? ♪ that's what we're made of. no artificial colors. no artificial flavors. no artificial sweeteners. nature valley granola bars.

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than a placebo was a drug better known as prozac. leading health organizations often recommend psychotherapy before resorting to drugs. a state fair staple may be coming to a store near you. an associated press writer has tweeted -- wait for it -- hostess and walmart have joined forces to develop and sell deep fried twinkies. i almost fell to the ground. starting this week they'll be sold in the frozen food section of walmart for the next year or so. two flavors, original funnel cake batter and chocolate. good luck finding one because i'm going to buy them all. if you fall asleep at work, don't let the boss be the one to wake you up. that's what happened to one worker in virgin's sydney australia office. he was snoozing away when the owner richard branson showed up. he woke him up. branson says the man was on

stand-by and adds he must have thought he was dreaming because he went straight back to sleep. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> we're still down here trying to figure out, deep fried twinkies are frozen. do you unfreeze them, then fry them? >> yeah, it's like having a tv dinner. the country fried steak. you undo it and then you can still eat it but it's still country fried steak. >> you don't have to fry it. >> the hungry man dinner, you don't have to fry it again. are you not southern? >> no, i'm not. i think we've established that. let's look at your weekend outlook. we are looking at some wet weather through the upper great lakes. friday we got a risk of some strong storms in the northern plains. wet weather in the pacific northwest. sunny throughout much of the southern part of the country with a few showers and thunderstorms. slight risk for strong storms on saturday, including threatening the belmont stakes. record highs in the midsection of the country. risk in the plains again and more wet weather around the gulf. then sunday -- sunday -- record highs make their way into the mid-atlantic states. still a little on the cool side, upstate new york and parts of new england. more wet weather through the

gulf coast, mid-mississippi river valley, upper midwest as well and some showers and thunderstorms around the rockies. that's what's going on around . we still have mostly cloudy skies and mist and drizzle. temperatures are in the upper 50s to low 60s. we haven't changed in the last couple of hours, but it looks like a nice day for mostly sunny skies after about 1:00. we will see that across the bay area. san francisco to 64 degrees and 76 degrees in the north bay and we will have upper 70s to the south bay as well as the trivalley and as we take a live look at sunol, beautiful weather there. >> now let's go to deep-fried, but never frozen, tamron hall. >> thank you, al. can you feel excitement around here? do you hear it? do you feel it at home? just inches from my hand -- new kids othe block!

one of the hottest boy bands of all time, let's face it, reunited in 2008 after a 15-year break. every year since then the new kids have hosted an exclusive cruise for their fans. my cruise ticket has apparently gotten lost all those years. now we can all get front row seats to this party at sea because the craziness is documented for the reality show "rock this boat." and today we are hanging tough -- yeah, i said it -- with the new kids on the block. donny wahlberg, jonathan knight. >> what's going on? >> okay. this -- first of all, tell us what you were doing in the commercial break. >> i was taking a selfie for instagram of the group. they were asking me because i was kissing the screen. >> i face time a lot with my wife. >> he's still a newlywed. >> your camera screen -- >> it gets foggy. >> this is so interesting. this cruise.

jenny is a part of it. family members pop in and out. how did this start? >> well, in truth, it started about 25 years ago? we did a cruise when we were -- we did a coca-cola cruise, did a huge promotional campaign called a magical summer tour. as a gift to the fans we did a cruise. it was the worst thing ever. we were kids and the fans were all like 10 years old. it was total bedlam. >> how do you define that? >> you couldn't even move an inch. >> before it was bedlam. >> may be a hit now but it was bedlam then. it was out of control. >> that's when you left ship, right? >> you left ship? >> i had a helicopter land on the ship and i flew off. because it was so crazy. >> so they say. >> that's a myth, bro. >> but now it is much more fun. now we decided i guess we're going on our eighth year. well this is seven?

we're watching seven, we're going to do eight in october. at first even we were like cruise, i don't know if this is going to work out. it is so hard to describe to people how much fun it is. we're all on this boat, and we just want to give our fans the time of their lives for four and five days. we've been able to do that. and finally we don't have to explain. we can just say -- watch tv and rock the boat. >> i don't think any other group does something like this. this access. well, you're trapped on a ship. >> there are other groups that do do it. i think when we tell people we go on a cruise with our fans, think a lot of people like, oh, you go on a cruise, you go and read books and relax -- yeah. have a nice time. that's so nice. but it's really like a five-day crazy party. >> it is a party. mayhem, not bedlam. >> right, exactly. >> you can see in the clips how our relationship with the fans.

you know, as jordan says, 25 years ago when we did the cruise, jordan escaped the boat. we just hid in our cabins and we didn't want to be a part of it. now fans have grown up and we have grown up. >> married with children. >> we're so grateful to have this opportunity together. we really give our fans everything we can and they give it back to us. they decorate their doors. they bring costumes for the party. it is like spring break on a boat. it is like we're getting a chance to go back now and do it all over again but as adults. it's so much more fun. >> joey, you have a 4-year-old? >> well, yeah, she just turned 5. 5, 6 and 8. >> we have a clip. let's show it. >> yes. >> what's up! ♪ do you remember when >> the newest kid on the block. >> you are like me. i go flat and i go up as my hair changes. now this is the new generation? >> yes. newest mcintyre.

but he's got awesome uncles here. i think it is in your blood, right? >> yeah. >> do you sing? what's your favorite song from new kids? >> i like all of them, but -- >> if you had to sing one right now for me. sing. >> what song? >> i like "block party." >> you want to sing it? ♪ welcome to the block party ♪ we want to get started ♪ block party >> he has the boston accent. >> i got to play this game with you guys real quick. to get to know you better. you've got your blocks. you can help out. who takes the longest getting ready in hair and makeup? i think i have an idea. hair and makeup. who takes the longest? >> hair alone? this guy. yeah. hair. hair. yeah. >> john? >> i said john, too.

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it was one of those -- >> were you drunk when you named the band? >> yes, i was. i was. >> we didn't think 30 years later we'd be explaining to people about goo goo dolls. >> we thought it would last three months. because we weren't athletic or anything like that. so we played in the band to meet girls. >> well, that worked out pretty well for you. >> with the girls or the band? >> both. >> the band. band. >> so when people hear the name goo goo dolls, they remember all those hits. what can they expect from the new album? >> it was a big departure for us, this album. it was sort of like -- i wanted to sort of do what we do because as soon as i start singing, everybody knows it is us. but musically i wanted to really push the boundaries of the whole thing out. so we called a couple of friends that we love to write with and did some collaborating, did some work up in seattle and los

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♪ i'm so alive ♪ i'm so alive ♪ i'm so alive ♪ hey you can make it on a wish if you want to ♪ ♪ you can make it on a wish if you want to ♪ ♪ i'm so alive i'm so alive i'm so alive ♪ ♪ hey you can make it on a wish if you want to ♪ ♪ you can make it on a wish if you want to ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm so alive ♪ i'm so alive ♪ i'm so alive >> yeah! goo goo dolls. thanks so much. their performing with kathie lee and hoda in the next hour. back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc. terrific. wow!

(whispering): what are you doing up? (whispering): mom said i could have a midnight snack. (whispering): well, i say it's late, and you need to go to bed. (whispering): why? (whispering): because i am the boss. (whispering): you're not the boss, mom's the boss.

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man, how great was that? thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the album is "boxes," youral. you guys are going on tour in july? >> yeah. we'll be out for years. >> you'll be per forming next hour with kathie lee and hoda. plus, al's favorite girl, paula patton. >> yeah. and "ambush makeover." >> didn't she twerk on you once? >> yes, she did. >> after your local news. hey, deborah, al

ck bay bridge a lot of clouds again this morning. look at the sunshine and temperatures a few degrees cooler than yesterday. a high of 73 can be expected in the east bay and upper 70s for the trivalley and the south bay. north bay is 76 while san

francisco will be in a nice comfortable 64. over the next few days we will start to see the temperatures warmer especially for the end of the weekend. let's go over to mike with a look at traffic. >> look at this. the bay bridge is light right now and the fast track lanes have more of the traffic and that means more regular commuters. the irregular folks or regular? let's look at the map. we have an easy drive and slowing through the maze and oakland. it's starting to lighten up and north 85. >> happening now, we are hearing what brock turner told the judge about the sexual assault at stanford. the former swimmer appears to blame party culture for his crime. he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on campus last year. it is drawing international

backlash. california's new right to die law takes effect. doctors can help terminally ill patients end their lives. (whispering): what are you doing up? (whispering): mom said i could have a midnight snack. (whispering): well, i say it's late, and you need to go to bed. (whispering): why? (whispering): because i am the boss. (whispering): you're not the boss, mom's the boss.

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♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we are goo goo for the goo goo dolls. they will be with us a little bit later singing one more of their hits. it's thirsty thursday, june 9th. that of course is goo goo dolls. the band has a brand new album, new tour. they will be playing for us all throughout the hour. >> they will have an oldie for us, too. then speaking of music from the biggest names in country music were honored last