the bridge. >> that's a good thing. >> also good thing we have a family reunited here. laura is back. we will see you in a half an hour. good morning. i didn't see it coming. >> this morning, how they say their son's personality dramatically changed when he left the military. neck and neck. donald trump closed to just within three points of hillary clinton in our new poll. clinton set to pick up that long-awaited endorsement from bernie sanders today. trump saying he's down to four

prospects for his vp pick. could there be an announcement in the next 48 hours? torn apart. dramatic video as a tornado lifts a barn high into the air in minnesota. one of several twisters cutting a path of destruction all across that state. and, it's a pokemon world and we're just living in it. why these little guys are suddenly popping up everywhere. and we do mean everywhere. the hottest new app that's driving america to distraction "today," tuesday, july 12th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news ts is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. matt's been on vacation, playing pokemon all week? >> apparently. haven't seen you in a couple of weeks and the world has gone pokemon crazy again. >> i can't even pretend to understand what this is all about.

but we'll try to in a little bit. first let's get to our top story, president obama heading to dallas today to try to help that city heal after last week's attacks on police officers. he'll be joined by vice president boyden and former president george w. bush. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in dallas. gabe, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning. president obama once again assuming the role of conseouler in chief. this will be the 11th time during his presidency that he's tried to comfort a city following a mass shooting. and this as we're learning more about the gunman micah johnson. his parents saying he seemed like a changed person after he returned from afghanistan. but they never expected this. after an emotional vigil monday night, today dallas is remembering its fallen. >> we must lead america in protecting and supporting our police officers. >> reporter: as more protests over deadly police shootings

spilled into several cities. vice president biden telling lester holt there's anxiety and fear on both sides. >> there's institutional racism that exists throughout our society. it is getting incrementally better. but the truth is that's not good enough. we have to keep pushing. >> reporter: today dallas police are digging through micah johnson's past, trying to determine why he was stockpiling bomb making materials. >> he knew what he was doing. this wasn't some novice. >> reporter: speaking to "the blaze," in their first interview, johnson's parents say they watched their son transform from a fun loving extrovert into a hermit after his military service. >> i didn't see it coming. i love my son with all my heart. i hate what he did. >> reporter: this morning new details about how the massacre unfolded. just before 9:00 last thursday, johnson pulls up in his car near the el centro college campus. using pillars for cover he fires multiple rounds shooting a rapid transit officer execution style. the gun battle rages with other officers on another street corner.

first into a locked building on the campus by shooting out a door. almost 60 students inside. over the next several hours, s.w.a.t. teams are in a horrifying standoff across a long hallway where johnson taunts negotiators and asks how many officers he's already killed. el centro's police chief says all the students and two of its wounded officers survived. >> i'm extremely proud of them and extremely proud of all the members of the dallas police department. they showed extreme bravery that night. >> reporter: a night that weighs on trauma surgeon brian williams. >> i think about it every day. that i was unable to save those cops when they came here that night. this killing, it has to stop. >> reporter: as this memorial grows, dallas police chief says he and his officers are running on fumes. another nearby department will assist with security, along with the secret service, during the president's visit. then tomorrow and thursday, some of the funerals for the fallen officers. matt, savannah? >> gabe in dallas, thank you very much. it is a big day in the

presidential race as well. bernie sanders joining one-time rival hillary clinton on the campaign trail for the first time. and this morning, speculation is heating up over both clinton and donald trump's potential running mates. we have it all covered. let's start with nbc's andrea mitchell. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. a month after she wrapped up the nomination, hillary clinton is finally getting bernie sanders' endorsement today, here in new hampshire. a battleground state where he trounced her in the primary. at last for team clinton, the civil war with bernie sanders, the last democratic holdout is over. weeks after his embattled progressive senator elizabeth warren embraced clinton. >> i'm here today because i'm with her. yes, her! >> reporter: sanders even waiting until after president obama joined clinton on the stump. >> hillary! hillary! >> reporter: sanders and clinton not exactly a match made in heaven. >> wait a minute. i have stood on the debate stage

with senator sanders -- >> excuse me. will secretary -- senator? >> reporter: now clinton, echoing sanders' economic themes about the rich. >> they are doing better than ever. corporate profits are up. whereas so many americans are stalled or have fallen backwards. >> reporter: making concessions on the party platform, agreeing to a $15 an hour minimum wage, free college public tuition but pegged to family income, a public option added to obamacare. but will sanders followers be enthusiastic about a democrat many vowed they'd never support. >> the more hillary clinton keeps the volume high on big, bold progressive ideas, the more enthusiastic bernie sanders supporters will be going into november. >> reporter: will sanders fire up young people for clinton after promising them a revolution. >> it is about creating a political revolution. >> reporter: with the party united, clinton can focus on choosing a running mate. a safe choice like senator tim kaine. >> democrats are coming together around our candidate and to win

in november, republicans are jumping ship. >> reporter: not interested, joe biden. unable because of his son's death to mount his own campaign for the white house. >> i have great respect for hillary. i'm going to work like the devil for her but i'm not looking to be vice president again and no one has talked to me. >> reporter: sanders' ugg dobz mlgd is endorsement is a welcome plus for clinton, especially right now. in our new nbc news surv line poll showing a three-point lead over donald trump today. no doubt reflecting the damage from that blistering fbi report on her e-mails. savannah and matt? >> andrea, thank you. as for donald trump, his vice presidential pick could come any day now. there are new signs his short list is getting a little bit shorter, too. nbc's hallie jackson is in cleveland where the republican convention gets under way less than a week now. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning. this is one of the biggest decisions a candidate can make. donald trump is now promising that decision by the end of this week. the countdown to a running mate now on with the convention here

in cleveland just six days away. down to the final four, speculation swirling about donald trump's vp pick. but newly revealed audio from 2008 shows back then he thought his current rival would make a decent running mate. "the wall street journal" reporting these comments about hillary clinton. >> well, i know her and she'd make a good president or a good vice president. >> reporter: a very different tone from trump now. >> crooked hillary clinton. >> reporter: as he looks for a vice president to play attack dog. indiana governor mike pence trying out for the role tonight when he appears with trump at a rally outside indianapolis. >> the very idea that we would be considered along with a number of other distinguished americans for that position is very humbling. >> reporter: another contender, newt gingrich, tells nbc news the vp announcement could come in 48 hours. but even if offered a slot, gingrich says he's not an automatic yes.

>> would want to stop and talk to exactly what does he have in mind. >> reporter: trump himself playing coy with short list specifics. noncommittal on former general mike flynn. >> he's militarily excellent and i think he's a great guy. that doesn't mean i'm going to be choosing him but he's one of the people i look at. >> reporter: but trump tells "the washington post" he wants someone more political. maybe new jersey governor chris christie. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: auditioning in virginia as trump in his most recent remarks tries to strike a balance on recent police shootings, acknowledging concerns from both officers and protesters. >> not only am i the law and order candidate, but i'm also the candidate of compassion. believe it. >> reporter: he's now predicting more violent protests this summer as security presence intensify in cleveland. the convention just six days out. with trump still struggling to bring together the gop. one former rival now vowing to sit this election out. >> neither for me. you're not going to get me to

change that. >> reporter: jeb bush also telling our nicolle wallace he believes conservatism is dead. at least temporarily. and that concern with the gop presumptive nominee reflected to a degree here in cleveland where some delegates now starting to arrive are ready for a fight. the never-trump movement's last stand. it is not likely they'll have any success in trying to oust trump but they are getting back-up this morning from the senator from nebraska, now urging delegates to fight for the conservative principles they believe in. >> we'll see how that shakes out in cleveland. hallie, thank you. >> let us bring in nicole wallace who was just mentioned and bloomberg managing editor mark halperin who is already in cleveland. good morning. jeb bush says he thinks conservatism is dead. obviously a lot in the republican party are worried about that with donald trump as their nominee. do you get the sense as he zeros in on a vp running mate that there's more at stake for him with this choice than there is

for hillary clinton? >> i do. i think we focus on the names and play this guessing game, but i think the central decision is which way does he go? does he try to solve his one political problem which is that people like jeb bush don't think he's a real conservative? or does he try to underscore the brand that won him the nomination which is that he's an unpredictable wild card who's going to shake up washington. there are two very different paths. >> mark, i think that question was set up absolutely perfectly. assuming that a vp pick addresses some perceived deficit in the candidate, in your mind, what is the vulnerability that trump most badly needs to address with his vp pick? >> well, trump's biggest vulnerability goes to the main reason anyone should pick their running mate which is someone who's perceived right away as someone who's qualified to be president. i think donald trump the biggest problem he has with a lot of voters is, is he serious? will he govern in a serious way if he's elected? that's what you've got to do. al gore, dick cheney, joe biden, all of them when they were picked faced criticism but not

one critic said that guy's not ready. i think that's what i think that's what trump should do. that's what i think he will do. pick someone who people see as ready to be president. >> let's make you go out on a limb a little bit more. pence are gingrich, christie, flynn, those are the names we're hearing more than any others. go with what mike just talked about. who's ready? >> pence is a governor. republicans love their governors. he's viewed -- i think we put him in the safe category. that's the safe choice. christie's probably the one that in his gut he most wants to pick. he's been the closest thing to a partner that he's had as a candidate but he has some baggage with bridgegate. i'd put gingrich and flynn behind those two. >> mark i want to ask you about the sanders endorsement. i'll give you a chance for a one-name answer, someone you think is at the top of trump's list right now? >> let me check my devices, make sure no last-minute information. okay. i think mike pence is. i think if trump goes with his gut and his feelings he'll pick christie. if he goes with his head, unless

there's a surprise pick, and i still think it's possible the showman has a surprise in his back pocket, i think it's pence. >> let the record reflect that was several more than one word. let me ask you about hillary clinton and bernie sanders today. hillary clinton took four days to endorse barack obama in 2008. it's been more than 30 days and sanders is finally coming around. can he convincingly endorse her and make that sales pitch for her today, mark? >> i think if sanders is warm and fuzzy today he'll pull it off. and he's not going to be, right? his personality is not one that normally shows a lot of embrace. but look, his supporters are serious and there's policy differences still between sanders and clinton. much more than obama and clinton. so a lot of his supporters will be disappointed. but today will go a long way towards bringing many of his people into the tent. and clinton needs them. >> nicolle, is bernie sanders going to be warm and fuzzy today? >> no way. >> she stuck to several words. >> mark, thank you.

nicolle, thank you as well. a michigan courthouse will be closed today in the wake of a deadly shooting. an inmate being moved from a holding cell managed to wrestle a gun away from a sheriff's deputy, opened fire killing two bailiffs and injuring at least two others. here's nbc's ron mott with the story. >> officer down! officer down! >> reporter: this morning the berrien county courthouse is the newest addition to america's mass shooting catalog. monday, a chaotic kren caught on cell phone video from the parking lot outside. >> we figured out there was an active shooter. >> reporter: when it was over, an inmate had shot and killed two bailiffs, joseph zangaro, 61, and ron kienzle, 63, both retired cops. >> our hearts are torn apart. they were our friends. they were my colleagues. i have known them for over 30 years. >> reporter: officials say the shooter, 45-year-old larry darnell gordon, was in custody and being escorted from a holding cell to a court appearance when he fought with a sheriff's deputy, grabbed his gun and opened fire. they say he also tried to take

hostages. the deputy, 41-year-old father of five, james atterberry jr., was wounded in the arm. a female civilian was also struck by gunfire. the gunman's ex-wife speaking out about the attack. >> i don't want the press to paint a picture of him as an angry and violent person. nobody knows the truth because they weren't there. >> not everybody that goes into the courtroom is handcuffed. >> reporter: new concerns and questions this morning on the latest in a deadly stretch of confrontations between law enforcement and people they're sworn to protect and serve. for "today," ron mott, nbc news, st. joseph, michigan. there are some big developments in the uk this week. theresa may is set to become britain's second female prime minister after margaret thatcher. tomorrow after only her only competitor withdrew from the race. may will replace david cameron who announced his resignation following that brexit referendum. cameron initially said he'd step down by october, but he moved up the time line when may was left

with a clear path to the office. the conservative party leader addressed her supporters monday, saying she's honored and humbled to be chosen. here at home, attorney general loretta lynch is in the hot seat today on capitol hill. a house judiciary committee expected to grill lynch over her controversial meeting with former president bill clinton as well as the department's decision not to bring charges against hillary clinton for using private e-mails while serving as secretary of state. committee's also likely to ask lynch about police interactions with the minority community following a violent week that brought that issue to the forefront. we have some important news for millions of drivers today. new tests show small suvs did poorly in headlight tests. insurance institute for highway safety says none of the 21 small suvs tested earned its highest ranking. the ford escape, honda crv, hyundai tucson and mazda cx3 performed best but more than half of the suvs tested received

the lowest ranking. high-tech headlights did not necessarily perform better. shifting gears, al's back from his vacation. how's the weather looking? >> we've had some severe weather to talk about last night and more today. in fact, take a look at this video. you see a barn destroyed. this is in litchfield, minnesota, about an hour west of minneapolis. these storms fired up at least two of them yesterday. we're going to be looking at some more severe weather firing up today in the plains. as we see, we've got already some severe weather moving from green bay, all the way down to wichita, part of a system that will die down but re-fire up later this afternoon from wichita to peoria, brief tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds. tomorrow an even wider swath from chicago, kansas city, des moines, st. louis, 27 million people at risk for damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. this front becomes stationary. a lot of warm, moist air coming in. looking at strong gusty winds and strong storms firing up

tomorrow and a lot of heavy rain. in some areas we're talking upwards of 4 to 5 inches of rain. that could make for some flash flooding. we'll watch that over the next three days. we're getting to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. onds. good morning. we are now in the mid to upper 50s as you head out the door. low clouds in san francisco as well as north bay. we will have a wide range in

temperatures today from 68 degrees in san francisco to 86 degrees in the south bay. 87 in the north bay. tri-valley will be in the upper 80s. east bay to 79 and 80 in the peninsula. mostly sunny skies and breezy wind. temperatures continue to warm up this week. that's your latest weather. all right. thank you. coming up, the popular pokemon go app that is taking america by storm and raising new safety concerns with parents. and was michael skakel framed for the murder of martha mochlly. explosive claims in the case from robert kennedy jr. we'll talk to him. but first on a tuesday morning this is "today" on nbc. [hip hop beat]

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we get a view from san francisco it is all cloudy there and a look at microclimates. we have mid to upper 50s as you head out the door. today's highs in the upper 80s for concord and livermore 91 degrees and 93 in fairfield. oakland 76 and 89 in palo alto. san francisco 68 degrees. temperatures continue to heat up as we go through the week. the warmest day on thursday and friday. let's head to mike for a look at the morning commute. >> we take a second to appreciate the commute. it is kicking in a typical pattern. dunbar bridge does slow down. the arrow shows you recovery north 101. the earlier crash sent off big backup. folks trying to avoid that backup. 87 to 85 easing up to downtown san jose. the rest of silicon valley

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both president obama and former president george w. bush are scheduled to speak at that service. hillary clinton's lead in the presidential race is slipping according to our latest surveymonkey poll. she's ahead of donald trump but just by three points nationally. 47%-44%. meantime, she is expected to pick up an endorsement from former rival bernie sanders today. he'll join her at a rally in new hampshire. and former fox news anchor gretchen carlson has posted a short video on social media. in the wake of her lawsuit against fox news ceo roger ailes. obviously the audio on that >> i want to thank you for the support you have given me. sexually harassed her and fired her when she refused his sexual advances. he says the accusations are false and offensive. now more to the pokemon phenomenon and the problems it's causing. >> that's right. the game is hugely popular. many don't realize your safety

could be at stake. experts say it is more than just bumps and bruises from running into someone or something but there are also privacy and security red flags. >> the game is hugely popular. your safety is at stake. it is more than running into things and bumps and bruises, but there is privacy and security red flags. pokemon is a national addiction. is surpassed twitter and snapchat. what many parents and kids don't realize when they are chasing pikachu is the security risks. >> i got him. i got him. you see that? >> reporter: while the app fosters real-life social interactions it can also attract unwanted strangers. this 17-year-old says he and his friends are all completely obsessed with pokemon go. >> it is basically the main stat

for us right now and everyone around us. right now, are you playing pokemon go, what team are you on, how much pokemon do you have? >> reporter: the rival game gets them moving leading this emto local landmarks to unlock new battles and join new teams. but police warn that criminals are using the app to lure people to unfamiliar places with hopes of catching a pokemon character like this one. >> i got it. i got it! >> reporter: players and parents should be aware of an in-game feature called the lure module which increases the likelihood of a pokemon appearance. any user can create a lure spot, and that can be used to draw in unsuspecting victims to a specific location. >> it brings people together but of course that safety issue is why i walk around with multiple friends because it is like hey, i don't know who you are, i don't know what you do. this may be an uncomfortable situation for me to be in. >> reporter: that's exactly why april and ramirez play pokemon with their two kids. >> you don't know who is watching your children. they have to be aware of their surroundings. >> reporter: and one more rule from mom and dad. >> i've learned my lesson on not

going in to the streets even if there is a pokemon in it. >> if you signed up with your google account, pokemon go has had access to your e-mail, your google photos and your google documents. but the company now telling nbc news it's changing that setting soon. also pokemon said this week they're aware of all those accidents and injuries. the company recommends people be aware, be safe at all times. one more piece of advice -- the app does work in cars when they're moving under 20 miles an hour. there have been reports of accidents and police departments, including the nypd, say don't do it. do not pokemon and drive. guys? >> that will fit nicely on a bumper sticker. >> this sounds like a fantastic idea! >> thank you. carson, are you into this? >> well, i am now, matt. here we are in the orange room. day two on pokemon go. it's taken over online. this is the cover of today's "new york daily news." calling this a some zombie apocalypse.

people have been sharing all the strange places these creatures have popped up. crashing this couple's first dance at their wedding. we've seen many more bathroom images than we've needed to see. someone actually had the in everybody to pull this game up in the delivery room. no, wait for it -- the lowest of low. this creature was spotted at -- you guessed it -- a funeral. sitting on top of a casket. even the united states marines are getting in on the action tweeting this yesterday, get off the firing lane. that's a safety violation. we're seeing these in the workplace, signs posted. we're paying you to work, not chase fictional video game characters with your cell phone all day. we do not have that posted yet at the "today," however. if you take my phone, you'll see -- >> this is going to hurt. >> i get him, i'm firing some balls here at -- sorry -- i got him. so there you go. >> got it right in the pokemon! whoa!

>> right around the corner, we have facilities. >> nice shot. >> my golly. >> do we need a pooper scooper in the orange room? >> this is the game sweeping this country. >> drop the mike, carson. >> there you go, guys. >> i need a vacation. just got back. white flag of surrender. millennials, you win. okay? you win. i'm out. >> mr. roker, a check of the weather. we've also got to worry about some wildfires out there. more than 10,000 acres southwest of colorado springs. at least one subdivision, two campgrounds under mandatory evacuations. and the cold springs fire just to the west of boulder causing big concerns as well. let's show you what we've got going on right now. we've got a big wildfire threat stretching from the pacific northwest all the way in to the rockies. we have red flag warnings from

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low 90s in livermore. we see the 90s becoming more common over the next few days ast any time you need it, weather channel on cable, weather.com online. >> savannah says she's going to let the pokemon go craze pass her by. not happening. you'll be all into it tomorrow. >> it's true. i'll wait until it is really lame, then i'll join. coming up, it is amazon prime day. the deals being rolled out by the online giant and why it could mean big savings for you wherever you shop. next up, a new twist in a 41-year-old murder mystery. robert kennedy jr. opens up about why he says his cousin, michael skalel, did not and could not have killed martha how can this have been washed 12 weeks ago and still smell like springtime...in paris. unstopables in-wash scent boosters. the more you pour the more scent you'll savor. toss into your wash before your clothes for luxurious scent for up to 12 weeks. and introducing unstopables fabric conditioner by downy giving your laundry a bold, captivating scent

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i strongly believe that he's innocent. that belief should not persuade anybody that he is innocent. what people should be persuaded by is the facts and that's been one of the pitfalls of this epic story from the beginning. this story, particularly for journalists, was "too good to fact check." >> skakel was convicted in part based on evidence that over the years his story changed and statements he made to classmates and acquaintances at a reform school. kennedy says there are new witnesses who say the confessions never happened. according to robert kennedy jr., the facts show that michael skakel has an air-tight alibi. >> one the most powerful pieces of evidence is that he could not have done it because he was 11 miles away with five eyewitnesses, plus there was another eight witnesses at the house where the murder took place who never saw him the entire evening after they saw him leave. >> over the years, what's been said is he has an alibi that's been sworn to by his friends and

his family. that made people nervous. >> you know, that's an argument -- that's a plausible argument that all of the skakels were somehow involved in -- >> circling the wagons. >> -- this conspiracy to protect one of their own, which, by the way, anybody who knows the skakels, these are people who are extremely -- all of them -- very, very pious catholics. they would never, ever lapse into the kind of perverse family community to protect somebody who committed a murder. but even if they were inclined to do that, they -- the family is very, very chaotic and they lack the organizational discipline to maintain that kind of conspiracy over three decades. >> but kennedy believes family connections may have played a role in feeding a media frenzy which aided in skakel's conviction. >> in all of the articles he was described as kennedy cousin michael skakel. that became his new first name. >> you have said in fact you feel responsible in a small way

for his conviction. >> well, i don't feel responsible, personally responsible for it -- >> the kennedy family. >> right. i think that michael skakel would not be in jail if people had not been able to call him kennedy cousin. >> in "framed," kennedy goes so far as to lay the blame of martha moxley's murder at the feet of two men who have never been suspects at all. explain who they were. >> they were two city kids, one caucasian and one african-american, who were brought that night -- who went to greenwich that night. >> these two men were introduced to the rarefied air of greenwich's bell haven neighborhood by the cousin of kobe bryant and a former classmate of the skakels shown here being interviewed by michael's defense team. >> well, their words were that we're going to go caveman on her. and that meant that, according to bryant, that meant hitting her over the head, dragging l g into the bushes and sexually assaulting her.

>> did anyone see these two on that night, october 30, 1975, in the bell haven section of greenwich? >> only tony bryant saw them that night. >> there's never been any evidence introduced to tie the men to the murder and judges have rejected bryant's claims before. while one of the men kennedy points the finger at didn't respond to our requests for comment, in the past both men have denied any involvement in moxley's murder. the lawyer for one man says his client is innocent. >> everything i know from everything i've read, from everything i've heard, from everything i've investigated, and from everything i know, al hasbrook had absolutely nothing to do with this case. period, full stop. >> despite this, kennedy doesn't fear any legal consequences for himself. >> so having just said what you said, do you expect them to sue you now that this book is out? >> if they're innocent, they should sue me. >> you'd like to see that? >> i'd like to see that. i would love to depose them.

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. good tuesday morning. i'm kari hall. a lot of sunshine across the south bay. san jose 61 degrees and it will continue to warm up. 59 in concord as well as oakland and san francisco starts off the morning at 57 degrees with coastal clouds. we will see highs today recede to upper 60s and sitting along the coast line 88 degrees in santa rosa. fairfield to 93 degrees. we are starting to see more 90s in the trivalley. concord 89. 89 in palo alto. oakland today sees a high of 76 degrees. we will feel much warmer temperatures as we head towards the end of the week. let's head to mike to see what is happening on the roadways. >> looking at a slower drive across the san mateo bridge. look at your map on the peninsula side we have slowing there. san francisco side we have a

crash just south of willow so that is causing slow down. the big jam for the commute is in the south bay. look at northbound 101. jam up coming from san jose. 101 at capital expressway this crash just cleared. 87 also another crash here just north of capital expressway and backup off northbound 85 talking about shift that happens when there is a crash throughout the south bay. thank you very much. 7:57 happening now legal cloud hangs over draymond green. see why one coach thinks the whole thing is being blown out of proportion. and the pokemon-go craze. locations pokemon zombies appear in mass. head to our facebook page where

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, prime time battle. the pim time savings war heats up as amazon promises big discounts. what every consumer needs to know to get the best deal. plus, the magnificent seven. they thrilled us 20 years ago, tumbling, twisting and vaulting their way into our hearts. >> i think that gold medal really changed the trajectory of all of our lives. >> natalie catches up with the golden girls of the 1996 atlanta olympics. woo! >> and who you gonna call? there is a new team of ghost

busters this summer around the cast of the highly anticipated new film is here and taking over our plaza live. "today" tuesday, july 12, 2016. ♪ >> shout out from kentucky! we love "today"! >> good morning, florida! >> new york city -- woo! ♪ good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." what a day on the plaza. the weather is beautiful. we've got matt and al here. we've got carson here. but more importantly -- >> yes, savannah -- it's the

marshmallow man. >> yes, it is! look at him! >> and the ecto 1 right over there. >> double whammy. >> i got to drive that a little bit. it is all about ghost busters this morning, the brand-new movie coming out. we've had a chance to see it. to say that we kind of liked the first one is maybe an understatement. >> and it delivers. >> how many days go by before we "align" from the first one? >> oh, i think about a day. >> day? i would measure it in hours. yes. definitely. >> a lot to get to in this half-hour. big crowd out on the plaza. let's get a check of the top stories. tamron is in for natalie this morning. >> hey, good morning, everyone. president obama is traveling to dallas this morning on a somber mission to mourn five police officers killed during an ambush thursday and to appeal for national healing. he'll be joined by vice president joe biden and former president george w. bush. last night in dallas, more than

1,000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor those slain officers. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are ending their campaign rivalry today with a a joint appearance at a rally in new hampshire. sander was persuaded to endorse clinton after she agreed to include some of his progressive economic policies in the party platform. the show of unity comes as a crucial time for clinton whose lead over donald trump is down to just three poinlgts in our n poll. trump is testing his chemistry today with a potential running mate, campaigning with indiana governor mike pence. trump is expected to reveal his pick before monday's national republican convention. new jersey governor chris christie teamed up with trump on monday. trump is said to be considering former house speaker newt gingrich and retired lieutenant general michael flynn. breaking news from italy, two passenger trains have collided head-on near the

southern town of andria. emergency officials say at least 20 people are dead. dozens of others are injured, first responders are checking the crumbled train cars for survivors. the accident took place at those trains passed through an olive grove on a single track line. italy's prime minister is calling the tragedy a moment of tears. several close calls during a high-speed chase through the streets of los angeles overnight. >> this guy doesn't care, guy on the bike, oh, man! that was a close call for that guy on the bicycle. this area here, wow. >> the pursuit began after the suv driver hit a car, then hit the freeway at more than 100 miles an hour. it ended when the driver crashed into some parked cars. he was treated at the scene and you see there, arrested. into the great wide open, a russian adventurer took off from western australia in a hot air balloon monday in an attempt to beat the record time for a solo flight around the world.

if you're wondering the current record of 13 days has been held since 2002 by steve fawcett, the russian and his team have been preparing for the challenge for close to a year. what is the one thing you take with you on a hot air balloon? >> a port-a-potty.mind! >> the pokemon go app. into the great wide open. what is that lyric? >> that's tom petty. >> is it? i knew it was like classic rock. i couldn't place it. >> that's because i'm older? is that what you're saying? >> matt, the old man at the desk. coming up next, the major store slashing prices as amazon launches its prime day today. where you will find the biggest savings. plus, do you share your password for things like netflix? why you could be committing a federal crime. the new list of the highest earning celebrities in the world. you may be

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we're back now, 8:09, with some big deals headed your way today. >> it's amazon prime day, everybody. 24 hours of what are supposed to be super savings. you do not have to shop at amazon though to score some big bargains. nbc's olivia sterns is here to explain it all. >> this is a sales holiday that amazon simply invented last year. but it turns out it was such a success, that this year nearly

every major retailer in the country is now offering special deals to get in on action. as online shopping picks up, brick and mortar stores are pulling out all the stops to get you through their doors. white hot black friday sales adding to the summer sizzle. at amazon, prime members will see more than 100,000 deals worldwide and some of the deepest discounts of the year. >> this july 12th, the deals are everywhere. >> reporter: the online retailer under pressure to serve up some serious steals after last year's offers disappointed sparking the #primedayfail. but despite the gripes, sales were strong. >> they say they sold 34 million products last year on prime day. that was their biggest selling day of the year. other retailers are definitely feeling the heat. >> reporter: from target and sears to banana republic and best buy, stores are slashing prices this week to compete. toys, tvs, clothes and appliances, some more than 50% off. and this month walmart is

offering a free trial for its own version of prime called shipping pass, as well as no minimum price for free shipping from now through july 15th. >> people are going to be very aggressive on pricing across the internet, not just amazon and not just walmart. >> reporter: as the competition heats up online, stores across the country are trying new tricks to lure shoppers in. saks debuting the fifth avenue club with free personal stylists, refreshments and custom tailoring. nordstrom expanding spa services, and one boutique in hawaii even offering free massages. at local stores in california, gourmet cooking classes. in texas, it's daycare. and in new jersey, yoga. grocery stores also in the battle for your bucks as amazon launches a snack attack offering cutbacks on items like chips and ice cream delivered to your door. at this shoprite in morristown, new jersey, there is a nutritionist and a nurse on site.

>> what are you doing to compete with amazon? >> focusing on the in-store experience. we're focusing on giving the customer a unique, fun, cool experience in store. >> three, four, five. >> reporter: and for busy moms, fitness classes are a hit. >> so you would really go grocery shopping and fit in a wo workout? >> why not? it is a time saver. >> reporter: now if you are planning on doing any shopping today, number one tip -- shop around. use these free price comparison tools like pricegrabber.com or priceblink.com to guarantee you are getting the lowest price out there. next, plan ahead. please. amazon actually posts a list of its lightning deals before they go live. so you just look now, you don't have to hit refresh all day long on your phone or your computer. finally, if you aren't sure it is a deal, use camel camel camel. >> what? >> be smart, do your homework and don't just accept the first

price you see. >> camel camel camel? >> it is really good? >> check it out. that and survey monkey. >> thank you. for more tips, head to today.com. we're back with a check of the weather now. >> weather weather weather weather. show you what we got going on. we are watching strong storms firing up from green bay down to springfield where we have some severe thunderstorm watches in effect. today we see the risk of strong storms from wichita, norjust no of st. louis. tornadoes can't be ruled out. tomorrow, 27 million people at risk for large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes from kansas city to chicago. rest of the country, plenty of sunshine. the heat is on through the gulf coast. orlando today getting up into the mid 90s. 110 in phoenix today. some showers notice pacific northwe

we do still have the low clouds in san francisco right now. and along the coastline, it is 59 degrees in the city and in the east bay. 56 degrees in the north bay. high temperatures reaching the upper 80s in the south bay, north bay and the trivalley. the peninsula will be up to 80 today. 79 in the east bay and 68 degrees in san francisco. overall, very nice day, still wide range in temperatures. that will continue through the week with the inland areas heating up into the 90s by the end of the week. >> c >> thanks very much, al. how about a little "trending" at 8:14? >> yes. show of hands and please be honest. who here has shared their password with a subscription service like netflix or hulu or hbo go? >> i've used somebody else's. >> at the advice of my attorney, i refuse to answer that

question. >> one of the only times you've ever listened to me. guess what? it actually may be a federal crime now. u.s. 9th circuit court of appeals issued a opinion finding that sharing passwords at least in certain instances is a prosecutable federal crime. this includes consensual sharing. we pulled our viewers on this. 56% said they do not share passwords. 46% do share. i can't remember my password. that's part of my problem there. >> 56% don't? >> that video of you all holding up your hands is going to be played for trials. >> going to the big house. at least i can watch video. >> netflix in jail. "orange is the new black"! one of my favorites! let me share something that a lot of us know all too well. you take time and you prepare lunch in the morning. you pack it up, you go to work, you put it in that shared office refrigerator. then you go back to eat and guess what? it's gone. it was swiped by the lunch time

bandit. needless to say, this headline caught our attention. "i used my nanny cam to catch my co-worker stealing my lunch." a lot of people admitted to sending e-mail blasts to recover their stolen food. some of the snack scavengers even spoke out saying if it is after 5:00 it's fair game. >> you've got a time limit? unless it's moving. then it gets thrown out. >> though those fridges get so packed. somebody's got to eat that stuff. >> but -- no! that should be the federal crime. not the netflix password sharing. that's terrible! >> savannah has frozen bananas in the freezer upstairs. right? >> yes. >> for how long? >> well, i marked them and it says -- do not remove. everybody is savannah's bananas. >> are those really yours? >> i make a little healthy joy

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ranking celebrities when it comes to income. carson has that. >> start things off with bryan cranston. the actor finally joined instagram, better late than never. he shared the perfect first photo, "my first instagram went better than being with j. lo on the "today" . >> they encourage the performance for the orlando victims. we move on to matt damon. the actor is reflecting on his iconic role, 14 years after he first started as skwais jason bourn. he will definitely be replaced some day by a real young jason bourn. >> that happens to everybody. if that hams, that will be totally fine. jeremy renner didn't play the key role, matt damon sat one

out. finally forbes is out with the annual list of the top celebrities. 1st play, al roker -- no, james patterson, 2nd place, one direction. zain's departure didn't hurt. and drum rom, please, there she is. taylor swift. $170 million, largely influenced by the tremendous success of her 1989. for more pop stories, go to her facebook page. interesting photo, football 21, jackie chan. >> yes, international. >> 61 million higher than katy perry last year. >> this morning in our countdown to olympic rio champions, where are they now?

the magnificent seven 20 years later. >> here is today's fun fact. ready. olympians born in the year 2000. and kafak jha turned 16, the youngest track and field star, let's hear it for millennials. >> we love that natalie has that. >> good morning, there are olympic moments forever etched in our memory, from the miracle on ice to michael phelps winning seven gold medals. to the gymnastics team. 20 years ago, it was razor tight between the u.s. and russia. in the end, the americans captured all around gold, assuring their place in history. the year, 1996. the sport, gymnastics.

the athletes amanda gordon. >> the team has done everything right. >> there was gigantic gymnastics. >> dominique dawes. shannon miller. dominique matiano. jaycee phelps and kerry scruggs. >> kerry scruggs won a gold medal for the u.s. olympic team. >> becoming forever known as the magnificent seven. so what's it like for all of you being back together? >> it's surreal. you know, 20 years later, it's good just to see that everyone is happy, everyone is healthy. everyone is married and they're starting families or have

families of their own. >> shannon, back to your career. the most decorated u.s. gymnast of all times does that seem to long ago? >> in some ways can you close your eyes and feel the sweat and smell the chalk. it seems a lifetime ago. >> you were the first to ever get a gold medal. what does that accomplishment mean to you still today? >> i this i that gold medal changed the trajectory of all of our lives. >> amman dark, you were the captain of this squad the leader. within it came to choosing the team captain, everybody put their names in the hat. you chose shannon and everybody else chose you. >> i knew i wasn't the beth athlete, but i was honored that they felt i could be a great leader of the team. >> dominique, i look back, you were so teeny tiny.

>> even at 14, i knew when we walked into that dome, 33,000 cheering for usa, we were a part of something magnificent truly. >> ado say out of my three olympic teams, this was the one team that put their egosle aside. this was one team that should have had the biggest egoes. >> where do you keep your med also? >> when my kids aren't wearing them. >> do they wear them? >> my son will take gold and hand me the silver. they've learned this much. >> shannon, you have been through a lot health wise, with ovarian cancer, how are you doing now? >> i am doing great. we celebrate the olympic team. i separated five years cancer-free. i am blessed and fornd contractor fortunate. >> it puts everything into perspective. kerry, it fell on you, you had the last vault.

tell me about the pressure of that moment? >> that vault vig mifies a lot more than people understand. finally all eyes were on me, i dell with the pressure, how i view myself, it was very different because of that vault. >> j. c. to think about how much your life has changed from that moment, from standing up on that podium with the gold medal around your neck, can you reflect on that? >> that moment led us into who we are today. we learned how to work hard, how to manage our time. this team is disciplined. i'm very grateful that i was able be a part of it. >> amy, specing of a leg ago have you two moves that girls do today what does that men to you? >> this is really cool. my coach and i weren't aiming to do that at any point. it just kind of happened. it really is an honor. >> she can hang today. i'd like to find out.

we need you for bars this year. >> you went in as olympic gymnast in '96. you came out as olympic heroes. >> i am so proud to have this team, to have been role models for the next generation. to be able leave a legacy where people think back to our team and they smile. >> once an olympian, us as an olympian? >> absolutely. zblmpbls. >> from that moment the girls say their lives have gone so much further than that moment. i think we can all remember where we were, little girls go up to them. they recognize them and honor their accomplishments. guys. >> very cool. it's great to see them, matt, we know you have an exciting day hosting "hollywood live."

>> a test run, be sure to turn in, guys. >> thank you, natalie. appreciate it. coming up, allen carson happing tay...==topvo = bettsoski- theountrs expeed ba on theob ..aftea viony happening today, the oldest national park ranger is expected back on the job after a violent home robbery that made national headlines. you might remember a suspect last month broke into the 94-year-old's home as she slept and attacked her. they got away and the thief stole numerous valuables including a special coin she received from president obama. that is now being replaced. in an hour, they're expected to welcome betty back to her post. welcoming that morning commute, let's see how busy it is. >> we have it. we'll welcome it in. i don't know if everybody will

welcome it. dumbarton bridge, south bay had a tough drive, especially tough for highway 87 now. latest crash, a number of them, right at the 280 split, folks making their way to southbound 280 heading that way. slow drive from 585, backing up on the approach, 101 recovering, look at the jam at the airport. and in the east freeway, a crash at gillian cleared. slow off the walnut creek interchange. easy to oakland and the north bay. >> thank you very much, mike. another update in half an hour. have a great morning. when consultant josh atkins books at laquinta.com.

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if there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? you're gonna call al roker and "ghostbusters." that's right. al is living a dream right now. getting to drive the ecto-1 with real life ghostbuster melissa mccarthy, director of the new

movie. >> this is the roller dream sequence. come on out. we've got melissa mccarthy here. we also have the other stars, kristin wig, leslie jones and kate mckinnen. they are here as well. we can't wait to catch up with them. >> to say that al roker has been waiting for that moment for a long time is an understatement. >> just a bit. just a bit. >> we are so excited. >> jenna bush hager is here. first, before we go for a tour of the stay puff marshmallow man, al roker is going to give you the weather. >> let's show you what's going on as far as your weather's concerned. we are looking today at some

spooky stuff, especially if you're in the mid plains. we've got a risk of strong storms. look for some wet weather in the pacific northwest and some strong storms also hit or miss through the gulf coast. continuing tomorrow with the risk of strong storms from iowa all the way into northern indiana and parts of michigan. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest, nice and toasty there. you have some showers and storms making their way into the we have some low clouds still over san francisco along the coastline. this is where temperatures will be coolest, inland areas a little warrer tod erwarmer toda yesterday. 62 degrees in concord. 64 in palo alto. and the south bay at 61 degrees. as we go into this afternoon, expect a high to reach into the upper 60s. 89 degrees, palo alto. also 89 in concord as well as morgan hill. >> get that weather any time you

need, go to whether channel on cable. good advice, mr. roker. why don't you start us off. >> if you can't tell, we're more than just a little bit excited that the cast of the new "ghostbusters" and their director are with us today. >> it's been 32 years since the original hit theaters becoming a cultural phenomenon in mr. roker's house. "ghostbusters" have been summoned again to battle spirits and they're bigger and better than ever. take a look. >> okay, power up. ♪ >> melissa mccarthy, kristin wig, kate mick kin nonckinnon,

jones, the director. i want to tell you, you are among friends here. al and i quote some line from the original movie once an hour. does that give you comfort or make you nervous? >> write in tright in the middl. >> kind of creepy. >> we've seen it. are you happy? >> oh, my grosh. are you kidding? yes. thrilled. >> i feel like it is a documentary of a summer that we all had that was like a camp experience and it's just like a photo album of all the fun we had. for me that's what it is. >> but a bit daunting. it is a bit daunting to take this on. paul, what was your goal? did you want to kind of pay homage to the original? did you want to create a movie that goes in its own direction? what were you looking to do? >> little bit of both. we loved the original movie so much so we wanted to have elements of that but we wanted to make it our own story so these four incredible talents could shine. i mainly wanted to make a movie people could have fun for two

hours. >> there is this terrific camaraderie. i was on the set and saw you guys together. there is a little bit of a through-put with "snl." did that help, the improv, with the movie? >> definitely knowing each other before it was like oh, my god, this poor paul. i think so, yeah. >> there is a level -- instead of working the whole movie to kind of get used to each other we all knew each other and we're so similar and yet different enough that it stays interesting. it's just -- yeah. it made it easy. . >> i listened to what dan aykro aykroyd, one of the original "ghostbusters" said after he saw the movie, he said he thought there were more laughs and more scares in this one. how much has the advancement of technology allowed to make those scares bigger? >> it really helps us. but the other thing we did, i made sure a lot of our ghosts are actually played by actors in full costume and makeup. then we just gently enhance it

so they can act with real people. >> go down the line and give me a couple of adjectives and super latives about the character you play. >> sexy and real. >> my character i guess is like a fun whacko? >> yeah! >> she's way out there. >> so far out. >> thank you, al. >> i would say a little straight-laced and probably has bran cereal for breakfast. >> i never thought of it that way. >> i would say i'm pretty steadfast and she may eat a hot dog for breakfast. if we're playing that game. and not see anything wrong with it. >> we're not giving anything away. are you all up for a sequel? >> oh, my goodness. >> you went there.

>> it's like after the first one, you don't ask do you want a second? >> that's the time to ask, when everybody's feeling good. >> did you guys get together at some point in the process and say, by the way i, kristin will get slimed more than anyone else? it looks like you took the brunt of the slime. >> in the script when i read it, i was like, cool, my character gets slimed the most. after the first time i was like -- can we -- no, it's fun. because it is such a big part of the original but it is tough to get off. >> after years on "snl," after other projects together, after being on the set for this movie, let's play a little game to see how well you know each other. answer simply by pointing fingers. which one of the cast members here is most likely to crack up the cast by making an embarrassing bodily noise. which one is most likely to crack the others up by making an

obscene gesture? which one is most likely -- paul, you can take part in this -- to mess up her lines? send text messages complete with emojis. >> me? who? me? >> drink milk from the carton and put the milk back in the refrigerator? >> i'm a lady! >> finally, as al just said, which one most likely to be part of the sequel to this movie? can we mention, al does have a cameo in this movie. >> fantastic. >> yes. i got slimed.

it is not pleasant. >> it's not. >> i told you! i've been more than you. >> i'm still finding some. >> we're so happy to have you all. we've been waiting so long. thank you, thank you, thank you! good luck. paul will be back in our next hour. "ghostbusters" opens in theaters this friday. up next, we'll explain the news that bread can give you energy. but first this is a "ghostbusters" tuesday on nbc. ♪ good is in every blue diamond almond. ♪

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the latest rip from the headlines by best selling author by daniel silva. "the black widow." in it gabriel recruits a beautiful jewish doctor to infiltrate isis. daniel, good morning to you.

when i say ripped from the headlines, we really mean it. this starts with an attack by islamic militants in paris, which of course we now know happened in november. >> i started working on the book in july of last year. before isis had really gone international. they had not gone global. they were a regional menace. they were active in syria and iraq, but i felt it was really only a matter of time. as i looked at the recruitment patterns and what was really going on in europe, i thought that paris was likely to be first target. i thought that militants from neighboring belgium would play a role. i wrote t beginning of the novel and in november it literally came true. >> your heart must have sunk. >> it did. i was working on the book. i have ooh residence in washington literally around the corner from the french embassy. to watch the flowers piling and piling up at that memorial and to see the french embassy so under guard in our nation's capital, i considered setting aside the book waiting a year to write it. i decided to finish it as i

conceived it. >> it is another book -- of course it is a gabriel alone thriller. but you have a female heroin who kind of takes center stage. >> i sort of structured the book differently and i moved my long-time heroin to the side for a couple hundred pages and i sent a woman -- a westerner -- into the caliphate. i recruited her, turned her from a jewish -- french-jewish doctor into a palestinian-arab militant and fed her into the belly of the beast. and it was -- i have a reputation of going to all the places that i write about. suffice it to say, i did not go to the caliphate to set those scenes but it was an interesting writing exercise. >> probably a good choice. i wouldn't really recommend going to syria at the moment. >> no. >> you mentioned international locales. i always get a kick out of this because you do go to some pretty cool places in the name of research. >> i do. >> you have sardinia in this

book. >> santorini. israel. lots of french settings. and, unfortunately, the united states. i chose to set the climax of this book in the united states. >> yeah. >> in washington. >> it is very powerful an area you know well, of course. let me shift gears. this is the part of the segment we like to call "tease the writer." last time you were here we were teasing you because you have three offices and you're such a creature of habit that you have them outfitted the same. same furniture, right? >> same desk. >> same writing outfits. >> same writing outfits. same pencil holder. same stapler in exactly the same place. >> now we're going to mention one other quirky thing about you, which is you write the first draft of your novels on yellow legal pads. why? >> for me it is just a pacing thing that i can -- i like to write in pencil on yellow legal pads. then i take that and i enter that. but to me just the quietness of writing in pencil, the legal pad

never crashes. it never eats your copy. if the power goes out you don't lose a day's work. when i finish a novel i do have a stack of legal pads about that high and i could go through and piece it together and -- but most of the book would be there. >> you also say that you, having written all of these novels with this central character, that you really remember every word you've ever written. >> yes, i do. >> well, let's put that to the test, shall we? what year did gabriel start working for the office? >> he was recruited -- >> there are your choices. >> it's easy. b. because he was recruited after the munich olympics massacre to go after black september. >> ding ding. where did gabriel meet his wife? >> easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. >> you're basically doing an ends dance right now.

what was the name of gabriel's first mission, fallen angel, rembrandt's revenge or wrath of god. >> is this really a quiz? c, charlie. c! wrath of god. >> you know what you wrote. good. nice to have you here. >> thank you. it is wonderful. >> the book's called "black widow." daniel, always good to have you here. next, surprising benefits of -- get this -- bread. but first this is today on nbc.

♪ we are back now, 8:48. today's food trend this morning, a rising star -- bread. >> i love bread. some say a new way of baking it gives it more health benefits than any other food group. jenna bush hager is here with more on that. is this true? >> i think so. call me carb crazy so i like to hear health benefits. bakeries across the country are singing the praises of freshly milled whole grain flour saying that it makes breads and

pastries not only taste better but better for you. at josie's bakers in san francisco, 48 hours of milling, mixing, shaking and baking go into every slice of bread. >> we freshly mill all of our whole grain flour. all of the wheat that we use is grown just a couple hours from the bakery. >> reporter: freshly milled flour, the foundation for toast and loaves, from whole wheat cinnamon raisin to black pepper parmesan. >> the way we make bread is the same techniques as the very first loaf of bread. taking a grain and grinding it into a powder, fermenting it and with wild yeast culture, sourdough, and baking it into bread. >> reporter: part of a growing consumer consciousness and demand to simplify the foods we eat. >> i don't think there's been a time in the history of america when there's been better bread. experts claim that freshly milled breads have more vitamins and nutrients and fiber and antioxidants. for me it just comes down to

taste and these taste better. >> reporter: but it all starts with the grain. don lewis has been farming and baking with wheat for three decades. >> when you stone mill, you are able to keep the nutritional value of the whole grain within the flour. along with the flavor. >> the downside to a lot of the freshly milled flours is it has a shorter shelf life and also the nutrients and vitamins go away more quickly. >> reporter: at the bread lab in brooklyn, new york, chef adam leonti experiments with the whole grain in everything from pastas to pastries. and since working with the freshly milled flour, he says his health has improved, losing weight and gaining energy. >> i have certainly seen change in energy. >> reporter: he is not the only one preaching the benefits of freshly milled flour. this bread in portland, oregon makes a boule with 100% whole grain, salt water and sourdough. olive rosemary loaf and rye made with house milled rye flour. in philadelphia, philly bread bakes up english muffins using

locally sourced and freshly ground grains. >> i think what we're going to see is people going old school and taking back grains the way they were 100 years ago and doing it on their own. >> reporter: all in the name of better bread. oh, yeah. bread like this from bread alone, a local bakery in upstate new york can be found at whole foods markets. but look for your neighborhood bakeries. they're using whole grains in their breads. while the loaves can be a little bit more expensive, experts say you're getting more fiber, minerals and antioxidants with less of the starchy part that people -- that helps gain weight. also people with gluten intolerances can't handle. by the way, my husband says if he can bury me in a baguette i'd be happy. so the fact that we now know that some of these breads can be good for you, bet are for you than other things, dig in. >> i know. >> i brought this -- i came bearing bread for all of you.

>> should eat this, it is the yeast of our worries. >> thank you. >> watch our show? >> before 9:00 a.m., no, thank you. >> oh. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. "today" .

all right, welcome back. look who we have on the couch, emma roberts and dave franco starring in a new movie. good morning, guys. we've been talking about this pokemon app all morning. but actually your movie is premised on an app that basically dares people to do crazy things. how does it work? >> okay. so let's run through the premise really quickly. it's -- nerd is an online game, pops up in a city for 24 hours. in our movie it is new york and basically you pay to be a player or watcher. if you're a player, then the watchers take information about you that's online, whether it be your twitter, facebook, instagram and they use that information against you to give you theirs that you would want to do. if they find out you're afraid of heights, they'll put you at the top of a skyscraper. >> with this pokemon go thing being, we're like ten minutes away from a movie coming to fruition in real life. it is frightening it could be like that. >> literally.

when i read this script i was like is this based on -- is this real? am i out of the loop? is this a real game because it feels very grounded because with social media, everyone is just doing crazier things to get more followers. >> but your character is the least likely person to engage in this. >> yeah, she is. she's from staten island and kind of gets roped into playing this game because she wants to prove to her friends she's brave and daring. the first few dares start out innocently and then it just progresses into dangerous territory. >> isn't one of the dares to kind of run in your underwear through some kind of store? >> yes. that's correct. bergdorf's. yeah. >> how did that go? >> that wasn't very fun. >> which one of you is better at that? >> neither of us. >> i was trying to hide behind him the whole time. but also it took two days to film. you see it in the movie for five minutes? i was running around in my bra

and underwear for two days. >> that nightmare we all have. but you're in school. >> absolutely. >> catch up with emma and dave. "nerve" opens nationwide on july 27th. we'll see you next hour. back after your local news and a check of your local weather forecast. i'm ... ==an==happing tay.. ==t fami membs of missi vallo wom - beeved havebeenidn publ happening today, family members of a missing woman believed kidnaps will speak for the first time about her disappearance. investigators say she was kidnapped nearly two weeks ago. police have already arrested four people in connection with the case. two pus secretaries were in court yesterday, the other two face a judge today.

investigators were led to the suspect's apartment from a text message. it demanded a $60,000 ransom for her return. happening now, we're awaiting a news conference and getting an update from police on the investigation. sharon will join us for a live report in our midday newscast. you can link to the latest now on our twitter feed. starting tonight, closures on san mateo bridge on our facebook page learn what crews will be doing and how early each morning all the lanes are expected to reopen. another local news update in half an hour. see you then.

this morning on "today's take," heating up the big screen with two very cool summer movies. then if you want to talk "ghostbusters" with be who you gonna call? we're turning the tables on "today's food" taking you behind the scenes in our test kitchen. all of that and more comin up now. >> 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" on a tuesday morning, july 12, 2016. i'm al along with tamron and jenna. natalie is on assignment, willie is off.

>> my morning jim. i love jimmy cliff. my mom is a rastafarian -- i know, it may surprise you. >> just in her music. i believe just in her music. >> underneath her coifed hair. >> i immediately started thinking that out. >> anyway, we used to listen to jimmy cliff. i saw him in concert. that man's got some power. don't you love jimmy? >> listen, every time you bring up your mom on the show, we love when you reveal something each and every day. >> i'm glad i can do that for her. >> she's going to text you. >> thanks, daughter. >> there's nothing wrong. >> no. >> your mom is probably wandering out there right now with pokemon go. >> is she playing pokemon? because everybody's playing pokemon. >> everybody! >> everybody like who's hip and cool. we are not -- let's not just --

we're just learning the whole trend. >> in case you don't know, pokemon mania, pokemon go mania sweeping the nation. you don't load it on to your phone. the game's been out six days. it's already surpassed tinder and snapchat. >> i can't be in. >> the idea is you go outside and you play amongst local landmarks to unlock battles, join new teams. there are some safety concerns being raised. any user can create what they call a lure spot. okay? so that brings people, players, to an area, specific geographic area. police are warning krins a inine using the app to lure players to unfamiliar places. which is not good. in my day they called that a trap. >> you pretty much have been

marked. >> i think we've got this one live. >> yeah. you're chasing a purple worm. >> i want to see him. >> look on the tv. >> can he come say hi to me? >> he's not real. >> he a 's real on his phone. >> just look at the screen. >> this is the thing. i've been away for five days, i came back and pokemon has taken over. >> did you go to mars? >> no. >> it is an age thing. my girlfriend, carmen, who's around my age. she called. her sons are 15 and 14 and they're pokemon obsessed. this is a problem in the home. >> my son, nick, is away at camp with a camp that allows no phones, texting, anything. he doesn't know this is -- >> how much time would that take? >> he'd be wandering the streets.

this is crazy -- this thing works in cars if they're moving under 20 miles per hour. what could possibly go wrong with that? okay? there have been reports of accidents. police departments, including the nypd, saying -- it seems odd that they would have to say this. don't pokemon and drive. >> i mean that's like playing super mario brothers, playing yoshi and driving a car. you know what i mean? it is a video game! >> trying to catch a rokimon. one little boy was interviewed -- >> are you related to pokemon? >> i am. >> one little boy on earlier today said -- i'm not listening to you -- the thing that he learned his big lesson from playing was not to play and walk in the street. it's like -- oh! poor thing! >> people are walking into things. >> this pokemon is dangerous. >> get out of my lawn, kids! >> supposedly, a young child

found a corpse. >> yeah. someone stumbled across a corpse. >> while, that takes it to a whole different place. let's go to music. >> just wanted to throw that out. if you're not afraid enough. this issing ingsomething my da always say to me. how is it you can remember every song on the radio but you can't remember your homework or your math problem. >> because you don't care about that. >> 100% right. >> so true. new research -- new. there's research that proved why you were able to remember the lyrics to your favorite song and other things just go out the window. turns out we can blame our brain's preferences that more attractive something is to our attention the more likely we are to remember it. which makes perfect sense. we have a psychological connection to music in general, particularly when it comes to songs from our past. so that makes those lyrics more likely to stick in your head forever. it is a song maybe that you liked in high school or the prom theme song. you'll more likely remember that, especially if you liked

your prom date, than -- got to throw that in. >> what's your song? >> aretha franklin "chain of foo fools." >> can you sing every word is this. >> i can. but in my mind when i sing it, i turn into aretha franklin. there i am. >> but you always have your purse with you. >> i have my handbag with me, my mink coat on and i just break into it. i knew this would be your song. >> "philadelphia freedom" by elton john. i was a sophomore in college, 1974. i had my brother chris with me for almost a month. he was 3 weecame home singing a philadelphia cream cheese. >> that's really great. mine is going to my texas childhood, even though he is from oklahoma -- garth brooks and "the thunder rolls." ♪ and the lightning strikes >> does garth sing that?

>> yes. >> you should let him. >> last time i come here. i would be sitting in my room playing the tape -- i had the tape. >> do you, when you sing -- because we're both texas girls. >> can you do it? ♪ thunder rolls >> no. but when you sing texas music do you feel like some texas energy comes out? >> i do. do you? >> i feel the same way. >> the other thing is you remember one hit wonders. like "ace of base" for example. ♪ i opened up my eyes ♪ i saw the sign >> they were songs they played on radio for months, but then you never heard them again. >> garth brooks just sold out yankee stadium. >> believe me, i wanted to be there. >> you should call him up. >> you know how i know garth brooks was there? my director from the weather channel, matt miller -- was there and told me that. good to see, matt.

all right, so here we go. >> you walked away. >> i did. >> we were singing and he left. >> here's the best part -- you didn't even notice for 30 seconds that i was gone. that's the best part. so here's the deal. tomorrow we are going to be hitting the road. so where are we going? let's look at the map for some clues as to where we're going. yes. where are you guys going? >> we're going outside. where are you going? >> i'm staying here at the map. this is like a well-oiled machine. for example, we've got king, or how about monkey's eyebrow, kentucky. or skull island, washington. king city, california. well, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow we are going to be live from skull island, the reign of kong. the new attraction at universal resort. part of the ride is in 3-d. there are 887 skulls along the

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in the east bay, starting to make it into the mid 60s for the peninsu peninsula. 87 rather in 68 degrees in san francisco, upper 8s on for the south bay as well as the tri-valley with highs near 80. snoot >> and that is your latest weather. we've got a cool new contest to announce for all the music and fashion fans out there. obviously it is the 250itime ofr for big concerts. along with our sponsor, jcpenney, we are launching today's soundtrack of style fashion play list. we want to see the number one hit in your wardrobe so post a photo on "today's take" facebook page, tell us why it is your fashion favorite. you'll have until this under to enter. if we choose your photo, you will win a grand prize trip to new york city to see a concert on our plaza.

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paul directed the new "ghostbusters" with the four hilarious actors. let's take a look. >> was that awesome? >> their version of don't cross the street. you've got to be relieved. this movie is getting great reviews. it is about to open up in theaters. how happy are you with what you see on the screen? >> i'm thrilled. obviously this is what we set up to do, just to make a very, very fun movie, give you two hours of escapist fun to get you into the theater and scare you a little bit. >> the original "ghostbusters" is one of those classics where everyone remembers. i was on my parents' couch.

where were you? is. >> my friends and i were in film school. preinternet you didn't know anything about a movie. we were completely blown away. the first time i heard stay puff marshmallow man, the audience went nuts. >> i was with my 10-year-old niece for the first "ghostbusters." we watched your version two times. fast forward in her 40s, she'll sit somewhere and say i remember being in a hotel watching the movie. but she loved it. glued to the film. you talk about we seem to know everything. when a reboot happens, how difficult is it to make it fresh? >> i looked at the original when i was going to do this, and why did the movie work? because of that cast. i said i've got to find a dream team of the funniest people i know. >> melissa mccarthy, i think this is the fourth time -- >> it is our fourth movie together. >> are you like the comedy

scorsese and de niro? >> it's really funny. so nice when you have a shorthand with somebody you've worked with before. my directions to her are not even words. she's like, okay. and i walk away. >> the original cast, dan aykroyd, already tweeted out his praise. the movie is filled with cameos. every time there was a new one i couldn't believe it. >> you got to step away when you have a thespian like this and just let them do their thing. >> i've been called many things. i got to tell you, that slime is as nasty as it looks. >> it is miserable stuff. al wanted to get slimed. and you did. >> he kept it from us. when he came back, we're like, al, what happened? "i can't say. i'm tight-lipped." you've been pretty coy about a

sequel. what does your gut tell you about this? >> melissa summed it up best. she said when you're in labor and you're in the o.r. and having the baby and it is not even out yet, you don't say i think i'll have another baby. >> you definitely don't. >> but we love doing it. >> one of the best dressed men. show us your cufflinks. >> yes. perhaps you would notice that these match something on the front of the car. >> they match the hood of the car. >> i like how your socks match your pants. very chic. >> we try. >> "ghostbusters" is out this friday. go see it. coming up next, we's serving up a behind the scenes of our up a behind the scenes of our today show test kitchen. ♪

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here at the "today" show professional chefs are in and out of our kitchen all day, but it takes a bit of team of work to get those dishes out you see on live tv. today we have some of the tricks we use with our chief stylist, ali simpson. this is right off of our studio 1a. we have the other kitchen upstairs. this came out of something you did and it started with cookies and a way to make your life easier with fresh cookie dough. >> yes. so i have a couple of tips that all come from our food team. tina, courtney, monica, the four of us. and so one thing we love to use -- scoops. it just helps keep things efficient, organized, clean. we simply just scoop, and then we often make things in double batches so that we can have

things set to go on the ready for any sort of last-minute requests that happen. >> we put these in the freezer. then after they're frozen, you put them in ziploc bags so that any time you into ed to do fresh chocolate chip cookieses, boom. >> yeah. ready to go. i love to bake them from frozen. and one more tip. we also like to when we make things in bulk store it in the freezer, generally flat so that we can fit a lot of them in there. it's nice when it's flat also because it will thaw a little bit more quickly because of all the surface space. >> you make double batches, freeze them up and now you're set. did i lock this? it locked! there's another hack. make sure you have the key to your freezer. let's see if we can get back. not that big a deal. second, keeping things cold. we have a baggie with ice in it. this is great for when we have segments outside we have to keep it cold. we don't want things getting

soggy so we simply put ice down there, cover it up with some pretty lettuce. you can use kale, cabbage, anything like that. and then simply take your salad, coleslaw, anything like that. >> perfect. >> it is kind of hidden under there, stays cold. >> what's your avocado? >> we have citrus. i think a lot of people know the lime is a great trick, lemon or lime is a great trick for avocado to help it from getting brown. same thing for fruit but sometimes the lemon is a little too tart so we like to use some sprite or lemon lime soda, 7-up. anything that you have. you just toss it in there and then it keeps from browning. so this is another hack that we use here all the time. we take wet paper towels, cover things up. it is a great way to plate ahead of time. >> quickly, cutting cheese? >> yes. can you either freeze the soft

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the the country's oldest park ranger is back up on the job after a violent home robbery. you'll probably remember that a suspect last month broke into the 94-year-old woman's richmond home while she was sleeping and attacked her and punched her during that attack. betty got away, but the sold numerous valuables, including the special coin you just saw that she received from president obama. the administration says they'll replace the coin. they're welcoming betty back to her post today. a lot of welcome hugs, no doubt. your weather and traffic after this break.

good morning. i'm meteorologist carey hall. inland areas are see sunshine right now. mostly some 60s even some upper 60s at this hour. the temperatures are starting to warm up. we're heading to 89 in los gatos today, and some upper 60s for

san francisco. some spots hitting the 90s. that would be more common over the next couple days. let's see what's going on on the highways. mike? >> a slowdown in fremont. most of the patterns we expect. the southbound 880, jammed cover twaj 267. but that's what caused the backup there. south past the truck scales is very slow. northbound no problem, you'll let up, but west 237 jams up. mike, thank you very much. that will do it for us. in 30 minutes with more updates. for now, back to "today."

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beautiful we're seeing some sunshine for the inland areas. that is where we'll be warmer today. still some cool clouds and fog along the coast. it's 60 degrees in san francisco, 61 degrees in the east bay, highs in the east bay reaching 79 degrees, 80 in the peninsula. 87 in the north bay, and upper 80s in the south bay as well as tri-valley. in san francisco you'll see more sunshine later on this afternoon. that will be the trend we'll see through the week with the inland valleys heating up into the low 90s. >> and that is your latest weather. >> okay, al, thanks. we have one of the most versatile and captivating performers in hollywood. for providing the voice for sin sloth. >> now he is back on the big

screen, john plays a street smart cop who along with his partner played by bryan cranston attempt to take down an entire drug cartel. but first he has to help his partner keep his undercover identity and a new relationship straight. >> okay, here we go. let's play in newlywed game. kathy, what do you know about your handsome fiance, bob. favorite drink. >> he's a whiskey kind of guy. >> she's a manhattan girl. >> that was too easy. >> foot she hates. >> yogurt. >> no, i love yogurt. >> i thought you hated yogurt. >> no, i hate sour cream. >> perfect. you already sound like a married couple. this is based on a true story. it just -- i felt like when i watched this character he was tailor made for you. >> i kind of made him tailor made for me. >> did you really? >> yeah. i met real guy. i went to tampa and spent a lot of time with him. we had bob mazer, the guy

cranston's playing, he was on the set consulting us. i was always going to him, am i doing this right, would i take this guy down this way. >> bryan cranston, two words -- what was it like dueling with him day in and day out? it just raise your game. >> it actually raises your game. playing with a guy like that on camera. we have a scene where he comes to my house to tell me off. i started yelling back at him. he yelled even more, so i topped him. it was great. we were exhausted after scene but it was so vital and real. >> back to the realness, is it true you guys had an actual audio recording, a cassette of an exchange between your character in real life and bryan's character? part of the research? >> yeah. because bob saved everything. he saved all the information so he had conversations, he had photographs. we had a lot of information.

>> did you feel like you were deep cover? >> yeah. >> was it a little dark, or no? >> it was very dark. sometimes we did a couple scenes that i think crossed the line between acting and reality. it was kind of hard to shake off. there was a scene where the informant i'm using turns me in to the pablo escobar. i have to convince them he's a liar. the guy and i started really fighting on scene, we started punching each other. >> you broke out into an actual brawl? >> sounds a little bit like your summer. >> afterwards you were like -- >> yeah, yeah. peace, peace. i'm sorry, man. >> in those moments did you break into sid the sloth, just from levity. >> i should have. but you know that adrenalin after you fight, you're shaking?

i know. >> playing a sloth must be one of the best roles. i always thought if i was an animal i'd be a sloth. you just lay around. >> why did you say that to sid? >> he's not sid. >> yes, i'm spiritually sid. >> can we just show sid? >> look how cute he is. >> he's lovable. >> you don't call that cute. >> finally, i have to ask you. "bloodline," my favorite show. it is dark and great. >> so dark and sick and twisted. >> are you having the best time? >> it is incredible. kyle chandler, i mean a great cast. we're having fun. everybody's so creative. they give us a lot of freedom. the creators, kessler brothers. it's the most creative experience i've had in a long, long time. >> if you haven't seen this show -- >> on broadway, you are a

one-man show. >> we are taking other things you've done that are equally great. >> thank you for reminding me. >> do you anything in your down time? you work constantly. every time you're here, you have some list of things. >> yeah, i go to the hamptons a little bit. we have a shack in the hamptons. >> shack in the hamptons. >> sid the sloth pays well, doesn't it? >> it sure does! >> opens tomorrow. up next -- planning to be a beach bum all summer long. check this out.

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we're going to help you -- or someone's going to help us because i need help. "real simple's" home editor stephanie cisco has picked up the challenge. good morning, stephanie. i sent a note to my producers, i was like i am at that point i know we do spring cleaning, but summer organizing is out of control if my house. >> there is so much stuff to goes along with all the fun of summer. at "real simple" we came up with strategies for organizing it all and keeping yourself sane. first thing is the beach bag. what we love is to think about things as a secondary use. like a diaper bag that turns into a tote bag for the beach. it is perfect because it is divided on the inside. i don't know if you can see. there's a divider for your sunscreen and your book and beach towels and everything you night need. >> i've never seen inside of a diaper bag. i got to get me one of these things. >> it is really nice and divided. and then if you already have a beach bag you like, just buy an insteert with that same concept. >> i have to say, i'm sold on the diaper bag because it has the little compartments here.

that's smart. i like that. >> then when you go to the beach, you obviously bring your smartphone along with you. this is the opera pouch which allows you to use your phone. it zips closed. it may not play -- >> but you can scroll up and down. >> then it hooks up to your phone's earphone jack and plays the radio through this little -- you can make calls, do anything you need. it keeps your phone protected from sand. >> i was somewhere, i had my phone in the beach bag, i opened a bottle of wine that i opened and the wine spilled all over. it was a disaster. the other problem i have in my home -- we actually have a picture of my closet here at work. full disclosure, my home closet is not this kiss organidisorgan. i have an organization problem but i fixed it at home -- except for my swimsuits. >> we have the solution. this is from target. it is just a super easy clip-on

almost like mini drawer for your closets. a lot of our closets have these wire shelves. >> which are useless. >> i usually like something on top to flatten it out but this shelf makes it super functional. it hooks on to those wire rods. you can use it as kind of a separate drawer just for your bathing suits so they don't get lost. >> i like this because you can have one for your swimsuits, you can put the kids in a separate compartment and they're not all tangled up. >> at the end of the season swipe it out for tights and socks. >> pool toys. >> you need something to wrangle all this stuff. this is from "improvements" c catal catalog. it allows us to put the wet noodles or anything inflatable in here, because it is mesh, it dries out real quickly. >> i'm about to get some serious shade because i'm about to buy my neighbor this.

yes, neighbor. they never put their stuff away! >> there you go. >> i'm going to buy nmy neighbo this. maybe they'll let me use their pool. stephanie, i love these ideas. the diaper bag won me over. up next, a real spitfire. meet the 16-time cherry pit spitting champ. yes. that does exist. from one of the wild and wacky festivals across the country. i'm told we'll go a little ♪ create your own tour of italy is back starting at $12.99, only at olive garden. choose 3 of 9 of our favorite italian dishes, with delicious choices like cheesy chicken parmigiana, sausage stuffed rigatoni, and creamy fettuccine alfredo. you can have everything you want, all on one plate. plus unlimited salad and breadsticks, starting at $12.99. because the best tour of italy is the one you create. olive garden. now it's even easier to enjoy olive garden anywhere. order olive garden to go.

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this morning, we're kicking off some summer fun with a look at the weird, wild and wacky across this great country. >> today's guest definitely fits the bill. his name is rick "pellet gun" krause. he's the 16-time winner of the international cherry pit spitting championships. didn't even know that existed. held for the past 43 years at tree-mendous farms in eau claire, michigan. i like the way you wear helmets. >> it is kind of a hazard thing. >> cherry pits can be dangerous. now how does one get involved in this? >> it started back in 1974. it is a family tradition. it has just kind of been a family fun thing ever since. they have a u-pick orchard

there. come out with the family and have a pit spitting contest. >> it really is a family business. you were married on the farm. >> yep. got married 20 years ago july 6th. >> what happened? you were there, fell in love, proposed? >> my wife is from the navajo reservation in arizona. but i proposed to her and we ended up deciding to get married back at the pit spit. >> show us how this is done. >> you go first. >> everybody should put on their helmet. >> i love that rick hass this ponytail beard thing here. >> all right, here we go. >> woo! >> where is it? >> so what's the secret? rick, what is the secret to

getting that type of distance? >> lung capacity. and a talented tongue. >> talented tongue and lung capacity. >> tamron. >> yes, ma'am. really, as a southern lady. thank you, jenna. okay. you said wind in your lungs and what? >> take a deep breath through your nose. not through your mouth so you don't swallow it. >> we know the heimlich. >> tamron! tamron! tamron! >> i found it. >> that was just shameful. go ahead, texan. go ahead, jenna. >> jenna! jenna! >> come on, let it out, girl.

holy mackerel! >> back in a moment. >> do not rewind that tape. this is "today" on nbc.

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couple days, the morning low clouds will take its time clearing out, an in the north bay, up to 87 degrees. over the next few days, expect it to watch up. and reaching the warmest temperatures by the end of the week. let's see what's happening with might be. look at that, there's the truck scales, there is the jam. we'll show it to you on the map. coming through fremont, we had another fender benders, and still slow in the northbound directions, but getting better and approaches the bay bridge, that's an easier drive. oakland, clear now. scott, back to you. happening now, a legal cloud hangs over draymond green. police arrested him sunday on our twitter feed, you can see why the coach believes the whole thing is being blown out promotion. trending on nbcbayarea.com, right there you can check out some of the bay area locations where so-cowell poke-zombies are

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hello, everybody. it is spanky tuesday, also known as boozeday tuesday. while hoda enjoys another day off, the lovely actress and so many other things, lorei loughln is here to help me out today. >> i am so glad you are here. >> everybody is atwitter that you are here. we are so lucky today. it i