live update. >> join us at 11:00 on this groundhog day. we will see you again very soon. >> long winter. the campus locked down. that speech cancelled. and just this morning president trump weighing in on the violence. tensions rising. strong words from the president's national security adviser after iran test fires a missile. >> we are officially putting iran on notice. >> and a surprising new hotspot emerges. reports of a tense phone call between president trump and australia's prime minister. what he's saying about that

conversation this morning. stand off over. police enter a delaware prison this morning where inmates were holding two staffers hostage. one worker is dead and the other rescue. we'll have the latest on that story from the scene. and destiny's children. beyonce and jay z post this photo to announce they are expecting twins, and the internet is losing its mind over the news today. thursday, february 2nd, 2017. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. hoda again here while savannah continues on maternity leave. when is the last time you googled beyonce? >> my head did one of those too right after it.

it was big. >> a lot of people expected about that news. we'll talk more about that later on. but we have a very busy thursday morning. let's start with the breaking news overnight from the berkeley campus. demonstrators causing havoc while shutting down a planned speech by an editor from conservative breitbart website and self-proceed proclaimed internet troll. miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the speaking engagement with the polarizing breitbart editor had been planned for quite some time. police had anticipated the crowd and the protest, but before this event could even begin, it was shut down because of a fiery clash. the protest quickly turned violent. demonstrators set fires, smashed windows, and destroyed property at uc berkeley. anticipating trouble, police appeared to use flash bangs and pepper spray to clear the surging crowd of 1,500. all of uc berkeley locked down, students sheltering in place as protesters moved downtown.

there were brawls in the street. the chaos on campus began before milo yiannopoulos was set to speak at cal. the controversial far right wing editor from breitbart news, criticized for his views. >> i happen to believe hate crimes aren't really a thing. >> reporter: steve bannon previously headed breitbart news. many of the protesters also voicing their opposition to the republican president. >> did the -- donald trump sclt no milo. >> reporter: invited by the student republican party, he released this video after the violence. >> even the things they said about me were true, it still wouldn't be an appropriate response to ideas. >> reporter: banned from twitter, he's been called the leading member of the alt-right movement and denies he's part of the growing group of quite -- white nationalists. last week a man was shot at the

university of washington as demonstrators gathered outside one of his speeches, and at uc davis, a clash between police and protesters forced school officials there to cancel yet another speaking engagement. now it's happened again. this time at the very university where the free speech movement was born. >> this morning, the president is also watching the protest tweeting, if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on people with a different point of view, no federal funds. the college republicans at cal say, quote, the free speech movement is dead, adding the constitutional right to free speech was silenced by criminals and thugs. matt and hoda, back to you. >> miguel, thanks very much. speaking of the president, he is sending strong signals that his administration has a very different approach toward foreign policy. this after the president's new national security advisor says the u.s. is putting iran on notice.

nbc's andrea mitchell has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the trump white house's blunt warning putting iran on notice and promising to hold tehran accountable, signalling a dramatic escalation from the obama administration's position. the president tweeting this morning iran has been formally put on notice for firing a ballistic missile. should have been thankful for the terrible deal the u.s. made with them. the administration's first foreign policy crisis, iran. a challenge today for the new secretary of state, rex tillerson, sworn in wednesday night with this caution from his boss, president trump. >> our nation needs to foster stability and security in a world too often trapped and right now it's trapped in violence and in war. >> reporter: tillerson confirmed by a closer vote than ever before for the nation's top diplomat. >> the yays are 56, the nays are 43. >> reporter: even as national security advisor michael flynn was issuing a stern warning to tehran.

>> we are officially putting iran on notice. >> reporter: promising to hold iran accountable for testing a ballistic missile sunday and threatening u.s. and allied ships at sea. white house officials say nothing is off the table, not economic sanctions or even military actions and president trump tweeting late wednesday, iran is rapidly taking over more and more of iraq even after the u.s. has squandered $3 trillion there. obviously long ago. this is defense secretary james mathis in south korea this morning dealing with north korea's claims it has a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon that could reach the continental united states. on still another front, new fighting in ukraine could become an early test of president trump's relations with vladimir putin and the "washington post" is reporting that president trump had a testy call with australian prime minister malcolm turnbull, that country long one of america's strongest military allies. mr. trump accusing him of trying

to send the u.s. the next boston bombers, referring to an agreement to send 1,250 refugees here. mr. trump hanging up after just 25 minutes according to "the washington post" and tweeting wednesday night, do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. overnight the australian prime minister tried to downplay the dispute. >> the report that the president hung up is not correct. the call ended courteously. and as far as the nature of the discussion, it was very frank and forthright. i stand up for australia's interests. i make australia's case as powerfully and persuasively as i can wherever i am. >> reporter: all this as the president and daughter ivanka flew to delaware to receive the remains of a navy s.e.a.l., william ryan owens, killed in a special forces raid in yemen, the first service member killed in action on the president's watch. >> i just returned from an

amazing visit with a great, great family at dover, and it was something very sad, very beautiful. ryan, a great man. >> reporter: a lot of headaches for the new secretary of state as he takes over today. the nation's diplomats hoping that rex tillerson will calm the waters after their unprecedented dissent against president trump's controversial immigration orders. hoda and matt? >> all right. andrea mitchell. thank you so much. nbc news national security analyst jeremy baxter, chief of staff at both the cia and the defense department. jeremy, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> i want to start with this statement by michael flynn where he says we are officially putting iran on notice. it sounds like that should be the first sentence in a statement and you go on from there to explain exactly what you mean. instead, it was the last sentence and he leaves it hanging. what does that mean to you? more importantly, what will it mean to iran? >> well, matt, it's not subtle at all. i think this was an open-ended

threat. it means we're going to take a tougher line against the iranians and probably that means increasing our military force presence there, increasing our naval presence, conducting special operations activities against iranian forces and maybe even conducting direct military action when there's a scrape between iranian assets in the gulf and our own naval ships. >> it sounds like the comment was meant to put iran in a box or in a corner and if they continue bad behavior there will be consequences. but by the very statement, don't they put the trump administration in a box as well? they have to take some kind of action. >> well, that's right, and though this isn't exactly a red line, it's sort of a pink dotted line. it's an assertion that we are going to act. now, what's in question this morning, matt, is whether we talk to any of our european allies. because before we go out and start talks about sanctions, for them to be effective we need other countries with us. we also want other countries with us if we're taking military action to constrain iran in the

region. this will be welcomed in israel's capital and the capital of saudi arabia and the emirates. the question is what about our other allies in the region and in europe. >> during the campaign, then candidate trump was very critical of the iran nuclear deal reached with the obama administration. could this also be a first step in the trump administration attempts to dismantle that agreement? >> both of the president's statements through twitter this morning noted the iran deal was a terrible deal or a bad deal. i think they're looking for a reason to pull out of that. but keep your eye on yemen, matt, because that's where american special operations forces are operating, and there are iranian-backed proxies there, iranian-backed forces, and that's where if we're going to get into a scrape or military confrontation, it's going to happen in yemen or the waters around yemen. >> jeremy bash, good to get your perspective. thank you. now to the growing fight over one of the president's

cabinet picks this morning, the nomination of betsy devos as secretary of education could be in peril with two republicans saying they will vote against her. nbc's hallie jackson is at the white house with this story. hey, hallie. >> reporter: hey, there, hoda. good morning to you. president trump will be at a national prayer breakfast here in washington before another busy day at the white house and as you mentioned another busy day on capitol hill. that is where political math is becoming increasingly important with razor-thin margins on key votes. now that pair of republicans breaking with their party is complicating for the administration their political calculus. confirmation in the crosshairs with betsy devos' nomination as secretary of education now in real jeopardy. two republican senators, susan collins and lisa murkowski, saying they'll vote against her. >> i was trying to get to yes i couldn't. >> reporter: both citing

concerns about what the michigan billionaire does and doesn't know about public education. >> i think mrs. devos has much to learn about our nation's public schools. >> reporter: tomorrow devos faces a full senate vote with exactly 50 votes in her favor right now. if it stays that way, and no other republicans defect, it sets up something that's never happened before. the vice president casting a tie-breaking vote on a cabinet confirmation. mike pence on capitol hill for a . different reason, girding for a fight while making the rounds of president trump's new supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. the administration arguing if democrats try to block the nomination, mitch mcconnell should trigger the nuclear option, in other words, changing senate rules to let republicans confirm gorsuch with a simple majority of 51 votes instead of the 60 votes they'd normally need. >> if we end up with that gridlock, i would say, if you can, mitch, go nuclear, because that would be an absolute shame

if a man of this quality was caught up in the web. >> reporter: mcconnell, after his first meeting with gorsuch, pointing out the senate confirmed him unanimously back in 2006. >> not a single one of the democrats who still serve with us opposed him including the ranking member of the judiciary committee, senator feinstein, and the democratic leader himself, senator schumer. >> reporter: senator schumer now blasting gorsuch's record. >> i have very serious doubts that judge neil gorsuch is up to the job. >> reporter: he's warning republicans, don't trigger that nuclear option. >> if this nominee cannot meet the same standard that republicans insisted upon for president obama's supreme court nominees, 60 votes in the senate, then the problem lies not with the senate but with the nominee. >> reporter: on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, the president kicking off black history month at the white house, praised by african-american supporters but raising eyebrows by describing

19th century abolitionist frederick douglass in the present tense. >> frederick douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, i notice. >> reporter: there's a domino effect on capitol hill to what's happening there with the confirmation votes for jeff sessions to become the next attorney general on hold. why? that is because republicans need sessions' vote as senator to help get betsy devos through. matt, hoda? >> hallie jackson, thank you very much. mark is here with some analysis. >> how are you? >> good morning. >> last night, rex tillerson was sworn in. so that's the good news. the democrats are holding up some votes and there is some question about betsy devos. read the tea leaves for us. do you think she will get confirmed? what do you say --? >> well, they've got no margin of error as hallie said, 50 votes with the vice president there to break the tie.

the white house is confidence they lost a couple of republican senators, that they will keep the rest of the republican senators. most presidents lose at least one nominee. if president trump gets her through, he'll probably get everybody through. that would be unusual, but she can't afford to lose another republican senator. >> let's talk about neil gorsuch. the president's pick for supreme court. chuck schumer said do not change the rules in the senate. this guy needs 60 votes one way or another. is he going to get 60 votes anyway? are enough democrats going to crossover to make that nuclear option a moot point? >> it hangs in the balance. from berkeley to the beltway, this country is really divided and the intense pressure on every democratic senator, even ones up for re-election in two years, is going to be do not give him 60 votes. do not let the filly buster be broken. >> you think we're headed to the nuclear option. >> that's on the razor's edge too. if mitch mcconnell can avoid changing the senate rules and get 60 points, this game's not over yet. right now i don't think he'll get to 60. can donald trump and other outside groups put pressure on democratic senators in conservative states to vote for

him? >> mark, it was interesting. with cameras rolling trump said to mitch mcconnell, basically, don't hesitate to go nuclear. what does that say for how everyone's going to be getting along? >> it says donald trump is governing as a republican president, not an independent. if he does a scorecard of his first few weeks in office and says am i living up to my goal and my promise to unite the country? right now he is not. he is in the barricades with mitch mcconnell and other republicans on the confirmation fights. he's got a whole agenda separate from getting people confirmed that involves trying to appeal to democrats. that will be tougher to do the confirmation fights dominate the discussion. >> you have a special coming up friday night. you were covering this campaign for the last 18 months. sometimes it felt like it was moving a million miles an hour. what you're doing now i think is fascinating. you've slowed the pace and you get the benefit of hindsight to look back at the race as a whole. how has it changed your opinion

of what happened? >> trump covers the whole campaign and will remind you of some familiar events but a lot of stuff people haven't seen. the biggest thing is listening to the voters. i went to so many trump rallies. you'll see trump voters talking in this film from all over the country. they knew he was going to win, and more importantly in listening to them, i didn't pick it up clearly why at the time. they knew why. they understood his appeal better than the pundits and explain why this is why the country is going to vote for donald trump. >> tomorrow night it airs on showtime. thank you very much. breaking news this morning. one prison worker is dead and another rescued after that hostage situation in delaware. inmates originally took four corrections department workers hostage, but at one point they released two. early this morning, they entered the prison and found one worker unresponsive. they said they were angry about

donald trump's leadership as well as educational and rehabilitation services at the prison. an unusual sight wednesday in canada. a swissair flight en route from zurich to los angeles forced to make an emergency landing there due to a technical irregularity. airport officials say the boeing 777 had only one working engine. passengers were stuck in the small arctic city for a few hours so they were given a sightseeing tour on a heated bus. a replacement plane was eventually sent from new york to pick them up. >> wow. all right. >> getting to see canada. >> let's get a check of the weather. hey, al. >> happy groundhog day. >> thank you. >> let's check on the festivities. live, right now, punxsutawney, pennsylvania. standing room only. there he is! look at that guy! >> is that just now? >> i think so. oh my gosh. just happened. >> what happened? >> all right. we're waiting.

we're all waiting. they have not determined yet. hold on. >> they're still debriefing. >> that's it. >> phil? >> what do you mean you don't like it? >> oh, they are milking it. >> they know they're on live on the "today" show. >> okay. we got her. >> here it comes. he sees his shadow. >> ladies and gentlemen, he has maze his -- made his prediction. >> come on. we'll do it right here. i'll hold him for you. >> usually they read a poem. like wadsworth. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, now this second day of february 2017, the 131st annual trek of the punxsutawney groundhog club before one of the largest crowds in the history of the groundhog day. punxsutawney, prognosticator of all prognosticators, was awakened to the cheers of his

thousands of faithful followers. in groundhogese, he directed -- the president and the inner circle his prediction scroll which reads, at gobbler's knob on groundhog day, we celebrate a worldwide holiday. it's mighty cold weather you've been braving. is it winter or is it summer you're craving? since we've been up all night and starting to toddle, i phil shall not dawdle. my faithful followers i clearly see a perfect clear shadow of me. six more weeks of winter it shall be! >> there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! straight from the groundhog's mouth. >> he has spoken! >> yes, he has. that's what's going on. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. back:

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you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance ==topnat== bm scream trt: 03 very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a lot of cleanup on the cal campus after intense protests last night. no reports of serious injuries. police report one arrest however. they were angry about an appearance by breitbart conservative editor milo yiannopolous. president trump said if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds. one we'll continue to follow there. a wet start to our morning. let's check the forecast with kari. >> spotty rain moving through parts of the bay area creating a

wet morning commute. expect more waves of rain through the day. looking at the timeline. more spotty activity through late morning, army afternoon. at any point we could see rain moving in. maybe a few breaks in clouds here and there. and then another round of heavy through late tonight and early in the morning creating some standing water on those roadways once again as you head through tomorrow morning. and spotty rain into the afternoon. more wet weather. how is it affecting the roads so far? >> san jose the southern part of your map, highway 85, rain traveled through. a tree cutting off half moon bay. take the longer route up in pacifica. let me show you the bay bridge toll plaza. rain on the lens and rain on the

roadway. thank you very much. thank you for joins us. another update in half an hour.

all right. 7:30 on a thursday morning. it's the 2nd of february 2017. and thanks to all the folk who is woke up early and joined us out on the plaza this morning. we'll get out there in just a little while. >> i wonder why we're playing beyonce music. >> because beyonce is everyone where right now. big news. >> it is. here's a look at morning's headlines. overnight, violent protests at the university of california, berkeley, shutting down a planned speech by a polarizing editor of the conservative website breitbart. officials had to place the campus on lockdown as demonstrators marched, lit fires and threw barricades. president trump tweeted about the violence this morning saying, people need to be able

to express different points of view of. national security advisor michael flynn says the u.s. is putting iran on notice following a ballistic missile test over the weekend. he declined to take questions after delivering that statement, but the white house says no option is off the table from economic sanctions to military action. and with mr. trump looking on last night, vice president mike pence swore in former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson as secretary of state. he was confirmed bay senate vote of 56-4 56-43. in the meantime, after taking some time away from the public eye following the election, hillary clinton appears ready to return to the spotlight. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has more on that. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. after a couple months of staying on the sidelines, hillary clinton isn't launching a comeback, but it is a reemergence with some big plans including a new book and a series of speeches all teeing up her first extended reaction to one of the most intense elections in modern american

history. >> hillary, hillary! >> reporter: cheers for hillary clinton on broadway, the audience chanting her name before a show late wednesday and many waiting to catch a glimpse as she left with husband bill clinton taking selfies with fans. aside from the inauguration, she intended to be her own, we've seen little of clinton since her defeat. for weeks these have been some of our only glimpses of her, snapping a photo during a hike in the woods. >> the hunt for hill. >> reporter: those chance encounters even inspiring their own "snl" catch. >> the search for the most elusive legend of all, hillary rodham clinton. >> reporter: but now she's plotting her next chapter. a new book inspired by her favorite quotes all touching own her stunning defeat, clinton write, "these quotes have helped me celebrate the good times, laugh at the absurd times% veras during the hard times and deepen

my appreciation of all life has to offer. "she'll have a series of speeches on women's rights and gay rights beginning this spring and another that will bring her full circle. nearly 50 years after the 1969 wellesley commencement speech that catapulted her to national fame -- >> fear is always with us, but we just don't always have time for it. not now. >> reporter: slated to address her alma mater at commence lt speaker once again this may. what will this measured return to the spotlight say? >> a lot of her supporters want to see her yelling and screaming saying the election was stolen from us. i do not expect her to do that. >> reporter: she's posted a series of critical tweets about president trump, writing, this is not who we are," after that temporary u.s. travel ban on seven largely muslim countries. still clinton hasn't been nearly as fierce as her attacks during the campaign. >> she wants to be a voice in criticism of the trump administration but we don't know

exactly where and how yet. >> in fact, chelsea clinton has been much more vocal on twitter, posting photos of a march that she joined to protest president trump's travel ban, also criticizing the white house's statement on holocaust remembrance day that failed to mention jews or the jewish community in the wake of her mom's loss increasingly chelsea taking on the family surrogate role. matt and hoda? >> peter, thank you very much. >> time to head over the al far look at the forecast. >> take a look at the temperature and show you what's been going on. for the month of january, a tale of two countries. the pacific northwest and the plains temperatures below normal but the southeast and the mid-atlantic states and the midcoast, you can see the temperatures fairly warm. lake charles had its third warmest january ever, tomb low, mississippi, atlanta the seventh warmest. we'll see that cool air continuing in the plains and on into the congratulations for today with temperatures well below normal in casper, des

moines, cleveland, st. louis. that continues into friday but then new york city, as you can see, below average, same with raleigh, cleveland, and chicago. the good news is for the weekend the warmth returns. st. louis will get good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. spotty clouds in the bay area. not seeing much in the way of heavy activity. but we did see that earlier. mobile doppler radar picking up on rain across the santa cruz mountains. that will be moving into the south county. soggy light rain for the north bay. it backed off from earlier this morning. gusty winds. highs in san francisco in the upper 50s. for full analysis of what happened in punxsutawney, pennsylvania, turn to our friends at the weather channel with jim cantore and jen

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but the real winners? houston homeowners cashing in big time. rent thing out their homes to incoming super bowl fans coming in on ab & b, rbo, even craigslist. this tiny apartment going from $1,000 a night to luxury homes. the people who live here charging $4,000 a night. ben and laura venta are charging even more, putting their house on air b&b for more than $5,000 per night. >> that's a lot of money. >> well, supply and demand, jeff. >> that's true. can you show me around the house a little bit? >> right this way. >> how many bedrooms is the house? >> three bedrooms. >> and it's a beautiful home. but this is not a sprawling estate. >> it's a cozy house. >> but you're charging $5,500 a night. if you don't mind me asking, how much are s your mortgage. >> a lot less than that. and you're renting it out for the super bowl weekend?

>> yes. >> what are you going to do with the money? >> we're going to give the house a little tlc and then give some to sharety. >> and i've always wondered this, where are you going to stay? >> we're fortunate to have family in town. >> are they charging you rent? >> they are now. >> air b&b releasing new numbers to nbc news. houston homeowners expected to rake in $3.7 million on that one site this weekend alone. >> big events create a real enormous opportunity for homeowners. over 5,400 people will be staying in houston on saturday night. >> in fact, demand is so high for the super bowl, you don't even need a house to cash in. we found so many apartments for rent, too. small places with big price tags. many bragging, walking distance to nrg stadium. this two-bedroom apartment has a sky high view of the city. listed for $8,000 a night. that's more than two times the monthly rent. and there are takers.

>> i'm inside the apartment right now, and it is pretty nice. mel lives here and was nice enough to invite us over. thank you. but i have to tell you, $8,000 per night for an apartment does sound extreme to me. >> it's an extreme weekend. >> and one of the reasons i have never rented out my place and probably never will and i think a lot of people don't is because it's creepy to have strangers in your place and what if they break stuff? well, there air b & b does offer a hostess guarantee if you fill out the papers. i'm very confident. you have to give people a chance. >> are you saying i don't give people a chance? >> it doesn't sound like you're giving out chances. >> but you will. >> this weekend, i definitely will. >> the new way to score before the game even starts. >> big vacation time. >> do you even care who wins the game? >> i don't do sports. >> dow money. >> my instant new best friends. by the way, i checked online this morning, some good news.

as we get closer and closer to the game, the places that haven't rented, prices are dropping. so there are bargain toes be had out there. i just got a list from ab & b of the next hot spots. new orleans, the mardi gras, april and louisville for the kentucky derby in may. so you guys can cash in and by the way, the house that i'm standing in right now, you see how beautiful this is? $10 tlous a night. and it's available, guys. >> wow. >> hoda is all over that mardi gras thing. >> and new orleans for years and jazz fest. both good times to rent out. >> jeff, thank you. speaking of the game, just ahead, another exclusive look at some of the ads that will keep you glued to your tv during breaks in the game. >> and if you weren't excited, enough about beyonce's twins, carson is about to -- i don't know, jack that up. the brand new picture she just povertied right after. >> more information about it.

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the president praising him. >> you bring the unique skills and deep, deep insights, and i've gotten to see it first hand, into foreign diplomacy. tillerson takes the reigns amid a number of foreign policy flare-ups. at the top 06 that list, iran. overnight, the president tweeting iran is rapidly taking over more .more of iraq, even after the u.s. has squandered $3 trillion there. obvious long ago. earlier in the day, a surprise visit to the white house briefing room. national security adviser michael flynn issuing this stern warning. >> as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> at issue, a series of provocations, including iran test launching a ballistic missile on sunday. flynn accusing iran of violating a united nations resolution, even though the u.n. is still assessing the situation. the white house stressing tehran's actions don't violate

the nuclear resolution. still, administration officials say they are including the retaliation and wouldn't rule out sanctions or military actions. this morning, president trump had a contentious phone call with australia. "the washington post" sites those briefed on the exchange saying trump blasted the australian prime minister over an agreement to take in 1250 refugees, even accusing australia of seeking to export the next boston bombers. the white house not commenting, but mr. trump tweeted overnight, do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. and mr. trump also making time for a somber visit to dover air force base with daughter, ivanka, paying tribute to chief petsy officer william ryan owens who died on a mission in yemen against an al qaeda affiliate.

>> just returned from an amazing visit with a great, great family at dover and it was something very sad, very beautiful. >> this morning, the white house is confirming that call with president trump and the australian prime minister saying it was 25 minutes long and blunt. meanwhile, president trump is up this morning with another tweet storm, chicago one about iran and he's underscoring the words of his national security adviser. here is what he tweeted out. iran has been formally put on notice for fire ago ballistic missile. should have been thankful for the terrible deal the u.s. made with them. the question now, though, what, if any, action will the white house actually take? >> thank you very much. overnight, violence erupting after a political protest owe campus of california burkely. the evening began with a peaceful rally against scheduled speech by breitbart news he tore.

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ball toward his dad. dell is there wearing a full suit. look what happens. oh! a little reminder. >> it's been 15 years since he retired. look at me, babe. i got game. this is where you got it from right here. >> look at steph's face. >> street clothes. boom. >> and then he was saying, now you go. it's your turn. >> and an impromptu game of horse. >> meanwhile, did he call bank? >> no. >> that matters. >> more than 30 million people have now seen the video we first showed you here on wednesday. it shows a north carolina teacher with a famous name, and now his moves have become just as popular. mr. white has come up with a personalized handshake for every single one of his students, something like 40 students. and he's inspiring students and teachers all over the country. do you like that video? >> that video is the best. i have a surprise for you. >> what is that? >> we flew barry white jr. in.

>> barry white jr. is here. barry, what's happening, man? great to see you. what? >> no way. oh, come on. >> no. >> whoa! >> and a dab on it at the end. >> oh, my goodness. >> what's going on? >> barry white jr. >> come over here. >> how do you do that? >> teacher. we love you, man. we love you. >> happy to be here. >> what inspired this? >> it started with a fourth grade student last career. she used to wait outside my door in the morning and she would get in trouble for being late. the teacher would say, come on, you're going to be late. and she would say, i have to get my handshake. so i decided i would bring that

to all my 50 plus students. the relationships have been awesome. how do you remember all those different handshakes? >> we do it so much, it's every day. they may see me in the lunchroom, mr. white, let's do our handshake. recess, i'll train them. it's muscle memory at this point. >> can we say one thing? with can he get two people? his mom and dad are here. and you knew that this kid was going to turn out well when you meet these two. come on over. barry white sr. joanne is here, too. can you see where he gets it? we grew up with the same neighborhood. >> did? >> that's right. >> you have to be proud. >> my fifth grades feature mr. simons was so influential in my life. do you understand how important you are to these kids? that must make you feel so good. >> yes, it definitely does. one of the most amazing parts is that if you step into ashley park pre-k to 8, every greater has their own unique thing.

upstairs to fourth grade read, four grade math, everything everybody is doing something unique. it's amazing all around the building. >> and just to make sure we settle one point, i heard people say that too much of anything is too good for you. -- is no good for you.. are you connected to the other barry white? >> i'm junior and this is senior. we'll leave it at that. >> barry, so great to have you here. what you're doing for those on kids, thank you. >> thank you. mr. daily popstart. >> yes, first up, the reason why the coin toss is extra special this year at the superstar, days after being released from the hospital, former george bush and barbara bush will be doing it. there's a coin there spinning in front of the couple's photo. it's not going to be president bush's first time. if you remember back in 2002, he

became the first president past or participate to participate in person during a super bowl coin toss. so glad they're doing well. next to "la la land," scoring oscar nominations for emma stone and ryan gosling. some reviewers calling their chemistry on screen magic. guess who else was considered for having the lead role in that movie? emma watson and miles. but the pair were dropped for being too difficult. miles responded to that story saying it had alternative facts. next, jason momda showed off his physique in "game of thrones." a lot of people were scratching their heads after these photos surfaced. they show jason surrounding by two bodyguards much shorter and less built than he is.

one person tweet, they look like snacks that jason brought. that is your popstart and today we have your super bowl commercial kickoff. that comes from t-mobile and features one of the biggest singers in the world. have a look. >> hello. i'm justin bieber, celebration expert. first, there was the high five. and then there was this. gronk! >> touchdown. >> from the spike it evolved quickly. we've got the shimmy, the shake, and the smimmy shimmy shake. then there was t.o. who took it to the next level. that guy has unlimited moves. today, everyone wants things unlimited. nice moves, kid. >> i'm not done yet. >> say good-bye to limits. introducing t-mobile one, all unlimited, all in. taxes and fees included.

>> everyone loves unlimited. post your moves now and i'm going share my fafs. where did this guy come from. >> look at him dance. unlimited moves. this guy has the shimty sham sham shimty shake right there. >> we're going to have another exclusive super bowl commercial for you tomorrow right here on "today." guys. >> good thing. >> it is good. >> raise your hand if you were more nervous about doing your handshake than anything else this week. >> i was. >> me, too. mr. roker, check of the weather. >> a little wet weather making its way through the southeast to shreveport, south of nashville and knoxville. not going to be anything too terrible. we are going to see scattered showers and some scattered thunderstorms. behind that front, we're going to be looking at cooler weather, as well. let's move up to the north where we're still seeing more lake-effect snow and especially around lake ontario. we are talking some areas between now and saturday, 1 to 3 feet of snow.

that is good morning. tracking some rain earlier this morning that created some wet roads. here is a live look outside in oakland. cloudy skies although we are seeing peeks of sunshine in parts of the bay area especially the south bay. spotty rain will continue. we are seeing light rain in parts of the county and expect it to be off and on throughout the afternoon as well as tonight another wave of heavy rain moves in early tomorrow morning with some gusty winds. we will continue to track that. >> if you're heading out, find us in your car on sirius xm 108. earlier this week, we talked to dakota johnson. this morning, natalie catches up with christian grey himself. >> i don't know if you've seen it yet, but if you're a fan of the "fifty shades" series,

you've seen a lot of jamie dornan, aka christian grey. and he was bearing more skin than usual when we caught up with him this week. i have to ask you about the look. is this a new look, a new do, or you're ig cog noteo? >> no, it's for a job. it's for this robin hood thing i'm doing. so yeah, there's a reason for it. >> are christian grey fans liking it so far? >> i have absolutely no idea. i would imagine there are a few people that are disappointed. >> intrigued. >> in "fifty shades darker," christian grey's now heart broke b billionaire with a voracious sexual appetite try toes lure back the woman he can't get enough of, anastasia steele. >> it's darker, but there's more of that love story where you see that she is winning him over.

she is falling in love with him. >> we get to see a different side of christian, a softer side. he smiles a lot more and darker and she -- yeah, i think she makes him a much better person. >> so we get to see you have alg more fun together? >> yeah. exactly. because especially in the first movie, dakota, she gets up a lot. >> you had to do some research, right? >> uh-huh. >> you went to a dungeon. you saw some s&m. >> what is that like? >> it was interesting. it was -- you know, i think there's so many different versions of that. there's not just one. there's a million ways to kick a ball. do you know what i mean? it's like -- there's nothing you can say that doesn't -- you know. >> yeah. >> sexual connotations. >> is this what happens anytime you want to talk about the movie? >> it's tricky because there's so many holes you can fall down.

jesus, you know? >> you said it. >> it's almost impossible. >> but overall, you're not a fan of christian's approach to love. >> no, man, i'm not. i'm not. but i'm very understanding of it. >> meanwhile, you're a dad, two lovely babies under the age of 3. >> our eldest just turned 3. so it's total madness and carnage at home. >> so you're just a normal dad on your days off when you're not acting? >> absolutely no choice but to be otherwise. they demand of you that you're dad. >> changing diapers, all of that? >> can'tly. constantly. at least we've got one out of -- well, not diapers, but nappies. >> a lot of people in america said oh, he changes nappies. that turned them on more than christian grey would. >> whatever floats your boat. >> i'm going to a masquerade ball tonight with the cast of

"fifty shades darker." it hits theaters february 10th. >> how do they compare, the second and the first? >> this one is more of the love story. so there is more of a story to it, whereas the first one, let's be honest, it was all about the sex. >> that was unnecessary. >> all right. >> natalie, thanks. coming up, the star of another highly anticipated movie, keanu reeves is here. we'll talk to him. the man just turned down bacon. >> how is that possible? >> come on, keanu reeves. i'm ...

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volume. northbound through santa fe a typical pattern. 101 smoothing out. we also have slow down. look at oakland. very slow towards the bay bridge. we have traffic jamming up now. this is a little clearer than we saw a few minutes ago. the rain is coming down. should be clear and do see traffic flowing a little bit better. back to you. >> good to see you. thank you very much.

♪ it was the perfect illusion 8:30 now on a thursday morning, february 2nd, 2017. we're taking selfies with the crowd. >> hi, guys. >> go ahead, hoda, get in here. >> okay. i'm in. hey, guys, we made it. >> all right, you guys, coming up, keanu reeves is back in action following the success of the first movie. we're going to talk to him about the movie and he has a bunch of things he's working on. and joy bower helping our health with five foods to manage our blood pressure. >> one hint, cocoa powder. it's good for you. >> okay. and katie lee has all the fixings for a super bowl feast you can pig out on without regret.

>> that's how we roll. >> now a check of the weather. first of all, over here -- >> where? >> over here, it says i said yes. what was the question? >> what was the question? >> will you marry me. >> and you said yes. >> i did. >> when was that? >> it was a funny story. it was in october. yeah. >> we haven't told our friends. >> now you did. >> now we did. >> and by the way, it's catholic schools week. we have kids from guardian angel school here in man hattan. nice to see you guys. hi, miss moranz! let's check your weather. super bowl, we have a big pep rally battle going on. 11 alive down in atlanta, shah nell joels jones, 44 degrees on friday morning. i'm going to be in boston, samuel hall. it will be 22 degrees, sunny and coal. come on down .show your support. and then the super bowl forecast for houston, they have a roof,

but they'll retract it. there is a chance of showers at kickoff. 5:30 central at halftime when supposedly lady gaga is up on the roof. 67 and mostly cloudy good thursday morning. a live look outside at san jose. breaks in the clouds. you can see showers in the distance. we will see this off and on with spotty down pours. mobile doppler radar will continue to pick up on the rain as we go through the day and more waves of rain in the forecast through this afternoon and getting heavier as we go into tonight with breezy winds and brief heavy down pours. we will continue to track it for you. >> don't forget, get that weather anytime you need it. check out our pals at the weather channel. hoda. >> thanks so much. keanu reeves has starred in some epic action movies during his career the we're talking about "point break," "speed,"

the mat rick trilogy. in 2014, he unleashed a new character, a former hitman who comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his dog. and he is back with john wick, chapter two. >> your decentant to hell begins here, mr. wick. do be careful on your way down. oh, and remember, you owe me. >> you don't want me owing you. >> okay, wait, fans of "the matrix," i think their heads sdmroeded seeing you and lawrence fishburn together. >> yeah. >> so whose idea was that to have that reunion there? >> it was the director, chad stihelski. lawrence and i became friends after "the matrix" trilogy. so a couple times a year, we get together, check in, talk about life. he was saying that he really enjoyed the first john wick and i was like, that was cool. would you be interested?

and he was like, hmmm. so i told chad. chad sent lawrence the script. lawrence said, i like it. >> how did he say it? >> i like it. >> just the way he says things. >> and then it was great to have the chance to work with him again. >> so john wick was a cult favorite and then it exploded into this hit. did you ever there would ever be a john wick two, that we would be sitting here talking about this? >> when i was working on the first, no. but i love the character and i'm grateful to have the chance to keep telling his story. >> there are some insane action scenes. we're watching them on the screenplay out. but you do a lot of doing those fishtails in the car. you are so quick on the trigger with the gun. >> yeah. >> there must have been some crazy training. i can only imagine because it can't by easy to shoot that quick. >> no, no, no. practice makes perfect. i had some great teachers with the driving, with the gun work. >> we're looking at some video

of that. >> yeah. that's at tarrin tactical. tarrin is a three-gun champion. the director wanted me to do some live fire because there's nothing like live fire to get it into your body. >> so when the director yelled action, you had to pop up and shoot like that? >> yeah. well, i've got a couple of things. john wick is on point, he's on target, he's ready to go. but he also gets beat up. there's a lot of pete after him. he's fighting for his life. so -- >> so in the first john wick, some thugs who were part of a bigger gang kill your dog and you are clearly upset. how does the sequel come to be? >> yeah. so john is -- he still wants to retire. he wants to -- you know, his wife has passed away. he wants to grieve, he wants to heal, he wants to remember. but someone comes from his past and comes to collect on a debt. and john wick doesn't really want to do that. he doesn't want to kind of, you know, do what he has to do, but he ends up doing that.

and so it's really about kind of dealing with your past and trying to live -- you know, john is just trying to be free. yeah. >> you know what's funny? i was reading your wikipedia page and reading about how you traveled a lot when you were a little kid and how high school wasn't for you. and i'm sitting here sitting across from you and i'm watching this guy who succeeded wildly. if you were speak to go some high school kids -- >> oh, the little ones. >> who feel like maybe how you felt, what would you say to them to encourage them, do you think? >> oh, gosh. >> how would you do that? >> that's kind of -- i mean -- >> what did you do? >> i didn't have a traditional past, you know? i went to four different high schools. i mean, i guess i would say through that, i was lucky because i knew as a young person what i wanted to do. i was 15 and i was like, i wanted to become an actor so i started to study and do all of the things that i needed to do to try and achieve that. >> yeah. >> so for a young person who,

you know -- i mean, i can't -- it's not just stay in school, right? >> well, it's not give up because you're the kind of guy who got knocked around and kept getting up. >> yeah. and every kid is different, you know? but there are some kind of ground rules. you know. >> we wish you great luck with this. i know you have a couple of other great projects, you know, come back and talk to us about when they come to fruition. keanu, thank you for coming and talking to us. john wick chapter 2 hits theaters next friday. coming up next, dr. phil is here to help you keep your kids safe. him. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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back, 8:39 with cautionary advice for every parent from dr. phil. >> for today's ep society of "the dr. phil show," he interviews a 15-year-old girl who became involved with a man more than twice her age and then disappeared with him. all without her parents not

knowing. >> dr. phil, good morning. good to see you. good morning. >> this is so scary, all right? let's give the facts here. 15-year-old kayla found unharmed after a week. there was an amber alert issued for her. find out that she was involved with her friend's father, who was 37 years old. how did this relationship start? >> well, the mother met -- this was a friend of her father, and the mother met the father, who came over and said, you know, can she come and spend the night with my daughter. so the parents talked and mom felt like everything's okay. what she didn't know is he was grooming the daughter and very early on seduced her, started having his way with her. she spent six months in a relationship with him, sleeping in his bed when mom thought she was spending the night with this 14-, 13-year-old daughter. and finally he says, if you don't run away with me, i'm going to kill myself.

so emotional extortion, gets her to go out the bedroom window in the middle of the night and they're gone. >> did the mom miss signs or was he just so good there was no way to know? >> mom is well intentioned but naive about this whole thing. that's one of the things i'm going to talk about in the parenting points. we've got to really know who we're exposing our kids to. we've got to really know, not just pile high on the porch. who are these people? >> i have a 15-year-old, 13-year-old, 10-year-old. strategies for parents. you hear people say this all the time, phil, i'm best friends with my daughter, best friends with my son. you stress the point you're not best friends. you're their parents. >> exactly. a parent is a noun and a verb. you start to parent and your job is to see around corners that they can't see around. their brains are not through growing until they're 25. it's your job to see the problems and keep them out of the ditch. and you can't do that by being their buddy, their pal, their best friend. >> often parents -- like you

were just saying about the porch, you give parent the benefit of the doubt. you say he or she seems nice enough. >> it sounds cynical but i say it's ridiculous to give anybody the benefit of the doubt. why would you do that? particularly when it's your child. why would you just give somebody the benefit of the doubt? neither should you decide they're bad people. gather relevant data and until you have enough to entrust your child to this person, i don't care if it's a teacher, coach, sunday schoolteacher, parent of a friend, whoever, until you have the data, don't entrust your child to them. >> you also have to speak to your kids not only about the little insignificant things that happen during their day at school and things, you have to sit down and talk about things that truly matter, even if they sound scary. >> that's right. i say you should talk to your children about things that don't matter so you can be prepared to talk to them about things when they do matter. get the child to be used to talking to you. and you can't judge. the first time they tell you something you don't like, you're

grounded for life, they're not going to tell you things. you have to listen and not judge and then talk about some alternatives. >> you have to trust your kids, but you offer this -- surprise them. >> oh. >> what does that mean? >> look, you trust your child to be a child. you're not invading your child's privacy if you're looking in their social media accounts. and when they say they're spending the night is somewhere, show up and see if they're there. find out if they're doing what they're saying they're going to do on a random basis. >> you just mentioned something in passing. years ago it used to be if you were to find your kids' journal on the bed would you pick it up and read it? now it's all about social media. it's all about digital devices. you're a fan of saying every once in a while, grab that device and go for a look? >> you bet. and get yourself in the chat rooms where they're going. get a screen name. get in the chat rooms. see what they're saying, who they're talking to. there are predators among us, and they are in those chat rooms. they are online.

there are bullies on line, there are predators online. and it's nooefr late. we have to reparent our children. it's not too late. start right now. that's why kayla comes on the show today. she really realized she made a bad mistake. this is a cautionary tale. it is chilling. >> will you come live at my house? >> i've got mine raised. you never finish but i've got gem at least out the door. >> you can catch "the dr. phil show" today. check your local listings. >> up next, five foods to better >> up next, five foods to better manage your [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable.

[crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. 8:46. we're back with our special series "joy's healthy heart," marking american heart month. 75 million americans have high blood pressure. there are certain foods you can actually eat to help you manage it. today nutritionist joy bauer is here with her top five. joy, good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> nice to see you.

before we get to the food, what exactly defines high blood pressure? >> imagine this. our blood carries oxygen and nutrients throughout our body using a network of these tiny little vessels. they're like small tubes. as the blood travels, it exerts pressure on the vessel walls. that's known as blood pressure. if the pressure gets intense, it's high blood pressure. so i'm going to show you a quick illustration. this top one is a normal, healthy blood vessel. smooth sailing. >> traffic moving well on the highway. >> absolutely. this vessel demonstrates high blood pressure, and you can see it's clearly distressed. there's plaque within the walls so, it's a narrowed space, and also the walls are having a hard time. they're hardened and contracting but exerting a lot of energy. the other thing is if this guy or gal who owns this vessel takes in a lot of salt, salt draws in water, increases the volume which will then increase the blood pressure even further. >> diet, exercise, all good things.

talk about some of the foods that actually help you manage your blood pressure. the first one people are going to like the sound of. >> cocoa powder. so everybody seems to know the virtues of dark chocolate. but the real healing is the cocoa powder that's within the dark chocolate because that's where all of the flavonols are housed, and that's what helps to keep our blood vessels healthy and elastic. what i'm telling people is to pick up some cocoa powder. you can put it in smoothies or oatmeal. you can put a lit until your morning coffee. it's delicious. healthy for your blood vessels. >> i was a weird kid. i loved spinach from another young age. >> it's a triple threat. it has potassium, magnesium and foe late. poe as the yum is sort of the anti-sodium oom oop. i said sodium draws in water. potassium flushes it out and flushes the sodium out. instead of lettuce on a sandwich, put spinach leaves. off simmering pot of soup on the stove or marinara sauce? dump the spinach leaves in and

stir it around. extra yummy. >> great idea. garlic, does it have to be raw garlic? >> no. it can be powder. it can be minced garlic, roasted garlic. garlic has the two active ingredie ingredients. one keeps the lining of the cells healthy. there's an active ingredient that acts like an a.c.e. inhibitor, a prescription medicati medication, but no side effect. roasting garlic is delicious and super easy. >> if i've heard hoda say it once, i've heard her say it a thousand times, beans, beans, good for your heart. >> that too. all greens are great for your heart because they have protein and they have fiber and they have potassium and magnesium. but i am featuring white beans as the superhero here because they have the added benefit of calcium. and calcium helps our blood vessels to contract and die late. what i do here, this is a little trick, i make a soup and instead of using cream to thicken it up,

i put in a can of quite beans, i puree it, and it's delicious. >> makes a great dip for veggies. and pumpkin, why? >> pumpkin is loaded with toe pass y potassium. you can take canned pumpkin puree available year round. it's a great replacement for oil in baked goods and it's one-to-one ratio. this recipe is on the website. little brownie with cocoa. >> five great ingredients for managing your blood pressure. thank you so much. for these recipes and more, check out our website, today.com. up next, recipes for katie lee's ultimate super bowl spread. the reverse of what we're doing right now. we're told to live large, but with princess cruises

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on a paper towel to drain. you can do this all in one pan. >> do you have to worry about overcooking or by the time you add the sauce it will be moist no matter what? >> it will be really moist. in the same pan, green peppers and onions. keep them until they get tender, about five or six minutes. i have some down here. now we're going to build this by putting in -- >> talk to me about the spices here. >> so we've got garlic, brown sugar, chili powder, salt, pepper, and celery seed. the celery seed adds an interesting flavor to it. put those in. grab that beef and we'll put that in here too. >> okay. said i wasn't going to do this. >> you've got to work a little bit. >> there you go. >> apple cider vinegar. worchester sauce. stir that for me. >> all right. >> then some tomato sauce and dijon mustard. want to scrape that in there? >> how long does this cook down? >> a lot of flavor. we've got walter to help it stay moist. this cooks for about 20 minutes.

it's really fast. you can do it in a slow cooker. if you're cooking for a crowd, then everybody can kind of serve themselves out of it. >> can we have our friends downstairs -- >> yeah, what do you think? >> fantastic. >> come on, katie lee. >> do you like it? >> adding it to the sunday party. >> are you getting messy? >> mm-hmm. >> yeah. we don't care. >> this is what it looks like after it's cooked down. >> this is what it looks like and you just serve it on a bun. >> can you serve it on a baguette or something crunchier? >> a baguette, yeah. >> i like something crunchy. i don't know why. >> i don't know, for a sloppy joe, i like a nice soft bun. will you taste that? >> i'll bring it up with me. we have an interesting dip. guacamole, but you've added an ingredient i never saw coming. >> we're going to stretch our avocados by using asparagus. this is a way to kind of -- you can cut down a little on the amount of fat you're eating and also stretch it out since avocados are expensive. >> can we pause? one of the best sloppy joes i've

ever had. >> thank you. great. >> i want it on a baguette. >> we love it on soft buns. >> don't make fun of me. don't make fun of me. i like crunch. i like textures. >> tell me about this. >> asparagus, chop it up, put it into a food processor. the key is to puree this first. so you put it in there and pulse it up. and then add to it some avocado. >> what are the proportions? you doing equal parts? >> a half a pound of asparagus to one avocado. and lime juice. ka d avocado is good fat but it adds up when you eat a lot of it, and i eat a lot of it. put that is all in there, make it nice and pureed. comes out to this. add tomatoetomatoes, cilantro a onion. will you put a little salt in there for me? and just stir it up and you have a great guacamole there. super yummy. >> serving that with chips here. that sloppy joe is good on

triscuits too. they have that crunch also. >> the buffalo wing call flouer is fantastic. >> and blue cheese dip. it's on your website. >> sit hard to make? >> no. a quick little batter and in the oven. you get that flavor. >> enjoy the big game. get these recipes at i'm ... ==topnat== boom scream trt: 03 ==contvo== lots oea good thursday morning. i'm sam brock. >> lots of cleanup on the cal campus after tense protests last night. that blast was from a generator set on fire. there are no reports of any serious injuries. police now say they have arrested one person. protesters were angry about an

appearance by editor milo yunopolis. trump this morning tweeting if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with different point of view, no federal funds? the school has not responded. the region calls the tweet appalling. happening we are getting reaction. we will have a live report for the mid day newscast speaker aft center of the controversy lashing out shortly after. you can find that story on the home page along with the video post. we'll see you in 30 minutes with more news.

this morning on "today's take," dean cain. then from snack hacks to never before seen celebrity ads, all your super bowl action is covered. and sheinelle heads to survival school. what we show you could save your life. coming up next. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1nashgs rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, february 2nd. we're here with our guest co-host dean cain. good to see you. >> good morning. happy to be here. thank you. >> thank you. some of you may have heard our good friend tamron hall has

decided to leave nbc news. personally, tamron has been not just a co-host here on "today's take" for the past three years and a good friend to not just me but to all of us here, and we want to wish her nothing but the best, much continued success. cannot wait to see what her next chapter is. >> she's going to rock it, no matter what she does. >> absolutely. >> yes, she will. >> speaking of rocking, you were rocking the superman colors. >> you mean this red and this blue? >> yeah. >> i like it. >> not by accident. a little homage today. >> by design. >> i like the colors. >> i do too. >> they suit me well. should have my cape on. or do i? >> we need a phone booth over here! >> i never use a phone booth. >> in the history of superman in the comics he only changed in a phone booth twice. actually. >> is that true? >> i believe that he knows the answer to that. >> how do you know that? >> he did it more in the cartoon -- >> perpetuated. >> in the '30s and then a couple -- >> obviously al knows more about

this than i do. >> seriously. but you're still superman. >> yes, you are. >> you can take that to the bank. literally. >> literally. >> literally! so super bowl sunday almost here, and i and you -- >> yes. >> -- we are heading out on the road tomorrow for the ultimate pep rally. i'm going to be in boston. our friends of nbc boston at faneuil hall. >> i'm going to be in atlanta. can i put in a plug? >> yes. >> if you're in atlanta or know anybody in atlanta, meet me at huston grill in midtown. >> 6:30 in the morning. >> yep. >> noontime somewhere. >> that's right. >> can't promise you anything but a smile, but come on out. >> big day. super bowl sunday. >> we did not know about this gentleman, you played professional football. >> yes, sir. >> for the bills. >> buffalo bills. which happen to have the exact same colors. who knew? buffalo, i was there as a rookie

the same year thurman thomas was a rookie. we lost the afc championship and the next four years were super bowl years. i would have had a nice run had i stayed healthy and been on the squad. >> but again, you're superman. >> that's right. >> it's worked out okay. >> it's worked out all right. i would have liked to have been to a couple super bowls, though. humongous, humongous football fan. good luck to both teams this weekend. i'm quietly rooting for atlanta, although -- >> what was that? >> not quiet now. >> i think the patriots are going to win. >> you to. >> what are you doing for the game? >> belichick and brady are unbelievable. for the game, family and folks over. and watching the game. >> you have a warning for my mom? >> don't bring other people outside the family, mom. just family. he never does. >> you know why? she's mom. >> she is mom. that's true. gets away with everything. whatever you want. sorry, mom. >> exactly. >> what about you? >> just the kids, you know,

maybe my brother and niece and nephew. >> make it sound so exciting. >> you know, i'm going to add that katie lee sloppy joe. i'm going to do some asian-style wings. to be honest, i don't care about the game. i just want the commercials and the halftime show. >> for me we were talking about it this morning and i realized i have to get it back together. we used to have big super bowl parties before the kids and people would come over. deejay. it was like a thing. >> wow. >> it was like a video. >> wow! >> and all of a sudden, you know, kids and it's just life and just, you know, things get in the way. >> you have a kid party and then the -- >> the kids want to be at this one. the kid want to go to that one. >> but then you have to kind of lower the -- you can't quite do all this. >> when they were babies they would sleep through it. it was amazing. but now maybe not so much. now they're old enough to get up and peek. >> i'm the one who sleeps through it. >> they can be involved now. >> maybe next year i'll throw a par party.

>> later in the program, we're going to exclusively premiere some super bowl ads including a fantastic one from honda. here's a little taste. >> believe in yourself. you know why? because none of these people think you are going to amount to anything. and guess what? you might. >> that's awesome. >> account can not wait to see it. >> celebrity year book. >> throwback. >> a great idea. >> so let's throw back to some of our own yearbook photos since it's throwback thursday. okay. high school. >> hey! >> nice. >> wow, look at you. >> look at that little japanese surfer kid. >> a mullet almost. >> don't pick on the mullet. >> look at you. >> did you know then you wanted to do something amazing? maybe not superman but -- >> look at that. same guy. same guy. yeah. i wanted to be an athlete and go to school. i didn't really know what i

wanted to do. i didn't know what i wanted to do when i was shooting superman. but i love that idea of people saying you're not going to be able to do something, looking back at the high school days, that's a wonderful thing. what about you guys? >> for me, cheerleading was my life. it was one of those things where my school was like "grease." you could wear them every day. i had the braces. hair to the side. about the same. >> which school? >> wichita high school. wichita, kansas. >> what was the cheer? >> heights, yes! >> very good. so it's a spelling bee and a cheer. >> never misspell heights. >> interestingly enough, our colors were red and black and we were the falcons so we would go buy atlanta falcons stuff and everybody thought we had like the best gear. >> you did. this is so precious. >> it's perfect. okay. we're ready for you. >> yes. if you hissed it yesterday. >> there you go. >> wow. >> xavier high school, class of

'72. >> what city? >> here in manhattan. manhattan. xavier high school. junior rotc. jesuit military school so we were ready for the next crusade. >> yeah. >> nice. >> i knew you were okay, mr. roker. >> disciplined. >> look at that. good-looking young man. >> have you heard the news? >> who hasn't? >> beyonce's having twins. >> twins. yes. >> the internet may never be the same. >> i think it broke it. >> she broke the internet. posting this announcement. everybody was talking about it. not only she was pregnant but she was having twins. this is what i thought was interesting. the news came on instagram and quickly broke the record for most liked photo of all time. >> 8 million -- >> on instagram. >> which one, the one with -- >> the first one with the roses. >> you know what's funny to me -- >> of all time in one day. >> you'll have hundreds of thousands of comments and everybody is congratulations, beyonce, or give her this advice.

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cain. february 2nd of course known as groundhog day. who can forget the classic movie? ♪ just put your little hand in mine there's no mountain we can't climb ♪ >> and we're back with "today's take" with guest co-host mr. dean cain. who can forget the classic movie. take a look. ♪ just put your little hand in mine there ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb ♪ ♪ i got you babe i got you babe ♪ >> welcome back on this thursday morning. we're joined by the great dean cain. it's february 2nd, better known as groundhog day. take a look. ♪ just put your little hand in mine there ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

babe, i got you babe ♪ >> and welcome -- okay. >> that's all. >> our little homage to the great bill murray and andie macdowell movie "groundhog day." i got to sit with the great andie macdowell a few weeks ago at the hallmark channel's tca thing where we're both announcing some movies. but punxsutawney phil did make the yearly prediction. what a surprise. here is his prediction. >> at gobbler's knob on groundhog day, we celebrate a worldwide holiday. it's mighty cold weather you've been braving. is it winter or is it summer you're craving? since we've been up all night and starting to toddle, i, punxsy phil, shall not dawdle. my faithful followers i clearly see a perfect clear shadow of me. six more weeks of winter it

shall be! >> again, now, about 3,000 temperature lights. he's going to see his shadow. >> you have to. >> there's 131 years they've been doing this. 8 out of every 10 years he sees his shadow. we don't buy this. we want to do our own test. let's see if dean cain sees his shadow. >> no, i don't see a shadow. >> oh my gosh! early spring! >> no shadow. >> all right. >> you're my hero. >> yes! >> i live in california.it's always early spring. >> now back to your burrow. >> exactly. >> i love this part. you become the ground hog. >> i was in character. >> we were talking. tell everybody who you went to high school with. >> oh, yeah. well, holly robinson. not even high school. junior high school. holly ran the roost, man. she ran the school. she called me hot stuff back in the day. >> and she was right. >> thank you.

>> who else? >> oh, rob lowe, chris penn, charlie sheen, sean penn. all those kids. it was malibu. >> totally normal. totally normal. >> back in the day. there was a lot of us back then. we've all done poorly, very poorly. >> the best anybody can say at my school is they went to school with me. how depressing is that? wow. >> goodness. >> anyway, actually our most famous alum was the late antonin scalia. oh, wow. >> i can't come up with anything close. >> okay. so i don't know if you saw earlier, there's this unbelievable video on youtube. more than 30 million people watching this north carolina teacher, barry white jr., i love that name, and he came up with a personalized handshake for 60 of his students which is just unbelievable. >> so cool. >> makes the kids feel so special and loved. and so he came by our studio this morning and created a different handshake for matt,

hoda, and the team. so take a look. >> i was watching this. yeah. matt killed it. look at this. come on. >> no way. that could have gone awry. >> hoda's -- a little -- that was a middle of the road. >> i like it. i like it. >> al, what are you doing. >> i don't know. i have no idea. >> i don't know what that is. >> i don't they are. >> the fact he memorizes. >> carson, the robot, that's not happening either. >> the guy's a teaching savant. >> well, you know, to make each student feel that special. i have a kid who is a little bit quiet and that would make him feel so special. it's a wonderful thing. i ran down after that to meet the gentleman, him and his parents because they've raised obvious lay heck of a young man. >> he gave props to all the teachers in the school. he says every one of them does something special from music to history to art to math to make their kids feel really loved. >> shoutout to the teachers.

>> teachers! >> make the world go round. >> who were yours? >> my mom, my grandma. >> miss mccullough and paul carey were my favorites. >> eleanor friar. >> teachers. >> happens to be a catholic school. all right. let's show you what's happening weather-wise. weekend outlook, we have some lake-effect snow, some areas picking up 3 feet of snow in the plateau. heavy rain and snow out west for saturday. we expect to see more rain and snow in the pacific northwest and the plains. lake-effect snow in the central great lakes. sunshine elsewhere. sunday, sunday! big game. we're looking at lots of wet weather along the west coast. snow in the great lakes. and again we are talking good times, ladies good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we continue to track some scattered showers moving through the bay area. right now some light rain. and that will continue as we go through the day. just some waves of rain, even

peeks of sunshine. and this activity will get a little heavier later on tonight with the boost of some energy moving in, going hour by hour, still tracking the spotty showers. to the evening commute but there will be some breaks, too. once again later tonight the rain gets heavier and we may have gusty winds. that's your latest weather. dean, we saw you wow was the magic. what's the next segment? >> i love magic, love watching it, not very good at doing it but i could maybe occasionally come up with something! >> ho! >> what is this? >> that's my pocket square. >> our master illusionist is [ distorted voice ] progressive claims to show people their competitors' rates alongside their direct rate to save you money. but what's really going on? when played backwards at 1/8th speed you can clearly hear... what could that mean?

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>> wait, where's my cabbage? >> i think this was -- it was brussels sprouts. >> no! >> that's amazing. >> where's my cabbage? >> you knew that about cabbages, right? they will do that. >> grown-up asparagus. >> i don't trust anything you say. nothing you say. >> wow. >> he'll do that to you. don't let him touch anything of yours. he'll turn it into something. what an amazing show. >> thank you so much. >> did she ever get her cabbage? >> she didn't. there's a little lawsuit going on. >> so what do you have for us today? >> today? >> a little something? >> yeah. well, i'm from new york originally so i grew up in long island, so when i'm in new york i'm always looking for fun things to do that i can bring to the show. new york's got the best stuff over on 14th street. the coolest toys. sometimes i'll use toys in the show that people don't know what they can do but we can make magic out of it. like here.

these are the best ones too. i'll show you how they work. and you do this with your son ever, just like a little science experiment. >> i would do it. i haven't. >> you take one droplet of water. these are the fastest ones. usually you have to wait overnight, wait for them to grow. these are great. a little drop of water in here and then a little tablet goes in the water. >> why am i holding my breath? >> no, don't be scared. >> okay. >> you turn it. and then -- boop. isn't that cute? that looks real, doesn't it? >> it looks really real. >> it's just so fast the way it pops out. and the kids love that stuff. you can't get stuff like this in california. >> a frog in a package. perfect. >> the best thing -- one of the things i love is the reactions that the real people give because like what you did right there is not right. >> well, i mean, on the tv show we do magic tricks. this of course is just a real toy from new york.

>> that's so real. the battery must be so tiny. >> you want to hold him? >> no. >> don't be scared. >> you could do one. you want to try one? it's groundhog day. we should repeat. >> there aren't any more frogs. >> they pop out of here. >> okay. >> it's the tiny little -- >> okay. >> do you want to do it? >> yes. >> okay. here. a little droplet of water on it. >> okay. now what? >> cover up with that and shake it up and you wait till you hear and lift up. sorry, sorry, sorry. i am so sorry. i'm sorry. this is the variety pack. my fault. that's my bad. yeah. multiple ones. i didn't know. i wouldn't have done that. i would not have done that. i'm so sorry. i'm sorry. variety pack. it's unbelievable. [ ribitting ]

>> they're harmless. they'll shake down. sorry about that. sorry. so sorry. >> are you okay? >> it's -- sorry. i'm so sorry. >> okay. you can watch "the carbonaro effect" wednesday nights on trutv. coming up, chocolate-covered potato humpty! humpty! [moaning] oh, not again. aww are you alright? everything hurts! i'm gettin most of ya. [police sirens] ooh. what happened here? he fell off the wall. he was doing his taxes. is this the fool that was on the wall? yeah. reports just in say he was in fact doing his taxes. the main question being asked, "why was he doing his taxes on a wall?" because you can!

♪ ==topnat== boom -cre trt: 03 ==contvo== a night of violencea now a good thursday morning. 9:26. i'm sam brock. >> a night of violence and now a day of clean-up on cal's campus. that blast was from a generator set on fire. there are no reports of serious injuries. today police announced one arrest following chaotic at times inspiring protests last night. they were angry about appear an answer by breitbart co-editor. president trump this morning tweeted this, quote, if uc-berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people without a different point of view, no federal funds, close quote. the school has not responded.

state leaders including gavin newsom. and the regent calls trump's tweet, appalling. a long-time san francisco bar with a very uncertain future on union square held a final good-bye party that lasted you in the wee hours in the morning. the owners promise to remodel and reopen but the family is planning to move it. that dispute is expected to end up in the courtroom. now kari hall with your fram.

good thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. much of the bay area taking a break from the heavier rain but still drizzle and mists. we will continue to see some rain on and off as we ge into this evening and also tonight with another round of some heavy rain that will move through

during those early morning hours. we'll continue to track this. let's head over to mike to see what the roads are looking like. >> they look pretty fine. a little typical sticking points for all your northbound routes. we're looking at southbound 680 where the crash at stone valley road looks like it cleared. a disabled vehicle also cleared from that backup. there you go from walnut creek. still slow up through oakland. look at the live camera past the coliseum. you see flashing lights over on the right side. yeah, a second crash. the first one cleared just shy of 66 and the second one just before you get to high street. there's more distraction but lanes are clear. back to you. >> thank you so much. that's going to do it for us right now. we'll see you again in 30 minutes.

oh, it doesn't get any -- and it's groundhog day. let's do it again. one more time. >> what's in that pot? >> oh, that was great. >> okay. >> besides watching football and the commercials the biggest part of super bowl sunday of course the food. our main man, justin chapel, back with some easy snack hacks. let's do it. >> let's do it. we don't have any frogs here. >> frog legs, right? >> these are frog legs. no. we're doing chicken wings. these are baked chicken wings but they're going to be extra

crispy baked chicken wings. what's the secret ingredient? >> baking powder. >> how come? >> it dries out the skin of the wings and then it promotes browning. so when you -- is problem is when you bake chicken wings they don't get super crispy. >> it doesn't add to the flavor. >> just a little bit but you know you're going to dip them in sauce or blue cheese or whatever. you put them on a baking rack, throw them in the oven until they're crispy and brown and them in the hot sauce. you can serve it on the side. some people don't like hot wings. >> or barbecue sauce. >> exactly. >> wings. >> i'm making those. >> these are two ingredients little wieners for super bowl. in our crock pot we have a little barbecue sauce, your favorite one, and add these miniature wieners, give it a whirl. >> whirl. >> just whirl it up and let it go on high for about an hour until it's bubbling. serve it with little toothpicks here and there you go. >> those will be gone in 15 minutes at our house.

>> every time i serve these they're gone in like five minutes. i'm not kidding. >> grilled cheese? >> yes. panned grilled cheese. pull apart. you can grab these little dinner rolls. you cut the whole sheet in half and fill wit your favorite cheese. i like pemer jack because it's almost like a secret ingredient with hot peppers in it. fill it right in there. but the trick here is you're going to bake it between two preheated sheet pans. preheat them in the of. for about 10, 15 minutes, put it right in between them and you get it's almost like an oven panini. >> can i pull these apart now? >> pull it apart. grilled cheese there. perfect. great for a party. put it on the table. you can walk around and eat it. >> yum. >> that's happening for sure. >> i like that. >> the chip station. >> we have dessert for you. >> chocolate-covered chips. >> that's all we're doing here. >> are you sure there's nothing in this bowl? >> nothing in the bowl. >> i'm like -- what's going to happen? >> i like the ones with the ridged but a it gets more

chocolate. dip it in the melted chocolate, 20 seconds in the microwave. stir between each interval. it takes about 15, 20 minutes to set. you get these little bowls of chocolate-covered chips. >> put salt in your body. >> two ingredients, super easy. and i'm going to go ahead and let these guys have one. >> oh, yeah. i like how easy it all is. >> super easy. >> that works for me. >> this is all doable. >> totally doable. >> finally, s'mores nachos. these look incredible. if you want to watch justin make these during our break, go to today food our facebook page and watch our live demo. pretty cool. >> she survived the frog, so we decided to send sheinelle to survival school. you will not agree what she has agreed to put herself through. another segment of "let's kill shein who said kids can't cook?

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i called upon two of my producer, joelle and hanna, to join me for the challenge ahead. this is what i call the ultimate trust fall. after an extensive safety class, we were finally ready to be sub merged under water. >> all right, ladies. let's go. >> all of a sudden now it's real. panic isn't the word, but is this normal to feel the anxiety we feel? >> absolutely. >> the anticipation of the unknown. >> all right, ladies. we're going to begin today by donning our life vests. after we're done with that, we're going to head up to the platform and take the plunge. everybody ready? >> no. >> no. >> our first task to help us warm up, a 13-foot leap of faith. next up, getting into a life raft. >> they kick their feet up towards their bottoms. the people on either side of them grab an ankle. the person in the middle counts to three. >> one, two, three. >> and they straighten their legs off and push off of their hands. >> while battling tough weather conditions. >> nice job. that's team work. >> and getting safely to the

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you can open the exit. >> one of the biggest keys we learned, being patient and not to move until the craft settles. then sit up straight, even though you're upside down, feel for the exit, unbuckle, and methodically get out. that's to put it simply. bottom line, this is an experience we'll never forget. ♪ >> worth every minute. >> yes. >> i feel like i'm forever changed.

>> just watching that -- >> my heart's beating. >> i was terrified. my legs were shaking. but you know what, i feel empowered. you go the extreme of what you thought you could dmoefr. i'm afraid of water and holding my breath. i learned something in an airplane. he said five rows from the exit -- >> that's about it. >> i'm not going to make it. >> if you're more than five rows away from the exit -- >> that would make it that much more difficult. you can't see and you're upside down. always memorize where you are so if the lights are out you can feel your way through. look at the exit and figure out how you would open it. before the lady would talk, the flight attendant, i'd put my earphones on and not pay attention. >> for some people that must have been incredibly difficult and what an amazing thing to do. >> amazing. >> interestingly, i would totally recommend it. so empowering. you've done it before. >> yes, i've done things like that before, not this particular one, but i would do it.

i would love to. your awareness about where you are, what you're doing, it applies to everything every day. >> you want to find out how you can take survival school or a course, you can check out today.com. lit test your limits, that's for sure. >> that's incredible. sheinelle, thanks so much. i'm going to pop over here. >> where are you going? >> i'm not buckled in. i'm getting away before the plane -- anyway, let's take a look. super bowl li. we've got the ultimate pep rallies going. sheinelle's going to be -- where are you in atlanta, 11 asflooif. >> hudson grill. >> downtown atlanta, 7:00 a.m. 44 degrees. i'll be our friends at nbc boston, channel 10 for most folks. we'll be at faneuil hall at cheers. 22 degrees. sunny and cold. for the big game, that's right, in houston, at the nrg stadium, it's a retractable dome but there could be a few showers at kickoff. 71 halftime with lady gaga up on the roof. 67 degrees and mostly cloudy

good thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here's a live look at fremont. a little breeze there. still tracking some spotty showers that will be moving throughout much of the bay area. taking a break for now. we're still seeing light showers moving through parts of marin county. that is moving off towards the north. spotty rain off and on. some peeks of sunshine is what you can expect throughout the day. and then we'll have a round of heavier rain moving in later on tonight. that may also bring in some gusty winds and some wet roads for tomorrow morning's commute. and that is your latest weather. coming up, don't wait till sunday. we have your first look at some great super bowl ads with major star power. star power. throwback thursday after t where does it come from? was it my refusal to accept that an nfl official was a man's job? was it to show my daughter that she can be anything that she wants to be? if i don't believe in myself who will?

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okay. if you're like me, you're not in the super bowl for the football. you're in it for the commercials. >> yes. and this year one 30-second ad airing during the big game can cost advertisers up to $5 million. >> 5 million bucks. here is a preview of some of the best with james cooper, editorial director for "ad week." >> happy super bowl. >> it seems like all these advertisers are releasing the commercials now, they started last year, releasing before the big game. >> sure. i think that's sort of a strategy to stretch their investment. as you mingesed, $5 million for 30 seconds is a lot of money. so they want to sort of get as much bang for their buck as they can so they sort of tease the ads before, do a lot of social support to sort of stretch that investment so they get sort of pre, during, and even post the big game. >> does that work for them? is it snoif. >> i think it does. two years ago they released the

entire ad and by the time the game airs they were over it. this adds excitement, stokes people's imagination and they get pumped for the ads. >> let's dig in. honda's super bowl commercial. ready? >> yep. >> here we go. >> bring it. >> when you start out, you might what you're doing or why you're carrying this red rose with you. >> you just keep going. keep your focus and avoid the distractions. >> at times you may fall flat on your face. but technically that's still moving forward. >> you've got to pick yourself up. make the move. and do it all with a smile. >> believe in yourself. you think that any of these folks believed that i'd make it? >> definitely not. >> that was a rhetorical question, darrell. >> wow, that's amazing. >> so this ad, created by honda's advertising out of los angeles, tells this amazing

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>> hey! >> sad bacon legs. >> what does that mean. >> it's an inside joke. you had to be there. >> spuds? >> my ex. got to go. >> perfect. >> i love that. that will be talked about. >> that's the ultimate super bowl throwback. spuds. >> really quickly, let's look at skittles. >> okay. >> katie! katie! katie! >> hmm. hmm. >> katie! katie! >> hmm. >> katie! >> hmm. >> mm. >> katie! >> mm. >> katie! >> mm. >> humor always seems to win. >> humor is one of the greatest buttons they can push. i think it does really well because people tend to share humor on social so that ad definitely hits that pretty

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>> narrator: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello,everybody. welcome to thirsty thursday. it's february 2nd, ground hog day. >> which should be a national holiday. >> punxsutawney phil saw his shadow, so that means since more week of winter. it will be six more on weeks of winter anyway no matter where you are. it will be six more weeks if you're in miami. winter is winter. am i right? >> you are right. but a colder winter is