morning. >> of course we will. and also for the nbc bay area news at 11:00. have a great day. good morning. see you in court. president trump addition in taking aim at federal judges for refusing to secciones muy reinstate his controversial travel ban. >> the security of our country is at stake. a stinging rebuke of the president on a key campaign promise. with the fight likely headed a the way to the supreme court. this morning the legal and political fallout now facing mr. trump and his administration. chaos, be trouble on the roads and at the airports after that powerful storm dumps more than a foot of snow on parts of the northeast. with nearly 5,000 flights cancelled, it could be a long weekend for thousands of stranded passengers all across the country. runway scare.

a passenger jet catches fire at jfk airport moments before taking off. fire crews scrambling to the scene. this morning the investigation into what went wrong. and double feature. george and his wife expecting twins. >> he didn't know the 12 week rule i think. you're supposed to wait. >> the reaction to the clooney's big news pouring in from friends and fans today friday, february 10th, 2017. >> announcer: this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. maria shriver for one last day as savannah continues on maternity leave. after the beyonce news now the

george clooney news. we'll have more on that later. let's start with our top story, president trump vogue to keep fighting for that controversial travel ban. after a panel of federal judges ruled unanimously against reinstating it. our team has it all covered this morning beginning with nbc's peter alexander. good morning. >> another busy night here in washington. the president's health secretary tom price was also confirmed. and president trump today is digging in vowing he's going to prevail before the supreme court after that federal appeals court unanimously refused to reinstate the president's order temporarily halting visitors and immigrants from seven countries. first the ruling then the reaction. president trump blasting the court's finding as political. >> this is just a decision that came down, but we're going with the case. >> reporter: mr. trump taking to twitter writing in all caps see you in court. the security of our nation is at

stake. the response from washington's governor. >> we just saw him in court. he lost. >> reporter: the president's former rival hillary clinton noting the three judges unanimous ruling tweeting simply 3-0. the appeals court said the president's travel ban violates the constitutional rights of people who are already here on visas, failing to give them any chance for a hearing as well as the reits of people who traveled overseas and want to come back. addressing the government's claim of presidential authority over the borders that can't be second guessed by judges the court said quote, there is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability. but it did not rule on the state's lame that the immigration order discriminated on the basis of religion by singling out muslims. that will be left to a lower court. still former director of national intelligence, james clapper says the ban may be damaging. >> i worry about this creating a recruiting tool for the

extremists. that they -- that they will point to this proof that there is, in fact, a war on all muslims. >> reporter: just hours after being sworn in attorney general jeff sessions justice department said it is reviewing the decision and considering its options. meanwhile top trump aid kellyanne conway is facing accusations of violating federal ethics laws. >> go buy ivanka's stuff. >> reporter: the top republican on the oversight committee firing off a scathing bipartisan letter to the white house and the government ethics office. after conway's high-profile pitch plugging ivanka trump's fashion line on fox news. >> i'll give a free commercial go buy it today. >> oversight committee will call out wrong when we see it. >> reporter: federal rules bar government employees from using their public office for private gain. conway acknowledging the committee's letter late thursday insisting her boss has her back. >> at some point in your life you taught have a boss that treated me that the way the president of the united states

treated me today. >> reporter: conway's comments coming a day after donald trump attacking nordstrom. a decision the company said based on poor performance. sean spicer wouldn't say what, if any consequences conway might face. >> she has been counselled and that's all we're going with. >> reporter: a source close to the president tells me mr. trump disagreed with his own press secretary's use of that word counselled telling aides he thought it made it sound like kellyanne conway was in trouble. today the president will hold a news conference here with the japanese prime minister abe and president said the u.s. will honor the one china policy that says taiwan is a part of china. that's significant. it's a reverse jacksonville his earlier suing beg it should be on the negotiating table. peter alexander thank you very much. let's bring injustice correspondent pete williams. pete, good morning to you.

so, the president says see you in court. this is the first full day for jeff sessions as attorney general. how quickly are we going to see action on this? >> reporter: probably very quickly. all the justice department is saying right now is it's reviewing the decision but it's a virtual certainty the government will try again. could even file something in the supreme court as early as today. >> you've read the decision from this panel of the 9th circuit court. are there areas in that decision that you think are left open for the administration to kind of revamp them and go the supreme court? >> reporter: i think it's a matter of emphasis. the government will stress with the supreme court that the president has very broad authority to control the borders and that the courts can't second guess him. i think it's possible the supreme court might be more open to that argument than the appeals court was. >> there is another option, of course, pete for administration. they can rescind this order. go back to oxon it. rewrite it in a way that does not perhaps cause this kind of a legal firestorm. that would require, though, them

admitting some form of defeat. how likely would that avenue be? >> reporter: i think one of the messages of this ruling is that if the white house had limited the executive order just to people in those seven countries who want to come here for the first time, that would have been much harder to challenge in court. it's because the order was so broad covering people here with green cards, people who have been here before and want to come back like those students, the faculty at the universities, that the court said it harmed the states. >> all right. pete williams. thank you very much. politically this marks the president's biggest defeat during the first 100 days of his administration. pete is an expert on taking us through the legal side of this immigration order. what's the political fallout of this court's decision? >> it's not uncommon for a photo be shot down by the supreme court. that happens to every president. what's uncommon is donald trump decided to make this the central fight of the early days of his

presidency, going after the judiciary in ways we've never seen a president do before, taking to twitter. he set this up as a fundamental early test of his clout as president. this defeat in the court is a much bigger blow to him. obviously the fact that he set the fight up this way, he also believes maybe there's politically some cover here. key tell his supporters hey i tried. >> so let's take a look. three weeks in. let's take a look at a report card we have. where do you think he is political iou on the things he talked about. he talked about voteder fraud, 3 million people launching an investigation. where does that stand? >> in term of the voter fraud investigation that he talked about we had word from the white house at one pointers going to sign an executive order on this and actually i think we got this up here. i wasn't sure if it would be loaded. miracles happen. donald trump claimed three to five million votes were illegally cast in the election. he said at one point there would be an actual executive order. that executive order is still hasn't come. now we're hearing it may be

indefinitely delayed. what's going on congressional republicans, donald trump's own party they do not want to stand with him on this. donald trump may still appoint a commission, his vice president maybe in charge of that. right now that's no long ear top item. >> another progress report we heard so much about repeal and replace obamacare. they did take some early steps in that process. where do we stand? >> this was a central promise of the campaign for donald trump. he said look one of the first things i'll do i will get rid of it and replace it. guess what? immediately repeal and replace obamacare. it's a little bit more complicated than that just in terms of some of the things, some of the benefits people already have for instance pre-existing condition you're covered no matter what right now. there's a lot of issues they have to work out with. what are the signals we're getting? we're getting signals from republicans in congress hey policies are written for the year. this may take a year or so to actually go through. a much slower version now. >> another thing we heard so much about in addition to obamacare the wall. where does that stand?

>> so he did sign the executive order. that's what you're seeing right here, donald trump on january 25th signed an executive order. a lot of it a dramatic moment. here's the thing. the question of how to pay for it. he said mexico would pay for it. obviously no progress there. congress will have to come up with some money. no progress there at this point either. >> real quickly before you go the kellyanne conway story about this ivanka trump clothing line. is this a two day story, is this something more serious? >> it looks like you have the members of congress the committee members saying look they want this ethics office to look at it and recommend a punishment. ultimately it's up to donald trump. does donald trump reach a point with kellyanne conway where he says enough is enough with these distractions. >> okay. well done. now let's take a look at the problems left behind by thursday's massive winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the northeast with temperatures dipping even lower overnight. we're seeing dangerous conditions on the roads. thousands of cancelled flights

leaving to chaos at some airports across the country. we have two reports starting with blake mccoy who is in boston. blake, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. folks all across the northeast digging out this morning after that fast and powerful nor'easter. 11 inches of snow here in boston piled up on the side of the road. school has been cancelled here for a second day. this morning the northeast is digging out after the biggest snowfall of the season. 50 million people impacted by the fast-moving nor'easter. in new york city thursday snow fell at a rate of three inches per hour. in virginia a trucker died after his semi was swift off the chesapeake bay tunnel. in connecticut -- >> thundersnow. >> reporter: a rare burst of thundersnow. >> this is something else. >> reporter: in boston, blizzard conditions made roads tough to navigate.

>> it's pretty bad, absolutely. coming down quick. >> can't even see the lines so people are driving fast. >> reporter: boston's train system was able to keep running through the night. >> applying anti-icing fluid so the third rails don't freeze that enables the subway trains to continue to run. >> reporter: with the morning commute now here some will be trading wheels for sled. schools are closed for a second day in a row today, welcomed news to kids bundled up and ready to play. >> are you having fun in the snow >> yep. >> reporter: while kids here in boston are getting another snow day school is back in session in new york city and philadelphia this morning. the big story here now is the cold. it feels like single digits with wind chill. thank you. as we mentioned the airlines now have a backlog of cancelled flights to deal with. morgan bradford is at laguardia airport here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. chaos across the country's

airports where we've seen more than 4,000 flights cancelled since wednesday and that was when that storm was first approaching. now 300 flight cancelations. hardest hit airporting right here at laguardia airport where we've seen 71% cancelations yesterday. that was all the flights coming in and out. this morning it's boston that's feeling the pinch. they've already seen 62 cancelations and that's just so far. right now airport authorities are warning people to really budget a little bit of extra time and certainly extra caution if they are headed here or driving here. cities like new york already put out thousands of tons of salt across the airport area roads and parking lots to make sure people can get here safely. officials say if you are planning to fly today make sure you call your airline carriers because they will know if your flight is in fact taking off. got an update on a story we told you about on thursday an undocumented woman at the center of an immigration uproar in arizona has now been deported. the 35-year-old woman was taken

into custody on wednesday. that prompted a demonstration in downtown foek. protesters blocked vance from leaving a u.s. immigration office. back in 2008 she was caught using a fake social security number to work in this country. immigration be officials say the mother of two u.s. born children had no legal basis to remain in this country. back to the scary incident at jfk we told you about at the top of the show. a flight bound for buenos aires never got off the ground after an engine burst into flames. inside the plane, other pilots reported seeing fire coming from engine. the plane was checked out and then taxied back to the gate and taken out of service. >> we want to show you a story about a ucla cheer leader who had a bad night. take a look on the left of your

screen. you see that cheer leader fall from a human pyramid. she lands directly on her back and head, but things actually get worse. watch what happens when someone tries to carry her off the court. that person slips on the towel or a bag and then falls dropping her to the ground. there's good news here. the cheerleader was able to stand and walk around under her own power. that is insult to injury there. there's a bag, i guess. >> you see these injuries with cheerleaders because they are so athletic and so much going on. >> dangerous sport and yes it's a sport. we did get a ton of snow and thankfully it's gone. central park almost 10 inches, poughkeepsie 12 inches, islip 14 inches, boston more than 10, providence 11, almost 12 inches of snow. guess what we got a quick little clipper coming across.

fire up lake-effect snow today. on saturday one to three inches of snow for boston. i want moves quickly through. some snowfall totals through saturday anywhere from two to six inches of snow but guess what? there's another storm behind that coming in sunday into monday. it forms off the new jersey coast. snow and ice for new england and by monday we may see a potential blizzard for monday. down east maine we could be seeing a foot-and-a-half of snow. boston anywhere from three to six inches by monday. back through upstate new york and parts of new england the three to six more inches of snow. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. the more the world pushes back, coralling us and controlling us. so, we seek a place where we're given a choice...

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there are ethquakeafety concerns surrounding t a very good friday morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. today in the bay bob redell joins us live from the reservoir. look at the water being released there. they say it is not making a dent, bob? ? well, they are saying this is not enough. they have not gotten rid of enough. thf had he been doing this 30 days already. they are expecting it to be another four to nine weeks. the issue is the anderson dam. they determined it is seismically vulnerable. it can only withstand 68%. right now the capacity is 86%. hence, the reason you see this

release into the coyote creek. all of this water going to waste until 2024. >> in the meantime, lingering rain in our forecast today, kari. >> yeah. we can still cee lo visibility in san francisco. also dealing with fog. at times scattered showers. just light rain at this point. we will have the potential of more reshowers as we go through the day, into the weekend. all of this clears out. sunshine reaching into the upper 50s. low 50s inland. how are the road conditions, mike? >> continuing around the bay. still warning about slick conditions. minor spinouts, yes, they have occurred. more potholes we reported as well. they may have to close lanes right now. the right lanes are the ones

affected. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. back in a half hour with another update.

it's now 7:30 on a friday morning, february 10th, 2017. you're looking at a shot rockefeller plaza. it's hard to imagine we had a major snowstorm here yesterday. the folks around here did an amazing job of cleaning up and that's good news for our friends outside. we'll go out and say hi to them in just a little while. inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer, maria shriver is helping us out this week while savannah is on maternity leave. president trump is indicating the fight over the travel ban will head to the supreme court. he tweeted see you in court moments after federal appeals court refused to reinstate his

order. the judges said the white house showed no evidence anyone from the seven nations involved in the ban had committed terror attacks in the u.s.. overnight georgia congressman tom price was confirmed as the secretary of health and human services. senate democrats pushed to prolong the vote but eventually it was held at about 2:00 in the morning. in his new role price will play a key role in the trump administration's efforts to dismantle former president obama's signature health care law. and the inter fraternity council at penn state suspended social events for all 46 greek life chapters until further notice. the decision comes less than a week after a student who was reportedly intoxicated fell downstairs at a fraternity house and died. penn state officials say they are working on significant changes to the fraternity's social policies and practices. let us begin this half hour with big news from one of hollywood's biggest stars leaving a lot of people breathless this morning.

george clooney and his wife amal are expecting twins. natalie is out in los angeles where they declared it a national holiday i think. good morning. >> reporter: i'm one of those who is breathless this morning. good morning. the news broke right before i was supposed to interview clooney's friend matt damon about his new movie "the great wall." so i had to work in a few questions about the growing clooney clan. george clooney now preparing for the role of a lifetime. the 55-year-old a-list actor will soon become the proud father of twin. his wife amal clooney due to give birth in june showing a baby bump in this photo taken in early january. while the pregnancy is news to the world, close friends like matt damon say they've known for months sfp >> we were working last fall and he came up to me on set and took me aside and told me. i was so happy. how far along. he said eight weeks. i said don't say anything.

he didn't know the 12 week rule. >> reporter: once known as an eternal bachelor clooney was taken off the market in 2014 when he tied the knot with amal an international human rights attorney. during the star studded ceremony in venice, italy. george gushing over his new bride at the 2015 golden globes. >> whatever brought us together i couldn't be more proud to be your husband. >> reporter: a change of heart for the man who famously and frequently said he would never matter or have children. >> it hasn't been high on my list of -- i've been asked it a lot lately because i'm doing -- i got married and doing a movie with kids in it. >> reporter: damon who attended the couple's wedding he said they will being a great parents. >> she's spectacular. they are going to be -- those kids are lucky. >> what kind of dad will he be? >> he's great. he's so smart. he's so loving. he's going to be -- he's going to be great.

>> reporter: the clooney's announcement comes one week after beyonce broke the internet with this photo revealing she and husband jay-z are also expecting twins. damon or uncle matt says george may need some help when it comes to handling the double diaper duty. >> that's the thing. twins, that's going to be -- yeah. they are going -- >> reporter: guys, i asked matt whether or not he actually will be uncle matt and he said there are about 30 of us in line for that title. they have a tight-knit network here. back to you. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. al check of the weather. >> you ready for some warm weather especially for our friends in the mid-section of the country. you're going to get it. look at the jet stream way up to the north and that means a warm weekend for a lot of folks. amarillo you'll be near 90 degrees. 32 degrees above average. little rock 68. chicago, 45 degrees. that's 16 degrees above average. it spread on into saturday with indianapolis, washington, d.c.,

tallahassee, anywhere from 15 to 25 degrees above average. and then as we move into sunday that gets to the east. richmond, virginia, flirting with 80 degrees, 32 degrees above average. rest of the country today, we are looking for more heavy rain and snow moving into the west coast. record highs in the mid-section of the country. this clipper is bringing snow across the great lakes. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall looking at still lingering showers moving on out of here. but still some drizzle along with low clouds and fog. highs reaching 60 degrees in the peninsula. 61 in the south bay. and? san francisco, a high of 55 degrees. expect the rain to be off and on. a slight chance that we may see a few lingering showers. strong enough to give us thunderstorms. we'll be watching out for that and a dry weekend ahead. >> don't forget get that weekend weather any time you need it.

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rising fuel costs but downtown worry. this morning we're showing you how you can save big money. simple tips, many of them free that you can do right now for huge savings. even if you aren't handy around-the-house. this is for us. this family invited us over. they just woke up. >> what your taking for lunch? >> mom, datd and three kids getting ready for the day. we're tracking their morning routine. how much energy they are using and water too. timing how long they take showers. don't worry we're outside the door. and we're about the surprise them, revealing how much they are wasting. >> wow. >> and how much money they could be saving. >> i'm speechless. >> when they go to work and school we bring in an expert. >> we all notice our bills skyrocket in the winter. we can't figure out why. >> there are little tips you can do to save a lot of money. >> amy ma sthus a home improvement expert. first up the air leaks. >> one of the biggest places for

heat loss is windows and doors. even if windows are fairly new you can feel that cold air. get yourself some weather stripping. it's a few dollars. no matter your skill level i guarantee you can do this. >> it's like double side tape. >> roll it along. get it up to the edges. cut it around. and then you'll take the white off the top, it sticks. >> just seconds of work for big savings. >> if you seal all those air leaks you'll save 10% on your heating bill. >> to save more it's time to turn down the heat. >> these guys have it at 75 and they are gone. >> 60. >> for every one degree you save 1%. here's another easy one. close the ducts to areas you're not spending time in. that way the heat stays out of those spaces you don't need it opinion. >> another free tip over at the ceiling fan. >> feel that breeze.

this family has it set on counterclockwise which is what you want in the summer. in winter reverse the direction. first stop it. >> we wait for the fan to stop. and then. >> most fans have a switch. flick it. now it's going clockwise which is what you want for the winter. clockwise for the winter. pushes the hot air down to the room. feel comfortable. >> but the biggest savings of all is yet to come. wasting water. time to bring back the family. >> thanks for letting us roam free in your house. we've been watching your water consumption. your water heater is set at 140 degrees. if you lower that to 120 degrees you'll save up to 11% on your bill and trust me 120 degrees is still pretty hot. the other thing we were doing today is we were watching how long each of you took a shower today. we didn't look inside the shower. >> hope not. >> i want to show you how much

water you guys used just this morning. i bring them outside for a surprise. >> are you kidding? >> 150 gallons of water. >> wow. that's unbelievable. >> i thought i only filled like two of these. >> two of these every minute you're in the shower. >> we have to cut it down. >> if they do cut down and follow all the tips today, they will save up to 65% on their utility bills. >> unbelievable. you don't realize it. >> we saved some money. >> here's another big tip. have a qualified exert come to your house and do an energy audit. the savings can be in the thousands. go to our website right now today.com how to do one yourself. we didn't waste that water. we donated to it a local fire department. >> we were both saying we have someone in our house, his house and my house that takes really long showers. >> i'm looking at them. >> no, no.

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the burrito we deported him back to honduras. >> rosy o'donnell changed her picture to her face on bannon's body. patrick tweets if rosy is on the next snl playing bannon, i am is going to lose it. right now no confirmation that rosy will appear on tomorrow's show. her viral profile picture was the work of a crafty twitter user. snl airs tomorrow night on nbc with musical guest ed sharon. everyone, guys, will be watching. >> that's a good show. really good. >> that's going make somebody in the white house upset. i think. >> i'm using your words that you said to me. >> what? okay. thank you so much. just ahead on trending what makes some of us better dancers

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it is 7:56 on this friday morning. and we are still tracking some lingering showers across the bay area. we're getting a little bit of a break. as we look farther to the north, still another line of showers that will be here as we go through the day the slight potential of thunderstorms. we'll keep an eye on that as we go through the rest of the forecast all will move out. we will have a dry beingend. upper 50s in san francisco. low 60s for the inland areas. and into next week, expected to stay dry. another storm system moving in on thursday. let's head over to mike for a look at this morning's commute. >> we are expecting lighter traffic flow. potholes for west 581. cones around all the potholes but no lanes are affected. it may be just off the shoulder.

again, stay off the left out of the altamonte, livermore. a slower drive-through hayward. across the san mateo. a live look at the san mateo bridge. wet roads continue there. you see the water picking up. 880, slow because of the volume of traffic north past the coliseum. still a minor backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. mike, thank you very much. happening right now on facebook, amazing visuals of water gushing out of the reservoir. the decades old dam can't handle the load. a struck earthquake could rupture the dam and unleash all that water. the president's travel ban remains on hold after the niningth circuit court of appeals refuses to rein state it.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today" and coming up, judge and furry, donald trump blasts a federal court for rejecting controversial travel ban. >> just a decision came down, but we're going to win the case. >> trump tweeting see you in court as the administration preparing for a legal shutdown at the supreme court. so how are some of his supporters feeling about his first weeks in office? we'll catch up with trump voters. plus too many distractions from social media to screen time, it's all technology all the time. the effects on your brain and what you can do about it. and casting the kennedys, netflix's hit series the crown reveals the to stars set to play

jack and jackie kennedy and it may surprise you. friday, february 10, 2017. girls weekend nyc. shout out to keith and kensi in illinois. we love you. >> good afternoon! we're back now, 8:00 on this friday morning. it's the tenth day of february, 2017, and it's a chilly one out here today. it's 23 degrees. not much wind, we're lucky. look what they've done, they've cleared all the snow out of here. >> yesterday this was a mess. >> yes, it was.

>> she's happy. it stopped snowing. >> we've had a great week with maria. really appreciate it. thank you for being here. >> had so much fun. nice and chilly here. got girl scouts here going to take part in a competition on the plaza in just a couple of minutes. meanwhile, we've got a lot of news to get to. here's your news at 8:00. good morning. this morning, we begin with the latest in politics. i'm haley jackson in washington. president trump is promising opponents of his controversial immigration executive order that he will see them in court after an appeals court ruled against that ban, the temporary travel ban. the response from the president's opponents, those who have sued him have already seen him in court and they say he lost with this legal fight far from over. >> reporter: he may have lost

this legal round, but the president's promising the battle is just beginning. to save his controversial travel ban. >> it's a political decision. >> the impromptu remarks coming just minute after an appeals court rejected the administrations argument that the ban should be reinstated as a matter of national security to keep out refugees and immigrants from seven mostly muslim nations. the president himself vowing in an all-caps tweet, he will keep fighting this in court. >> it's a decision that we'll win in my opinion very easily. >> earlier president trump spent part of his day with top aide kellyanne conway, she says after new ethics questions were raised about this moment on fox news. >> go buy ivanka's stuff. going give a free commercial here. >> reporter: now a bipartisan call to have the federal ethics office investigate to see if conway broke a rule on employees

making endorsements. >> we jointly as the kmarm, myself, the ranking member and we set a very candid, very direct letter to the white house and to the office of government ethics. they need to investigate it. kellyanne conway was wrong. it should never happen again and there should be accountability there. >> kelly ann has been counselled and that's all we're going to go with. she's been counselled on that subject and that's it. >> conway, not commenting firth. other than to point to the president's support. >> he sports me 100%. in fact, it was a very heartening moment. all i can say to america's women is at some point in your life you should have a boss the way the president of the united states treated me today. >> this morning a source close to the president says he didn't like the description of conway being counselled saying it sounded like she had been reprimanded. we expect to hear more from president trump himself later on today when he hold as press

conference with japanese leader, shinzo abe. >> thank you very much. freezing temperatures are really complicating travel and cleanup efforts in the northeast where people are digging out from a foot or more of snow. blake mccoy in boston. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning from a very snowy boston where school has been cancelled for a second day. 11 inches of snow? boston you can now see piled on the side of the road. ten inches around new york city. the storm did prove deadly. in new york a doorman slipped and fell shoveling snow. fell into a glass window and died. in virginia a truck veered off the bridge into the chesapeake. one man killed there. cause of that crash still under investigation. folks dealing with the lingering effects of this snow this morning. more than 4,000 flights were cancelled as a result of this storm and several hundred more cancellations this morning. now, with the snow now moved t

out, the big story here in boston is the cold. feels like sing m digits with windchill. >> blake mccoy, blake, thank you very much. a father who lost his three young daughters in a christmas day house fire in 2011 has died. his death was announced thursday by the dhart charity he created honor of his daughters. grace, sara, lily. he was 51 years old. the girls along with maternal grand parnparents died. she posted an online tribute on thursday that says matthews death was sudden and peaceful. she called him an amazing dad was now together with his children. >> such a sad story. we now have video of a dramatic collision involving an suv and a house. take a look at this. all caught on camera. a driver in new hampshire appears to lose control on a snow covered road. his vehicle then slams into a house so hard that that building

actually shifted on its foundation. the driver was treated for minor injuries. nobody inside the house was hurt, but building inspectors determined it's not safe for anyone to live there at least for the time being. just ahead, are they getting what they expected? democrats who helped to elect president trump sound off on his first three weeks in office. then the quiet suburb that just became the scene of an intense moose battle. and lena dunham stops by to talk about girls, her critics and next moves in hollywood, but first these messages. the more , coralling us and controlling us. so, we seek a place where we're given a choice... ...not just to get up, but to rise.

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that never would have thought they would have wanted to be a scientist or a mathematician or engineer. i'm hoping there's girls now, who think they might. that's what we're trying to do, is change those minds. ♪ (cheering) ♪ [ cheers and applause ] 8:10. for the last time this week, let's trend with maria shriver. >> that makes it trendy already. >> i like the dance you do. >> when you were back in school, did you doze off? >> no. >> yeah? >> in class. >> it's a big no-no. you're not supposed to do that. now, some schools are encouraging it. they are called nap clubs. and they allow students to actually go into a quiet, designated room, during the day, no technology, nothing like that. you're allowed to go in and catch a little nap and get back

to work. schools give teenagers usually below the recommended eight hours of sleep. the therapeutic study halls are a good way to recharge. >> that's a good way to call them. in study hall. that's when you nap. >> in my high school, you wouldn't want to be the one to fall asleep around everybody. unless everybody in the room is on one. >> i think they have designated areas. >> not in some communal area. >> there's a room. but it's not like you're in the middle of the cafeteria or something like that. it's not like everybody is sleeping with each other. >> thank you. >> these two guys -- >> i know. we have the same thing. >> jet lag has kicked in. >> yes. thank you. we'll finish this segment ourselves. i'm going to talk about mooses now. >> it's meese.

>> we're going to talk about the call of the wild. what happens when it's your driveway. men. two giant moose duking it out in this suburban neighborhood. what do you think they're fighting about? >> moose. >> they didn't care less. they didn't know they were on tape. what would you do? >> i would leave them alone. >> i don't think i would stay to tape it. >> i would, for sure. >> these things come down the driveway here in a second and end up right in the street. >> they can kill you. >> they're huge. watch this. >> look at that. by this time, i would not have been videoing anymore. >> that's like a wwe of moosedom. all right, al, sheinelle here. only because maria saw this. you saw this. >> okay. >> don't worry. we're not leaving you out. study was conducted to learn just what makes women good

dancers. participants had to pick the best dancer from two avatars. we want to know if you can tell us which is best. take a look. al, which is the better dancer? >> screen left. >> screen left, okay. >> the woman who is keeping her hands in. screen right. >> screen right. according to the study, the woman on the right is the better dancer. people responded more positively to those big hip swings. they think that is what makes someone, at least a woman, a better dancer. and legs moving independently of one another. >> is that the same thing for men? >> funny you asked. researchers have found dance attractiveness is linked to risk-taking. >> we talked about that yesterday, al. al keeps it here. >> you said you're not a good dancer.

>> i'm a terrible dancer. >> so am i. >> but we keep it here. and the arms never above the shoulders. >> no raising the roof. keep it down here. >> one day, you should step out of the box. it feels so great. >> then you get fancy. first up, martha stewart was sending out an sos during thursday's snowstorm. some expect the lifestyle expert to be inside, she was actually out in a giant pickup truck, plowing the roads on her new york farm. stewart tweeting, i decided to plow. now, i am stuck. her tweet getting 13,000 likes. and she was able to get on her way. "the crown," is bringing some american royalty into season two. michael c. hall, best known for his killer role on "dexter," will be playing john f. kennedy. and filling the role of first

lady, jackie din, the and the queen is unamused with jackie kennedy's behavior. it's not arianna grande making headlines. her nona had a hard time hiding her displeasure with some of the music and the lyrics. ♪ >> you see the guy that's into the concert, that's arianna's brother. she giving him judgey side eyes, as well. i love nona. >> frankie was here. >> a little known fact. frankie played boots the monkey in the stage show of dora the, mroerer. i got to meet him with nick and

backstage at radio city. >> thank you for that random fact. >> that will be trending in a minute. >> mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> okay. let's show you what we got going on. we've been telling you about la nina, the opposite of el nino. this is one of the weakest la ninas on record. it really lasted four months. we don't have major systems to guide things. it will make it harder to forecast this spring. so, we will be watching that closely. got a clipper system across the great lakes later today. record highs in the midsection of the country. and more wet weather out west. we had a lot of clouds and still some lingering light showers and low visibility in spots. temperatures getting cooler now,

56 degrees in the peninsula. 54 in san francisco. and 60 degrees in north bay now that the cold front is moving through and still some spotty showers left a big high of a storm system that continues to wind down. we'll have a chance of rain at any point today. and also a small chance that we may see some thunderstorms later on this afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. maria? >> al, thank you so much. this morning, we are revisiting our special series, "in trump they trust." >> nicolle wallace traveled around the country. one of her stops was pennsylvania. she went back. >> i was back in erie. and mr. trump was the first republican to win erie county since ronald reagan. how are people feeling there three weeks into the new administration? >> good morning. you're on jet radio 1400 with nicolle wallace from nbc news. >> reporter: if you're looking

for buyers' remorse, you won't find it here. in erie county, where thousands of democrats crossed over to vote for donald trump. >> how do you think he's doing? >> i called him archie bunker. didn't we love archie bunker because his heart. >> it's a temporary ban. what's the number of refugees we're willing to take. >> reporter: we take fewer than just about any european country. >> i didn't ask. is there a number that at some point we say enough? >> the politicians are living in a bubble. a lot of the media lives in a bubble. >> reporter: i'm curious how long people will give him. >> business as usual in washington. has to be shaken up. it is a mess. >> reporter: over at the lawrence park diner, we met up with voters we first talked to before the innag ralauguratioin.

judy voted for barack obama twice. you had advice for donald trump. remember what you said? >> filter what you say and know when to back off. >> reporter: is there anything he's done as president that you're not thrilled about? do you look at the tv and say, ooh, god? >> i have. >> reporter: judy said the first time she cringe was on inauguration day. >> he said negative things about people high up in government. >> and they were standing right behind him. >> yeah. what's the benefit of doing that? people know how he feels. but that's trump. >> he needs to realize that he is our president. he won. we chose him. >> reporter: dave locke told us that getting laid off from his job led him to choose trump after voting for president obama twice. >> there's a lot riding on this for me and my family. >> reporter: we invited dave to washington, to attend president

trump's inauguration. >> their victories have not been your victories. >> i loved his inauguration speech. i thought it was fantastic. but it would have been perfect had he left out the jabs and the shots. that fight is over. this is what dave is worried about, the empty factories and businesses in erie. >> all these places used to be places for people to work. >> reporter: he talked about america in carnage in that speech. and it struck a lot of people as dramatic language. do you think erie is a place where you've seen american carnage? >> erie used to be a huge, industrial town. and it's laid to waste. i would like to see at the 100-day mark that ground is broken on this new plant or they started looking at hiring. >> reporter: what kind of marks do you give him? >> low points are his mouth or the way he perceives to do things, like with the ban. >> reporter: the travel ban?

>> yeah. that could have been better. he's used to being bold and aggressive with everything. you know, he gets that from his way of life and business. now, it's more than just his business. it's the country's business. >> i'm not sure he knows how people react to some of the things he says. he needs a dose of diplomacy. >> reporter: do you think we should be banning people from countries that haven't launched attacks to the united states? >> i think they ought to stop everybody from coming in, just let the country breathe and take a step back and figure out what's going on. >> reporter: you don't think that's un-american? the statue of liberty -- >> no. no because i don't want to have someone coming in and moving next door to me who is going to be blowing up erie. he is sticking to what he said he was going to do. come hell or high water.

and i say go for it. >> it seems like the headline here is, they want the change that donald trump promised during the campaign. they want him to back off from the rhetoric he used to talk about that change. >> i think what's so hard for his detractors to focus on is his policies are still popular with his supporters. it's the way he's going about getting them done that has tripped him up. obviously, i was out for the decision last night to stay the ban. they recognize the deficiencies the way he's rolling out the policies. but they are behind the agenda. >> and they recognize the deficiencies in his tone, right? all week long, maria has been bringing you our "brain power" study. >> from social media to the internet, it can be distracting. and it has a negative impact on our brains. we have easy solutions to help

with the distracted brain of yours. like most of us, adam was drowning in distractions. technology had control of his life. were you ever called out in your personal relationships like, you're not listening. you're distracted. >> yes. >> reporter: he is also a renowned neuroscientist. >> we forge for the way animals forge for food for survivor. >> reporter: he made his personal struggle with his tractions his work. and show that tech distractions are a major cause of anxiety, memory and sleep problems. poorer relations with family and friends. even lower performance at school and work. do you think this is a public health crisis? >> reporte >> it would fall in that category. >> reporter: now in his book, "the distracted mind," he has

the steps we all need to take to cope with the technology and be happier and healthier. number one, be aware. >> i'm aware, when i'm having a conversation with my loved one and i'm on my phone, this quality is diminished. or when i'm trying to do an e-mail and on a conference call, they're both diminished. >> reporter: the belief is that women were better than multitasking than men. it's a badge of honor how i can multitask. your telling me it's not good for me. >> you're switching the brain network associated with each of them, as you move between one and another. with each switch, there's a little loss. that quality of the information that you're holding. that's the degradation that we see in performance. >> reporter: that leads to step number two. set boundaries with technology. >> i'm going to multitask.

i'm going to check e-mail. and the things i'm doing are low-level. but from 11:00 to noon, i'm going to focus on the article i'm writing. and i'm just going to give it singular attention because i know that that's how you get the highest quality. >> reporter: step number three, don't forget to take small breaks. quick cardio workouts, breaks for socializes, five-minute walks outside can recharge your brain and make it less vulnerable for distraction. >> they can help with the anxiety and boredom. >> reporter: he is using tech to help. at his lab at the university of california san francisco, he is developing the body brain trainer, an experimental physical game that works you physically and mentally to boost your attention skills. it's working with my perception, my processing, with my physical. i'm thinking, i'm having fun.

>> this could improve your attention system so that you're more capable of focusing on something when that is your i'm ... we continue whur coverage -- weather aler it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we continue with our microclimate weather alert this morning. the creek near alan ross park overflowing and flooding nearby streets. flooding started overnight about midnight. the creek is now flowing over maybury road near educational park drive. city crews shut down the road in one direction. gushing water cracked the main spillway at the oroville dam near chico. that crack is growing. officials are considering using the emergency spillway, the first time the dam's 48-year history the emergency spillway will be used. we'll keep monitoring that. looking at that morning commute, here is mike. >> water all over the place.

we had spinouts. we have mud on the roadway for highway 17. that will continue to be an issue throughout the weekend. no relief there. the spinout for highway 7. overall, mild slowing. closure in mckie. looking at san mateo bridge, show you the conditions there. wet conditions, traffic cleared up back to the earlier stall fwhein the west bound direction. that rain is hitting areas around the bay. back to you. thank you very much. thank you for joining us. another update in half an hour.

[ cheers and applause ] we're back, 8:30, on a friday morning. it's the 10th of february, 2017. wind is picking up out here. it's getting brisk, bitter cold starts in the day in manhattan. >> you know what is warming people up? your picture on the cover of "tv guide." >> can we take a close-up of that? >> we did take a close-up. >> oh. oh, momma. >> that was not lena dunham. that was matt lauer. but we'll talk to lena dunham ant her final year at "girl." >> good luck with that

interview. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> oh, my goodness. >> we'll give her something to smile about. say good-bye to boring valentine's day gift. unusual items that fit the bill for everyone. and danica patrick is here to help girls get on the fast track, literally. we see her and some of her friends in a little bit. >> a race on the plaza coming up. first, carson hasn't been here this week. we found out why. we checked with our friends at golf channel, mr. daly hit the links for the at&t pebble beach pro-am. they shot a 4 under par 67 in the opening round. that's carson's shot right there. you can watch that tournament for yourself later today, 3:00 p.m. on golf channel with more coverage throughout the week. and carson, look out. >> hopefully the weather gets

better. >> they had to suspend it for a while yesterday. >> not going to look good for today, either. show you what we have, looking ahead toward the weekend. the wet weather comes to an end in california. record highs in the plains, as the clipper comes across northern parts of new england own new york state. sunday, sunday, another system comes across, sunday into monday, bringing more snow. look for rain through the mid mississippi and ohio river good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're getting the last bit of this rain moving in, and still some wet roads as you head out. mist and drizzle. we're turning our attention further to the north with this round of showers and possibly some thunderstorms that will be moving through as we go into this afternoon. the storm system wraps up. heading into the next several days, dryer weather moving in. very nice weekend on the way. we'll be cool to start, but we'll see our temperatures

warming up for the end of the weekend and into next week. >> don't forget, get that weather anytime you need it. check out our pals at the weather channel on cable. maria? >> thank you so much, al. for five seasons, fans of "girls" have watched a group of best friends, love, hate, succeed, and fail anywhere way through their 20s. and now as the show embarks on its final season, the girls are nearing 30 and fingers crossed, finally getting things right. >> paddling, just like you're swimming. nice and easy. just paddle. in that position. but with the chest up. and paddling with a forward motion. paddle, paddle, paddle. that's good. okay. that's enough paddling. and hands on the rails. okay. now, the wave comes, you're going to push up in the standing position.

okay, not bad. >> lena dunham is "girls" creator, writer, star. she's everything. >> thank you for having me. >> nice to see you. final season going in. you said a lot over the years. what do you want to say this year that you haven't been able to say? >> this year for us was really about trying to counteract the notion that everybody has to have a happy ending. this isn't "breaking bad." but we wanted to show how messy your 20s are in that growing up doesn't mean growing into yourself. it means shift and change and challenge. and so, i think if you're a fab of the show, you find the ending anti-climatic in just the right way. if you're not a fan of the slow, you'll be just as annoyed as you've ever been. >> what do you want the headline

to be? >> what i've been saying is i hope that the show made room for prickly characters on television. like mary tyler moore allowed me to imagine a different future nor myself. i hope the girls of "girls" that perfection is not the goal. we're allowed to include as many multitudes as our male counterparts. i want to have told an accurate story of female friendship. my female friendships have been the most beautiful, complicated, painful part of my life. and this is a love story to those. >> you wrote this, the proposal when you're 23. and i find as the mother of two girls, separated by 19 months, almost like they're separated by a generation. what do you think girls are like in their 20s, compared to today. >> girls are 20s -- what i'm amazed by is the deeply

political and ideological strength that so many women in their 20s are showing right now. 100%. i only came into my own as someone who is interested in politics, to be frank, when i got famous and got insane tweets in the alt-right. there's people in america that disagree with me. i had zero political consciousness. and i look and see girls in their 20s, whose main concern is quality, justice, and identity politics. an they're not settling for a world that anybody gets less. and they inspire me. >> in that first scene there, what we were just looking at, i was struck by the character says, right pfr that surfing thing, i'm a person that doesn't give a blank blank about anything in life. you give a blank about so many things in life. you talk about anxiety. talk about politics. what's foremost in your mind

now, here, at this time in your life? >> i think right now, considering the current administration, obviously, like everyone, i have no many concerns about everything ranging from xenophobia and the new way that america is treating immigrants that have been an essential part of our history, all the way to fwloebl warming. for me, where my heart lies, will be women's issues and making sure that women have access to reproductive care. and making sure that no woman, based on her economic status, gender assigned at birth, religion, or i spekt of who she is, is te nighed the basic rights. >> you talk about issues like that. you talk about feminism and views. what does taking time mean to someone your age?

>> i think my goal is to be a support to other women in getting their voices out, the way that hbo and my collaborators have been a support to me. i want to be that for other women. i tonight have to be the voice of a generation. i have to make face is for the voices of our generation. >> lena dunham, thank you for stopping by. i got to see three shows for this season. >> you saw a pea us nis. i'm not sure if you're allowed to say that on television. you can see a lot of things. >> going out with a bang. >> i'm just going out. >> what? >> matt, help. she just threw me off.

>> i'm so sorry. >> that's the difference between generations. i wasn't brought up talking like that. >> i'm so sorry. you said penis. >> wait a minute. you're still on the air. sit town. >> i am? >> yes, you are. still on the air. matt, are you supposed to be saying something? >> no. we aren't still on the air. you are. i'm kidding. >> i'll thrilled by what's just happened here. first, this is maria shriver and lena dunham on "today." >> yes, thank you. >> you're both so attractive.

okay. we are back. thinking outside of the box again. this time, it comes to chocolates. and we're thinking about the box ideas for valentine's day. >> that's right. here with some fun and funky ideas, is buzz feed's market

director, jessica probis. valentine's day is next week. you have things that look traditional. faux salami. >> it looks like salami. but it's chocolate. it comes in this adorable package. looks like salami. >> what do we have here? >> this looks like a chocolate box. but it is meat. >> meat? >> opposite over here. >> no meat in this. no meat in this one. no chocolate in this one. >> i'm not a jerk. >> it's different kinds. gator jerky. some elk. >> it's delicious. >> my son would like that. what do we have here? >> this is a make your own fondue kit. less than $20. you can make three different types of chocolates. and keeps it warm for a full

hour. you can have a relaxing dessert. >> next, these are lip tints but wine inspired. >> they look like a little wine bottle. you can just stain your lips with it. >> i'm looking for gifts for people in their 20s. these kinds of things. >> inexpensive and adorable. >> these are -- >> gummi bears that taste like champagne. >> this is some alcohol. >> did you make this yourself? >> this is a make-your-own wine kit. >> no. >> you can do it at home. it comes with everything you need to make five bottles forless than a price of one fancy bottle. >> these are musical wine glasses. it shows you what the note will be. and you have to put your finger around them.

dependsing on how full it is, you can play a song. >> this is a grow-your-own cocktail kit. it starts in this egg carton. you don't need anything. once they start growing, you can put them in the garden. >> what are the varieties you can make? >> it comes with thyme, lavender, basil, and mint. >> you can grow your own cocktails of your make your own wine. >> this is a little planter. her name is kathy. she's very cute. this is great for someone you want to buy a plant for but isn't great at taking care of them. this is an air plant. it's almost impossible to kill. very low maintenance. >> would you like it if a guy gave you that? >> more than flowers? >> for sure.

flowers die quicker than this. maria's going, no. bring me the flowers. >> i'll take the sushi socks. not. >> this will last longer than a sushi kin sushi dinner. they're socks shaped like sushi. they come in this adorable package. >> this is really cute. >> and finally, for the people who love their pets, we know a lot of those people, ourselves included. >> this is a custom pillow they hand make with a picture of your pet on it. it's adorible. this came from instagram. >> look at charlie. >> expensive or not expensive? >> it is on the higher end of a valentine's gift, i would say. >> better than flowers. >> i'm going to get you to try that beef jersey. >> i'm not. >> thank you very much. you can find more valentine's day gift ideas.

danica patrick is here. she's going to lead a different race on our plaza with those young girl scouts. first, this is "today" on nbc.

"today" on the plaza, the created with our sponsor, ford. for over 30 years, ford has continued to inspire the next generation of problem solvers in steam education. visit fordsteam.com. >> when it comes to engineering and design, there's nothing like hands-on experience. that's what ford motor company is providing for the girl scouts, with its steam education program. >> these young ladies have been applying their skills to build race cars for the girls fast track racing competition. and superstar and ford

spokesperson, cdanica patrick, s here to officiate the race here. tell us what the steam program is. >> let's like you said, it's science, technology, engineering, arts and math. and about inspiring young kids to be like henry ford. think outside the box. using all of those elements to create new things in the world. what better way to use design and technology. >> you're a groundbreaking figure. do you wish you had something like this when you were young center. >> i think the thought-provoking things are great. you learn what you're good at. and usually what you're good at is what you enjoy doing. it's a great practice. >> do you think this would have made a difference in your career? >> i started racing when i was 10. but i also have learned over time that i'm really artistic. who knows? maybe i would have become more artistic in my journey.

either way, learning about yourself through trying new things is a good thing to do. >> let's bring in the young ladies. these are all girl scouts. come on in. demaris from detroit. i'm looking over here. julia from texas. we have michelle from homestead, florida, and ashley from new jersey. ladies, good morning. this is cool. you're learning but it's in a way that's fun, right? >> uh-huh. >> having a good time like this? >> what's the most important thing you learned? >> we learn about aerodynamics. >> that's not bad. >> i should have joined that class with you. >> they design little race cars, right? >> yeah. >> we're going to have a race on the plaza. and the winner gets an amazing prize. your cars are up on top with the racetrack here. this is going to be fast. don't take your eyes off this.

danica, sheinelle is up with the starting button. you start us off, danica, i say, on your marks, get set, we say go. >> who is going to win? whose were was -- in lane right here? >> lane three. >> we have a winner. >> julia won. >> congratulations. >> look at you. >> that's some beautiful paint. >> can i tell you first of all, there is your trophy. actually, we have a big surprise for all four, don't we? >> we do i think you and your families will be excited. >> all four of you get $5,000 each to go towards your studies in steam education. $5,000.

each. how great is that? >> that's incredible. it's incredible to give children opportunity. and there's no better way to donate than through education. you learn and you -- you have to do something with it. so, good luck, girls. >> fantastic. we have tears of joy. we have tears of cold over here. danica, thank you very much. great to see you. all right? ladies, thank you so much. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. way to go. - grocery outlet is the home of "wow" savings. "wow" means you save 50% or more. there are three stages of wow: denial... - is this price right? - acceptance... and "boooyah."

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it was cold out there. really cold out there. all right. we're back. al has birthdays to celebrate. >> warm toasted jam. got the smucker's jars flying. 100th birthday to robert beverly truman. he has four dogs that he just loves. mazie scott of florida. the stret skret to longevity, staying active. alton wilcox, served our country in world war ii. thank you for your service. kenneth eck, a retired pharmacist from oklahoma. a city councilman when he was in his 80s. dorothy yankowitz. she loves eating ravioli.

and happy 100th birthday to william miller jr. active guy from dover, delaware. his longevity secret, his wife's good cookin'. if you know somebody celebrating their 100th birthday, want to hear about them, go to today.com/celebrates and send a picture. willie is here. will tell us what is coming up on sunday. >> i am, indeed. my guest is the star of the longest running popular show on television, jim parsons. what makes "the big bang theory" a monster hit. also, talking about his new gig on the radio. also, it's grammy sunday, guys. talking about the grammys. and another big week for president trump. i don't think there's going to be any other kind of week. harry smith and hoda kotb. >> good for you. can we say, thank you to maria. >> yes. >> for being here all week. >> i had a blast. it was fun. really fun.

i loved it. >> i love everybody here. >> i've known maria for 30 years. it's nice to have you back. sheinelle's known her for 15 minutes. >> i have your boots. they're fantastic. great graduation gift happening now at 8:56 on this friday morning, we're still tracking some rounds of some rain that will be possible as we go through the day. and wet roads around the bay area. it is 57 degrees now in the peninsula. and 54 degrees in san francisco. a lot of clouds and some patchy dense fog for parts of the north bay. 61 degrees. little cooler in spots, we're seeing the storm system winding down. but it still may fit in rounds

of rain going in. right now low clouds and mist and drizzle and a lot of heavy rain recently makes the ground still wet. and then we're also tracking this line of some thundershowers, possibly some thunderstorms as we go into this afternoon. that system is moving in as this cold front sweeps on through. a look at the timeline. we'll get clearing, maybe even peeks of sunshine today. there will at any point be a chance of spotty showers moving in. once again, enough energy that could produce a few thunderstorms across parts of the bay area before this whole storm system winds down. a lot of events going on this weekend including the chinese new year parade. that happening tomorrow in san francisco. and during the afternoon, 57 degrees. more updates coming up.

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this morning on "today's take," matt damon giving us a sneak peek of his action-packed movie. and we're going to kick off our boots with brett eldridge. our celebrity co-host. and freebie friday, two huge giveaways. but you can't win if you don't tune in. coming up next. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today", a freebie friday morning. we are wrapping up country music week, with brett eldridge. >> hi, my friend. >> good morning. >> you bring us home. >> i'm bringing you home. i'm ready. >> loving this look.

>> thank you. >> very nice. >> i feel good. nice and warm. >> i don't think i've done this. but i am jonesing on your shoes. kind of a boot. can you stick your foot out? >> boot/shoe. >> look at that. >> sharp. we're ready. is it a prerequisite, you have to be superstall to be country music star. >> you had trace, didn't you? he is a big guy. >> you're just as tall, aren't you? >> yeah. but i feel he can throw me across the room. >> or just speak. he's a gentle giant. a great guy. >> we love having him around. so thrilled to have you here. you got a great 201 going. working on new music. you have a new single about to drop. >> a couple weeks from today. >> what's it called? >> it's called, "something i'm good at." i never told anybody that.

>> were you not supposed to say anything? >> i don't think so. who cares? >> al. >> i like breaking rules. >> it's something you're good at. >> yes. >> don't say it again. congratulations. you're going on tour with luke bryan. >> luke bryan. >> i love that. >> i was going to ask what we can expect from your music. maybe we shouldn't. >> you can expect something different. my first song is something th that -- you can tell it's me. but it's crazy. >> we know you're wacky. your first single, you went skydiving. >> that's insane. >> look at me. >> no. >> i have certain rules in life. one of them is never jump out of a perfectly functioning airplane. that's just me. >> they get to the point where

they pull the chute and you start spinning. like, the free fall part, i think i blacked out for a second. i don't remember a lot of it. when they spin, i needed to get down as soon as i can. >> you hadn't done it before. >> i had never done it before. i don't know if i'll do it again. but i'm glad i did it. >> second single, you swim with sharks? >> yes. >> i think you're crazy. when you get down there? >> where was this? >> this is the bahamas. >> you been to that spot? >> i have gone shark diving. >> it's peaceful. is that true? >> the most zen i have ever felt. >> i would agree with that. >> to me, it's the mechanics of getting down there. the breathing and the machinery. >> i think it's easier than

scuba diving. >> how am i going from this baby swimming pool? >> absolutely. >> how do i go from the swimming pool, where i'm having a panic attack, where my body is still above water. and i go 40 feet down. and i am freaking out. all i have to do is breathe. and once you breathe, you're good. >> i'm a scuba dropout. we got in the big pool. all these fancy couples. and i couldn't do it. i freaked out. i hear once you get in the water, it's easier. >> it is. >> what do you do when the next single goes to number one? >> that's a good question. i have an underwater cia. you have to swim underwater to get into. i'm going to play a miniconcert. >> really? >> that's the last number one. that happened right before christmas. i don't know.

is there anything you wanted to do? >> i love traveling. i have to do dinner in the sky, where you eat dinner where you're suspended on a crane? >> right. it's like 300 feet in the air. >> and you have a -- >> you're in a basket. >> yeah. you're hooked to a chair, just hanging there. like, what's up? pass the mashed potatoes, please. >> it will be number one. start thinking about it. >> maybe you can do something with snakes. there was a viral video. you discovered a snake in your toilet in mexico. >> is that real? >> yeah. i woke up at 6:30 a.m. and i walk in the bathroom. i kind of got my wits about me.

i didn't turn the light on. and what in the world? low and behold, look at that giant boa constrictor in the toilet. >> you have your phone? >> my brother was on the trip, too. oh, god. i was like, what is touching my head right now? >> at first i thought, you're pretty cool. >> you're acknowledging its presence. >> get it out. oh, man. i thought -- i thought -- >> his heart is like pounding. >> i'm sweating. and i'm not even that afraid of snakes. but that was serious. i thought there was a studio malfunction and i had a microphone. i think it's still after me. >> now, you're officially part of the family. that is what that means. >> we've done this to sheinelle. >> you didn't run. >> you had this -- >> we put a frog on top of her head.

>> they put roaches on the table first. >> was it a spider with craig melvin? >> yeah. i was in the same position i see it coming down. we almost had a bleep. ing on set there. you are so cool. >> that was good. >> let's find out more about brett. we want to dig a little deeper, as we wrap up country music week. one more round of country confessions. jerry, bring out the boot. there's a sneak in my boot. >> it's deep. you're about to pose deep into my life story. here's the one. can you sing one line from your favorite country song of all-time. let me think.

♪ the face of an angel pretty eyes it shine ♪ ♪ i lie awake at night wishing you were mine ♪ ♪ i'm standing here holding the biggest heartache in town ♪ ♪ whenever you come around >> wow. what's that from? >> that's a vince gill song. one of my favorites. i didn't know i was going to sing that. >> that was fantastic. she would come back with that. >> let's do another one. >> i like this game. okay. if you could make an album in any different genre of music, what would it be? >> i kind of just did that. it was a christmas album, and i did classic jazz crooner, swinger. i'm a huge sinatra fan. and i love that sound.

got to live out that dream or record it in new york city. and went really well. >> you have a christmas album coming out? >> again this year, and next year. >> the gift that keeps giving. >> speaking of gifts. >> that's right. our freebie friday giveaway. so far, everybody has signed our guitar. we're going to give out six of these in the program. three outside and three to viewers at home. can we bring the guitar? >> i would love to sign it. >> don't judge my signature. and if you see a b and a e, that's all that matters. >> look at jennifer nettles. >> is keith urban on there? he's got a peace sign.

we toured last year together. he's a great friend of mine. and i saw that every day. i don't know what the thing is. but it's cool. i know it's yours. >> i like it. they'll have that for a lifetime. >> something that sheinelle can relate to, yes. >> we heard about beyonce earlier. another set of celebrity twins on the way. george and amal clooney, having twins in june. george is 55 and amal is 39. you're not going to sleep for a while. it's worth it. >> i guarantee you, it is. i don't have kids. but twins off of the bat, i would be nervous. >> a two for one special. >> i do well with kids. one day. >> would you like to come over? >> uncle brett. >> uncle brett is here. >> i like it.

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and i also use staplers. >> hold on. >> oh, nice. >> look at that. >> are the staples in there? hold on. >> i have some -- we have snakes coming out. let's see. ♪ what you want baby i got it ♪ ♪ what you need you know i want it ♪ ♪ all i'm asking is for a little respect ♪ ♪ just a little bit when you get home ♪ >> nice. >> that's going to be hard to top, al. >> we got a guy. musician, aaron mcavoy, has his busted washing machine. he decided to use it for a cover version of "the devil went down to georgia." check it out.

>> one, two, one, two, three, four. ♪ >> no way. >> that's awesome. so cool. >> like a metronome. >> the devil went down to georgia. >> you know what to put in there, like an extra heavy sweatshirt to unbalance a little bit. and it will work. >> how cool is that? >> you take that. take a washing machine. a stapler. >> yu don't need a band. >> that is your band. you take them on tour? >> a ceiling fan that makes some weird noises. you get it all. >> i love that. we were talking off-camera. you're the best limbo champion ever? >> no. >> you're a little tall. >> i'm not coordinated.

literally, like, my family and i, we did, like, yoga together as a family together, recently. and my dad and my brother, we're all, 6'5", and it was embarrassing. i was so bad. my dad and brother were better than i am. but we're all pretty bad. when it comes to limbo, everybody walks through. i'm always the first one out. that's okay. i need to yoga more. >> there's a republicason we br this off. chamiq chamiquecharles, him boeing off of an suv. >> how does her ankles not break? >> she has the guinness book of worlds records as the longest and the lowest limbo.

>> she changed the oil on the truck. >> i would use that in any social situation i'm not comfortable. i'm taking my drink and getting out of here. >> you brought up her ankles. she's on the -- not even on her feet. did you see that? >> that was very uncomfortable looking. >> look at that. like scooting on the side of her ankle. >> wow. and her hair is getting in there. >> her hair is dusting the floor as she goes along. >> all right. in the meantime, let's show you what we got after the snowstorm we had. we got another one coming across today, that's going to bring lake-effect snow. a bic clipper means one to three inches of snow in boston over the weekend on saturday. but then, after that, there's another storm system coming through. and that's going to bring even more snow to boston. intensifies moving up the new jersey coast and into new england. it will bring a potential blizzard for our friends in new england, maine could see another 18 inches of snow.

boston, good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we still have a few lingering showers rolling through today. at any point. you still need the umbrella. we'll see the high reaching 55 degrees. tomorrow a lot of sunshine, 57, and warming up as we go to next week, as the dry weather continues, we'll be watching another storm system toward the end of next week, but in the meantime, several days of some sunshine after today. we still have to deal with that wet weather for just a little while longer. >> that's your latest weather. coming up next, the amazing freebie friday giveaway. you at home and our folks on the plaza, winning a guitar signed plaza, winning a guitar signed by brett and t fun in art class. come close, come close. i like that. [ all sounds come to a crashing halt ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww.

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>> too much signature. the crowd is going wild. got a chill out here. >> i know. i don't want to drop it. that's the most important thing. happy friday. okay. here we go. who wants the guitar. look at these ladies. you guys are dressed at guitars. i think i'm going to do this. >> oh, my. congratulations. >> where can i go? >> their dressed as guitars. >> here we go. >> all right. all right. >> congratulations. what are you going to do with that guitar? amazing signatures on it. >> we're going to play love songs for our anniversary. >> it's anniversary. >> going to play love songs. happy anniversary. let's do another one. do another one. do another one.

>> how about you? congratulations. it's his 40th. happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> you have a guitar signed by the best of the best, including brett right here. >> are you going to jam it out? we're ready for you. >> three out here on the plaza. and, al, three people get it at home. this was a fantastic friday. >> it really is. we have not forgotten about you at home. thanks to guitar center, giving away three more of the unbelievable guitars. by country's biggest stars. $200 gift card. go to facebook.com/todaystake to find out how to enter. and we would love it if you like us, as well. this is special. coming up next, we have another big giveaway. has to do with matt damon's un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer

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[ cheers and applause ]i'm ... ==vo== there "earthake safet concerns good morning on your friday. i'm sam brock. we want to tell you about earthquake safety concerns surrounding morgan hill. look at that gushing water. that's water released from the reservoir because it's too full. the santa clara valley water district put a restriction capping it at 68% because the dam which was built in 1950 has seismic vulnerabilities. right now, it's more than 80% full. if a major earthquake were to strike, the dam would be damaged, unleashing water onto morgan hill. >> more water trouble in one of california's biggest dams. the oroville dam could be filled

tomorrow. this comes after the main dam was damaged after incredible storms. this would be the first time in the dam's 48-year history that the emergency spillway would have to be deployed. it's not a threat to people who live around the lake, and crews are using tanker trucks right now to evacuate millions of baby salmon at a fish hatchery down stream before opening the emergency spillway. >> it's friday, we have a forecast for you, two words that go so well together. we'll have oo lock at that after the break.

traffic good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. still some mist and drizzle in san francisco. but for the most part, the heavier rain has moved out for now. and temperature wise, as jow step out the door, we have low sgiflts in the north bay and upper 50s for the south bay. cool air will continue to roll down ahead of the cold front, but still a chance of rain as we go into this afternoon, as the last pinwheel of this spoke of rain moves through the bay area.

we will see that today, possibly giving us another round of rain and a few thunderstorms in the bay area. let's head over to mike to see thou this is affecting the roads. >> we had the wet roadways so we did have some spinouts this morning. we have a mud slide for highway 17. no surprises really for those closures. we do have this. really slow drive north 880. things started to loosen up. now 66 will start to move better. whatever was going on downtown has cleared up. that was enough of a break, they turned off the metering light. >> that's a nice sight. see you in 30 minutes.

♪ now, to what's going to be a big, big movie. "the great wall" set to open next friday. it stars matt damon, oscar winner, and pedro pascal. natalie morales caught up with them for a sneak peek. >> reporter: after six months on set together in china, bringing matt damon and pedro pascal together again was more like a family reunion than an interview. >> he's terrible. >> i really hate this man. >> we didn't get along. but you can't tell in the movie. >> it was a big adventure. you know, i brought lucy and the girls. you know, we lived there for half a year, just about.

and we adopted pedropedro. >> i would invite myself. it turned into a big family. >> you remember how how to do this? >> last time it didn't go so good. >> we were drunk. >> reporter: that easy camaraderie, evident on screen as in our interview. >> i would find matt, and he's drenched in green and red blood. and he -- in his eyes are weary. i'm like, where have you been? he's like -- >> you're so hot out. he's like, yeah. i know. >> with his stickers and coffee. and he's like, my beard's itchy. >> this is driving me crazy. i'll talk to somebody about that. >> they look nervous. >> reporter: the movie itself, a departure from anything we've seen damon in before. >> it's historical fantasy.

it's like "game of thrones." you feel like this might have happened. but then, there's monsters. it's the great wall. 1100 a.d. we're mercenaries from europe. all that could have happened. then, there are monsters attacking the great wall. it's a creature feature. >> it's a popcorn movie. >> reporter: a popcorn movie for the a-list actor who surprise leg had to turn down roles, and oscar-nominated lead in "manchester by the sea." you produced it. you could have starred in it. but you were busy with borne, so, casey got the role. >> matt insisted that casey play the role. >> that's the person i would have given it up to. i would not -- way too possessive to give that up to anybody other than casey because

i knew he would crush it. and he did. and obviously, getting all this recognition, which he deserves. >> and speaking of a-listers and starring roles -- george and amal, expecting, twins. >> i've known that for a while. >> reporter: you have? when did you know? >> we were working together. we told me. i was happy for him. i said, how far along is she? and he says, eight weeks. don't say anything. he didn't know the 12-week rule. i think. you're supposed to wait. >> reporter: that's awesome. >> it's great. >> reporter: this movie, "the great wall" it's fun. eat a lot of popcorn. he'll be a good uncle. >> i bet he will. "the great wall" hits theaters next friday. we're working with our sister company, universal pictures, in combination with legendary

pictures, to send one lucky viewer and a guest, on a trip to china, to visit the forbidden city this summer. and "the great wall," the summer palace, you can enter the great wall sweepstakes on today.com. we have something for our friends on the plaza, right? >> brett and i have a treat. we want all of our friends on the plaza to see "the great wall." and we're giving away 100 tickets. this is courtesy of fandango. who wants to go? >> i want to go. >> you already got something. >> thank you. >> you go together as a date. go together as a date. go together as a date. all right. >> our "today" show elves have to be cold. keep going. >> i'm feeling it. i'm feeling it. >> i love it. >> your birthday, okay. >> you're going with these guys. >> happy friday. >> cheers.

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>> you working? >> yeah. you? >> yeah. >> good night. >> afraid so. >> sorry to hear that. >> you have no idea what comes next. common, good morning. >> good morning. >> gets more intense after that. >> this movie, the action in this movie is insane. and you, like keanu, do all your own stunts. how -- what was the workout? what was the prep like to do this roll? >> it started with months of conditioning. i thought i was in shape. but to fight in "john wick" is another level. i learned new forms of fighting that i never studied. jujitsu, which is like learning a new language. and then, knife-fu. >> the director, his background

is in stunts. he worked with keanu on "the matrix." it ee's intensity and creativitn "john wick." i knew i would be with the highest level of stunts. after all of the reversal, he gets there and comes up with new things on the spot. >> you could be hurt. and i thought, common is coming to play. it seems intense. >> i wanted to go toe-to-toe, with keanu. he is one of the best. i like that challenge. and you get hurt sometimes. but you can't cry about the bruises. you have to stay in it. >> when you're prepping for it, like practice, are you, all right? let's go to the gym and practice -- it has to take hours and hours. >> it was actually -- it was months of work. and then, actually getting into the court -- you know, the fight, sequences. and it is hours. >> this is your workout that you

posted on instagram. >> that's working out. that's like the conditioning i do with my trainer, who i work out with. and i thought, like, he gets me ready for conditioning. once you get into the fighting, for jo"john wick," it's another thing. and keanu, is like, if you don't get it again. >> perfectionist? >> he is like, we have to get the rhythm. >> i don't want to give it away. but seems like there's room for you to, perhaps, come back again, if there's another? or can i say that? >> i just -- >> seems like there's a wiggle room there. >> left open. so many of my friends called me and said, don't tell me the black guy dies. and the black guy doesn't die early. >> you don't die? >> this is 2017. "john wick 2." we don't know if my character dies. but my character is a rival for

john wick. >> there's an intense chemistry. you're the other scary guy that can own up to him. it's awesome. >> on your twitter account, you have #askcommon. >> guilty pleasure music. true or false, taylor swift? >> i will say this. i went to a taylor swift concert over the super bowl. it was great. a very good singer, to be honest. i was sitting one time doing a tv show. and some of the makeup artists were playing taylor. some of the guilty music i listen to, i hear it in the gym and i'm like, i like that song. it's just pop music. >> one more. >> 15 seconds. you're on an island, you can only take three things. >> i'm taking -- i'm taking my bible. >> okay. >> i'm taking john coltrane "love supreme" album. and i'm taking a chef -- chef

lauren vand poole, who i work with all the time. she's a great chef. and we will find food. >> like "gilligan's island." >> common, thank you. "john wick chapter 2" in good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's 9:44. still tracking some cloudy skies and some spotty showers across the bay area. but then we will take a break before this next round of rain moves in later on this evening. this will have the potential to bring in another brief round of some heavy downpours and some isolated thunder and lightning. just something we'll be watching as we go through today. otherwise, we're in for clearing and drier weather for the weekend. highs reaching into the upper 50s. in san francisco, low 60s for the inland area. >> and that's your latest weather. coming up next, great ideas coming up next, great ideas to keep the little sweethearts y dentist was explaining

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it's the last weekend before valentine's day. if your kids haven't made cards for their classmates, we have you covered. >> angie goff is a contributor and anchor reporter for nbc from washington. good morning, angie. >> good morning. great to see you. you know, we're just a few days away from valentine's day. >> yes. >> we have great last minute ideas that aren't going to break the bank and so easy to do. first, we have to get a quick picture of you. i'm going to explain this later, okay? first, let's start off with candy. a lot of times, parents -- >> okay. >> little seasonal outfits for the holiday. then, they never wear them. this is a great idea. notice on her buttons right there, there are hearts. those are just felt stickers with a slit down the middle. we call them heart button covers. so easy for you to do for a

dress, a denim jacket, even your husband's work shirt. good luck with that, right? >> what is this on my shirt? >> get him to play along. notice her purse right there. that's just a papier-mache box, a heart box. it looks hard to do. really easy. my daughter painted it. she's 6. we added a ribbon by punching two holes, using a hole puncher. you cut out a triangle, using a craft knife. the hardest part is deciding what message you want to put on the box. >> drop it in? >> look at that. >> you're mother of the year. >> and -- >> papier-mache. want to show you this. it looks like a ruffled cake. i aided streamers. this is also a cardholder. you can do it with one roll of streamers by folding them over. >> this can be done in an afternoon. >> 15 to 20 minutes. hold on to this.

>> cool. >> lawyer are fuentes, she is with our parents team. it's the pretzels and you throw a little candy heart on top. >> can i eat it? >> chocolate pretzels, are you kidding? >> moving on. diego, showing us that love rocks. painting rocks from outside. using it as a board game. and this one a time saver. and doesn't involve a lot of adult attention. >> that's good. >> love bugs. this time from alyssa roy, she submitted it from beyond mommy. toilet paper rolls. we have a lot of toilet papers if you are like us. two hearts can make wings. just need eyes to finish it off. >> she is really into her craft. >> look at you. >> anya going to town with the

hearts. if you take the paper roll, you have a stamp. and you can create unique valentines. and everyone loves a pop-up. you can get a template. >> last but not least. >> do you have a picture? >> i've been holding out. this is a hockey puck. you're going to take your picture in, fill it with confetti. you should cut it to make it fit. and you instantly have a valentine. >> and this is the finished product. that's cute. >> and it was closed in. >> and it's confetti. it's more of a party that way. >> party. >> come on. >> only 99 cents. you can do a baseball case. >> and it does close? >> that's what my 4-year-old would do.

back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

bret, it has been nice having you here. >> thank you very much. >> we wrap up country music week. >> it was a good week. tennis great andy roddick with kathie lee and hoda after your news break. >> it was a great week. did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event,

going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. and right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a store near you. =trx full sources!!= it is 9:56 on this friday morning. we have cloudy skies and lingering showers around the bay area and we're going to have a couple of hours of dry weather as we're seeing clearing just to the north of us. there will be arth rund of showers moving in later on this

afternoon that may possibly produce a few isolated thunderstorms and some brief heavy downpours. we'll be watching out for that. let's head over to mike to see the roads. >> most of the roads are moving just fine, but we have a big, big problem, a change in status for highway 17. we just got word that the southbound side is also closed in both directions of highway 17 closed minutes ago and no time when they say they're going to have these open. they don't expect to have it open anytime soon. we're following this. i think bear creek road has reopened. highway 1 has issued as well. we have flooding in novotto. that's not a surprise, but hi highway 17 closed and we're following -- there you go. back to you. >> happening now, amazing video of water gushing out of the anderson reservoir in morgan hill. there's a bigger story about why all that is being released. - it could cause a lot of damag >> the dam could not handle the

load and should an earthquake occur, it would cause damage. and president trump's travel ban is on hold. right now, we have an emotional reunion between a bay area woman and her iranian parents. more news in a half hour.

. from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> yes, come on. >> that is "stay in the dark" by the band perry. it is try day friday. it's february 10th already. we're delighted you're here with us because we got a great show today. >> andy roddick, the tennis great is going to be here, and he is not talking tennis, is he? >> no, he is talking to cute friends that will be competing in the westminster dog show next week, so make sure to keep watching because he is going to tell you how you can win, get this,