>> we're excited we're doing the volunteer recognition luncheon today at 11:30 for the junior league of san jose. hope to see you there. have a great day. good morning. trump's view. the president, sounding off on one of the world's most volatile hot spots. >> there's a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> also, the war with isis. >> i will say, there is an end. and it has to be humiliation. >> and being president. >> this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. >> this morning, we'll talk to the president's attorney general, jeff sessions. potent storms. severe weather set to slam the midwest and south today and into the .

dangerous flooding expected. tornadoes expected. al is tracking it all. pope francis's message to the faithful as he arrives in egypt this morning. security extremely tight for the historic two-day trip. we're live in cairo. ♪ it's the circle of life ♪ and it moves us all. >> and baby on board. garett bolles steals the night by bringing his infant son on stage, showing him off to the crowd. the touching moment that has fans cheering today, april 28th, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "foe day" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> and good morning everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. i love it when future nfl stars go all disney on us.

>> i thought i would like to start this show by holding charlie up in the air because the crowd loves it. >> we have a busy day, though. let's get right to our top story and it is that surprisingly candid new interview with president trump as he opens up about the challenges facing his administration and the job of being president. and in a moment, we're going to have a candid conversation of our own with attorney general jeff sessions. but first nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the white house. >> reporter: day 99 now for president trump. the president in a new interview saying the u.s. is considering serious action in north korea. also offering a personal view of kim jong-un, refusing to say whether he thinks the young dictator is rational or irration irration irrational. president trump keeping up the tough talk on north korea, insisting he prefer a diplomatic solution but offering this warning.

>> well, there is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> in an interview with reuters, the president saying this about north korea's erratic dictator, kim jong-un. he's 27 years old, his father dies, took over a regime, so say what you want, but that's not easy. rex tillerson will chair a meeting signaling an openness for the u.s. to have direct talks with the country. >> obviously, that would be the way we would like to solve this, but north korea has to decide they're ready to talk to us about the right agenda. >> reporter: tillerson indicating china has asked north korea to stop its testing, something that top korean officials say would never happen. overnight the country releasing this propaganda film, simulating

attacks on the white house, the u.s. capital building, declaring the enemy to be destroyed is in our sights. >> the white house is pushing back against new accusations it failed to properly vet michael flynn. >> why would you re-run a background check on someone who is the head of the department of defense intelligence agency that had and did maintain a high level security clearance? that's it. >> reporter: but flynn was fired by the obama administration in 2014 and nbc news has learned the trump transition did do its own background check on flynn and hired him anyway. now, the pentagon's inspector general saying it opened an investigation into flynn earlier this month over payments he received from a speech in russia in 2015 and lobbying work for turkey last year. >> also this morning making news from that interview, president trump acknowledging he misses life before he entered the white

house. take a listen. >> i loved my previous life. i had so many things going. i actually -- this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more of a -- i'm a details oriented person. i think you would say that. but i do miss my old life. this -- i like to work, so that's not a problem, but this is actually more work. >> reporter: more than five months after his victory, the president says he misses driving and now feels like he's living in a cocoon. back to you. >> thank you very much. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions is with us now. good morning. >> it is great to see you. let me start with a simple question. was michael flynn properly vetted by the trump transition team before being named the president's national security advisor? >> well, they work hard on vetting. they do the best they can. it is impossible to know everything. i don't know what they did in that case, and i'm not aware and

i'm not involved in studying it. >> but there are investigations underway. if it turns out that general flynn lied on his paperwork for that application or if he continued to work for a foreign interest while he was the national security advisor, he may have committed a felony. and it will fall on your department to decide whether to prosecute him or let him go. you have already recused yourself from investigations involving any coordination between trump associates and russian officials. does that recusal extend to this area, to general flynn? >> my recusal deals with the campaign issues, but i would expect i'm not to be involved in this one. >> you would recuse yourself with any decision dealing with general flynn? >> yeah. i really don't know whether there is an investigation or should be and we don't confirm investigations in the department of justice. >> real quickly, his attorney says he has a story to tell, and they have asked for immunity in exchange for testifying.

should he be given immunity? >> we'll see the. the people who have the authority to decide that will decide that. >> the president just recently gave an interview and talked about this investigation, from which you have recused yourself and he said that russia is a faux story. it is made up. democrats lost an election and they used the russia story as a way of justifying how they lost. it is a fake story. your department of justice is, in fact, investigating whether or not the trump campaign colluded with russia. is it a take story, or is it a legitimate investigation? >> that's to be decided by the new deputy that was confirmed, deputy attorney general yesterday. he will follow his lots since i recused myself to make those decisions and i will not comment about the case and you know i can't talk about that case. >> true, but is it a legitimate area of investigation. >> i'm not going to go into that. i will let the officials discuss it. >> do you agree with the president that it is a fake story? >> i'll let others comment on that. >> here we are at the 100-day mark and the president gave this

interview yesterday and he said about the job of the president, this is more work than in my previous life. i thoue easier. what do you think of that? >> well, he -- it is a tough job. i got to tell you. and he works so hard. i mean, this man has tremendous strength and energy and he works into the night every night and, so, but it is a tough job. my job is a 12-hour a day job also. i've got to tell you. it is exciting and thrilling. you feel like you are making a contribution to america and i'm sure the president gets satisfaction from that. >> he may get points for candor saying, hey, this is harder than i thought it would be. health care is more complicated than i thought, he said. this issue of the dynamics between north korea and china was different than he thought. should he have been more prepared? >> i think he's prepared and has a good philosophy and approach to it but carrying out those

approaches and going through the minutia and congress and all the problems you have to execute change in america is a real challenge and it is frustrating, i'm sure, for businessmen on occasion who is used to getting things done quickly. >> we're doing the lightening round here. the cia director delivered a speech and said it was time to call out wickdy leaks for what it is, a nonstate, hostile intelligence service vetted by state actors like russia. do you agree? >> we are having a tremendous problem throughout our system, it seems to me, with leaks. some of this is very serious. not just a leak of abuse or theft or some whistle blower approving government. these are direct threats to the techniques and security procedures that our government has. and i'm worried about it. i think we need to do more to end this. we've got to step up our efforts. >> but to the question, do you agree with the director, wikileaks is a state actor

working at the beheadst of a state like russia. >> we are going to follow our responsibility to analyze these matters. the cia director shares with us leaks and things that he thinks are important. and we evaluate them appropriately. but we don't talk about any investigation that we have ongoing. >> although it does beg the question then would it bother you that candidate trump would say something like i love wikileaks during the campaign? >> well, they were putting out information that political information that i'm sure he valued. but -- >> so it's okay to embrace that kind of an organization if they're helping you politically. >> there are limits on what you can do to take people's private information off their computers. there are certainly limits of what you can do to share intelligent top secret information with our adversaries. >> that's what you call a poll

perry of topics. >> to arkansas now, which carried out its fourth execution in an eight-day span last night and the latest is calling for an investigation after the inmate lurched and shook while strapped to the gurney. he appeared to convulse and jerk for up to 20 seconds after the drug was administered. one of his attorneys described that execution as horrifying. he is calling for a full investigation. a spokesman called it an involuntary muscular reaction and said the state is unlikely to call for review. >> now to the trip by pope francis to egypt. it is the first visit there by the leader of the catholic church in two decades. in the wake of recent terror attacks on christian churches, security is a huge concern. >> reporter: good morning. in just over an hour, the pope will join a procession to his church that was attacked by an isis bomber in december.

you can see why many here are anxious and excited for this trip. he was driven straight to meet the president of egypt cht his route lined with security. the pope arriving in cairo this morning, met by high security, greeting journalists onboard the plane, telling him this is a trip of unity and brother hood. isis structure chs here weeks ago and isis urged its followers to slaughter christians. the pope recording his own video message. i come as a friend, a messenger of peace. >> the pope is calm and we are calm. you know, we go there. we take the necessary precautions and the local security also takes care of us. >> egypt's security was criticized just this month after bombs hit two churches in separate cities on palm sunday.

47 died. another attack before christmas captured on security footage. a church packed with worshippers and then an explosion. today the pope driving straight to meet egypt's hard line president, who has supported the christian community. more muslims are killed by islamic terrorism than any other groups. the middle east's largest christian community. >> what about the victims? the kids, the babies? >> killing people for what? >> catholics are a small minority. >> we are asking ourselves if the pope will come in these conditions, and he, himself, said i am coming to egypt. >> today he will reach out to all faiths. >> he will join peace and love. >> christian's fearful, but defiant. despite the isis threat, churches in cairo this week packed. >> meanwhile, officials tell me

there is concerns that isis fighters have been returning to egypt and the government has been criticized by human rights groups for a crack down on opposition leaders and journalists. matt? >> all right. thanks very much. >> here at home we're learning more about the settlement reached between united airlines and a passenger dragged off his flight for refusing to give up his seat. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. united airlines is hoping now that the turbulence caused by this public relations dedockle will start to debeet. tlement in lightening speed, less than three weeks since this incident occurred. this morning united airlines is saying its pleased to have reached an amicable resolution of what it calls this unfortunate incident. that incident, the brutal dragging of dr. david dau that caused him to lose two teeth and

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>> i'm not really clear on why i'm being asked to leave this plane. >> this passenger removed from his flight after getting up to use the rest room during the critical moments while the plane was waiting to tax off, despite instructions to stay seated. >> my bladder in that moment i realized more than anything i didn't have complete control over. the plane has to return to the gate. hamilton put on another flight and refunded half the cost of his ticket. the bottom line, if the plane is moving on the ramp, you've absolutely got to comply with the flight attendant's instructions. >> thank you. >> kind of lesson this morning on how not to approach a gas station. a car comes barrelling in. it slams into the gas pump, knocking it on to the car in the next lane. the man that was pumping gas got out just in time. fortunately there wasn't a fire. they believe the driver was fleeing the scene of another car crash moments earlier.

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and the midwest. significant flooding likely. we're talking a widespread area from chicago down to dallas. but local they there could be 10 to 12 inches of rain as we get into sunday on already saturated ground. that's going to be a big, big problem. we will get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. only levian, masters of jewelry design for centuries makes jewelry with chocolate diamonds levian. at kay the number one store for the chocolate she'll love forever. every kiss begins with kay. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out with sunshine. we keep it that way throughout the afternoon. it will be a windy day in san

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it all started about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. ten miles away in walnut creek. police say the man allegedly shot and killed a woman near larky park. we'll continue to follow both of these breaking news story. in the meantime, let's get a look at the forecast. >> we start out with sunshine as we take a live look at emeryville. a cool start this morning. we have lower 50s and even mid 40s for the valley, inland. after this cool start, it will be a nice and warm day. a lot of sunshine, up to 81 degrees today in concord. morgan hill, 78 degrees. 76 degrees in san jose, while san francisco will see a high of 68 degrees. if you're planning to head out to at&t park later this evening, it will be a nice day for a game, but it will also be breezy and cool. we'll start out at 63 degrees at first pitch at 7:15, and then by the ninth inning, we have clear skies and temperatures dipping into the lower 60s. over the next several days, expect high temperatures in san francisco to reach into the 70s. let's see how the roads are

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♪ 7:30, now. friday morning, 28th of april, 2017. i think this is the first time all week, we haven't seen umbrellas and ponchos on the folks outside. it's a beautiful day. we're excited to go out and say hello. >> big crowd out there. >> i know. >> back inside studio 1 a. let's look at the headlines of the morning. president trump says there's a chance the u.s. could end up in a, quote, major, major conflict over north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile prom programs. while he hopes to solve things diplomatically, it's proving to be difficult. congress has until midnight tonight to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown.

with time running out, republican leaders expect to pass a one-week stop-gap measure that would give them time to negotiate a larger deal. and more dreams will be made in philadelphia tonight during the second round of the nfl draft. it got under way last night with the cleveland browns selecting texas a&m's myles garrett with the first overall pick. but check out the star of the night. kingston bolles. his dad brought him on stage, when was drafted by the denver broncos. gave him a kiss and wrapped them up in that jersey. >> this is what happens when they give sports stories to us. how about the baby? also this morning, after facing its criticism for spreading fake news during the election, facebook is cracking down and shutting down tens of thousands accounts.

nbc's gabe gutierrez is following this story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. facebook is acknowledging what the intelligence community has been saying for months, fake news is all-too real. the social media giant is looking to combat what it calls information operations, that are trying to manipulate public opinion. this morning, facebook is waging war against the spread of fake news. >> they're just a bunch of fake users with online lives that you manage, right? >> reporter: the growing problem right out of the show vacation. get outraged. >> reporter: but the truth may be stranger than fiction. according to a new company report known as the whitepaper the profiles on facebook can be used by governments to manipulate opinion. >> the whitepaper that facebook

released is all about tracking down the sources far lot of the fake news. they're looking at not only the source, but the distribution methods that the actors are using. >> reporter: the report says the problem goes beyond just posting fake news stories. but amplifying them, with coordinated likes to boost their reach, as well as sending false friend requests and convincing links, leading to malicious software. the stakes are global. facebook deleted 30,000 accounts before the france election. and russia used the propaganda machine to influence the 2016 election. and following this warning from then-president obama. >> if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems. >> reporter: at the time, critics zeroed in on facebook, with ceo mark zuckerberg initially dismissing the impact at a technology conference. >> personally, i think the idea

that fake news on facebook, of which, it's a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way, i think is a pretty crazy idea. >> reporter: in its new report, facebook maintains that the impact of fake news was marginal during the u.s. election. still, the company says it's taking action to make sure authentic debate in the future. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. let's go to mr. roker for another check of the weather. >> we're going to be looking at 80-degree temperatures in parts of the northeast and near-90. we're talking about wet weather out west. look at what happened. this landslide, in northern california. i-10, one lane is closed, because of all of the debris on the road. fortunately, nobody injured. and motorists credit the caltrans workers for saving a lot of lives and property damage

out there. we're also talking about a big winter storm. this is a high-impact late-april storm coming into the rockies and parts of the west. as the storm system takes its sweet time moving to the east, it will cause dangerous travel, power outages and a lot of trees down, from denver down to new mexico. denver, about three inches of snow. as you get to the south and east of denver, we're going to be to the west of denver, talking about anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow. rest of the country, we're going to look at record highs through the southeast today. severe storms in the midwest and along the west coast. we're expecting gorgeous good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have gorgeous weather in the forecast, but it does start out cool this morning as you head out. taking a live look outside, 50 degrees and also 50 in san jose. 52 in san francisco. while the north bay is at 48. for this afternoon, expect a

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>> thursday, kids took over the orange room and our control room. it was take our daughters and sons to work today. let me swipe that for you, sorry. we had a lot of fun. this wasn't the only place where kids were calling all of the shots. we go to the white house. and sean spicer took questions from a much young eer press cor. that was a special morning briefing. this photographer's son was all-business, taking that shot of speaker paul ryan, his news conference. but when he put the camera down, of course, you have to get the dad in. not once, but multiple dads. paul ryan cannot escape that dab. and no matter how big a star you are, kids will be can is. look at what happened at oprah's office. >> your dad works here. $10, what's my name? ten seconds. nine, eight, seven -- how many

"o" names are there? oprah. oprah. >> there you go. back here at 30 rock, there you go, check out this picture here. we got lester, tracked down his son, stephan. stephan's studio is right next to "nightly news." but look at lester's feet. standing on his tipty toes there. he said, on my toes, hoping for another inch. but busted by the photo. i had fun with my kids, jack and edda. they were excited to meet the anchors but more excited for the chocolate croissant. can you put up the ladies of "today." what was going on here? >> we were shooting that's going to air on the "today" show in a couple of weeks. moms hanging out and drinking wine. kathie has a strong pour. it was noon. i was blotto.

>> we have to do that for father's day. >> get together and just belch. >> exactly. >> carson, thank you. this is a good one. this is a fierce debate and triggered by a mom who says her kid is tone with homework. you think your allergies are bad now. just wait. they're about to get worse. after your local news.

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we're seeing congestion, travel around the bay. your usual suspects, light for friday. a live look at oakland past the coliseum, northbound 880, a little extra slowing around high street, but no incidents and things are starting to slow out through the area. >> thank you very much. 7:57. we're following breaking news out of the nrth bay. new video just into our news room of a fiery attack in fairfield. this is what it left after a dewas ignited in front of the fairfield police department. police have already arrested a man. right now, though, a bomb squad along with police have surrounded an apartment building. they're looking for additional devices. it's happening near north texas street, north of air base parkway. we're some people who live in that area are told to just get out. we'll continue to update you on air and online. also, following a developing story out of martinez where police are still locked in a standoff over 11 hours with a man suspected of shooting a woman in walnut creek. who are these people?

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>> today is fri-yay. fri-yay! >> we're celebrating something. what's happening? >> turning 10 today. >> we have a big celebration. what's happening? >> 50 years married today. >> where are you from? >> all the way from alabama. >> we got runners in the house. where you going? >> from the corn to the apple. >> here we go. good to see you. we're back now. 8:00 on a friday morning. it's the 28th day of april, 2017. and oh, man, we said earlier we finally have a really nice day here in new york city after dealing with rain.

we have a huge crowd. >> it's a great crowd. >> enormous. >> like the skies parted, the sun came out and the crowds came. we're happy. >> i hope they don't think there is a concert or anything like that. >> a broadway show. >> we have a lot to get to. let's get to the top stories. here is the news at 8. >> i'm at the white house, president trump is on the cusp of marking his 100th day, as mr. trump is ramping up rhetoric with north korea. in an interview the president warned of a quote possible major conflict with north korea. still the president stressed preference is diplomacy and praised china's president for trying to rein the president. the ousts security adviser michael flip, the department of defense is investigating flynn over payments from russia and turkey. democrats thursday releasing pentagon documents showing the

agency warned flynn not to accept foreign money without approval. today attorney general jeff sessions responded to questions. >> well, my recusal deals with the campaign issues but i would expect not to be involved. i really don't know whether there's an investigation or should be, and we don't confirm investigations you know, in the department of justice. >> reporter: the president also told reuters about his job, this is more work than in my previous life, i thought it would be easier. president trump travels to atlanta later. >> kristin, thank you. pope francis traveled to egypt bringing a message of peace after a wave of terror attacks on christians there. keir simmons is in cairo. good morning to you. >> reporter: the pope touching down just in the last hour here in cairo.

he was met from the plane by the prime minister of egypt and faith leaders, he went straight to a meeting with the president of egypt, to give you a picture of security along the 12-mile route, there were security guards every few hundred yards. that's because isis has vowed to slaughter christians in egypt, the pope going later to a church that was attacked by an isis bomber. his message, peace and friendship. matt. >> all right, keir, thank you very much. up next, candidate donald trump won over voters with a vow to bring back jobs. on the eve of 100 days do the voters think he libed up to the promise. >> then selena gomez weighs in on reasons why her series about teen suicide prompted warnings. >> and a dog's reaction once it realizes its owner after months

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before you answer one mom decided to take a stand, wrote a letter to her daughter's teacher. it went viral. a lot of praising it. maya will reduce the amount of home work. she has been stressed doing two to three hours of homework after getting home at 4:30 is little time for her to be a child and enjoy family time. exactly. i'm maya's mom. she says the mom says kids need down time like we do. it's gotten crazy. >> is i have three kids, the two of them get a lot of homework. i don't mind if it's the right kind of homework. i don't like the read and repeat or fill in the blank but if they ask them to do something creative and think, i'm you all for homework. >> little kids. >> 2 1/2 hours. >> my 8-year-old has a good 40 minutes. second grade. crazy. >> these saer from the teacher's perspective to reinforce something that they learned?

>> i don't know. i'm against homework. >> people who do homework every night. we can kmizer rate. baby gender reveals. we've seen cakes, we've seen balloons, we've seen fish bowls. at the trending table. we haven't seen this yet. someone likes golf. carson, you do. this caught our eye. that is peter burns and his wife. he is about to hit a special golf ball to reveal the gender. it will create either a cloud of pink or a cloud of blue. >> do they know? >> pink. >> he has a pink shirt on. >> looks like. wow. >> that's awesome. >> i guess they are having a girl. >> he knew but she didn't seem like she knew. >> i think it's a tape for their friends and family. >> she has blue on. >> all right. >> someone put the ball down for

them. they didn't know. >> cute. >> they didn't know. >> one had plu, one had pink. >> if you didn't believe the dog is a man's best friend you're going to after the video. a man was in the hospital for five weeks, and he lost a lot of weight. when he got home his dog you see him there, doesn't recognize him. like barking and barking. wait until the dog gets a little closer. and he starts to recognize his smell. take a look. >> there you go. >> oh. >> there you go. >> beautiful right into his arms. >> such a fine moment when a dog registered that's my master, that's him. then the love and joy. >> scamperring around. doing the snoopy dance there. carson, pioneer, pop star, take it away. >> i got a closer for you as well. we'll start with selena gomez,

this charity event bringing communities together with tools to succeed. she spoke for the first time since the controversy around her hit show "13 reasons why." one of the producers. you may know it's a drama about teen suicide and here is what she had to say. >> we stand true to the book and that's initially what jay asher created was a beautifully tragic complicated yet suspenseful story. and i think that's what we wanted to do. we wanted to do it justice and yeah, it's going to come no matter what. it's not an easy subject to talk about but i'm very fortunate with how it's doing and i'm overwhelmed you know. very proud of it. >> a lot of people talking. you watching it? >> not yet. >> daughter seen one episode. >> it's in the news a lot. if your weekend plans are to rock and roll, the hall of fame induction ceremony on hbo, artists gathered for one of music's big nights, some include

journey, and pearl jam, david letterman introduced pearl jam. a heart felt speech and we'll play you a little bit of pearl jam's performance. ♪ >> there you go. new hall-of-famers with their hit alive. a lot of great performances. >> eddie vet every still a babe. >> so says savannah guthrie. alicia keys performed. glad you can watch this. it's on tomorrow at 8:00 on hbo. finally here we go. harry stiles announced his tour. debut album is out on may 12, the lead single sign of the times already a massive worldwide hit. topping the charts in more than 84 countries, he did that the day it was released. speaking of concerts, we've got big news to announce today here in pop start would you like to

know who is kicking off our summer city concert series? >> we'd like to know. >> drum roll, please. kicking it off, harry styles. his world tour will start here on "today." harry styles. they have been waiting. harry put it out on social media. corresponds with our pop start segment. the dates are out there and it starts here in the plaza on may 9. >> you need to take that shot again. ladies, you must go home between now and may 9th. not allowed to stay here. >> i want to mention we'll have our full announcement of our summer concert lineup. a lot of great, great names. we're going to reveal that. >> when? >> i'm not sure when. >> sorry. >> in a future pop start. >> thank you. al.

what do you have? >> i don't know. let's show you what we are talking about. we do have strong storms firing up and the risk of severe weather really stretching over the next 72 hours. for today, stretching from texas all the way into ohio, 24 million people at risk for possible tornados. then on saturday, 33 million folks at risk, the threat from texas to missouri, a large hail and damaging winds, and a lot of rain and on sunday, we have 8 million folks at risk, new orleans up to paducah, kentucky, hail and isolated tornados, flash flood watches and warnings, stretching from illinois all the way down into arkansas and back into parts of oklahoma, from 5 to 7 inches of rain. but we could see upwards of a foot of rain before it's all over. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. lot of dry weather and sunshine

as we get a live look at the golden gate bridge. this will continue throughout the day and looking at those high temperatures will be a few 68 degrees in san francisco, 79 in napa and santa rosa and 81 degrees today in concurred. san jose is up to 76 degrees. it will be a nice summer-like day. over the next several days our temperatures will be warming up, 70s in san francisco and more sunshine into next week. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> thank you very much. more of our special series, "in trump they trust." as we approach the 100th day of the trump presidency, nicolle wallace has been talking to voters who helped to send him to the white house. >> erie county, pennsylvania, was one of the most dramatic upsets of the election. thousands of democrats crossed party lines to vote for donald trump. for one reason -- jobs. hopes were high when we visited them in january.

and here's the feeling now -- that sound you hear, it marks the end of another shift at the g.e. plant in erie. since he lost his job, dave lock hears something else. >> i hear the horn. it used to mean something. i used to work there. >> reporter: last november, this lifelong democrat and proud union member channeled his frustration into a vote for donald trump. >> i liked his boldness, his bluntness. i like the fact that he's a businessman. he wanted to bring business back to this country. there's a lot riding on this for me and my family. >> we've watched our middle class shrink, as we've exported our jobs and wealth. >> it's hard to put into words when you lose it all. >> reporter: has he delivered? or does he look like he's going to deliver at the 100-day mark? >> i think he's trying. i think he's working on it. i don't think the 100-day mark is a fair measure for any president. >> reporter: do you feel better than you felt under the last president? >> i think we're scared.

it's because of the situation me and my family are in. i'm out of work. i don't think it matters who is in office right now. my family is scared. >> reporter: judy phelps likes her hockey players to be tough. and she likes the same from her president. >> we have begun to drain the swamp. >> i like that. >> reporter: that's one of the reasons the lifelong democrat voted for donald trump. >> i think he's like a lone wolf. a lone wolf. sticking up for what he believes. he's not like any other president in the past. >> reporter: your advice for president trump before the inauguration was a to think before you speak. >> engage your brain before it comes out of your mouth. >> reporter: some people think he's not particularly attached to the truth. that he says things like, president obama wiretapped him. >> those things bother me. i did not like that. but i thought, we're going to

find out sooner or later. >> the fbi director said it was not true. so, we know. >> the fbi director has not been reasonable in the past. >> reporter: do you believe the fbi director? >> i take it with a grain of salt. >> people are tired of lies. >> i still support him. i do not trust the politicians. i mean, that's more and more clear to me. and i knew that he was going to have one heck of a rough time. it's not over. >> reporter: when we were here back in january, scott slauson, the head of g.e.'s union, said something surprising. you told me that half of the union membership, were voting for trump. why haven't democrats filled this vacuum? >> that's a good question. >> reporter: have any of the democrats called you and asked why did this happen? >> not one. it goes back to the reason that donald trump won. politicians stopped listening to

the little people. >> i lost my job. i'm in my 40s. i have to go back to school to be retrained to find something to support our family. they don't know what that struggle is like. >> reporter: back in february, dave hoped to see some results after 100 days. >> you know, i would like to see at the 100-day mark that ground has been broken on this new plant or they started looking at hiring. >> reporter: do you see enough news and information about his efforts on jobs? >> probably not. but i think there's a lot bigger, hotter topics right now, between syria and korea and all of that. >> reporter: do you think that donald trump can win erie again if he doesn't do something noticeable to the economy in erie? >> i think it will be a lot tougher for him because erie is a hard-working community. we don't have jobs to work hard at. and something to be proud of. he'll be called out on it, for sure. i love this town. i don't want to leave it if i can help it. we need the jobs. we need the industry back. i need to know that erie can

survive. >> so, you know, we talk about trump's voters. we lump a lot of them into categories. but what i have found in erie, more than anywhere else, this was a vote made out of pain, out of desperation and out of what may seem to us, like fanciful hope. but they bet the house on donald trump. and when i spend time with them, i hope for them that they were right. >> yeah. you could use the word frustration, suspicion, in terms of how they feel about politicians in general in washington as a whole. >> right. >> we're rooting for them. that's for sure. >> thank you. in the meantime, monday marks the start of national mental health awareness month. and a new initiative, speak ul for kids. well-known athletes, actors and politicians are opening up about the personal struggles they have faced and their triumphs. >> i have obsessive-compulsive disorder and a general anxiety disorder. ♪

>> i have adhd. ♪ >> i have depression. ♪ >> i had a teacher tell me that i would never amount to anything. and i would never be successful. >> and michael phelps is going to win gold. >> when i was a kid, this was a cure for dyslexia. smarten up. smarten up. smarten up. thank you, welcome to "the tonight show." >> it feels like it's never going to end. and it does. oh, boy. thank you. what i would tell my younger self about having anxiety is that as i've gotten older, i've learned how to manage it with so many tools that have led to me living a pretty normal and exciting and vibrant life. >> i would tell my inner self to squeeze my dog tightly and to read a book and to meditate and

to breathe and understand i'm not alone. >> sometimes you feel so dark and you isolate. and you question yourself. and you think, what did i do to feel like this? it's a chemical imbalance. >> having anxiety might be indicative of other beneficial, positive characteristics. >> one great thing about being dyslexic, you tend to focus like a laser beam. you find something you can do well, you go right there to become successful. >> i'm an actor, a comedian and a judge and i got a lot of mental health issues. since i've spoken out about it, i have coping skills and i'm doing well. don't be quiet. tell people. >> talk to your mother. talk to a teacher. talk to your best friend. >> once i found that it was okay to talk to somebody and seek help, that has changed my life forever. and now, i'm able to live life to its fullest.

>> dr. herald capowicz is also the president of the child mind institute. good to see you. when you look at the numbers, it's really astounding. 17 million children in our country have a mental health disorder. what kinds of disorders? >> we're talking about the fact this is the most common illnesses of childhood adolescence. someone knows and loves these children. if it's not your son or daughter, it's your niece or nephew. it's autism, adhd, depression, obsessive compulsion disorder. all psychiatric illness, occurs before age 4 and before 14. that's when you should identify and treat it. if i have a symptom for ten years, much harder to treat than a symptom that's six months old. >> back to the numbers -- is it that they've increased or that we're more aware of them?

>> we're getting better identification. and we're starting to do more science. the more science we do, the more we recognize that it's about the brain and not about your parenting. you know, you can get angry that your parents gave you bad jeans. but it's not the way your mother works or didn't work. or your father and mother got divorced. it's the fact that certain kids are more vulnerable than others. >> let's talk about the news. the series, "13 reasons why." a lot of young teens are watching it. it's premised on a teen's suicide. i know you have strong feelings whether teenagers should be watching this or all. >> 90% of all of the teenagers who commit suicide have a psychiatric disorder. and that's 5,000 teenagers this year. and 600,000, one every 2 1/2 minutes, will make an attempt that leads to the emergency room. that means that this show should be pulled off the air immediately. teenage suicide is contagious. we know for over three decades that when kids watch television where they depict a suicide,

they're more likely to attempt and they're more likely to actually suicide. the problem with "13 reasons" is that it shows you that when you're in trouble as a teenager, there is no help, you're hopeless. and that suicide is glamorous and effective. that's not the message we want them to have. we want the message that my younger self gives. these are prominent people that say, when i spoke up, i got help, i can have a great life. >> and hopefully the celebrities who talk about it, will help erase the stigment. thank you for being here. if you want more information on mental health, go to today.com. just ahead, dr. travis stork is here, to talk about the allergy season and how to conquer it. first, your local news. i )m ...

we continue to follow breaking news out of the north bay . good morning. it's 8:26 on your friday. i'm sam brock. we continue to follow breaking news out of the north bay this morning. right now, a bomb squad along with police have surrounded a fairfield apartment complex looking for incendiary devices. this video is from our nbc bay area sky ranger which flew over the scene moments ago. it's happening on north texas street north of air base parkway. we're told there that some residents in the area are being told to get out. now the back story here, there is new video we received in the last several hours showing a fiery attack this morning in fairfield. this is what's left after a device was ignited in front of the fairfield police department. police have already arrested one man, hence the search now near his apartment complex for more possible devices. we will update you on-line with more information as soon as we get it.

in the meantime mike inouye watching your roads and traffic in oakland. >> oakland is the focus. the rest of the bay showing a very light commute. the south bay very smooth drive northbound showing through silicon valley. here both directions of 880 had experienced an issue northbound. the coliseum earlier crash cleared. southbound another crash cleared minutes ago and the bay bridge toll plaza the live look shows you the benefit of friday a lighter commute, still a backup, fast track seeing the most delays. if you take cash you'll be faster. back to you. >> definitely better than normal. thank you very much. that will do it for us now. we'll see you in 30.

sunshine. >> welcome. good morning. 8:30 now. it's a friday morning. it's the 28th of april, 2017. say hello to an adorable crowd out on our plaza. we are just enjoying this weather. it's going to get better tomorrow. >> i mean, there's a lot of cute people on the plaza. one stands above all the rest. hold on. hold on. hold on. hi, harvey. say hi. >> look at harvey. >> a little florida gator. >> love the hat. >> my gosh. >> that's a great old-school name. >> harvey looks like good people. >> are you having withdrawal? >> i am now. you can't help it. good news or bad news?

>> good news. >> i'm going to start with the bad news. the bad news is, the pollen count is about to explode. so, if you're suffering from allergies, that's not good. the good news is, dr. travis stork from "the doctors" is here. he's about to teach us ways to cope. >> maybe dr. stork will deliver. >> there you go. >> i got it. and check it out. he's kind of unrecognizable. josh groban is here with his fellow cast mates. you have to look closely. you see? there he is. >> wow. >> that's from the show "natasha, pierre and the comment of 1812." . they're helping us close out our broadway week in a huge way. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by zales. celebrate your love with a gift from zales, the diamond store. >> what do you say we check out

our weekend, and what we got in store for you, starting with saturday. more flooding making its way through the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. plenty of sunshine, a few showers in the pacific northwest. sunday, sunday, strong storms in the lower and central gulf. major flooding in the mississippi river valley. sunshine along the eastern seaboard. a few showers along coastal oregon. a little cooler here in the northeast. that's what's happening around the country. >> i'm meteorologist carrie hall. a lot of sunshine in the forecast. looking live at the tri-valley from pleasonton, 49 degrees, mid 50s elsewhere, upper 50s now for the east bay. but then as we go into this afternoon, all of our temperatures making it into the 70s. for all the inland areas, tri-valley to 73 degrees, peninsula at 71, and up to 68 degrees in san francisco, while the north bay will see a high of 77 degrees. over the next few days our temperatures continue to warm

and the sunshine continues even into next week inland spots in the -- >> that's your latest weather. don't forget. check out your friends at the weather channel for your weekend weather when you need it. let's head back inside to matt. >> thank you. the cdc estimates 26 million americans struggle with seasonal allergies every year. not to get too far into mr. roker's territory. but the projections for the next few weeks, shows tree pollen is bad in the west and will get worst as it comes to the east. grass poll listen be bad across much of the country, especially for you folks down south. we brought in dr. travis stork, host of "the doctors" to provide a little relief. good to see you. >> appreciate it. >> a lot of people grabbed their tissues and want to hear this. what is an allergy? what is happening that makes us feel this way? >> your immune system is going haywi haywire. it takes pollen, which is harmless. but it gets in your eyes and

your nose, and your immune system goes on the attack. that's what causes the similar thomas. the itchy, watery eyes, congestion, runny nose. >> you have two camps. the people that suffer from allergies and those that don't. is it the luck of the draw? >> it is the luck of the draw. there's interesting science. kids that you up on farms, less likely to get allergies and asthma. and the thought is, we live such clean lives that our immune systems are not exposed to as many germs. and the immune system is always on the lookout of things concerning to it. if you're not exposed to germs, you're more than likely to have allergies. >> is it possible to take steps and do things to prevent the symptoms from coming in the first place? >> it is. this is what i tell people. if you can avoid the allergen, you're going to win. you're outside, wear big sunglasses. when you get home, go ahead and

shut the doors and windows. run your air conditioning with a good air filter. vacuum regularly this time of year. personal hygiene is crazy. if you get home, put the clothes in the wash. and a lot of people forget to wash their hair. and they lay on the pillow and sleep in the pollen. >> not much of a problem for me. i'm one of the people that never had allergies until age 45 and then, they kick in. is that common? >> it's not uncommon. and there's no rhyme or reason. or sometimes people move to a new location and there's an allergen in the air that bothers them. >> you've gone through the symptoms, the clothes washing, taking a shower, the air felters. a lot of times you get to this season and think, do i have a cold? or is this an allergy? how do you know the difference? >> sadly, sometimes it can be both at the same time. the biggest difference is, with allergies, you're talking about itchy, watery eyes.

if you have a clear discharge, it's really thin. a cold should be self-limiting in a week or two. you're going to have the mucus buildup. >> treat them differently or the same? >> the good news is a cold will go away on its own. what i say with allergies, you want to take control of your allergies before they take control of you. there's ways to diminish the effects of allergens these days. >> a lot of medications. you see the commercials and the magazines, the ads are in there. when do you know you need to see a doctor and not just work with something you're getting over the counter? >> you feel like allergies or you think they're allergies and they're controlling your life, i'd go see your doctor. the great thing is now, if you see an allergist, they can put a game plan in place. a lot of over-the-counter treatments, antihistamines,

nasal steroids. if you figure out what's causing your symptoms, this is one thing in medicine we're effective at, treating allergies. see a specialist if you need to. >> we're going to put up information on our website, in particular, kids and allergies. >> absolutely. >> thank you. to check out "the doctors," check out your local listings. up next, a "today" exclus e exclusive, the daughter of the woman who touched readers before losing her life to cancer, opens up about her mother's legacy. first, this is "today" on nbc.

8:39, now. back with a feel-good friday story. it's tied to a love letter in "the new york times" that went viral earlier this year. >> it was written by a children's book author, and she wrote it days before she lost her battle with ovarian cancer.

maria shriver sat down with her daughter. maria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. losing a parent is one of the toughest life experiences, especially when you're just 20 years old. but amy's daughter, paris, says while this has been a difficult time for their family, finishing her mom's last project and sharing the lessons her mom left behind, has made it easier to keep moving forward. >> one of her main messages was, make the most of your time here. >> reporter: paris rosenthal is talking about the person closest to her, her mother, amy krauss rosenthal. known to millions as the woman with terminal cancer who wrote a love letter in "the new york times," for jason, her husband of 26 years. >> that's the love story i got to witness my whole life. ♪ >> reporter: amy's letter took readers through their love and the cancer diagnosis that would claim her life just days later.

a wife, a mother of three, also a best-selling author of more than 30 children's books and two memoirs. >> i have not lived to tell. i have not witnessed the extraordinary. this is my story. she said, when in fact, now, i think this is wrong. >> right. i do think she's lived to tell. and i do think she's definitely witnessed the extraordinary. >> reporter: even as amy's health started to decline, she refused to stop creating. instead, adjusted her sail and started something simple on instagram. project 1,2, 3. the goal, post at 1:23 p.m., for 123 days. her last post was day 61. not wanting to leave her mom's project unfinished, paris has decided to complete it for her. >> i'm doing a photo each day that reminds me of her that represents her, that tells a

story about her. i'm picking up where she left off. >> reporter: paris says her mom loved creating extraordinary moments. as much as she loved writing about them. often encouraging strangers on social media to meet her and create a memory. she would be the woman with the yellow umbrella. >> she wanted to bring people together to do lovely things and to ultimately make the world a better place. >> reporter: paris spent the last two months of her mom's life by her side, journalling conversations they had and the wisdom amy left behind. your mom said to you, don't go around it. go through it. so many people are afraid of going through it. >> you might think initially, it's easier to go around it, to not feel really hard things and just avoid it. but that comes back to you. >> reporter: amy shared stories with paris, how to create happiness.

don't get wrapped up in tomorrow. >> live your life the way you want to live if you knew you only had a certain amount of time left. >> reporter: lessons amy lived by long before she was sick. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for this incredible ride. >> tomorrow would have been amy's 52nd birthday. and her family just launched the akr yellow umbrella foundation as another way to honor amy, by supporting child literacy and ovarian cancer research. paris is just amazing. >> that's an incredible story, maria. i get jealous when i see people like that. >> yeah. >> obviously, it turned out in a way they didn't want. but i'm jealous of that spirit and that way to look at the world, with such a rational sense. >> and she lives on. >> so inspiring. so inspiring. >> she really is.

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for myself and for so many members of this coast. we couldn't imagine ourselves in a more brilliant production. >> it's a beautiful show. if you've been to broadway, it's never interactive. the actors don't break that fourth wall. you guys are different. >> what our set designer did is she turned the imperial theater into a 360-degree russian supper club. everybody can see everybody else. there's no two shows are the same. >> with the audience, too, right? >> yeah. there's interaction. and sometimes people get involved. it's very different and a lot of fun. >> what number are you going to do? >> we're going to do a song called "bulaga," into "the love triangle." a and antoll is going to help things out. ♪

♪ hey, bulaga the famous driver ♪ ♪ who is that man who is driving down the street ♪ ♪ who is that man there knocking people over ♪ ♪ running people down while the fine gentlemen hold on to their seats ♪ ♪ it's bulaga ♪ driving at 12,000 miles per hour ♪ ♪ get out of my way out of my way ♪ ♪ dashing through horses and peasants ♪ ♪ for my fine, fine gentlemen, yes, sir, oh, yes, sir ♪ ♪ yes, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪

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back at 8:53. let's wrap up the half hour with some birthdays. >> i like that idea. going to spin the smucker's jar.

say hello to very nice folks. mr. carl mohr of mccook, nebraska. a barber giving hair cuts at an air base during world war ii. frank hardison. loves golf. swings by the golf course three times a week. so does matt. happy 100th birthday to maxine best. this hard worker is from washington, d.c. a teacher for 30 years. and currently works for her family real estate business. all right. rita cummings of wellesley, massachusetts. 101 years old. she says the secret to longevity is to smile. great advice. say hello to charles jones, of north carolina. 100 years old. if you visit martha's vineyard, you may recognize him. he was a volunteer greeter on the island for decades. >

and happy -- wait for it -- 110th birthday to merle phillips, an author from illinois. wrote 11 books. working on number 12. that's fantastic. as always, if you know somebody celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary, tell us about them on today.com/celebrates. >> that would be a great job. volunteer greeter to martha's vineyard. >> hi. welcome. willie, what have you got this sunday? >> hoda is giddy about this. one of the biggest bands of all of music, little big town. got a chance to sit down with them on the stage at the fabled ryman auditorium, the mother of country music in nashville. been through everything together. divorce, death, new children, kimberly just adopted a baby. has a 4-month-old. they're a great band and a great group of friends. and it's a blast of a conversation on sunday. >> you have a great show. that part's the best.

the interviews. >> willie, thank an update now to breaking news we )ve been following out good morning. 8:56. we have an update to breaking news we have been following all morning long out of the north bay. within the last 20 minutes or so a bomb squad has cleared the fairfield apartment building, deemed all safe after they were looking for incendiary devices. this video is from nbc bay area sky ranger which flew over the scene this morning. that investigation happened on north texas street in fairfield north of the air base parkway.

the search all came on the heels of this, a fiery attack by the fairfield police department. this is what's left of a device ignited this morning in front of fairfield p.d. police have arrested one man as a result. if there are any other developments we'll bring you that information on line and, of course, on air. so we will be tracking that and have our next update, again the developments this morning an arrest in that and all clear at the fairfield apartments. we'll have more information throughout the morning and for now send you back to the "today" show and see you again at 9:25.

this morning on "today's take," jenna elfman, our celebrity co-host. and the chef with the best hair in the business, ryan scott, with angel hair pasta. and you, winning our fabulous freebie friday giveaway. tune in, right now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. friday, baby. not just any friday. >> that's very appealing. >> i like the banana suit. not just any friday. freebie friday. listening to "move your body" by cia. with our fabulous guest co-host.

love this outfit. >> thank you. >> it's so cool. >> like you're ready to go to the beach. >> that's good. tomorrow, you'll be able to. >> i love when you listen to my forecast. >> aw. >> you're good at what you do, al. >> thank you. at least somebody thinks so. and you've got this great, new sitcom on abc "imaginary mary." i love the idea of this. >> we have so much fun doing it. i get to do so many fun things. physical comedy. romantic things. i get to have fish out of water scenes with my boyfriend. he's divorced with three kids. and i have to date a friend with three kids and an imaginary friend i have that gets me through. all of the fun stuff i love about comedy, i get the do on this show. and we have so much fun doing it, it's a great time. we're really lucky. >> did you enjoy the break in new york city. i know you have two little ones. stwl i do have two sons. >> you had some me time yesterday.

>> i needed it. i went to bed at 9:00. >> nice. truffle fries in bed? >> i did a whole thing of truffle fries. i took a warm luke-warm bath. i thought there was something wrong with the bat. it was just that i hadn't mastered the heat nasozzle. >> it has that safety on the side. what's wrong with this bath? >> do you put bubbles? >> i admire her so much. maybe i should take a bath. i haven't taken a bath in years. >> i take one every other night. >> i'm a shower girl. >> do you use bath salts? >> sometimes if i'm there. i like hot baths. i like to sweat. and i like to get in the bed, like kind of still overhot from the bath and just fall asleep. >> nice. >> maybe i'll try it. >> it happens once in a blue moon. but i like it. >> you had a nice day. >> we had a wonderful day. we thought about it.

the ladies of the "today" show. everybody's a mom. it happened spontaneously in some ways. last year it wasn't that way. but hoda is adopted and dylan is a new mommy. why don't we get together and have a conversation. and let's do it with wine and salmon and couscous and spinach. so, kathie lee invited us over to her -- i can't call it a house. it's a magical land on top of a cloud. >> you're at an estate at lake como in italy. someone said, what's it like? i mean this beyond sincerely, if you close your eyes and think what would a garden in heaven look like and open your eyes, it's one of kathie lee's gardens. it's heavenly and peaceful, and you want to think smart things. >> it's great for moms to get together and talk mom stuff. >> yes. it was very therapeutic.

>> it's therapeutic. >> we're givers, we're going to put it together -- >> it's going to be on the show? your mom conversations on the "today" show? >> you hear people on a reality show say they -- we forgot the cameras were there. i feel like that's what happened. it was pretty real. >> that's good. >> yeah. you'll see that soon for mother's day. what about you? >> last night, i grew up here in new york city. and the idea that i might have gotten a job in new york city was so out of the ordinary and the realm. and i got a job at wnbc in new york and i got to work with a murderer's row of the best in the business. we hadn't seen each other for dinner in about ten years. we call each other. and we had dinner last night. a nice restaurant called the simone. and there's chuck and sue and len and janice. we had a great time and laughed

for two or three hours. >> you get together with people you have something in common with, it's uplifting. >> we had never done it before. you grew up in new york city and you know the faces. i grew up in kansas and i was aware of those people. they are legends outside of new york city. >> it was just great. and i mean, it's on par with this experience. you have seminal moments in your career. >> did it remind you of how far you've come and give you a moment to celebrate yourself and your accomplishments? >> it's a reminder of how blessed i am. this must be your dream job. no, i never dreamed i would do something like this. and to work with those folks is another blessing. >> and you're good people. that helps. >> speaking of blessings -- >> tell me about it. >> ice cream. we like to get free stuff here. >> that's what i like to do at night. >> ice cream? >> that's right. >> here's a question. you go into the ice cream store, whether it's ben & jerry's or

baskin-robbins. how many ice cream samples is okay? >> what do you say? >> it depends on who you ask, if you ask my 9-year-old, there's no limit. both my kids are like, i want to taste that and taste that. and i'm looking at nine people behind me. make a decision. get what you always get. momma, i want to taste -- and there's some in l.a. -- there's a sign saying two-taste maximum. >> interesting. i imagine, some pem say, after three or four, i'm fine. i'm good. i feel like two. three, if -- >> getting greedy? >> does it matter if there's a line behind you? if it's empty? does that affect the decisionmaking? >> there was a post on tasting table. they say max out your tasting tour at four or five. that seems a lot to me. >> i think i would get the hairy eyeball from the ice cream lady. >> if you do two apiece.

>> that's honey comb. >> that's really good. >> you know what it is? some of us like vanilla. but they have new kinds. you want to try them. there's a soup place downstairs, helen hearty. and i want to -- i want to ask for three. i always buy. that's good. >> double-fist it, right? >> that's a good time. >> this, tasting. let's check out what "curb your enthusiasm's" larry david thinks about this. >> i want to try the banana. >> banana? whoa. it might taste like a banana. >> and some chocolate. just the plain chocolate. >> you're like a sample abuser. that's what you are. >> what's the matter with you? >> you're abusing the sample privile

privilege. >> i'm going to have the plain vanilla. she winds up with vanilla? you have to be kidding me. how is the vanilla? >> it's so -- it's relatable. right? we say two. two is the max. >> my 9-year-old tried to go in one the other day, just do samples and leave. yes. i had to educate him about commerce. >> that's right. one of our pals, ryan scott, a great chef and also co-hosted our program. and he has a new haircut. a longer hairstyle. it's like a mullet but turned on its side. i love it. but our producer said they like the old look, with shorter hair instead of the new. we polled our viewers and ryan agreed to cut his hair if they liked the old look better. poll results? >> 70% like the old look. 30% like the new do. so, he's a man of his word. guess what? he's here this morning. he's going to do it live.

>> you can't go wrong. he could have his hair any old way. >> thank you. >> ryan is getting his hair cut from celebrity stylist, andre rodman, who is a stylist here in new york city. i started following you on twitter. on instagram. i kind of like your hair now. are you feeling some kind of way? >> what? >> are you feeling some kind of way? are you sad? >> i talked to my hairapist last night. things are good. >> strong. >> al and i said every hairy joke. we held hands walking down the hallway. >> you were in your yankees hat all t whole way to new york city. >> i was hiding the hair. i woke up. we talked in the mirror. went for a run in the park together. >> now, it's time to say good-bye. >> my wife said last night, the night before, she was petting it. are you really going to cut it right now? >> all right, andre. here you go. you get started.

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there you go. ryan scott, chef ryan scott, you voted for him to get his hair cut. >> you did this to me. >> evil people out there. >> joined by jenna elfman. and i got a little announcement. >> all righty. >> i'm so excited. i am going to be going to europe to ride the famed orient express. >> so amazing. >> i'm going to be joining our good buddy, actor josh gad, aboard the exotic orient express. >> josh is awesome.

we wrote a tv show together, "1600 penn." >> he's so cool. you're so cool. >> i saw him in "book of mormon." and he was on your show on nbc. that was a terrific show. >> you're going to have an amazing time. >> the train goes from venice to paris, to promote josh's upcoming movie, "murder on the orient express," based on the agatha christie novel about a train ride that ends up many mystery. opens up on november 10th. you remember, josh had a lot of fun online quizzing daisy ridley about spoilers for "star wars." >> the chocolate in the ice cream got to me. and the "today" show, if you're old enough, we took a ride on the orient express in 1988.

bryant, jane and willard. and history is repeating itself. >> what are you looking forward to? >> there's willie. >> that's cute. >> i think the idea of the elegant -- generally, we've been told, men where dinner jackets in the evening for dinner. >> how long is the ride? >> i think about 24 hours, give or take. >> that's a nice day. >> really looking forward to it. >> you're going to see amazing countryside, too. >> i'm not sure of the technology. >> we're going to be live. josh and i live on the train. >> does the satellite -- >> we're coming with you. >> a little inside -- >> a little guy running behind. >> the technology is now, there's an array of the guts of 12 or 15 cell phones in a little box. it's called live you. and it replaces the satellite. >> i'm looking forward to that. when are you leaving? >> monday, after the show. >> all right. everybody is talking about the

fidget spinners. i never heard about them, but the producers, your kids, my son. it's a hot toy. they're called fidget spinners. kids are collecting these things and springing them to school. they're banning them in some schools because kids are playing with them in class. >> my son, nick, who has some learning issues, and fidgets, this helps calm them. >> why is that? >> because -- as they're sitting at their desk, you sit there. and a lot of adults have been using them. some of them light up. and the fidget cubes are the same thing. >> let me see that one. >> it has tactile sensory things. >> if you're studying -- you're doing this and reading at the same time. >> and instead of moving around, you're -- this helps -- >> keeps them focused on it. >> at least it doesn't make

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♪of the north bay good friday morning at 9:26. i'm sam brock. an update to breaking news we have been following all morning out of the north bay within the last hour and a half or so. a bomb squad told us they have cleared a fairfield apartment complex after looking for incendiary devices. this video you're looking at is from sky ranger which flew over the scene this morning. all of it is connected to something that happened this morning as well outside fairfield police department. we'll get to that in a minute. but this search happened north of air base parkway. as for what precipitated everything, the search came on the heels of a fiery attack by the fairfield police department. what you're looking at here is what's left of a device that was detonated in front of fairfield

pd. police as a result have already arrested one man. we'll be updating you as soon as we get more information. chuck hobart is in fairfield right now interviewing people in the apartment complexes. after the break we'll have weather and traffic.

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. a lot of sunshine over the bay. a live look over san jose. it's been cool, but now we'll be seeing those high temperatures trend into the 70s today. up to 76 degrees. 74 degrees in oakland today, 79 in napa and santa rosa while san francisco will see a high of 78. if you're heading to the giants game, it will be cooler at first pitch and 61 degrees. all clear skies throughout the night as those temperatures drop back into the upper 50s and it will be very windy out there as well. heading over to mike, an update on the commute. >> kari, things are looking great now all around.

i do want to call out 101 and 237. a stalled vehicle at ellis caused a backup there but it looks like the lanes have cleared and we have good recovery. an earlier crash at the alamo rock area. that's been cleared and no residual remains. northbound 80 past the coliseum as well. an earlier crash downtown has cleared on both sides. back to you. thank you, mike. appreciate that. we'll be back with more updates for you in 30 minutes. again, chuck following the situation in fairfield for us. back to the "today" show. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®.

this morning on "today food," a mane course you're going to love. a chicken caesar angel hair pasta, courtesy of ryan scott. >> who do you think you look like? >> i saw the prompters. i don't look good. >> you look like alfalfa. from "the little rascals." >> let's do this dish. >> now, they turn the monitors off. >> it's pretty bad. >> this is comboing a chicken caesar salad with angel hair pasta. >> get it? all of the good loving goes in here. chicken, bacon, pasta, croutons.

in here, salt, pepper, take krubed chicken breast, about a pound or so. this is a fun dish to make. this is extra garlicy. garlic salt and garlic and garlic powder. i have a can of olive oil. sheinelle can't even look at me. >> because it's so -- >> amazing? >> bad. >> the food is great. just the hair. >> in the pan here with olive oil is the garlic and the chicken. you will cook this about five or six minutes until it's golden brown. you take it here all the way cooked. >> you could put scallops in here. >> you can mix up a lot of it. you want to do lobster, get fantfan fancy. i couldn't put bacon in the cookies, i put it in this dare. you cook about six pieces of

bacon. you chop them up. and you take the bacon love. add onion. add fresh tine. saute that for five or six minutes. once it's sauteed, you will add chicken stock. add cream. and chicken caesar, caesar dressing from the jar. once that's in there, mix, mix, mix. have it come to a boil. once it comes to a boil, it looks -- oh, my gosh. >> whoops. >> we're going to cook the spatula. >> the spatula is in the dish. so, you take this. now, you take the chicken, the bacon and the parsley. then, you take this guy right here. you strain your angel hair pa a pasta. once this is all mixed, you take that and mix these bad boys together. here's a trick. a lot of people didn't know.

once al roker takes 15 minutes to mix this -- >> yes. >> you take cheese. this is parmesan. >> this is the pasta water. you put a lid on. don't fuss with it don't mess with it. >> how long do you leave it? >> about a minute or two and a beer. once you're done, the cheese hits on top. you get the cheese that's melted? it allows it to come together. once it comes all together, mr. roker, i can't take myself serious because i can't see my hair. angel hair pasta caesar. you take the croutons from a packet go on top. bacon and parsley go on top of this. and you have one of the most fun, inventive, different dishes. you go online -- you said this is a far stretch. but this is a shortbread -- get it, jenna? short, haircut.

>> that was a strain. >> by that cookie is fantastic. >> mint chocolate chip shortbread cookie. >> do it. adair you. >> that's really good. >> superlow fat. paleo, all that stuff. it's vegan, too. >> sure it is. >> if you're on the tightest diet, once a week, you should just have whatever you want. >> i second that. >> that's why i love jenna elf man. >> take the whole thing. >> ryan, thank you so much. go back and get your haircut. get your hair cut. you want the recipes, go to today.com/food. okay. coming up next, the go-kart to end all go-karts. wait until you see the new, cool gear for when you're on the go. >> fun. >> and ran has gone to get his >> and ran has gone to get his hair conti

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the aqua bot is a multifunction water bottle. >> al can do that while he rides. >> at the grommet.com. >> the kids have these. >> thank you to ellie and grace, my tech companions for the day. these are zoo bits. i got an education. show them how it works. these are bag nettic shoe laces. they only have to tie them one time. >> this makes the morning out of the door so much better. >> right? my sister got them, so easy to walk out the door. >> this is good. >> they make them for adults. >> that, too. >> zoo bits. >> thank you. >> great products. >> al, we have stuff for you there. >> that would be great to make for suits. get home at night, just like that. a little breakaway. your weekend outlook, storms in the southeast, in the mid to

upper mississippi valley. snowstorm going on in the rockies. we got sunshine out west. a few showers in the pacific northwest. sunday, sunday, major flooding in the mid mississippi river valley. strong storms down to the gulf. showers in interior new york and good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we'll have some very nice and comfortable weather today. in san francisco expect a high of 68 degrees but it will be windy and it stays breezy tomorrow with a high of 70 degrees. our temperatures will be warming up over the next few days looking at highs in the mid-70s in the city while the inland areas will be into the upper 80s. it will feel like summertime but we'll have a much more comfortable weekend headed our way with temperatures warming up a couple degrees over the next couple of days. your latest weather. coming up, guess who is coming to dinner, richard gere and laura linney in their new

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made are adapted from best-selling novels. and we have great films you're going to want to see in the months ahead. >> here with a sneak peek of those books is isaac fitzgerald. good morning. >> good morning. how are we doing? >> we're good. >> let's get right into it, okay? "the dinner" with laura linney and richard gere. >> it's an incredible novel. this is a thriller. it's two couples that come together. the men are brothers. and they're meeting -- you're not sure it's the fancy restaurant. but it's to discuss their children and they've done something that's going to impact the whole family. you have richard gere and laura linney. >> and steve cougen, who i love. it's a fantastic movie. >> what do we got? >> "everything, everything." nicole une, this is "everything, everything." it will star amanda stenberg who

is on fire. this is about a young girl. she's basically contained to her home because she has a disease. that means she can't leave her house. she is taken care of by her mother who is also a doctor. but a family moves in next door with a handsome young man and trouble ensues. this is one of the page-turners that keeps you on the edge of your seat. >> is she going to get out of the house or not? >> exactly. that's what's going on. absolutely. >> okay. we got a period piecerachel." >> starring rachel wise. it works out. you an orphan. his cousin has taken care of him. his cousin gets married. dies under mysterious circumstances. he suspects the new lady, rachel. when they meet, he's enamored with her. >> it's hard to be suspicious and enamored.

>> this is very true. >> or enaenamelled. >> you have a kate winslet and idris elba? >> sometimes you want to watch idris elba and kate winslet on the side of a mountain. he's a doctor. she's about to get married. they get in an airplane accident. they're stuck in the wilderness. in is an adventure/romance. it's them against the elements. and will they or won't they? >> ooh. >> we hope they will. >> they're so good-looking. >> it's true. >> a lot of good-looking people on "murder on the orient express." with johnny depp and my pal, josh gad. we're going to ride on the train next week. >> don't get murdered. this is the classic. "murder on the orient express." if you haven't read this, please do. it's a classic thriller, from

agatha christie. >> poireau. >> they don't know who the murderer is. it's a great setting. such original, wonderful, intense writing. johnny depp, willem dafoe. >> judy bench. leslie odom jr. i can't wait. >> that's going to be fantastic. >> these are great summer blockbusters. but finding the original story in books. try to read them before you get to the theater. >> isaac, thank you. >> read. >> we're back in a moment. i'm reading this right now. this is "today" on nbc. that's a great story. >> really good.

all right. the moment -- >> the tall girls. >> we have been waiting for the dig reveal of ryan scott's new haircut. ryan scott, come on out.

>> he hasn't seen it? >> oh. >> you look handsome. >> cute. >> savannah says -- >> are you single? >> no. >> you're not single. >> i have a friend. >> what do you think? >> it's pretty good. >> looks good. >> hohoda, you've known me for long time. i tried to give you a blank stair. you are putting your hands through it. >> it's long on top. >> hi. >> where is andre? >> you look good. >> he did a good job. >> he got out of here. >> what do you think, jenna? >> i love it. that's what i thought would be best on you. >> al? >> very nice. >> i'm a hair neurorattic. i'm all about hair. i like it. >> jenna, thank you so much. so out=...the rails

runs=:28 =trx at ck= ck traffic m it will be a day of a lot of sunshine and quickly warming temperatures in the south bay. it will be up to 71 in the peninsula. tri-valley expect 73 degrees. even warmer in the north bay

with 77 and san francisco is 68 degrees. we'll see a lot more sun in the forecast over the next several days as the temperatures continue to warm up and we'll be watching that. let's head over to mike. >> lighter volume all over the bay. oakland recovered nicely after earlier issues. it is the south that continues to have an issue. for westbound 237 and northbound 101. a disabled vehicle caused both of these feeder freeways to back up and they sort of didn't recover well over the last half hour. we're seeing a little more slowing, still, for 237 off of 880 where we typically see that lane slow down, anyway. capital expressway has an accident that cleared. a standoff continues in martinez. parents of the children in the nearby elementary in martinez

were told to keep their kids at home as police try to find that man. he is expected of a murder in walnut creek. last night the suspect barricaded himself in a car about 10 miles away. one man has been arrested after several incendiary devices blew up in fairfield. the latest on nbc news, coming up.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> we are all here. try day friday. >> what did try day mean? >> it means we try something new. we try a little wine with our show. cheers to you. savannah guthrie, you guys, has extended her day. >> i'm so excited to be here. you know i love doing this show. >> i know you do. >> so who would not be available if you got down to me? blake the dog is busy? vet appointment? >> no. you were the choice. you we