update at 7:25. >> join us at bay area news at 11:00. we have so much more for you. get out and enjoy the day. a beautiful day. good morning. triple threat. hurricane jose set to impact the entire east coast. maria threatening a new round of devastation in the caribbean and possibly florida. and now lee. al's tracking them all. breaking overnight. new violence, new vandalism. a third night of demonstrations in st. louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black suspect. at least 80 people arrested. >> this is our city and we're going to protect it. >> more protests expected today. midday view. president trump set to make his first appearance at the united nations today.

his speech to the general assembly tomorrow. after slamming the u.n. for years -- >> when do you see the united nations solving problems? they don't. they cause problems. >> how will he be received by world leaders? all that, plus another fraternity pledge killed in a possible case of hazing. what needs to change. a special live event this morning. a ferris wheel worker survives a terrifying fall. and must see tv. all the highlights from the emmys. the big winners, the hottest fashions and a spicy surprise. today, monday, september 18th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, welcome to

"today" on this monday morning. it's 7:00 on the west coast. we thank you for joining us. it's one of those morningings where al is in the center of all the headlines. >> there's a lot for him to be watching at this hour. >> he's all over our top story. three powerful storms churning in the atlantic. including hurricane jose. its impact will be felt up and down the east coast. this morn, a strengthening hurricane maria is taking aim at the caribbean islands just devastated by irma. >> we're going to go live to puerto rico in a moment. we'll start with mr. rocker who's tracking all of this. >> good morning, savannah, guys. we've got three systems right now on the map. the prop catropical depression . let's start with hurricane jose. right now, it is moving up the eastern seaboard. look at the sprawl, from new england all the way down to cape hatteras, 270 miles east-southeast of cape hatteras. moving north at 9 miles per hour. it stays offshore but its effects will be felt up and down the east coast from cape hatteras all the way to nantucket.

we have tropical storm watches in effect from rohoboth beach to nantucket. now maria. this is a monster in the making. already a category 2 storm. 85 miles east of martinique. 110-mile-per-hour winds. moving west-northwest at 12. already we have hurricane warnings up for the leeward islands. hurricane watch up for puerto rico. and puerto rico could take a major hit from this storm. the first since 1998. so it's a category 2 storm now. makes its way across the leeward islands tonight. with 125-mile-per-hour winds. 5 to 7 foot storm surge. 8 to 16 inches of rain. then it makes its way towards the virgin islands and puerto rico. with 115 to 145-mile-per-hour winds. a category 4 storm. this could be as bad as hugo was back in 1989 with a 5 to 8 foot storm surge or more, depending on when it hits. 12 to 18 inches of rain on wednesday. and then continues on towards

the turks and caicos and the bahamas with 100 to 130-mile-per-hour winds. a devastating storm surge. inundation possible with heavy rains. down to a category 3. our big concern, guy, is puerto rico. because this already battered by irma. there's a lot of fragile infrastructure now. a storm of this magnitude could be devastating. >> we do want to drill down now, al, on hurricane maria and the preparations taking place across the caribbean. nbc's tammy litner is live in san juan for us this morning. >> good morning, savannah. residents here in san juan are getting ready as hurricane maria heads this way. now, the island was spared a direct hit from hurricane irma. but locals here have seen the deadly effect of a cat 5 hurricane and what it can do and they're taking no chances. this morning, round two. the caribbean in the cross hairs again.

this time from maria. another potentially destructive hurricane. now strengthen, following almost the identical path of devastation left by irma. >> are you nervous? >> yes, very. >> just days after the ferocious category 5 storm tore through the islands, leaving thousands without home, and businesses demolishes, hurricane warnings and watches are up again. >> hurricane maria. we've got watches. we've got warnings. >> residents who just got through irma are now heading back to the grocery store to stock up on food and water and plywood is a big seller again. >> it's been devastating. it's been very stressful for everyone. >> even the private caribbean island of billionaire richard branson wasn't spared. >> i've never experienced quite like hurricane irma. it's given me a lot of respect for nature. >> with maria bearing down, he tweeted, another massive storm is under way and may do more damage to already wounded communities. stay safe. seek shelter.

as the caribbean braces for maria, residents in the hart-hit florida keys are doing what they can to clean up the mess. >> we'll just keep working, trying to get everything back to normal, restore everything. i think before we know it, we'll be back up the way we were before. >> tens of thousands of residents in puerto rico still have no power from irma and now they're having to get ready for yet another hurricane, a very difficult situation. matt and savannah. let's turn to st. louis now. and a third straight night of protests after the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of a black man. violence and vandalism leading to dozens of arrests overnight. nbc's black ke mccoy is in st. louis. >> reporter: the protests have already started up against here in downtown st. louis. about 150 protesters so far going on a peaceful march. it follows that night of violence that saw these

storefronts smashed in. rowdy and defiant protesters marching through the streets of st. louis for a third night in a row. multiple people arrested for damaging property. and spraying an unknown chemical on officers. it caps off a weekend of other violent clashes between protesters and police. tear gas was used when protesters converged on the mayor's house friday. throwing rocks through windows with her family inside. two dozen businesses had their windows smashed the next night. why target commercial areas and businesses? >> to get everyone's attention. >> reporter: the majority of protesters have remains peaceful following friday's decision by a judge to acquit former police officer jason stockley of murder in the 2011 shooting death of anthony lamar smith after a high-speed chase. the officer says he saw smith

reach for a gun. >> it was an imminent threat to my life. i had to. >> reporter: u2 and ed sheeran both canceled their weekend concerts here. missouri's national guard remains on standby. >> we have no patience for violence. >> reporter: in university city where store windows were smashed, neighbors came out to help clean up. andy cross grabbed his paint brush, transforming the plywood on those busted windows into art. >> let people know we care. >> reporter: i just spoke with the owners of this nail salon. they've been cleaning up this morning and says they likely will not reopen today because they just don't know where the protesters will go today. protesters have remained purposefully unpredictable about their moments. there is a huge police force standing at the ready. >> blake mccoy on this story, thank you. lots more to get to. i cluding the start of a whirlwind week for the

president. he's in town for the united nations general assembly. his agenda is pack and will be dominated likely by the north korea crisis. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is live at trump tower here in manhattan. >> good morning to you. the president just moments ago making his united nations debut, arriving over at the u.n., just blocks away from his home here at trump tower. as we speak, he's now hosting a gathering focused on u.n. reform. this is an important week for this president. the world isn't just going to be watching, they're going to be listening. how will this president balance his america first vision with the u.n.'s world first philosophy. and all of this against the backdrop of north korea with the administration signaling that the time for a peaceful solution with north korea is running out. back home in new york this morning, president trump preparing to host the world at the united nations general assembly. an organization he's never shied addway from criticizing. >> when you see the united

states solving problems? they don't. when do you see the united nations solving problems? they don't. they cause problems. >> reporter: also with president moon of south korea, and slapping the dictator of north korea with a new nickname, rocket man. the rogue regime repeatedly defying the u.s., despite tightening u.n. sanctions. another long-range missile test just last week. >> this regime is so close now to threatening the united states and others with a nuclear weapon that we really have to move with a great deal of urgency. >> reporter: on tap, a dizzying week of meetings. sit-downs with the leaders of israel and france. tr tomorrow, his centerpiece address where aides say mr. trump will be tough and serious, embracing america's allies and attacking its enemies. >> he's going to address the specific threats of north korea, iran, global terrorism and why it is important that all of us come together and confront these

as a unified body. >> reporter: on wednesday, visits with the british prime minister and palestine authority presidents. thursday, a working lunch with the leaders of south korea and japan. north korea's neighbors. america's u.n. ambassador outlining the u.s. strategy for the north korea threat. >> we wanted to be responsible and go through all diplomatic means to get their attention first. if that doesn't work, general mattis will take care of it. >> reporter: still, on the eve of a critical global gathering, a less than diplomatic tweet about the president's past opponent, the former secretary of state. mr. trump retweeting an edited video that appears to show him teeing off on the golf course and knocking down hillary clinton. as for north korea, the united states, its ally, japan and south korea, their bombers and fighters flying north a series of drills above the korean peninsula over the course of this weekend. notably not here, the leaders of china, cuba and germany.

as one analyst put it, nonetheless this is like speed dating from hell. just now, we're hearing about the first comments from the president critical of the u.n. telling them the u.n. has not reached its full potential due to bureaucracy and mismanagement. he said, quote, not seeing results in line with this investment. a lot of eyes focused on this test for the president as it plays out. matt and savannah, over the course of the next four days. his big speech tomorrow. back to you. >> peter alexander, thank you. there are also new developments into the investigation of that london subway bombing. police carried out new raids overnight. two men are now in custody. there's also new surveillance video that may show another suspect in that attack. nbc's kelly collbia is at scotland yard with the latest. >> reporter: police say they're making rapid progress. two men under arrest. at least three properties searched. and now what may be a key clue. video of what could be the

subway bomber. from a security camera south of the city, a man carrying the same type of supermarket bag found holding the bomb. the video obtained by our british partner itv news and turned over to police was recorded just before 7:00 friday morning. an hour and a half later, the bomb sent a fireball through a subway car. injuring more than 2 dozen people. the video was taken outside this house south of london. site of a counterterrorism raid saturday. the homeowners foster parents ron and penelope joebnes, honor by the queen for taking in hundreds of children. recently they've been helping young refugees from syria and iraq. our british news partners contacted the couple. they have no comment. police have two men in custody. this video obtained by the sun purports to show the second arrest late saturday night in west london. police covering the suspect's legs in plastic wrap, possibly

to preserve evidence. and searching the fast food restaurant where he was arrested. british press named the man believed to be a 21-year-old syrian refugee. earlier, an 18-year-old man was arrested in the ferry departure area in dover, a key port to france. this morn, londoners went back to work. a visible police presence at train stations and subway lines. the threat level now lowered from critical to severe. as police piece together clues. and this morning, british media are reporting the two men under arrest were both cared for at the same foster home. at this point, neither man has been charged. matt, savannah. >> okay, kelly, thanks very much. now to the tragic death of a crew member for the popular netflix siri series narcos. he was scouting possible film locations in mexico when he was shot and killed. >> a friend of the victim tells the mexican press the location

scout had set out alone the day he was killed. they say he left with cameras and was planning to take photos of the terrain, but in an area ruled that by drug cartel, that can be a dangerous or deadly decision. netflix hit series narcso has been praised for its gritty portrayals of drug cartels. now tragically a crew member killed by the same sort of violence depicted in the series. the body of 37-year-old carlos munoz portol was found on a country road in central mexico. shot multiple times. while scouting locations for "narcos." >> he was an amazing brother, an amazing son, a great friend. he was very proud of his job. >> reporter: his sister says he loved his family and his work. >> he felt very lucky to be able.

>> reporter: he was a mexican citizen with a long list of credits, including location scouting for the james bond film "spectre." netflix issued a statement expressing condolences to his family. adding, the facts surrounding his death are still unknown as authorities continue to investigate. netflix declined further comment. but after three seasons about colum bian cartels all shot on location, the show reportedly plans to shift its focus to mexico. >> he just wanted to show how beautiful our country really is. and how nice people are. >> reporter: violence connected to drug cartels has claimeded more than 100,000 lives since 2006. notorious drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman made headlines when he was arrested and later escaped from prison in july of 2015 by climating down a two-foot hole underneath his cell.

he was recaptured in 2016 and extradited to the u.s., where he now faces criminal charges. now the death of a well-respected location scout raising new questions about whether even a aal version of the drug wars can be produced when real-life kingpins still remain. police have said the victim's car was found often the road, rammed into a bush. investigators say he had been trying to get away from what appears to be a car chase. the area where his body was found has been plagued by cartel violence. savannah. >> all right, miguel, thank you. mr. roker back here. he's been talking about storms this morning. what else do you have? >> wet weather to talk about in the pacific northwest. as a series of funnel systems push on through. heavy rain there. severe storms in the central plains. heavy surf developing already from florida to new england as we watch jose. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good monday morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out the high temperatur temperatures today, in concord, a high of 79 degrees, 76 in an jose and palo alto. the temperatures continuing to feel just about where we should be for this time of year with a chance of showers on wednesday. by the end of the week, we begin the first day of fall, then warmer weather in time for the weekend. we'll be watching out for that shower chance on wednesday.

coming up, we're going to detail the effects of jose as it comes up the coast. >> all right, we get that report in a minute. coming up, tragic new cases of fraternity hazing on college campuses. has it become an epidemic? what can be done about it? the family of a penn state pledge who died is here to take part in a special live event on the plaza addressing some of your concerns. >> we've got that, plus the history and surprises in last night's emmy awards. first on a monday morning, this is "today" on nbc. night's emmy awards. but first, on a mo

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viz zibility in a few spots and still mostly cloudy as we look outside in san jose. all that clearing out for the afternoon. we keep the cool temperatures we had from over the weekend looking at the mid-70s for inland valleys and oakland up to 70 degrees. san francisco, a high of 66 degrees today. a little warmer tomorrow and a chance of showers on wednesday. the highest chance of rain is in the north bay for the middle of the week and may move into the inland areas as well. as we go into the first day of fall, which is this friday, we will have warmer temperatures in time for the weekend. we'll continue to monitor that. let's see what's happening on the roadways with mike. >> we are looking at an okay drive. the south bay slowdown, 101 has been tough coming up north of santa teresa. sbds 880, a crash in the middle of the road may just cleared.

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dozens of world leaders and address the u.n. general assembly for the first time as president >> he's going to address these specific threats of north korea, iran, terrorism and why it is important that all of us come together and confront these. sound decision, the u.s. is considering closing its embassy in cuba in the wake of those unexplained sonic attacks on diplomats. a worker at a north carolina fair is injured after tumbling from a ferris wheel, trying to rescue two young boys stuck on the broken ride. and hitching a ride. a young koala takes a ten-mile journey inside the wheel of an suv before being rescued and returned to the wild. >> so cute. our floor director said that was a koala-ty story. sorry, that was a good line? >> that's why he doesn't wear a microphone. >> absolutely. well, move on now and there's a spotlight we're hoping to shine this morning on a

really important topic. hazing in america. it's more urgent than ever. after another incident just last week, this one at louisiana state university. >> each case leads school officials, lawmakers, parents, and students searching for answers. as we said, we'll talk about the concerns in a special live event on our plaza in our next half hour. but first, nbc national correspondent kate snow is outside with the latest cases and some revealing new poll numbers. kate, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, savannah, good morning to you. this morning at college campuses all across the country, students are being recruited to join sororities and fraternities. right now, no one really tracks how often hazing occurs. the cases we hear about, often the most egregious like the one at lsu just last week. 18-year-old max gruve was a big sports fan, even writing for local papers and blogs. but last thursday, just 24 days

into his freshman year at lsu, the the pledge was rushed to the hospital. >> he seemed eager about being in the fraternity and from what i could see it was something he was really adamant about. >> reporter: but his life ended in that hospital, a case police are investigating as a hazing incident. the preliminary autopsy report showing he had a highly elevated blood alcohol level plus presence of thc, found in marijuana. his roommate, hoping his death won't become just another hazing story. >> speak his name. don't just let him be that one guy. >> reporter: he's the latest story triggering a nationwide response. last february, it was tim piaza who died at penn state. >> we have a friend who's unconscious. >> reporter: his distraught parents talking to matt. >> they basically treated our son as road kill and a rag doll. >> reporter: for too many students, hazing is a rite of

passage. >> young people want to prove themselves. they want to gain and earn that respect from the people that are already in the group. they say, i went through this, i want you to go through this. >> reporter: when fraternities and sororities are punished and removed from campus, sometimes students form secret clubs. just three weeks ago, american university expelled 18 students from an underground fraternity. >> i think the campus reaction, everyone's relieved. >> reporter: our new nbc survey finds a growing sense that enough is enough. 86% say hazing is unacceptable because it can lead to dangerous behavior and injuries. 75% say something needs to be done. versus 22%, who call it a part of college life. >> it was good to see that a lot of people acknowledged what hazing was and identified it as a dangerous practice. the tolerance for some of these practices is decreasing. >> reporter: lsu has suspended all greek activities on campus.

>> hazing is dangerous, irresponsible, and unacceptable. and it will not be tolerated at lsu, period. >> reporter: at penn state, the university has taken over monitoring and disciplining fraternities and sororities after acknowledging that it was tough to police them. >> it's private property. it's a private house. >> reporter: 44 states and washington, d.c., now have anti-hazing laws and a bill introduced in june on capitol hill would require colleges to report hazing incidents, a first step. experts say it would be unrealistic to eliminate initiation ceremonies. better to teach students safer ways. >> how do you bring students to the table to be part of the solution? how do you create alternative options for initiation rites that be be healthy and positive. otherwise, the risk is that if it's just prohibited, it will go underground and when things is go underground, they get much more dangerous. >> reporter: for parents with college-age kids, there's an interactive map that shows you

what laws exist where. we have a link to that at today.com. the most important thing, obviously, is conversation, and it might help to mention that not only is hazing unacceptable and dangerous, but guys, it can lead to jail time as well. >> kate, thank you very much. as we mentioned, our conversation just beginning on this. students and parents, we want to know what you think about the state of hazing on college campuses today. >> we're hoping that you'll tweet us using #hazinginamerica and we'll use your questions next half hour. let's make a switch and talk to mr. roker about the weather. >> we're going to talk about jose and its effects. it's going to stay offshore, at least the center of it, but we will feel the effects up and down the eastern seaboard so we start off with the winds. this is a wide system, so we can talk about basically tropical force winds of the del mar coast, the new jersey shore starting tomorrow, long island on into cape cod and the islands there. 60-mile-per-hour winds. the peak wind gusts happen

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♪ welcome back. tv's biggest stars were out in force for the 69th annual emmy awards. and natalie morales is in los angeles with all of the highlights. >> it was a great night at the microsoft theater here in los angeles, with several winners making history. and an unexpected guest who caught everyone offguard. for emmy host stephen colbert, it was business at usual, taking jabs at a favorite target. >> unlike the presidency, emmys go to the winner of the popular vote. >> and stunning the audience with this surprise.

>> is there anyone who can say how big the audience is? sean, do you know? >> rolling out former pressean . >> this will be the biggest audience to witness an emmys, period. >> and for those the portrayal of him on "snl," he won an emmy. to keep the ball rolling, kate mckinnon picked up the best supporting actress in a comedy. >> thank you to hillary clinton for your grace. >> "veep" won two awards, making emmy history with her sixth-consecutive lynn. >> laura dern, "big little lies." >> emmys going to laura dern, for best supporting actress, alexander skarsgard, best supporting actor. >> thank you for making this boy

feel like one of the girls. >> and nicole kidman for best actress in a show that deals with domestic apus. >> by you acknowledging me with in award, it supports it even more. >> reporter: john lithgow with his portrayal of winston churchill. and "the handmaid's tale," elisabeth moss and ann dowd. it was a big night for diversity. sterling k. brown picked up best actor for "this is us." >> you are the best white tv family. >> reporter: and donald glover, the first emmy for comedy directing. aziz shared the award with

theresa. it was a big year for "saturday night live." along with the awards for alec baldwin, melissa mccarthy and lorne michaels. that was handed out last weekend. >> wish i would have stayed up that late. sounds like a great show. natalie is up late and up early. >> we have more red target action. let's go to dylan, in the orange room for carson. >> good morning, guys. for the stars, the emmys kicked off online before the show went live. oprah shared this photo before she stepped on to the red carpet. elizabeth mass showed her preshow facial before she went on to win for lead actress. and jess isica biel posts, whene

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our mother, wife, grandchildren pat pattie daly caruso. she touched so many lives with her giant spirit and love of life. she will be missed by her family and the world. but her spark will shine for eternity. and we want to say, carson, we're so sorry. and our thoughts are with you and your family. >> what a devoted loving son carson is. and pattie was just a force. want to change subjects and get a look at your news at 8:00. three, major storms spinning out in the atlantic right now. hurricane maria, threatening puerto rico and other parts of the caribbean. al has an update on this triple threat. >> we're going to start with our east coast threat. jose, category 1, east-southeast of cape hatteras. 80-mile-per-hour winds. it stays offshore, but the effects will be felt from

delav del mmarva peninsula. we're worried about the surf. a category 2 storm, maria. east of martinique. it's moving west-northwest at 13. it looks like it will intensity to a category 4 storm before hitting puerto rico. puerto rico has not had a direct hit of a hurricane since 1988 with georges. and 1989 with hugo. this could be rough. hitting with 140-mile-per-hour winds. the storm surge could be devastating. then, it brushes across the dominican republic, with 130-mile-per-hour winds. making its way, by friday, into the turks and caicos and maybe the bahamas with 120-mile-per-hour winds. guys, this will be a very, very dangerous situation. the storm surge alone in puerto

rico, could be devastating. i can't really even begin to tell you how bad this could be. >> all right, al. we'll keep our eye on that. you keep your eye on it. we'll check back with you. now, to another big story we're watching. at least 80 people were arrested during a third night of protests in st. louis, over the acquittal of a white former police officer in the shooting of a black man. most of the demonstrations have been peaceful. security concerns forced u2 and ed sheeran to cancel their concerts in st. louis. the judge found jason stockley not guilty in the shooting of lamar smith. now, to an incident in france. four boston college students attacked with acid at a train

station in marseille. >> reporter: this morning, these college students who came to paris to see the world, are recovering after a braising attack at the train station in marseille. charlotte koffman, kelsey, courtney silverling, all juniors were headed home from a weekend getaway to the south of france. this witness said she saw a woman holding a bottle of acid and threw it on these girls. authorities arrested the french suspect who they say had a history of psychiatric troubles. but didn't say if she targeted the americans. france has been on high alert since a series of terror attacks killed 213 people. this morning, the b.c. students are returning to paris. >> they will stay.

but they may change. >> reporter: one of them writing on facebook. i pray the attacker will be healed from her mental illness. and receive the salvation that can only come from him. for "today," stephanie gosk, nbc news. we'll take a turn, now. and hoda has her "morning boost." >> proof you're never too young to help out around the house. check out this adorable video. that's 1-year-old azara. she's helping her dad do a laundry. azara's mom says she takes after her older sister. cleans her own room, makes her own bed. she encourages everyone in the house by saying this, if you're old enough to make the mess, you're old enough to clean it up. >> does she rihyme it like that. >> that's how she said it. >> the cadence.

>> let your kids clean it up. >> we're fighting those battles daily at our house. but really good advice. al, what's shaking? >> we're looking right now in the pacific northwest with some strong storms. they're going to be causing heavy rain and maybe even some localized flooding. thunderstorms around the western gulf and strong here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we start out with some cloudy skies. and some mild temperatures. right now, it's 64 degrees in the south bay peninsula and the trivalley. we're also feeling some nice cool weather to start out this week. mostly clear in the north bay with our high temperatures in san francisco reaching up to 66 degrees today. 70 tomorrow. and then by the middle of the week, we'll have a chance of some showers moving in with a cold front that brings in some slightly cooler air for the inland areas, especially on thursday. >> that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al. thanks very much.

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we're back, now, with a special live event, focusing on the state of hazing in america. we gathered students, parents and experts right here on our plaza for what we hope will be a very powerful and timely conversation. >> with us right now, the co-sponsors of an anti-hazing bill, known patrick meehan and rebecca fudge. and the piazzas, whose son tied during hazing at penn state university. and their lawyer. there was incident of alleged hazing at lsu last week. we know what happened with your son, tim. was this a subject you talked about openly and often if your home before your son went off to college? >> not really. we really didn't think very much of either of our boys joining a fraternity or hazing or anything

like that. it kind of came to us a little later on that tim was interested in joining a fraternity. and frankly, that thought really was not a significant thought of mine. >> when you heard he was interesting to join a fraternity, did hazing come to your mind even at that point? >> it did. but when i read the tenets of this fraternity, i felt better because it was a nonhazing, nonalcohol fraternity. i thought, we're good. >> unfortunately, we know the awful things that transpired with your son. it's really unspeakable. what does it mean for you to be here today? what we're about to do to sit down and have this conversation. i think it's important to ground it in what you are hoping to accomplish here. >> the legislation about holding the schools accountable. the schools need to hold the students accountable. and the court systems need to hold the students accountable, as well. the only way we're going to get

change is if we have real accountability and hopefully deterrents from doing this in the future. >> one of the things the bill is going to do is define what hazing is. how do you do that? >> substantial risk of injury. that's where you really start and knowing -- these are the elements, so to speak. but it suggests that you understand that there's some risk associates with certain activities. and we're not talking about the kind of lighthearted things that aren't really a threat. >> shaving your head. painting the school logo on your face. running across the campus naked. that's not what you're trying to do away with. >> it is to some degree. we're talking about humiliation, degradation. we're talking about things that might be reckless behavior. not always intentional. but certainly reckless without regard to a person's safety or mental health.

it could be something like that. we're talking about excessive use of alcohol. we're talking about sex acts, which are very often in these kind of things. but what they also say, it's not confined to sororities and fraternities. people in marching bands, choirs, sports activities. it is rampant on college campuses. it has to stop. >> let's be clear of what this legislation does. it doesn't outlaw hazing. it doesn't look to govern these groups. it's that universities should start reports of hazing. are the universities turning a blind eye? i would like to hear the piazzas on that, as well. >> exposure, behavior, accountable. this pulls everybody into the dialogue. and more than 50% of the students that are subjected to hazing during the course of the year, and a broad spectrum of activities, not just fraternities and sororities. it makes the school a partner in

reporting any incidents of hazing and then educating your student body prior to a school year about what it means to haze and the fact that you're going to be accountable. >> that bill tells universities and colleges they have to report any hazing incidents, in part, as part of their annual crime report. so, that makes it more significant for the university. >> correct. we're building on the cleary act that already reports acts of violence or criminal activity on a campus. >> let's take this to a personal level for a second. i didn't get to meet tim. but you told me a lot about him. when we sat down and talked. he was smart. he was confident. he was well-liked. as a parent, now, i say, okay. so, i think i have kids who are all of those things. how can i be sure they're going to get to college and they're going to try to join an organization. and they're going to be willing to stand up and say no. i don't want to join your

organization badly enough to have you put me through what you're trying to put me through? how would you answer that question? >> young kids are impressionable. and sometimes they feel peer pressure. we're trying to do things that will make a difference. we're trying to do things that will bring an end to it. we're working with the state of pennsylvania to introduce new laws that will make the hazing penalties stiffer. not only for the individuals who do it, but also for the universities and organizations that turn a blind eye to it. >> don't you think there's a flipside that we haven't talked about. we hear about a hazing victim. what about the hazing perm trei perpetrators? and what kind of conversations do you need to have with your children that says if you see something wrong, you have to stand up and do something about it. >> as a parent, you need to have

a conversation with your child to say it's unacceptable. under no circumstance is hazing acceptable. and to let them know, all of the potential risks that come along with it. in addition to morally hurting somebody and potentially them dying. >> and if someone stands up and ostracizes you for standing up against this, well, then -- >> you don't need them. >> you don't need them thisin y life. let's go to hoda in our crowd. >> in this day and age, why on earth does hazing exist at these colleges? and why is it that kids who are smart kids, with like a 3.5 gpa and all this stuff, end up signing up for that? >> there's research that would suggest that we have evolved to haze. that literally, as humans going through the last several thousand years, that we look for opportunities to keep newcomers

from coming into our groups and exploiting the status of our groups. and that's why you see hazing so much worse in fraternities and vo varsity athletes. there's status being in those groups. the groups don't want to just give that status away. they want people to subject them to degradie ining tasks to be pf this group. >> you can't believe with the deaths that this still exists. >> exactly. there's different motivations. that's hard to understand. some groups haze because they want to bring groups together. often times we see the abuse of power. we see people that i can make you do anything to get it. i can make you drink alcohol until you pass out. and they abuse that power. we need to curb that power differential that's inherent. >> you get together in these groups, whether it's a marching band or an athletic organization or greek life.

and sometimes the existing members will say to pledges, well, i did this. i did this. and that's how i'm a part of this group. why won't you do it? the pressure they exert on these young minds is substantial. >> as i said, young people are impressionable. and i have no doubt there are people that probably don't want to do it but feel the pressure they have to. that's what we need to put an end to. we need to put an end to all of this. we need to break that trend. >> it's a cycle of abuse. >> and being involved in these organizations, as well. people look at how do i benefit by being a part of this? how am i elevated being on my campus? how do i build a network of people to help me as i go further in my career? or my education? there's some advantages, as well. people look at that and they weigh what -- is it so bad? but nobody should send their kid

to school and they not come home. that's why we have to do something about this. >> tom, i mean, there's obviously a criminal aspect to this in some cases. you represent the piazzas. there's a criminal case unfolding there. is enough being done to prosecute and to pursue incidents of hazing that cross into that line? >> if there is not an aggressive posture towards the prosecution of what is a crime in most states, there will not be deterrents. that's part of what we see and what we recognize. there's a culture of abuse. and there's a culture of recidivism that we have here. and someone has to try to break it. that's what universities are grappling with. and that's what the piazzas are grappling with, as well. >> hoda? >> guys, i have stuart. you want to stand up, sir? he has triplets, three kids all getting ready to go to college.

you have discussed greek life. you have a question for the p e piaz piazzas. are there warning signs that parents or students can pick up only, before initiations about individual fraternities that would indicate there's something dangerous involved in their initiation? >> we certainly had no warning signs. as my wife said, she looked up this fraternity. it seemed to be a model fraternity. but what was going on inside its doors was something completely different. the message to the children is, if it doesn't feel right, if it doesn't look right, get out. >> i also think it's important. you ask a very good question. because we have rituals. it shouldn't be on the student who is looking to join something to figure out what it might be about. these organizations have a responsibility to revisit what the rituals are about. and make sure ahead of time that they're removing the kinds of things that create the s

substantial risk of harm or degradation and other things. i think this sends a signal as much to the fraternity councils and to the universities, to revisit things that people have been doing to make sure they're not harmful. >> another aspect of this. and kate snow touched on this in her piece earlier in the show. sometimes universities and colleges, when they outlaw these things, they're driven underground. and at that point, you get a practice that gets even more dangerous because it's so far from the eyes of authorities, that it goes further. how do you deal with that? >> i think there's a couple things. the university has to have policies in place that are so strict that people know if i get caught doing this, i could be expelled, i could be prosecuted. and i think that also, the organizations, i'm part of a sorority. we make sure our policies are so clear, we make signs saying i

will not be hazed. we make our membership saying i will not haze, so we have the ability to hold them accountable for whatever they do. and make an example of them when they do it. and i think we have to work together to make sure everybody is on the same page. >> and there's a universal principle here. universities must own this problem. universities cannot walk away from it. >> i want to get to hoda who has another question. >> you can go ahead and stand up. a sophomore at rutgers. he's a member of a fa teraterni. >> i pledged a fraternity last semest semester. and i was fortunate to have an awesome experience. but for my friends, they didn't have the same experience i did. that being said, i'm happy we're taking a step in the right direction to address the hazing epidemic. my question is regard to the reach act. it will reach out to

universities to document hazing as their annual crime report. how do you plan to document and account for all the hazing that's not reported? >> good question. >> unfortunately, a lot of people that go to college thinking hazing is normal. they don't think they've been hazed. that's why the education component of this bill is going to make sure that when they go to a college campus, that college is going to tell them what hazing is, instruct them how to report it, where to report it, and what their expectations should be after they report it. i think if people believe something will happen, they will report it. most people think, nothing is going to happen if i report it and i don't know who to report it to, so they don't. i think if people understand how serious this is, and they can get some real redress, they will report it. >> we have a mole with the clear react, that's demonstrated and working, with sexual violence on campuses. there's a pattern with education

and reporting that's already proven to work on college campuses. >> jim and evelyn, in the 35, 40 seconds we have left, leave people watching with one piece of advice. the parents at home, who just sent their kids off to college or are about to in the coming years? >> talk to your kids. be open and honest. and convince them that they can tell you anything, so that they can tell you, if they're in a bad situation. >> just make sure they understand what happened to tim and the most recent situation. they need to know about it. >> it can happen to them. >> really appreciate you coming. and continuing to share your story. and make a difference with your story. and thanks for the bill you're proposing. we think it will make a huge difference, as well. >> we want to keep this conversation going online. we have a lot more coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news"

tonight, as well. we hope you get involved. just ahead on "today." dr. oz is here. he has the truth abouti )m ... ==topvo== firefighters are investigating an overnight fire that destroye good morning. it's 8:26. firefighters are investigating an overnight fire that destroyed a salvation army trailer filled with donations. this happened in the lot behind the salvation army store near highway 152 and 101 if gill roy. the charity estimates about $5,000 in loss. the sprinklers kept the fire from spreading but it's believed the nearby store will remain closed for at least the next couple of days. workers say people have broken into the same trailer in order to steal clothing and other items. right now, firefighters are calling the fire suspicious. >> and mike, a crash in morgan hill. >> a major intersection and a school bus is involved reportedly but also there are no major injuries.

we'll track that and let you know via twitter, our facebook page and of course if there's anything big to report we'll update that as well on our next report. as far as the impact on the commute right now, a disabled cement truck still going on there, north 85 at freemont. and the build coming out of campbell as well. northbound 680 really jammed up. two lanes are completely open. two more should be open soon. northbound 680 at 84. there's a motorcycle crash there. they're doing some investigation. the bay bridge, a smoother drive but the metering lights are still on. >> i'll have another local news update in a half an hour.

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mississippi river valley. shine through the southwest. as we get to the midweek period, rain hanging around and remnants of jose. mountain snows through the western plains. as we get toward the end of our workweek, sunny and warm in the northeast. mid-atlantic states to the northeast. me that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good monday morning. it's still cloudy all around the bay area. we will get some clearing and temperatures in san francisco reaching 66 degrees. we may have some strong wind gusts throughout the morning and early afternoon. and then for tomorrow, expect a high of 73 degrees. a chance of showers on wednesday. and it looks like a lot of those rain showers stay to north of us. but we'll put a chance in there just in case as our temperatures cool down on thursday. fall begins on friday and then it warms up. >> that's your latest weather. make sure you get your full

forecast anytime you need it. check out our pals at the weather channel on cable. >> matt? >> al, thank you a much. there's a lot of information out there that can make you think before you reach for your favorite foods. dr. oz is here to help you figure out how to eat what you love. >> food manufacturers are paying attention to you. attention to your wallets. are you paying attention to them? we're going to do food deconstructed shows to get under the hood of the famous foods. starting with chicken. >> i could eat chicken five nights a way. >> should it be organic? if you can afford it, eat organic. it's better for you. better for the environment. people don't know what organic means. if you eat foods, you're eating what they're eating, too. if the food that the animal, the chicken is eating, you'll benefit. organic feeds are better.

not given antibiotics. they're able to go outside. they're treated more humanely on the inside because chickens don't like going outside. >> you hear about free-range chicken. where does that compare to organic. and you wince at that? >> not as important. to be free range, all you have to be able to do is prove the chicken could have gone to the patio. but in an unprecedented moment, i had the producers of chickens in the world, tyson, bell and evans and purdue. they said chickens don't go outside. it's what happens inside the room that is more important. they came under part because of chlorine in chickens. that's a trade war accusation. when you wash chickens in water, you don't absorb very much of it. the manufacturers want you to understand that's going down with them. >> real simple but important thing about the prepping of the chicken and the handling of the chicken. >> chicken is dirty.

moms take it and wash it. mistake. when you wash this chicken, you're washing the bacteria all over your kitchen. you're going to cook it, 165 degrees. this chicken will be perfect. no bacteria will be surviving on it anyway. >> let's move on. a staple to my diet, macchiar a and cheese. >> the challenge of mac and cheese, are accusations about phthalates. they're little bits of plastic residue that we know are dangerous. they've been banned in north america. how much is really in mac and cheese. if you look at the back of the box, there's no phthalate listed. they're plastics, when you make them bendy and flexible. you have to put phthalates in them. when the food is going along, they can pick up the plastic.

when you powder cheese, you have to squirt it through tubes. more chance to contact plastic. for moms that panic, i have good news. kids will get more phthalates in their body moving across the floor. make a butternut squash. my daughter taught me this. butternut squash. freeze it ahead of time. by the time you get to wednesday mac and cheese, you can make your mac and cheese, in about the same amount of time and ate looks like this. taken out all of the coloring. they use healthy solutions. >> real quickly now. meat loaf. love meat loaf. it's fallen out of favor. you have a better way to make it? >> meat loaf is bad. it's dry because it's bad. you want to avoid dry meat loaf. >> people are using leaner meat

and it got dry. >> you ruin a good food. 85% meat. 85% lean. a little bit of fat left in it. you can use mushrooms as filler, the eggs, and gelatin. you'll make the meat loaf, which is to die for. and the mac and cheese, that has the butternut squash on the today.com site. try those options. they work. >> we'll talk about chicken procedures on that side, as well. >> we are? >> yeah, sure. dr. oz, thanks. the dr. oz show launching its ninth season today. check your local listings for that. up next, we'll introduce you to our 2017 "today style" heroes, including this champion of the body positive movement. first, this is "today" on nbc.

back, now, at 8:41 with style. all this week, we are

recognizing men and women who inspire us to be our true selves and find our own style and love our bodies. they're our 2017 "today style" heroes. >> i'm ellie kemper. and i love my quadricep muscles. >> i love my forehead. some people call it a five head. and maybe even a six or a seven. >> my arms made me one of the best gymnasts in the world. i would never do anything to change that. >> my favorite part of the way i lo look is i don't care. i was so over taking an hour and a half get ready in the morning. >> to my younger self, i say do not worry so much about what you look like. >> my style heroes are anyone who woears what the hell they want to wear. >> some very powerful and inspirational women. they're in good company with our next guest, who is also on our style heroes list, miss tess

holliday. she's at the forefront of the body positive movement. she has a book out. a page-turner, out on september 26th. called the not-so-subtle art of being a fat girl, loving the skin you're in. i love your sense of style because your sense of style is, you pick out what you like and you put it on. and who cares what anybody says. tell us how you got that kind of confidence. >> well, it came from being bullied my whole entire life. i was the only kid wearing troll doll earrings and tweety bird at 16. i didn't have instagram telling me what was cool. i would have wore troll doll earrings but my stylest had a talk with me. >> what did that come from? >> i loved what i loved. and my mom told me, wear what you want to wear.

and i knew i would get made fun of. but i feel like fashion should be fun, even at a young age. >> in your book, you talk about being bullied and made fun of. in your book, out on the 26th, i was reading through it. as i was paging through your childhood, i felt so horrible for the things that happened to you. it wasn't just the bullying, it was all kinds of things. herb terrible stuff at home. moving around. sexual abuse. all of this stuff. and here you are. >> yeah. >> here you are. what do you attribute to that. there's a lot of people that have been in your life but aren't in this position. >> i'm the most stubborn person on the planet. i feel at a very young age, because of what happened to my mom, i talk about in the book, my mom is a strong, resilient woman. and she instilled to me that anything was possible. so, i had been through some of the worst things imaginable at already 10. and horrible things continue to happen after.

but i was really determined because i knew that i wanted to do something. i wanted to be sitting here with you. i felt like, if i could get through everything i could, basically anything was possible. >> you were thinking, if you wanted to be in fashion or on camera and all that stuff, you were thinking how hard can that be? >> 100%. i was like, my mom literally almost died. i was abused my entire life, really, until i was in my early 20s. and i thought, why can't i do this? if there's not a model that looks like me, why didn't i be that model? >> you are transforming things. i love in your book, you give pieces of advice. what do you call them? >> tess holliday's advice for life. >> give me one your love. >> my favorite is, you can eat your feelings but guac is extra. >> first f aof all, you're an inspiration. your book makes you realize that anything is possible. congrats on being one of our style heroes. she is take over our "today

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welcome back. with thousands of new beauty products coming out every year, how can you tell which ones are worthy of your money? our friends at "allure" are giving us a list of the best of beauty. editor-in-chief michele lee is here. she's going to take us through the breakthrough winners. michelle, good morning. >> good morning. >> breakthrough winners, these are all new products, what we're about to see. >> brand new this year. and for any product to get the "allure" breakthrough seal, of

best beauty awards, it has to show innovation in ingredients, technology, or design. >> you test a lot of products. >> we test about 10,000 products in a short amount of time. >> let's start here with our first breakthrough. this is a self-tanner. how does it work? >> the innovation here is jergens has taken two of the more time-consuming tasks, applying self-tanner and putting on moisturizer post shourwer, a combined it into one fast and easy process. >> you put this on wet skin. >> wet skin. you put it on your wet skin and you dry off as you normally would. >> it's not going to make your white towel brown? >> it won't make your towel brown or your clothes brown. after a couple hours, a nice color will develop, and you can apply it every day to gradually build up color. >> i'm sold. >> and this is -- >> this is aquaphor in a bottle. >> we were obsessed with it. we know the original aquaphor. the original one is great for dry, rough skin. it comes out really thick.

you can only use it on a small area. this one sprays out and it worked upside-down. you can spray this on large parts of your body and it spreads easily on arms, legs and your back. >> but it feels like the aquaphor. >> we have kat over here. she works at "allure." she was part of our team testing products. this is a brand-new eyeliner that kat's going to demonstrate. this is the mac roller wheel liquid liner. i'm a huge liquid liner fanatic. this is new because of the applicator. if you look at it, it's a little wheel that looks like a tiny pizza cutter. >> wow. >> the cool thing is it absorbs the nice amount of product, that you can do a nice continuous line, if you're doing thick or thinner. >> liquid eye liner can be tricky. >> it can. >> thank you. a couple more -- beachy waves, people will like

that? >> in-shower is a theme for this year. this is living proof texturizer. we all love the beachy waves. while in the shower, you use this. a lot of texturizers weigh hair down. after you shampooed and conditioned, you put this product in, rinse it out lightly. and it will leave a blend of ingredients that stays in all day. it's meant for air-drying your air. once it's dry, you give it a scrunch up and have beaching waves all day. >> call it a zhuszh. and i worked on this last year -- last week. it's an app that helps you pick your foundation. >> it does. we're crazy about this. this is a bare minerals foundation. for some of us, it's hard to get the foundation shade. you test and you smear and sometimes go home with the wrong shade. bare minerals has made it easy. you get this app on your phone. and you scan different parts of your face. you send it off. that data goes to the company. they send you back to your house in a couple days, your custom foundation.

>> this says "made for savannah." i'm excited to try it. >> we have savannah, michelle. it's great. we tested this on a bunch of different skin tones. >> and it matched well? >> it matched really well. undertones matched perfectly. redness was canceled out. >> great. i'll work on that. and tell us about our splurge. we have a few seconds left. >> we have the clarisonic. we all know the clarisonic for cleansing tools. >> of course. >> new this year, we have a massage head tool that's meant to firm and smooth skin. you pop this on and use it about three minutes. it's been shown in tests to improve firmness. >> your dermatologist said it did help. >> it did. >> we'll check out all of these products and more. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. more. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. did you know when you buy

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changed the world. >> the battle between billie jean king and bobby rigs had huge implications for women's tennis and women in general. both of you play real people that existed in this movie. what was it like to do that? and did you get to meet the people you were portraying? >> well, i didn't because mine, sadly, has passed away. i've played a lot of people that existed. there was very little to go on, really. my character was not famous. she was undocumented. she was kept very much in the shadows, which is what a huge part of the film is about. >> and i played larry king. the other larry king. no suspenders this time. and he was the husband to billie jean king. and i, fortunately, got to meet him. he and billie jean to our house

for dinner. >> did they talk about what went down and everything? >> no. more stories about what they're up to these days with their kids. you can tell, there's so much love between them still. it's wonderful. >> were you familiar with the story beforehand? did you read up on it? >> depressingly not enough. but i'm meaning that seriously in that it's such an important story of the 20th century. >> so many people will get to know it a lot better. in theaters friday. >>i )m ... ==topvo== some bay area political heavyweights will appear in good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. some bay area political heavyweights will appear in san francisco today, pressing for new protections for so-called dreamers. democratic leader nancy pelosi and congress woman barbara lee will lead the press conference, calling on immediate passage of the dream act. that measure would grant children of undocumented immigrants new protections from deportation. it would counter a recent white house decision to end dacaish n

initiati initiative. to pair the dream act with a new border security deal that may include his promised border wall. happening now, our sharon is at that news conference which gets under way at 10:00 a.m. she's getting reaction from both sides of the issue and she'll have a live report in our midday newscast. two san leandro police officers are recovering after police say they were struck by a car. an update on the search for the driver. in our twitter feed, updates on the deadly crash this morning in new york city. three people have die and more than a dozen were injured. more news at nbcbayarea.com sbeas well as on our facebook page and twitter page. you can follow them. more news on nbc bay area later today. marcus

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this morning on "today's take," actress kate walsh is here, opening up about a major health care. and oscar winner dame judi dench, and her latest film getting buzz. and you can be one of five lucky winners to pocket a big prize. our giveaway every day, coming up right now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today," monday morning, september 18th, 2017. "my house" by florida." we love having him on the show. >> good times. >> he's not here today. we are just saying we love him. >> and i love this song in particular. >> look at this, guys. >> i know.

family christmas card. >> there you go. nice. hey, now. >> we're actually all in the building. we decided we fight as well sit together. >> it's rare for a all of us to be here at the same time. >> we're here. and you just got back from boston. >> i did. brian and i, i finally had -- sorry. just had a cookie and a sip of coffee. it's going down the right way. >> my mom said going down the wrong pipe. >> did it go down the wrong pipe. i don't know how many pipes are in there. i finally had some time off. we escaped up to the suburbs. >> what have you been doing? >> a few storms here and there. haven't been home all that much. so, we went up to the suburbs, which, when brian and i go to the suburbs, we just -- we dominate the suburbs. >> is that where you're happiest, in the burbs? >> for a couple days. then, i'm itching to get back to the city. i get in the car and go get food and back in the car. we brought calvin out.

calvin went to his first red sox thing. not the suburbs thing. he's there with his boston red sox hat. we've been waiting for his head to grow into it. now, it almost doesn't fit into it. i went to the grocery store. in my sweat pants. >> that's great. >> this was a lot of fun. >> here in the city, you go to the grocery store, small aisles, not a lot of room. you go to a stop and shop in the suburbs, you can drive a truck. >> i'm driving over different lanes. >> there's a target in the city. i don't go. but out in the suburbs, those targets, heaven. >> and the supertarget. >> superheaven. >> it's funny, we have grown up in smaller places and it's a highlight that she went to the grocery store. >> i wheeled the cart up. went on a hike. went apple picking. calvin just ate the actual apple. i took the skin off.

there. he's got two little teeth on the bottom. and he was just gnawing at it. you remember the bread thing, i would take the bread away from him and he would scream. that's what happened with the apple. >> is that your hands? >> yes. >> he's trying to take it from you. i didn't want him to get to the core. >> like corn on the cob. he's going at it. >> i should try corn on the cob? what age should you try corn on the cob? >> it doesn't matter. poppy didn't have teeth for a very -- until now. and i was very concernedfeeding mila. the gums are so strong. i say now. >> you can gnaw on it. >> i need good, jersey corn. new jersey grows the best corn. >> that's good corn. >> that's my trip to the suburbs. >> we know about corn on this show. >> we do?

why? >> corny. >> why did i laugh? i don't get that. >> talk about nashville. >> had a good time. went to nashville. celebrated our 22nd anniversary. thank you very much. >> for all of us newly married, ten years in, what is your recommendation for happy marriage, 22 years? >> oh, gosh. >> putting you on the spot. you're very happily married. >> you go through rough times. i don't know. she doesn't there. you know, you just have to accept that there's going to be these ins and outs. but i think communication. >> yeah. >> talking. that's what my mom and dad told us. you know? i had a great time. deborah and her friend went off shopping. >> i saw you on instagram biking. >> i was on a bike. and before -- >> looking dapper. >> i should have had a helmet on. i had a collapsible helmet i normally take with me. i forgot it. so, i with us biking, the

nashville b-cycle they have. this is on vanderbilt university. went to some great places. peg leg porker's, a great barbecue place. there, with our good friends. >> i'm going tomorrow. y'all are welcome to join me. >> you have to go to bastien. >> what do you like at a barbecue place? >> ribs. pulled pork. >> what about baked beans? >> there's a thing -- >> which thing? >> about beans? >> and more proof that dylan is really a guy. i stay away from the bean jokes and dylan goes all-in. >> you got to throw in the bean jokes. >> another place you go, cosuean. >> what is it? >> a great barbecue place, as well. >> can we talk about your weekend and your 9:00 to 5:00? >> i dressed up as my hero.

my hero is dolly parton. i love her so much. i quote her. >> did you -- >> just for fun. >> why? >> just because. >> just saturday night fun. >> did you have to put a little more? >> those are not real. not real. >> they look real, jenna? >> they do. >> why? as my friend, bryant gumbel would say, why. >> it was a party. an '80s party. and dolly parton is still great in the 2000s. but in the '80s, i fell in love with dolly. >> henry went as willie nelson. it felt dlliberating. i came out dressed. and he was like, woo, you know? and he was looking in one place. but he was like -- >> your hair? >> yes. >> that's pretty impressive. >> but my mom was in town yesterday. and she's like, are those real?

mom, no. >> i feel like -- >> they don't look unnatural. >> they don't? it was toilet paper. just like what i did when i was 12. >> i still do it. >> they look so perky. >> toilet paper does wonders. >> that's amazing. and it's smooth. >> well, i think up close, if you touched it, it wouldn't have felt so smooth. >> fine. >> al just stopped talking. >> jolene. jolene. >> that's how you do 22 years of marriage. >> you pick your moments. >> was there something that went through your head that i can't say this out loud? >> yeah. there's no reason to do it. what the heck? we only have five more days. last night, big night for tv's biggest stars. hulu's "a handmaid's tale," hbo's "big little lies." some of the big winners. i haven't seen them. >> you've seen "handmaid's tale." >> no.

"big little lies." and everybody is talking about "handmaid's tale." >> it's based on a book i read and i studied in college. >> best drama. >> i can't -- i cannot imagine it in an adaptation from a book to a television show. everybody says it's really good. >> elisabeth moss winning for best actress. >> and nicole kidman. >> and look at the fabulous cicely tyson. and laura dern in "big little lies." and how about julia louis-dreyfus. here so happy for her. >> i love "veep." the show. >> it's henry's favorite show on tv. >> that's what she took it. comedy role lead. and made history, the performer with the most awards for

performing the same role. sometimes after a huge hit, like "seinfeld," you think it would be hard for somebody to jump back in. but look at the success. >> well, "christine" another huge show. >> sterling k. brown winning big for best actor in a drama for "this is us." >> that's coming back soon, right? the 6th? >> have you watched the whole first season? >> yeah. >> i haven't. >> really? >> he had a great line. he said -- acknowledging his cast members. y'all are the best white family a brother could have. forget about -- >> that's great. >> that's when they say it's worth it to binge watch. on demand is what we have. >> and i'm going to go out there and say, i think stephen colbert was spectacular. just did a fantastic job hosting. >> none of us actually saw it. >> i said to al -- i said to al, i was sure nicole kidman was

going to win. and he goes, she did. i was like, oh. >> just because you went to bed, doesn't mean it didn't happen. >> i tried so hard. my husband put my tv on my phone now so i can watch it. >> on your phone? >> it's great. i don't want a tv in the bedroom. that's my rule. not my rule to have a tv in the bedroom. now, that i have it on my phone. the emmys are woman icoming. next thing i knew, it's 4:00 a.m. >> sean spicer showing up. >> that was a moment. >> and the seth meyers bit was funny. >> the marbles in the mouth was hilarious. >> that was in the open. >> i was literally in bed, lights offer, 8:00. >> we went to bed at 8:00. henry goes, it's 8:40, like a panic. it's 8:40, we have to go to slee sleep. >> are you my edge? >> we were tired.

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this printer. it wirelessly connects to your smartpho smartphone. and you can customize your images and stickers and more. this is how fast it prints. >> remember when i said team christmas card? here it is. >> print up 500 of these. >> and i love that you said 500. i was thinking about mom and dad. >> i'm thinking all your fr friends. >> is this on sticky paper? >> you have a particy and peopl come over. >> we can do this at al's party. >> we'll do that. >> if you want a chance to win, go to facebook.com. >> look at that. that's better than a name tag. >> yes. >> if it's a picture of your face, it's still just your face. >> i went to my college reunion, they had your name tag but your picture also, of what you looked like. >> in case you changed.

>> none of us looked -- none of us. >> who are you? oh, i remember you. >> and this goes to our next topic, facebook.com/todaystake. >> to get that. >> giving away five? >> five. >> put mine on my mug. >> your coffee mug? how many times have you met somebody for the first time and immediately forgot their name? >> the second they're saying their name. i'm so bad with it. >> business insider decided to look at that and decide that names are meaningless because they don't give details about who you are, what you lack lioo or what you do. >> unless you have a unique name. like sheinelle. >> or dylan. >> people forget your name often, don't they? >> walking down the street, someone will be like, barbara? barbara? >> well, you're twins. >> laura. laura. people calling me my mom's name

all the time. and people call my mom barbara all the time. and people will say, no, that's my mother-in-law. >> all understandable. but in fact, a 1986 study asked participants to read a biography. >> just learning about this? >> this takes the studies to a new level. >> we're day offing deep here. >> this just in -- >> 69% of people remember jobs. 68% remembered hobbies. 62% recall hometowns. >> i'll do that. >> where am i from? >> texas. >> only 31% remembered first names. 30% recalling last names. is it true, that you did not know brian's name for the first six months? >> it's true. >> and dating. >> also in 1986, brian was born. but -- i thought his name was tom. >> while you were dating? >> once we started dating, i realized his name was brian.

but the first six months i knew him, i thought his name was tom. and someone said, you know it's brian. >> i like that he never corrected you. just call me tom. >> you can call me whatever you want. >> just don't call me late for dinner. we want to take a moment to think about the folks who have inspired us and made us who we are today. >> hands down, my parents. they let me be me. they didn't push me in one direction. they let me do whatever i wanted to do. and, yeah. i think i'm independent because of them. >> i remember after meeting your mom, i'm like, dylan's mom. >> it makes sense? >> i think so. >> i have to say, too, it's cliche. but i would say my mom and my grandmothers, the women who came before me. i'm named after my grandmother, jenna welsh. i'm name ld after her. and my sister is named after our

other grandmother. >> i talked about my grandma and my mom. i wanted to pick somebody i haven't talked about yet. there's a woman allison payne. she doesn't know i exist. she was the only african-american news woman i had ever seen. she was in chicago. even though i grew up in wich a wichita, kansas, we had wgn. she would come on every night. she was warm and nice. had longer hair. i wanted her to be my auntie. >> you resemble each other. >> allison, you don't know me. but there's a lot of little brown girls like me that used to turn on the news and say, hey, i think i can do that. >> oh, sheinelle. >> that is -- let me tell you. >> that probably made her day. >> this woman was funny and hip. >> so, call her. >> she doesn't know me. >> i'll bet you -- >> i'm sure she's heard of you. >> allison, turn this on and give her a call. >> someone is texting her right now. >> i get to say it and verbalize it.

>> oh. >> how about you? >> besides my mom and dad, from a personal standpoint, from a professional and personal standpoint, willard scott. he was my hero, and still is. love him to death. >> i love willard, too. >> talked to him and he's doing great. >> my grandmother had a crush on willard scott. >> she ran over and kissed him during the inaugural parade. >> she had such a big crush on him forever. >> the reason we're asking this question is because we're seven days away from officially adding a new member to the "today" show family. and in honor of megyn kelly today, megyn is sharing the seven people who has made her. >> seven people who have made me megyn, my mom and dad, for obvious reasons. they were active and loving parents. even though i lost my dad at a young age, his imprint on me was very intact and remains so. thankfully.

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of a brain tumor in 2015. she had the tumor removed. now, she's sharing her story for the first time on television. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> welcome to our living room. >> i love it. i'm glad it's not a white couch. >> you could have this couch. this is the guest couch. how did you know or when did you first know that something was wrong? >> it was in january of 2015. i was exhausted. but i had just wrapped a show, "bad judge." and i was starring and executive producing. it wasn't unheard of to be exhausted. i thought, i just burned myself out. i was working out intensely. i'll take it easy. when i was working out, my pilates instructor said, your right side is dipping. and i was driving and i would start swerving into the right lane. i could drink several cups of coffee and not have any energy. then, it was beyond aphase ia.

and it got apparent pretty quick. i wanted to go and have a checkup. i went to a neurologist. and pushed for an mri. and thank god i did. >> why did you have to push? >> well, mris, it's not something they do all the time. and i think, you know, i'm not a person who -- i don't know. you kind of -- i had to advocate a little bit. they don't hand them out all the time because it's magnetic radiation. but it was -- yeah. i found out immediately that i had a very sizable tumor, which they hoped would be benign. but we didn't find out until we were in surgery. >> it was big? like a small lemon in my front left lobe. i was lucky that it was benign and they got it all out. >> when you hear something like that, when the doctor told you

the diagnosis, what went through your mind? >> i left my body. the words brain tumor wasn't in my consciousness. i wanted to make sure everything was okay. and i was -- i guess in some way i was relieved that it wasn't just -- oh, i was just exhausted and sort of -- i don't know. i was relieved. and then, it was -- everything happened so quickly because three days later, i was in surgery. yeah. >> three days later. >> gosh. >> yeah. >> how did this experience change you? >> it was -- it changes me, i think in all the cliche ways. before i went in, i had no idea it would happen. my mom gave me rosary beads and friends gave me a stuffed animal. if this is it, i had a great run. but i -- all of the things, if i come out of this all right, i want to spend more time with my family and friends. i want to work on projects that i just love, with people i love. i want to travel, be of service. you know? just all the kind of things you

hear. but, yeah. for real. >> and why did you want to bring attention to this now? >> i knew i wanted to talk about it at some point. i wanted to focus on the recovery in 2015. and i did. it was pretty swift and amazing. i knew when i wanted to talk about it, i wanted to be of service in a way. it was a great opportunity to partner with sigma. it was a perfect opportunity, to really emphasize the importance of advocating for your own health. particularly women, this is a tumor that is twice as common in women as men. and it's such a great campaign. getting people to get their annual checkups. people in our culture are afraid of medicine and they wait until they're sick. but the idea of preseventive medicine. >> you're a paid spokesperson for cigna. and part of the campaign is the tv doctors. tell us about that. >> we had a blast. it was so fun for me to be reunited with patrick. and donald, i know.

and neil i know, socially. we had a blast. it was like a worm hole, all of us in our white coats. >> it's a great commercial. >> i love the campaign. i love the humor. i love the message and they're trying to get 100,000 people to get their annual checkups, which most people don't know it's covered by insurance. you just got to go. >> it's important for women, too. in particular who take care of everybody else. >> women who are watching right now. >> yeah. >> you could be saving lives. >> exactly. up next, we'll catch up with the

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judi, before you played it? >> no. i don't think any of us knew about the story until about 2010. some letters and diaries and things were found in india. bertie was very thorough in his destroying everything and everything being burnt and no trace left. >> the story is fascinating. when i started it, i do a lot of research before i watch it. this time, i wanted the story to unfold on its own and go with everybody else. she is fascinating. talk about bringing her to life. i didn't realize she was so lonely at times. and his character, almost gives you a sense of purpose again. >> oh, you bet. gives her 13 years more of life probably. and why is not? >> you need to remember her husband died in 1861 and she died in 1901. that's 40 years alive without your husband. >> she had four years with john brown. quite a nice time with john brown. >> sure, whatever.

>> a lovely time, in fact. >> ali, what was it like to be transported back to that time? in a time when this was somewhat forbidden? >> it was something. and the costumes, they really helped me go all the way back. and this man walks in and befriends one of the most powerful women on the planet. and then, this really weird relationship starts. >> that's a really good point. i was thinking, how timely is this film? even right now. i think so many of us relate to it and the friendship that comes out of it. there's a point that i thought was really interesting. you had an opportunity to film at the osbourne house, one of the residences of queen victoria. what was it like to shoot there? >> it was great. very restricting. people like stephen had to where hospital booties. >> shocking. >> he wasn't wild about that. and we were -- there's a point when i think judi was there, i

was there, stephen was there. and two people sat on the chair. no, one person. we had to negotiate to sit in certain chairs. and the public was still coming in, while we were there. in other parts of the house while we were filming in one bit. you can see all this. and the conversations, the arguments they had, queen victoria died in that house. all the scenes we shot in the house, yeah. >> we were all ready to do the scene and eddie came along and said to ali and me, come on, quickly. come on. we'll go and have a look. and so, we went in, all completely dressed and ready. and there were the general public, looking around. so, they did an -- good grief, are we seeing things? are they the ghosts of osbourne house? >> if i may, i dud not realize, judi, that you were such a good rapper. >> oh. i'm very, very surprised you didn't know that.

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look at this. so, what i love the best about this, is that in this is a pump. it's included. we plug it in and our kids are bouncing right away. >> this is just for inside, right? >> you can bring it outside. >> is there any way to tether it down? doesn't look like it. i'm serious. >> it's great. it's nice and heavy. >> it's for indoors. you can bring it in the backyard. everyone will be screaming for ice cream. this is our scoop and learn ice cream cart. lots of lrning in here. kids are learning sequencing and memory as they make ice cream. we have lights. we have sounds. all kinds of great things for the kids to do. who is not going to want a unicorn. go ahead and take a ride. 2.5 miles an hour. the horn lights up. it makes real unicorn sounds, by the way.

>> what are real unicorn sounds? the mind boggles. >> there's a young one in your life, you probably heard all about p.j. mask, regular kids during the day, superheros at night. this is our rival racer set. i thought you were playing with this. we're protecting the museum. >> this is a unicorn and a whole battle. >> in the commercials, they go in slow motion. >> re-creating the scenes they're watching in the show. >> i have always loved baby light. >> i'm going to start by telling you to watch her face. >> oh, gosh. >> and she's crying. >> i thought she was going to throw up. >> this is the most expressive baby alive ever. she can be in mommy or daddy mode. she will tell you she needs a hug. are you feeling better? >> i don't feel good. >> okay. >> oh. >> that breaks my heart.

>> oh. what's with the face? yikes. oh. that's a little frightening. >> calvin did the same thing this morning. >> kids have, what to do with their fingers these days. put this on the finger. this is a fingerling. you can hang it this way. these have 40 different animations. >> look how cute that is. >> 40 different animations. they respond to touch, to sound, to motion. you can hang them upside down. there's six that came out. new ones that each of the retailers are going to have. she just needs a hug. just needs a hug. >> okay. what's next? >> i wish i had this when i was baking for my kids. now kids can make, part of the real cooking line, these gorgeous princess takes. >> oh, wow. >> everything you need to make two beautiful princess takes. >> feel free to dig in. >> there's cake inside? >> there's cake inside?

>> fundant is hard to get through. >> what you need to add, is the milk, the eggs and the butter. and they're delicious. >> and now the hatch-a-mals. >> it was the hottest toy out there. are you taking any of these out? collectibles inside, where the kids hatch it. right now, there's glitter on. but hatchamal surprise is coming. this is out october 6th. i can't tell you what's inside. but i can tell you it's a whole new hatching experience. new species and preorders today. it's a surprise. >> "star wars"? >> now, we're making our own drone. we're going to make our own r2-d2. the kids have to put the circuit together and the robot together. we download the app. >> like mr. machine. i love that. >> let's talk about verse. we're going to get in virtual reality. this is an all-in-one gaming system. if you put this on, i'm going to

send you to jurassic world. put this on and take this. everywhere you look, you should be seeing t-rexes. >> i don't see anybody. >> there he goes. >> you need to battle them. 360 degrees. >> all right. we have to go. lori, thank you so much. coming up, the battle of the sexes that played out in front of the world. we'll catch up with two of the stars from the new movie, right after this. i'm not sure al -- ♪ ah the moon belongs to everyone ♪ ♪ the best things in life they're free ♪ ♪ stars belong to everyone ♪ ♪ they cling there for you and for me ♪ ♪ flowers in spring ♪ the robins that sing ♪ the sunbeams that shine ♪ they're yours and their mine ♪ love can come to everyone ♪ the best things in life they're free ♪ ♪ what's new from light and fit?

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hitting the big screen this weekend. you know andrea riseborough as her role from alessa in "go." and you've seen austin stole alongside tom hanks. >> now, they are teaming up for "bil "battle of the sexes." andrea plays marilyn, while austin plays larry. >> starting early. >> you know what they say. never too early for champagne. >> my kind of girl. you here for the tennis? >> i sure am. >> me, too. i think billie jean is going to take it. >> are you a fan? >> you could say that. >> oh, wow.

>> very strange blonde man. >> you're totally different. >> was that a wig? >> all my hair. >> now, i look like him and he looks like me. >> it was this massive event that was a cultural phenomenon that took place before either of you were even born. what did you do to prep for this? >> goodness. lots of things. i was playing a character who had existed but we had very little material. it was like pluto putting everything together. marilyn was so hidden. so, talked to billie jean, talked to everybody who knew her. it was different playing a character you have so much material on. someone in the public eye. you almost have too much material. >> u >> austin? >> just because of the timing, i didn't have as much time to prepare. i went with the words on the

page from simon beaufoy. this was a man who was in service to somebody that could create social change. he was committed to tennis, to the cause. >> they are still great friends. >> i did. they came over to my house last week. to have them there with their family. just seeing they still love each other so much. and they respect each other. my goodness. i'm just so lucky to have met the two of them. >> did they give your their opinion on the film? >> yeah, afterwards. >> billie jean have very much with us on the tour. she's supportive of the film. she's a really inspiring person. she's so inclusive. you know, she was friends with bobby until he died. they spoke the night before he died. >> i should say "battle of the sexes" in theaters on friday. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

. good morning i'm meteorologist kerry hall. our temperatures today will be reaching into the low to mid-70s for much of the bay area with a few low areas sprinkled in. from antioch expect a high of 81 degrees. santa rosa, 81. san francisco, mid-60s. clouds will be slow to clear. we'll be tracking a chance of rain in the forecast for the middle of the week with cooler temperatures bind us for the first day of fall which is this friday. the temperatures will be in the upper 60s, then mid to upper 70s for the weekend. after we begin fall, it will be warming up and feeling more like summer, especially for the inland areas. upper 8 0z by the end of the weekend. friday looking at mid-70s. through the week, cooler tan average temperatures continuing

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up next, with kathie lee and hoda, liliana goes one-on-one with the stars of last night's emmys. >> and bobby's red carpet remix. >> and a performance from big and rich. >> i want to send our thoughts and prayers out to carson and his family. his beloved mom, pattie, passed away yesterday. what a force. she's such a terrific lady. carson, we fire that destroyed a trailer filled with donated items in gilroy .. is considered suspicious. workers there tell us in the

past people have broken into the happenings now, a field destroyed and considered suspicious. workers there tell us in the past people have broken into the trayer and stolen items. details on our twitter feed. a deadly crash this morning in new york. l three people died and more than dozens injured.

>> today on fun day monday, the stars and styles and shockers. the big emmy moments you may have missed. bobby has your favorite fashion fixes in the red carpet remix. save a horse, ride a cowboy. performances from the big and rich. >> this is the best show in the world. >> that's good. >> from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> how do we do it day after day? >> we love it. >> we are fond of ourselves. it's kind of gross. we