>> "today in the bay" will be back at 7:25. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. thanks for starting your morning with us. have a great day. >> bye. ♪ good morning. breaking overnight, dozens killed and hundreds injured, as guatemala's volcano of fire suddenly erupts. towns blanketed in ash and cut off by rivers of lava. a state of emergency declared as rescuers desperately search for survivors. "first on today." former president bill clinton on whether the #metoo movement has changed his mind in his conduct with monica lewinsky. >> did he apologize to her? >> i have not talked to her. >> do you feel you owe her an apology? >> no. >> and clinton's new hole as author. >> it was exciting and i loved

it. >> our revealing interview just ahead. pardon me? a leaked memo shows his lawyers thought about it. >> it would lead to immediate impeachment. >> and giuliani's surprising comments about what would happen if a president shot someone in office. all that, plus, manhunt, the race to catch a possible serial killer. in arizona. flipping out. furious reaction at this dancing fbi algt after his gun falls out of his pants and fires into a crowded bar. >> and stephsational. steph curry makes history as the warriors roll by the cavaliers to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the nba finals today, monday, june 4th, 2018. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from

studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it is monday morning. we're so happy to have you with us. hope you had a good weekend. we have two big interviews coming up in a few minutes. first, former president bill clinton. he's an author and has written a new book. he talks about the #metoo movement and faces some pointed questions about monica lewinsky. so we'll have that just ahead. and we'll also have sandra bullock. she doesn't do interviews often. talking about her adoption. i have to tell you, it was one of the thrills of my career to sit down with her and open up. she was also very instrumental in helping me with my adoption process. so i think we'll learn a lot about her today. >> a lot of exclusive stuff this morning. we're going to the breaking news, the deadly situation in guatemala. >> that's right. a volcano has erumted there, sending lava, heavy smoke and ash into nearby towns and villages. officials are warning the death toll will rise. nbc's joe fryer with the very latest on this breaking news. joe, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning,

savannah and hoda. >> authorities estimate 25 people have been killed and 300 others injured. but with crews struggling to reach rural areas cut off by the eruption, an undetermined number of people, entire villages, in fact, remain unaccounted for. a warning that some of the video coming out of the region is disturbing. >> reporter: this morning, catastrophe and chaos in guatemala as a volcano erupted sunday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 300. located about 27 miles southwest of guatemala city, the fuego volcano, or volcano of fire, one of the most active of central america, erupted shortly before noon. shooting down thick smoke and ash across three towns in guatemala, blanketing nearby villages in a hail of ash. this woman visibly exhausted, her face blackened from ash says she narrowly escaped as lava flowing down the mountains

poured through corn fields. all the people couldn't get out. i think they ended up buried, she says. hundreds of rescue workers are frantically working to save survivors, carrying children on their backs. while recovering bodies from the still-smoking lava. some firefighters pictured weeping as they left the scene. of the destruction. the eruption affecting an area of nearly 2 million people, some areas inaccessible as roads were cut off by the flow, more than 3,000 people were evacuated to nearby communities and shelters were opened for those forced to flee. officials here warning there could be new eruptions as residents are bracing for more of nature's fury, the true scope of this disaster still unclear. >> reporter: experts say the temperature of this lava called pie crow clastic flow can exceed 1,300 degrees fahrenheit and the volcanic ash can rain down on a 12-mile radius with the winds carrying the cloud even farther can cause more flood flows and nearby rivers to burst their banks.

savannah and hoda? >> joe fryer, thank you very much. this morning, bill clinton is answering questions about the #metoo movement and the monica lewinsky scandal. craig sat down with him along with author james patterson. they teamed up to write a book. >> good morning to you. we talked to the two men for 20 minutes on sunday. for the first half of the interview, we talked about the novel. their new novel the president is missing. we then asked clinton about the #metoo movement and the recent suggestion by some critics he should have resigned during the monica lewinsky scandal and whether looking back now if he would have handled that time differently. a few days ago in response to critics who suggested that you should have resigned in the wake of the lewinsky scandal. you said that you should not have. if you were president now, in 2018, with everything that's going on with the #metoo movement, how would you have approached the accusations differently? >> well, i don't think it would be an issue because people would be using the facts instead of

the imagined facts. if the facts were the same today, i wouldn't. >> reporter: in 1998, president clinton shocked the world, first denying then admitting to an affair with then-white house intern monica lewinsky. the scandal ended with clinton being the second president ever to be impeached. >> you're asking, well, don't we have the right to change the rules? yes. you don't have a right to change the facts. >> reporter: clinton said critics are pouncing in light of the #metoo movement. but he stands by his decision to fight impeachment rather than resign. >> a lot of the facts have been conveniently omitted to make the story work. i think partly because they're frustrated that they got all these serious allegations against the current occupant of the oval office and his voters don't seem to care. i think i did the right thing. i defended the constitution. >> reporter: you think this president has been given a pass with regards of the women that

have come forward and accused him of sexual misconduct? >> no. but it hasn't gotten the coverage you would expect. >> reporter: president trump has been accused by numerous women of inappropriate sexual behavior, all of which he denies. >> i like the #metoo movement. i think it doesn't mean i agree with everything. i still have some questions about some of the decisions which have been made. >> reporter: this march, monica lewinsky penned an op-ed in "vanity fair," taking responsibility for her part in the scandal but also admitting that years later, she was diagnosed with ptsd from the unrelenting public scrutiny. one of the things the #metoo era has done, it's forced a lot of women to speak out. one of those women, monica lewinsky. she wrote an op-ed that the #metoo movement changed her mind about sexual harassment. quote, he was my boss, he was the most powerful man on the planet, he was 27 years my senior with enough life experience to know better he was

at the time at the pinnacle of his career while i was in my first job out of college. looking back on what happened then, through the lens of #metoo now, do you think differently or feel more responsibility? >> no. i felt terrible then. and i came to grips with it. >> did you apologize to her? >> yes. and nobody believes i got out of that for free. i left the white house $16 million in debt. but you typically have ignored gaping facts in describing this and i bet you don't even know them. this was litigated 20 years ago. two-thirds of the american people sided with me. they were not insensitive that i had a sexual harassment policy when i was governor in the '80s. i had two women chief of staff when i was governor. women were overrepresented in the attorney general's office in

the '70s. for their percentage in the bar. i've had nothing but women leaders in my office since i left. you are giving one side and omitting facts. >> reporter: mr. president, i'm not trying to present a side. >> no, no. you asked me if i agreed. the answer is, no, i don't. >> i asked if you ever apologized and you said you have. >> i have. >> you apologized to her. >> i apologized to everyone in the world. it is important to me that everyone has been hurt, know that the sorrow i feel is genuine. first and most important, my family, monica lewinsky and her family. >> but you didn't apologize to her? >> i have not talked to her. >> do you feel like you owe her an apology? >> no. i do not -- i have never talked to her. but i did say publicly on more than one occasion, that i was sorry. that's very different. the apology was public. >> reporter: and you don't think

a private apology is owed? >> i think this thing -- it's 20 years ago, come on. let's talk about jfk. let's talk about -- you know, lbj. stop already. >> i don't think -- you think president kennedy should have resigned? do you believe president johnson should have resigned? someone should ask you these questions because of the way you formulate the questions. i dealt with it 20 years ago, plus, and the american people, two-thirds of them stayed with me. and i tried to do a good job since then with my life and with my work. that's all i have to say to you. >> fascinating. >> yeah. >> no question, it got a little heated there at the end. >> yeah. when the cameras were off the president acknowledged that the standards in society have changed. but also said that the standards should have changed from what they were 20 years ago. he also reiterated how the facts of his case make it very different from some of the

high-profile cases that have been spawned as a result of #mes there too. coming up in our 8:30 hour, more of our conversation with president clinton and james patterson, including what inspired them to write that book. "the president is missing." could the president pardon himself? a leaked memo from his legal team to the special counsel, robert mueller, is putting new scrutiny on the president's legal strategy. nbc's kristen welker is at the white house for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you. that leaked letter comes as the president is lashing out this morning at the special counsel, tweeting the appointment of the special counsel is totally constitutional, despite that, we play the game because i unlike the democrats have done nothing wrong. president trump weighing in this morning on the debate over whether or not he can pardon himself, tweeting, as has been stated by numerous legal

scholars, i have the absolute right to pardon myself, but why would i do that when i have done nothing wrong. it comes after the president's attorney rudy giuliani's comments over the weekend that the president probably has the power to pardon, but stressed mr. trump has no plans to do so. >> the president of the united states pardoning himself would just be unthinkable. and it would lead to probably an immediate impeachment. you know, the house senate would be under tremendous pressure. >> reporter: giuliani also making headlines this morning after telling "the huffington post" the president could shoot james comey and not be prosecuted saying if he shot james comey he would be impeached the next day making the extremely hypothetical point that legally impeachment is only the way to hold the president account and mirroring this famous line from candidate trump on the campaign trail. >> where i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. okay? >> reporter: all coming as "the new york times" released a 20

page letter from the president's legal team in january to special counsel robert mueller. in it mr. trump's lawyers at the time argue the president cannot be subpoenaed or forced to testify under oath and that mr. trump can't obstruct justice because as president he has total control over all federal investigations. the memo also contains a potentially damaging revelation with mr. trump's lawyers acknowledging the president was behind the statement last year, crafted on air force one that claimed his son don jr.'s meeting with russians at trump tower in 2016 was about russian adoptions. they concede the president dictated a short but accurate response. >> and another story line here we're tracking today, first lady melania trump is expected to attend her first official event in 25 days. a reception with gold star families tonight. now, we likely won't see her because reporters aren't allowed into the event. the last time we saw the first lady was may 10th, that's when those detainees were returned from north korea.

a few days later she had as a procedure to treat a benign kidney condition. we learned she won't attend the g7 summit with the president this week or his trip to singapore. savannah, hoda? >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you, kristen. we have a lot more to get to this morning, including an emotional graduation ceremony this morning. coming four months after the mass shooting at marjory stoneman. it featured jimmy fallon. kerry sanders has that story. hey, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the sunday graduation ceremony here was a mix of both joy and sadness. a milestone for the almost 800 seniors who have now graduated and at the same time it was a memorial for the 17 students and staff who were murdered here in february. ♪ sadness for the four seniors who died and did not get to graduate

with the class of 2018. at marjory stoneman douglas high. the mother of joaquin oliver wearing a shirt with the words, this should be my son. april did not attend, posted her daughter's picture in cap and gown, and tweeting, for me, it is too painful to celebrate would carmen. nbc "tonight show" host jimmy fallon was a surprise speaker at the graduation. telling students to choose hope over fear. >> keep making good choices. i'm not saying because you need to learn it, i'm saying it because you already taught it to all of us. >> reporter: the bittersweet ceremony coming as the south sentinel newspaper is releasing new, dramatic details about the moments just before the massacre. accused gunman, nikolas cruz, first spotted getting out of an uber. that's crazy boy, medina told investigators in a sworn statement obtained by the newspaper and not verified by nbc news.

medina's statement reads, we had a meeting about him last year and we said, if there's going to be anybody who is going to come to this school and shoot this school up, it's going to be that kid. medina said he radioed. relying on his training, he did not approach cruz. medina jumped in his golf cart and picked up school deputy scott peterson. hearing shots, peterson radioed for backup. >> get the school locked down. >> reporter: despite the gunfire, peterson does not go inside the building. later speaking to a sun sentinel reporter, medina contradicted his sworn statement saying there was never a meeting identifying cruz as a potential school shooter and he did not recognize cruz specifically when he arrived. some of the graduating seniors later this morning will share what their summer plans are and how they will keep the fight up to limit the sale of certain assault weapons. hoda? >> all right, kerry sanders. kerry, thanks.

as kerry mentioned, scott peterson, the armed officer who was blamed for not entering the school during the shooter, later forced to resign. tomorrow on "today" he breaks his silence. his first interview since that fateful day. would you acknowledge, now, that in this really important moment, you missed it? >> i have to. i live with that. you know, how could i not? i mean, i'm human. i mean, in a perfect world, oh, there's a shooter there. let me go to the third floor, find this person. this is an nbc news special report. here is savannah guthrie. >> good morning as we come on the air we have breaking news from supreme court this morning whether a baker in colorado could refuse to prepare a cake

for a same sex marriage. pete williams is at the supreme court. he just walked out. we have the decision from the court and it sounds like, pete, that the court has sided with the baker in this case. >> it has. but in the narrowest possible way. this is really a ticket good for one ride only. this is a victory for the baker, but what the supreme court says here is because of the peculiarities of his specific case, he wins but the court doesn't answer the larger questions here, which is what about some other baker or florist or person who prints wedding invitations or is a d.j. at a wedding. do they have a first amendment right to refuse to serve same sex couples because it would violate their religious principles. that was the issue here. this was jake phillips, a baker in denver, who refused to bake a cake for a same sex couples wedding celebration. he said that would violate his religious principles and violate his right of free expression because the state in essence under its human rights law be

forcing him to express a view he didn't agree with. he argued his cake baking was a matter of free expression. back to you. >> pete, sounds like the larger issue is safe for another day.fo "today." this has been an nbc news special report. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. >> we're getting to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ksilver® card, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. it's like a cash back oasis. what's in your wallet? good monday morning, i'm kari hall. a beautiful sunrise as we look

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san jose a clear sunrise as you get ready to head out. low 60s and upper 70s of the upper 80s for antioch today. 87 degrees and san francisco stays in the mid-60s with low 80s for the north bay. cooler air on the way for the middle of the week. by wednesday we'll only reach 73 degrees and warming up for the weekend. we'll be back in the mid-80s by saturday and sunday. san francisco not much a change except we'll see fog moving in by early tomorrow morning. let's head to mike for an update on the commute. >> one of the biggest changes, the last five, is actually started to smooth out. the south bay northbound commute really smooth but slower and last half hour. slow across the dumbarton but the biggest issue 880 and marina boulevard, a crash and the jam out of oakland and coliseum down towards marina boulevard, really

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cleveland cavaliers, today monday, june 4th, 2018. 7:32 on the west coast. we have breaking news in the man hunt for a possible serial killer in arizona. a suspect possibly connected to a string of deadly shootings there have been involved in a shootout with police this morning. miguel almaguer is in scottsdale on the phone. >> reporter: we're not far from the scene. you are looking at on your screen now. this is an aerial look from our affiliate kpnx. we are told this is where police engaged that suspect inside a hotel here. it happened just a short time ago. according to early reports, it sounded like police made contact with the suspect, tried to enter his room and may have been involved in a short shootout. investigators say it's possible the suspect then barricaded himself into the room as officers tried to make their way inside. the suspect at this point, we believe, we have been told is dead. so the man hunt is over, but just a short time ago this is

what investigators told us as this case was unfolding. >> reporter: sifting through crime scenes in phoenix and scottsdale, authorities in arizona now fear series of murders may be the work of a serial killer. at least three victims are connected to the killing spree. a fourth not officially linked yet. >> on thursday, high profile doctor steven pitt was gunned down outside his office. police releasing this sketch of the suspect. the renown forensic psychiatrist worked the jonbenet ramsey case, the lumbine massacre and the jodi arias trial. he spoke with "dateline" in 2016. >> i've worked on all kinds of cases. serial murder, mass murder, cases involving professional athletes. >> reporter: the next day, two women, possibly associated with pitt were also killed.

one of the victims shot in the head desperately tried to flag down help. >> female seen running up to the bus. she is bleeding from her face. she said she thought she may be dying. >> reporter: police following the trail of blood. they found the other victim inside a law firm. valaria sharp and laurie anderson were para legals. both women were mothers. >> someone took a very good person and left two boys with no mom. that's sad. >> reporter: while expanding their search for the potential serial shooter, police discovered a fourth body sunday, marshall levine, a 72-year-old counselor and life coach found dead in his office. >> we are getting a steady stream of tips coming in. each one is being looked at, vetted thoroughly. >> reporter: again, savannah, here is an aerial view of what police say where the suspect has been found, kor donned off and essentially killed. investigators now tell us one

source that the suspect may, in fact, be responsible for six murders. savannah, this case still unfolding. back to you. >> it is. miguel almaguer in scottsdale with the breaking news the man hunt is over. we'll shift gears and get a check of the weather from al. >> we'll start out west where we're seeing wild fires. this is in san diego. this fire only 10% contained and now they are looking at more dry weather, more hot weather not helping there. let's also look at what's going on here. yesterday we had a beautiful moist, southerly flow in the northeast. nice and warm. however, cool air filtering in behind the jet stream. cold front pushes through and then we have the northeast cooling down this week. in fact, unseasonably cool weather. boston 18 degrees below average today. bridgeport only 64. 52 degrees in augusta, maine. 18 degrees below average, temperatures get a little more moderate as we take a look, but for the week, we're looking at temperatures still cooler than usual out west, though, the

expanding warmth continues. not helping the wild fires out there. las vegas over 107. phoenix 109. denver 90 and as the week wears down, temperatures remain hot, good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. inlarnd areas out of the triple digit for yesterday and mid 80s today. concord and livermore, san jose up to 78 degrees. oakland 71 will be the high today. santa rosa 83 and san francisco keep those mid-60s and inland areas will be under a cooling trend with breezy winds and mostly sunny sky ez. the coolest day of the week on will be on wednesday before it it warms up this weekend. y gracias, al. coming up are thousands of breast cancer patients receiving unnecessacessary chemotherapy. some new findings.

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former cheerleaders. >> we're going to talk to them in just a moment. first, their story. >> we were harassed. we were bullied. and we were body-shamed for $7.25 an hour. >> being a cheerleader meant being exploited and mistreated. >> they took away my individuality. >> reporter: this morning, five houston texan cheerleaders are suing the team, saying they were bullied, sexually harassed and paid $7.25 an hour. >> less than what they would earn if they worked at mcdonald's. less than what the parking attendants at the stadium earned. worse yet, they do not even pay them the $7.25 an hour for all of the time that they work. >> reporter: in a lawsuit filed friday, attorneys for the women argue, the discrimination is obvious. all the cheerleaders are women, while male teammates earn millions. these women are exploited, earning about 10 cents a minute. adding the staff of the houston

texans created a hostile workplace. >> we were told we were replaceable and to keep our mouth shut. >> reporter: one former cheerleader said she was assaulted by a fan. >> my attacker was not approached or told to leave the game. i was told to suck it up. >> reporter: the houston texans defended its program. telling nbc news, we are proud of the cheerleader program and have had hundreds participate and enjoy their experience. we're evaluate iing our procedu and will continue to make adjustments as needed to make the program enjoyable for everyone. but friday's lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages is the second one. in may, another texan s cheerleader made compensation claims. >> cheerleaders or former cheerleaders are not going to suffer in silence anymore. >> four of the cheerleaders are with us. ainsley parish, hannah turnbow,

and attorney joins us, as well. you talk about a hostile work environment. what does that mean? how were you treated? >> it's very, very uncomfortable. on a daily basis, they body-shame you to your face. they body shame you. they are extremely bullying tactics. and they instill a fear in you that they hold your entire success and opportunity in their hands. anything you do or speak up against them, you just -- you're learned and taught not to. >> body-shame, what does that mean? what words would they use? >> fat, skinny. >> skinny-fat. >> all of this, it sounds like a lot. the nfl makes a ton of money. the players make a ton of money. betting is now going to be

league. it's awash in money. you make $7.25 an hour. why take a job that pays $7.25 an hour? >> i think when you go into it, there's a lot of -- you -- i don't know how to explain it. you know it's a good opportunity to get into your community. they make it seem like it's a dream on the social media. you d't sign up for something and think it was going to become wh it was. >> especially for you. s. >> you describe a time when they would have the cheerleaders go up in the stands with the fans and interact. and at one point, a fan put his hand on you. what happened? >> yes. i was filming for jumbotron. we do giveaways in the stands. we have a safe word, toro. and a fan was running up the stands at me and i was saying where is toro? does anyone see toro? and no one did anything. by the time he got to me, . hands between my collar bone

and shoulder and pulled me down. i asked, what are you doing? he said, i'm trying to hug you. we went straight to the next place and did another appearance. >> the texans did say they stopped having cheerleaders go out and into the stands after the incident with you. what about the pay issue? as i understand it from your lawsuit, it's not just that the pay is low, that you presumably knew when you signed up for it. but you weren't paid when you worked. is that what happened? >> yeah. i didn't know, necessarily, what they were doing was illegal, as far as not paying us for certain things. they take advantage of us because we're young and women, just to accept that there's certain things that we have to pay out of pocket.

>> when they see cheerleaders, they think, they have fun and dance. there's a real training regimen that goes into this. this isn't, you show up and put on a routine. >> absolutely. i mean, outside of all of this, we have professional women. we have something so much more to offer. this takes years of practicing. i've been dancing since i was 4 years old. when you think of nfl cheerleading or any cheerleaders allowed as part of the team. it's the elite level of dancing and cheering, everything we wanted and trained for for our whole lives. there's a lot of training and preparation that goes into it. once you're part of it, you expect the great things. unfortunately, we were disappointed throughout that experience. >> gloria, what do you look to get out of the lawsuit. it doesn't paid a lot.

but you know what you're getting paid. >> they're not told what they're going to be paid until they're selected out of the more of a thousand that try out and about to sign the contract. but they're paid minimum wage, $7.25 for maximum effort. as you pointed out they're not paid for quite a bit of the work they do. they're not paid for many of the practices. and they're not reimbursed for many of the expenses. they're being cheated out of that minimum wage of that $7.25. and this so-called adjustment that the nfl said they're making, they didn't get security when they went out for appearances in the community. and the nfl makes a lot of money from this cheerleader package, sending some of the cheerleaders to some of high-end suites. the fans pay for that. they're only getting $7.25. that's unfair. we're going to deliver a letter to the nfl office today and ask the commissioner, commissioner

roger goodell, to really make changes in all of this because this is unfair to these young women. this is sex discrimination and it's time for there to be fairness and equity. >> out of time. we have to leave it there. thank you for being here and telling your stories. gloria, thank you. appreciate it. appreciate it. avoiding

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good monday morning, i'm kari hall. at 7:56 we are waking up to some sunshine. starts out mild out there. a live look outside in fremont, a little breeze and winds will pick up through the day. it will be cooler for the inland areas, 90s to mid-80s today for concord 85 degrees. 71 in oakland and in san jose. expect a high of 78 degrees. let's get an update on the commute now from mike. san jose has seen a crash northbound 887. a couple of motorcycles involved, more motorcycles on the road. they are off to the shoulder, no major injuries. the commute kicks in all around the bay. we're looking at the east shore freeway, should be covering, earlier crash west 80 at central does sounds like they are clearing that motorcycle out of the hands.

minor injuries to the rider. to the bay bridge, t east shore freeway moves well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now. san jose police are investigating the hit-and-run that left a woman with life threatening injuries, this happened early this morning. police are look being for a black suv. the supreme court this morning issued a narrow ruling in favor of a colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a same sex wedding. you can go to the twitter feed to see why it may not much of an indicator for several cases. unveiling of the new ios for iphone and ipad. more news in an hour. marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools,

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♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, medical breakthrough. a new study says women diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer may be able to skip chemotherapy. this morning, what you need to know before your next checkup. and sandra bullock opening up like never before. >> when you were 41, 42, 43, did you think to yourself, you know what? maybe not. >> i did think maybe not. and then, katrina happened. i'm going to cry. katrina happened in new orleans. and i knew, just something told me, my child was there. >> reporter: the "ocean's 8" star and mom with hoda and a

emotional and candid conversation about adoption. what she is hoping others take from her journey to motherhood. and food fight. >> [ bleep ] how? this is a walk-in. can you smell that? how the tough-talking gordon ramsey lost 50 pounds after some tough love from his wife. >> i gave him a little bit of his own medicine. basically, you know, suggested that he was, you know, getting a little wide around his middle. >> we go inside the "celebrity chef's" secret to success "today," monday, june 4th, 201. ♪ >> we came all the way from cleveland, mississippi, to celebrate -- >> our aunt's birthday. >> good morning, hoda and savannah. little abby and i watch the "today" show every day in blacksburg, virginia. >> somebody's turning double digits today. >> hi, dad. ♪ >> my graduation gift was a trip to the "today" show. >> listening to you on the way

this morning on sirius xm 108. >> in atlanta, georgia. >> my wife turns 50 today. >> celebrating her 7th birthday in new york city. >> so much happiness out there on the plaza, even with a little drizzle. the ponchos are up, the smiles are on and we are so happy to have all of you with us this morning, either on that plaza or the virtual plaza. >> by the way, that is working, man. >> we love the videos. keep them coming. >> we should have started that years ago. >> #mytodayplaza. we only got hash tags a few years ago. guatemala's volcano of fire killed at least 25 people on sunday and injured more than 300 others. ash spread through the sky blanketing the capital of guatemala city more than 30 miles away. hundreds of rescue workers franticly work to save survivors carrying children on their backs. more than 3,000 people were evacuated to nearby communities. and authorities expect the death toll there to rise.

they warned that the possibility of further mudslides, as well. former president bill clinton is speaking out about the #metoo movement. asat down with him along with best-selling author james patterson. they've teamed up to write a new thriller. and i asked clinton if he would change anything about the way he handled the monica lewinsky scandal. you apologized to her? >> i apologized to everybody in the world. >> but you didn't apologize to her. >> i have not talkedher. >> do you feel you owe her an apology? >> no. i do not -- i have never talked to her. but i did say publicly on more than one occasion, that i was sorry. that's very different. the apology was public. >> coming up later in the show, why clinton says if he ran for any office today, he's not sure he'd win. plus, much, much more on his new book "the president is missing." this morning, delta air lines investigating the sudden death of a family pet that died during a cross country trip. the 8-year-old pomeranian named

alejandro was traveling alone from phoenix to new jersey but the animal died during layover in detroit. an agent found him unresponsive in the cargo facility. the airline tells nbc news that it is conducting a thorough review and has been working directly with alejandro's family to support them however they can. the airline says it offered to have a vet examine the died to determine how it died. they declined. there's been four dog deaths in the care of u.s. airlines. coming up tomorrow on "today," exclusive, american josh holt was held for more than two years in a notorious venezuelan prison accused of spying. now, the 26-year-old is back on american soil and telling his harrowing story along with his wife and parents. we'll sit down with him live in the studio. again, that is tomorrow only on "today". >> that should be fascinating. you ready for a little "morning boost"? >> it's boost-o'clock. >> you guys know graduation is a

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we're back with "your health." if you or someone you love is battling breast cancer, there's a medical smile stomilestone yo know about. >> a groundbreaking study finds that as many as 75% of women with early stages of the disease can potentially skip chemotherapy. rashini raj is at the nyu school of medicine. this is a big deal. it's bye-bye to the one size fits all treatment for breast cancer. who would be affected? >> this would be big news for breast cancer. this study looked at over 10,000 of women, find that most women do not need chemotherapy. women with early stage, small tumors that have not spread to the lymph nodes. they have positive tumors, a

specific type of tumor. they did take hormonal therapy. but the addition of chemotherapy did not give them any benefit. >> chemo is so aggressive. a lot of women are thinking, i want to be aggressive and make sure i get it. and that philosophy is out the window. >> the future of medicine is precision medicine or tailoring treatments for an individual treatment. the study was tailor rx. they did genetic testing of the tumor tissue and found which people would benefit from chemo. the test has been available for a while by it wasn't clear what we do with the middle range scores. and many of those women opted to have chemotherapy because they weren't sure what it would happened to be. now, we know the middle range score do not benefit from chemo.

this is going to benefit women starting today. >> dr. raj, thanks for helping get the word out. now, we go to mr. roker and a check of the forecast. looking ahead to the week, starting today, cool and wet in the northeast. sunshine flu tthrough the ohio valley. as we make our way through the midweek period, more cool weather in the mid-atlantic. sunshine as you get to the west coast. by the end of the week, we're warming up along the eastern seaboard. heat in the midsection of the country. and rain moves into the pacific northwest. sunshine, alaska and hawaii, by tend of the week. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it will be slightly cooler today, especially for the inland valleys. not as hot as yesterday. as we're still heading back into the mid-80s for morgan hill, livermore, antioch and concord. up to 87 degrees.

and in napa today, expect a high of 82. san francisco, pretty much the same temperature, 65 degrees. palo alto, cooler at 76 degrees and 78 in san jose. and it will be even better as the week goes along with highs in the low 70s by this wednesday. >> and that is your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you so much. and now, to sandra bullock, opening up about her personal life. >> she leads "ocean's 8" about a heist at the met gala. we will be talking with the female cast all week, starting with sandra's conversation and her real-life role as mom. we start off talking about "ocean's 8." >> i wanted to do something that seemed like it would be a lot of fun, and would also give the viewer a pleasure to sit back. >> you're the ring leader. that's how you role. >> that's how i roll. >> when people see you and they

see movie star movies, if you line up your priorities and tell me one through three, how would you prioritize your life now? >> my kids. everything is about them being okay. being in school. having what they need. their moments, i need to be there for every moment that they have. it's harder for me to leave them than i think it is for them when i leave. i don't leave that much. and i don't work that much anymore, either. i keep looking at you like, i have nothing but you. and they're like -- i told them where they can go to college. these are the places i feel comfortable living. you have these choices. my priorities are my kids, my kids, my kids. my family, my family. that's it. >> when you were 41, 42, 43, did you think to yourself, you know what? maybe not? >> i did think maybe not. and then, katrina happened. i'm going to cry. katrina happened in new orleans. i knew. something told me that my child

was there. it was weird. >> was that a gut feeling or a god feeling? >> i think they're one in the same. i don't think there's a difference. i really don't. it was the process of filling out forms, filling out forms. being judged, being, you know, having -- being in the spotlight about who you are as a human being, that is awkward. and then, it was four years later. >> four? wow. >> three or four years later. i looked at them like, there you are. he fit in the crook of my arm and he looked me in the eyes, and he was wise. my child was wise. >> funny what you know in like a second. >> and the beautiful thing i was constantly told was the perfect child will find you. you will find your child. stop it. look in that direction. >> i'm trying not to look at you. >> you don't believe that when it's not happening. when you're going, where is my family? and when it does happen, you

know what they're talking about. >> it's funny because without knowing it, when you adopted louie, a lot of people -- i'm going to cry. >> look that way. look away, madge. >> i was in rio and i was trying to figure out, did i miss my window? am i do late? should i have done? and i googled you. i wanted to know. we're from the same area of virginia, it was like hope. and in rio, after that, there was a little boy in syria. he had dirt in his hair and he was sitting. that image came on the screen and i cried. if i need one more sign, like i'm going home and i am starting to fill out the paperwork. i reached out to you. and you gave me good advice.

i thought, you don't know who you inspired. you know because i told you. how many people looked up and saw you. >> i hope me telling my story lets people know there are no -- there's no end game. there are hundreds of thousands of children that are ready to be your child. you're a forever parent the minute you accept the love of that child. and it's amazing to me how we can take away people's happiness by telling them that this is the box you have to stay in. >> yeah. >> there is no box. there's no box. >> you have louis. >> yeah. >> and you had, like, a complete family. it wasn't done yet. you weren't done yet. >> no. i was having dinner with girlfriends of mine. louis wanted to sit with them, out of his bath. she was talking about her daughters. he goes, yeah, i don't have daughters. she went, you don't? i don't have a daughter, but i'm

going to have a baby soon. and they look at me. and i'm like, there's nothing out there. and i realized, maybe he knew something. when i think about it, it would have been around the time that lila was born. >> my god. i got chills. >> what is it? it's louis' way. he has a strong way. and he's a fine leader. he led me to lila. >> what would your mom say? >> show would love it. when do you want them to show up? like, right now would be tuhe ultimate time. i want her to see how everything is okay and how amazing -- i think that she had a hand in it. i think she had a hand in the gifts. i just want her to see that we're okay. >> you're more than okay. >> just like, being a mom, i realize, this is what i was supposed to do when i grew up.

not be an actress. to be a mom. >> this was the purpose. >> this is my purpose. and i knew it at a very young age and i think my mother saw that. please, not that young. not that young. not 17, honey. i felt that calling at a very young age. i had to become the mom that i was supposed to be for the kids that were waiting for me. >> i can't wait to see what happens to those kids. they're going to rule the world. >> they already are. >> i don't know how to say thank you. but thank you. >> you're welcome. >> okay. i feel like this is therapy. >> we all do. >> it did feel like that. i wanted twinkies and to get under the covers after that interview. it was that kind of thing. isn't she so inspiring? she said, there is no box. i was thinking about it. all the people watching who might think, like, my window isn't closed yet. >> i was thinking that, too.

she inspired you. you're thinking, you're inspiring others. when your baby comes, you know that's my baby. >> i was inspired by my parents. they did the same thing with three of us. when we got courtney and i looked in the backseat, there was nobody there an hour earlier. and then, there's my girl. you know? it's amazing. >> sandra's new movie, "ocean's 8" hits theaters this friday. we'll sit down with the entire cast. carson is over in the orange room. >> hoda, that was amazing. you have to be in "ocean's 9" with her. here's what i got from the orange room. we're going to lose your to acting. apple, they have their annual worldwide developer's conference in san jose, california. the tech giant is expected to announce several software enhanceme enhancements, including a feature to fight device

addiction. they're going to monitor the time not only that they spend in their device, but within one app. one man who supports a digital break, is simon cowell. he hasn't used his smartphone in ten months. it's good for my mental health. it has made me happier. most people aren't ready to give up the phones completely, apple's feature has a lot of people talking. larry says, a good start to an important problem. dana says, tracking it isn't going to help. we use our phones too much. do you want to monitor your phone use? you're split down the middle. 52% saying, yeah. 48%, saying no way. apple isn't the only one combatting digital addiction. google had a phone that tracked phone use. >> simon cowell was carrying around the mainframe. but not his phone in ten months.

i couldn't do it. >> i don't need apple telling me what i know. >> i left my phone in the orange room and i'm anxious. >> irony alert, check your phone to see if it's on too much. "pop start" today. we teased it earlier. tom cruise is known for performing his own stunts, in particular the "mission impossible" series. and broke his ankle performing a sequence in the sixth installment. now, you get a behind-the-scenes look at one of his most dangerous jumps. a h.a.l.o. jump. high altitude, low open. here it is. >> no one thought it would be over 100 jumps to get the scene. >> we needed the uae. >> we can't just get on the plane and go. you have to spend 20 minutes to breathe oxygen. the plane has to climb to 21,000

feet. you're talking about tom jumping out of a plane that's traveling 165 miles per hour. >> the making of the movie is going to be as good as the movie. "mission impossible" hits theaters on july 7th. and tom cruise filming "maverick." >> "top gun" it's a show with airplanes. >> haven't seen it. none of the brat pack movies. mindy kaling sat down with ellen to talk about the "ocean's 8" movie. and she talked about her daughter and the time she had to bring her to oprah's house. >> she had a screening for "a wrinkle in time" and invited the cast to her home, which i think is the nicest home in america. you've been there. >> yes. >> i was scared because i had to bring my baby with me because she was so little at the time. she had been really fussy.

and she was fussy the whole way. i'm like, am i going to bring a screaming baby into oprah's cathedral of beauty and art. i was like, please, you have no idea how high the stakes are right now. we walked in the door and her eyes went wide. she knew she was in oprah's house. and then, she was like, coyly -- >> we've been there with a fussy baby, maybe not at oprah's house. you can see more of that interview, it airs today. check your local listings. a quick "daly click" today. maybe this guy was inspired by tom cruise and the h.a.l.o. jump. look at this view. it's in greece. got the selfie stick, ready to grab this photo. but, what could go wrong? oh, there it goes. guy needed a parachute for his phone. he has the gopro footage. >> that's a good point. >> oh, well.

>> hope he has the apple plan. kerry kennedy is here. she will reflect on her legacy of robert f. kennedy, 50 years after his degood morning, it )s. i )m ... san jose police are looking for the driver in an early morning hit and run that critically good morning. it's 8:26. i'm chris sanchez. police are looking for the driver in the early morning hit and run crash that critically injured a woman. it happened just a little before 3:00 this morning not too far from spartan stadium on south 1st street and monterey road. a short time ago, they did provide us with a little more information on the car they say struck that woman and then left the scene. they're saying it's some sort of black suv. the woman suffered life threatening injure i areieinjur. police are hoping a nearby business has surveillance cameras pointing at where that crash happened. now, mike enoway with our traffic picture. >> the crash is still going on with activity northbound 87 at

cu curtner, one of the worst spots. that's the tougher drive. the rest of the south bay holding steady with a slow northbound push in through silicon valley. you kind of lose one lane as they continue the overhead work there. of course all lanes are open. we just have that lane shift. over here, recovery after the earlier crash around central for westbound 80. had cleared up. it's actually really good, slowing through hercules, then richmond, moves nicely past the golden gate fields area. 580 crash right around piedmont. back to you. >> okay, thank you, mike. we have more local news in a half an hour. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain,

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♪ we are back. 8:30 on a monday morning. 4th day of june. does not feel like summertime is here. but for our "crowd moment." for our "crowd moment" i'm about to bust two people. i'm about to bust two people. have you ever heard of senior skip day? oh, someone is about to be busted. we have emma and erin. hi.

>> nice to meet you. >> hi, you guys. do your parents know you skipped school today? >> they do. >> they do know. you want to say hi to your mom? >> hi, my. hi, dad. >> we're going to excuse you from school. what's your high school? >> norwalk high school, in norwalk, connecticut. >> i love it. >> principal is on the phone. >> you may be excused. just ahead this morning, more of our conversation with former president bill clinton and the co-author of his new book, james patterson. how they came together and joined forces to create this new thriller. and robert f. kennedy's daughter, kerry, is here. how she thinks her father would want to be remembered 50 years after his death. she has a new book to tell us about. >> how do you get and stay in shape when your job is all about cooking and eating? natalie sits down with gordon ramsey and his wife. he lost 50 pounds.

>> first, my good pal megyn kelly's got us going today. today. >> does your spouse infuriate you? possibly bore you? inside voice. no problem. we have a guest that will talk about the secret of staying married no matter what. she happens to be divorced but she has done a lot of research on the subject and has spoken to experts. i love her. her name is ada calhoun. she's amazing. and we're going to talk about giving up your iphone. completely disconnecting. giving up your iphone. could you do it? what famous celebrity has just done it. and we have to pick up where craig melvin left off with bill clinton. you were on the air so you probably couldn't hear this. on "morning joe" they are talking about your interview. mike barnicle believes that interview is the end of bill clinton's career as a public figure. i know craig's not going to talk about it publicly, but it was an amazing exchange, unlike anything i've ever seen before with a former president. we're going to talk about that.

and mr. melvin is going to swing by, too. let's get a check of the weather. >> i never studied weather before. but i think it's pretty obvious. you see something, you're like -- okay. we'll show you what's happening today. heavy rain through new england. cooler than average through the mid-atlantic states and the northeast. heat wave continues out west. a few record highs in the rockies and the central plains. severe storms in the northern plains. plenty of sunshine through the southeast and south wet that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>. [ weather ]

>> that's your latest weather. don't forget, you can pick us up on "today" siriusxm channel 108, tomorrow at 1:00 live, "off of the rails" with the beautiful dylan dreyer, the fantastic sheinelle jones and yours truly. now back inside. >> thank you so much. now, to more of our conversation with former president bill clinton and james patterson. they join forces to co-write a new summer thriller "the president is missing." you had a chance to catch up with him in new york. >> just yesterday, in fact. >> it's not every day that a former president and renowned author team up on a new book. that's what bill clinton and james patterson did, aiming what they say to create the best thriller about the presidency that's ever been written. this is your first foray into the world of fiction. what was that transition like? the world of fiction. what was that transition like? >> it was exciting and i loved

it. i'm a big mystery and thriller reader. i have been for almost 40 years. and i read a lot of them every year. and i always wanted to write one. >> reporter: bill clinton launching a new career as a fiction writer. teaming up with james patterson who has sold 400 million books worldwide. by several measures, you are the most successful writer in modern history. what was it like? >> it was great. when i was a kid, i remember eisenhower came to our town. i never forgot that. the notion of spending a year with president clinton was stunning to me. >> reporter: the new novel, a thriller entitled "the president is missing," combines clinton's presidential knowledge with patterson's skilled pen.

be honest, how helpful was he? >> unbelieveibly. what separates this book is the authenticity. there's a devastating attack against the united states and the president is missing. >> reporter: set in washington, d.c., the story details a fictional president's harrowing race to stop the worst cyber attack in american history, an attack threatening to cripple the country. we met the writers at book-con in new york city. >> we wanted to make sure we're dealing with a real threat, not a imaginative one. >> we wanted to let people understand what it's like to be president. how important that job is. how difficult that job is. how dangerous that job is. one of the things that the president did, that is interesting in terms of the partnership, is to keep driving to make the characters more flesh and blood and realistic. with the president, the president in the book, he's very

realistic. this is a human being. he has flaws. that was important. >> reporter: in the book, the president really paints this bleak picture of the political landscape and you alluded to it, as well. he said, our democracy cannot survive its drift into tribalism, and seething resentment. that's clearly your voice. is that how you feel about where we are right now? >> absolutely. politics has always been a contact sport. it's a tough business. you don't want to get -- if you're a quarterback in pro football, you can't complain when you get sacked, right? it's a contact sport. but it's different now. i don't know if i could win any kind of a race today because of the -- of that. >> the book, i've got about 50 pit pages left, it's a fascinating read. there's classic patterson, but

there's parts of the book that are obviously bill clinton's voice. it's number one on amazon's sales list. >> your book report is due tomorrow. >> "the president is missing" out today. coming up next, on the eve of robert f. kennedy's death, 50 years later, his daughter opens up about his enduring legacy. first, this is "today" on nbc. when the worst oil sll hit san cisco, fit responders went to work. and mayor gavin news, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull, he only showed up for work at the state capitol

one day a week, tops. gavin's not gonna work as governor.

we're back, with a special series "the legacy of robert f. kennedy." it was 50 years ago tomorrow that the nation was left shocked and shattered when senator robert f. kennedy, the brother of the slained president, was cut down by a bullet. he was left by a wife, ethel, and children. now, his daughter, kerry, has written a new book about her father's legacy called "ripples of hope." great to see you. >> great to be here.

>> we were talking about 50 years. it's hard to fathom that so much time has passed. you were 8 years old when your father passed. >> yes. it is. it's amazing how far we've come as a country and how this year in particular, we're feeling so much of the division in our country that was felt 50 years ago. so, a lot of the issues that he was grappling with are really at the front of the headlines today. >> and the book gets a lot of different perspectives on your father because he meant so much to so many people. but let's talk about him first as a father. what he meant to you. what are your most cherished memories? >> he was a lot of fun. he was, you know, not a don draper father. he was very present. he was always there with us. one of the things i remember, when we had battles. i had seven brothers and three sisters. there were lots of battles in our house.

he would always do the same thing. one time in particular, i was playing world war ii with my brother, michael, in our treehouse. he was the americans. he was older and a better aim, and i was the doomed germans, trying to race up the treehouse and take over. and he was throwing magnolia pods at me that look like hand grenades. and i took one hit too many and i scrambled out of the tree and ran up to my father's study and jumped in his arms with tears coming down my face. and he said, what happened? and i told him the sad saga. and he said, you go get michael. and i'm like, justice will be done. i got my brother and brought him up. he said, michael, you be quiet and don't interrupt. and kerry, you tell what happened. and i told the whole thing. kerry, you can't interrupt. and michael, you tell what happened. and you know, then, he made us kiss and make up and go to our rooms and read for an hour.

i think the message he had for us as children weras the messag he had for our country, which was peace is not something to pray for. everybody is responsible for it in our daily lives. and you have to think of your enemies as your brothers and sisters. and you got to read. >> you talk about reading. this book as essays or reflections from a wide variety of people, john lewis, the congressman and civil rights activist, george clooney, barack obama. did you learn anything new about your dad? >> the book is really fun. hillary clinton said, i'm like a rorschach test. when you ask someone about me, you learn more about them than you learn about me. this is a book that you learn a lot about bobby kennedy but you also learn a lot about bono and tim cook and glory steinem and some of the other people who are

in it. i did learn one story, which was amazing to me, which is, from john lewis, that he was in charge, in the '68 campaign, of the african-american neighborhoods in los angeles. and cesar chavez was in charge of the latino. but together, they were in charge of the white nak neighborhoods. and the two of them went door-to-door in l.a. on behalf of my father. and the thought of opening the door and seeing john lewis and cesar chavez there, you know, stumping for someone is pretty amazing. >> what a time. and before i let you go, i know the family home was recently sold. as i understand it, you found a letter your father had written you when your uncle, president kennedy, was killed. >> yeah. it was an unopened letter. >> you had never seen it. >> nobody has ever seen it. i opened it up for the first time a few years ago when we sold the house. and he, in it, he is writing

from the desk in the oval office, just minutes after he found out about jack. he says, remember your uncle joe and uncle jack and the sacrifices they made for our country. love our country and be kind to others. >> what a treasure to find after all these years. and the book is a treasure, as well. kerry kennedy, thank you for being here. you'll be with your family at a mass late their week. our thoughts is with you as always. the book is "ripples of hope" and today.com/shop is the place to go. just ahead, we'll take a turn and talk about losing 50 at the age of 50. gordon ramsey gives us his recipe for healthy ling first,vi. t

in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor.

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food," celebrity chef gordon ramsey. >> he recently lost 50 pounds and natalie morales went to his house to find out how he did it. >> this is a walk-in -- can you smell that? >> reporter: he's the in-your-face master chef who tells it like it is. >> it looks [ bleep ] disgusting. >> reporter: it's hard to find anyone bigger than gordon ramsey. >> where is the beef? >> reporter: with four national television shows, 34 restaurants worldwide and his poth bo30th b coming out, you would think he has spread himself too thin. but you will find him after his wife, tanna, pushed him to lose 50 pounds. was it tanna that was giving you the tough love of having to lose weight? >> to be honest, yes. >> reporter: how was that conversation? that can be touchy. >> gordon is famous for being blunt. i gave him some more of his own

medicine and suggested he was getting a little wide around his middle. got really angry with me. i came up with a saying, little pickers wear bigger nickers. >> this comes on and off. >> reporter: ramsey may be the boss in the kitchen. when it comes to working out, tanna runs the show. >> why are you making it more difficult? >> you have another o the second seconds and then we're going to do your abs. >> reporter: the hazards of being a chef is you're always sampling, right? that >> that's the job, grazing. i'm good at eating small amounts. all that work has paid off, ramsey who tipped the scales at 270 pounds, is down to his current weight of 220 pounds. >> i never shared this with the

kids. but my father passed at 53. and that's three years away from where i am now. >> reporter: what did he pass away from? >> heart attack. >> reporter: how old were you? >> i was just coming into 30 years of age. a big influence, gone. i never got to spend that time with my father. that man never ever ate in my restaurant. and it pains me to think that now. >> running restaurants and knowing in this country, people expect large portions. do you think we have a problem with the way we eat? >> i think the problem is the level of expectancy. if they toned down the quantity and honed in on the quality, you would feel so much better. the big thing that struck me when i came to the u.s., there's a lot of food to go. i remember being in a journalist

in a restaurant and she took a caesar salad to go. i said, do you have any idea how crap that will taste an hour later. it's about eating better and eating less at the same time. >> reporter: measured advice from a man who has been to hell and back. for "today", natalie morales, nbc news, los angeles. >> looks great. >> yeah. >> impressive. >> 50 pounds. >> it's hard to lose weight when you work in a kitchen. >> and his wife, telling him, wide in the middle there. got to mention that gordon's new show, that premieres on fox, june 13th. we'll take a break, back in a moment. isrst, this

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eating chocolate every day. you want to celebrate a loved one's milestone, go to today.com/celebrates. guess who is co-hosting the fourth hour. >> who? >> carson daly. >> do you remember one time when they had the royal baby and you kept going, to the baby. >> hoda says, i dare you to take a shot right as we come on the air. >> that's all you need. carson daly. >> i love it. guys, megyna victory in the higs

good morning. it's 8:56. a victory in the high court this morning for a colorado cake baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. the court voted 7-2 in favor of that baker, calling a related ruling by colorado civil rights commission a violation of the business owner's first amendment rights. happening right now, our bob

riddell is taking a closer look at that ruling. he is in san francisco's castro district where this morning they're celebrating the start of pride month. he will have a live report in our midday newscast at 11:00. you can go to our twitter feed for more, including why this really may not be much of an indicator for similar cases. also, apple's developers conference gets under way this morning at mchenry center. one of the highlights, a new ios for your i-phone. to california schoolsd, need big change. marshall tuck is the only candidate for state superintendent who's done it before. less bureaucracy, more classroom funding. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

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boasting. overselling his achievements. making false claims. as lieutenant governor, he skipped many of his duties, saying the job was "so dull," he only shows up to work at the state capitol "like one day a week, tops." the same gavin who, as mayor, "split town" during a massive oil spill

and "jetted off.. to hawaii." gavin's not gonna work... as governor ♪ morning, everyone! happy monday. welcome to the program. i'm megyn kelly. everyone have a good weekend? was your weekend busy? former president bill clinton had a very busy one. he has been out promoting a new book he has co-written with author james patterson. it is a thriller featuring a fictional president who overcomes tremendous obstacles, including an impeachment. and in that novel, the president becomes a hero. while discussing the book, mr. clinton has been asked some pointed questions about the me too movement. this is so interesting, all of these years later to have him have to sit and