>> that's nice. >> i'm a nice guy. ou ever find e good morning. breaking overnight. . good morning, breaking overnight, hurricane michael strengthens. the massive storm bearing down on the gulf coast and set to impact the entire east coast. >> this storm will be life threatening and extremely dangerous. >> emergency evacuations ordered in florida the national guard already activated. millions now racing to prepare, dylan has the very latest. remembering the victims. overnight, thousands attended an emotional vigil for those killed in that devastating limo crash. >> it's the saddest day of my life. >> reporter: investigators now focusing on the driver and the safety record of the limo country. >> the driver didn't have the

proper license to operate it. so, no, he shouldn't have been on the road. getting to work, supreme court brett kavanaugh gets to work after a prime time apology from the president. >> what happened to the kavanaugh family environments every notion of fairness, decency and due process. >> the justice ready to put the past and the fight over his nomination behind him. i take this office with gratitude and no bitterness. >> but will that be easier said than done? those stories, mystery deepens, health officials in colorado now reporting at least 14 cases of a rare polio-like disease after a rare outbreak in minnesota, could this be the beginning? check the trash, two inmates hide in garbage chance after escaping a jail. and drew brees becomes the nfl all time passing leader.

>> what a way to do it! >> celebrating with his teammates. his family, and getting this cheeky message from the old record holder peyton manning. >> a thousand days i've held the record for all time passing yards in the nfl and thanks to you, that's over now. and you've ruined that for me. >> today tuesday october 9th, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh, welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. >> i am so happy. >> drew brees, you must be thrilled. >> i'm busting. what a way to set the all time passing record. i got to say when he did it, he did wit class afterwards, he

talked about classic work. peyton manning a class act. came up afterwards and had that fun. brittany brees and his kids there. >> an awesome moment, first the latest on hurricane michael. >> millions on the florida panhandle are being warned to bring pair now for a potentially catastrophic event. we are going to go live to florida in just a second. first, dylan is here on the latest of when and where this thing could hit. >> hey, hoda. this storm is going to hit tomorrow. today is the last chance to prepare. it's a category 1 hurricane right now with winds at 90 miles per hour. look at how fast it's moving. north-north west at 12 miles per hour. and it's moving into a very favorable environment. there is not a whole lot in the atmosphere that's going to break this thing apart. so that's why it is forecast to strengthen to become a major hurricane by wednesday, programs making landfall wednesday

afternoon, near panama city, with winds up to 120 miles per hour. then by friday morning, it's already exiting the coast of the mid-atlantic. so it will become a non-issue going into the week. in the meantime, we have hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings all along the panhandle of florida, we also have your storm surge warnings. as this continues to move in from the south and pushes all that water into the big bends of florida so detailed storm surge forecast. as of right now, 8 to 12 foot storm surge is possible in this purple area here. a six to nine foot storm surge in panama city. the good news the tomorrow is not expected to come at the height of high tide. it is going to be less of a coastal flooding issue than if it were to come at high tide. we are going to see coast be inundated with this storm surge. also, additional rainfall could be as high as seven up to 12

inches of rain. that will lead to localized flooding as well. it extends all the way up into southern georgia. savannah. >> dylan, thank you. as nevada embraces for the storm, mandatory evacuations are in panama city. kerry sanders is live. good morning to you. >> reporter: portions of the gulf coast are in effect now, thousands of tourist being told to head inland to safety. but already there are some problems. because well there are long lines for gasoline and some pumps are running dry, with i is causing that anxiety index to rise as you can imagine. also, evacuating. tyndall air force base. not far from here, herbert field to the east ordering its military aircraft, including the f-22 fighter jets to bases far

from the predicted impact zone. florida's governor says this rapidly growing storm must be taken seriously. >> we have never seen a storm hit this part of our state. again, hurricane michael is forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the florida panhandle in decades. this storm will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: because this is such a popular tourist area, o e get those people who are here, the hotels are ordering them out by 11:00 a.m. in now to the latest on the horrific limousine crash in upstate new york that claimed the lives of 20 people. they say the driver should not been behind the while and the limo should not have been on the road. overnight an emotional vigil was held for the victim. channel will have more on that in just a moment. first, nbc news' tom costello is covering the investigation. hey, tom, good morning.

>> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you. air, state police now tell us they have recovered the airbag control module. they described that as a sort of black box. they hope it will provide a clue after the vehicle's speed and whether the brakes were applied. they say to reiterate that this driver should not have been behind the wheel the limo should not have been on the road. for now the limo company has been shut down. state police say they've launch a criminal investigation into how 20 people died in that horrific crash on saturday the focus now on the limo company and its driver. police confirm the stretch limo involved in the accident had failed its most recent inspection and should not have been on the road. federal records confirm the company prestige limousine service company out of new york failed four out of five inspections over the last five years. the driver, who died in the crash, should not have been behind the wheel. >> the driver didn't have the proerpt license to operate, so,

no -- to the proper license to operate, so no, it should not have been on the road. >> they found no skid marks on the road, he careened across a highway and through a parking lot where it hit a car and killed two pedestrians before slamming into a ravine. all 17 passengers and the driver died. witnesses say the limo appeared to have been speeding. >> if an entire engine block has moved back and basically crushed back past the driver's seat, that would indicate there was a lot of force and energy involved in that crash. >> among the victims in the limo, two newlywed couples, four sisters, two brothers and many close friends. all of them on their way to celebrate amy stein berg's 30th birthday at a local brewery. her husband axel hired the limo so everyone can celebrate safely. >> i hope everyone didn't suffer. i want to believe it was

instant, that he never knew what happened. >> reporter: her older sister amanda also died. >> we think just having my sister around is what i'm going to miss the most, just having her physically here. i was having her physically her. i could really go for an amanda hug right now. >> reporter: they ins >> reporter: they insist the limos were safe. >> there were no mechanical issues with the vehicle as far as we know. and any defects that did exist in the past, the owners went through great pains to make sure those had been fixed. >> reporter: the limo -- the attorney for the limo company expressing sympathy for those that died. they are looking for a toxicology report on the driver. looking for signs of alcohol in his system. to see about the modification of the stretch limo and if that was done in coordination with the law. guys, back to you.

>> tom, do we know anything more about the people who own the limo company? >> reporter: the owner of the company has been out of the country. we are not sure if he is back in the country yet. here is a strange twist. his name is yusain hussein. he was working with the fbi with terror related cases. strange twist. >> tom, thank you. thousand s turned out for te victims of the crash and there were many tears. sheinelle jones is in amsterdam, new york, with that part of the story. sheinelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. emotional scene last night as people packed in shoulder to shoulder in a small town where everybody knows each other. it is a deaf vastating loss. ♪ but now i'm see >> reporter: emotional night in

amsterdam, new york. a small town coping with enormous loss. >> everybody in the limo i knew. unbelievable. i don't have words right now. >> reporter: about 2,500 family and friends and neighbors packing the area park to honor the victims of the saturday limo crash. >> it hits you like a wall. sometimes i can't catch my breath. >> reporter: jill richardson describes the pain of losing her son and his girlfriend. perez remembering matthew at the vigil which took place at the same location where her family gathered last year for her own wedding. >> it was the happiest day of our lives. now the saddest day of our life. >> reporter: and among the 17 killed in the crash, two newlywed couples. shane and erin and axel and amy who married just last june. the group gathering for amy's 30th birthday. and axel's brother and her

boyfriend. the deaths of four sisters leaving the community particularly shocked and heart broken. >> they were just full of life. daredevils on the ball field. i don't know how to say it. great kids. >> reporter: one of the sisters allison king described by her coworkers as a ray of sunshine. >> awful that her parents had to say good-bye to four of their babies with this tragedy. the girls were together and they were the best of friends. >> reporter: a tragedy that now has their hometown showing its strength under the weight of a crushing loss. >> sheinelle, you are there talking to people. this seems like a close community. >> reporter: it is tough. you could feel the grief here last night. there were other events and fund raising events planned for victims and families. i have to say the community made it clear they will support the

children who suddenly lost their parents. >> so much to bear. sheinelle, thank you. craig is joining us now. >> good morning. new supreme court justice brett kavanaugh starts hearing cases before the high court today after taking part in the ceremonial swearing-in at the white house last night. both he and the president had a lot to say about the bitter battle that nearly derailed his nomination. we have nbc's kristen welker with more on that. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. new supreme court justice brett kavanaugh vowed to be a justice for all americans after that fierce confirmation fight. president trump was anything but unifying. he stoked the partisan battle in his remarks and for the president, it was aimed at energizing republicans with four weeks until election day. a primetime victory lap after a bruising confirmation battle. president trump overseeing the ceremonial swearing-in of brett kavanaugh. delivering a remarkable apology

to the new supreme court justice. >> on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. >> reporter: adding this pointed rema remark. >> our country, a man or a woman, must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. with that, i must state, you, sir, under historic scrutiny, were proven innocent. thank you. >> reporter: it's mr. trump's second appointment to the high court in less than two years. kavanaugh sworn in by retiring justice anthony kennedy for whom he once clerked. with all of his fellow justices looking on, kavanaugh delivering the message to the nation

divided over his new role. >> the supreme court is a team of nine. and i will always be a team player. >> reporter: and becoming emotional as he thanked his family and friends. >> lift up your friends. love your friends. i love all my friends. >> reporter: the new justice attempting to trying a unifying tone. >> my goal is to be a great justice for all americans. >> reporter: a stark contrast to his fiery defense over a week ago in the wake of the sexual assault allegation he denies. >> this two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit. >> reporter: democrats vowing to mobilize the base ahead of the midterms one month away. >> we stand together and work together in the next 30 days calls peop-- calling people oug to the polls. >> reporter: and donald trump vowing to go to iowa and

kentucky this week alone. >> kristen, how emboldened is this president feeling? >> reporter: he is emboldened, craig. no doubt. president trump called the kavanaugh confirmation a rallying cry. remember, democrats had a clear enthusiasm edge, but recent polls show republicans gaining steam. adding to that is the unemployment rate which is near historic low. there is no doubt democrats are fired up. aiming to mobilize women voters opposed to the kavanaugh conf confirmati confirmation. history shows voters turn out when people are angry. craig, back to you. >> hard to believe the midterms are four weeks away. kristen welker, thank you. growing concern over mysterious outbreaks of a rare

polio-like condition. we told you about cases in minnesota. there are other cases in other states. nbc's kristen dahlgren has been following this story for us. >> reporter: good morning. these six cases in minnesota popped up in the last few weeks. now we are learning colorado has seen 14 cases so far this year. this morning, doctors in minnesota are still stumped. trying to figure out what caused six kids in the state to come down with a rare condition. known as an cued flaccid myelitis. it is a case officials are trying to resolve. now settling in a pattern. >> we were curious as to what would happen this year. we are hearing reports cases occurring in 2018. >> reporter: this serious polio-like illness impacting mostly children has no cure. according to the cdc cases peak every two years. in 2014, 120 people diagnosed.

the spike in cases continuing every other year across several states. 2018 has already seen 38 reported cases. with 14 in colorado and a half a dozen in minnesota since mississippi sta mid-september. >> this could take a quick turn for the worse and we may not be able take him home. >> reporter: 4-year-old orville was diagnosed with afm in july. he could not move his right arm and had trouble sitting up and walking and breathing. >> we were in the place of not knowing. >> reporter: and orville is home and regaining strength, part of his right arm is paralyzed. >> it is sad. i'm part of the facebook group and every morning i see a new case and start crying. >> reporter: the cause of afm is linked to viruses. symptoms of muscle weakness and drooping of the face or eyelids

or trouble speaking or swallowing. it can lead to paralysis or death. this is still less than 1 in a million condition. >> this is an uncommon complication of a virus. many people may be infected, but get the rare complication. >> reporter: there is no cure or effective treatment for afm right now. rehab can help children regain strength. one boy from virginia that we met in the 2016 outbreak died last month. it is rare, guys, but concerning. >> scary. >> what do they say? it is a virus. >> like you would with anything. watch yo wash your hands. good hygiene. thank you. 7:19. let us get the rest of the forecast from dylan. >> we have rain in the middle of the country. a front not moving quickly. days and days of rain and flash flood watches and warnings from

minnesota to wisconsin and down to texas. we will see more torrential downpours today. we will have more across the country. we will get to your local forecast in 30 seconds. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges... how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ good morning i'm mrlg hl hl. we'll see cooler temperature the today in san francisco. light, patchy fog but mostly sunny skies. into tomorrow, we'll see more coastal fog and looking at some breezy winds. our inland temperatures will be in the low 80s today and coming down to about 77 tomorrow and as

we get closer to the weekend look at how warm it will be by saturday we're seeing highs up to 88 degrees. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. we'll have more on what we can expect out of hurricane michael and the race to prepare across the south. that's just ahead. plus, jacob soboroff found a group of republicans in an unlikely place. what they are saying with the midterms exactly four weeks away. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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at one point we heard scanner traffic with rescue crews calling for an air lift unit. so far firefighters are not confirming anything about possible injuries. right now let's get a look at what you can expect weather wise today. meteorologist kari hall is standing by. >> marcus, we're starting to see the fog lift and clear out from the golden gate bridge, so a nice clear view there for part of the span but our air quality remains an issue, we will see hazy skies and drifts of smokes as the air quality advisory continues through this evening. high temperatures reaching 80s inland but staying in the 60s for the coast. let's get an update on the morning commute now from mike. >> the south bay is picking up in volume but right on schedule of tracking the crashes on the grid. bigger is the recovery for southbound 680 slow through pleasanton, better through fremont, the crash cleared at mission. we have some folks who chose to use west 580 stuck in a crash approaching the dublin grade for west 580. south 880 slows down toward

whipple. one car may have broken down at the shoulder. another crash in the lanes right now, the build toward the san mateo brimming. ba bridge. >> more local news coming up in 30 minutes. do you hear that?

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7:30. tuesday morning, october 9th. 2018 is going wild. behind the scenes with national geographic this morning. we're going to bring an african safari right into your home this morning h cannot wait to show you some of these amazing pictures. >> wow. >> incredible. don't forget, we're celebrating international day of the girl this thursday. we have a very special event on the plaza. former first lady michelle obama will be here to talk about the importance of education for girls worldwide. and also she'll talk to us about a lot of things including life after the white house. >> on top of that, we're going to do something we've never done before here, not one, not two, but three, three concerts live

concerts from kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson and meghan trainor with an audience packed with girls from all over america. >> and our girls too. >> our girls are coming in. >> we hope you'll join us. we think it will be a really cool morning. celebration of international day of the girl. >> no doubt about it. let's start with a check of the headlines on this tuesday. state police launched a criminal investigation into how 20 people died in that horrific crash in new york saturday. the stretch limo involved in the accident had had failed its most recent inspection and should not have even been on the road. the company prestige limousine chauffeur service failed four out of five inspections over the past two years. and the driver, 53-year-old who died in the crash did not have the proper license to operate the suv and should not have been behind the wheel. the limo company has been shut down. an investigation is under way in dallas this morning after a deadly construction accident. one person was killed. five others were injured after a

three story building under construction suddenly collapsed. six workers were left trapped under a pile of wood and metal. the five people who survived the accident are expected to be okay. strong winds and heavy rain may have contributed to this accident. officials say it's too early in the investigation to draw any conclusions. it was an historic night in new orleans. saints quarterback drew brees etched his name into the record books. >> incredible. brees. wide open. wide open! and smith, what a way to do it! >> that home crowd at the super dome exploded, brought to their feet as brees breaks peyton manning's record of 71,940 career pacing yards. the guy was mobbed by his teammates on the field. he got lots of hugs from players and coaches. that is sean payton.

the stapdingnding o went on and. the most touching moment is when brees found his family on the sideline. >> hey boys! how about that? how about that? >> i love you guys so much. you can accomplish anything in life you work for, right? >> the saints beat the redskins 43-19. but just how about -- how about the guy that brees passed up in the record books, peyton manning. the former colts and broncos quarterback recorded a short video to "congratulate" his friend. >> drew, for 1,000 days i've held the record for all time passing yards in the nfl. and i got to tell you, it's been the greatest 1,000 days of my life. and thanks to you, that's over now. and you ruined that for me. so thank you very much. i have nothing left to look forward to except slicing my tomatoes, making dinner for my

family, putting together this wedge salad. >> wedge salad. >> that is delicious. >> he has a great sense of humor. he did go open to give brees a sincere congratulations. that is an old photo of those two. what a night. it happened in new orleans, in the dome. >> and, of course, drew brees would break the record by throwing a touchdown pass. >> of course he would. >> this is a guy that was on a team that kind of rejected him and now the saints found him and look at it. >> it's a love story. so good. all right. we've done the sports. now we have to do the weather. the other big story of the morning. hurricane michael is gaining strength and baring down on the florida panhandle. dylan is watching this one closely. >> very closely. it's moving fast. anyone in the panhandle of florida really needs to make your preparations today. once we go into tomorrow, conditions will deteriorate rapidly. here it s a category 1 hurricane with wins up to 90 miles per hour. it's moving to the north-northwest. look at this, by wednesday at

2:00 a.m., conditions are favorable for this storm to perhaps strengthen into a major hurricane. that is category 3 or higher. it maintains that strength. it is forecast to hit to the east of panama city with winds up to 120 miles per hour. and then it will weaken as it moves over the rest of the southeast, exiting the virginia-north carolina border by the time we go into friday. so here's the timing. we go through the morning on wednesday, the rain bands will move in. the rain becomes exceptionally heavy and the winds are very gusty as we go after 1:00 wednesday afternoon. then it continues to hit all through the afternoon and into the evening. bringing this torrential rain into southern georgia. then through south and north carolina as we go through thursday night and friday. there are a lot of trees still with leaves and the ground is saturated. when you look at winds at 120 miles per hour, we could see widespread power outages through the panhandle of florida, especially up into georgia and even into south carolina too. and because of the energy of this storm, we'll see a lot of spinup tornadoes.

fast moving tornadoes that will cause additional power outages and additional wind damage along with just the effects you get from a hurricane. so this really needs to be monitored today. but the track has not been shifting all that much. so panama city is the area where we're expecting this storm to hit. >> all right. dylan, thank you. let's go down to florida now. kerry sanders is in position there in the sunshine state. evacuations as we understand it already underway? >> already under way, craig. the clock is ticking. there are only hours now left for residents to board up and then move out. tourists being told they have to get out of their hotels by 11:00 a.m. this morning. so many who came here already felt their vacations were ruined because of the red tide and now they're having to lose because of the on coming hurricane michael. which we should note as people are trying to get out, the roads are handling most of the traffic. at least at this hour. it will get worse during the day. but gasoline is in short supply.

and because of that short supply of gasoline, the anxiety level is going up. folks who have been enjoying or trying to enjoy their vacations are finding out, well, i never stopped to get any gas. and now there isn't any. there will be some long lines for gasoline. bottom line, people will eventually get out. they're opening up some shelters inland for those that have nowhere else to go. and off in the distance, you can see one of my shoulders here that pier at the beach. that pier was severely damaged in hurricane ivan in 2004 and with dylan's forecast, it may get damaged again. >> all right. kerry sanders there in panama city. thank you. >> we'll keep an eye on. that. coming up, teachers with a surprising side hustle. by the way, it can make millions. why they say it's also good for your kids. >> also ahead. we go behind the scenes to show you how our friends at national geographic are now bringing the thrills of an african safari to kids here at home. then the massive search after inmates hid in trash cans

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balance. we've been traveling around the battle ground states to see what matters to voters. >> my home turf, california. most people think california is as liberal as it gets. but those people have probably not been to orange county. not far from my house in l.a., there are four contiguous republican held congressional seats that democrats are hoping to flip. but they're going to have work cut out for them. >> reporter: los angeles, downtown's union station, probably isn't where you think to start a quest to find some of the most traditionally republican territory in america. the biggest county in america is also one of the more diverse and democratic. but if you take a short train ride south, the politics can seem a world apart. used to be that when you go from l.a. to orange county, you cross through what i guess political pundits would call the orange curtain. you go from a very democratic area into a very republican area. but this year back in washington, the democrats are hoping that is changing.

so you all live in orange county? >> yes. >> reporter: if you watch the news, all you hear about is brett kavanaugh, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: what? >> that's all you hear about. so, yeah, it's hard to think about something else and all you hear is about kavanaugh. >> reporter: do you think about that in the polling booth? >> no. >> reporter: what thing do you want to think about? >> traffic and pollution. >> reporter: we hopped off the train in irvine so we could car pool with the rest of our team. democrats hopes of winning here hinges in part on turning out people of color and young voters. so we headed to the local university of california campus. in & out burger. if you want to know what california think, this is where you have to come. >> what do people care about? >> myself and my friends are minorities. so a lot into minority rights and stuff. >> reporter: is there enough of you to flip the district? >> i hope so. >> reporter: the bus stop, i

think there are 26,000 kids that go to school here. and if the democrats can get all of them to vote for them, then maybe republicans will be in trouble in this district. but i don't know. sorry. not to be annoying. but we're with nbc news. and i'm just trying to figure out, is anybody here going to vote in the election on november 6th? anybody? anybody? nobody's going to vote? is anybody going to vote in the congressional election in november? you are. thank you. sir! what do you care about? >> what do i care about? >> yeah? >> school. >> reporter: school. what about you? i'll walk with you to the bus stop. you are getting on this bus? >> yeah. >> what is going to get your vote? >> probably school and expenses. >> reporter: you're not talking about the issues that people talk about on the news all the time. the russia investigation. supreme court. >> i don't watch that stuff. i don't watch news.

>> reporter: you are registered to vote? >> no. >> reporter: how old are you? >> 18. >> so this could be your first election and you could decide whether or not the house of representatives is a n. democratic or republican control. you are thinking about all that? >> not currently. maybe if i took more time to, like, get informed about, like, what's going on right now in politics. i assume that the people voting have at least some idea of who they're voting for. >> reporter: are you going to vote? >> i should. we're the most unreliable voter demographic. i should vote to increase the numbers. >> reporter: that's what the democrats want. but they can't good count on you guys necessarily? >> no. >> slowly, you keep asking us these questions, the rest of the people our age are going to be going, oh, man, all the old people are telling us to vote. >> reporter: am i old? >> older, sorry. >> i'm getting there. >> so you said obviously these are reliably republican districts. i mean are the democrats even within striking distance? >> yeah. that's the thing. in all of the districts in orange county, the democrats could kin win if the young peop

turn out. there is now automatic voter registration if you're 17, you're registereded to vote. but not democrats. not republicans are the top priority. it's declined the state. young people do not want to identify with the political party. neither of these parties are reaching these kids, obviously. >> yeah. they're counting on young people, that won't make them feel good. >> they have a lot of work to do. >> fascinating look, buddy. >> and you're not old. >> we do have a lot to talk about in the weather department. let's go to dylan. >> yes, good morning. we had a lot of rain. we had five to ten inches of rain fall. additional rainfall could lead to flooding. we have below average temperatures. snow is falling across the northern rockies. with he have heavier snow through good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look outside in san jose, it's already busy out there. we do some sunshine and a cool start this morning. we're heading into the upper 70s today in the south bay. up to 81 in livermore. 83 in antioch and concord.

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her own ambitions in south carolina, former governor, there were disputes along the way but she kept most of them quiet. she denied she was the anonymous critic in "the new york times" and the president apparently saying that she has a future role in the administration as well. what we don't know about is exactly the reasons why she's resigning early. we understand it was a surprise to the white house. >> thank you, andrea. we now have tape coming in from that oval office meeting. let's listen in. >> we have another hurricane coming. we've done very well. north carolina, south carolina, texas, florida, puerto rico, so many places. and we have another one coming in, a big one, much bigger than anticipated a week ago, seven days ago. i heard for the first time there was a very small drop of weather that looked like it was forming and now it's pretty close to a category 3 if it's not already a category 3. we are very well prepared.

fema's ready, we're all ready. spoke with governor scott, spoke to everybody that you have to speak to. i think that, hopefully, we'll get lucky but maybe that won't happen but we're prepared. i wanted to do this because nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations, has been very special to me. she has done an incredible job. she's a fantastic person, very importantly but she also is somebody that gets it. she has been at the united nations from the beginning with us, from the beginning and worked with us on the campaign. it's been really a long time, very intense. she told me probably six months ago, she said, you know, maybe at the end of the year, at the end of a two-year period, but at the end of the year, i want to take a little time off, a break. she's been a very successful governor of south carolina for eight years, then she did this

and this is possibly been more intense -- >> yes. >> -- with what's going on in the world. very dangerous, a lot of things. she's done a fantastic job and we've done a fantastic job together. we've solved a lot of problems. we're in the process of solving a lot of problems. in the beginning, north korea was a massive problem. now we're moving along, it's moving along nicely. i can speak for secretary of state mike pompeiio. he thinks the world of nikki. we're all happy for you in one way but we hate to lose you, hopefully you'll be coming back at some point. in maybe a different capacity. you can have your pick. but i just wanted to let you know. at the end of the year, nikki will be leaving and we'll be in constant touch, i know that, whenever you have ideas you'll call me because you know all the players. that was the thing she did best at the united nations. she got to know the players.

she got to know china, russia, india. she knows everybody on a very first-name basis and they like her, except for maybe a couple which is normal. they can't all like you. but they do, they like her, more importantly, they respect her. nikki, i just wanted to tell you, we will miss you. we'll be speaking is all the time but we'll miss you nevertheless. you've done a fantastic job. i want to thank you very much. >> thank you very much. thank you. well, i want to say, first of all, i want to thank the president for just allowing us to come out and talk to you this way. it has been an honor of a lay time. you know, i said i am such a lucky girl to have been able to lead the state that raised me and severe a country i love so very much has really been a blessing. i want to thank you for that. but most excited, look at the two years, look at what has happen in two years with the united states on foreign policy.

now, the united states is respected. countries may not like what we do but they respect what we do. they know that if we say we're going to do something, we follow it through. the president proved that, whether it was with the chemical weapons in syria, nato, saying that other countries have to pay their share. whether it's the trade deals which have been amazing. they get that the president means business and they follow through with that. but then if you look at just these two years at the u.n., we cut 1.3 billion in the u.n.'s budget. we've made it stronger, we've made it more efficient. south sudan, we got an arms embargo which was a long-time coming. three sanctions packages done in a way that we can work towards denuclearizing north korea. you can't overlook all the of the bad things they're doing. you have to see them for the threat they are are.

look at the anti-israel bias and the strength and courage the president showed in moving the embassy and showing the rest of the world we will put our embassy where we want to put our embassy. all of those things have made a huge difference in the u.s. standing but i can tell you that the u.s. astrong again. the u.s. is strong in a way that should make all americans very proud. and i do want to say that it's not just the president i want to thank. the family in general, the first lady has been nothing but very, very kind to me. i can't say enough good things about jared navanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. to redo the nafta deal the way he did. what i've done working with him on the middle east peace plan, it is so unbelievably well done. ivanka has been a great friend. they do a lot of things behind the scenes that i wish more people knew about. because we're a better country

because they're in this administration. i also just have to say, certainly thank you to my family, michael is a saint. and my two little ones, i adore them and to team usun. they sacrificed a lot, put a lot of time and energy into it. but they have a lot of heart. really wanted to make america proud. so with that, i'm not leaving until the end of the year. my goal is that we make sure that everything is in a good place for the next ambassador to come in. but it's a great day in it the united states. and i'm proud to have been part of the team. now, i don't have anything set on where i'm going to go. i think that the main thing was i was governor for six years and we dealt with the hurricane, a thousand-year flood, a church shooting, a school shooting. that was a lot. to come in and do two years of russia and iran and north korea, it's been eight years of intense time. i'm a believer in term limits.

i think you have to be selfless enough to know when you step aside and allow someone else to do the job. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> it's been an honor of a lifetime. i will say this, for all of you that are going to ask about 2020, no, i am not running for 2020. i can promise you what i'll be doing is campaigning for this one. i look forward to supporting the president in the next election. >> that's so good. thank you, nikki. >> reporter: you listed a long list of accomplishments. why would you want to leave that behind? is it really a personal decision because you've been away from your family for so long or is it something else too? >> my family is very supportive. i think it's important for government officials to understand when it's time to step aside. i have given everything i've got these last eight years. i do think sometimes it's good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. so there really is a lot of people are going to want to say there's a lot of reasons i'm leaving.

the truth is, i want to make sure that this administration, the president, has the strongest person to fight. it was a blessing to go into the u.n. with body armor every day and defend america. and i'll always do that. i'll never truly step aside from fighting for our country. but i will tell you, i think it's time. >> mr. president, why make the announcement now as opposed to after the midterms? >> nikki will be staying until the end of the year. which will be just about two years. and i just think -- i was, as nikki was speaking is, i was thinking, when we came into office, it was almost inevitable in the minds of many that we were going to war with north korea. if you ask president obama, i'm sure he'll tell you that was by far his biggest problem when we sat and met right here. but that looked like a real problem. iran looked like a real problem. it was the question of when would they take over the middle east prior to my coming here? and now iran is fighting for

their lives, they've got riots and all this, it's blowing up, the inflation, their economy is in tatters. at some point they'll probably come and want to make a real deal, not the ridiculous deal they made that was unacceptable to me. we'll see what happens. what a difference between iran when we first came, i'd like to say the day before we came, and also if you look at north korea, there was a deal that there was something that was -- it was a devastating, potentially devastating problem. now the relationships are very good. secretary of state mike pompe o just left. he spoke to the asian leaders, went there and had good meetings, had a very good meeting with north korea and chairman kim and we've made a lot of progress on so many other fronts also. the as nikki said, the world is

respecting the united states again. much more so than they have in many, many decades. we are respected again, that i can tell you, very much respected again. and people want to be on our side. even if you look at the votes in the united nations, votes that we would normally get no votes, we're getting very strong votes now. i just want to thank nikki. i thought this would be an appropriate way wf doing it. when you write it out on a piece of paper and say nice things, people say what's going on? this is the right way to do it. when you really think somebody has done a terrific job, i felt this was an appropriate way of doing it. we both liked it. so i just want to thank the ambassador. i just want to thank nikki. okay? >> mr. president, who are you thinking about as a successor? >> we have a number of people that would very much like to do it. it's a great position. nikki realizes that. i think she's helped make it a

much better position if you want to know the truth. i think it's become maybe a more glamorous position maybe than it was two years ago. i wonder why but it is. she's made it a glamorous position. she's made it a more important -- more importantly, a more important position. so we have -- i can almost say many people that want to do it. they're very good people. i'll be talking also to nikki about that and to the general about that. and my staff. but we have many people that are very, very much interested in doing it. >> are you frustrated by the lack of actual announcements that are coming -- >> not only am i not frustrated, i think it's incredible what'sple happening. are you talking about north korea? >> who are you with. >> france press corps. >> the media says for 80 years they couldn't do a thing and what are we in three months of negotiation?

it's ridiculous. as i've said about a thousand times, no rockets flying, no missiles flying, no nuclear testing. you have nuclear closings, closing up different areas of north korea. we're getting the remains back. it's already started, of our great heroes. we got our hostages back and i didn't pay 1. $8 billion like the previous administration. i paid nothing. i have agreed to meet and spend time. but how long has it been since we left singapore? three months or so. people say that's the media saying how can we be negative? he's done really well. are you disappointed? i think the speed is amazing. you have no nuclear tests, no rockets and we have a very good relationship with chairman kim. which is very important. i like him, he likes me.

the relationship is good. mike pompeo had a good meeting. he'll be back tonight. just the opposite. we've made incredible progress, beyond incredible. some of the press covers it accurately and right but some of the press really doesn't. yes, john. >> do you want to take this opportunity to tell us when your next meeting with kim will be? >> it is happening. we're setting that up right now. that is part of the reason mike was going over to meet. they're setting up the meeting and we'll be announcing that probably a different location. singapore was fantastic. we'll do a different location. >> can you get him to mar-a-lago? >> he'd probably like that. we're talking about three or four different locations. we've made progress. people don't realize the importance of the first meeting. we said point number one,

denuclearization. for some reason the press doesn't pick that up. that was point number one. they're agreed to denuclearization. they continue to agree. they continue. we haven't removed sanctions as you know. people said what have we done? we haven't removed sanctions. we have big sanctions. we have to get something for removing them. >> any chance it could be on u.s. soil? >> i don't want to embarrass anybody by asking. i think we'll have lots of meetings on u.s. soil and their soil by the way. that's a two-way street. on their soil also. i think the country of north korea will be a successful country. i think it's going to be incredibly economically successful. and i want to make it that way. i think it's going to be good. other countries, other people, entrepreneurs, banks, i will tell you, they're calling, wanting to go there and wanting to invest. at some point when chairman kim makes that decision, i think

he's going to unleash something that's going to be spectacular. really spectacular. i think he knows it and i think that's one of the reasons we're having successful conversations. i think he wants to get on with it. >> when will a successor for ambassador haley be named? >> when will be a successor be named. >> i would say we'll make a successor within the next two or three weeks. maybe sooner. >> mr. president, have you spoken to the saudis about [ inaudible ]. >> i have not. no, i haven't but i will be at some point. >> what do you know at this point? s. i know nothing right now. i know what everybody else does, nothing. >> what's your response to hillary clinton saying last night's swearing in of judge kavanaugh was a more political event than a national event. >> >> i guess that's why she lost. she doesn't get it. she never did. i knew that a long time ago. hillary never got it.

that's why she lost. anything else? >> sir, midterms are in four weeks. >> yes. >> what's your prediction right now for the gop and how's your stamina on the campaign trail? >> i think we're going to do well. if you saw there was a 5% dropoff, you'd say there's something wrong with the president. you would say, no, i'm going to iowa tonight. we have a big, big crowd. we're going to make a big announcement by the way in iowa. we'll be making a big announcement. and i have to say, the farmers are so thrilled with the usmca, the new agreement. i don't use the word nafta because nafta was a disaster for our country. we lost millions and millions of jobs, thousands and thousands of factories and plants and bad for farmers. look what happened. farmers over the last 15 years, it's only gone down. we opened up mexico. we just opened up canada.

and it's great for our farmers. i'm going to iowa tonight, and we'll be talking a little ethanol tonight. and i've got some great things planned. speaking of that, i will say, if you look at industries, the steel industry in this country is back like nothing i've ever seen before. in a period of six months since we started doing what i'm doing, the steel industry has literally revived. u.s. steel is 0ing up eight plants and new core is opening up -- the steel industry in our country is really, really hot. i'll be going to iowa tonight. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> very well. very well. we have a very good relationship with china. they took out 500 billion out of our country for many years, each year. we just can't let that happen. this year it has been talked about by people in this chair for many years.

for years and years, they would take it 200, 300, 400, even $500 billion a year. we helped rebuild china. if we don't do that, china's not where they are right now. that's fine with me. but we're not doing it any longer. >> -- on china if they retaliate? is this. >> absolutely. >> are you going to go forward? >> 100%. if they retaliate, what does retaliate mean? they've retaliated, taken out $500 billion. that's the ultimate retaliation. look, china wants to make a deal. and i say they're not ready yet. i just say they're not ready yet. we've canceled a couple of meetings because i just say they're not ready to make a deal. we can't have a one-way street. it's got to be a two-way street. it's been a one-way street for 25 years. we've got to make it a two-way street. we've got to benefit also. okay? thank you. any other questions? so i just want to finish because

this is really the pure reason for this is nikki, you've been fantastic. you're my friend. on behalf of the country i want to thank you for a great job. thank you, nikki. thank you. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> president trump in a wide-ranging nearly 20-minute exchange with reporters in the oval office just moments ago. at his side, u.n. ambassador nikki haley who has announced her resignation as the president's u.n. ambassador. kristen welker is at the white house with reporting on all of this. what can you tell us? >> we've been working our sources within the trump administration and also on capitol hill. and i can tell you that broadly, there is a sense of surprise. that some officials here were caught off guard, particularly by the timing. the fact that this is coming exactly four weeks until the midterm election. there's a sense of disappointment as well.

it's broadly known nikki haley has had her own political ambitions. she addressed that square on. i'm not going to run in 2020, i'll be supporting president trump. does she have designs to potentially run for office in south carolina or further down the line? that's what folks are talking about here in washington. i can tell you, this is a "c" change within the trump administration. nikki haley was a kriting of candidate trump on the campaign trail. as andrea just said, she was one of his first picks come into his administration and she's been a staunch supporter of his and all of his foreign policy, whether where it reals to north korea, syria ar iran. particularly on north korea, the fact they this are in the process of planning that second meeting with kim jong un. nikki haley firmly defended the president's approach to north korea, the fact that he used that language, that fire and fury language as it relates to kim jong un.

that language worked. he's not only losing one of his top female staffers here within the trump administration, female officials here within the trump administration, but he's losing one of his staunchest supporters and someone who is effective at defending him, whether it be on the foreign stage or sunday shows. >> all right, kristen welker at the white house, thank you. let's bring in our chief white house correspond hallie jackson. the president praising nikki haley saying she was a fantastic person, did an incredible job. what's next for nikki haley is the big question and who's next for the u.n.? >> we know the president based on his remarks will be trying to appoint a successor sometime in the next two to three weeks, kristen which would put that announcement coming just before the midterms. haley will stay on for the end of the year for the transition. i think you hit the nail on the head, the president called haley a special person to him. this was an amicable parting. we have not seen that always in this administration. remember former secretary of

state rex tillerson all but fired by tweet, if you will, different situation for haley who has been able to sit next to the president in the oval office, make this announcement on her own terms with the president praising her. what is next for nikki haley? she has long been considered a republican rising star during the campaign in 2016, aligning herself with senators marco rubio and tim scott, for example. she has a political future if she wants. 14e did make clear she's not interested in running for 2020. instead, she says she'll be campaigning for donald trump. >> stay tuned for continuing coverage on msnbc and nbcnews.com and full details on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. for now i'm kristen dahlgren, nbc news in new york.

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. >> shaq wins the game. i mean, so good. nothing could break his -- he was just so, right? >> he is always. >> impressive, shaq. very impressive. and he's here to co-host the entire next half hour. we look forward to that. we will cook some food. we will hang. >> yes. >> thank you. >> we have been waiting all day for this. >> hold on, you got someone else who is going to do it. will you walk with me? >> wow. >> look who else? another sports legend is in the

house! hold on, you two together. how long do you all know each other? >> we go way back. >> who is stronger? . >> all right. these two and more afteri )m .. video from nbc skyranger a few a very good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia. a san jose patrol car has been stolen. this is video from sky ranger. a few minutes ago, flying over a lot in hayward, this is on cloud river road, a lot of police activity there. police officers examining that patrol car. hayward police tell us the car was a stolen police car. they also believe officers are looking for someone connected to that vehicle. san jose police so far not telling us specifics about how the car ended up there, but you can clearly see the markings on that patrol car. we're still waiting for a response from san jose police. the story we're following this morning. on the roads, for your commute, here's mike.

>> that's an interesting story. it is not affecting the freeway but definitely affecting a lot of folks out there. south bay, san jose where that car apparently started. looking over at the northbound route. san jose, pushing all the way through the rest of silicon valley. a steady push. it's a continuous flow. it just shows the build over the last 30 minutes. south 880 continues to show some slowing right around whipple where the earlier crash was. there were to two of them in the roadway. those are cleared out. it's generally slowing towards freemont. dumbarton bridge and the push out of walnut creek and also the upper east shore freeway, things are smoothing out. looking at the slower drive for the bay bridge. >> busy out there. i'll be back in an half an hour.

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. >> 8:30 now, it's tuesday morning, the 9th of october, 2018. our crowd is fired up in mid-town, man had tan. we have a surprise a shaq attack. shaquille o'neill is taking over for the entire -- >> oh yes. >> just too big for one segment. >> you think he is, he is larger. >> he is awesome. we cannot wait. >> shaq, there is a surprise for

you. some of the kids who are here, those are kids from the killer bees, a high school basketball team. he has a special connection with killer bees common over. bees come over. >> wait. >> we got our biggest guy on the plaza. we also have our smallest guy on the plaza. hold on. where is -- lily from baltimore? come here. >> she's gorgeous. >> hold on. >> big man, we have the tiniest baby and the biggest guy on the plaza. hold on, you got her? >> oh! >> wow, look at that. >> shaq loves kids. >> reporter: how does that feel holding that? >> i have six kids, i'm use to the this. >> what do you think? >> i think it's adorable. little lily, did you get a picture? you got to keep this for the

scrapbook. roe. >> how comfortable is she? she is like at home. >> she is. >> look at this, cuddled up. >> you got her? he can hold us all like that. >> mother, you got her? >> c'mon, c'mon. >> you recognize these kids? >> i'm not talking to you. >> i thought we made peace. >> killer bees, how are you guys doing? everything all right over there? how is everyone doing this morning? [ cheers ] >> listen, i'm so excited to be here him lots of fun coming up in this half hour. stay with us you got time? >> it's a long 20 minutes. >> we have john here. we will talk about his big return to wwe and more shaq and hoda will sit down and interview

john. >> my favorite john. >> i won. >> tell the people the truth? >> i won. >> i was close. >> he will give us an early taste of it, keysy macaroni and the shaq daddy chicken sandwich. >> daddy. >> amazing. we got a check of the with etc.. >> yes, a lot going on in the weather department. we are watching hurricane michael. it's a category 2 storm right now. it is still out over the gulf. it will approach the panhandle tomorrow. severe storms, lots of heavy rain, moving through the middle of the country. it will be mild, temperatures running five to ten, 15 degrees above average. highs near 80 today and tomorrow in the northeast. tomorrow, though, along the panhandle near panama city, florida.

we will most likely see landfall of programs a major hurricane near panama city. so storm surge flooding will be an issue along with the flooding from the rain and the damaging winds up to 120 miles per hour the storms will finally move that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. inland valleys today reach up to the low 80s for the afternoon. a lot of sunshine, nice little breeze. it's going to be really nice today. and slightly cooler tomorrow. as well as thursday. so then on friday, our temperatures start to go up. it's going to be a hot weekend ahead. we'll also have a high fire danger and some gusty winds. we'll be watching out for that. for san francisco, expect highs in the mid-60s. and less clouds and fog for the weeken window. >> and that's your latest forecast. i've never done this before, but, shaq? >> yes!

>> thanks, he is launching. >> once again, he is trying something new with the release of his first ever children's book called elbow grease, john, good morning. >> good morning. >> look at us altogether. >> shaq, how are you do something john cena. >> good to see you. >> how long have you all known each other. >> i have been a fan of john for a long time. >> yeah. >> we met briefly at a wd event and just did carpool karaoke. >> what song did you all sing? man eater? . >> we did a little of shaquille o'neil and hall and oats. >> first question, what do you think of john's hair? a huge debate on the internet, look at it. soak it in. >> he looks very sexy with that hair. >> shaq. >> he looks sexy and younger. >> that's it. thank you very much. >> does he? >> thank you for the boost of confidence. >> all right. so you have a new children's

book out? >> yeah. >> all right it's called "elbow grease. request itself. >> "elbow grease. request itself. >> should shaq read a little of snit. >> here's the deal the book the a wrong size a younger reader. obviously, we have shaquille o'neill, we printed a shaquille o'neill book. >> where is it? >> oh. >> there it is especially for you. some post-it notes in there. >> you got that, sha shaq? >> elbow grease was the smallest truck in the demolition derby. he never let that bother him. what elbow grease had was gumtion. he always tried his best and never, ever gave up. >> shaquille o'neill. >> it's mine? i can have it? >> that's for you, especially for you. >> i appreciate that. >> so of the two of you, who would you say is the stronger? >> i'd say john. i'd have to say john. >> definitely shaq. >> i think we should put it to a

test. do you all mind? >> i mean what kind of a test? >> i'll show you the test. do we have a table? bring out a table. c'mon, c'mon, just a little. play with me. >> i'll follow you, no problem. >> c'mon boys, right here. c'mon. >> right hand or left hand? >> we will do a little arm wrestling. i want to know. put your hands up, c'mon, shaq. >> you choose, man. >> left. >> he's a lefty. >> elbows down. >> wait a second. we have to get this on tv. >> hold on. hands on, c'mon. >> all right, ready. >> i'd like to remind, i'm a sports entertainer so this is going to be fantastic. >> okay. are we ready? >> we are ready? >> one, two, three. >> oh. oh. c'mon. c'mon. let's go. c'mon. oh. oh. oh. cena! it looks like shaq. it looks like shaq. it's shaq. it's, no, it wasn't shaq, all

the way. they really are pushing you all. this isn't for real -- oh my god or the table is going to break, i'm not sure. >> it's a draw! >> and the draw boys. >> a tie, sir! >> come and sit, boys. >> it was a tie. i told you you are strong, america. >> all right, john, can we ask a couple more things? >> can whatever you want. >> your book is awesome. you have four brothers and this is all something that you decided was a good idea based on what you knew in your life. >> i grew up with four brothers so there is a bit of a family basis to "elbow grease." also i have a lot of young fans to wwe. they take to the message of never giving up. i wanted to take to the universe and send something young readers will find enjoyable and send the gumtion. >> what was your favorite book growing up? >> it was crazy trucks that go.

i was enamored with the universe of elbow grease and took my wwe person amendment and threw it in the story. >> last time i saw you, you had a crew cut. what's the inspiration for the hair? >> so i'm growing out my hair for a film that i'm doing in china. >> are you getting braids? >> are you going to have to see it. >> all right. >> so i have to kind of manage it. but the internet was man i have been getting a lot of flack for it. >> do they like snit. >> they hate it. >> they hate it? >> you see a certain personality, it would be like with you a fro. >> that's never going to happen. >> i see you be a bald head, i'm used to seeing you a certain way, when i came back, i wrestled in australia recently. >> yeah. >> it was like i had killed people's childhood. so for that reason i'm going to keep it. get it cut right after the movie is over. i will keep it just because i like embracing the uncomfortable. it's a great what i to handle

negativity. i need young readers hand the they will need questions about what do you do about bully something i can say i get bullied all the time. >> would you die it a different color? red, blowed? >> you know for the right circumstances. >> is it a different color now in. >> oh, au natural. >> the book is called "elbow grease" we have it on our website. more on today.com. ahead words of wisdom from this guy, our co-host. he will shaq-splain things, to he will shaq-splain things, to

as a supervisor at pg&e, he will shaq-splain things, to it's my job to protect public safety, keeping the powerlines clear while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing. the work that we do helps protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the powerlines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our communities safe. this is our community. this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better california.

whoever brought that to the plaza. >> that true? >> that was me back in the day, shaq. >> i want to buy a million pictures right now. she said she loved me. she said she did.

welcome back, from advice to parenting tips. we're in for a treat. a few people have a way with words like our co-host shaquille o'neil. >> he does, we thought, let's dive in deeper. this is a segment we are calling shaq-splaining. we need help. we have rg ellen wilson a relationship expert at drexel university. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know that people know you have pearls of wisdom, shaq-isms. where does it come from? >> you want me to be hon northwest. >> no, it's morning tv. >> be honest in. >> cookbooks. >> so it's not even original? >> no, no, i like to take the quotes and shaq-en them up. >> shaq-en them up. >> this is one of my favorites. we will put this one. let's start with this one. this is a parenting tip from shaq. are you going to have to get two degrees to touch my cheese. what does that mean? >> shaq-splain that.

>> that deals with nepotism. for my children, they have to work to get what i've built for us. like i'm not doing any handouts. you know, i have three sons, three daughters. the girls will get a little more leeway than the guys. they know that in order to hang out with me and do things that i do. >> and you put that you sent your boy off to college. you told me every month he gets how much? >> i'm not going to tell you how much, he doesn't get a lot. >> two degrees is what? >> a bachelors and masters. >> that's the cheese. i know what the cheese is. >> doesn't he have a lot of cheese, though, they might have to get three degrees? that's great advice, ultimately their parents want their children to do better than they did or well and often times they want to repeat cycles of parenting, your parents believe in education. >> schatz a shaq-ism that makes sense. >> one of my sons, all of my

sons, my oldest son is brilliant. so i said, my man, go to the dealership, get whatever car you want. he comes back with the paper for a mercedes benz, i pull him to the side, my man, i'm rich, we're not rich. >> i'm rich, we're not rich. >> not going to forget that one. pick another car. >> your father gave you this life lesson, never be satisfied. there is a story behind this with a trophy which i think is really interesting. >> yes, my father is a drill sergeant. he was the time of gentleman that you never questioned. so when i was young, let's say i went on a saturday, you know playing at the local boys and girls club. we celebrate the trophy will be there saturday. when i wake up on sunday, it will be gone. so never asked him why. so finally when i made it to the nba, i asked him, i said, why did you used to take my trophies when i was young? >> he said i never. ed you to be satisfied. and it actually worked. i'd come in oh, you took the football trophy.

watch me get a basketball. you took the basketball trophy, watch me get a baseball one. and it was -- >> it worked. >> studies say that parents who have their children get trophies just for showing up, it doesn't work, they're entitled. they expect a maximum reward for minimum effort. >> shaq earned it and his did said keep going. >> he said listen. >> one more. >> before you succeed, before you succeed, you must fail and figure it out. figure it out. >> that seems fairly self explanatory. >> i learned that from the great michael jordan. they swept us i'm going to say '95/'96. i was devastated. he grabbed my and said before you succeed, you must first fail. i thought what the heck was he talking about? i was looking, i saw a lot of great individuals failed before they succeeded you know jerry west went to the finals eight, nine times before they finally bet the celtics. he told me to figure it out.

i had to figure it out you know how to do things the correct way. once i figured it out, i was able to get three in a row. >> great advice. >> i think have you as to want it ultimately the i call it failing forward. once you taste that. >> you learn from your failure. >> yeah, life lessons. >> you should put out a book of these shaq-ims. >> shaq-splaining. >> i got one more. this is my one dad, i was playing the knicks, i had a bad game. my father said, get home now. so i had to take a private plane, come home. he said you was nervous, i said, yes? he said you if elt the pressure? i said yes. he said get in the car. so we drove and there was a homeless family sitting there. he said, that's pressure. don't ever say you are under pressure again a young guy making money, that's pressure. get out. i had to get out. once he told me, everything was smooth.

imagine that, not knowing where your next meal is coming from. that's pressure. >> your dad was wise. >> yeah, he was, very, very wise. >> now we know where you get it. >> i don't want to see you ever again. >> you don't have to worry about it. i'm done with you. >> this guy comes to my house, my gym, he's fouling, talking trash. >> you were setting me. i didn't foul you. >> i used to say shut the -- up. >> take it back. >> yes. exactly. >> i told you we needed a therapist. >> will you cook for us? >> yes, yes, i will. >> winner winner, chicken dinner, that's next. >> i won't cook. max silverman, i will watch. >> it's a signature dishes in his new restaurant. you two are so adorable. you have to separate you. want to? >>esma'am. y,

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and we're back with "today food." we're having a blast with shaquille o'neal. we can't let you go without tasting some of the food that you're serving up at your brand new restaurant called big chicken. >> we have big chicken shaq, here to show us the recipes is matt silverman, the chef of my restaurant. >> matt, welcome. >> thank you. >> is this a signature big shaq daddy chicken sandwich here. is this it? >> yes. fried chicken sandwich, ham and cheese with a honey mustard barbecue sauce. >> walk us through it. >> so you have all the ingredients, chicken, there is butter, toast the buns. >> swiss cheese? >> ham. there is a little bit of flour here. that is our seasoning flour. matt and i worked for 30 days on that recipe. so it has a lot of special seasonings in there. >> in the flour. the clumpier the flour, the better? >> yes. what we want to do is first you

have the dry flour. we're going to make a wet mix. add the watter er in there. i got you a big whisk. don't make a mess. come on. >> so the drudging back and forth is between the dry and wet? >> dry, wet, dry. the trick is -- >> is that good? >> that's fine. >> the trick is that what you want to do is take a little bit of the wet mixture and put it into the dry mixture. what that does is adds a little clump. when you fry it, it gets crispier. >> shaq, how long have you wanted to have a restaurant? is this a life long dream of yours? >> yes, usually when i'm in the restaurant business, i delegate the people. but this one i'm there. i'm in the front. i'm from there in the design, hiring, everything. and we're allowing people from our facebook to come along during our journey. >> so people at home watching can be a part of the creation of the restaurant? >> yes. >> in more ways than one. all right. so now you drudge this. it's going to go dry, wet, and

mixture of both. it's clumpy. and we're going to deep fry it. >> we use chicken breasts. we use a big chicken breast. it is big chicken. >> the biggest one in the country. >> biggest one in the country. you can also use chicken thigh. chicken breast is the best. >> drop it in here? >> slowly. it's hot. do it away from yourself. >> i don't get bushrned, man. >> will people ever see through? will you be there cooking? >> yes. cooking, no. >> it's hot. >> all right. let's build this thing. i only have less than a minute. let's get to the mac & cheese. >> this is the special sauce. >> we got that. the guys are eating. >> you like it? >> how is it? >> you can have a sandwich. >> how is it? >> it's so good. so good. >> all right. we put some ham and swiss that is melted. >> all right. we're running out of time. walk us through the mac & cheese. >> all right. mac & cheese. you make a cheese sauce.

twz american cheese. and you take afterwards you have the sauce done. you mix in your noodles. >> and then you bake in the oven. >> you have the cheezits? >> yes, crumble them on top. >> the recipes are online. thank you, shaq. thank you, matt. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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that's where it was ditched in a lot. this morning, san jose police say officers responded to a suspicious truck parked next to highway 237 and that's where officers first took the suspect into custody. they say he somehow escaped from his handcuffs in the back of a patrol car. and then he took off in the patrol car. here's an image of that suspect identified as 40-year-old andrew tr trujillo. he's 5'11". also happening now, bob riddell is in hayward. he'll join us for a live report at midday. another bombshell at the white house this morning. nikki haley confirmed her resignation. she didn't indicate why she's leaving. we'll have more on our midday newscast. the way you may be abl

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