with more live local news. >> don't forget to join us for "nbc bay area news" at 11:00. thank you for beginning your morning on "today in the bay." enjoy the day. good morning. breaking overnight, on the move and on the rise. that massive caravan of migrants moving towards the u.s. grows each larger. the group now numbering more than 7,000 and defying the president's demands to turn back. the political battle reaching a boiling point with the midterm elections just 15 days away. we're live this morning in mexico and in washington. tourist tragedy, four americans and their guide killed in a river rafting accident in costa rica, three rafts cap sizing, others in the group swept away before being rescued. just ahead new images from the scene and what the survivors are saying about their ordeal.

new day, new explanation, saudi arabian officials changing their story about what happened to that "washington post" columnist once again. democrats and republicans aren't buying it. >> in saudi arabia you do not do something of this magnitude without having clearance from the top. >> the crown prince has his fingerprints all over this. >> this morning the new calls for the white house to investigate and take action. all that, plus searching for answers, the investigation into what caused a floor to suddenly collapse at a college party in south carolina. queen of comedy julie louie dreyfuss awarded just days after announcing she is cancer free, why she has laughter is really the best medicine. and dreaming big, lottery fever entered unchartered territory with $2.2 billion now up for grabs including a world record mega millions jackpot. what can you do to improve your

odds of winning? we will ask the man in charge today, monday, october 22nd, 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." nice to have you with us on a monday morning. if you can see us that means no one in this studio won the lottery over the weekend. >> we are going to have one of the head honchos from the lottery talk to us about it. i'm going to get you some kleenexes and benadryl. >> i'm not too easy to listen to right now. we will start this morning with that growing caravan of people marching from central america through mexico with hopes of making it to the u.s. with the midterm elections fast approaching it has the attention of the white house and congress. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from southern mexico where that group is right now. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

many of the migrants spent the night here at this plaza in southern mexico and president trump is tweeting this morning that this is a national emergency. he has alerted the border patrol and military to stop this caravan. this morning the caravan is growing as it marches towards the u.s., swelling to more than 7,000 people. we're going to keep moving forward, this man says. he has been traveling for more than a week with his two-year-old daughter. unlike friday's clash at the border, now the mexican government says it won't use force to stop the migrants, but is urging them to apply for refugee status. with the midterms fast approaching president trump is seizing on these images. >> the democrats want cara advance. they like the caravans. >> reporter: promising to use the military to seal the u.s. border. people have to apply for asylum in mexico first, he tweeted, and if they fail to do that the u.s. will turn them away. >> we're going to fight. we're going to keep on going.

we're not going -- we're not going to stop. >> reporter: this is the epicenter of the immigration sedate. they say they are fleeing violence in central america and have been making what they hope will be a 2800 mile trek now for more than a week. >> we met this woman from honduras as she climbed on to a raft in guatemala, entering mexico and hoping to eventually reach the u.s. we live in a terrible situation in our country, she says, telling us her son was beaten by the military. but others are turning around, boarding buses back to honduras. the risk too great. their dreams for a new life on hold. >> gabe, where is the caravan headed today? how fast is it moving? >> reporter: local officials say that the caravan now has more than 7,000 people. it is unclear how many of those are from honduras and how many mexicans joined the caravan after it crossed the border. today the caravan plans to head to a city 2500 miles north of here en route to the u.s., it's

unclear when they will get to the border. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. turning now to that tragic river rafting accident involving a group of americans in costa rica, four killed along with their guide, others needed to be rescued when the raft suddenly flipped. nbc's kerry sanders has the very latest on this story. hey, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for 14 friends from south florida this was supposed to be a celebration, getting together before one of their buddies was getting married. the plan was to go down one of costa rica's most famous rafting rivers, but sadly it quickly turned tragic. this morning new video of rescue crews at the scene of this terrible accident. it happened saturday along this river on costa rica's scenic pacific coast. 14 friends from south florida traveled to this popular vacation spot for louis betltran's bachelor party weekend. this photos taken before they hired a rafting company to take

them on a tour down the river. these rapids rated class 3 and 4 are intended for beginner and intermediate rafters but costa region authorities say heavy rains caused water levels to become dangerously high. their rafts manned with five guides all flipped over. ten of the friends were rescued from the rager waters but four friends did not make it, including andy dennis, a law school dennis, ernest stowe sierra, jorge costa and sergio lorenzo. in a statement to nbc news one of the survivors says in part what was meant to be a weekend to remember for 14 friends turned into a living nightmare. within five minutes of being out on the river, all three rafts capsized and everyone ended up in the water. all of us struggled to stay above water, swallowing lots of it on the way down as our bodies ricocheted against the rocks in the water while struggling to survive. one of the costa region rafting company guides kevin thompson

also died, he was described by a former colleague as one of the best. >> he was as good as the cost guides in costa rica who work pretty much all year every day for many years. he was one of the top guides we had. >> reporter: the rafting tour company in this incident has many thrilling videos and photos on it's website saying it's fully licensed and insured and provides clients with the highest quality white water rafting experience in the safest way possible. but on this trip, a weekend of adventure to celebrate new beginnings, ended in tragedy. >> so, kerry, has that rafting company commented specifically on what happened? >> reporter: we've reached out to the rafting company but they did not return our calls. this morning the costa region authorities have launched an investigation and are trying to determine why they even set out on such a dangerous river with such dangerous conditions. hoda. >> a lot of questions there,

kerry, thank you. also this morning there are new questions about the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle not buying the new explanation from saudi arabian officials about what happened inside their consulate in istanbul. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is on the story for you us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for the first time saudi arabia has called this a murder, but it's still insisting this was a rogue operation. it is trying to create a fire wall to protect its crown prince, but there is global disbelief at its story and from the president an intriguing shift in tone. the saudi story changes again. new images from their consulate show jamal khashoggi being searched, smiling, waiting to enter. the saudi foreign minister suggesting in an interview with fox news that inside men were waiting to kill the journalist,

calling it a murder, but denying they had a license to kill. >> this was an operation that was a rogue operation. there obviously was a tremendous mistake made and what compounded the mistake was the attempt to try to cover up. we are determined to punish those who are responsible for this -- for this murder. >> reporter: the crown prince, he said, didn't order it, knew nothing about it. the prince and the king offering their condolences in a phone call to khashoggi's son. >> i think we're -- we're inching our way there. >> reporter: initially president trump had said he found the saudi account credible, but now he tells the "washington post" obviously there has been deception and there's been lies and of the crown prince, he said, nobody has told me he's responsible. i would love if he wasn't responsible. few in congress are convinced. >> i don't find this saudi account credible at all. >> i feel certain that the crown prince was involved and that he directed this, and that's why i think we cannot continue to have relations with him. >> the only person on earth

outside of the saudi kingdom who appears to accept it is president donald trump. >> reporter: turkey's investigation into the killing is intense. 28 turkish employees at the saudi consulate are being questioned today. turkey's president says he will reveal details, what he calls the naked truth, tomorrow. khashoggi's friends are calling for justice. his fiancée is now under police protection, but turkey won't say why. and his body, which would provide the clearest evidence of how he died, still hasn't been found. and the saudis are still saying they don't know where the body is. turkey is promising that it won't be part of any cover up. the president says he will talk to the crown prince soon and his treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, is flying to saudi arabia to talk to them about terrorism, but the pressure on them is only growing day by day. savanna, hoda, back to you. >> thank you.

craig joins the table. good morning. >> good morning to you. two moves out of the white house are making waves at home and around the world this morning. let's bring in nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. over the weekend president trump announcing he is preparing to pull out of that landmark nuclear arms agreement with russia. what happens now? >> reporter: here is what we know, craig. national security adviser john bolton landed in russia overnight. he's holding talks this morning with his russian counterpart and other top officials there to discuss this potential major shift by president trump. mr. trump said over the weekend he wants to pull out of that landmark nuclear arms control agreement, accusing president putin's government of cheating. the inf treaty signed in 1987 prohibits the u.s. and russia from possessing or developing intermediate range ground launch nuclear missiles. the kremlin says the move would make the world a more dangerous place, and while some lawmakers agreed with the president, others warned pulling out of the treaty could spark a nuclear arms race.

while the president is warning of this move, it hasn't been made official yet, craig, so we're watching closely. >> kristen, there is another move that's making waves and also making headlines, the trump administration is considering changing the definition of gender. so what is that all about? >> reporter: "the new york times" is reporting that the trump administration is considering that move that would define the term transgender essentially out of existence. so the question is how would that happen? the administration would narrowly define gender as a biological condition determined at birth. that change could significantly roll back protections of transgender people under federal law. the obama administration infuriated conservatives with decisions that expanded federal protections for those who are transgender by recognizing gender largely as an individual's choice and not determined at birth. it's important to note that this report is based on a leaked draft memo, not seen by nbc news, which means it's subject to change. the department of health and human services tells nbc news it

does not comment on leaked documents. the human rights campaign said such a move would set a destructive precedent. ho hoda, craig, savanna. >> kristen welker at the white house. >> the leaf blower is working at the white house. >> early, too. >> yes, exactly. just timed perfectly. now let's just talk about what everyone is so excited about, lottery fever, the mega millions and the powerball jackpots are at a mind blowing and absurd $2.2 billion combined. tomorrow's mega millions drawing alone has an all time world record $1.6 billion. with every clamoring for tickets it could be higher. garrett haack is on that story. good morning. >> reporter: we've seen a steady stream of people in here before 7:00 this morning lining up to buy tickets. apparently the opportunity to become a billionaire overnight is worth getting up early for. this morning it's back to work for lots of disappointed dreamers.

>> that mega ball number is 7 -- >> reporter: after no one hit friday's $1 billion mega millions jackpot. but now you can dream even bigger because jackpot has swelled to a record breaking $1.6 billion, the largest in u.s. history. >> what would you do with all that money if you won? >> first go somewhere and lie on the beach and think about it. >> vacations. >> cabo. >> new house, car. >> reporter: now there's a scramble to buy tickets ahead of tuesday's drawing, including a group of washington, d.c. firefighters. >> if you guys win are we not going to have any firefighters left in d.c. >> we won't come to work. >> reporter: jackpot is so big, the payout so outrageous even people who never play the lottery are saying, why not me? adding to the frenzy into your powerball number tonight is 23 -- >> reporter: there were also no winners in saturday's $477 million powerball jackpot, causing wednesday's prize to power up to $620 million. the recent increase in jackpot amounts coming after lottery

officials tweaked the rules, making it more difficult to win the big payouts. first with powerball in 2015, then with mega millions in october 2017. worsening the odds to 1 in 302 million. one math professor says that's about the same as rolling a die and getting a 1 11 times in a row, but the long shot odds don't seem to have any effect on these wannabe billionaires. >> what do you think about the chances of money? >> this money, yeah, this money. >> these are the winning tickets? we're done. this guy bought the winning tickets. we're done here. >> reporter: mega millions sold 280 million tickets for friday's drawing. tomorrow's drawing promises to be even bigger. this he say you can't if you don't play. i'm playing, but i promise to come back to work after i with inn. >> no, you won't. >> stop me if you've heard that one before. >> the tahiti bureau. so the question we're asking is can you do anything to improve your chances of winning?

just ahead, we are going to ask mega millions lead director himself when he joins us live in studio 1a. he has been peppered by questions by everyone on the floor. first a check of the weather from our good friend, al roker. >> i've been so disappointed, you guys have resisted building billions all these times. >> we need you. >> unbelievable. let's play a little game, who is colder, anchorage or charlotte? what do you think? charlotte, absolutely. 40 degrees. it's colder than anchorage. nashville, tennessee, colder? yes, 36 degrees. >> wow. >> and new york city 44 in anchorage, what do you think? >> whoa. >> yes, colder, 39 degrees. it is awfully chilly and look at these below average temperature lows, we are talking 230 million folks below average today, we've got frost advisories, freeze warnings from arkansas all the way to new england. these temperatures right now it's 36 degrees in boston, 12 degrees colder than it was yesterday, pittsburgh 30 and

today these temperatures are anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees below average. we have a reinforcing shot of cold air coming in from canada and that's going to bring temperatures down even further as we get into tomorrow and into the middle of next week. look at these temperatures, going to be in the 40s and 50s. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 billion seconds. what? eat a snickers®. you always lose your edge when you're hungry. better? better. ♪ yo, i said gimme the track... ♪ you're not you when you're hungry. snickers® good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a cloudy start as we take a live look outside in san jose, and we're going to see

clouds going out for a beautiful afternoon. in concord expect a high of 75, and san francisco reaching 63 degrees. in the forecast, we will have a nice cool start to the week that is going to heat up as the week goes along. by friday we're seeing highs up to 84. and that's your latest weather. guys? >> thank you, al. coming up, what went wrong? new questions about why a floor suddenly gave way and injured dozens at a party near clemson university. plus, we are learning more about the mysterious disappearance of a wisconsin teen who vanished one week ago when a 911 call from her family's home is now revealing, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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i )m - -... firefighters right now .. still good morning. 7:26. i am marcus washington. firefighters trying to figure out what sparked an early morning fire that left a south bay home engulfed on hamilton park drive east of saratoga avenue. the homeowner made it out safely. for a time, that fire forcing some people in the neighboring homes to evacuate. police spoke off camera with the homeowner, she believes the fire was set intentionally. the home ownler not be able to stay in her home for some time. let's get a check of your weather. meteorologist hadal hl standing by. >> we have some great weather for the bay area for the bay area. we start out with the clouds all across the bay.

here is a live look in san francisco with most of us starting out in the 50s. we're headed up to 73 today in san jose. 75 in concord and in santa rosa, look for a high of 73 degrees. very nice and comfortable weather, but it's going to heat up as the week goes along. by friday it's looking to feel like summer with a high of 84 and then gradually coming down for the rest of the weekend. in san francisco, a cool day today. highs in the low 60s and then we will see a warmup by the end of the week, eventually peaking at 70 degrees on friday and back to the 60s for saturday and sunday. let's get an update on the commute now from mike. >> i'm asking folks to look at the screen over on the right that's westbound, your commute across the san mateo bridge. actually moving much better than it was ten minutes ago. we had reports of a smoking vehicle on the high-rise there, where the arrow shows you, things are starting to improve and i hear one lane is clear now it's better news west across the dumbarton bridge more traffic. same for northbound.

san jose kicking in for the commute. the walnut creek interchange west 24 is slow in to lafayette. back to you. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes.

back, now, 7:30, with a movie a lot of you may have seen over the weekend. the eagerly awaited new "halloween" movie. jam jam jamie lee curtis, back in the role that made her famous this weekend. we'll have more on how she did that in "pop start." >> i mean, it's amazing. a check of today's headlines -- thousands of migrants heading to the united states across from guatemala into mexico. and the caravan has swelled to more than 7,000 people now. the travelers say they are fleeing unemployment and violence in honduras.

the group is facing strong pushback from president trump. the president tweeting, people have to apply for asylum in mexico first. and if they do that, the u.s. will turn them away. police are searching for a suspect that tried to snatch a woman's burst at a drive-through bank, only to have the robbery attempt foiled by two good samaritans. you see the suspect leaning through the car window, trying to pull the purse from the woman's hands. moments later, another man approaches the car to find out what's going on. he calls over another man. and they both confront the suspect. after a brief scuffle, the suspect gets away. but police are hoping this video will lead them to their man. >> he picked the wrong car. >> he did. moving, now, to the investigation, shedding new light on a frightening accident in south carolina. dozens were hurt when a floor collapsed during a party at an apartment building near clemson

university. tammy leitner is there with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it was a popular song that got everyone dancing and jumping at this party. but moments later, the dance floor collapsed underneath them. this morning, shaken students at clemson university, still trying to make sense of this homecoming horror. what started out as a fun, offcampus fraternity party quickly turned to terror when the dance floor at a private apartment clubhouse collapsed. >> one of our friends was like, stop jumping. stop jumping. it was so loud. no one heard her. you heard creek, creek. and the whole thing fell. >> reporter: dozens of people plunging below, landing in a mass of tangled bodies. the dramatic moment caught on cell phone videos, from many angles. >> i heard somebody scream and

they just fell. the view of that was terrible. >> reporter: darius watched helplessly as his friend disappeared. >> i fought to get up. i got my friend's hand and got up. and i turn around and start recording. >> reporter: what made you take out your phone and shoot the video. >> it's crazy. the floor really fell. you don't see that a lot. we fell through the floor. >> reporter: >> reporter: 30 people were hurt, suffering broken bones and lacerations. but incredibly, there were no life-threatening injuries. >> i had to get stitches because my knee was cut open. >> reporter: the party taking place just hours after clemson beat north carolina state. >> this is not for an event such as this. >> i look at this morning very thankful. i'm glad there's no deaths. >> tammy, a couple hundred

people in that room. do officials know if that room was over capacity when the floor gave way? >> reporter: craig, police are investigating whether the room was over capacity. also, the structural engineering of the building itself and whether building codes were followed. we did speak with a property manager and he says he can't comment on whether there's a maximum number of people allowed in this clubhouse at any one time. >> tammy leitner for us in clemson. thank you. it's been a full week since a 13-year-old wisconsin girl was last seen after her parents were found dead inside their home. this morning, the search intensifies. we're learning more about what happened on that day. nbc's ron mott has more on the investigation. ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this double murder mystery has gripped this small wisconsin town for a full week now. and despite the fact there's 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officials working this case and 1,200 tips have poured in, the search continues

for jamye closs. >> mo this morning, more questions than answers in the disappearance of jamye closs. >> people are wondering what ifs and where could she be? how do we move forward? >> reporter: town residents taking comfort in a sunday church service. >> we prayed for the parents who are deceased, that they are in the hands of god. and for the little girl, that she comes home safe. >> reporter: according to newly released 911 call logs by the sheriff's department, the front door to the home, where jamye's parents were shot to death, had been kicked in. and the 911 call appears to come from the mother's cell phone. >> less than four minutes, from the end of the 911 call, to when deputies arrived on scene. >> reporter: police have received 1,200 tips the last week and have investigated most of them. jamye closs featured prominently on the missing persons list.

>> check your cabins and walk your land. report anything you feel is important to us. >> we're watching from barren to turtle lake. >> reporter: many pressuresiden offering their time and energy looking for clues. >> we're engaging the public with a large search area we can utilize them for. >> reporter: family friends finding other ways to help, making 2,000 green bracelets with the message, find jayme closs. runners for the first to wear them. >> anything as small as selling bracelets or people that went out and searched, i mean, anything they can do to feel like they're helping the family. >> reporter: later tonight, a gathering of hope at jayme's middle school, to keep the hope alive that jayme makes it home safe. we're expecting another media briefing from fitzgerald later this afternoon. jayme's photo is up on billbo d

billboards around the country. officials hope somebody will call in a clue to help find her. let's get a check of the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. >> seeing that. >> it may cause problems for our friends in texas, who have seen so much trouble. this is hurricane willa, a category 4 storm. it's 230 miles southeast of mexico. 145-mile-per-hour winds. by tomorrow, rain in the southwest. by tomorrow evening, it starts to make that rain ahead of the system into texas, a flood risk, now, for all of central texas, by wednesday afternoon, stretching from an angelo into southern texas. rainfall amounts from 1 to 5 inches of rain. and so far, dallas has set a record. wettest september and october on record. last time that happened good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. our inland areas will reach into the mid-70s today.

really nice day, after a cloudy start. we will get some sunshine, and the coast and san francisco will stay in the lower 60s. for the next few days, inland valleys will be heating up. we go from the 70s to low 80s by thursday. up to 84 degrees on friday, and then gradually cooling for the weekend. san francisco low 60s today, but expect a high to peek at 70 on friday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> al, thank you. coming up, meghan markle is switching things up in light of her pregnancy on the royal tour of australia. we'll get an update from keir simmons. are you sure that can of hairspray in your children's bedroom -- are you sure it's nothing more? the knockoffs that are being used to hide drugs in plain sight. and the honor for julia louis-dreyfus after she announces she is cancer-free. but first, is there anything you can do to improve the odds

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wonderful time. this is a rare event. $1.6 billion. give me a break. >> give us tips here. people who are watching and listening and are going to buying tickets today. what can they do to improve their chances of winning here? >> just buy more tickets. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> i could sprinkle pixie dust on you. but i'm not sure it would work. >> you changed the rules that there would be less frequent payouts and bigger sums. >> we did this a year ago for mega millions. we replicated what powerball had done before that. it's working. our players keep telling us they like the really big jackpots. that's the case. we made the odds better for winning the million-dollar prize. the second prize is 1 milli$1 m. >> how many people get that? >> 15 people got $1 million. and third prize went from $5,000 to $10,000. people are winning all the time. >> let's pretend that somebody

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to 95% of people are quick draw, quick pick numbers. if you have favorite numbers, your birthday, anniversary, go for it. play it. >> this money, where does it all go? the money that goes to the states. a lot of people say am i throwing my money away if i don't win? >> it goes to very good causes and it varies state-by-state. the most common cause is education. in pennsylvania it goes to old age programs. for colorado, it's for the environment. in massachusetts, it's for cities and towns. every state decides for themselves where that money goes and what good causes benefit. >> what's the payout going to be approximately? >> i think it's $904 million cash payout, if you choose that instead of 30 years. >> what i took away, if you win the lottery, come on down. >> exactly. >> gordon, thank you. just ahead, halloween's record-breaking opening at the box office that has jamie lee curtis posting my mom's pain from moderate

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, marching forward. the migrant caravan growing in size and moving towards the u.s./mexico border. president trump making it a political rallying cry heading into the midterms. >> the democrats want caravans. they like caravans. >> we're live, in mexico. plus, sitting this one out. meghan markle passes on an offroading trip down under, where dad-to-be, prince harry, opens up about becoming a father. >> new responsibilities. a new third of your life, right? >> we'll take you to australia. and kidman gets candid.

oscar winner nicole kidman joins us in studio 1a to talk about her new movie and what she is saying to us about her rare comments about ex-husband tom cruise. monday, october 22nd, 2018. >> weekend getaway in new york. >> i'm turning 60 today. >> birthday with my grandma. >> from vail, colorado. ♪ >> celebrating pharmacy week. >> on the plaza. >> best friend since preschool, turning 13. >> shoutout to mom and dad. >> back home in boston. >> i'm turning 9 on the "today" show. >> hi, everybody. good morning. bright and early monday morning. nice to have you out there starting your day with us or at home, covering up with your coffee. >> i heard them saying they are celebrating pharmacy week. you need to go out there and put your hand out. >> i know.

are there any out there, please? perhaps i'll do just that. we'll get to your news at 8:00. the caravan of central american migrants headed towards the u.s., has crossed a big hurdle, making it from guatemala into mexico. gabe gutierrez is with them in southern mexico with the latest on the journey and the efforts to stop them. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. many of the migrants slept here at this plaza overnight. the mexican government had hoped to stop this group at the southern border. that just didn't happen. and local officials say the caravan has more than 7,000 people. now, on friday, the group clashed with mexican police at its border with guatemala. but many of the people in this caravan decided to cross into mexico illegally. president trump is seizing on this issue, with the midterms fast approaching. he is blaming democrats and also saying that he will use the military to seal the u.s. border. now, this group says that it plans to continue on, heading

north. today, possibly heading to a city 25 miles from here. but it's unclear when it will reach the u.s. savannah? >> gabe, thank you. four men from miami and a tour guide were killed this weekend in a whitewater rafting accident in costa rica. 14 friends had booked the adventure as part of a bachelor party. within minutes of starting, their rafts under the over. ten were rescued. those that didn't survive were swept downstream. the trip is rated for beginner and intermediate rafters. but officials say the water was dangerously high because of recent heavy rains. this morning, the president is warning russia that pulling out of a nuclear weapons treaty will make the world a more dangerous place. the president made that announcement saturday. he accused russia of repeatedly violating the agreement. it was signed by president reagan nearly 30 years ago and required both sides to eliminate short medium-range missiles.

john bolton arrived in russia overnight on a prescheduled trip. but the treaty will now become a focus of his talks. the new york city police department has pulled nearly 3,000 body cameras after service, after the department says one of them exploded. according to the nypd, an officer noticed smoke coming out of his body cam on saturday. and after he removed it, that device exploded. nobody was hurt, thankfully. officials say the battery is likely to blame. any officers who use that model of camera were told to remove them and turn them in. we got the news covered. i got a great "boost" for you guys this morning. a school maintenance worker in alabama got a wonderful surprise this month on national custodians day. he was lured into the gym by a teacher who said there was a mess to clean up. >> a huge accident in the middle of the assembly. >> i'm sorry. >> you're fine. >> it's right in the back.

>> the students were all waiting in the gym to show the custodian, uh gene hilton, how much they appreciate his hard work. one, by, one, they came up and gave him cards, handmade gifts and thank you notes. everybody at moody elementary school loves eugene. when they found out it was custodian's day, they pulled out all of the stops. he was in tears. >> i'm in tears. i hope so many schools do that. there's so many unsung heroes. >> my grandmother was a school custodian. the best part of her job was the interactions with kids like that. >> the best. >> that's a good one. >> good monday morning "boost." still ahead, how is meghan markle feeling after the mom-to-be had to cut back on her schedule in australia? we'll go there live. and the "rossen reports" all parents want to see. >> i'm jeff rossen. a power strip, a pack of

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island along with the royal couple. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good evening from here in australia. frazier island is across the water there. as you see from this video, i think megan looking a little fragile today. but people close to the royal couple tell us she is not sick. she is simply tired. harry himself, urging her to cut back her schedule. the royal couple, unexpectedly, appearing together. megan cradling her baby bump, after taking most of the day to rest. harry telling australian athletes, being a dad will be a new chapter. >> i'm feeling fantastic, actually. new responsibilities. a new third of your life, right? that's what everybody says. >> reporter: and in a moment caught on camera, suggesting he wants a girl. >> i hope it's a girl. >> so do i. >> reporter: today, attending a traditional ceremony without meghan, the prince getting very enthusiastic attention.

>> i'll take that as a compliment. >> reporter: welcomed by local aboriginals, the people joking about his own family traditions. >> we're both highly skilled when it comes to unveiling plaques. it runs in the family. >> reporter: would you have liked to have met meghan? >> i mean, she's pregnant. >> reporter: a smiling meghan, spotted taking it easy, close by. the bumpy ride through a rain forest, too risky for her pregnancy, royal sources tell nbc news. it's the first time since the couple's whirlwind romance and studding wedding, she's had to cancel appearances. harry, happily joking around. over the weekend, putting a rather small pair of swimming trunks over his pants, to promote his invictus games, getting a bear hug from a competitor. the royals dressed down in sneakers. while meghan's father, thomas

markel, saying he first heard the news of her pregnancy on the radio. the first thing i thought was holding meghan in my arms as a newborn 37 years ago, he told "the daily mail." he thought, my baby is having a baby. today, meghan wearing fashion label reformation for her appearance. people are excited to see harry and meghan together for the one and only time today. there they are. coming across to see and greet the crowds. >> reporter: the palace, not confirming reports harry and meghan have hired a nanny recommended by their friends. it has been a grueling schedule. meghan was talking about getting up sometimes at 4:30 in the morning to go yoga. there has been event after event after event. i have to tell you, with the t jetlag and everything through the week, i myself wasn't feeling too well. we talk so much about the challenges of being a royal. and i think this is a good

example of it. you're pregnant. and at the same time, you have 20 be in the public eye. in tehe end, harry would have said, look, meghan, the baby is important. >> for sure, keir. >> glad you're okay, keir. >> al is worried about you. traipsing after the royals is very fatiguing. >> exactly. >> thank you, keir. speaking of grand voyages, how would you like to ride on a modern-day version of the "titanic"? sheinelle is in for carson. >> we're renovating. this is my space. this is the story that everybody is buzzing about. the blue star line is creating a replica of the historic "titanic," with plans to set in 2022. it will feature the same layout and interior as the first ship and will follow the same route. but it will use modern technology and safety

procedures. 2,400 passengers will be able to dine on the same menu and eerily similar dining rooms as guests did on the original vessel. look at this. yeah. just like it was. social media users, are divided as whether they would board the ship. one tweet reads, yes, i would get on. but rachel says, i've seen the first "titanic" movie. i have no interest of being a part of the second. and look at this one. if leonardo is going, i am in. we asked on twitter, would you board the "titanic ii." 65% of you say no and 35% say yes. this project was kicked off six years ago and was shut down due to financial issues. but now, they've figured it out. >> looks like a sinking ship to me. >> you wouldn't do it? >> i don't want to tempt the fates. >> modern technology? >> what are the chances?

>> would you do it? >> yes. i'm going to pitch a story. >> to go along. >> that's right. >> have some of the iceberg lettuce. do you have the "pop start"? >> i do. >> selma blair. the actress was seen using a cane to walk. now, in a series of posts, she revealed she is diagnosed with multipler cirrhosis. she says, i am disabled. i drop things. my memory is foggy. but we are doing it and i laugh. i don't know what i will do precisely but i will do my best. blair believes she had m.s. for 15 years. she ignored the symptoms for years until a friend finally encouraged her to see a doctor. this morning, we're wishing her the best. in other news, last night,

jul julia louis-dreyfus got an award for humor. it was the honoree's speech that had the people bursting into laughter. take a listen. >> when mark twain first e-mailed me about the mark twain prize, i have to admit, i totally misunderstood. i assumed that i was being asked to honor somebody else who was receiving the mark twain prize. and i thought, oh, my god, what a hassle. i mean, seriously, who would put me through this? and then, i reread the e-mail and i realized, oh, it's me. they're giving it to me. i get the prize. and my attitude about the whole thing changed. as a great fan of the work of mark twain, i was so sorry when i recently learned he was dead. [ laughter ] my thoughts and prayers go out

to the whole twain family. [ laughter ] especially the wonderful shania. [ laughter ] >> that was good. that was good. >> oh, my goodness. she nailed that one. >> that was awesome. >> and she spoke about battling breast cancer in her speech saying cancer isn't all funny. but a big part of dealing with it has been finding the funny moments. it will air on november 19th on pbs. >> isn't that good? up next, a record-breaking debut for "halloween." 40 years after the original horror film was released, the sequel won the box office on its first weekend. raking in 77$77.5 million. the second-best start for an r-rated horror film. curtis tweeted, okay, i'm going for one boast post. biggest horror movie opening with a female lead. biggest movie opening with a

female lead over 55 seconds. and paula abdul, the singer was performing in mississippi saturday night, when during her dance routine, she got a little too close to the edge of the stage and missed her footing and fell off. >> goodness. >> she's okay. she got up within seconds and carried on, as dancers do. they get up and keep moving. >> it looks worse. >> you can hear her hit the stage. >> she's okay. >> we loop it five times in a row. today's "daly click." >> what have you good? >> during a youth flag football team, one went the extra mile. he got the handoff from his t m teammate and took off running. he seems to be in the clear. but it's the wrong way. just before he hits the wrong end zone, an adult on the field says, turn around. turn around. and watch this. he goes back the other way. >> yes, he does. >> not only did he get it past

where he started, he kept going, everyone on the field. look at this. all the way to the other end. touchdown. >> he made it? >> touchdown. >> that's genius. >> he did it. >> got to keep dancing. >> that is a children's book right there. >> what are all of the beeps about? >> those are adults. >> after going viral, his dad created an instagram. you know what his handle is? >> what? >> mr. wrongway. >> sheinelle, thank you. mr. roker, you have a check of the weather for us? >> let's see what we got for you. it is a chilly start to the morning. we have 67 million people under some sort of frost advisory, and freeze warning, from arkansas all the way into new england today. it's a chilly start. 31 in green bay. boston, 38. columbia, 36. nashville, 34. temperatures, 10 to 20 degrees below average. heavy rain in texas as hurricane willa makes its way from mexico all the way to the southwest.

showers in the southwest, as well. gorgeous weather out west. look for sunshine along the plains. a chilly start in the northeast. mid-at that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. after all of these clouds clear out, we're going to have a beautiful day. and our inland valleys only reach into the mid-70s. well see the same thing tomorrow. then we start a warming trend. by the end of the week, friday, we're looking alth a hi ing at . it's going to feel like summer. gradually cooling off for the weekend. san francisco, 60 today. our temperatures peak at 70 on friday and then back into the up 60s. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda? >> al, thank you. to rossen reports. and the start of a special series "spot the pot." talking about the way your teens could be hiding drugs. >> intentionally funny. now, there's companies making it easier for them to trick you.

"today" national investigative correspondent, jeff rossen, is here to "spot the pot." >> i have young kids. i'm having nightmares about this. we found an online marketplace for everyday objects that can hide drugs in plain sight. they're brand-name knockouts with secret sections and pockets inside. now, experts say kids are buying them to hide pot and pills under their parents' noses. think you can spot the pot in your kids' rooms? this morning, we're hiding drugs in a real teenage aero's br's b find out. this teenager's bedroom is filled with pot. but you can't see it. stashed in hollowed-out containers designed to look like everyday objects. they're easy to find online. on amazon, we type in stash drugs and look what comes up. item after item. from a hair brush to deodorant. this one is so brazen, white

powder is coming out of it. experts say teens are using them to hide drugs. would you know where to look in your kids' room. we recruited this real-life mom of a real-life teenager. she's 15, right? >> she's 15. >> reporter: we told you we would be planting drugs around your house. >> pretty great. >> reporter: we will get it before we leave. we want you to find it. head down the stairs. >> okay. >> reporter: head on down there. we'll do that. we're going to slip into her daughter's bedroom here and close the door so she can't see what we're doing. we're going to start planting this stuff. we're going to start here with this water bottle. this water bottle is hollowed out on the inside. i have some pot chocolate here. some pot chocolate. i will put it right into the water bottle. done. looks like a regular water bottle. i go on a spree, hiding real pot and over-the-counter painkillers.

>> lint brush. not a lint brush. unscrew it. going to stick that over here. stashing stuff in every corner of the bedroom. looks like a regular pack of tissues but there's a secret compartmen compartment. i'm going to stick it over here. from a belt. to the bathroom. gummis, like that. this deodorant and pills in this lipstick. and downstairs, pills inside this battery. and the mother of all things. it looks like a power strip and the light goes on to trick people. but on the backside of it, yeah. pot pen. while mom waits out of sight downstairs. jen, all good. >> here we go. >> reporter: she gets to work. >> nothing under the bed. >> reporter: finding a few things. >> that is not gum. >> reporter: but most -- >> would it be in the closet or

not? >> reporter: -- she misses completely. >> there's a water in here. >> reporter: she picks up the water bottle but doesn't notice a thing. >> this girl has more makeup than a makeup artist. >> reporter: skipping over the lipstick and the hairspray in the bathroom. and she walks by the power strip. in the end, she found 4 of the 15 items we hid. can i show you what you missed? you see this power outlet? >> my gosh. i would have never found that. >> reporter: you feel that? those are pills in there. after room. >> i can't believe how kids can hide stuff these days. >> reporter: we found it all on amazon. how is that allowed? we contacted amazon. the company declined to comment. parents need to police their own kids. >> this is a huge wake-up call for parents. this is more widespread than

they realize. a couple clicks online and that's it. it's a different world than we grew up in. >> reporter: in case you're wondering, where are the drugs now? we taped this in colorado where drugs are legal. there's another layer of protecti protection, too. you can buy a drug test for 20 bucks at the drugstore. it comes with 14 tests and you can test your kids. it's a little swab thing. >> how do you get your kid to take the test? >> you tell them they're taking a test. or experts say, it's a deterrent. you tell them you have it in the house. >> you are a teenager's main enemy here. >> my kids are going to hate me. >> you have a new digital series. >> it's "rossen reports kids." we do all of these videos to help kids. we launched "rossen reports kids." i show you how to make your kid the safest on the block. go to today.com and check out the latest video. we have a whole series of them.

from toddlers to babies and everybody. and drug tests. >> thank you. just ahead -- >> a rare appearance in studio 1a, from oscar winner nicole kidman. first, your local news. i )m ...

firefighters right now .. still tr good morning. it's 8:26. i'm chris sanchez. firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a suspicious early morning fire that left a south bay home fully engulfed. it started at 1:00 this morning on hamilton park drive east of saratoga avenue. we can say the homeowner did make it out safely before people were forced out of their homes on either side. police spoke off camera with the homeowner as she believes someone set this fire on purpose. firefighters at this point are not ruling outextensive. want to check in with your traffic commute, mike inouye. >> we're looking at less down the east shore freeway.

still very focused around golden gate field. 24 still slow off the walnut creek interchange. things kicking off late through the contras could tra county. slower drive heading up through oakland. esier through the maze. the rest of the bay pretty standard. slow across the san mateo bridge but movinging through the westbound commute lanes. northbound, that's the push through the rest of the silicon valley. the alert still for southbound 87 getting out to 85. still two lanes blocked, right around the interchange, at the end of that freeway. that's also distracting the north bound commute. >> that looks rough. more local news in half an hour. eleni kounalakis owns this building.

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chocofeller plaza was created by "today" with our sponsor, skittles, taste the rainbow. >> and welcome back, everybody. 8:30 on this monday morning, october 22nd, 2018. we are so excited for halloween we decided to transform our plaza into chocofeller plaza, to celebrate all things candy. and in fact, our crowd moment is we're going to ask people to count or guess how many m&ms are in a jar. we asked everybody on the plaza, how many m&ms you think are in a particular jar. >> we asked them.

>> this one here? >> yes, that was it. people put in their guesses. i've been counting. 27,748. that's how many are in it. >> wow. >> our winner was only 6 m&ms off. >> what? >> she guessed 27,127. >> sarah, congratulations. >> sarah, because you came the closest, thanks to our friends at mars, you're getting $1,000 to help you with all of your halloween needs. >> that's a lot of candy. >> that will fill a lot of halloween needs. >> it will. >> candy, costumes and decorations. >> trick or treat at sarah's house. keep the candy theme going here this morning. just ahead, creative ways to turn candy into out-of-this-world creations. >> looks yummy. and we're going to talk to

nicole kidman and lucas hedges about their new movie and a comment that nicole made about tom cruise. let's look at what your week is looking like weather-wise. cold morning in the east. heavy rain in texas thanks to hurricane willa. sunshine in the pacific northwest. it starts raining as we get into the northwest. later in the week, a flood threat. rain and snow in the northeast. and then, toward the end of the week, we are looking at that wet weather making its way into the southeastern atlantic states. cool and sunny in new england. drying out in that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we've got some great weather for the bay area with our inland valleys only reaching into the mid-70s today. we'll see the same thing tomorrow as our skies gradually clear. but then we're going to see our high temperatures heating up as

we go through the week and we'll be up to 84 degrees on friday, then cooling down for the weekend. san francisco looking at a cool start to the weekend, with highs today in the low 60s. peeking on friday up to 70. some upper 60s for saturday. >> and that is your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. in a tumultuous white house he holds a record. in 2017, anthony scaramucci served as communication director for 11 days. he is back in finance and still a media fixture and friends with the president. he's an author of a new book about their relationship, "trump: the blue collar president." anthony scaramucci, good morning to you. >> can i call you much. everybody calls you much. >> you can call me much if you want. >> let's talk about your book, "blue collar president." you went to college and harvard law. you really brought yourself up.

how do you call the president a blue collar president? he did not have the same upbringing you did. >> no. he has a golden toilet and stuff like that. >> he had a silver spoon. >> i wanted to call it that because of the relationship he has with blue collar people. you think about my family. my brother and i went to college but most of my cousins, frankly, of my generation, did not go to college. and they love the guy. >> why do you think that? he's not of them. he got a million-dollar loan from his dad. but they feel he carries their torch. >> they do. they feel connected to him. what i try to explain to people, when he won the republican party nomination, he hijacked the base of the democratic party, which is blue collar. and he pulled them over. i ftry to relate why he did tha. growing up in the neighborhood i grew up in, nobody in our

neighborhood went to college. my dad started out as an hourly worker. so, my story, i try to intersect with what's going on in america today and explain why the president got 63 million votes when a lot of pundits were not expecting it. >> you're a big fan of the president. you had a knnotorious 11-day ren of communications director. >> thank you for saying 11 days. >> we'll count every minute. >> if you're hired on the 21st but fired on the 31st, it is 11. >> your book is colorful. i can't do the whole thing. when my colleagues in finance asked me what it was like to work in washington, to think about the guy who would screw you over, rob you blind, to get ahead. that person would be an eagle scout in washington, d.c. >> i didn't like washington. just like a very dishonest group of people. i don't know if you saw the president on "60 minutes" the other night. but he thought the real estate

people here in new york were killers until we went down to washington. he said, those people are like a bunch of babies comparatively. it's a very different environment down there. >> you gave as good as you got. you got in trouble for giving a tough interview you thought was off the record, where you had choice words. >> i didn't give as good as i got. i didn't see it coming. in many ways, very candid, i was naive to the process. i didn't understand the subterfuge and the back stabs a and the way people leak on everybody else. >> you bad mouthed your colleagues. >> i would have bad mouthed him to his face. the person who i was talking about, he knew how i felt about him. i'm not one of those guys that says la di da, nice things to people's face and says something differently. that goes on in washington all the time. that's the main reason why the american people have a real strong distaste for washington. >> no question about it.

you are still friends with the president, you're a fan of his. >> i'm a big supporter of the president's. i like the president a lot. >> one of the things you wrote that surprised me, you said you think he has a thick skin. of all of the things you say about the president, that's a surprising one. he talks about the media being not nice to him. and everyone seems to get under his skin. it seems like the opposite. what am i missing? >> i'm trying to relate that to people. i think he has a skin like an armadillo. he doesn't like when people are attacking him, he learned to hit back. >> that's not a thick skin. a thick skin is, it rolls off of me, and not take every insult and respond on twitter. >> it's a thick skin in the following respect. he doesn't care what you're saying about him. but if you hit him, he's going to punish you by hitting you back ten-times harder. if he cared what people said about him, there's no way he would be president. one thing you learn about, when you go through this grueling situation behind you here, you recognize that you can take it

or you can't take it. president doesn't have a glass jaw. i think he has a thick skin. otherwise, he wouldn't be the president. >> you're straightforward in the book. you say at times you disagree with him. you have to tell me the truth. do you think the president has a problem telling the truth? do you think he often lies or misleads knowingly? and i have examples. >> you can give the examples. i think the best thing about him is that he gets the themes right. he is saying things -- let me finish. i'm not going to spin you. >> don't spin me. >> i don't need to spin you. you read the book directly. i tell you what i like and dislike. he has a reality distortion field around himself, where he curves facts towards himself. >> that sounds like fancy talk for he's not telling the truth. >> that's not fancy talk. that's the truth. that's what he does. he is living in that bubble. he has a tendency -- you know, listen. my grandfather had a great line. why would you let the truth get

in the way of a really good story. the president is like that. >> only when you're talking about something that matters, where the president, we have to trust his word. >> yeah. and i think that when he's serious and he's in superserious mode and he's not in, like, reality mode, when he's in superserious mode, you can see when he's speaking with great clarity. and you can see when he's toggled into entertainment mode and he's trying to rally a crowd or bring people towards him, he probably turns on the reality distortion field. if you're making the point that he tells some fibs, i think most people in washington do. you know when a politician is lying, savannah? >> i know that one. >> when their mouths are moving. >> you learned some of the good washington sayings. >> i got a ph.d. on how to get beaten up in the press and survive. i'm like mayhem from the allstate commercial. i can take it. >> anthony scaramucci, thank you so much. the book is colorfully written. it's called "trump: the blue

collar president." coming up, the stars of "boy erased." nicole kidman nicole kidman california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent.

now, to oscar winner nicole kidman and oscar nominee, lucas hedges. they star in the new movie, "boy erased." it's based on the story where a boy comes to terms with his gay sexuality. and a mother who accepts her son for who he is. >> those man did what they wanted to do with you and i fell into line, like i usually do. they say sometimes you got to hurt a child in order to help them. and that may be so with some things. but a mother knows when something isn't right. >> look at you two. welcome. welcome. lucas, hi. >> hi. >> hi, nicole.

how are you? >> what was your reaction when you were watching that little clip? >> she is just killing it. always killing it. >> oh. >> she was killing it that whole day. >> he's a good son. >> this is based on a true story, a book. you have met the actual characters. does that -- does it make it a little more daunting when you're telling a story knowing who it is based on? >> i think definitely. i fell in love with jared's voice in the book. when i got to meet him, we had a connection. i thought, i can be of service to him and tell his story. >> i saw the movie and what struck me, besides your excellence every day, just like lucas said. in all seriousness, they're amazing performances. this is a controversial subject. but i thought it was handled with such care. and there weren't any easy villains. and i thought that was quite a feat, given the subject matter. >> well, you're telling the story of a very compassionate

family. and the relationship between the mother and the son is so beautiful. and you really see that. >> and the father and son's relationship is, as well. >> and complicated. and so, i think it delves into the complication of it and it does it with love. and this family is not fractured. nair a f they're a family. >> you recently wrote an article for "new york" magazine. one of the things you wrote surprised me. >> i didn't write it. i was interviewed. >> right. >> i have to be precise here. >> you're my kind of gal. you tell the writer, i still don't have a lot of power. do you feel that way? that surprised me. >> i define power. i think the word power is thrown around. am i able to be listened to at times? yes. am i able to instigate change?

sometimes. i mean, in regards to my own industry, can i get films made? not all the time. sometimes and on a particular budget. do i feel i have power in the sense of dominance or controlling things? not at all. >> you were very revealing in this article, nicole. and i remember i was reading it and i said, i don't think i had heard you talk about some of the things you talked about. >> that's a good interviewer for you. >> no kidding. talking about tom cruise. i married for love, but being married to a powerful man, kept me from being sexually harassed. i literally stopped reading at that moment and had to sit with that for a second. >> i think -- i mean, that's a very -- put into one sentence, you know, the way in which i was talking. i mean, i'm saying, i wasn't -- because i was married at 23 years old, i wasn't going to parties or i wasn't going out a lot. i was pretty much at home.

i had my first child at 25. and i was a married -- i was in a family. my sense of being in the world was -- i was working or i was at home. >> did you think people were afraid to mess with you, kind of? because he was so powerful? >> i think when you're married to a powerful man, i mean, i'm not in a male's mind. would you? >> oh. >> anyway. i've gotten way off. >> that does make sense. >> there is almost like a barrier. a lot of women don't have that. a lot of people in the world don't have that. i don't like discussing exes and all that because i'm married. i'm happily married. i have two little girls. it is disrespectful to tom and to kate. i try to stay in the here and now. >> the biggest keith urban fans. you may be the biggest but we're

right behind you. >> we're runner-up. >> lucas, let's talk about you. you have this film and you're also on broadway. how is that? >> i do a lot of direct address. >> say the name of the play. >> it's called "the waiverly gal." >> i love the side conversation. >> so maternal. >> you guys click. i love it. >> thank you for coming to see us. "boy erased" from our sister company hits theaters on november 2nd. with halloween almost here, we have turned rockefeller plaza into chocofeller plaza. clever ideas to use up all that candy. but first, this is "today" on nbc. narrator: he claims to be an education reformer, but marshall tuck's failed record managing actual schools won't work as superintendent of public instruction. as ceo of l.a.'s partnership schools, the teachers gave tuck a vote of "no confidence." and tuck's total mismanagement of l.a. charter schools caused financial problems that cost taxpayers thousands.

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we're back, now, with a special edition of "today food." this morning, we're kicking off halloween, celebrating early. we're on chocofeller plaza. everybody loves candy. you can get creative with ideas that you can love it even more. gobby dalton, the author of what's cooking blog. and amber kemp gerstal. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> we're getting started with halloween a little early. and i heard of peppermint bark during christmastime. >> it should be bark all year around. let's do it. we're going to start with dark chocolate. you can use any kind of chocolate. just grab it. >> am i doing it? >> yeah. >> sheinelle is helping you make it. >> pour it in here. >> you said dark chocolate, right? >> you can use regular chocolate, whatever kind you want. we just melted it. you can melt it from 10-second

to 15-second increments in the microwave and give it a quick stir. and take your spatula, which is one of these. that one works, too. >> spread it out. >> this is a family activity, too. >> you can make this ahead of time. steal your children's candy and do it. you can buy extra for yourself. >> got it spread out. >> make it into one layer, you're going to grab all of your favorite candy. >> you get to pick what you like. >> milky way. 3 musketeers. all of it. >> you spread it on? >> in an even layer. and really get into it. >> we're in. all of it goes down. once you have a bunch on, you can take your hands and lightly press it in. >> that's a lot of candy. >> you need more. >> more? >> okay. all right. after that, you put it in the fridge? >> yes. this would go in the fridge.

you take it out and you're going to top it with a grizzle of white chocolate. >> sheinelle, you want to give it a go? >> yes. >> you take a hammer and smash it. >> here. get in there with a hammer. >> oh. >> if that doesn't work -- >> that doesn't work, what do you do? >> just take your hand. that's why the parchment paper is there. >> just drop it. >> drop it like it's hot. >> we're going to move over and al and craig are going to learn what? >> we're going to make a bouquet of candy eye balls and mummiemu. >> i was using an opportunity to use your line. >> when you give this to somebody, you know what you tell them? >> what? >> i only have eyes for you. >> i guess i'm not that kind of pupil. >> you beat me. we're going to take a stick and add chocolate to it. i will do this before you get started. add it to your sandwich cookie

so the stick will stay in place. once you have done that, dip it in white chocolate. and we're going to add the veins to the eyeball. this is what my eyeballs look like most days. we'll pretend this is special for halloween. and then, the really cool part is a gummi lifesaver and a candy in the center, can turn into an eye. and you take the white chocolate and drizzle it over the top. it's cold out here. drizzle it. >> like a mummy? >> it's all wrapped up. >> add the drizzle and take some candy eye balls and stick them on top. there you go. once you're done, you can take another candy stick and add some chocolate to it and gently put it right there. >> they look delicious,

delectab delectable. >> cool. >> thank you so much. if you want more ideas, check out today.com/food. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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[ applause ] good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. hope you had a great weekend. maybe you went apple picking or to -- or maybe harassed a bunch of politicians in a restaurant. that's the latest and greatest craze. that's making the rounds today. here to discuss it, stephanie gosk, legal analyst, dan goldman, and investigative reporter, megan twohey. we begin with the latest in a disturbing pattern of harassment and obnoxious behavior that took place this weekend. politicians getting berated and rile