eastbound getaway starts in the late morning. >> nice sunrise out there for you as well. have a great friday. first friday in february, that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us for "nbc bay area news" at 11. good morning, all eyes on atlanta. >> so excited! >> the super bowl's host city gearing up for the biggest game of the year, security tight. the patriots and rams putting in their final preparations while maroon 5 looks to head off the controvey swirling around its halftime performance. >> i'm not in the right profession if i can't handle a little bit of controversy. this morning al and craig are live in atlanta with the super sized super bowl pep rally. record cold. >> i've been here for all my life, nothing as cold as this. >> that brutal stretch of freezing weather claims at least 12 lives and shatters records in

more than 160 places, but hold on for one more day. the warmup is coming. on the record, in the new interview overnight, president trump a border wall without congressional approval saying he's all but given up on negotiation. is the showdown coming again. new catholic church scandal. >> fills me with both shame and sorrow. >> officials release the names of hundreds and priests others credibly accused of abusing children over the past eight decades. demanding justice, the family of the empire star reportedly attacked in chicago speaking out for the first time as new questions swirl around the actor and the alleged incident. hoda reaches day eight of her ten-day diet challenge, while the woman behind it completes her journey and celebrates with a fabulous feast. we'll check in with the super star live as we help push hoda

across the finish line today, friday, february 1st, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning, and welcome to "today." it is friday morning. how good does that sound? >> friday sounds awesome. super bowl sunday sounds even better. >> it does. >> i'm going to plant my face into a bowl of onion dip. how about that for a plan. >> al and craig are down in atlanta, which proves of course when you care, you send your very best, and they are having a big pep rally to get everyone excited. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, ladies. this is very exciting. >> this is exciting. >> we've got the first male cheerleader in the super bowl ever with the rams, pat the patriot, come on over! >> rampage is here. >> look at this.

>> we got about a million people who have descended on atlanta for super bowl liii. on the field, should be a fantastic game. you've got the new england patriots in another super bowl, tom brady going for another ring, and then you've got the rams trying to unseat arguably the greatest football dynasty in our lifetimes. off the field, everything's ready. on the field, teams should be ready, but meanwhile this morning, there is some controversy as we are just a few hours away from super bowl liii. >> this morning, the fans. >> so excited! >> really nervous! >> the favorites. >> i still got a little playing left, and we'll figure out what happens after that. >> and the front man. >> i'm not in the right profession if i can't handle a little bit of controversy. >> maroon 5's adam levine speaking out for the first time about the criticism the band has received for agreeing to perform during the halftime show after

other acts reportedly declined in a show of support for colin kaepernick. >> we exped expected it. >> the nfl now working with players to address the controversy, some forming a group called the players' coalition working with the league in a campaign called inspire change. >> when we stop and we all work together to create change, it happens. >> and while all eyes will be on whether the band addresses the controversy come halftime, the real stars of the game are the players. >> there's been a lot of work and effort over the years to try to get to where i'm at now. >> 41-year-old tom brady looking to win an unprecedented sixth ring and become the oldest quarterback to ever win a super bowl. as for the rams, 24-year-old star quarterback jared goff playing in his first ever super bowl, goff saying he doesn't mind being called the other quarterback. >> if we can come away with a

win, it'd be huge. >> off the field, a show of force across atlanta. thousands of officers from 50 different agencies patrolling around the clock as the biggest and most watched game of the year gets set to kick off. >> craig, you've covered a lot of super bowls but i guess they're like children. each one is different and you love them equally. >> one thing that atlanta has done really well and indianapolis did the same thing, they've managed to keep a lot of the action fairly centralized, even the stadium itself in walking distance of most of the hotels, the convention center as well. that always helps. you've got a lot of folks who can enjoy what the city has to offer. as you know, they roll out the red carpet but then they can walk over to the game. by the way, pats favored by three or four depending on what you're looking at. sean mcvay, the quarterback for the rams, 32 years old. he would be the youngest to ever win a super bowl. there's so many story lines to

follow here this weekend, guys. >> always do live shots with two mascots like bookends, that's so awesome. >> that's what we do. by the way, we've got some surprises coming up later. guess who's going to be joining us hoda kotb? >> i have a guess. i kind of might know. should we say it together? here we go. drew -- >> one, two, three. >> brees. >> drew brees over here. there's a two second satellite delay. >> all right, guys, by the way, stay tuned. craig and i beluga whales need we say more? >> no, you don't. >> we've got to see that. thank you. now to the dangerous deep freeze that finally appears to be coming to an end but not before smashing records causing disruptions all across the country. dylan is just outside our doors with the very latest. hey, dylan. >> reporter: good morning, guys. you know, for the first time since monday i am not standing outside in windchills below

zero. it feels like two right now here in new york city, but millions of people from the midwest to the northeast have been stuck in the grips of this icy polar vortex. it's the reason behind the bone chilling dangerous cold, flight disruptions and at least 12 deaths. >> this morning frozen solid, some 120 million americans emerging from another day of icy misery. >> it's crazy. right now i'm just finding anyplace to hide. >> it's so, so cold. >> i've been here all my life. nothing as cold as this. >> reporter: in iowa firefighters battling ice as much as fire. in illinois a new state record, the city of mount carol plunging to 38 below. and in ohio a terrifying wipeout and near miss on a frozen bridge. the harsh chill now blamed for as many as 12 fatalities. at chicago's already crippled airport, bursting pipes now wreaking havoc. airlines reporting more than

6,000 airport delays and cancellations across the country thursday as the cold moved east. in new york heavy lake effect snow near buffalo sending tractor-trailers off the road. while at new jersey's patterson park, water falls more frozen than falling, but the polar vortex not freezing out some fun, from souped up hair to something really super, this frozen tom brady jersey, and light poles appearing to shiver. the arctic plunge melting into hope for the weekend, a surge of warmer air set to bring relief. chicago will see nearly a 100-degree jump from a real feel of negative 52 earlier in the week to an actual balmy 46 on saturday. the winter whiplash in a potentially record setting rebound across the midwest and northeast. and it's not just chicago who will see that wild temperature swing. in fact, 90% of the country will have temperatures above average starting tomorrow, and guys, i

don't want to get your hopes up, but there's the chance it might hit 60 here in new york on tuesday. >> are you kidding me? >> wow. remember the old saying, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute? >> it's happening. >> dylan, thank you. al's going to have more on that weekend warmup. breaking overnight, the president speaking out in a wide ranging new interview and raising some eyebrows with what he's saying about the border wall battle and the mueller investigation. peter alexander is on it this morning from the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in that interview with the "new york times" president trump says he's basically given up on negotiating with congress over his border wall insisting he will build it on his own two weeks before the next funding deadline. despite his intelligence chiefs this week contradicting him on several key world views, the president claims they are very much in agreement. with congress struggling to come up with a deal overnight in an interview with the "new york times" president trump dismissed the border wall talks. >> i think it's a waste of time. >> and blasted the new house

speaker. >> i think nancy pelosi is hurting our country very badly by doing what she's doing, and ultimately, i think i've set the table very nicely. >> the president adding he'll likely take action on his own when discussions end in two weeks but not saying directly whether he will declare a national emergency to build the wall. meanwhile president trump's denying he's at odds with his intelligence chiefs, this morning trying to project unity posting this photo thursday inside his oval office meeting with them, including gina haspel and director of national intelligence dan coats tweeting we are all on the same page. it comes just one day after the president dismissed his hand picked intelligence leaders as passive and naive, suggesting they should go back to school after they publicly contradicted him on a series of foreign policy flash points. the president now blaming his favorite target insisting the intel chiefs were mischaracterized by the media. >> they were totally misquoted,

and it was taken out of context. what i'd do is i'd suggest that you call them. they said it was fake news. >> president trump failing to note their congressional testimony was public. his comments a rapid reversal from hours earlier. >> i disagree with certain things they said. i think i'm right, but time will prove that, time will prove me right probably. >> reporter: the cia and director of national intelligence's office declining our request for comment but intelligence officials say they're baffled by the president's claim. they did not object to coverage of the hearing where they carefully described assessments that support the president's views on topics like iranian aggression and chinese spy tactics, and others that conflict with his claims, like the president's argument north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. >> the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear arm missile. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly claimed that the obama era iran deal is failing. >> at the moment, technically

they're in compliance. >> reporter: and the president recently claimed isis has been defeated in syria. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> reporter: new this morning, as it relates to 2020 new jersey senator cory booker is officially launching his campaign for president. booker joins a diverse and growing list of democrats looking to unseat president trump in 2020. the former newark, new jersey, mayor heads to iowa next week, then south carolina and new hampshire to begin his campaign. savannah and hoda. >> thank you. also this morning, a new scandal for the catholic church. officials in texas publicly identifying hundreds of clergy and others accused of sexual abuse. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest on this story. >> the child sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church has been unraveling for nearly two decades, and this morning the revelations keep coming, this time in texas where diocese throughout the state released

the names of priests and others credibly accused of crimes against children stretching back to the 1950s. the reckoning in the catholic chur church is far from over. >> today is a difficult day for the church and the state of texas. >> according to reports from diocese across the state of texas, nearly 300 priests and others in the church have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children for more than 70 years. >> the failure to protect our most vulnerable from abuse and hold accountable those who preyed on them, fills me with both shame and sorrow. >> cardinal daniel dinardo runs the archdiocese of galveston, houston, where 40 priests were named. and we publish it for the gospel. we publish it because of the young people who were harmed, the church is indeed wounded d

badly by this. >> most of the cases will never result in criminal charges because many of the priests are dead. for one of the accusers allegedly abused by a dallas priest on the archdiocese list, the transparency is long overdue. >> this institution has shown time and time again that it cannot police itself, and that it can't do the right thing. >> reporter: the voluntary publication of the names in texas comes six months after an explosive grand jury report in pennsylvania revealed at least 300 priests molested more than 1,000 children in the state since the 1950s. that report kuaccusing the chur of protecting its own over the most vulnerable. >> we should emphasize that while the lists of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. >> reporter: since then, dozens of diocese have voluntarily released lists of accused priests. as the church faces an increasing number of criminal investigations into its handling of sexual misconduct. the vatican is set to hold a

summit in february on the issue to instruct leaders in the church on how to investigate and be sensitive to victims. on his flight back to rome from panama, pope francis spoke about the issue. it's a human problem he said, and by making bishops aware, they can prevent the tragedy of abuse. the church says it relied on retired police officers and federal investigators to review its files in order to substantiate the claims and determine whether or not they were credible, guys. >> all right, stephanie, thank you so much. >> so disturbing. thank you. lots to get to this morning including the family of empire star jussie smollett speaking out since the actor was reportedly attacked on the streets of chicago. nbc's ron mott has the latest on it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. jussie smollett's family is supporting his report of being assaulted outside his apartment building here in downtown chicago. police say they continue to investigate looking for corroborating evidence of an

attack. >> chicago police have not yet been able to locate these people of interest captured on surveillance cameras early tuesday morning in the vicinity of the reported attack on "empire" star jussie smollett. his family now speaking out on what they are calling a racial and homophobic hate crime writing jussie has told the police everything from the very beginning. his story has never changed, and we are hopeful they will find these men and bring them to justice. president trump commented on the incident for the first time. >> i think that's horrible. it doesn't get worse. >> reporter: chicago police who have not spoken on camera btabo the incident say they have no independent evidence to corroborate the attack. smollett told police he went to a subway restaurant a few blocks from his apartment building, ask police say video evidence supports that, between 1:30 and 1:45 a.m. two people of interest were seen here. around this corner near the entrance smollett used to get back in his building.

>> here's the door. there is a security camera right there on that wall, a second camera posted on a pole across the street. police say security cameras inside the building showed a rope around smollett's neck when he walked in but otherwise appeared normal and he did not alert security about the assault. >> officials say the actor's manager told him he was on the phone with smollett during the attack and hea but when police asked smollett to let them examine his phone, police say smollett declined. they have examined cameras near the location. ♪ smollett, who is also a musician, ha a concert scheduled for saturday night at a club in los angeles. chicago police tell us they have not received any tips about those two people of interest in those two photos they've released. savannah? >> all right, ron mott, thank you. we're going to turn now for a check of the weather, mr. roker down in atlanta. hey, al. >> hey, good morning, guys! and we've got all the lovely folks from the patriots, the

rams, and a great crowd that's gathered here in centennial park. let's look at the temperatures. it's 30 degrees here in atlanta, but they are all warmed up, fired up, but you can see right now we still have dangerous windchills stretching from minnesota all the way into new england. 14 million people. right now, those temperatures, while still chilly, nowhere near as bad as they were 72 hours ago. windchill of 13 below in rochester, 13 in salisbury, lexington 28, detroit 2, chicago minus 6. but look at the temperature difference in the last 24 hours. 26 degrees warmer in chicago, 24 degrees warmer in minneapolis, 8 degrees warmer in new york. and here comes the warm-up. that's just the beginning of what we're seeing. we're looking at these warmer temperatures on saturday. minneapolis will be 36. st. louis 60. huntsville's going to be 64. and as we get to sunday, boom! atlanta, 60, washington 55, chicago 41, kansas city 64 degrees. that's what's going on. we're going to get to your local

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continues on sunday into monday. very cold air will be moving into the bay area. all right, that's your latest weather. we're at a pep rally, right? all right, how about a cheer for the pats? >> p-a-t-s, let's go pats! >> all right, cheer for the rams! >> whose howl? >> rams howl! >> yeah, that's your latest weather. >> love that, al! love that! all right, coming up, facing the music. we're going to hear more from adam lavigne, plus, national anthem singer gladys knight about the controversies surrounding their super bowl performances. and then, the billionaire family accused of profiting from america's opioid crisis. but first on a friday morning, this is "today" on nbc.

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increased flood risk because we have flash flood watches in effect and also a high wind watch, with some of the gusts possibly reaching 60 miles per hour. as we get a look at storm ranger right now, at least some light, spotty rain starting to approach the mendocino coast but other than that, we'll start to see rain spreading in as we go into the rest of the day and getting heavier later on this evening. once again, a high wind watch going into effect later on this afternoon, and also a flash flood watch later on this evening. we'll keep tabs on all of this for you with more updates and mike has a look at the commute. >> a little tougher look, because the lighting chakd but headlights coming toward us on the left. southbound 808 looks like the flow is improving after an earlier crash, looks like it has cleared right there where i circled by the coliseum. the rest of the commute you see how light the volume is slowing through the east shore freeway in berkeley and in the north bay down in toward san rafael but clear about 580. back to you. >> thanks so much. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. have a great friday morning.

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making sure the area around the stadium is safe. more than 10,000 cameras were also installed to keep a close eye on the crowds. a drug-sniffing dog is being credited for the largest seizure of fentanyl in u.s. history. customs and border protection officers discovered 254 pounds of the drug hidden in a floor compartment of a truck that was loaded with cucumbers. the tractor-trailer was trying to enter the u.s. through the border checkpoint in arizona. officials value the drugs at $3.5 million. fentanyl is the synthetic opioid blamed for the majority of overdose deaths. a new jersey man is accused of insurance fraud after officials say he faked a slip and fall at work, and that incident was caught on surveillance camera. check it out. you can see 57-year-old alexander goldinski throw ice on the floor in the kitchen area of his workplace, and moments later, the video shows him stopping, looking around, and then slowly falling to the floor. officials say he waited on the ground until he was discovered. he will face a judge next week.

okay, two -- sorry. >> without comment. >> yes, exactly. two of the performers you will see in the super bowl are speaking out, addressing critics who feel they should not take the stage because of how the nfl handled the colin kaepernick controversy. craig is in atlanta covering that part of the story, too. hey, craig. >> reporter: hey, hoda, savannah. good morning to you guys again. performing at the super bowl for a performer is typically one of the most sought-after gigs, but this year it was a little different. adam levine and gladys knight both faced a fair amount of criticism for their decision to accept an invitation to perform at super bowl liii, and this morning both are speaking out. ♪ >> reporter: with millions of people watching around the world, the super bowl halftime show is one of the biggest stages for a performer. but this year, the tune has changed.

♪ don't leave me hanging, hanging, come give me some ♪ >> reporter: the halftime headliner maroon 5 on defense before taking the stage sunday. >> i'm not in the prigt profession if i can't handle a little controversy. it is what it is. we expected it. we'd like to move on from it, and like i said earlier, speak through the music. >> the music. >> reporter: lead singer adam levine hinting to "entertainment tonight," they may have a surprise up their sleeve. >> what do you say to the folks who say that they just want to be heard and how will your performance speak to them? >> they will be. that's all i want to say, because i don't want to spoil anything. >> reporter: rihanna, cardi b both reportedly turned down the gig to show support for quarterback colin kaepernick, who started the protests against police brutality and racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem in 2016. the backlash against maroon 5 for accepting a dream job has been intense.

former pink floyd bassist roger waters posting this video, urging the band to kneel in solidarity with kaepernick on sunday. an online petition asking them to drop out getting more than 113,000 signatures. earlier this week, more criticism after the nfl announced maroon 5 would not participate in the traditional press conference that artists usually take part in, instead releasing behind-the-scenes videos and photos. the band saying they would donate $500,000 with the nfl to big brothers big sisters. atlanta native gladys knight facing similar criticism after agreeing to sing the national anthem. >> everybody has got their opinions, you know, about what whatever it is, but once we get into that love thing, it all just comes together and goes wherever and we end up clapping and having a good time. >> reporter: kaepernick has gone unsigned since the 2016 season and is currently suing the nfl for collusion.

his attorney telling me this about the super bowl performers. >> they're crossing an intellectual picket line. they're saying to themselves, i care more about my career than i do about whether what i'm doing is right. >> reporter: issues off the field now crowding the stage come sunday. so, gladys knight, the empress of soul, i asked her about that notion that mark geragos posed yesterday, that this is some sort of crossing of the intellectual picket line by performing. she didn't see it that way. she said that when her husband gave -- her husband is also her manager -- when her husband said, gladys, they want you to sing the national anthem, she wrestled with it but ultimately decided that by singing the national anthem, she could use this as an opportunity to bring people together. at one point yesterday, she actually seemed on the verge of getting emotional talking about how much she loved america and how she's been singing the national anthem since she was 4 or 5 years old and that when it's time to say the pledge of

allegiance, she feels something. it was a fascinating conversation. but gladys knight said that not only is she ready to sing the national anthem on sunday, she's excited about it. she's aware of the criticism, but it really hasn't fazed her a whole lot. >> what's interesting, too, craig, she was talking about how she's sort of been in the forefront of the civil rights movement. i loved her statement. she said "from walking back hallways, from marching with our social leaders, from using my voice for good, i've been in the forefront of this battle longer than most of those voicing their opinions," you know, to win the right to sing on our country's biggest stage. so you know, i -- you know, hats off to gladys. craig, thank you. >> thank you. now swing that camera over and hit it, because it's al's turn in atlanta, and he's got the weather. good morning. >> hey, there. oh, this is a big-time -- we've got two cameras, not just one. we've got all these great folks, patriots fans, all hanging out. and some rams fans, too. let's show you what we have going on as far as your

weather's concerned. and we start off out west this hour. it's their turn in the barrel as far as getting some wet, rough weather. we're talking about heavy showers, thunderstorms making their way in from the pacific northwest. secondary system then comes in tomorrow, late tonight into tomorrow, bringing heavy rain. building the snowpack up in the mountains, though, could be some mudslides we're going to be watching for. a lot of rainfall, especially from san francisco all the way down to southern california. we could be looking at 4 to 7 inches of rain in the mountains and the foothills, so we're going to be watching in extremely we've got a few more hours of that rain, and we'll be moving into the bay area, so we are going to start out with some lighter showers by early afternoon. it will become more widespread going into the evening commute, also when the winds will really start to pick up. pockets of heavy rain, here we are at 7:30 this evening, and we're going to see some widespread rain continuing through overnight, and the

potential of thunderstorms for tomorrow. then that second system moves in on sunday, that brings us more rain into monday, and some very to cold temperatures to follow it. we could deal with freezing early next week. is an extremel friendly crowd. they've bonded with our camera guy kevin. they're all going kevin, over here. this is kevin. this is kevin right here. there's kevin. >> hi kevin. >> hi kevin. kevin, over here. >> get with your fans. >> is al holding the camera? >> yes, roker's holding the camera. >> you're a little out of focus, al. >> i love it. >> thanks, kev. >> thank you. just ahead, all the inspiration hoda, you need to get across the finish line. you're on day eight. j.lo our friend has finished her no sugar, no carb challenge. she's celebrating with carbs and a phone call here. plus al and craig's great adventure in atlanta. wait until you see what these

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opioids in an attempt to assign to purdue liability for all misuse of opioids. reportedly valued at $13 billion, the sackler family is among the richest families in america, so wealthy the metropolitan museum of art, guggenheim and american museum of history have sackler wings. the sackler name is plastered on institutes and schools of medicine, and in 2017, duchess of cambridge kate middleton attended a ceremony to open the sackler courtyard made of porcelain at london's victorian albert museum. this morning the sackler name synonymous with culture and prosperity now being called into question after allegations they profited off people's suffering. >> also in this filing, richard sackler complained that he was getting too much information about the dangers of purdue opioids after setting up one of those google alerts for news about oxycontin. the filing says his staff immediately offered to replace

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that rain moves out. let's get an update on the commute now from mike. >> kari, it's friday so we're seeing that lighter commute hold up. the south bay bottom of your screen shows the most build, a little orange there but not much of a problem. morning means it's slower into the 50s really. where i circled here for oakland north out of san leandro, slows up toward the coliseum. that crash we're going to clear that icon because it's cleared from the roadway. you see the slowing around high street. hesitation just like my delivery there. san mateo bridge is slower. back to you. >> thanks a lot. happening now, students in oakland vowing to walk out of class today. they're doing so in support of oakland school teachers who today wrap up a strike authorization vote. the walkout is supposed to happen just before noon. we're posting updates as they come in to our twitter feed. a beg development this morning for the race for president. democratic new jersey senator and stanford grad cory booker throwing his hat into the ring. booker posted his announcement with a video on social media. head to our twitter feed to link

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coming up, when will it end? more than 100 million people have felt the sting of record setting low temperatures from that deadly polar vortex. >> right now i'm finding anywhere to hide because it's too cold. >> al says relief is finally on the way, his forecast for the weekend just ahead. then, making a splash, we'll check in with al and craig as they take on atlanta ahead of super bowl sunday. >> hello, who do you think's going to win the super bowl serby? >> is that a rams pick sm. >> i think it's a ram's pick.

a live interview with nfl star drew brees, how he's feeling about watching the game along with the rest of the country after that controversial no call that ended the saint's season. and there's always room for j.lo, jennifer lopez joins us live fresh off her own no sugar no carbs ten-day challenge, and hoda heads to the final stretch. >> i want to just get my hands under that and drag it over. >> can she make it to super bowl sunday? the countdown is on today friday, february 1st, 2019. ♪ >> best friends in a big city. >> celebrating my sweet 16. >> turning 13, 13 degrees. >> my "today" show in connecticut. >> nurses from vermont. >> happy 36th anniversary mom and dad, we love you!

>> celebrating my big 14 in the big apple! >> we have a real teen scene out there. i counted three teenage birthdays out there on the plaza. >> you're right. i mean, we know that roker and craig have a big crowd in atlanta, but we've got a nice hearty crowd here too. >> hearty's the word. >> keep those my today plaza messages. record a short video, put it on twitter, on insta, all you have to do is #mytodayplaza. >> every time we see them we go. aww. >> you know when also hoda says aww when she sees this shot. it's drew brees, he's going to join us live from atlanta just ahead. >> look a the tht this man, jus at him. >> we're going to talk to you in just a bit. >> if we haven't creeped you out. it's the super bowl, the buildup to super bowl liii is getting louder and more intense. craig is in atlanta taking it all in. hey, craig, good morning. >> good morning to you.

the city of atlanta appears to be ready for super bowl liii. thousands of officers from some 50 separate agencies are patrolling around the clock on the ground, in the air, f-16 jets has become the norm here, also patrolling in the skies. some 10,000 security cameras are being used to keep more than a million fans safe. that's the number expected to descend on the capital of the south for the super bowl. meanwhile, on the field the teams would appear to be ready as well. of course tom brady going for a record sixth championship ring. jared goff, the young upstart looking to unseat a dynasty. you've got bill belchick taking on sean mcvay. sean mcvay the coach of the rams, would be the youngest coach to ever win a super bowl. so many story lines. we should also point out that both of these teams by super

bowl standards are also relatively healthy as well. we should have a good game come sunday. the pats perhaps unsurprisingly at this point favored by three or four >> all right, craig. thank you so much. we'll be watching. >> the trump administration announced this morning that the u.s. is pulling out of a landmark nuclear missile treaty with russia. the 1987 agreement bans both sides from stationing short and intermediate range missiles in europe. u.s. officials say russia has been violating the deal for more than five years, a claim that moscow denies. the possible collapse of the treaty has many in europe worried that the u.s. and russia will once again deploy intermediate range missiles there as they did in the '80s. >> well, it's the beginning of february. february marks american heart month. like a lot of folks today we are wearing red to raise awareness about women and heart disease. a new study from the american heart association finding nearly half of all americans have some

form of heart or blood vessel disease including high blood pressure. a large part is because the threshold for measuring high blood pressure was lowered adding millions to the category. heart disease remains is leading cause of death in america. the numbers are edging upward i in recent years. most of it is preventable by controlling weight and diet and getting more exercise and avoiding smoking. this spring will mark 25 years since the nation was riveted to live tv drama like no other. we're talking about the o.j. simpson bronco chase. tonight nbc's ""dateline"" looks at what happened after the bronco pulled off the highway. >> and looking down and appeared to be very defeated and focused on himself. >> the full report will air tonight at 10/9 central right here on nbc. it is 8:05. we are ready for a friday boost.

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the things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. and welcome back to atlanta, just a few hours away from super bowl liii, and look who we have here, drew brees. super bowl championship winning quarterback, always good to see you my friend, how are you? >> thank you, you too. >> thanks for coming by. >> no problem. >> let's start with what everyone's been talking about for the past few weeks. that blown call from the nfc championship game. we heard from your coach yesterday, sean payton said he had been trying to get over it by watching netflix and eating a bunch of ice cream. >> yeah. >> there's the call that was missed. actually, two calls. not just the pass interference

but the helmet to helmet, how has drew brees been getting over that, and what have you been telling who dat nation? >> well, listen, it's been difficult. that was a heartbreaking loss. obviously we all had the expectation that we would be here and obviously worked so hard for it. but you know, you just -- you have to worry about the things that you can control, and obviously that's something we don't control. we would have liked for that call to have been made, but it wasn't. so as we think about and look forward to next season, i love our team, and i love the opportunity that we have. i think we have the best fans in the country in all the sports, and their passion and emotion were certainly felt, you know, after that game over the last week and a half, but at the end of the day, man, we are such a tight-knit family, the who dat nation, and there's lots of good times ahead for us. >> speaking of who dat nation, i have one of your loyal members with me as well. >> that's right. >> one hoda kotb, favorite

daughter of new orleans. hoda's back in new york with savannah and carson. hoda. >> hey, drew, how are you? good morning. >> i'm doing all right. >> i feel your pain. my heartbreaks every time i see that repeat. i wish i didn't have to see it over and over again. drew, do you think that roger goodell did enough to kind of apologize for what went down on that day? >> well, i think it would have been nice he come out on monday or tuesday after the game and addressed it immediately. i think he basically waited until he absolutely had to, which was at his annual super bowl press conference. i don't really think he said much during most of that press conference. at the end of the day, again, for us as players we can only worry about the things we can control, so you understand that officials have a very tough job, and there's a lot of calls that are made and not made throughout the course of a game. it's just tough when something that meaningful happens at the end of the nfc championship game

that arguably would have sent us to the super bowl, and the call wasn't made and it was a very obvious call. again we don't control that. we control the things that happen before and after that game that might have allowed us the opportunity to be playing here. unfortunately we're not here. >> one of the things that happened after that play is you sat with your family, with your kids, and i'm sure you guys had a chat about it. this had to be in some way i guess a teachable moment. what did you say to your kids after this? >> you know, that's a great question because, you know, they were sobbing crying, i think like a lot of people were, and i think you tell them that, again, that there are some things that happen throughout the course of your career or in sports or in life that don't go your way, but you just continue to work. you continue to strive, you continue to stay very, very positive, and you know that if you continue to do things the right way, good things will happen. >> drew, carson daly here, con g grats on a big season. sometimes life is bigger than

even this weekend. you got to meat a real life hero, they're lifelong saints fans. you gave them tickets to the super bowl. what was that moment like for you? >> that's an incredible moment. i have such a profound respect for our military, the sacrifices they make on a daily basis, and every chance that we get to be around them, to meet their families and then to give them an opportunity like this where father, son get to share in a really special super bowl moment together, they were saints fans so they were wishing we were in the game just like we were, but just for them to be able to have that moment was so special. >> drew, this is savannah, i have to put you on the spot. do you have any predictions for the game on sunday? >> uh-oh. >> i do, but i'm going to keep them to myself. >> right. >> we don't care, do we, drew? we don't care. >> fair enough. >> no, we don't care. >> we don't care. >> drew, thank you so much.

>> thank you. >> we really appreciate you. >> one of the things -- one of the things about drew brees and i said this to you last year in minneapolis, wherever you fall on the spectrum in terms of fan dom, no classier act in the nfl than drew brees. >> agreed. >> absolutely. we love you, drew. >> thank you, drew. >> mentioned al is in atlanta as well, and he's got an eye on the forecast. hey, al, good morning. >> hey, good morning, guys. we got the cheerleaders for the pats and the rams, got all these nice folks behind us. let's take a look and see what we have for you this hour, and we are expecting to see that winter blast finally on the down swing. look at those windchills, they're still bad, but nowhere near as bad as they were 48 hours ago. if you take a look at the chaunchaun changes we've seen this weekend, chicago's high on wednesday -- by monday 55, a 60 degree swing

in st. louis. as we make our way into the east where it's been chilly, cleveland you were at 8 yesterday, 25 in d.c. 16 in new york city. look at this, look at these temperature changes. big jumps, 32 degrees warmer in d.c., 39 in new york city, 47 degrees warmer in cleveland. we like -- that's t 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. storm ranger showing some light showers approaching parts of the north bay cost. we'll see more of that moving in as we see the storm moving closer to the bay area. we have a lot of the rain and the clouds to work through over the next 24 to 48 hours. and we're going to start to see some of the light rain moving in by noon today and getting heavier in time for the evening commute. some of those downpours may be heavy and continue throughout the next several days. it tails off with some cold temperatures and some low elevation snow. >> and that is your latest weather.

ladies. >> thank you so much, al. look what the cat drug in, it's willie geist. >> thanks. >> so happy to have you. will you hang for pop start? >> absolutely. whatever you want. >> thank you, buddy. thank you for hanging. first up, will ferrell, it's been almost 15 years since the release of the film "anchorman" in which he standard as ron burgundy. now he's stepping back into that role but in a different way. i heart radio and funny or die are bringing the ron burgundy podcast. take a look. >> what are your thoughts on climate change? >> is it upsetting that you can't fly? is it hard for you to eat chicken? let's talk about pete rose. do you ever run into that guy because he owes me money. can chickens have epilepsy? have people ever thrown batteries or pennies at you? what is the deal with the philly fanatic? morgan na, the kissing bandit, was she ever caught? you hatch out of the egg onto the field, what was that like?

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swagger? was it oscar nomination for junebug. >> i still don't think i have the swagger. i don't know if i have swagger. >> really, but you walk into a room and you're confident now. >> oh, yeah. >> you know you belong. >> i know that i love what i do and i know i'm willing to do the work. it's so weird. i still, like, shirk away from the word movie star or any of that. make me uncomfortable. >> is that the plan? >> but adams is completely at ease in her latest oscar-nominated role as vice president dick cheney's wife lynn in the film "vice." >> you have the courage to become someone or i'm gone. >> realize she was a force of nature from the very beginning of her marriage and her relationship with dick cheney. >> yes, she was a force. and she was very outspoken, and a staunch defender of her family and her husband. >> did you find her to be a more sympathetic character than you might have imagined? >> i think for me, i have to let go of my opinion of, especially

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way, is nominated for best actor and "vice" is nominated for best picture. he put on 40 pounds, four hours in the makeup chair. she's great. >> 80% of the scenes amy is in, you forget it's her. that's how much she is lynne cheney. >> she tells funny stories about starting in dinner theater in minnesota and rising up to hollywood's a-list and still being uncomfortable. >> which means she's normal. >> the record speaks for itself. her sixth oscar nomination. >> sixth. >> every she touches is gold. >> that's right. >> all right. >> you can see more of our interview this weekend on sunday today, and you can listen, by the way, to the entire unedited conversation and our library of other sunday sitdowns. >> it's a shame you haven't gotten a good guest yet. >> we're working on it. what are you guys do next week? we could use a big booking. >> your podcast is now, but now we have to listen to the ron burgundy podcast. >> all in on the podcast.

>> you should stay for this. jennifer lopez is calling us up. we're going to get over the last two days of the ten-day challenge. >> plus, from the super bowl, all the fun al and craig are having in atlanta, including an encounter with whales. i )m kira

a tense police chase - ends in a loud - and dramatic - good morning. it's 8:26. i'm kyra clapper. a tense police chase ends in a loud and dramatic arrest. [ yelling ] >> that is the last part of a pursuit starting in newark that ended in san jose this morning. a police canine subdued one of two suspects. freemont police tell us their officers were warned about a stolen car headed their way from newark. officers spotted the car and a chase started. it continues on four separate highways before the car crashed in san jose. officers arrested one suspect around 4:00 a.m. the second suspect was arrested an hour later. let's check in with mike

inouye who has a check on the commute. >> nothing like that going on on the highways but right now we're looking at, still, a little slower than you'd like. it's only 24 minutes from highway 4 to this at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's great. we had this clearing earlier. it's only 8:27 now.clearing, no. around the bay, a lighter friday commute. south bay, a little slower than you might like. mountain view out of san jose, midmorning, late afternoon, we'll get a lot more traffic. so be careful as that rain comes in. >> thanks for that update. i'll have another update in half an hour. see you then.

hey, everybody, 8:30 on this friday morning, the first day of february 2019. we have not one but two happy crowds. they're the folks out here with us on the plaza. we've got 13 degrees out here. plus, there are a lot of football fans down in atlanta. they got their own pep rally. that's where al and craig are spending a little time. hey, guys, how are you doing? >> it's fantastic, and such energy. such energy. >> we've got spirit, and of course we've got these great super bowl beanies thanks to new

era cap. >> you have a crowd moment? >> i do. i have an atlanta crowd moment. i am looking for brenda, brenda from -- bren da? >> yeah. all right. hang on. so you're from rhode island, but you live here now? >> no, live in rhode island. i came down for my birthday to see my girlfriend who lives here. >> happy birthday. >> this is a big one. >> my daughter came and surprised me. >> you daughter came. >> i'm jody. >> nice to meet you. >> happy birthday by the way. where are you watching the game on sunday? >> well, right now we're going to the hoodson grill with the atlanta patriot fans. the patriot fans have their own bar, and there will be about 2,000 of them. >> i've got a better idea, how about you go to the super bowl? i think that would be a better place to watch the game.

>> oh, my gosh! you hold those for mom. enjoy the game. thank you so much for coming out this morning. happy birthday. any woman that wears a onesie on live national television deserves to go to the super bowl, wouldn't you say? >> i love that reaction, too. >> that is awesome. >> that really is. >> she was excited. >> speaking of the big game, i think it's really about the food, don't you? it's about the spread. in a minute we're going to have wings, nachos, chili, and yes all the recipes you need to eat your way through the game. >> right, not the point spread, the food spread. >> that ten-day challenge ends right on super bowl sunday. jennifer lopez is going to talk to us. she apparently is gorging as we speak. her ten-day challenge is over. she's going to help me get the last couple of days under my belt. we're going to meet the

woman who created those amazing costumes for "black panther" and how she could make history at the oscars. mr. roker back in atlanta, we need a check of the weather. >> all right, guys, let's take a look, see what we have for you. looking ahead towards the weekend. let's start off, tomorrow ground hog's day. that's right. it's supposed to be cold and mostly cloudy. punxsutawney phil should not see his shadow, which could mean an early spring, but i guarantee you they're going to somehow see it. i don't understand it. anyway, we're looking at a glad threat saturday in southern california, central california. finally get a break of winter in the midsection of the country, rain in florida, sunday, sunday, warming up in the mid-atlantic through the ohio river valley. mountain snows through the plains, wet weather in california, and for the super bowl here we go, super bowl liii sunday 6:30, clouds, showers, they're probably going to be closing the dome over there at the mercedes benz stadium, 57 degrees.

there here's what's happening in your neck of the ewoods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. the clouds rolling over san francisco right now and the rain is not far behind. we're seeing it just offshore. some rain we'll tracking. but over the next couple of hour, we have a little bit more time before the rain arrives. so now's the time to get ready for rain that will be here at 3:00 this afternoon. continuing for the evening commute with gusty winds. a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow as the rain continues off and on through sunday. colder temperatures moving in for early next week. >> and that is your latest weather. guys. >> all righty, al, thank you so much. the big talk around here is j.lo's no carb, no sugar, no fun ten-day challenge. >> it's day eight for me. carson, would you remind me again how long you lasted? >> a couple hours. >> in a minute we're going to get some inspiration for the home stretch from jennifer lopez herself. but first, what a week it's been

for us. jennifer lopez, one of the hardest working women in show biz, known for her age defying looks. >> no sugar, no carbs, ten days. >> so when j.lo challenges you to something health related. >> hoda, i know you're up for a good challenge. >> you must accept. >> i'm excited and i want to do it. >> and recruit others to join you. >> will you all do it with me for ten days? >> we'll see. >> i will. i'll do it with you. >> with carson on board, a call from j.lo herself. >> it's no sugar, no carbs. >> we have a confession cam that we're going to confess to our sins in case we cheat on it. just ahead it is confession time. how did carson and i do with j.lo's no carbs, no sugar. >> you must be starving. >> i am starving. >> i had alcohol, which is like no duh, and i poured some coffee mate in some coffee, but other than that, it's amazing. >> a pretty solid start for me, but as for carson. >> i have still not started the j.lo challenge. as i mentioned yesterday, it's

really just not for me. i got off to a rocky start because on friday my beautiful sister made a delicious homemade chicken pot pie that i was not willing to part with. . i was going to eat it because she made it and it was delicious. >> nice and golden. >> a recipe carson's sister quinn shared on "today" by popular demand. >> i made a special one for you. >> it's yummy broccoli. >> it's just broccoli. >> very funny as our ten-day challenge became a solo mission which gave me more energy and more cravings. >> i want a warm, crispy pancake with that warm syrup just. >> as i began to struggle, j.lo showing us the rocks that she's got, all six of them, her day nine progress picture serving as strong motivation to finish. >> i want to just get my hands under that and drag it over. >> even with carson's charitable attempt to break me. >> i will give $5,000 to your favorite charity if you eat

this. >> oh, oh! what about just a bite? >> one bite. >> carbs for a cause, tempting but no. >> okay. how about this, i'm going to give $5,000 to my favorite charity instead of taking a bite of that. >> you know what? then i'm going to give 5,000. >> we'll double it up. >> my resolve paying off in a big way as j.lo and her boyfriend alex rodriguez matched both of our donations. >> carson, you're a devil. you're a demon, but hoda, you're a beast, you're a savage. >> all said with love. by the way, two days left to go. jennifer lopez finished her challenge. she's on the phone with us. good morning. >> con grtlatigratulations j.lo >> good morning, guys. good morning, how are you feeling? >> i can feel sunday coming already. i'm already envisioning exactly what i'm going to inhale. jennifer, tell us what you ate right when it was over. >> right when it was over, it was funny i was like i'm going to get up in the morning and

have oatmeal. i just needed some carbs, some fiber, something, and then i only had had like three bites and i was like i'm done with this. >> really? you had oatmeal? were pancakes not available. >> pancakes were available and french toast and everything else. i just wanted oatmeal. you don't have as much of a craving. and then during the day i said i was going to cook and i cooked and i ate, and you just can't fit as much down. >> right. how did alex do? >> alex went crazy. >> oh, my gosh. >> that is gluttonous. >> i feel like you hoda do right now. i was dreaming about what i was going to eat, but the truth is it's like you get to a point where you can't fit that much down after you've removed that much of the carbs because that's really what bloats you and gives you all that inflammation. >> we should point out you challenged me and then a bunch of our affiliates from around

the country are getting in on the challenge, jennifer, next week. they all wanted it try to see if they could go ten days, too. so this thing is kind of inspiring other people around the country to try it. i think it's kind of cool. >> yes, it's been amazing. everywhere we go people come up to us and say -- because they've seen it on the show or seen it on our kmesocial media, they're like how's it going? i'm going to start it. i had my birthday this week, but i'm going to do it next week. i'm going to do five days, you know, with just eating normal and then i'm going to go back to doing it for another ten days, so maybe people can join me on the second roupd. >> what did you learn in the ten days that you'll carry over into sort of the rest of the year? >> just how much of a difference taking sugar out of your diet not only makes you feel but what it does to your body. i'm literally physically, i mean hoda you look amazing. when i wrote that that day i was like is it me or -- >> she looks good, we're looking at her close up. >> she feels like crap, but she

looks great. >> she looks good but she had a couple of grouchy days j.lo. you don't have to live with her. >> you know that song we love? you taught us to dance to it? >> we have our own verse. >> okay. you ready? >> hold on. burrito, yay, yay, mojito, dorit dorito, tostito. >> mexican food. >> that's right. >> i want to say thank you for one more thing. when we were talking about pledging to my favorite charity, it's a little charity called groove with me. it is helps young girls from spanish harlem like learn to dance. i want to thank you for your donation and for alex's donation. >> thank you, guys. >> when carson tried to pull that, it was so cruel because i knew how much i wanted something and for somebody to put a pastry in your face like that. >> i know. i don't know what i was thinking. >> it was the devil himself. >> i thought her answer, though,

j.lo was genius. she immediately was like i'm not going to break it, i'm going to give 5,000 to charity, then i doubled up. then you came in then alexcito came in and now we've got 20 grand for this great charity. >> i think the real winner is she who chooses not to play. i've been feeling great all week. i've been eating, drinking, and really enjoying this. >> yes, but you're losing out in the long run, baby. >> i know. >> jennifer, we love you. thank you so much for calling in. you can see more video of the ten-day challenge. it's all over on sunday, but head to one small thing account on instagram you can follow. >> you ready to gorge on sunday? >> i'm ready. >> what's your first bite? >> we're talking about a little onion dip. >> lay's? >> i need a scoop. >> but on what kind of chip. >> the scoop chip. >> the scoop chip. >> oh, the tostito's scoop with

the onion dip. >> you might want to go outside for the next ten minutes. we've got recipes for a world class super bowl spread to feed your guests who are eating on sunday. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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i've got fish sauce, which smells like crap, but when you cook it it's amazing. you're going to add fish sauce to the honey, and we're going to marinate this chicken. mix that up. >> fish sauce and honey. >> that's it. >> the trick to any like wing in the world is honey. honey makes it delicious. >> that's perfect. pour half of that in the bag and half in the pan. >> all right, the honey's a little difficult. >> you got it carson, you're good, baby. this is going to reduce down to a really good kind of -- carson, you're crushing it. you're doing awesome. >> all right, let's go babe. >> this goes for three hours marinating. this becomes a nice little sauce. >> love it. >> this is three hours right here. >> that's marinating. that's your sauce. >> what we're going to do now is add corn starch and panko bread crumbs. this makes it so crispy, so delicious. remember the shake and bake thing? >> yeah, of course. >> it's easy, right? >> love it. >> at that point you can take one out and add it to our little friends here. >> got it. >> these are already kind of coated, right, and then you can

add these. >> what's holding onto this stuff? >> the marinade. you're going to add these to a 350 -- >> what are the girls doing over there? what are you eating? >> there's nothing to eat. >> hoda, i am so disappointed. >> i am too. i love your food. >> ladies and gentlemen, that is the worst super bowl party in america. >> savannah's eating. savannah's doing it. >> minus savannah. >> we're frying these for about ten minutes. and they out so delicious. >> is that real beer or not? >> of course it is. >> savannahs i talked to her, she was doing it for real. >> these go in for how long? >> ten minutes. >> i've got a little bit of that reduced sauce. we pour them over the wings after they come out. >> isn't that insane? >> savannah can you eat the chicken or no. >> i'm not like a wings person. >> oh, yeah. that's beautiful. >> try one. >> try one. >> this is? >> this is l.a. kind of giving you that asian vibe. >> oh, god, that is amazing.

>> it's awesome. those are the wings. we made a guacamole with soy sauce and with roasted garlic. >> very almost food truck tasting from l.a. >> yes. >> now we're moving on to the east coast. >> we've got two minutes for the patriots. >> this is a buffalo cauliflower dip. that's kind of a mixture of both cultures there. for the patriots we are making nachos. this is boston style nachos. we've got some cream cheese. >> cheddar cheese. >> we've got some mustard. this is kind of bringing home the irishness of boston. you mix all this stuff up. >> is that mozzarella? what's the other white cheese? >> the white cheese is just a cheddar. >> it's cheddar two ways like vermont, right? then we've got our chips. these are patriot colors, babe. i've got corned beef. >> that's kind of different. >> do you do a good sammy davis junior impression? have you ever tried? you would be good. >> because i call you babe? maybe i'm just vibing with you

carson. then i add some pickled peppers. >> you don't layer it, just boom put it down. >> add it right to the pan, mix it up, and then make a little well, and then carson, you're going to add, this is the spread we just made in the middle. people are going to doctoring the chip through. >> we're going to cook this off, right? >> scrape it out. you got it. carson's doing good. you told me you actually cook at home. >> my wife does a lot of it. but yeah, i have two arms, and i can put dip into a pan barely. >> this goes in at 350. it looks like that. >> you didn't sprinkle cheese around here. >> thank you, thank you. and a little mustard seed and old bay. >> ooh, i like the old bay. that's new england. >> isn't that cool? >> yeah. let's try that. this is insane. >> can you eat that, savannah? the chicken dip? >> i can eat everything. >> she's eating it all. >> i just spilled chips all over. >> what do you think of it? >> did you put something sweet in the guacamole? >> soy sauce and it's roasted

garlic. those are the secrets. >> it's a little different taste and i like it. >> both of these are classic super bowl items but you've elevated both of them. >> i feel like -- >> is that possible? >> i think one's an east coast beer. one's a west coast beer. honestly these flavors are on a whole other level. thank you, joel. >> you crushed that right there. who do you like in the game seriously? >> l.a. rams, dude. >> we're going to have these recipes up at today.com/food. we're back for more from new york and the big game's host city, we'll take you back down to atlanta in a little bit, but first this is "today" on nbc. girls, eat . how'ups

>> are you ready? >> super bowl liii a few hours away here in atlanta. >> all the cheerleaders, the masco mascots. also we want to thank the nfl for those tickets for brenda who got the two super bowl tickets. she was in line at 5:30 this morning. >> that's pretty impressive. coming up on the third hour, we're going to have our great adventure here in atlanta, very exciting, and dylan and i go to the akc museum of the dog with our dogs. >> really? >> we are going to the dogs. >> going to the dogs literally and figuratively. >> we hung out with beluga when i wills whales ate some barbecue. who do you guys have in the game? >> doritos. >> you got the rams? >> hard to bet against belchick and brady but i'd like to see the rams do it. >> how are those wings? they looked so delicious. >> i love the moment in atlanta giving brenda those tickets. here's a girl that shows up at

the set we have down there, it's freezing cold, happy to be there and then the nfl and you guys give her tickets to the game. >> how are those wings? >> she came and asked me. >> take some home from chef joel and eat them on sunday. >> i hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the super bowl. >> enjoy, we're back in a moment. >> eat some carbs and sugar, everything in moderation. >> we're coming back. it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the

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she only takes one sliver because she's only had -- >> monday morning in her coffee mug is going to be chicken wings. next on the third hour, more from al and craig in atlanta and al and dylan, they visit thei ) oakland students this good morning, it is 8:56. oakland students this morning are promising to walk out of their classrooms, doing it to support oakland school teachers who today are wrapping up a strike authorization vote. oakland tech students are amok those threatening to walk out a little before noon. teachers have been working without a new contract for months. negotiations appear to be stalled. earlier this week, the school

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. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. i am dylan here with sheinelle and willie is joining us, al and craig down at the super bowl in atlanta, super bowl liii. we will talk to them in just a moment while they apparently freeze. >> he's like jumping up and down. >> it's a balmy 30 degrees here with a windchill of about -- makes it about 25. it's fantastic. >> warmer than new york. >> it is funny when i was outside this morning, when i was in minneapolis at