afternoon. of course with the rain com down in parts of san francisco and the east bay, it's going to make it for a rough morning. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with more live local news at 7:25. overnight. the controversial move coming after dozens of states refused to settle with the drug maker. we're live with the very latest. locked and loaded, president trump warns of a strong military response after an attack on one of the world's biggest oil

facilities, the u.s. pointing the finger at iran as oil prices surge worldwide. a live report from the region just ahead. plus, under fire, calls to impeach supreme court justice brett kavanaugh after a new allegation of sexual misconduct. our exclusive interview with the reporters who broke that story. headed to prison, what felicity huffman's sentence could mean for lori loughlin and dozens of other parents accused in the college admissions scandal. >> and remembering a legend, tributes pouring for in ric ocasek, monday, september 16th, 2019. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, welcome to "today," we're so happy you're joining us on this monday

morning. savannah has the day off. craig melvin joining us now, singing the cars music, and we're going to get to his passing in a little bit. >> he meant a lot to rock 'n' roll fans. a lot to get to, breaking news, three of the most vital industries, car business, drug manufacturers, and the oil and gas industry. the strike at general motors, 50,000 union workers walking off the job at plants and warehouses around the country. nbc's anne thompson is at one of those picket lines in detroit. hey, anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.contract expired over the weekend, but instead o extending the contract, the uaw decided to strike gm. the union is upset over gm's plans to idle four factories in the u.s. but the union leadership has

problems of its own. >> mighty mighty union. >> reporter: this morning the uaw hit the picket line before the sun came up. >> we work hard. we bleed, we sweat, we cry when it comes to these cars. we want to be treated fairly. >> they can do better and they should. >> reporter: 46,000 gm factory workers walking off the job at 31 plnts nationwide, angry that the company they say has not made a good ith contract offer. after the union helped lift it from bankruptcy in 2008 to nearly $12 billion in profits last year. >> we work hard to make this company profitable and we deserve a fair contract because we've helped make this company what it is. >> reporter: in a highly unusual move, gm made its offer public, promising $7 billion in investments including eight facilities in four states, 5,400

jobs, wage or lump sum increases in each of the four years of the proposed contract. and solutions for some of its unallocated plants. among those factories now idle plants in lordstown, ohio, and warren, michigan, and the detroit plant slated to close. president trump who criticized the shuttering of the lordstown plant tweeting sunday, here we go again, calling on gm and the uaw to get together and make a deal but union leadership says the current offer doesn't do enough for its workers. >> we are standing up for our share of the profits. >> reporter: the strike comes as the union faces troubles of its own, a federal corruption probe ensnaring some current and former leaders, the justice department investigating alleged embezzling of hundreds of thousands of union dollars that includes a nearly $6,600 steak dinner, complete with four bottles of cristal, the champagne alone totaling more

than 1,700 bucks. >> anne, as this strike gets underway there, how much could it end up costing general motors, do we know? >> reporter: craig, this could be a very expensive strike for gm. last time when the uaw struck in 2007, it cost gm then an estimated $300 million a day. now, that strike only lasted two days. the two sides are back at the negotiating table today, but there is no indication as to when they will reach an agreement. >> all right. anne thompson for us in detroit. thank you. now to another major story that is impacting american drivthning, a tax on crucial oil facilities in saudi arabia. they've caused oil prices to surge worldwide and with u.s. officials blaming iran, president trump is warning he's prepared to take military action. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely joins us from israel. hey, bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda.

it was an attack in the dark in the saudi arabian desert. it is not clear it has raised the possibility of a u.s. military strike on iran, and possibly will raise your gas prices. the fallout from this attack on the world's biggest oil production facility is growing. it's still unclear who did it, but new satellite photos show multiple pinpoint attacks id a plume of black smoke. secretary of state mike pompeo says iran is to blame but offered no evidence. president trump didn't name iran but tweeted what appears to be a threat of military action warning there's reason to believe we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but we're waiting to hear from saudi arabia as to who they believe was the cause of this attack and under what terms we would proceed. iran denies involvement, its foreign minister accusing the u.s. of moving from maximum

pressure to maximum deceit. iranian backed rebels from yemen released this propaganda video claiming ten of their drones hit the facility. president trump's threat echoes a similar warning in june after iran shot down a u.s. drone. he called off a military strike on iran with minutes to spare. recently he suggested he was open to talks with iran. >> i can tell you that iran wants to meet. >> reporter: the first opportunity in new york in just over a week when world leaders meet at the un. >> we have never committed to that meeting at the united nations general assembly. the president just said he's looking at it. >> reporter: rising military tension and rising gas prices, the oil price surged 10% overnight, one analyst telling nbc news, gas at the pumps could rise 25 cents a gallon. the president releasing oil reserves if needed for the first time in 8 years to keep oil

flowing at home. it is extraordinary, this was the biggest single hit ever on global oil supply, but the big question this morning is military, what will president trump do now as he says the u.s. is locked and loaded and who will the saudis blame. so far they have neither named nor blamed their arch enemy iran. hoda, craig, back to you. >> bill neely, thank you. breaking overnight, purdue pharma, the company that made billions selling oxycontin has filed for bankruptcy. kate snow has covered the opioid crisis extensively for us. we talked about this being a possibility last week. >> this is not unexpected, this bankruptcy filing. last week we told you that purdue was trying to reach a settlement with the thousands of cities and states that have sued the company over its role in the opioid crisis but two dozen states refuse to settle and now we're looking at a showdown in

bankruptcy court as soon as tomorrow. overnight, purdue pharma, maker of oxycontin, filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move seen as the next step in trying to settle more than 2,600 lawsuits from states, counties and cities who blame the drug maker for aggressively marketing painkillers and failing to warn people about the risks. it comes after settlement talks between the parties stalled out. purdue had offered a potential agreement valued at 10 to $12 billion. the company would have dissolved and reformed with future profits going to plaintiffs, the sackler family, the 19th richest in the country would have paid $3 billion themselves. 23 states and a group representing all the local governments agreed to the terms, nbc news confirmed that at least 26 states including big players like massachusetts, new york, and connecticut were opposed. >> they helped to start this fire that's now engulfed the country, and then they poured

gasoline on it, and instead of helping us put it out, it seems they're going to choose now to watch it burn. >> reporter: on friday new york's attorney general said the sackler family made at least a billion dollars in wire transfers, fuelling claims the owners were trying to hide assets. on sunday, the purdue board voted to go ahead with a bankruptcy filing as a framework for a settlement. rdue releasing a statement overnight saying in part, this settlement framework avoids wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and years on protracted litigation and insad will provide billions of dollars and critical resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis. the sackler family issuing a statement saying in part, we have deep compassion for the victims of the opioid crisis and calling the settlement framework a historic step to address a tragic public health situation. >> so these lawsuits, thousands of them, states and municipalities. >> so many. >> what happens to those lawsuits? >> it all gets folded into this bankruptcy court process now, and as soon as tomorrow we'll have a hearing there and know more about that. these states that have vowed to fight, they are still vowing

this morning. i just got a text message from the massachusetts attorney general's office saying we will now fight this in bankruptcy court, so don't expect those states to back off. >> all right. kate snow for us, keep us posted. >> thank you. also this morning, supreme court justice brett kavanaugh is facing a new allegation of sexual misconduct. and that and more is detailed in a new book from two reporters from the "new york times". nbc's stephanie gosk sat down wi them exclusively. good morning. >> good morning, guys, it's been almost a year since brett kavanaugh was sworn in as supreme court justice. his lifetime appointment is being questioned once again with some top democrats calling for his impeachment. this morning, familiar political this morning, familiar political battle lines are being drawn over supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, igniting it all a previous unreported claim of sexual misconduct from his yale years detailed in the education

of brett kavanaugh by "new york times" reporters robin pogrebin and kate kelly, nbc confirming senate judiciary members and the fbi were alerted to an allegation that kavanaugh reportedly had his pants down at a party, his friends pushing his genitals into a female student's hand according to the book, the allegation made by a male classmate was never investigated the woman declined to be interviewed. her friends saying she does not recall the incident. the classmate and justice kavanaugh have declined to comment to nbc news. it echoes a similar separate allegation made by deborah ramirez, we had seven corroborating sources including two classmates from ramirez and kavanaugh's year at yale who remembered hearing about the event with the identities of the players described within days after it occurred.

>> in an exclusive interview, pogrebin and kelly told how dramatic the alleged movement was. >> being the butt of the joke, reinforced the sense she was not smart enough, resilient enough to belong at yale. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: justice kavanaugh has denied the allegations brought by ramirez and christine blasey ford who went before lawmakers one year ago in an explosive hearing. >> i am here today not because i want to be i am terrified. >> reporter: blasey ford said kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school 2020 democrats including kamala harris and elizabeth warren are calling for his impeachment. president trump who defended kavanaugh during his confirmation process is standing by him, tweeting sunday morning, brett kavanaugh should start suing people for libel the lies being told about him are unbelievable

>> the top democrats in congress, nancy pelosi, and chuck schumer haven't spoken out about the latest allegation of kavanaugh. through they work, the rorters found both women to the credible in their allegations we'll have a lot more from both of them in the 3rd hour of "today." >> thank you. now to the latest on controversial nfl star antonio brown, he did play his first game with the new england patriots yesterday, days after being sued for sexual assault and rape, and today his accuser is expected to meet with nfl investigators. nbc's morgan radford has details on this story. >> good morning. those offfield issues did not seem to impact brown's play on the field, including catching a touchdown pass from tom brady but those problems are definitely not going away. in his debut game with the new england patriots, star wide receiver, antonio brown letting his actions on the field do the

talking. >> brady from the gun, fires, he's got brown. >> catching tom brady's first three passes, then toppi i off with a touchdown >> caught by brown, touchdown. >> but after the pats defeated the miami dolphins sunday, brown headed straight to the locker room making no comment the game brown's first since his former fitness trainer, britney taylor, filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of rape and two other incidents of unwanted sexual contact later today, the former college gymnastics standout is expected to discuss those allegations with nfl investigators taylor never filed a police report and brown faces no criminal charges nfl network reporters ian rappaport telling nbc news, the suit is a distraction the league wants to deal with quickly. >> they want the complete picture, timing is of the essence because there are games played every week. >> two sources say brown and taylor were in settlement talks

for months and when it fell apart, she filed suit. if the pats had known, he doubts they would have signed him. >> they did not know i'm told about these allegations. they did not know that a civil lawsuit was coming neither, by the way, did the nfl. >> over the weekend, brown was let go from his endorsement deal with zenith helmets. post game bill belichick steering clear of the controversy. >> i'll talk about the game. i'm not going to say anymore. >> quarterback tom brady refusing to address whether brown should be playing. >> you know, i don't make any of those decisions. >> through his attorney, antonio brown denies all of the allegations laid out in the lawsuit and says he engaged in a consensual relationship with britney taylor as for taylor she just got married this weekend. >> thank you, morgan. sticking with football now what a finish last night, in that eagles/falcons game on

sunday night football. >> off they go the first and a lot more julio jones out in front touchdown. >> yeah, takes it 54 yards for that touchdown his second td of the night the falcons regain the lead with just over two minutes to go. they hold on to win it 24-20 someone said they clocked him at 20 miles an hour at one point. >> are you kidding the last few seconds have been pretty incredible. >> good start to the season. let's turn it over to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> thank you for getting your first national weather from us we have active tropics right now. one system out coming off the coast of africa, 80% chance of formation. we have humberto, and this system in the gulf a category one storm, may strengthen, 760 miles west of bermuda, moving northeast at 5 it's probably going to cause

some rough surf and strong rip tides from key largo all the way on up into new england it moves away, maybe affecting our friends in bermuda a little bit later but this next system we're worried about is here in the gulf we're watching this start to develop, chance of formation, 10% the next five days this is the area, the zone of development we expect. and once that starts developing, whether it's a tropical system or not, it's going to bring a ton of rain from corpus christi all the way to houston and points to the north. rainfall amounts could equal upward of 8 inches of rain the only silver lining to this, they need the rain there, so this might help just a little bit, bust a little bit of a drought going on there now we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds where a music studio spends less time on hr and payroll, and more time crafting that perfect sound. where the nation's biggest party store can staff up quickly as soon as it's time for fun.

this is the world of adp. hr, talent, time, benefits and payroll. designed for people. good morning i'm kari hall. we're under a micro climate weather alert. we track rain through the bay area. for us we're going to see scattered showers moving through parts of the peninsula now into the east bay. this will affect your morning commute as we see that rain moving over toward lafayette and concord. that's a look at your view in okay l oakland. we'll see this clearing out in the afternoon and we'll see sunshine and highs in the 70s. 't weather, craig. >> we're going to have more from you on that big trip >> that's right. and that's your latest weather, craig. >> we're going to have more from you on that big trip al roker, trip to greenland for an eye opening look at ground zero for climate change, the clues it can give us about what the future holds for us here in

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good morning, everyone. it's 7:26. we have breaking news. a big rig crash absolutely snarling traffic in the east bay. roz plater is live at northbound 680. roz? >> reporter: chp tells us they're optimistic they might be able to open one lane in a couple hours. let's show you what happened to cause all this. right before 2:00 this morning a big rig jackknifed. it hit the median and struck a couple other vehicles. seconds later another big rig clipped that vehicle. that vehicle was carrying fuel.

3,800 gallons of fuel have spilled on to the roadway. they're trying to clean that up with the rain coming down. traffic has been backed up for hours. as the clean-up goes on, at this point they're saying please don't come on this roadway. 680 southbound is also very busy. we can toss to mike and tell them where to go. >> the rain is complicating things. avoid 680 coming out of freemont. your alternate would be niles over to alvarado. mission to alvarado, look how jammed that is. rain and the commute kicking in for oakland. it's kind of soupy near the coliseum. >> we issued the micro climate

alert. crossing the bay we're going to see heavier rain moving through concord. then it clears up this afternoon. we'll continue to track that. scott? >> thank you. we'll have more local news in a half your. see you then. >> announcer: when the way area sees a problem we take action. by area news presents climate in crisis. we're looking at ways to shrink our carbon footprint from the food you eat to the clothes you wear. climate in crisis today at 5:00 on nbc bay area news.

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two big stories breaking overnight. 50,000 auto workers went on strike overnight after contract talks between their union and general motors broke down. the uaw members walked off factory floors and set up picket lines across the country the strike shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states, as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses. gm says it has made substantial offers but union officials say they're far apart on wages, on health care, and the use of temporary workers as well as other issues. also some major news from the pharmaceutical industry this morning. the maker of oxycontin has filed for bankruptcy protection as part of a move to settle thousands of lawsuits, most from state and local governments. purdue pharma and its owners have expressed sympathy but not responsibility for the nation's opioid crisis, about half the plaintiffs have agreed a tentative settlement which the

company says could be worth $12 billion over time. this morning some are questioning whether actress felicity huffman's 14-day prison sentence was too lenient nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer was in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down. good morning. >> good morning, this was a judgment being closely watched by the dozens of defendants who have been arrested in this scandal. it seems to indicate many if convicted could get prison time, including fellow actress lori loughlin but the judge's decision also has many people outraged before felicity huffman has stepped foot in prison, she's walked into a storm of controversy with husband and actor william h. macy by her side, on friday, the actress was sentenced to 14 days in prison some college students calling the judgment too lenient and a whitewash of justice >> i mean, 14 days is just ridiculous. >> it feels like a slap on the hand rather than an actual punishment. >> singer john legend writes i get why everyone gets mad when rich person x gets a short

sentence and poor person of color y gets a long one. the answer isn't for x to get more, it's for both of them to get less before the sentencing, prosecutors noting huffman's fame and wealth several times. emphatically arguing in prison there is no paparazzi, she must go to prison for one month the high stakes hearing closely watched by the 51 defendants charged in the college admissions scandal legal experts say for parents like lori loughlin, who has pleaded not guilty and is headed towards trial, a conviction is certain to mean prison time. perhaps even years behind bars after admitting to paying $15,000 to boost her daughter's s.a.t. score, huffman said in court, i was so wrong, the judge noting compared to other defendants she made one of the smallest bribes, was not a repeat player and did not involve the child. for huffman's crime, a fine, supervised release, community

service, and two weeks behind bars jennifer myers spent 17 months in federal prison and now offers advice to others about doing time >> as long as she's respectful and follows the rules and sort of blends in with everybody else, she's probably going to be okay. >> with huffman's attorney asking the judge to allow the oscar nominee to surrender to this prison in dublin, california, he said it could ease the burden on her family who lives just a few hours away in this hollywood hills estate this morning, one actress accepting her new role as a prisoner while others who were rich or famous wait to learn their fate >> miguel, you mentioned there that the judge noted that felicity huffman paid one of the smallest bribes and didn't involve her children, but many of the other parents are accused of pretty much doing the exact opposite. >> many of them paid hundreds of thousands or are accused of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, also up to a million dollars, and involved their children, said prosecutors

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more to tackle that problem. and al, you recently went to greenland, you had a real eye opening visit there. >> we really did, guys greenland is experiencing another record melt this year on the heels of a record heat wave that just hit in july. more than 400 billion tons of water have gone flooding off the ice sheet and into the ocean that's enough to cover the entire state of florida. it's an event that scientists warn could be happening again and soon >> greenland, a massive island at the top of the world, and one of the most remote places on earth. this breathtaking landscape is ground zero for climate change where the arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet. i traveled here to better understand what all these changes mean for us back home. >> why should they care about what happens in greenland. >> for us, greenland is a bit of

a canary in the coal mine. >> new york university professor david holland invited me on board his ice breaker turned research vessel to see how his family is studying the rapidly melting glaciers. >> is the rate of warming something you're looking at it >> so when we look out on the ocean here it's very cold water and the top several hundred feet are all coming from the arctic ocean and pouring southward, but surprisingly, water from the tropics, gulf stream is lying underneath all of this, and it's flowing towards that glacier and others, and when it hits them, it melts them like crazy. >> our mission today, retrieve then redeploy a device that has been taking daily measurements of the ocean's temperature, saltiness, and depth. >> the warmer water on the bottom from the tropics is what's leading to a lot of the melting of the glacier, it's important to keep track of that layer and how warm it is, and how thick it is. >> there it is

it's up. once we raise it from the deep, data is removed and batteries checked. >> once you download all the data, then what do you do with it >> once we get the data off of it, we can plot it. >> warm water was detected but the actual rise in temperature and its effect will take a year to analyze temperature and its effect will take a year to analyze. it's time to re-submerge next, we take to the skies with nasa's oceans melting greenland mission, better known by the acronym o.m.g similar to the nyu team, scientists are deploying probes to measure the temperature and salt content of the water. >> greenland has enough ice to raise sea levels globally by 25 feet, which is an enormous

amount, if that much sea level rise happened today, hundreds of millions of people around the world would be affected. >> we have clear signs of climate change where we're flying right now >> absolutely. we can see especially in greenland the impact of the warming through the retreat of the glacier. >> the extent of ice melt here in greenland will actually help determine just how high sea deta levels will rise i ended my epic adventure on what's left of the apusiaajik glacier, with guide nico soretto. >> all of this ice that has been falling off since we have gotten here we're hearing it and seeing it falling off and it's going into the ocean. what happens >> it's very important here, standing on ice, to realize that we are on the first step of a

domino effect that then later we call climate change. >> as a matter of fact, just days before we arrived, the nyu team made what could be a ground breaking discovery they actually found that the warmer tropical waters surrounding the front face of the massive helheim glacier, all of that water had totally disappeared and that has the potential to double the rate of melt of the glaciers in greenland which could cause sea level rise so much more quickly. >> it's so obvious that it's happening, i think it's interesting that sometimes when we're here, oh that's happening somewhere far away, it's so obvious to those scientists a no brainer. tomorrow we're going to take a look at how some our treasured landmarks and tourist destinations here in the united states are being threatened by rising waters. >> quickly, going back to something in the piece, why are they measuring the salt in the water.

>> if the salinity is decreasing as that ice water is coming off the glacier, that changes the composition of the ocean water it changes what organisms can live there and changes the entire ecosystem. >> all right al, by the way, how about today's weather, how is that looking. >> we do have that. >> moneys worth out of you today. >> making me work today. we'll show you, we have a lot of warm weather in the midsection of the country, jet stream way up to the north, and then we've got that ridge of high pressure. these dots show where there are record highs likely today. kansas city 92, fargo, 87 degrees, 17 degrees above average. charlton above age, sa for atlanta and jackson. for tomorrow, it continues from minneapolis down to san antonio, out to charleston, and all the way over to denver and we've got warm temperatures for chicago, kansas city, san angelo, washington, d.c. finally cooling down that's what's going on good morning. i'm kari hall. we are under a micro climate weather alert. we track some rainnd

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overnight. >> ric ocasek, the co-founder and lead singer of the iconic band the cars has died carson has a look at his life and legacy this morning. you say it's much more than this band. >> incredible legacy with ric ocasek the cars broke ground in the 70s and 80s, infusing hard rock and new wave into one unforgettable sound. his distinctive voice helped redefine rock 'n' roll in the '80s now fans are mourning the loss of ric ocasek, the co-founder and lead singer of the cars. police say the 75-year-old was found unresponsive at his home in new york city on sunday and was pronounced dead at the scene. ocasek, a baltimore native started the cars in boston in 1976 the band shot to stardom two years later with their self-titled debut album, a slick merger of rock and new wave. the group racked up 13 top 40 singles in the late '70s and early '80s with unforgettable

hits like shake it up. ♪ shake it up, shake it up >> "you might think". ♪ you might think i'm crazy all and "drive" ♪ who's going to drive you home tonight ♪ >> videos that played in heavy rotation in the early days of mtv, helping to propel the band into stardom ocasek opening up about his passion for music on "today" in 1976. >> maybe my work is a hobby in a sense because i like to do what i do so much. >> ocasek was known for his 20 year marriage with paulina porizkova. they divorced last year in what they called a peaceful ration after the cars broke up in the late 80s, ocasek found success as a music producer, with weezer's breakout album, tweeting overnight, we will forever cherish the times we got

to work and hang out with him. the cars were recognized for their induction into the hall of fame this morning, fans remembering ric ocasek as a rock 'n' roll visionary. ♪ it's magic when i'm with you >> much more than a lead singer of a band, you're familiar with those songs. a real artist, this is a guy who produced a ton of records, bands like no doubt, bad religion. weezer as i mentioned in the piece, but a real artist, put out a book of poetry in 1993, he has a prolific painter, had art exhibits. >> a renaissance man. >> learned a lot about him thank you, carson. just ahead, someone with big late night shoes to fill, lilly

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in the meantime don't come out. it's going to be a mess for a while. you'll need an alt rate route. mike, you have suggestions? >> we're talking about areas right around mission. they're ready to open one lane in seconds. that's better news. look at the jam around freemont. mission to alvarado still very jammed. now north 880 is jamming up to heyward and eastbound 580 is a smoother route, but it's got wet roadways. >> you can see the rain falling and heavier rain is approaching. we're seeing it move north to south as the line of showers moves through. that's why we've declared this a micro climate weather alert day. right now some steady rain coming down in san jose.

this clears out this afternoon. we have some better weather in the forecast. scott? more local news in a half hour. see you then.

it's 8:00 on "today", coming up on strike, tens of thousands of gm factory workers walk off the job overnight after negotiations failed between their union and the auto company. >> we need job security. we need jobs right here in the u.s. >> this morning, how the strike could impact the economy. plus, weighing the issue, james corden hits back at bill maher over his comments about fat shaming. >> let's be honest, fat shaming is just bullying that's what it is. it's bullying. >> the details on their high profile back and forth and dear abby, the cast of downton abbey is here live ahead of the premier of their highly

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years now since downton abbey closed its doors, ending that incredible 6 season run that nabbed three golden globes and 15 emmys to go with 69 nominations. >> the wait is ove on friday, fans worldwide will be able to see the family return in the downton abbey movie >> it's 1927 for you modern folk. >> nanny will take care of marigold and anna can look after you. >> really? can she? >> of course >> just like the old days. granny is here and isabel, and a call this afternoon on princess mary. >> has my new ball dress arrived yet? >> not yet, but it will. >> are you busting right now or what joining us now, the cast, michelle dockery, hugh bonneville, elizabeth mcgovern, laura carmichael, allen leech, jim carter and kevin doyle look at you all sitting at this table.

this looks awesome by the way, it's been four years since you all did a real hang as the finale of the show, so you were asked to come together and put this movie together. did you all just fall into character one after the next, was it easy to get back on the bike, hugh >> it was easy to get back on the bike in terms of once we started filming but the biggest challenge for our producers was to get us all sitting around the table like this. >> oh, really? >> we were all in different parts of the world quite literally, and so all credit to them to being persistent in getting us back together. >> that's why this is an interview and a table read, between the sequel, production wanted us to get you together. >> it was one of those finales, you watch the finale, and most are like, you feel like there was something left it was a perfect finale. then you decide to make this movie, everyone is excited and you managed to keep the plot of the movie fairly secretive we know the king and queen are

coming to visit. give us something else. >> that's about it >> that's the whole movie. >> no, there is a dress that doesn't fit. come on. >> huge spoiler there. huge spoiler >> we got nothing. >> we have to pay you. >> talk about from a production standpoint from tv series to film you probably shoot 3, 4, 5 scenes a day when you shoot the tv show. what was it like to shoot the film, was it nice to have the time. >> we had more time, which is always a luxury to have a bit more time, but everything was on a slightly grander scale, you know, in every department. >> the essentials were the same. i was shocked to find that i still had to hit my mark and say my line. >> we didn't have to do anything different. >> did marion, edith still have that relationship, is that still going to be prominent in the movie?

>> you can see from that clip that they kind of got to a point where they were a little more settled in life, and happier, so the frostiness is sort of, it's died down between them. >> we have to be careful because we enjoy playing that so much, so that scene we did a version when we were pretty frosty and the director had to come and say they chilled out a bit >> what about tom, does his evolution continue, i mean, in terms of characters on the show, i feel like tom's character probably evolves more than any other. >> i'm delighted to say tom has been a victim of circumstance and that doesn't change in the movie, he's called on to defend the family in a very big way, and he has to decide where his loyalties lie. >> you're giving us nothing. >> it's pretty good. >> i've got an exclusive for you. >> you do? >> this is an exclusive, and i'm sorry as an englishman to be rude to our host, but you've set the spoons on the inside they should be on the outside. i'm very -- i hate to be critical in such a lovely setting as this, but --

>> there can only be one carson at this table. one of us must go, and it won't be me. >> kevin and i are feeling guilty about sitting down anyway, we've never sat down in a dining room, we're all standing over there. >> we're happy your character came out of retirement. >> so am i. >> and reappeared. tell us a little bit about that. >> at the end of the tv series, i was retired with health issues i like to think of, but do we really want downton abbey without carson, no so luckily i got nice scenes up the path back to the castle, which is great for me. thank heavens, i didn't want to spend the whole film tending vegetables. >> is it true that you guys have played husband and wife multiple times? >> yeah, the third time lucky. we have been married twice before, yeah on screen. and yeah, so this is the third incarnation, and we're very happy about it >> what do you think it is about

this show that has managed to endure i mean, in addition to being wildly popular, obviously there's so much interest surrounding the movie, what is it about the story itself that so many find so compelling. >> i think if we knew the answer to that, we would be sorting out the series >> what do people tell you >> the answer for me is i watched it with my wife and my daughter, my daughter, when the series came out, she was 15. there aren't many things a 15-year-old wants to watch with mom and dad, and we ended the week sunday night sitting together watching this, and it was just warm and comforting and safe, and lit wit safe, and lit with color and romance and people looking for love >> michelle, when you think about, this is such a popular television show, and the bar is high, now, carson was just saying that fandango sales are up here, done very well in the uk, did you feel any additional pressure going from tv to movie? >> i think so.

>> yeah? >> yeah, definitely pressure there, but, you know, i think it was just important for us just to kind of not worry about that, and, you know, do what we always did, and just bring to the table what we always have, and you know, not change anything. so but it's wonderful that it's getting such a fantastic response already >> there's also such a cinematic looking tv show, so as talented as you all are, there's people like your cinematographer ben, anna who does the costumes, give a shout out to the people who bring the beauty of production to life, on the film, people watching on devices will look incredible. >> i hope people see it on the big screen, rather than on their telephone, is that the right word >> yes >> we call it telephones here r telephone, is that the right word too. >> we were very aware of trying to make it for the cinema. we wanted to take it from the tv show it was and make it more opulent going to even greater detail than they have done on

opulent going to even the tv show, and donald woods our production designer got it right. >> got the cutlery right at the table. >> there are talks this might be the first. is there -- >> you're looking for an cutler table. >> there are talks this might be exclusive, aren't you. >> another one . >> can you at least tell us if this movie ends in a way that would lend itself perhaps to another film. >> i think so. this has been -- the door is still open at the end of the film, and i think, you know, if once again we all linked arms and jumped into the pond together, maybe a sequel could happen. >> sounds like it's happening. >> we have to see how this one does first. >> we're so happy for you. thank you so much for sitting down with us today we're excited for this movie >> we'll fix the spoons, we're sorry. >> you're going to stick around for the 3rd hour as well, downton abbey opens in a theater near you this friday, can't wait >> awesome, thanks guys. now over to mr. roker with a check of the weather.

as we look ahead to the week ahead, cool in the northwest, summer warm through the plains, heat down through the gulf coast, look for sunshine along the eastern seaboard with a few showers, as we get to the midweek period, some record highs continue down south. more wet weather out through the pacific northwest, sunny through the southwest with a fire danger out there, and then as we head toward the end of the week, gorgeous along the east coast with a few showers along the southeastern coast rain will continue down through texas with that area we had told you about early and look for wet weather, and guess what, mountain snow out in the western plains possible. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happen good morning, i'm kari hall, we're tracking rain moving through in some spots. it has been a little heavier through san francisco and extending other to the east bay. we will see the rain moving and approached brentwood with light rain already in the south bay. we have skied clear and nice

weather ahead for much of the rest of the week and warming up again by this weekend. >> and that is your latest weather, hoda. >> you know what we need, a little more carson daly. >> the spoons were supposed to go on the other side messed it all up. we're going to start pop start, james corden receiving high praise for his response to bill maher's controversial take on fat shaming joe fryer has the latest on the viral debate >> comedian james corden is no stranger to making us laugh. now the late late show host is getting serious calling out late night colleague bill maher. >> he talked on his show about fat shaming and he argued that it had gone away, and needed to make a comeback. >> corden was referring to this segment about health care and obesity rates on hbo's "realtime" with bill maher. >> we have gone to this real place where fat is good.

fat shaming doesn't need to end. it needs to make a come back. >> somebody needs to say something about this if somebody wi a platform who knew what it was like to be overweight, and then i realized, that would be me >> corden taking on maher and opening up. >> let's be honest, fat shaming is just bullying that's what it is. bullying. >> corden's monologue went viral with 1.5 million views and plenty of celebrity praise actor josh gad tweeted thank you for this stunning rebuke meghan mccain saying i'm so thankful for james corden's message. >> we're not all as lucky as bill maher, we don't all have a sense of superiority that burns 35,000 calories a day. >> he begged him to rethink his message. >> bill please hear me when i say this while you're encouraging to think about what goes into their mouths, think a little harder about what comes out of yours.

>> a man best known for his karaoke skills, finding a growing chorus of support. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >> go james corden. >> go james corden indeed. moving on to something a little more lighhearted, tom hanks, in a recent interview he revealed that sometimes mr. rogers' songs become handy during arguments with his wife >> let's not call it fighting. do i want that to be in variety. we're discussing important themes, or, you know, plans for the future when it's all done, one of us tries to beat each other to the punch, that was great, you know, because it's good to talk. it's good to say the things we feel it's good to talk, you know, we must do more than balk

it's good to talk. and lo and behold, it's actually true >> he's kind of becoming mr. rogers >> songs and all. finally, ellen, her show is known for a ton of fun, playing games and sketches, she's unveiling a new one today, it's called the voice on the phone. sounds familiar. the point of the game is for ellen to guess the celebrity calling into her studio. see if you can figure out the superstar on the phone before ellen does >> let me pick up this phone from 1970. >> hello >> hello. >> hello >> hello >> are you a comedian? >> yes >> tell me a joke. yes? >> give me a joke, give me a joke >> i already know who it is by the laugh, it's jennifer lopez

right? >> who >> hoda was trying to figure it out. >> it was j. lo? >> when she drops the little accent and says someone tell me a joke >> that's a hard game, if they can disguise their voices. ellen went on to ask j. lo if she would be performing at the super bowl >> playing it coy. >> what did she say. >> she's playing it quiet. now to one of the morning's wildest stories, i'm not sure you heard about this one, a san diego woman dreamed of swallowing her engagement ring and wakes up to discover she had actually swallowed her engagement ring. here's nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: dreaming about a big old ring on your finger can be common, but sometimes dreams take weird turns just ask jenna evans. >> when i woke up in the morning, there was no ring on my finger >> reporter: the 19-year-old says it all started with a wild

dream about jewelry thieves. >> i was having a very action-packed, exciting dream about a cargo train and some villains, very james bond, and in the dream, my fiance told me that i needed to swallow my engagement ring in order to protect it, i guess. >> reporter: and when she woke up in the morning and it was gone, she had a feeling it wasn't those villains. >> i couldn't help but laugh at it, and i had to wake my fiance up and tell him that i had swallowed my engagement ring. >> a quick trip to the e.r., x-ray, and diamonds in the stomach. >> i saw, you know, my rib cage and my spine, and my engagement ring just sitting right there waiting to be found. >> reporter: jenna said doctors not letting nature take its course, they didn't want the ring causing internal injuries, instead they performed a sparkling sort of surgery. >> they put a camera down my throat with a net, and they scooped it up and pulled it right out.

>> reporter: now she's got her ring back and some wedding toast material about her little midnight snack >> i'm so grateful that it all worked out so that everybody can laugh about it because it truly is a very funny story. >> reporter: for "today," gadi schwartz, nbc news. huge day for someone here at the peacock. >> who >> lilly singh. >> come on, lilly. >> is it your day today? >> today's the day. >> premier day. >> i'm throwing up >> no, please. >> don't do that. >> i'm so excited. >> we've got a big show. lilly is going to tell us all about it we can't wait to sit down and talk to you. we're so happy for you >> happy to be here.

good morning, it is 8:26. let's take you live out to northbound 680 where all lanes remain closed. more than six-and-a-half hours after a crash with two big rig trucks. no one was seriously hurt but nearly 4,000 gallons of fuel has spilled. mike inouye has been tracking it for hours. >> you see the rain and the fog. fog, mist, the green that is the radartivity sh activity showinge

northbound 68 and all lanes are closed. we do not, the alternative is still mission boulevard over to niles canyon. if you can't get over there, avoid it. if you can take 880 north. the commute is still very shroud in that area and also complicating things is that rain and the drid zzle. >> we declared a micro climate day and it is having a big impact. now as it continues to move it is bringing rain to the peninsula and the east bay in the next couple hours. >> thank you, we have more local news coming up in a half hour.

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we are back now, 8:30 on this monday morning. and we have a great crowd kicking off the new week here in rockefeller plaza. this is a lively bunch man, sometimes monday crowds can be a little subdued, not this one. >> this is crazy. >> new york jets monday night football tonight a lot of people gettready go to the game tailgating starts here at "today." >> at the plaza. >> speaking of which, come on over here, let's say hi to some other folks. i found this young lady, she's got a big day today. thought we would put her on

national television and say happy birthday. >> thank you. >> what's your name. >> kennedy. >> where are you from? >> mckinney texas. >> you're not in school today. we won't tell a soul, between just us, this is your checklist here 9/11 memorial, very nice, saw the rockettes. >> i met one. >> you ate a street hot dog, you did that >> and survived. >> yes >> do you have a pen >> you'vgot one more box to check, and that is coming to "today." check, check, and check. kennedy, there you go, happy birthday, enjoy your stay. >> thank you so much >> you want to say hi to friends back home. >> hi. >> you got them all. all right, guys, have a great day. >> officially a teenager, we like that. >> love it >> just ahead, we've got the amazingly talented lilly singh, she's here and she's going to be here just hours before her late night hosting career takes off for the stars right here on nbc. we're going to find out how she's feeling and she's going to tell us --

>> it's going to be fun. then for anybody suffering from that decision to overload in the beauty aisle, our friends at allure have shopped for us, they're going to tell us about the best deals, they do their annual best beauty winners saves us a lot of time. coming up in a few minutes on the 3rd hour, much much more with the cast of downton abbey, we're going to add another cast member as well. guess who's going to host with me on the fourth hour, his initials are andy cohen. >> watch what happens live. >> we're going to have to go on a 7 second delay aren't we. >> going to be trouble. >> a look at weather mr. roker. watching humberto off the southeast coast, showers and cool weather in the pacific northwest, fire danger in the southwest, for tomorrow, heavy rain makes its way into texas as a low pressure disturbance makes its way in could be a tropical system next front, bringing more rain, record highs in the southeast, and the lower mississippi river valley that's what's going on around good morning, i'm kari hall,

rain moving through the b area. really making that morning commute a mess. it continues to move through the peninsula as well as the east bay. now starting to see that rain falling in brentwood. we have seen light showers elsewhere across the area and this will continue for the morning but clear out this afternoon with sunshine. we have more sun and cool weather in the forecast tomorrow another chance of rain in the north bay on wednesday and then clearing out and warming up for the weekend. got a uber bar. lilly singh is here, taking a big leap hopping into late night. what that is going to mean for that boys club i think she's busting it up. >> stay tuned, i guess. >> first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back now, with someone who woke up extra early for us you all know lilly singh from that popular you tube channel of hers now she's moving to a different kind of set up, her very own stage. >> this is so crazy, tonight ms. singh, you are going to become the first woman to host a late night network show in more than 30 years and here's a sneak peek with "a little late" with lilly singh. ♪ i'm knocking down the doors, time to switch it up in here because a lady runs the show ♪ ♪ i'm about to turn up. since i was a teen, lady in the night, it's cool, i'm hyped to be the only lady who controls the thermostat ♪ >> the lady who controls the thermostat. >> that is the only reason i wanted a show to be honest is to not be cold. >> every woman at home knows

this game. >> every woman in this studio knows this game. >> i walked in here and i was freezing welcome, and we're so excited for you. >> thank you very much. >> i know you have been a familiar name to so many people for a while, but how does tonight feel for you have you sat in this moment for a second and thought about it? >> you know, i feel like it still has not completely hit me. there's still a portion of like where this is not going to happen this is a lie. but definitely out of everything i have done in my life, feels so much bigger than me. i keep saying this is not just my show. this is for the culture. this one is for the culture? >> what does that mean. >> it's an historic, monumental show it's not just my own milestone, it's about minorities, women of color, paving a path it feels beyond me. >> how would you describe the show, what can folks look forward to every night. >> i think fresh, uplifting, positive, edgy, i definitely think i can make jokes that other people may not be able to make for obvious reasons, and i think it's just going to be, you

know, different. just my nature my perspective is so different. >> sometimes when you make a jump from being on you tube where you call every single shot to a network show where life is different, how do you hang on to the person that you are and the thing that made you popular on you tube but yet still kind of work your way into this network world? >> to be honest the answer is it's a lot of hard work. it's having to be involved in every part of the show because my schedule gets so overwhelming, and there is so many moving parts but it's a commitment to be like no, i need to sit in the writers room, make the decisions with the marketing team because i do want to control how i market it, i want to be myself. >> your you tube channel is called superwoman, you recently said good-bye to it. >> yes, i did. >> and i want to read what you said. >> do i sound smart, say it, say it. >> you sound quite smart because you are, but you wrote lilly has become a bigger hero than superwoman on this journey lilly encompasses everything it took to get to where i am. what do you mean by that >> firstly, i changed my name for sentimental reasons, which i

will explain, and superwoman is a trademarked, from a business standpoint, let me be an adult standpoint, let me be an adult and not get sued. superwoman when i was younger and not get sued superwoman when i was younger was this facade, i kind of had that was like fearless and the performer that the never got tired and was never sad and i learned that the vulnerability of lilly is my superpower. i like being vulnerable, talking about when i'm not 100%. i think that's what actually makes me super. >> what do your folks think of this moment? what do they think >> i don't think they have fully taken it in. i don't think anyone in my life has fully taken this in, and i think they will tonight when they see the show. like all things, they will be confused until they see it >> so you're going to have sketch comedies, you said, music stuff. >> yeah. you saw the intro, i love rap. you'll see a lot of that sketch comedy, games, guests. >> who are your guests, give me some of them. >> the first guest tonight is none other than mindy kaling,

and otherwise you'll have to stay tuned. >> are they knocking on your door >> maybe. >> is it true your parents weren't into the you tube thing initially. >> they didn't know what it was. i said i'm going to make videos on the internet, and they were like the what to who now, so they gave me a year to try it. i'm quite confident they thought it was a phase and i would grow out of it. here i am. >> quite confident they're proud. >> good luck tonight we hope you hit it out of the park. >> crush it and come back. you can catch the very first episode of a little late with lilly singh tonight, she's hosting a little prime time special this wednesday. >> who are you >> 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. >> what? >> right here on nbc. coming up, the most innovative beauty products on the market according to our friends at allure. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> go get them, girl so hpy ap

we are back with "today's" style, our friends at allure have tested thousands of products and they are down to the annual best beauty awards issue, and here to take us shopping through some of the winners, is allure's editor michelle lee >> good morning. >> we're starting with one of the headlines, press-on nails are back. >> they're back. we remember them from the '80s but they are bigger, better and more fabulous. these press-on nails have become more fabulous. these are by the nailest if you love nail art with a little bit of adhesive in a couple minutes a day, you can have brand new nails >> how long do they last >> a couple of days to a week or two. >> let's move to the face. you love this product. >> this is one of my personal favorites. if you smell this, this is the then i met you cleansing balm. i use this every night, if you take a little scoop, rub it on

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>> love that >> so we have all heard of masks like for your face, to do a facial but people are paying closer attention to their hands. >> hands, and they should as we're entering into the dryer months, you can now do a sheet mask for your hands. >> what does that mean >> tis a new winner from aveeno, this is a hand mask, leave them on for ten minutes, when you take them off your hands are beautifully moisturized. >> what's the price point, are they all right >> very good, this is a drugstore product. >> eye makeup. >> so for the first time ever we're introducing our first ever clean beauty seal as part of the awards, these are one of our clean beauty winners, 100% pure eye shadows, made of fruit pigments and natural minerals, our testers loved the color payoff, noncreasing formula, it's great. >> and what's this company again. >> it's called 100% pure. >> cat over here. >> cat is hot. >> one of our breakthrough winners, this is the l'oreal paris cat eye eyeliner.

>> what are you doing? >> if you look at the cat trick, l'oreal studied 150 different eye shades, as we know, when we're trying to do a winged liner, the hardest part is the wing they created this stencil here, fill that in and the rest is easy. >> anyone can do it. >> oh, my gosh, that's awesome i love it. awesome. thank you. >> and another breakthrough are these made for all lipsticks, at the drugstore getting a lipstick, it's hard because you can't try it on. they studied different skin colors and undertones and came up with seven shades that are universal and look good on stud colors and undertones and came everyone pick it up at the store and know it's going to look great on you. >> a thick or kind of a sheer? >>st it a good coverage, a beautiful cover on anyone. >> scrunchies are also back. >> they've always been in. they never went out. >> allure editors are loving the silk scrunchies. >> they're tiny. >> and they come in a larger size because they're made of silk,

they don't tug on your hair and leave a dent in your hair if you sleep with them in. >> these are good. >> and angela is showing one of our favorite tools amica wave tool, a lot of us who have struggled with a curling iron or flat iron, this makes it so easy just to do in one easy step. >> that does look simple. >> do you love. >> it's amazing, i love it. >> looks great michelle, thank you so much. and you're going to be back in our fourth hour with more winners, too and find all the picks at today.com. next seth rogan and his wife get personal ok, what's the situation?

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>> he's raising money and awareness in an unconventional event. maria shriver joins us with more on all of this. >> good morning, you guys. this is personal for seth and his wife laura her mother suffers from alzheimer's disease and like millions of families, has hit them hard. that's why they started hilarity for charity, a nonprofit that raises money for alzheimer's and this past weekend, the rogan's did just that, throwing a county fair in los angeles hosted by some of their favorite friends it was a night of fun games, an. it was funny people like josh gad, adam devine, and busy phillips. this celebrity county fair, the latest fundraiser for hilarity for charity, the nonprofit started by seth rogan and his fe lauren with a very serious goal to support families coping with

alzheimer's, fund new research and remove the stigma from this devastating disease. most events dealing with alzheimer's, they're serious, they're sad, they're scary, and you've tried to take a different approach by latching, comedians. >> it's all we know. i mean, i think truthfully, it was really an organic approach for us. >> we're storytellers, for me, telling my story is a way i'm able to connect, get people to listen and maybe get involved. >> just a year after they began dating, lauren's mother adele was diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's. now 13 years later, she's in the advanced stages of the disease and relies on lauren's father and a team of nurses. >> my mom is at home and he is there with her most of the day, but we have care, and so he can shut his door, he can leave and go to the movies, he can come to dinner with us and be a human. that's not something that many people have the option to do >> in fact, 16 million

americans, mostly women, care for a loved one with alzheimer's and other dementias, and they do it with no compensation at all hilarity for charity tries to relieve that burden, donating more than 260,000 hours of free care to exhausted families >> what's the reaction to the people when you give them a grant? >> people cried. they ask for simple things, because of you guys, i can go to the doctor, because of you guys, i can go to a funeral. because of you guys i can spend a moment with my daughter or grandchild. >> too many families are still left overwhelmed alzheimer's is now the most expensive disease in america, costing an estimated $290 billion this year alone >> i've personally seen the massive amount of financial strain this disease causes. >> in 2014, seth testified before congress to fight forcau >> in 2014, seth testified before congress to fight for

more funding. more funding but today, federal spending on alzheimer's is still only a fraction of what other diseases like cancer receive. >> what keeps you from getting discouraged if people don't want to talk about it, don't want to think about it there's a lot of don'ts in there. >> yeah, there is. >> luckily we come from hollywood. the land of negative reinforcement. the thing i have been amazed by is like around half the people that come up to me come up to me talking about the work we have done associated with alzheimer's. >> do you find it surprising that people come up to you equally about alzheimer's compared to a film. >> very much, but it's one of the things that is very encouraging. >> this is something we all need to jump in on, just like we all jumped in on cancer, we jumped in on hiv and aids, and i think we're not going to get to an alzheimer's survivor if people keep it a secret >> the rogans have created a program focused specifically on young people called hilarity for charity you, it supports college

students in organizing their own alzheimer's fundraiser to learn more about hilarity for charity go to today.com and click on the heard it today section, and hope it inspires to get involved in this difficult disease. >> thank you, maria. >> good for them >> al, we've got time for birthdays. >> we sure do. let's spin the smuckers jars and send some warm birthday wishes to first up, ms. bea beckerman, loves to go dancing. bea beckero gwen torman is 100 happy 107th birthday to grace cuts a retired teacher from dawson, georgia, lived at the same home that her husband built for 70 years sebastian is from ravenna, ohio, an outdoorsman, celebrating 101 years young. the secret to longevity is

eating good italian food marie kim ball is 100, a proud mom from jacksonville, illinois, she was married to the love of her life for 65 years, and happy 100th birthday to mcguda randolph from germantown, maryland, a member of her church for more than 70 years >> that's amazing. >> and none of us have orange juice all over us. >> why are you hiding your orange >> i was just having a snack >> it's going everywhere >> i know. >> need like a loogie guard at the salad bar. >> four oranges in that smuckers report. we have a lot more stories on today.com/all day, the one i noticed a sure fire way to boost your mood. just ahead on the 3rd hour of today, more with the cast of downton abbey. >> on the fourth hour, we have andy cohen. >> and more oranges. >> but first your local news >> bye >> she seriously ate a whole ham during weather >> that was a good time.

go ahead, do it. there it is. ring in >> that was a good time. go ahead, good morning, it is 8:56 right now. let's take you back to 680 where two lanes just reopened after a nearly seven-hour close. that crash happened a little before 2:00 this morning. no one was hurt, but nearly 4,000 gallons of fuel spilled on

to the roadway. mike inouye has been following it and the work around. >> it has been a rough morning. in that live shot on the right side we saw there must be a crash on the southbound side as well. folks are taking mission over to mount canyon that is really jammed up. i would say stick to 680 now. pretty slow around the rest of the roads. >> we're seeing that wet weather moving through. we have declared a microclimate weather alert. approaching the south bay to looking at the tri valley, it is a wet commute. >> thank you, more local news for you in just an hour.

climate change could wipe out the wetlands. the reason we need to watch the situation closely now here in the san francisco bay. >> and how they are responding and cashing in. today on california live,

catelyn jenner and more. this morning on nbc bae area.

live from sdio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the 3rd hour of "today." >> good morning, everyone, welcome to the 3rd hour of "today," sheinelle, and al and craig and dylan, the gang is all here. should we just take a second. >> you got a reminder on your phone, i do that, on people's phones when i'm sitting next to them. >> you're a phone peeker. >> yours tells you to take out the trash, mine is from the calm app, busy day, silence and stillness awaits. >> you set it for 9:00 a.m. >> that's a little weird. >> mine is 8:00 p.m. that i get