i say. >> oh, hail the queen. [ laughter ] >> let's go have some cake. >> let's have some cake. >> there. that sounds good. >> thanks again for joining us. hope to see you back here for midday news at 11:00. and for the next 20 years. good morning. over to you. the house officially hands off impeachment today. the senate, now set to put the president on trial. straight ahead, the new evidence just in. from bolton to biden, will there be witnesses? and the president's defense team takes shape. sorry, not sorry. elizabeth warren appears to refuse a handshake from bernie sanders after their feud over electability spills onto the public stage. >> it's incomprehensible that a woman can't be president of the united states. >> the only ones on this stage

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studio a 1a in rockefeller plaz. hi, everybody. good morning. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. >> we want to get right to what is going to be a very big day in politics. >> after weeks of delay, the impeachment proceedings enters a new phase. in the democratic race for president, a bit of new drama after last night's debate. we have both sides covered. we'll start with nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander on the impeachment front. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we want to take you to capitol hill, give you a live look where we will within moments hear from house speaker nancy pelosi, announcing the houseman jerusalem. the lawmakers who will prosecute the case against the president. it comes ahead of the vote where they'll formally turn over the articles of impeachment to the senate. meanwhile, house democrats have been trying to press their hand, try to reinforce their case, releasing new documents. pelosi arriving earlier today, saying that the president has, quote, fought tooth and nail to keep thousands of documents away from the public.

documents she says shows the president was at the center of that campaign to pressure ukraine. >> reporter: president trump bashing the democrats ahead of the democrats handing over the articles of impeachment. >> democrats are wasting the american people's time. >> reporter: it's been a long-anticipated trial. mitch mcconnell says it'll begin next tuesday, likely with opening arguments. still refusing to commit to calling witnesses. >> if the existing case is strong, there's no need for the judge and the jury to reopen the investigation. >> reporter: democrats want to hear from several key officials, among them, former national security adviser, john bolton. >> a trial without witnesses and documents is not a real trial. it's a sham trial. >> reporter: they'll need at least four republican senators to cross party lines for that to happen. a few gop lawmakers expressing openness to bolton testifying. >> he's someone i would want to

hear from. presumably, i get the chance to vote for that after the opening arguments. >> reporter: mcconnell says both sides will have their wish list if they call witnesses. which means the republicans can call joe biden's son, hunter, to testify. house democrats are trying to pressure republicans to allow new ed, releasing a trove of documents from a documented associate of rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, who had been working with ukrainian officials. including this handwritten note, that reads, get ukraine's president to say that the biden case will be investigated. a reference that the president's pressure campaign to get ukraine to dig up dirt on his political rival. first, we hear from pelosi, then the formal delivery of the articles of impeachment, something that's only happened once before. >> thank you. we are joined by nbc news political analyst and former senator claire mccaskill and

national review editor, now a nbc news political analyst. we have both aisles covered, and let's talk about this. it is a new phase now. the president will go on trial in the senate. republicans control the senate. so most people are assuming this will not result in removal of the president. how do republicans approach this? what do you have to gain and lose? >> that's the key question. everyone knows he's not going to be removed. the threshold question, is there anything that would come out or fundamentally change minds, in that 20 senators want to nuke a president of their own party? the answer is no. both sides will jockey for advantage. they'll make the case that trump did this and it was wrong in terms of hurting him in the election. republicans will want to protect him. >> let's talk about the republican senators. some are up more reo-election i swing states. how does the calculus change for them, and is that what democrats are hoping, to peel off some of them? >> they need four votes to call witnesses, four republican votes. >> that the threshold of victory

for democrats, to get witnesses to testify in. >> that's what the delay has been about. to build public pressure for witnesses and documents. the documents that came to light yesterday just reinforced that case. we need to see what was written down in real time, and we need to hear from the real time factual witnesses. i believe they'll get four republicans to call witnesses. the question is, who will be the witnesses that will be called? will they go off on this tangent and, frankly, call hunter biden or joe biden? >> let's talk about it. john bolton, former national security adviser to the president, certainly a conservative voice but somebody who broke with the president, said, i'm willing to testify. it kind of puts the senate republicans a bit in a box. do you think they need to call john bolton? >> i think mcconnell has a pretty good political case. if the actual and testimonial record that exists was good enough to impeach a president for the third time in the history, it is good enough to make the decision whether or not

he should be convicted. i don't think anybody knows how the debate over witnesses will play out. at the end of the day, we probably won't see them. it'll be a mutually assured destruction aspect of it. you're not just getting bolton without a hunter biden or somebody the white house wants. >> do the democrats have something to fear if someone like hunter biden testifies? >> i don't think so. they control the senate. they could call a hearing and call hunter biden if they really wanted to. they could use the rule making authority they have as a majority to do that. i disagree with rich. i think it is a big problem for the republicans if they try to shut this down without witnesses because trump has blocked everything. unlike other impeachment trials, not a single shred of documents have been produced. that's unprecedented. and this is supposed to be a trial. that's what the word trial means. >> rich, thank you very much. you're not done, senator. we want your take on the next story. the democratic race, six

candidates facing off before the iowa caucuses. a lot of attention is on what didn't happen at the end of the evening, this moment between elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. kristen welker has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that awkward moment did come at the end of the debate, when senator warren seemed to reject a request by senator bernie sanders to shake his hand. that came after the two clashed over issues of gender and electability. it's the he said/she said that sparked fireworks in iowa overnight. the rare, progressive family feud coming after senator elizabeth warren confirmed reports that during a private conversation with senator bernie sanders in 2018, he told her, a woman could not beat president trump, a claim sanders firmly denied. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report.re's chuck . >> good morning, everyone. it is just after 10:00 a.m. in

the east, and we are coming on the air to bring you live coverage right now. house speaker nancy pelosi will be attacking the next step of impeachment, naming managers. let's take a listen. >> as you know, i reference temple markers that a s that o founders, poets, and others used over time to places in time to emphasize the importance of time. because everything is about time. how we use it. how we mark it. today is an important day because today is the day that we name the managers, we go to the floor to pass the resolution to transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate. later in the day, when we have our engrossment, that we march those articles of impeachment to the united states senate.

as i've said, it's always been -- our founders, when they started, when in the course of human events it becomes necessary when. abraham lincoln, four scores and seven years ago, promised these are the times that torment souls, the times that found us. again and again, even our poets. long sq longfell l longfellow. listen, my children. 18th of april in '75. the ride of paul revere. it is always about marking history using time. on december 18th, the house of representatives impeached the president of the united states. an impeachment that will last forever. since december 18th, there have been comments about when are we going to send the articles over? well, we had hoped that the courtesy would be extended that

we would have seen what the process would be in the senate. short of that, time has revealed many things since then. time has been our friend in all of this because it has yielded incriminating evidence, more truth into the public domain. since we passed the articles on december 20th, two days later, new emails show 91 minutes after trump's phone call with president zelensky, a top office of management and budget aide asked the department of defense to hold off on the ukraine aid. december 29th, revolutions emerged about the omb director and acting chief of staff's role in the delay of the effort by lawyers in the administration to justify the delay. the alarm -- this is very important -- the alarm that the delay, time, caused was in the administration.

on january 2nd, newly redacted pentagon emails which had been subpoenaed and the president blocked raised serious concerns by the trump administration officials. by trump administration officials. they were concerned about the legality of the president's hold on the aid to ukraine. january 6th, former trump national security adviser john bolton said he'd comply with a subpoena to testify and that he has new, relevant information. on january 13th, reports emerged the russian government hacked a recurring gas company, burisma, as part of their ongoing efforts to influence u.s. elections in support of president trump. just yesterday, the house committee, two of our chairmen here, chairman nadler of judiciary, chairman schiff of intelligence, chairman eliot engel of foreign affairs, and

chairwoman maloney of government reform, they released new evidence pursuant to a house subpoe subpoena for an associate of rudy giuliani, proving the president was a central player in the scheme to pressure ukraine for his own benefit in the 2020 election. this is about the constitution of the united states. it's important for the president to know, and putin to know, the american voter, voters in america should decide who our president is, not vladimir putin and russia. so today, i'm very proud to present the managers who will bring the case which we have great confidence in in terms of impeaching the president and his removal. this further evidence insists that. we wouldn't be in this situation

had we not waited. insist that there be witnesses and that we see documentation. now you see some of that change happening on the senate side. i hope it does for the good of our country and to honor our constitution. so today, on the floor we will pass a resolution naming the managers, as i mentioned, appropriating the funds for the trial, and transmitting the articles of impeachment of the president of the united states, from trying to influence a foreign government for his own personal and political benefit. chair adam schiff of california, lead manager. chairman schiff, as you know, chair of the permanent insight committee on intelligence is serving his tenth term in congress. excuse me. before congress, mr. schiff was a california state senator and

served as a federal prosecutor in the u.s. attorney's office in los angeles for six years. most notably prosecuting the first federal fbi agent ever to be indicted for espionage. chairman jerry nadler, chair of the house judiciary committee, is serving his 15th term in congress. mr. nadler served as the top democrat on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution, civil rights, and civil liberties for 13 years. before congress, mr. nadler served in the new york state assembly for 16 years. wow. chair of the house committee on house administration, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. ms. loughlin is serving her 15th term in congress. this is chairwoman's third impeachment as a judiciary committee staffer from the nixon

impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee on the clinton impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of the president, trump. chairman hakeem jeffries is a member of the democratic caucus and serving his fourth term in congress. he is a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years. an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elected office. mr. jeffreys clerked for the honorable judge in new york. congresswoman demmings of florida is a member of both the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demmings is serving her second term in congress. before congress, ms. demmings

served as the orlando police department for 27 years. part of that time as the first woman police chief in orlando. congressman jason crowe of colorado was a member of the house armed services committee. he served our country bravely as an army ranger in iraq and afghanistan before running for congress. mr. crowe was a respected litigator in private practice in colorado. congresswoman sylvia garcia of texas. congresswoman garcia is a member of the house judiciary committee. before congress, ms. garcia served in texas state senate previously. she was the director and residing judge of the houston municipal system and was elected city controller. ms. garcia was later elected the first hispanic and first woman to be elected in her own right to the harris county

commissioners court. as you can see from these descriptions, the emphasis is on litigators. the emphasis is on comfort level in the courtroom. the emphasis is making as strong as possible case to protect and defend our constitution, to seek the truth for the american people. i'm very proud and honored that these seven members, distinguished members, have accepted this serious responsibility. again, to protect and defend for the people defending our democracy. when we leave here a little later, at noon, we'll go to the floor and pass the resolution naming the managers officially. i wanted to say more about them here and say the decision to come down in favor of litigators is necessitated by the clear

evidence that we should have witnesses and we should have documentation. we have to make the strongest prosecuti prosecution, not only of our strong case but all the evidence coming since. we'll take a few questions. >> reporter: if time has strengthened your case, why wait until after christmas? couldn't you stretch this out longer to get more information you say only bolstered your case? >> i will say we had the strong case for impeachment of the president and removal of the president. anything more would be in terms of where we go in the senate. i yield to the chairman. >> we always felt a certain urgency about this impeachment, given the president was trying to get foreign help in cheating in the next election. as soon as we took up and passed the articles, mitch mcconnell made it clear he didn't want a

trial in the senate. he didn't want to hear from witnesses, he didn't want documents. this time has given us the ability to show the american people the necessity of a fair trial, to expose the degree to which mcconnell is working hand if hand with the subject of the impeachment, the president, to essentially turn what should be a trial into a sham. the time has been, i think, very effective in not only bringing new evidence to light and the evidence was already overwhelming, but also forcing senators to go on record. do they want a fair trial, one fair to the president but also fair to the american people? or are they going to participate in a coverup? it has been effective. additional evidence comes to come to light that not only bolsters an already overwhelming case but also put additional pressure, i think, on the senate to conduct a fair trial. last thing i'll say is

mr. mcconnell has taken to saying that the senate should only consider the closed record that comes from the house. as if what the senate is is not a trial but an appeal from a trial. of course, the senate, the framers had in mind a real trial, with witnesses and evidence. if mcconnell makes this the first trial in history without witnesses, it will be exposed for what it is, and that is an effort to cover up for the president. finally, some have suggested, as part of your question, why didn't we wait to get more testimony? well, we have sought don mcgahn's testimony, the president's lawyer, since april of last year. we still don't have a final court judgment. yes, we could have waited years to get testimony, further testimony from all the people the president has been obstructed. essentially, that would completely negate the impeachment power. that is, allow the president, by virtue of obstruction, to

prevent his own impeachment. that was an unacceptable course, particularly when the whole object of the president's scheme was to cheat in the election, which is the ordinary mechanism for dealing with a crook presidency. >> mr. chairman -- >> let me just say, i was very discouraged to see mitch mcconnell sign on to a resolution dismissing the case. that, to me, dismissal is cover-up. did you want to speak to that, jerry? >> let me add to that. there is an overwhelming case, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the president betrayed the country by using -- by withholding federal funds appropriated by congress, breaking the law in doing so, in order to extort a foreign government into intervening in our election to embarrass -- try to embarrass a potential political opponent of his.

there's overwhelming evidence of that. we couldn't wait because -- i mean, some people said, well, you know, let the election take care of it. he's trying to cheat in that election. so it is essential that we bring this impeachment to stop the president from trying to rig -- not from trying -- he tried -- from rigging the next election. from conspireing with a foreign government, as the russian government attempted to rig our last election. the evidence is overwhelming. the latest evidence, with giuliani, makes it even more so. it made sense to wait a while as more evidence piled up, but we have to proceed. because the election -- the integrity of the election is at stake. let me add one other thing. this is a test of the constitution. the president's conduct violates the constitution in every single way.

trying to rig an election, stonewalling the congress in saying no one can testify because i can have a cover-up despite congress. but it's a test of the constitution now. the senate is intended by the constitution to conduct a fair trial. the american people know that in a trial, you permit witnesses. you present the evidence. if the senate doesn't permit the introduction of all relevant witnesses -- >> you are listening to a press conference now after speaker pelosi named the seven hou house managers here. we want to sneak on here quickly. andrea mitchell. the seven, texas, california, colorado also in there. this, as speaker pelosi said, she was looking for litigators. >> she's trying to emphasize that witnesses need to be called. if they're not called, it is a sham trial. this is a big bet for pelosi because by demanding john bolton, they risk the

republicans saying, okay, bring on hunter biden. do they really want to see hunter biden in the middle l of 2020 campaign being deposed, someone not used to being in that spotlight? >> in washington, we're used to a lot of jockeying for the big, high-profile slots here. i have to say, we have over a dozen house managers in clinton. seemed like everybody got to be a house manager. she seemed to narrow it down and not go over the top, you get a slot, you get a shot. she kept it tight. >> people who proved themselves, like value d demings, former po chief, who questioned mueller well. like zoe lofgren. staffer of clinton, then and now. >> lindsey graham has been someone no one heard of, but look at him now.

that'll conclude our coverage. we'll come back on the air to bring you the next steps in the process today. here's what to expect around noon. the house will vote to approve the managers. nancy pelosi just introduced them. then vote to send the actual articles to the senate. we will bring you all of that in 7:26. good morning, i'm laura garcia. taking you to local news now. late night high-speed chase ends with with the arrest in the south bay. the video shows chp officers taking that driver into custody before midnight. near capital and mckie in san jose. officers say that the chase covered parts of interstate 280 and 680, sometimes going at speeds of more than 120 miles per hour. officers managed to corral the suspect when he exited the freeway. which you'll see in this video clip. we still don't know what started

the chase and what kind of charges that suspect may be facing. let's check the morning forecast and meteorologist kari hall. >> starting out very cold across the bay area and that is ahead of the significant storm that will be moving in by this time tomorrow morning. bringing some widespread rain we are dry throughout today as we start to see more clouds moving in but around midthe rain will move into the north bay and the rest of the bay bridge seeing rain around sunrise and have snow on some of the bay area peaks and the rain will gradually taper off by late thursday night. we're dry on friday and then a slight chance of rain in the forecast on saturday. let's head over to mike to see how the roads are building. >> toward the capital expressway it has calmed down. the crash at foothill and that is cleared to the shoulder. scattered crashes around the bay but no major closures. we have slowing for westbound

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we're back, now. 7:30, history being made, high above us right now, as we speak. just the second all-female spacewalk ever and if you're wondering what christina coch and jessica meier are doing, they're replacing old batteries on the international space station. there's work to be done. >> anybody have a 9-volt >> that's cool to watch. let's get to the other headlines at 7:30. the house votes to hand over the articles of impeachment against the president and move it to the senate next up will be the senate's turn to right the rules for the long-anticipated trial

majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial will begin in earnest next tuesday he is still refusing to commit to calling witnesses, saying it will come up later now, to a frightening close call for students at a north carolina middle school hit by strong storms in the middle of gym class. you can see the students sitting on the gym floor and they start running to the other side of the building an exhaust fan falls from the ceiling. one of the gym walls collapses along with part of the roof there. the national security service says a microburst is to blame. thankfully, none of the kids or any of the teachers were hurt. we have a winner and his name is ken jennings >> did he come up with iago? he did not and it doesn't matter. your wager, 44,000 ken jennings, you are the champion >> look at ken he outsmarted the other "jeopardy!" legends, james

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fuel, but it hit people below, many schoolkids playing outside. this was the scare in the air and on the ground. delta airlines 9 du s 89 dumpin over communities in los angeles during an emergency approach to lax. >> we have a smell of fuel right now. >> reporter: the streams of fuel poured over four local schools 60 people, many of them children, suffering from skin irritation and other minor injuries >> my friend, when he came back from the restroom, his eyes were red. he was crying. >> my head was hurting first then my eye itched >> reporter: taking off at 11:19 a.m., the boeing 777 was headed to shanghai, china, with 164 people aboard. but just after climbing into the sky, a pilot radioed the tower, saying they needed to shut down an enji agine and declare an emergency. tim lefebvre was a passenger on the flight

>> we had taken out about two or three minutes into the air, i heard really loud pops and felt them it was the right engine blowing out, i think i looked out the window and i didn't see anything. the plane leveled off and started making a turn back towards lax. i figured something was up >> reporter: with the aircraft circling back to lax, before it could land, the jumbo jet had to reduce its weight, dumping fuel, which is typically done over the ocean or at high altitude, so the fuel can evaporate. >> all units responding. >> reporter: the faa is investigating why the fuel dump happened so low over schools passengers and the public want answers. >> it has to be another solution to that. they cannot just dump the fuel anywhere >> reporter: this morning, investigators looking into this rare sight over the city, jet fuel raining down from the sky, hitting children below >> so, miguel, how are the kids doing? and what's the latest on the cleanup on the ground? >> reporter: all of the kids were treated with soap and water.

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we're back at 7:39 tonight -- this morning with "in depth today. the latest on the drama surrounding the royal family >> we have images from meghan markle's first outing in canada since the stunning news of her and harry's desire to step back from royal duties. kelly cobiella joins us from buckingham palace. hi, kelly. >> reporter: the queen said there would be a transition period as the palace writes new royal rules. meghan seems to be striking out already on her own smiling pictures of the duchess in canada. the duchess seen for the first time since the bombshell announcement that she and harry want to step back from their role of senior royals. boarding a sea plane, on her way to a women's center in vancouver. the center posting this picture of the duchess of sussex on social media

look who we had tea with today harry and meghan said they wanted to continue with their charity work when they posted their own declaration of independence but it's not clear how royal duty will fit into their new lives. while future king, prince william, and the duchess of cambridge, kate, are back on royal duties, behind the scenes, royal aides are working on rewriting the royal rule book for harry and meghan almost half of brits surveyed support harry and meghan's bid, but they don't think they should get public money or have taxpayers foot their security bill >> the media is unrelenting. for them, i think it's fair enough, that they are protecting themselves by taking time off. >> i think it's going to be very difficult for those two, very, very difficult, i think. because they have to be careful how they step, what they do. >> reporter: difficult for the queen, too, keeping the couple and the country happy. if she strips them of their titles, it could bring back bad

memories of harry's mother, princess diana, and her treatment of the royal family. and let them keep the titles, and they could be using the monarchy to boost their brand. and make money beatrice and eugenie were stripped of their police protection years ago because of concerns of spending too much taxpayer funds doing the same with harry and meghan can be seen as putting them at risk, like diana, who didn't have protection when she died and this morning, a new distraction for meghan and harry. the tabloid that meghan is suing over reports of her relationship with her dad, said in court papers, they will be calling him as a key witness, using text messages between thomas markel, harry and meghan in their defense. and prince harry will face at least some members of the british press for the first time since that announcement last week, when he attends a royal engagement tomorrow. it's a rugby league event. and it's being held here at buckingham palace.

>> kelly cobiella for us thanks, kel. we're joined by tina brown, author of "the diana chronicles." good morning >> good morning. >> we've been waiting to hear from you i said in that order, the queen, and then we have to hear from tina i mean, honestly, what can the queen do at this point isn't it all over but the shouting, in terms of results? >> she is desperately trying to find some way to keep the doors open for harry i think she feels that life is long she's a big believer in let cool heads prevail. she wants to keep that door open >> not alienate him. >> not alienate him. this could be a year's kind of experimental thing >> yeah. >> and then, he's going to want to come back into the royal family i think she does want to keep it open for him he's a big asset harry is the second-most popular person after the queen in the royal family he's attractive, you know, he's a vet. you know, and they were,

actually, excited about meghan it seemed like here she was, this star power. these two were going to be this massive asset, bumping up the glamour of the royal family and doing the work >> the queen and prince harry are so close the idea that she would just strip him of his title, is that a nonstarter >> she does not want to do that. for starts, it's different from diana. diana was stripped from her title. she was the ex-wife of the heir. you can't divorce harry out of the family he is a blood prince you know he's going to be royal, whatever you do, title or not they don't want to take his title away from him. and i don't think, unless he wishes to renounce it. but they are in a difficult course right now if they said, we're going to go -- we're done, we want to have a part-time royal situation and went off and lived in a cottage in dorsett, people could understand it's going to be difficult, though, to be part-time royal

family and part-time huge global celebrity, with a humanitarian causes, because you're asking for coverage of that >> she did a photo op. >> that's going to be difficult and distracting. >> what did you make of the photo op walking out the day after. >> she looks very happy. she looks like she's extremely happy. one thing i will say, everything is like this is meghan who got what meghan wants. i do think that prince harry wanted out, too. i really do. >> he's been unhappy for a while? >> harry has been an unhappy man since he came out of the army. >> why >> he felt he is this big alpha guy and doesn't really have, you know, a place to land. and what's happened, of course, now, is prince william and prince charles, you have two heirs. you have, you know -- it's crowded at the top right now and we're in the twilight of the queen's reign.

let's face it, she's not going to go on forever and there's an accelerated flight path for getting ready to be the king and the prince of wales. >> the palace released that picture of the heirs we had the queen, charles, and william and george >> yes >> do you think that rubbed harry the wrong way? >> i do. i think he felt i'm being edited out. he did mind that very much and i think she also minded it i think his feeling has been, i'm being edited out i, therefore, want out whether he's misread it or not, the truth is, when you're in the royal family, when you join the royal family, you're an ensemble player everybody is an ensemble player. they're there to support one person there's only one monarch they're there as the backup, in truth. and you're supposed to be deployed to do these different royal things this year, meghan and harry were expected to do 200 royal appearances. all over the place and these are opening, you know,

hospitals. they're not super glamorous commonwealth tours, a lot of them a lot of them are meat and potatoes, showing the flag, p.r. events and i think for meghan, who is, you know, has a big celebrity following, she found that as a waste of herself as an asset >> tina brown, good to talk to you about these matters. thank you so much. >> thanks, tina. let's shift gears at 7:47 and turn to mr. roker for a check of the forecast. >> we're going to see a big change temperature-wise, through the eastern two-thirds of the country. the plains are seeing arctic air. we have warm winds from the south around this high pressure. temperatures, today, 50 in new york city. 64 in raleigh. it will be 20 degrees warmer for little rock than usual and here comes the cold air. look at the low temperatures tomorrow it'll feel like minus 3 in green bay 19 in detroit. 13 in st. louis. and then, as we move into tomorrow, the high temperature changes drop, from 10 to 20

degrees, from 24 hours earlier and overnight lows, friday, it will feel like 9 below in bangor, 3 in boston, 12 in d.c. and 3 in buffalo the cold air is coming, just as that storm system pushes east. that's what's going on around good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is a live look at our storm ranger mobile doppler radar on san bruno mountain with sunny skies. but we'll see more clouds move in as a strong storm system arrives in the bay area late tonight into early tomorrow morning. we'll wake up to heavy rain at this time tomorrow and snow on the bay area peaks. the rain will be off and on throughout the day tomorrow. and then we'll dry out on friday with some nor spotty light showers in the forecast on saturday. >> al, thank you coming up, the private battle facing millions of women. the long-term impact of miscarriages

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good morning. right now at 7:56, we start out with sunshine across the bay area and that will turn to clouds as a new storm system arrived an the strongest one in quite a while. we're expecting it to bring in heavy rain and some high wind by tomorrow morning but we are still in the clear today. so it is a good day to prepare for that heavy rain. we will start to see it moving from north to south as we go around sunrise tomorrow into the morning commute. and also some snow on some of the bay area peaks. some the heaviest rain is through the morning. but we will still have lingering showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms going into the afternoon. and then toward friday the storm system moves out. we're looking at about one to three inches of rain in total and then for saturday we'll see another slight chance of showers but it won't be widespread. and our temperatures start to warm up as we go into the end of the weekend into early next

week. let's check in with mike for a look at the morning commute. center stage the bay bridge. here in san francisco northbound 280 a crash at about the 101 interchange that will slow you down and in the east bay looking at southbound 880 at hacienda avenue, with a crash blocking the fast lane. maybe four or five vehicles involved and slowing out of san leandro and san lorenzo and the dumbarton and the south bay pushing into the rest of silicon valley. back to you. happening now, one of four un youn city fire stations is closing doors. leaders say firefighters haven't been involved in enough emergency calls to justify keeping it open. the firefighter's union has its own concern. and house leaders are are sending the articles of impeachment over to the u.s. senate. speaker nancy pelosi wrapped up a news conference a short time ago. head to our twitter feed for more details including the house

managers leading the handover. another update in half an hour and join us for our midday news at 11:00.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, critical day on capitol hill. the house set to send impeachment charges against president trump to the senate today, amid new questions over what a senate trial will look like. >> if the existing case is strong, there's no need for the judge and the jury to reopen the investigation. >> a trial without witnesses and documents is not a real trial. it's a sham trial. as democratic candidates battle it out in the last debate before iowa. a major snub grabbing headlines this morning. we're live with everything you need to know. plus, on a mission. with insulin prizes on the rise,

harry smith meets a billionaire that says enough is enough. >> when you have people dying because they can't afford this life-saving drug, that's very emotional. >> how he's working to make the diabetes drug more affordable. and the doctor is in. >> sorry about that. >> we'll sit down with hollywood icon robert downey jr. to talk about his new role as dr. dolittle, along with life after "iron man." >> i am iron man. >> today, wednesday, january 15th, 2020. ♪ just dance ♪ can't stop the feeling >> we're the tuttle family. >> from ohio. >> here from new orleans -- >> today is tracy's birthday. >> sister trip from beaverton, oregon. >> from central iowa.

go, hawkeyes. >> theo brown is celebrating his first birthday. >> he's psyched about it, too. happy birthday, little one. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. >> hump day. >> i had to think about that for a minute. >> we have something special coming up on friday. amidst the devastating wildfires in australia, a symbol of hope for the most iconic animal, the koala. we're getting an exclusive first look at hope, the first surviving baby koala. >> to be born in three decades at the zoo in miami. isn't she adorable. we'll meet baby hope. good name. >> good name. >> i was going to say, perfect. it's not lost on me. let's get right to the news at 8:00. there's a lot going on. history is being made today, as the house sends the articles of impeachment against the president to the senate for trial. and democrats sparred in their final debate before the first votes are cast in the 2020 campaign. kristen welker joins us with the

three things to watch today. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. the house is expected to vote to send the articles of impeachment to the senate for trial a little later on today. this morning, speaker pelosi naming the managers. they include chairman schiff, chairman nadler, hakeem jeffries, zoe lofgren, sylvia garcia, and jason ycrow. six democrats faced off in iowa overnight, and sparks flew when senator elizabeth warren stood by her claim in the debate last night that during a 2016 conversation with bernie sanders, he told her a woman could not win. it's a claim he denied. >> as far aa matter of fact, i t say it. anybody who knows me knows it would be incomprehensible, that i would think a woman could not

be the president of the united states. >> what'd you think when senator sanders told you a woman could not win the election? >> i disagreed. bernie is my friend, and i am not here to try to fight with bernie. so can a woman beat donald tr p trump? look at the men on this stage. collectively, they've lost ten elections. the only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women. amy and me. >> reporter: as the debate wrapped up, this moment went viral. warren appearing to reject an offer to shake bernie sanders' hand. the two, instead, engaged in what appeared to be an intense conversation. savannah? >> kristen welker with the three things to watch. thank you very much. the coast guard and a local fire department teamed up to rescue three fishermen off of the oregon coast. >> everybody's safe.verybody's . everybody's safe we have confirmation everybody's safe everybody's alive.

>> an air crew on the routine flight spotted the capsized boat near coos bay. the boat was in danger of sinking. but they were able to pull the fishermen out one by one they were cold but okay. now, "your health. 28% of women who become pregnant suffer miscarriages. now, a first of its kind study finds that many of those women also experience post-traumatic stress disorder. nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar is here with this one a lot of women suffer in silence with miscarriages. now this new study comes out what is this study saying? >> this is important news for women this morning, you guys past research has established a link between miscarriage and stress and depression and anxiety and depression but what large-scale studies haven't looked at is the incidence of posttraumatic stress following early pregnancy loss particularly not only with miscarriage but with atopic

pregnancies. this study, out of the uk, actually showed a significant number of women do experience post-traumatic stress symptoms up to 29% after a month. one in six, 18%, are still experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms after nine months >> as you said, many studies have found -- and people know anecdotally, if you suffer pregnancy loss, you have the depression, anxiety, sadness, all these things ptsd is a very particular diagnosis. and the study is saying one in six have ptsd. what are the symptoms? >> it's definitely emotional trauma, more of a psychological trauma the symptoms to look for is reexperiencing the loss. flashbacks, having dreams and memories of this women will avoid reminders this is called emotional numbing. they will avoid people, places or situations that remind them of their loss. and also, they can be easily triggered. if you've suffered a loss and you see a new mom, for example,

walking with their child, that can trigger the emotions again >> if a woman is experiencing some of the symptoms that you laid out there, and she's not getting the help that she needs, what should she do what can she do? >> the first thing to do is to communicate this to your doctor. and the onus is on all of us myself included. to recognize the symptoms exist in women >> doctors, the onus is on doctors. >> the onus is on doctors to know it's not just anxiety and depression cbt is a well-established treatment for ptsd but women should feel empowered to recognize the symptoms and confide in friends and family to seek the help they need. this is important for docs and the patients and families alike. >> there shouldn't be stigma or shame. natalie, thank you let's get to a "morning boost. want to? bruce springsteen has praised firefighters in song and now has

one in the family. the boss and his wife were filled with pride as their younger son was sworn in as a jersey city firefighter. 26-year-old sam springsteen and his class made it through five months of fire academy training. he has served as a volunteer firefighter. bruce said, it was a long road but sam was very dedicated >> i love that think how many people are going to be like, springsteen? you're not related to. forget it. coming up, harry smith introduces us to a billionaire on a personal mission to end a medical crisis in this country but lookie who is here i'm sorry. with his a-game, robert downey jr a new film did you look across there? >> oh, my gosh papering the walls >> we've been looking at you for weeks across at that window. >> sorry about your luck >> we're going to talk about the new movie, "dolittle" and a lot more coming up. >> i'm star struck robert downey jr >> speechless. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm not ready >> i can't take it >> look at you (whistling)

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prices on more than 3,000 drugs surge master's degr surged more than 10% >> and on that list, insulin it's cost has doubled over the last five years. can you imagine? harry is here to introduce us to a man who says enough is enough. >> think about this. we know about people going to mexico and canada to get insulin. we've done stories about people rationing it, sharing it, dying as a result. this guy might be the guy to put an end to all of that. is that right? >> reporter: they serve sugar-free pie at the all-in diner in oklahoma. it's only part of the reason that billionaire harold han, a diabetic, keeps coming back here you come back to the same place you ate 50 years ago >> yeah. >> reporter: down the road in lexington, is his boyhood home we used to say, we didn't have two nickels to rub together. >> you can say that. >> reporter: that the son of a

sharecropper and youngers of, yes, 13 children, would end up on the cover of "forbes" and "time" is a quintessential, only in america story but at age 50, he's in the middle of another story. an epidemic. >> an epidemic, for sure and looking forward, more so, when you consider that one out of three, eventually >> reporter: in america? >> in america. >> reporter: he has pledged to give half of his wealth to charity. and a healthy portion of it has gone to diabetes research and treatment at the university of oklahoma what is it like to live with diabetes >> you're pricking your finger every day. a lot of pills a lot of medication. >> reporter: but the free market, hard-core capitalist, has a serious problem with the drug industry, the price of insulin. >> i find the whole thing

unconscionable >> reporter: prices that have pushed a multiple of americans into mexico and canada, where they can purchase pharmaceuticals at a fraction of a cost in the u.s. those that can't get insulin at a price they can afford, sometimes share it or ration it, which has led to a spike in deaths >> there's not a day i can't use insulin. it's not like a pill i can say, i forgot it this morning and i hate to sound as dramatic as that. but it is life and death >> reporter: earlier this year, megan found herself with a difficult and dangerous choice have you ever rationed your insulin? >> i have. when i was between jobs. it was, do i pay for my insulin or do i pay for my mortgage? >> reporter: that's not an exaggeration 16 years ago, her insulin cost - >> $45 that was in 2003 >> reporter: what's it cost now? >> $385. >> reporter: and it's the same stuff? >> it's the same insulin >> reporter: you're familiar with this face

fed up with the deaths and dangers insulin users face, hamm has headed to washington he's here to push the government to remove the barriers for the manufacture of cheap, generic, safe, insulin. >> when you have people dying because they can't afford this life-saving drug, that's very emotional. >> reporter: what's your goal in all of this? >> my goal is to find a solution enough is enough what we're asking for is making the changes to make it right >> reporter: you're the guy to do it? >> i hope i'm the guy to do it i hope we get it done. >> it is interesting two of the big drug companies have released what they call generic insulins now, at a much, much lower price there's blowback on that because it's not available everywhere. it's really interesting. and you know, it helps to have friends in high places harold hamm is a good friend to the president of the united states he's been to the white house he's been working with the white house to say, there's a way to make a generic insulin that is

really going to be cost-effective and available to everybody. >> what is the rationale for the rise in the price of insulin it's been around for a long time >> i wish i knew the answer to that here's what's important. the canadian who invented insulin, he knew it was so important and so life-saving for so many people, the price he sold the patent, $1. >> wow >> wow harry, thank you keep us posted it's important >> pleasure. al, over to you. >> let's show you what we have going on for today one big storm coming into the pacific northwest. showers through the south. as we move our way during the day, we're going to be watching this storm coming out of the northwest. it's going to cause some problems really cold air, now, banked up in the plains. that's going to make its way east, as well. 70s and 80s, from the gulf texas through florida. cold and snowy in the great lakes right now. the clipper system comes across. we'll see showers later tomorrow in the northeast isolated flooding in the central mississippi river valley another pacific storm coming into the northwest

that's the one that's going to make its way cross-country, eventually causing problems in the northeast, mid-atlantic, and on along the great lakes that good morning. this is what that pacific storm looks like right now as it approach the coast. this will cause big problems for the bay area with some heavy rain and high winds starting tomorrow morning early. we will be dry today. as we get ready for that storm to arrive, it will move from north to south into the morning commute, as well as the early morning hours. and then we'll see it taper off to scattered showers, still a chance of thunderstorms. and then for the weekend, our weather quiet down, but there will be a slight chance of rain on saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. hoda >> al, thank you now, to the man we've been promising you all morning. he is sitting right here robert downey jr you played iconic people over the years. charlie chaplain, sherlock holmes

and now, he's taking on the doctor after the little role you may know, iron man the doctor that talks to animals, doolittle maybe he shouldn't rely on them in the operating room. >> forceps, doctor >> here you go >> that's celery >> forceps, please >> celery. that's a different piece of celery still celery never mind, i'll get it myself >> robert, hi. >> hi. >> i love the accent to start off with >> boy, oh, boy. >> how was that? it's a welsh accent, right >> even welsh people try not to do it. >> by the way, great weather, al i wanted to do something different. i played chaplain. i played sherlock. i wanted to up my game a bit >> the premiere happened your kids went it was the first premiere your kids were able to go to. >> first time.

pg movie >> give me the verdict kids know when something's good. >> we got thumbs up, which is a glowing endorsement. at that point, they were probably eating cotton candy who knows? >> i think the cool thing about this, it's for kids. at the end of the movie, it was really emotional you had audiences in the palm of your hand. describe what people will see when they go >> it has a lot of heart and i hear people promote things like that. and they go, me, too, bro. we wanted to be impactful and be about communication and empathy and all this stuff, like the movies i was seeing when i was a kid. we were talking about some of them a while ago the first "dolittle," one of your coworkers was watching at radio city in '68 when it came out. >> were you familiar with dolittle as a kid? >> probably more familiar with eddie murphy's version that's more of my time >> you know a thing or two about

animals. where you live, you have a whole bunch. can you list the animals that are in your area around your home >> yes we have the four alpacas dandy, miss brain, madre and fuzzy. two cows right there strawberry and her brother, oreo that's our rescue goat his name is flash. >> yeah. >> the chickens, that one's name is burt. >> you name your chickens? >> no. that's cutie boots she's another rescue we love her a bunch. she's not crazy about flash. there's a status game going on right now. >> walk me through how you care for the animals. you get out there and do your thing? you feed them, care for them >> i do as i'm told by the missus and the folks that take care of animals. i talk about them on tv and they say, thanks for the shoutout

>> do you talk to them in real life do they have a little thing? >> don't we all? it's a weird, fantastic thing. and i believe certain animals cue a response, that it seems like you're getting something. >> your wife is the producer on this show. you have done nine movies i think she said together. >> this is naughty number one, yeah >> what's it like working so closely with your spouse >> she's great she would be a much better interview than me. i think you guys have a lot in common she's just extremely gifted and asserted person, who has worked her butt off to wind up where she is we complement each other, like any good relationship, like we were talking about >> i saw an interview with you i like how you leaned into each other. it spoke to -- why is she the one? >> first of all, she's tolerated me these many years. we want to get along that's a key to a relationship

do you want to get along with this person? act like that. >> good advice a lot of folks were heartbroken when iron man and tony stark went away. >> right >> were you heartbroken when the end came >> now that i'm middle-aged, to be honseshonest, you look at thk nine and go, this is part of the journey. things end everyone is going somewhere. >> is it a true end though everyone is cracking a little door open, saying maybe. are you keeping it cracked open? >> those are the stages of grief? i'm not sure are we in bargaining now i am so pleased, just that, i wound up where i have. i'm very fortunate so, i'm not the kind of guy who -- i want to try to keep it classy >> we'll see that's good.

>> we'll see if i'm classy or not. >> your life has had so many highs and lows i was thinking about how you feel about this phase in your life it looks like everything seems to be going right. great kids a beautiful wife >> it's wild >> tell me about this phase in your life. you worked hard to get here. >> i think we all do and life is an obstacle course i think if anything, it's that nothing is ever okay at the same time it's important when you have the moments when personally, professionally, the kids are healthy, you plant a flag and say, this is one of those days where i have no complaints i've caused no wreckage. i owe no apologies this is great. >> can i give you a shoutout for "ellen" yesterday. you hosted "ellen. terrific you binge-watched the morning show i think there's a lane for you in the mornings with all of us >> it will be a hostile

takeover >> want to test this mattress? >> i did not expect that visual. >> give this a try >> you can do it we're testing different mattresses for "consumer report." this is elliot you know al. what do you think? good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. a late night high-speed chase end with an arrest in the south bay. chp officers took the driver into custody a little before midnight. this is near capital and mckey in san jose. officers say that chase covered parts of interstates 280 and 680, and sometimes went at speeds of more than 120 miles per hour. officers managed to corral the suspect when he exited the freeway. here's as it happened -- they're still working to find out what started that chase and what charges the suspect may face. let's look at the commute. mike, not as bad as that --

>> nothing like that. we have a slowdown here from university down to about san antonio road. the crash there may still be in the lanes. that's causing the slow drive that section of the peninsula. i guess that's right behind me. san mateo, also gums up around the area of 92. south bay continuing with the northbound route there, jammed up. south 880, we should see recovery. just cleared the crash at hacienda. slow 238 from both directions of the nimitz. northbound and westbound for 580, as well. both toward the bay bridge, standard back up there. not so bad through berkeley and san francisco, the crash cleared. back to you. >> thanks.

♪ ♪ it is 8:30, now, on this wednesday morning, the 15th of january, 2020. we have a nice crowd out here, don't we >> a hearty crowd. >> how about a crowd moment? i'm looking for cassie and tyler. there they are nice and close how are we, cassie >> great how are you?

>> i'm well. how are you? >> great, thank you so much. >> i hear congratulations are in order. >> yes we're getting married. >> big round of applause yes. there's also some other big news in the family, too >> yes it's grandma kathy's birthday in nebraska >> is this a big birthday? >> 80th birthday >> grandma kathy >> and i hear she watches every morning. >> yes >> how about a quick happy birthday song for grandma kathy. a one, a two ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday grandma kathy happy birthday to you ♪ >> yes >> are you one are you two? are you three? >> happy birthday, grandma kathy. >> love it coming up, the two popes in real life. a controversy whether some priests should be allowed to

marry. we'll get the latest live from vatican city and in the market for a new mattress robe robert downey jr. may be i remember we'll show you the best one for your money with our friends from "consumer reports. first, mr. roker, check of the forecast >> for today, we're looking at a big storm coming from the pacific northwest. isolated flooding through the river valley tomorrow, the storm system gets itself together and transfers energy to the storm in texas pushing east, it'll be bitter cold in the plains with snow and wind with a little clipper coming across the great lakes, good morning. i'm meteorologist kari halt. we see the storm system off the coast. that will be moving again with heavy rain and high winds going into tomorrow morning. we're all dry today. for the north bay, we're seeing some of the showers moving in tonight. we'll see some of the heavier rain moving again before sunrise

as it races from north to south along with gusty winds. it will put snow some of the bay area peaks. all of that moves out on friday. and we'll see some sunshine. by saturday, spotty showers moving again throughout the afternoon. >> that is your latest weather don't forget, you can take us with you go to "today" show sirius/xm 108. and you can listen anywhere you have the sirius radio. big news in music. we're going to tell you who made the rock 'n' roll hall of fame

it's "pop start" time. no carson, but look who we have. >> good morning to you guys. >> morning, sheinelle. >> we have breaking news on pop start. the rock 'n' roll hall of fame has listed the inductees for 2020

i'm happy about this topping the list -- whitney houston. they asked me to pick my favorite song. why not? i want to dance with somebody. houston is being recognized for her many achievements, including being the first woman to enter the billboard 200 at number one. >> i thought she already did. >> about time, right >> other unduck ttees - the doobie brothers, biggie, and t-rex. it'll be broadcast on hbo may 2nd. congratulations to all of them cue the music. that can only mean one thing we have bond news. billie eilish has been tapped to perform the theme song >> i thought it was going to be beyonce. >> it is billie eilish the next james bond franchise. according to the instagram account, eilish and her brother have written the title song for "no time to die. this will make eilish the youngest artist in history to

write and record a james bond theme song we should expect to hear the song soon, as "no time to die" will hit theaters in april >> why did beyonce have a picture of her sipping the martini? >> to tip us off >> maybe we overinterpreted. >> maybe this is tlg elsomethine to it. did you see this after netflix dropped the second season of their hit series, fans are getting exciting news on what's next. ♪ >> that's right. season three is confirmed. the netflix series has been an internet sensation >> creepy. >> viewers falling in love with badgley's character, despite his less than desirable stalker tendencies fans have to wait a while for the next chapter season three is set to premiere in 2021. >> that's like saying you're pregnant and you're going to

have a third kid, too. right then and there chris martin from coldplay and the lead guitarist sat down with ellen to chat about their latest album "everyday life. as a treat to coldplay and mile items cyrus fans alike, martin performed "party in the usa" at guerrillapalooza. ♪ hands up, playing my song butterflies fly away ♪ ♪ bobbing my head like yeah ♪ bobbing my head like, yeah ♪ ♪ moving my hips like, yeah hands up, playing my song ♪ ♪ i know it's going to be okay yeah, it's a party in the usa ♪ >> that's good, isn't it >> awesome he should release that >> not all ellen also delighted her audience with an amazing throwback video from 1998, in which chris martin declares his lofty aspirations for the band

that would become coldplay >> chris martin, world champion, and coldplay are going to go on to be a huge band. this will be on national television within four years four years it's the 26th of june, 1998. by the 26th of june, 2002, coldplay, or the band, whatever they're called th eed then, wile known all over, man. >> he was right. >> guy, will, john and chris don't you forget it. >> how about that? see? >> wow >> get your vision board 22 years later, it looks the same "everyday life" is the eighth studio album it's out now >> second best live concert i've ever seen. >> what was the first? >> prince. >> good stuff. you have a click >> our "daly clicks" showcase innovative ways in which dads take on common household chores. today is a special one this is a man's attempt to doing the dishes >> see >> a drill

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we are bac we're back with the growing controversy tied to the future of priests in the catholic church nbc's molly hunter joins us from the vatican. good morning >> reporter: good morning. controversy is swirling at the

vatican, as two popes, one retired and one reigning, appear at odds. now, former pope benedict is weighing in. the much-anticipated and the already wildly controversial new book "from the deaths of our hearts." the book, written in part by pope benedict xvi, defends the church's practice of celibacy among priests. it comes at the same time benedict's successor, pope frances, is considering whether older married men could be ordained in areas like the amazon but the pope emeritus says he was a co-author. he was nearly a contributor. >> some see this is breaking with the tradition, to put pressure on pope francis not to even go down that road of the ordination of married men. >> reporter: the co-author, a leading conservative from guinea, now under fire some accusing him of takin advantage of the 92-year-old former pontiff

but the cardinal shared these letters on twitter of proof, detailing in a facebook post his close collaboration with benedict the vatican responding, suggesting that pope francis agreed in principle on celibacy, but in the most remote areas, the shepherd has to think of the faithful at stake, a centuries ol tradition and easing it may be a gateway for wider change >> there's a teaching authority in the church. and the pope is the center of unity and the main teacher >> reporter: there's only one? >> there's only one. >> reporter: ever since benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign, the relationship between the pontiffs have been the object of endless fascination. >> you're mistaken >> reporter: "the two popes," a netflix film about the relationship, grabbed three oscar nominations. when benedict retired in 2013, he vowed to remain hidden from the world, keeping to his own side of the vatican garden but as it turns out, he's not great at hiding.

and some worry this latest religious rift may do more to divide than unite. >> molly, at the end of the day, it's pope francis' decision isn't it >> reporter: that's right, savannah to be clear, pope francis has the final say. there's only one pope. and he didn't bring it up this morning at his weekly audience but it does raise questions about future retired popes what can they wear do, see, and how involved can they be going forward? guys >> molly hunter at vatican city. thank you. coming up next, remember when we were on the mattress with robert downey jr. >> we remember >> is he coming back for the segment? >> no. i wanted to bring it up. but elliot weiler is here and we will wake him up and find the best mattress, best price for every kind of sleeper.

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here today's consumer this morning, how to find the best mattress for your money when the options seem endless. a little help from our friends at consumer reports. you can core score a new bed and great price without leaving your house. elliot weiler is digital lifestyle editor >> good morning. >> when is it time to get a new mattress >> a good rule of thumb is ten years. a lot is the look and feel of the mattress how do you feel in the morning is it's lumpy or if you're waking up and you feel sore or stiff, it might be time. >> before we look at the mattresses, you have four tips to getting a good mattress >> first, do some online research use the specific model number in your search. you might get discounts. don't look for sealy, type in the posturepedic, whatever it might be sign up for newsletters or e-mail lists you'll get discounts that way, which is good. >> really? then, you have to get the newsletters. >> you can unsubscribe when you buy your mattress.

add it to your cart, go away close the browser. play hard to get >> like dating >> yes you might get a discount that way. and haggle our consumer reports members say they have saved $100 haggling. say there is a better price elsewhere. if you're not sure, you can get an extra discount. >> call the shop >> or online chat. >> you looked at something here's a discount. >> we have four types of mattress we were just talking about, al is a side sleeper. what do you like about this one? >> can't do anything about snoring. part of consumer reports' measuring of our test here, a lot of science in our mattress rating we look at a laser to look at the alignment of his spine we want to make sure his spine has the support that it needs on his side this is the sleep-on latex $7935 -- $795. it's a good choice for side sleepers like al >> this came in a box? >> everything came in a box but one.

>> this shocks me. i don't know how it works. hoda is a back sleeper are you? >> no. >> but this is a back sleeper's mattress >> this is the avocado green one. it uses recycled materials in it it's the most expensive of the four here, $1,400. all of these mattresses are under $1,500 >> avocado green is the brand? there's a lot of new mattress brands you may want to check it out this should feel firmer to you the support you're looking at, as a back sleeper, use the laser and keep the back aligned the same way as when you're standing up that's what you want the mattress to do >> let's walk over to sheinelle. >> it's on different places. >> this is an air mattress >> stay in that position i'm going to hopefully make it more firm for you. >> all right >> you're good >> over time, you should be feeling some firmness here

>> okay. >> this is the sleep number 360 c2 smart bed >> is anything happening >> it's pretty cool. >> it should be going from a softer to a firmer feeling >> different on each side? >> yeah. >> each sleeping partner can adjust their firmness. >> a lot of people would like something like this. >> does it have a warmer >> no. that's just you. >> some of the models may have warmers. >> sheinelle is my warmer. >> this is about $1,000. and this is the most durable mattress in the tests of the mattresses that we have here we simulate eight years of sleeping on this mattress quite well >> oh, wow craig is over here part of a couple she left because he was snoring. this is the best couple's bed and why? >> this maintains the level of support for each person. >> really comfortable bed. we're in the market for a mattress >> you like this

>> i do. >> this is a charles p. rogers bed. >> sounds expensive. it's not it's $950. and charles p. rogers is at the top of consumer reports for mattresses the thing about this, it does hold its shape people turn 30 to 40 times a night. if that's happening as a couple, you can interrupt each other's sleep. this is a good choice. >> can it support small children jumping on it? >> maybe a king size it held up to robert downey jr >> it's a good couple's mattress because it holds its shape on both sides you're not getting the rustling around >> good for size sleepers and back sleepers. there's never a one-size-fits-all mattress but for couples, this is a good choice >> either that or two mattresses in two rooms >> a lot of people did for generations. >> they did. beds in a box. >> we have great budget buys here one from walmart one from amazon. the prices on these are amazing. one is $400. one is $275.

these are mattresses that rate very well in consumer reports tests. and they're not that expensive >> if it comes in a box -- not to assume anything, but aren't you sacrificing quality? >> not at all. >> these all came in a box including the one you're on. >> really? i'm on old man >> the couples bed has a 100-day return policy. >> i was going to ask. how do you return a mattress box. >> you slept on it >> i don't know what they do with it. i just know you can return it. that's not my problem or your problem. >> a lot of the mattresses can be returned. >> they'll be hauled away. >> thank you, elliott. >> i'm the only one lying down >> everybody got out of bed but you, craig. >> story of my life. >> if you want more information, go to today.com/shop al, over to you. from beds to birthdays, let's spin the smucker's jars and wish some people a happy birthday happy 102nd birthday to beatrice

foreman. businesswoman from south orange, new jersey married to the love of her life for 50 years harold thune is celebrating 100 years. this former basketball player has been inducted into the sports hall of fame in his state. happy 100th to gerry mcgowan of phoenix, arizona she loves spending time with her kids and grand kids. mollie larner of albany, new york, is also 100. her secret to longevity, a glass of wine. dorothy henderson of tuscaloosa, alabama, is 100 years old. spent many years doing missionary work in her home city last but not least, 100 birthday to harry taft, sports fan from overland park, kansas. avid chiefs fan. he'll be watching this weekend he's crossing his fingers and ten toes for his favorite team to win the super bowl. don't forget, if you know somebody turning 1 or 100, we want to hear about them. head to today.com/celebrate.

>> i enjoyed that mattress >> i did, too. >> wish it lasted longer >> i'm serious couple hours more to come here. third hour of "today." it is wellness wednesday we're going to show you how to ease is stress and find your inner zen, no matter where you are. >> and laila ali >> and hoda and jenna wondering why the scale will not budge what women are not doing but should one thing. >> you going to weigh yourself on tv again? >> not again

good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. a short time ago union city closed the doors of one of its four fire stations for the last time. fire station 30 is located near where alameda creek meets union city boulevard. city leaders say the problem, it just doesn't get enough calls. a study found firefighters respond to less than two calls

every 24 hours. the firefighters union warns that closure may increase potential risk levels citywide especially if other stations are tied up with emergencies. a total of nine firefighters work at that station, all are being reassigned to other alameda county firehouses. happening now, a recruit at the firehouse talking to firefighters along with concerned neighbors. we'll have a live report midday. you can link to more on our home page. house leaders are finally sending the articles of impeachment over to the u.s. senate. a little more than an hour ago, house speaker nancy pelosi wrapped up a news conference. she outlined what will happen now as a group of house managers are ready to hand the articles to senate leaders. you can go to our twitter feed for details, including a list of lawmakers appointed to the house managers including bay area's zoe lofgren. we'll have more local news coming up in an hour.

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." good morning, it's humpday. welcome to third hour of "today." i'm al, along with sheinelle, craig and keir simmons. >> i have come back again. >> did you get a haircut? >> no. >> it looks like it's been cut. very nice. >> i love it. i saw on instagram, you and our executive producer, jackie -- >> we went to visit dylan. and little ollie was there. we had a great time. it was really, a lot of fun. there's jackie. >> you forget how tiny they are,