the bay bridge toll plaza i promised i would show it to you. there it is, scattered backups. metering lights are on. >> all right. that's going to do it for us. >> the "today" show is up next for you. we leave you with a live look at the golden gate bridge. have a good monday morning. moments ago. moderna saying its vaccine is nearly 95% effective. >> it means some hope that we are going to beat this thing and we're going to beat it sooner rather than later. >> how big a breakthrough,nd how soon could it be available? we'll ask dr. anthony fauci live, as the covid crisis spirals out of control. moving forward. team biden tries to push ahead with the transition. >> donald trump's twitter feed doesn't make joe biden president or not president. >> even as the trump administration refuses national

security briefings, and more republicans sound the alarm. >> it is very important that joe biden have access to the intelligence briefings to make sure that he is prepared. >> the latest on the president-elect's plans, just ahead. blast-off. >> ignition, liftoff. >> spacex makes history yet again. a spectacular nighttime launch to carry four astronauts to the international space station. inside, their mission, and why elon musk had to miss his company's crowning moments. those stories, plus -- games on. just this morning the head of the olympics sounding confident about tokyo 2021 during his first trip there during the pandemic. what's being planned to keep athletes safe and get fans in the stands. and a wild weekend in the nfl from a sunday night upset in torrential rain. >> in he goes for the touchdown! >> to one of the longest touchdowns in nfl history.

>> jones, ronald jones, 98-yard touchdown! >> to this miraculous game-winning hail mary. >> it is caught! >> the plays that still have people talking today, monday, november 16th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to "today." good to have you with us. you see the tree? >> yeah, it arrived on saturday. we're happy to see it here. we do have a lot to get to this morning, including that spectacular launch by spacex and nasa. it went off without a hitch. there was an issue that had to be addressed a few hours before flight. tom costello will have details in a live report coming up. we are also looking forward

to speaking live this morning with dr. anthony fauci and there's a lot to talk about. breaking news just out. another vaccine candidate showing great promise. let's get right to nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer who has the information for us. miguel, the company is moderna. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, that's good news that's welcomed on the heels of so much loss. the cdc predicts up to 35,000 more deaths by december, the nation now surpassing 11 million cases. as you mentioned, signs of progress breaking just now. pharmaceutical company moderna announcing early results of its vaccine trial. this morning another potential breakthrough in the battle against covid, a vaccine developed by moderna showing a 94.5% efficacy rate in a trial with 30,000 participants. the company's president telling us the first doses could be rolled out as soon as december, if the fda authorizes it for

emergency use. >> what does this mean for americans at home? >> it means some hope that we are going to beat this thing. we're going to beat it sooner rather than later. >> reporter: moderna says the independent committee analyzing its data did not report any significant safety concerns, clearing a major hurdle. the nation's top infectious disease doctor says he hopes the promise of vaccines motivates americans to fully embrace public health measures. >> people are worn out about this, but we've got to hang in there a bit longer. >> reporter: covid cases are still skyrocketing across the u.s. a million new infections added in the last week alone. >> we are in a very dangerous period. the most dangerous public health period since 1918. >> reporter: state and local health officials are responding with new restrictions. washington state now banning indoor service at bars and restaurants, and closing gyms and similar businesses for four

weeks. colorado hitting a record number of single-day cases and hospitalizations, as its governor warns against holiday gatherings. >> it's a very important caution for people not to play russian roulette over thanksgiving. you wouldn't do it with a gun, and you shouldn't do it with a virus. >> reporter: chicago's mayor issuing a 30-day stay-at-home advisory. residents are only to go out for essential needs. while in minnesota, sunday's obituary section of the star-tribune was 10 1/2 pages, a grim symbol of a pandemic season growing darker by the day. one big difference between the moderna vaccine and one developed by pfizer that also reported very promising results, moderna says its vaccine doesn't need to be kept at extremely low temperatures to remain stable. that could help with shipping and distribution. >> and that brings us to dr. anthony fauci, director of

national institutes allergy and infectious diseases and a member of the government's coronavirus task force. dr. fauci, good morning to you. you've got to be pleased about these early results from moderna showing their vaccine candidate to be 94.5% effective. do you anticipate that it will get emergency use approval from the fda, and how soon? >> well, we all anticipate it will i don't want to get ahead of the fda. but the data are striking, savannah, they're really quite impressive 94.5% efficacy there were 95 events 5 of them in the vaccine group and 90 of them in the placebo group. that is really quite impressive and really is something that foretells an impact on this outbreak together with a vaccine that you know just last week was shown to be comparably effective with the pfizer. so now we have two vaccines that are really quite effective

so i think this is a really strong step forward to where we want to be about getting control of this outbreak. >> and i won't hold you to it because i recognize that it's the fda that determines emergency use approval, but the general timeline you and i have been talking about timelines since going back to march what do you think the timeline is for these vaccine candidates to be available? shots in the arm >> yeah, what i think is going to happen is it's going to be all hands on deck. everybody will do it correctly, they're not going to cut any corners but do it quickly. we project by the end of december that there will be doses of vaccines available for individuals in the higher risk category from both companies we hope and this is something we're looking forward to. >> and real quickly, there are other companies that are obviously in stage three clinical trials. do you anticipate that we could end up with three, four, five

efficacious vaccines >> i think that's quite conceivable that will occur. one of the things that's common about these vaccines, the platforms are different, but the moderna and the pfizer ones are similar, but the other types of vaccine platforms are using what's called the spike protein of the coronavirus. something that has been researched very intensively right in our own group at the nih at the vaccine research center to put it in the kind of confirmation that is optimum to induce a good immune response. virtually all of the other vaccines rely on that spike protein. so to me that gives me hope that more than these two will also be effective. >> i knew i was in trouble when i got into spike protein, so let's talk about how this could work we're obviously in the middle of a transition between the trump administration and the incoming biden administration how concerned are you that the white house has still not green

lighted the transition so that folks on your side of things can be talking to the incoming biden administration >> well, savannah, obviously it's something we're concerned about. as you know, i've served in six administrations so i've seen a number of transitions. and i know that transitions are very important to get a smooth, essentially as i use the metaphor, essentially passing a baton without stopping running you just want things to go very smoothly so hopefully we'll see that soon transitions are important. >> well, and in particular just to put a fine point on it, is it, boy, it would be nice to have a smooth transition or is it particularly critical we just talked about this timeline, december, january, where vaccines are going to be stood up people are going to need to get these vaccines that is the very transition. the doctor in charge for the trump administration says he hopes and he does not want to see that process disrupted in any way. >> i totally agree with him very

much so. i mean the virus is not going to stop and call a time-out while things change. the virus is just going to keep going. the process is just going to keep going this is something that just is now going in the very, very strong right direction the vaccines are effective we want to get it approved as quickly as we possibly can we want to get doses to people starting in december then we want to really get the ball rolling as we get into january, february and march. we want a smooth process with that the way you do that is by essentially having the two groups speak to each other and exchange information. >> you mentioned the vaccine research is going in the right direction. the virus is going in the wrong direction. we just had 145,000 cases daily. that's the seven-day daily average. 1,100 deaths, that's the daily average. is this the dark winter that you

and others have warned about >> i'm afraid that it can be but we can do something about it, savannah i keep saying that over and over yes, it's a very serious situation. we know that this covid fatigue that people are just tired of the kinds of restrictions, but there are fundamental things that we talk about all the time that i've discussed with you many times the physical distancing, the washing of hands, the universal wearing of masking, the staying away from crowds if we do that uniformly throughout the country, we don't have to accept major surges. we can blunt them. and then with the vaccine, as i use it i say help is on the way. it certainly is. but the fact that help is on the way should spur us even more to double down on some of the public health measures, to be able to use the combination of a vaccine and public health measures to turn this thing around we can do it >> i know you yourself have not

advised a national lockdown. there are individual cities and states who are implementing stricter measures. dr. scott atlas, who is the white house advisor to the president on the coronavirus tweeted last night, the only way this stops is if people rise up. you get what you accept. #freedommatters. step up. and then he had to add another tweet to say, oh, hey, i wasn't talking about violence what do you think of that message? >> you know, i totally disagree with it. i made no secret of that i don't want to say anything against dr. atlas as a person but i totally disagree with the stand he takes i just do, period. >> dr. fauci, thank you very much we appreciate your time this morning. take care. >> thank you good to be with you. >> thank you all right, it's now 12 minutes after the hour look who's back in studio 1a craig melvin has the latest on the election fallout for us. good morning. >> hey, good to see you guys you mentioned the transition with dr. fauci a few moments

ago. today president-elect joe biden expected to focus on his vision for the nation's economy this as president trump briefly took a first step toward admitting he actually lost the election while still not conceding, though. geoff bennett has the very latest from both camps geoff, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. more than a week after joe biden won the election, president trump is still refusing to concede the race, even tweeting overnight in all caps, i won the election which of course is not the case. but all of it means that the biden team is still locked out of critical data and resources meant to ensure a smooth transition this morning joe biden's presidential transition pushing forward, despite the trump administration's roadblocks. the president-elect and future vp set to deliver remarks today focused on the country's economic recovery. as biden's new chief of staff

raises warnings about the dangers of delaying the pandemic planning. >> people making plans to implement that vaccine, our experts need to talk to those people as soon as possible so nothing drops in this change of power. >> reporter: on sunday the president seemingly acknowledged his loss for the first time with two words in a tweet he won backtracking roughly 90 minutes later writing in another tweet i concede nothing. >> donald trump's twitter feed doesn't make joe biden president or not president the american people did that. >> reporter: all of it following violent clashes in the nation's capital over the election results. trump supporters rejecting the outcome of the race, echoing the president's false claims of fraud. more than 20 people were arrested in what started as relatively peaceful demonstrations, with thousands rallying for president trump. >> we're never going to accept joe biden as the president of the united states. >> reporter: but the calls for mr. trump to concede are growing, on both sides of the aisle.

>> joe biden is the president-elect, and that transition for the country's sake, it's important for a normal transition to start >> the idea that he continues to tell his supporters that the only reason he may have lost this election is because of fraud is an absolutely disgraceful, unamerican thing to do. >> reporter: former president barack obama weighing in too >> when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond your own ego and your own interests and your own disappointments my advice to president trump is if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing. >> reporter: now, even as joe biden projects calm and confidence as it relates to

these delays, i'm told the view within the campaign is that the longer it goes, the worse it gets and it could endanger a future federal response to the coronavirus crisis craig. >> geoff bennett for us in wilmington thank you. let us get a first check of the forecast and that child weather that struck in the northeast overnight. good morning, dylan. >> did you hear it last night? >> yes the rain coming down, the wind that was out there we saw gusts about 40 to 60 miles per hour we had a tornado warning for new york city itself and that is on average typical about once a year but certainly never in november. we had significant flooding out in western pennsylvania. we also had just lots of wind damage reports as those winds were very, very gusty. it was a wild evening. we picked up more than 287 reports of wind damage as this cold front moved to the east you can see most of them around ohio, pennsylvania, new york and several of those in the philadelphia/new york city area. it's still going to be windy today and much colder than

yesterday too so it's going to be very, very brisk. temperatures will be on the colder side along with those winds, up to 30 to 40 miles per hour so you'll want to bundle up. also keep in mind that colder northwest wind crosses over the very unfrozen great lakes right now and lake-effect snow will start to kick in, especially in the higher elevations off of lake erie and lake ontario we could see 2 to 4 inches of snow but some areas just south of watertown where the elevation is a little bit higher, we could see 5 to 6 inches of that lake-effect snow that's a look at the weather across the country we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're tracking our next round of rain set to move in tomorrow. but we're also clear and also very warm for today. by the time that rain gets here we'll see it moving from north to south by tomorrow afternoon and we'll usher in some cooler temperatures. a lot of that rain moving out by wednesday, and the rest of the week is looking clear but also seasonable as we drop back those temperatures to the mid-60s from thursday to sunday. >> and that's your latest forecast back to you guys. >> savannah slept through it just letting you know, someone just slept right through it. just ahead, guys, spacex and nasa usher in the next era of space travel tom costello was there and he'll give us a closer look at the historic launch and the mission

ahead. and ahead, the encouraging news on the 2021 tokyo olympics from the head of the ioc his first trip since the delayed games and keir simmons joins us with the overnight details

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a very good morning to you. 7:26. i'm laura garcia. a look at today's top stories including another big step forward in the race for a covid vaccine. >> reporter: i'm cierra johnson in san francisco. we learned that moderna's vaccine in its third phase was 94.5% effective. dr. anthony fauci reacted to the news on the "today" show saying this is good news but folks should still remain vigilant practicing social distancing, washing your hands and wearing a facemask. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san jose where today is the deadline to ask for children to

return to in-person instruction. it is very, very limited, however. most students will have to continue distance learning from home. also, san francisco is sending city workers to each and every classroom in the city to determine whether they are suitable, if they have ventilation, sinks that work, windows that work before students can return to class n. santa rosa two different hybrid models. and now we're talking about the changes in the forecast this week but at least this morning it will be nice, kari. yeah, we have a lot of sunshine. it's a beautiful start to our workweek and today we'll see our temperatures reaching back into the 60s along the coast and some 70s for the inland valleys. even up to 78 degrees today. a cold front is about to change that by tomorrow. it brings in some rain and moves from the pacific northwest into the bay area. we'll see some afternoon showers passing by as our temperatures come down to the low 60s for highs. we'll also see lingering showers

early on wednesday. by thursday we're back to our sunshine and cool temperatures that will continue into the end of the week. laura? all right. sounds good. thank you for joining us. we'll be back with another update in half an hour.

we're back now, 7:30. check this out. is this not a welcome holiday sight? the rockefeller center christmas tree arrived on saturday. the crew is busy, man. they have got to do a lot before this tree -- it comes in not looking so good and then they stretch the branches out. it's a 75-foot tall, 11-ton norway spruce. >> they do a little trio ga and it is going to be looking so good. we're all going to be there, christmas in rockefeller center, our annual tree lighting ceremony wednesday, december 2nd.

we'll have good music and fun. >> it's going to be a lot of fun. >> you can watch it safely from home around the warm tv. 7:30, hurricane iota rapidly intensified overnight. it is now a category 4 storm sweeping over the western caribbean and heading toward central america. the same area battered by hurricane eta a week ago. officials are evacuating low-lying areas with likely landfall later tonight. a life-threatening storm surge of 10 to 15 feet is also predicted. children younger than two who are given antibiotics are more likely to have ongoing health issues. that's according to a new study. mayo clinic researchers say babies and toddlers who received more dose were more likely to have asthma, allergies and more problems with weight and obesity. they're also more likely to have attention deficit hypertensive

disorder later. they show association and not causation of these disorders. who's ready for some football? it was a wild weekend in the nfl and ended with this crazy downpour in new england sunday night. despite the driving rain and 50-mile-an-hour winds, the patriots upset the ravens 23-17. tampa bay running back, ronald jones took a handoff from tom brady, busted through the line and was off to the races. a 98-yard touchdown, the longest in bucs history and tied for the third longest in nfl history. congratulations to brady. the tampa bay bucs crushed the panthers, 46-23. >> heck of a run. but the most spectacular end, i don't know if you thought, but it came on the final play of that cardinals/bills game. check this out. >> stefon diggs with the touchdown. >> this is how it works.

>> murray out of the pocket, and zen seconds, six seconds, and murray down the field -- >> wow! amazing grab by deandre hopkins -- no, here's deandre hopkins. there you go. >> 5, 4, 3 -- no, wow. >> an amazing grab over three defenders for the touchdown and the big win for arizona. look at that. >> that's unbelievable. >> that's what i mean. >> never happens. >> nice. >> i can just hear my cousin zack in arizona. he's so excited. now to another sight this morning. the crew of spacex spaceship resilience is safely in orbit this morning after last night's earth-rumbling liftoff from the kennedy space center. >> the mission marks a big turning point for nasa as private companies take over the job of taking astronauts into space. nbc's tom costello is there for us. you've seen a lot of liftoffs, tom. how does this size up? >> cool, awe-inspiring, chest pounding, it never gets old. it's really phenomenal. and we have a little bit of concern before liftoff because they thought they had a problem with the seal around the hatch, but they resolved that very quickly.

and so now with this mission, nasa and spacex hand in glove. nasa is very much back in the full space operations business. by the way, this is the biggest launch in nine years. >> ignition, liftoff. >> roaring off one of the most historic launch pads at the kennedy space center, nasa's very future in the hands of spacex. >> roger, 1 alpha. god speed resilience. >> a spaceship dubbed resilience accelerating into the night sky and making a bee line up the east coast. in a series of decimal precise maneuvers for which spacex has become notorious. >> station pressure confirmed. >> and you see that stage separation has confirmed. there goes that mvac engine. stage two. the crew is now on their way to the international space station. >> guiding the first stage tage

rocket booster onto a ship in the atlantic ocean so it can be used again. >> and i believe we've had touchdown on the drone ship. >> inside the spaceship, four astronauts mike hopkins, pilot victor glover, mission specialist shannon walker and a japanese astronaut soichi noguchi headed for a six-month mission on the space station. >> that was one heck of a ride there was a lot of smiles. >> but just hours after the adrenaline surge of launch, all four were told to get some rest. just part of the job. >> these folks know what they're doing. they're very experienced they know that they have got to get their rest. >> all four covid-free after quarantining for two weeks though spacex founder elon musk was not allowed at the space center after he contracted covid. nasa is now relying on spacex and eventually boeing to safeguard the lives of american astronauts headed for the space station, while nasa focuses on returning to the moon and one day mars the stakes could not be higher. >> make no mistake, when you're

flying into space, there's always risk and we will always be diligent. >> this morning after yet another engineering tour de force, this crew of four is headed for a late-night rendezvous with the space station. about 11:15 p.m. or so east coast time we did have a little bit of a concern just after -- about two hours after launch when nasa tweeted out that they were having a problem with the heaters onboard inside that spaceship, the propellants were not working properly, not heating things up properly nasa said they're troubleshooting to heat the fuel onboard the crew dragon. temperatures remain stable, crew remains safe they trouble shot the whole thing and found out they were functioning properly, so no issues so that's good news. you wouldn't want to be up there freezing without your heaters working but everything working pretty well right now. >> there was one other unexpected thing we were hearing about, an extra passenger who

snuck onboard. >> yoda, a baby yoda made a trip you know, nasa has this custom right now or the astronauts do where they bring up some sort of a stuffed animal as their zero g indicator. so baby yoda from the disney movie was the choice for these astronauts you know, back in the summer, the two astronauts on the test mission, they did the same thing. they brought up a dinosaur that their kids loved so baby yoda now is the fifth member of this crew headed for the space station. >> tom doesn't sound all that familiar from baby yoda. it's actually a child from the show "mandalorian" and it is a show that i highly recommend. >> i didn't say it i didn't say it because i thought i'm going to butcher it. i'm just going to say baby yoda and the moms will pick it up.

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we love we are back, it is 7:41 on this monday morning with in depth today. this morning something to look forward to, tokyo 2021. >> on his first trip to japan since the pandemic, the head of the international olympic committee is expressing confidence that the virus-delayed games can be safely held and he believes fans will attend. >> let's get caught up with keir simmons who's got these overnight details. hi, keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, hey, guys, good morning to you. this is the news we need, right, let the games begin. the head of the international olympic committee visiting the olympic stadium this very morning and seeming completely confident that the 2020 games will be held next summer this morning growing confidence some spectators will be allowed at olympic venues next year and

athletes won't have to quarantine in the past few hours, masks and fist bumps the president of the international olympic committee in japan for the first time since the covid crisis meeting with the new prime minister. tokyo's olympics will symbol human beings overcoming coronavirus, the prime minister says athletes and spectators may even be vaccinated. >> this makes us all so very, very confident that we can have spectators. >> reporter: for athletes, the wait has been long >> connor fields wins gold for america! >> reporter: u.s. athlete connor fields took gold in bmx at the 2016 games in rio. >> i can't wait to get there. >> what's training been like because it looks like you have a leg press in your garage. >> i have a spin bike here i've been riding. >> reporter: the 2020 olympics

will finally begin on july 23rd, 2021 11,000 athletes will be in tokyo and another 4,350 for the paralympics. the games will cost $25 billion. not everyone in japan is happy the ioc president facing protesters today >> you want to speak or shout at me >> reporter: speaking to me about the challenges before this crucial trip. >> what are the covid-19 preparations that you have in mind. him closer to his fiancee, >> the task force has to prepare for different scenarios. that's not easy. >> reporter: this year, connor fields' olympic dreams and his dream wedding were postponed, but he says there was a silver lining

the spring lockdown brought him closer to his fiancee, laura. >> i think if you spend every waking moment with somebody for a month, you figure out real quick if you guys are compatible or not. >> and the answer was. >> yes we still like each other. >> you're still getting married? >> her wedding dress is still hidden in the closet in the other room. >> 2021 for you is a gold medal and a marriage, couldn't be sweeter. >> hopefully hopefully that's it, that's the goal let's go for it. >> go for the gold, all right. keir, let's go back to the olympics for a moment. what are some of the other precautions they are talking about taking so it is safe >> reporter: well, they're talking about using technology to control spectators at venues and even athletes at the olympic village. they're suggesting we won't know until the spring whether overseas spectators will be able to attending you know, savannah, i'll be happy to lock myself in the house and just watch it on the tv

that's the kind of lockdown i can get into. >> i think we're all familiar with that. we get all couch potato pretty well at this point keir, thank you. all right. it is now 45 minutes past the hour let's head over to dylan and get a check of the weather. >> you mentioned earlier hurricane iota this is going to be a major, major storm for central america. it's a category 4 and could become category 5 before it makes landfall winds up to 155 miles per hour, life-threatening flooding and very, very significant wind damage will be an issue. this could potentially be devastating for this part of central america, honduras and nicaragua. something we will keep an eye on. temperatures here that will warm up in the middle of the country and temperatures running about 10 degrees above average. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's take a look at the storms that will be moving in for tomorrow. we will still have another day

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airport. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. here at newark, united will be offering select flights to london where everyone on board from passengers to crew will be required to test negative for coronavirus before takeoff it's the latest move the airline industry hopes will take off, free rapid covid tests, part of a four-week trial. starting today on select united flights from newark to london, all passengers over the age of 2 will be required to take the test before boarding flight crews also tested the airline has set up a special on-site testing facility near the departure gate anyone who's positive won't be allowed to board those who decline to be tested will be rebooked onto other flights. masks will still be required on the plane. >> testing is a way where we can both be safe and still open up the world economy. >> for now those arriving in the uk will still be required to quarantine for 14 days, even with a negative test

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a very good morning to you it is 7:56. i'm laura garcia. a look at what's happening now. well, good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. the stock market is moving higher as moderna said it had a vaccine nearly 95% effective in tests and it is applying for approval from the federal government. the same type of vaccine that we saw with pfizer. >> reporter: i'm jackie ward in walnut creek. some of the strictest rules for covid-19 will be enacted tomorrow. that includes gyms. gyms will have to close their indoor operations as well as indoor dining and indoor theater concessions. let's check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. how are we looking?

hey, laura, we are looking at some sunshine as we get a live look out there, and we are going to continue to see some nice weather for today, but then by tomorrow we are going to see some of the showers moving into the north bay first and then we'll see it spreading across the rest of the bay area. we'll see some of the showers starting to tape earp off by tomorrow evening, but overall we'll see a quick round of rain that will be beneficial for the bay area. the rest of the week we're looking at dry and cooler weather. highs will be in the 60s into the weekend, laura. all right. we'll get ready for it. another local news update is coming up in half an hour. have a great monday morning. give you my world ♪

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, breaking news. new vaccine hope. overnight moderna revealed its trial is nearly 95% effective. >> i think this is a really strong step forward to where we want to be about getting control of this outbreak. >> the news coming as coronavirus cases skyrocket nationwide. this morning, the latest on the numbers and what this all means with thanksgiving right around the corner. plus breaking barriers. we'll introduce you to the first woman ever named a general manager in major league baseball. >> i would describe her as a baseball person.

>> just ahead, kim ng will join us live to talk about her hitting her own home run. and star-studded studio 1a. hoda sits down with matthew mcconaughey to talk about his revealing new memoir. >> what do you think your dad would think of the man you've become? >> i think he'd be proud of me. >> then we'll catch up with a pioneer woman herself as she shows off the sandwich you have to see to believe. today, monday, november 16th, 2020. >> hi "today" show. we are celebrating our birthdays with you all the way from alabama. >> from lakeland, florida, we're celebrating our first wedding anniversary on "today." >> hey, "today" show. >> help us put a smile on my grandma's face. we love you, mama. >> good morning, everybody, it's

monday. we're so glad to have you along with us to start your week fresh. >> guess what. i just want to pull out a little something. every now and then something really cool happens to someone on this show. it just happened to savannah. i was reading the sunday style section of "the new york times." it's the most beautiful read. savannah talks about being lucky in this business. as many have said before, luck has a teeny bit to do with it, but all the rest, all the hours, all of it is all written out in this article. it is beautiful and we are proud -- >> we are. >> -- to be sitting next to you. >> thank you. so sweet. i can't believe you could find one. i thought my husband bought all of the papers in the tri-state. >> look at that picture. >> thank you, guys. >> go ahead, continue. i'm going to be very busy reading. congratulations. >> thank you. >> beautiful. >> carson is going to join us as well because we're really looking forward to something he is going to have for us tomorrow. carson is sitting down with wolfgang van halen, the son of

eddie van halen, to talk about their bonding and wolfgang's debut single that's dedicated to his dead. take a listen. ♪ no matter what the distance is i will be with you ♪ >> oh, wow. powerful and poignant song. as you can see, there's a music video with, i guess, pictures and videos never seen before. we'll hear more about it from wolfgang tomorrow on "today" with carson. that's going to be a beautiful interview. let's take a pause and get to your news at 8:00. this breaking news on the coronavirus, and it's good news on the vaccine front. a second major drug maker, moderna, says its potential vaccine appears to be extremely effective. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us with the latest on this breaking news. miguel, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. there is certainly good news and that is welcome news. in a trial with 30,000 participants, moderna says their vaccine could be rolled out as

early as december if the fda authorizes it for emergency use. as you mentioned, moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective. an independent company analyzing its data did not report any significant safety concerns. it comes after drug maker pfizer said its vaccine was about 90% effective. the big difference between the two, moderna says its vaccine does not need to be refrigerated at extremely low temperatures. this is a major breakthrough in getting the nation vaccinated. what's what dr. fauci told savannah just a while ago. >> now we have two vaccines that are quite effective so i think this is a strong step forward to where we want to be getting control of this outbreak. >> reporter: that comes on the heels of so much loss. the cdc now predicts up to 35,000 more deaths here in the u.s. by december. the nation has now surpassed 11 million confirmed covid cases. governors in several states are issuing new restrictions and

mandates to help slow the spread of the virus. as the holidays approach, many are concerned family events will lead to another dangerous spike in cases. >> miguel, thank you very much. turning now to some sports, the world's top ranked male golfer has won his first masters. dustin johnson capturing the 2020 title sunday in augusta. and his overall score actually set a tournament record. the victory also earned johnson a big hug and a kiss there from his fiancee, paulina gretsky. and there's defending champ tiger woods presenting johnson with that ceremonialth that cern jacket dustin johnson, by the way, 20 under par. >> wow. >> that's amazing. >> if you're looking for carson, that's where he was all weekend for sure. guys, got a little boost for you. when a minnesota service member was deployed overseas, his wife bought a video doorbell camera for extra security but his kids soon learned that they could use it to send daily messages to their dad.

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in just a moment but first nbc's kathy park with the back story >> reporter: this morning, a big breakthrough in major league baseball the miami marlins naming kim ng the team's next general manager. the historic move now making her the highest ranking woman and asian american in the league's 151-year history she says this challenge is one i don't take lightly when i got into this business, it seemed unlikely a woman would lead a major league team, but i am dogged in the pursuit of my goals. >> how qualified is she to be in this position? >> overqualified really overqualified i would describe her as a baseball person, baseball person. >> reporter: her rise to the top was 30 years in the making in a field dominated by men and few people of color. >> what got me to where i am at major league baseball is just working as hard as i can.

>> reporter: ng's resume includes stops with the white sox, yankees, dodgers, plus eight postseason appearances, six league championship series, and three world series rings her new boss, hall of famer derek jeter, the ceo of the team, says she'll bring a wealth of knowledge and championship-level experience to the miami marlins. her pursuit of greatness inspiring a new generation. >> there's a big wave of girls and women who want to work in baseball, and now it's easy to turn to someone and say you will not have to be the first, this is who you can look forward. >> reporter: an historic trial blazing a trail for others to follow kathy park, nbc news, new york. >> savannah and i are beaming. let's say good morning to the history maker herself, general manager ng good morning, it's great to see

you. >> good morning. thanks so much for having me today. >> we loved watching that piece about you. will you just tell us, i know this has been a long time coming, but the moment you learned that this job was yours. >> the moment, the second i actually didn't believe it i was in utter disbelief i generally play things fairly close to the vest, and derek jeter, we were on zoom, looked at me and he said, you can at least smile. he said you kind of started but then you stopped at that point i think i got a little bit overwhelmed just in terms of, you know, realizing it had been so many years in the making and it was finally here >> it's been a long road i was reading about your history. i thought about this young lady in 1990 walking in as an intern to the chicago white sox and what she would think to see you now. are you letting yourself reflect back on this decades-long

journey you've had in baseball >> i will say it was hard not to on friday. as soon as i heard, i was really sort of off to the races my minding was just racing with what i had to get done but friday was really a day of reflection after it was announced, because i got just so many emails and text messages, overwhelming support and love and congratulations. so i did allow myself friday to feel that. but it's just been a tremendous 72 hours >> well, you're getting love from everywhere. i saw michelle obama tweet, trisha yearwood tweet. you're getting them from everywhere i was struck by something thath. joe torre said back in 2015. that was five years ago. this is what he said about you. i always talk her up at owners meetings, he said. at some point somebody just has to ignore the fact that she's a woman and just make a baseball decision if they do that, then i think she will get an opportunity somewhere.

so i guess my question is, is this all about just patience because i would imagine after you have applied for several gm jobs and not gotten them that some people might have just thrown up their arms and said, look, this isn't for me. so was it patience or what kind of just kept you going >> yeah, absolutely it was patience and perseverance. after the first handful of times, you do, you get a little bit dejected and it's hard it's hard because everybody knows what's going on in your life and that you, quote, failed again. but i think there's no other choice but to keep going on and to keep pushing through. i've always said if it never happened, i wouldn't ever look at my career as a failure, absolutely the opposite. i think i've had a great career and this is icing on the cake. >> look at you now i actually think that's a more valuable lesson that you could

teach, that persistence and resilience here it has all worked out we'll be cheering for you. we're really, really honored by your presence. thanks for being with us. >> way to go, kim. >> thank you so much appreciate it. let's get a check of the weather from dylan i bet you're inspired. >> oh, i loved just hearing her talk, it was awesome absolutely inspiring we have some wild weather from yesterday that's finally calming down we'll lose the rain across the northeast but with windy conditions sticking around, lake-eff >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have dry weather today, but we will see that storm system moving in tomorrow. starting out first in the north bay, bring something rain. quick round of some heavy rain for parts of the north bay. as it continues to make its way across the bay area tomorrow afternoon, a lot of the heavier rain will fall a little lighter for parts of the east bay as

well as the south bay. then as we go through the forecast, mostly our temperatures reaching from the 70s to the 60s for the rest of the week. >> and that's >> and that's your latest forecast back over to you guys. >> thank you, dylan. now to today's holiday consumer thanksgiving just ten short days away we want to help you get ready for what's going to be a holiday unlike any other. >> that's because the cdc recently advised that small household gatherings are an important contributor to the rise in covid-19 cases and some states are actually limiting how many people you can have in your home. >> so how can you celebrate safely here to break things down and answer your questions, our dynamic duo -- oh, no, it's a trio dr. john, let's start with you everybody wants to know, should we even get together for thanksgiving this year, even if it's just extended family, grandma, grandpa, uncle, aunt, is that okay >> you want to be extra careful this thanksgiving. the safest way to celebrate is just with members of your own household.

the next level of safety is those in your quarantine bubble. those associated with in the last couple of months and anybody beyond that, you want to make sure they are starting to quarantining right now outside of your bubble. when they come over they wear masks and have social distancing. then when they come over, they wear masks and social distance one area of concern, if you have anybody in the house that's elderly or with medical conditions that put them at increased risk, then you want to double down on those masks and social distancing. it's extremely important. >> our next question comes from robin on facebook. she's self-quarantining until thanksgiving but has an important question let's listen. >> do you think it would be beneficial for us to do a test prior to thanksgiving dinner >> what do you say, dr. john >> savannah, this is kind of a yes/no answer. remember, it only gives you a snapshot of what's happening that day

you could test negative tomorrow and test positive tomorrow but if you quarantine the appropriate time period, that's 14 days. if you can quarantine the full time and get tested and get the test results before you go to thanksgiving dinner, that will give you some assurance that you don't have coronavirus you still want to wear masks, social distance and remember you want to be quarantining beginning today if you're going for that special holiday. >> no extended family, just your immediate family how do you make sure that is safe >> couple of things you want to do if you're traveling, make sure you limit interactions if it's a short distance, going by car can be the best way if you go by airplane, airplanes are fairly safe but the airports before and after are concerning so wear a mask, social distance and clean your hands if you're with people outside your own household, you want to wear masks, social distance. except during meal time. during meal time you want it

outside instead of inside if you can. if you can go to the garage, open the garage door if it's warm enough and have the table in there, it's not the fanciest environment but it's one of the safer environments if you can't go outside because of weather. and instead of a kids table this year, remember nobody wanted to be at the kids table, make it little family tables so all the tables are own family hubs and make sure those tables are social distanced remember, you're taking your mask off to eat and that's a time period things can happen. >> with the cdc guidance in mind, a lot of our thanksgiving celebrations will be virtual vicky nguyen has ideas for that. but let's start with the virtual stuff, vick. we have actually a question from michael on facebook. he's got a pointed question. take a look. >> my wife and i have hosted thanksgiving for the last 24 years. this year we plan on doing it by zoom how can we make it feel as normal as possible >> good for you, michael, 24 years, that's fantastic. it's a question i'm asking an millions of americans are asking as well. first figure out how many people

wanting to join you virtually. if it's a big number, keep in mind these big video calls can feel tedious so bear with me but i have an idea it's thanksgiving in shifts. so you do appetizers with one family then connect with another over a toast, maybe a third at dessert time that way you feel like you're having quality time and it's not everybody all at once. we know thanksgiving is about food so maybe if you have a signature dish, share the recipe this year, make something somebody else would make and if you can, drop off a dish at a nearby relative's house and leave it at the door remember if you're doing it with family or a friendsgiving, it's a chance to remember what we're thankful for, our friends, our family and hopefully our health. >> a lot of people get invited and don't want to go but don't know how to say no so what's the way to back out of that? >> be polite, be firm and be honest about it. you're never going to have a better excuse to get out of thanksgiving an a worldwide

pandemic if you just don't want to get together in person, do the 10 minute, 15 minute zoom if you're not sad about celebrating solo, let your introvert flag fly this is your year. this is your year. >> and one last thing. right outside of my house there's one of those city mds. the lines for tests are out the door and down the street so what should we know if we're waiting for those. >> call ahead and see if you can get an appointment also on that call ask what is it going to cost me most health insurance does cover this testing but you want to know that ahead of time. if you don't have health insurance, go to one of the public sites remember what dr. john torres was saying, do you really need a test it's just a snapshot in time it is not a cure-all for everything else. two tests, the rapid one gives you a result right away but you could get a false negative the pcr is the gold standard but results take a few days. let's turn to nbc's senior

business correspondent, stephanie ruhle. steph, the holidays, one of those times a lot of families use it as a time to give back. it seems this would be the perfect year to give back to some local mom and pop restaurants. >> absolutely. this is the year where you might want to consider not cooking at home you know, we've done so much cooking, make this the year you order. we're seeing a record number of local restaurants and grocery stores offering a full thanksgiving meal. all you need to do is order. but this is important. if you can, pick it up yourself. a lot of very popular delivery services are charging those restaurants 15% to 30%, so if you can pick it up, go that direction. plus, how about bakeries make this the year you're not making your own apple or pumpkin pie. call your local bakery so they know how much supplies they need and try to order help those businesses. >> speaking of businesses, food banks, food pantries, again a lot of folks like to go and

volunteer at those places. >> you might not be able to go in person, but you can still give go to feedingamerica.org or foodpantries.org to find out about your local spots they may need a monetary donation or have a shopping list for you. think boxed stuffing, canned vegetables we talked about people not traveling. look around your neighborhood. if you have older people or singles that are going to be alone, send an extra meal their way. >> great tips. steph, thank you thanks to dr. john and thanks to vicky nguyen as well. just ahead, hoda has got a must-see interview with matthew mcconaughey. >> yeah, we had a real nice conversation about his powerful new memoirs some childhood drama that shaped him and also about giving back after this

good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. new calls for help from san francisco district attorney as in help wanted. the examiner is reporting the district attorney's office is severely short staffed. asking the mayor to allow him to hire more prosecutors to keep up with the case load, especially when it comes to criminal cases. city departments right now are in hiring freeze and have been so ever since the revenues took a nosedive in the spring. let's get a look at that forecast for you today. and some nice weather for us today, kari. >> it's going to be beautiful today. and we're starting out mild. we'll reach into the mid-70s.

but then by tomorrow, we'll be tracking some rain so let's go through the timeline. we'll start to see some showers moving into the north bay by late morning and continuing to move from north to south into tomorrow afternoon. a lot of it turning to much lighter by wednesday morning. so we're going to see this moving through fairly quickly. the rest of the forecast is dry. but it will be much cooler for the rest of the week once that cold front moves through. and we'll have some nice and quiet weather leading into the weekend. marcus? >> thanks, kari. i'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. i'll see you then. by harnessing california's

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we are back, 8:30, with a group that doesn't have a case of the mondays look at that so many smiles, so many things to celebrate the virtual plaza. we'll hang out with them in just a moment i missed you, buddy, it's good to see you. >> let's go, raiders >> heck of a run. >> thank you we've got a great popstart we're working on for you it was a big night last night. powerful moment, lots of speeches at the people's choice awards i talked to my buddy blake shelton who picked up two awards he was excited for that big victory of the cardinals there's tyler perry, he had a great speech all the highlights from that coming up. plus, if you enjoyed

"today's" halloween candy bracket, we have one coming up it's another bracket situation. more of you voted for that than the presidency. >> what are we doing >> thanksgiving? >> stuffing is going to take it. just ahead guys, also, i can't wait to share a conversation i had with oscar winner matthew mcconaughey his fans are getting to know him in a whole new way he has his memoir out. it is called "green lights." he shared some real personal stories from his past and helped him on his way. plus you know who's here, the pioneer woman herself, ree drummond, and she has us buzzing this morning, because she is going to share what she believes is to be the absolute best sandwich that she's ever made. this we've got to see. looking forward. >> i see some hoagies there. >> what's coming up on the third hour, d. >> charles and diana themselves.

we will catch up with the stars of "the crown's" new season. can't wait for that. and tomorrow on "today," three words, all we need dolly parton love. >> look forward. >> first, dyl, let's get a check of the weather. >> this week is starting off pretty windy in the northeast. we had that yesterday, that's the way the weekend ended and now we're starting off with the wind and enough cold air to make lake-effect snow kick in it's stormy in the pacific northwest with rain and mountain snow we could see several inches in the higher elevations. in the middle of the week we'll see warmer weather begin to move into the middle of the country, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. colder in the northeast as we see highs across northern new england below freezing highs only in the upper 20s. then we finish off the week with a lot of sunshine except for the western great lakes, we could see spotty showers it warms up along the east coast and fall-like temperature goes into the west coast with more wet and snowy weather in the pacific northwest. that's a look at the wea >> good morning.

i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at our high temperatures for today, get out there and enjoy it. we're going to have well above normal temperatures today reaching into the upper 60s near the coast and upper 70s for the inland areas. as we go through the rest of the forecast, we're going to see some rain moving in starting tomorrow in the morning for parts of the north bay and then moving out by wednesday. we'll have some much cooler weather by the end of the week as the sunshine returns. and that continues into the weekend. >> and that's your latest forecast craig. >> it feels like a good time for some popstart. >> let's do it we'll start with last night's people's choice awards featuring two mega stars accepting honors. tyler perry was named this year's people's champion he had a very moving speech about pushing forward through life's challenges. >> had i given up when i was homeless, when i was sleeping in

my car, when i was hungry, had i given up, these people that you see on this screen would not be part of my dreams. they are people who are tied into your dream and your destiny and you are worthy of getting to your goal. keep digging don't stop. >> how great is he he matches the background. >> it's beautiful. here's the thing i love about tyler perry, he has brought so many people with him, pulled them up on a ladder. >> and his whole studio that you went and visited you also saw jennifer lopez who received the other special award. she was named the people's icon of 2020 and reflected on what's been a tough year and how her approach to life is reflected in her career >> i approach my work and my career the same way that i approach my life i lead with love, i feel with my heart and i always try to speak with truth in telling stories, singing songs, and performing. i do so with the purpose of bringing a little happiness, creating beauty and inspiring others to do the same. >> love. love her cup congratulates toter

>> how about that? big congratulates to tyler perry and jennifer lopez. it is time once again for another food-related bracket challenge. friends, if you thought our halloween candy bracket divided americans, and it did, just wait this morning we are launching our sidesgiving bracket challenge. before i begin on the 16 sides, i want to mention that turkey is not listed, because turkey is the protein, and it is the main. gravy gets the pass. the gravy train pass because it goes with the turkey. >> good call. >> that business out of the way. here are our contenders. mashed potatoes versus sweet potato casserole with marshmallows stuffing against corn bread. mac and cheese gets the draw of creamed corn green bean casserole versus roasted squash. >> no-brainer. >> imagine glazed carrots waking up and realizing you drew creamed spinach.

>> real one-sided, isn't it? >> carrots are saying, what did i do in my life to get creamed spinach. cranberry sauce versus candied yams brussel sprouts versus collard greens it's collard greens all day. >> oh, no. >> buttered rolls or biscuits. that's going to be -- that's divisive in and of itself. >> it is but it's obviously biscuits. >> sidesgiving -- >> you say obviously biscuits. my mom is from north carolina, of course i grew up with biscuits too. >> what's going all the way? >> there's a good part of this country that likes a good old-fashioned buttered roll. >> if it is warm. >> sidesgiving not that easy if you're at home and want to get in and vote, we ask you to do that. today.com/food good luck, people. >> the internet just crashed. >> i'm so glad we needed something to think about. thank you, carson. >> glazed carrots in an otherwise normal world are good until you get creamed spinach walking in the joint. >> glazed carrots never had a chance thank you, carson.

>> sidesgiving. up next, hoda will share her conversation with matthew mcconaughey. >> it was a really interesting conversation about his life before he was famous he made progress on his list of goals that he wrote many, many years ago. he's checking them all off when he talks about being a dad, an actor, a husband but first, this is "today" on

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craig is talking about gizzards it's 8:39. hoda, i love matthew mcconaughey, i can't wait to see you two together. >> he was really cool. we know him as an oscar winner, a philanthropist, proud dad of three, husband but he's sharing details about his life and is also giving back this holiday season in a special way. matthew mcconaughey is one of the biggest names in hollywood the academy award-winning actor who is known for his signature

catch phrase -- >> all right, all right, all right. how you doing? >> -- is now adding author to his resume with his best-selling new memoir "green light. >> this book, matthew, is -- i don't know what i expected, but i didn't expect everything from poems to prayers to stories, inspiration to such brutal truth in it. you had journals over the years and out this game? >> yeah, i've been keeping them for 36 years i was thinking, i should go see if i should write something, if there's a book in there. >> it was jarring when you start the book i don't know what i was expecting your household to be like, but when i started reading the initial stories of what was a real violent day between your mom and dad, how they were physically fighting. your mom broke your dad's nose they end us kissing and you said the love was real. it was bloody sometimes, but never in question. were you not scared as a kid

witnessing all this stuff that was going on around you? >> my mother has read the book and said every one of those you told are true on me and your father but i wish you would have added some more of the times when we were sitting around hugging and having a great time, which was 99% of the time. my mom and dad were divorced twice, married three times if that was inverted, the love would not have won, they would have been divorced three times i tell those violent stories because i'm like, oh, it's being tested, it could break in hindsight, it never had a chance of breaking >> when you look back as grownup as those moments because i think it would be tough for any kid. do you see those and look and say those -- i don't know what you call it but would you call it abuse >> no. i'm not in denial of what happened what i saw was not abuse my mom said that's what i needed to communicate my mom, who's 88 who's in the other room would come in and go i'm the one who started every one of those fights. jim was the peaceful one going,

katie, can we just talk? >> despite his parents' complicated relationship, one of his greatest aspirations was off camera. >> every little boy and girl has a dream. i dream of being a firefighter or astronaut, and you say that your dream as a kid was being a dad. was that because you looked at your dad and said, yeah, man, that's what i want to be. >> the men he would introduce me to, you look them in the eye, handshake, good to meet you, sir. one day he introduced me to three of his friends oh, it hit me, everybody i'm saying sir to, the common denominator is they're all fathers. that means you made it oh, that's success, that's how you got called a sir. >> if you're a dad >> if you're a dad, you're called a sir. >> in 1993 his dad died from a heart attack mcconaughey was five days into shooting "dazed and confused" when he received the news.

it was a film that turned matthew mcconaughey into a household name. >> what did you lose that day? >> i lost -- i lost my hero, i lost my crutch i lost a man that i now today would love and dearly miss sharing a script with, talking about a character, what do you think of this, pop, what do you think about this you lose your father, you lose a loved one, that can be some of the greatest sobering periods in people's life. >> what do you think your dad would think of the man you've become >> i think he'd be proud of me i think his favorite thing -- he'd love what i've done in my career another thing i've really missed is him with my kids. him getting to know camilla. >> matthew met his wife camilla alves in 2006. they married six years later and have three beautiful children

together, levi, vita and livingston. >> meeting her, you describe her floating. >> everything i wrote, that was what came through my mind. it only took five seconds. she only moved right to left in four to five seconds i remembered it very clearly the beautiful thing is that all those things that i wrote down now that are in the book about that four seconds of that vision i saw, that was an impression. every single thing that i saw in that impression has turned out when i got into closer inspection and gotten to know her well, turned out to be true. >> don't you love when your first impression is right? >> yes. >> mcconaughey here. >> mcconaughey is also giving back this season honoring community heroes and thanking them for all the good they have done for their cities in a partnership with wild turkey, where he serves as creative director. >> we started a give thanks initiative where we could go in, shine a light on somebody who's given back to their own communities that's not looking for a spotlight. but calling them the local legends and that's who we're saying thank you to.

>> as i read your ten goals in life that you wrote back in 1992, they were become a father, find and keep the woman for me, keep my relationship with god, chase my best self, be an egotistical utilitarian, take more risks, stay close to mom and family, win an oscar for best actor. >> right >> boom. you did it, man. >> i wrote that in 1992. and that still flabbergasts me now to go, wait, so subconsciously you must have really -- those must have been really good goals because you have gone on and you are on the way to achieving them still this many years later >> man. >> right didn't you learn so much about the guy? >> he is a deep well that is a book i would really like to read because he's such a complex character and he seems like he's been so raw and honest, which is all you can really ask for a memoir. >> and he talked about in raising his kids now, because i asked him a little bit if he was concerned about what happened when he was a child. he said, no, he makes a conscious effort to care for his

wife and care for his kids. >> hearing him talk about what he saw in that house growing up is revealing. >> he starts the book that way it's chapter 1, page 1 so yeah, he's the whole package. >> wow. >> and we thought we knew matthew mcconaughey. thank you. >> there is a lot more of that interview if you want to see it and the full sitdown on our website later this week. coming up next, someone else that we love who has an incredible life story as well, we'll talk to the pioneer woman ree drummond about welcoming into what she is calling a bonus kid into her family and we have been teasing this all morng, been teasing this all morng, ladiines there's no bad time to start at amazon... ♪

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cooking up good eats for her very hungry family but recently she swapped her spatula for a pen and wrote a bunch of fine new essays for her new book. >> it is called "frontier follies, adventures of motherhood from the middle of nowhere. ree is joining us from her ranch in oklahoma, and it is to great to see you. how are you? >> hi, hoda and savannah, how are you this morning >> good morning. >> there is so much to get to in this beautiful book that you've written, but i think the thing that's grabbing all the headlines that stood out to us is you have a foster child and his name is jamar. and you just sort of revealed the fact that he was part of your family. i guess it was partly because jamar was like, hey, what about me you're okay to talk about me tell us a little bit about him >> well, jamar is my foster son. he's been living with us for over a year and a half as i write in the book, my husband and i never really set out to become foster parents, but jamar's circumstances kind

of presented themselves and he's just a full-on member of our family now, i have a cooking show and other little elements of public life and because of rules and regulations with the state agencies, i wasn't able to share about jamar. also, i felt very protective of him when he first came to live with us, so i didn't want to just thrust him out there. but after a while, you know, jamar was like, okay i feel like i'm being hidden from the world i was like i know. so he turned 18. i did write about him in the book i shared the essay with him before the book was published to make sure he was okay with it. but yeah, life is interesting. you just never know what's going to kind of come your way and it's been -- it's been an amazing experience you know, lots of little bumps in the road, but the same is

true with my own teenage son. >> we see the picture. he seems to just complete your family, ree. >> we love him he really does in so many wonderful ways he and my younger son, todd, who is 16, are actually just the best of friends. and then jamar and bryce are also more like peers and they play football together and so -- but yeah two or three years ago if someone had told me i would be a foster mother, i couldn't have predicted how that would have unfolded but it's been wonderful. >> well, we're excited to read the rest of your book and also excited what we've been teasing all day, like the best sandwich ever, apparently what are the ingredients >> well, i have to say in the book i say it's the best sandwich i made during quarantine so basically -- so i have had to specify that but during the quarantine i had all of these bodies in my house for a while when it first

started unfolding. my two older daughters, one of my daughter's boyfriends, jamar, my two sons, my husband. so i had to make like big bulky recipes. so this is basically chuck roast and you cook it until it completely falls apart then i put it on a toasted bun, very buttery toasted bun and top it with provolone cheese put it under the broiler and melt the cheese. and then the kicker is i caramelize onions and put it on top of the finished sandwich so during the last few months, another development that happened in our family is that my daughter, alex's boyfriend proposed to her. and i think it's because of this sandwich i mean she's a wonderful person, but mauricio, my future son-in-law, specifically said this is the best sandwich i have

ever eaten and it's one of those things if you can see inside this pot, it's an enormous amount of meat, so you can just put this on, cook it, slap some rolls on a cutting board and tell everybody to dig in and help themselves. the perfect pandemic sandwich. >> there's a lot of goodness going on in that house of yours. ree, thank you for being with us this morning her book is called "frontier follies," it is out tomorrow and you can preorder at today.com/shop to get the recipe, go to today.com/food. >> it seems like it could be the best sandwich of all time. we are back in a moment.

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virginia y'all are looking good we also see lisa and michael in san antonio. where are the burtons? i know the burtons are in alabama somewhere. where are you? we see you nancy, nancy, nancy, turning 60 today. happy birthday y'all, thank you for being with us today >> good to see all of you. coming up on the third hour, we are going to show you a whole new way to whip up an alfredo sauce. >> vic good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. starting tomorrow, three bay area counties are tightening their health restrictions. but you can go ahead and make that four. it's not yet official, but today solano county health leaders plan to have a move into the purple tear. they are rolling back reopenings and contra costa county, it will

mean that gyms will have to close all indoor operations. in santa clara and marin, gyms can stay open but at 10% capacity. also indoor dining will be halted and the bars and nightclubs will have to close. happening now, we're talking to some already struggling business owners who don't know if they can make it through another round of those rollbacks. we'll have live team coverage at midday or go ahead to our home page to get more details. we'll have more local news and weather for you in an hour.

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> oh, we love that voice. good monday morning. welcome to the third hour. >> welcome back. >> good to be back. i missed y'all. >> the awkwardness of that delay will be gone. it may be awkward for other reasons. >> craig here, sheinelle here, dylan is here. mr. roker continues to recover at home. they did some redecorating here at 30 rock. >> i'm happy about it. >> a sign of the season. ladies and gentlemen, there it is, the rockefeller center christmas trees