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the u.s. will take over the gaza strip. >> federal workers are, critical technology was turned off at the time of the collision. >> mother nature continues to pack a punch. good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this february 9th. i'm joe fryer in for willie this morning. super bowl lix is less than 12 hours away. the kansas city chiefs are taking on the philadelphia eagles for the second time in three years. the chiefs hope to become the first team in history to win three straight super bowls. we'll have the latest in a live report from new orleans, just ahead. plus, our sunday focus at the other big event happening at the super bowl and the reason many of you might be watching, the halftime show. rapper kendrick lamar is ready to take the world by storm with

tonight's performance. so will he have any surprise guests and will he perform his biggest hit of the year, "not like us," the song all about his beef with drake. and later, willie's "sunday sit-down" with the one and only will farrell, talks about his new hit movie with reece witherspoon, the 50th anniversary of the show that made him a star, and the career of classic lines that are quoted back to him every day. >> did we just become best friends? you're my boy blue. by the elf, what's your favorite color. >> a milk was a bad choice. at my boy's basketball game, i had someone holding up a cup of coffee and going, breakfast of champions. and i go, kicking and screaming? and he goes, yes! >> oh, nice. >> willie's sunday sit-down with will farrell and another life well lived later in this show. let's begin later this morning with the countdown to kickoff. we're hours away to the start of

super bowl lix, the kansas city chiefs on the brink of history as they face the philadelphia eagles. kaylee hartung is in new orleans outside of the superdome where the game will take place and she's already getting in on all of the fun. kaylee, let the good time roll, right. >> as we like to say. this town really turned it up with a super bowl parade, mardi gras style. now that we are just hours away from the biggest tv event of the year, you've got to think that one of these teams will be continuing the celebrations well into the night when they've got the lombardi trophy to show for it. new orleans takes pregaming to a whole new level. the first-ever super bowl weekend parade, rolling through the packed streets of the french quarter saturday. onboard the king's float, i got in on the action.

but now, all eyes turn to the superdome, with nfl history on the line. with the two-time defending champion chiefs thrive by living on the edge. in games decided by just one score or less, kansas city has won 17 straight, an nfl record, including a walk off touchdown to win last year's super bowl in overtime. and two years ago, when they topped philly with a field goal on the final drive. >> how about those chiefs? >> reporter: one more victory for chiefs kingdom would make them the first team ever to three-peat in the super bowl era. but that would require beating the best defense in the nfl >> love in trouble! he is sacked. >> reporter: and the eagles' offense isn't too shabby either. saquon barkley nearly breaking the record for the most rushing yards in a season, as the eagles ran the ball more than any other team.

quarterback jalen hurts has been nearly perfect himself, in addition to 14 rushing touchdowns, he's thrown only five interceptions all season, to targets like wide receiver and sideline reader a.j. brown. >> name of the book is "inner excellence." >> yet oddsmakers are favoring the chiefs, by a point and a half. and patrick mahomes has some familiar weapons of his own, led by travis kelce, who was spotted out on the town this weekend with his girlfriend, taylor swift. >> play action. >> reporter: the only qb to beat mahomes in the super bowl will now be calling the game from the broadcast booth. tom brady with some perspective only the g.o.a.t. could have. >> when you lose this game, this is on your resume forever. >> all right, kaylee, you have been covering the nfl sidelines all year, let's tap into that expertise. what's the key to today's game and dare i ask, do you have a prediction? >> reporter: okay, joe, so here's the thing. these two teams lost a combined

five games to get here. at 34-5, that is the best record for a super bowl matchup that we've seen in more than 25 years. so my safe bet is on us having an incredible game tonight. that might sound like a copout, but here's the thing. i'm not crazy now have bet against patrick mahomes, but at the same time, the eagles has the best defense in the league and i think they could give the chiefs some problems. we've seen the chiefs hang on, find ways to win every which way throughout the season, but that eagles defense will be a really tough task for them. i want to see saquon barkley have a great night. i really think this one will come down to the wire. >> that is all i want. just a good game and i will feel like a winner. kaylee, thank you so much, appreciate it. now, security will be even tighter than usual today, that's because presidt trump is going to the game. the first sitting president to ever attend. meanwhile, the president is saying he has spoken with russia's president vladimir putin as the three-year anniversary of the start of the ukraine war draws near.

nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist is traveling with the president, he is in west palm beach with the latest. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning to you. president trump revealing that he had spoken to president putin at least once during an interview with the new york post on friday night. the newspaper says they discussed the war in ukraine as the president flew to florida on air force one. mr. trump was asked on camera whether the two leaders had spoken, that was friday afternoon before he left d.c., and at that time he said no. still according to the post he told his national security adviser to start meetings with the russians. now, also overnight the president's newly confirmed budget director russell vought announcing in an email that he is now in charge of the consumer financial protection bureau and lling the staff there to pause almost all of its work unless he approves it, or it's required by law. now, the cfpb is an independent agency created to make sure banks and lenders treat consumers fairly.

we're also going to be watching capitol hill this week, we expect to see confirmation votes on controversial nominees tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence and robert f. kennedy jr. for health secretary. a busy week indeed. joe? >> aaron gilchrist in west palm beach, thank you so much. kristen welker is moderator of "meet the press." in his first three weeks we have seen president trump try to reshape the federal government, cutting shops, offering buyouts, freezing domestic and foreign spending all with his right-hand man elon musk. some courts have tried to throw a wrench in some of those plans. so for democrats who are in the minority right now, the courts, are they really the best chance democrats have of trying to slow down some of these changes? >> hi, joe. great to be with you. you're absolutely right, the courts are where this battle is playing out, quite frankly. president trump facing currently more than two dozen lawsuits aimed at slowing down some of

those actions, including those deep trims to the staff at usaid which is basically like the government's humanitarian branch on the world stage, aimed at disease prevention, disaster relief, providing food to those who live in famine-ravaged regions. so the question is, though, how effective are the courts? i've been talking to democrats throughout the course of the week, they say, look, it's clear that the courts cannot keep up with the pace and scope of what we are seeing from president trump and elon musk. case in point, mr. trump directing musk to go into the department of defense. it is worth noting musk has billions of dollars in contracts through his various companies with the dod. is that a conflict of interest? democrats notably, joe, also signaling they are not ruling out trying to potentially shut down the government over all of this. so we could see a big battle brewing on capitol hill as well.

we will delve into all of this coming up on the program in just a little bit, joe. >> all right. kristen, thank you so much. and we will look for more this morning on "meet the press" when kristen is joined by democratic senator andy kim of new jersey, poet amanda goreman and trump national security adviser mike waltz. recovery crews have now pulled all of the major pieces of wreckage from the potomac river after that horrible crash between a regional jet and blackhawk helicopter. ntsb investigators are now going over every piece trying to figure out exactly what may have caused the crash. all 67 people on board both aircraft were killed in the january 29th accident. the northeast is digging out this morning from an overnight storm that dropped up to 6 inches of snow in some areas and now there's another storm to worry about in just a matter of days. nbc's maya eaglin is in west hartford, correct cut, with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe.

yeah, we are here where about 2 or 3 inches of snow fell overnight, but crews are working to really clear this stuff from the roads. take a look, it's kind of powdery, not ready yet for snowballs but we have a little bit of a wintry mix still coming down from the sky. we spoke to the connecticut state police to give some folks some tips about how to stay safe during this winter weather. they say charge all your devices, only drive if it's an emergency and keep your head lights on at all times if you do hit the roads. also make sure you stay away from the emergency crews who are working to clear the streets for eve everyone. here is where the snow is right now, joe, there is a little wintry weather still happening around the country. it's done in new york city but in portld, burlington they are still getting some snow and expected to be a lake effect later this afternoon. most of the snow should be pushed out later today as low pressure continues throughout the country, but there is another storm on its way starting tomorrow in the plains

and by tuesday evening we could be seeing some heavy snow stretch across the ohio valley and into the mid-atlantic, even places like d.c. and philly could get a bit of rain. so, joe, hope folks can stay warm, stay safe and off these roads. there is a bit of ice out here. and maybe enjoy the big game tonight at home. >> yeah, at least there's something to do later today so look at the bright side there. maya, thank you so much. we are looking at. still a dark but clear sky over walnut creek and calm winds putting us in danger of those freezing numbers. this morning we see the east bay, most of the santa clara valley, and up into the north bay in that freeze warning purple color. if you are along the east bay shoreline and parts of the peninsula frost advisory. as those n numbers dip down into

straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including bill nye. turns out he's not just a science guy, he's also a fashion icon. we'll explain why he's walking the runway. plus, the eagles fan who got the surprise of a lifetime just days before today's super bowl. but up next, our sunday focus on today's halftime show during the big game. kendrick lamar is set to make history as he prepares for the most important show of his life, and potentially stirring up a little controversy along the way. it's all coming up on "sunday today."

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tupac and biggie. ♪ don't let the west side ♪ >> reporter: kendrick lamar's "not like us" delivering a knockout punch to his collaborate turned rival and one of the best-selling rap artists of all time, drake. it's been streamed more than a billion times and swept all five grammy categories it was up for, including song and record of the year. >> "not like us," kendrick lamar. >> reporter: lamar and drake have been trading jabs for years, but the beef exploded last spring amid a flurry of dis records. ♪♪ ♪ you not a rap artist, you're a scam artist ♪ >> the feud ending with lamar's takedown track. ♪ certified lover boy, certified pedophile ♪ >> when you accuses drake without any evidence of being a pedophile. last month,rake firing back, though this time not on a beat, but in the courtroom. suing his own record label,

universal music group, accusing it of campaigning to create a viral hit out of a rap track that falsely accuses drake of being a pedophile. umg calling the allegations untrue, saying any claims it was trying to hurt drake's reputation were illogical. fans now wondering, will lamar perform his hit song at today's super bowl? >> do you think he'll perform it? >> yes. >> he has to. >> literally. >> he has to. >> it's a good song. why not? >> that's the only song i know. >> lamar not dropping any hints at the pre-show press conference. >> being i in the now and being just locked in to how i feel. that's something that i want to carry over to new orleans. >> reporter: super bowl halftime performances are no stranger to controversy. in 2022, eminem took a knee, a symbolic gesture of protest against racism, that sparked outrage among some.

in 2012, mia flipped the middle finger during her set. and who can forget janet jackson's now-infamous wardrobe malfunction with justin timberlake in 2004. the halftime show itself has changed over the years, becoming more diverse since jay-z's rock nation took over in 2019. and despite recent efforts by president trump to eliminate programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, the nfl says it will continue to prioritize diversity in the league. helping make this area's halftime celebration look a bit more like all of us. and priscilla joins us now from new orleans. priscilla, good morning. we don't know if kendrick lamar will perform "not like us," in part because there could be some legal issues, right? what can you tell us? >> reporter: right. while kendrick lamar himself may not be sued, there is a chance that the nfl or the network airing it could be. so we could potentially see them

cut or bleep part of the performance or even delay their broadcast. now, as for drake's defamation claim, legal scholars say that context is key here. this song was released as part of a rap battle in which drake also made some pretty damning allegations against kendrick lamar. in the end, it could come down to whether people listening to the song believe that the words in it are actually true or part of a decades-long rap battle art exaggerated insults at your ng adversaries. joe? >> all right. just one more story line to watch tonight, priscilla. thank you so much. coming up next, willie's new sunday sit-down with will farrell, as they walk in the rockefeller center steps of one of his most famous movies, just outside the building where his legendary career launched on "snl." and then, a life well lived. one of the last remaining tuskegee airm who helped save the country during world war ii. and as we head to break, our photo of the week.

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this sunday, february 9th. i'm kira klapper. it has been one month since san francisco's new mayor, danielle lurie, took office, and he marked the occasion by joining hundreds of volunteers with refuse. refuse. that's an organization dedicated to cleaning up the streets. lori helped pick up trash around van ness avenue and bay street. there are about 80 volunteers in laurie's group. organizers say it means a lot to get the spotlight from the mayor, who promised to clean up san francisco during his campaign. there is at least one cleanup in every san francisco zip code every weekend. turning now to president trump's hiring freeze on federal jobs. will it impact the fire fight in california? a california lawmaker is calling on the government to exempt firefighters from that federal hiring freeze. last month, president trump signed an executive order preventing any

new federal hires. that means onboarding for thousands of firefighters in advance of the summer fire season is halted. senator adam schiff responded by sending a letter to several u.s. agencies concerned the freeze will lead to a shortfall of seasonal firefighters. federal agencies typically hire more than 15,000 seasonal crews each year. we're going to turn now to the forecast. and cinthia pimentel. cold out there? yeah, really cold because we have those clear skies and those winds that have calmed down in the overnight hours. a live look over san jose. and we are looking at some freeze and frost alerts for the south bay, for the east bay and up in towards the north bay as well. those purple signifying that the freeze is possible not only today, but notice they're likely through about tuesday as we settle in with this really cold air and those light winds. so we're seeing the numbers right now, 37, in downtown san jose. but you go into south san jose, 39 degrees. those chilly 30s

continue up there towards hayward. but look, 29 degrees in danville. oh my goodness. please be careful with that. that is some dangerous cold and it continues up into the north bay. 231 a piece for santa rosa and calistoga. now we will recover nicely though. this is the good news that as we go on through the day, lots of sunshine and temperatures recovering almost to that 60 degree mark in napa. if you're headed that way for a nice glass of wine to wrap the weekend up, so expect much of the same. daytime wise, with those sunny and clear skies. the cold nights, as i mentioned, are going to continue until we get until about wednesday, when we start to get a little bit more moisture and that moisture will be accompanied with some really stormy weather. as we go on into wednesday and the second half of the week. so i'll track this atmospheric river for us coming up at 7 a.m. and what we can expect as we make those valentine's day plans going into late week. back to you, karen. all right, cinthia, we'll see you at seven. thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay. the nation is preparing for super bowl kickoff. and bay area leaders

are there in the big easy getting ready for the big handoff. we catch up with san jose mayor matt mahan as santa clara prepares to receive the football for super bowl 60 next year. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you join us right now. back to sunday today w

this your place? >> no. no, no, no, no. i live with my ma. >> oh? >> yeah. are you hungry? hey, ma, can we get some meat loaf! >> i'm okay. i had a bite right before i came over. >> you sure? >> that is will farrell in the famous meat loaf scene from the 2005 box office hit, "wedding crashers." he played a man-child names chaz who still lives at home with his ma. meat loaf, strategery, stay classy, san diego. we could spend the entire hour on classic will farrell lines from his three decades on screen. yeah, that's right. three decades, with "saturday night live" celebrating its 50th anniversary a week from tonight, farrell marks 30 years since his debut at "snl," where he provided more cowbell, hosted chaotic episodes of "celebrity jeopardy," and played a very enthusiastic cheerleader. but it's the long list of hilarious movies since his seven

years at "snl," including his latest, you're cordially invited that made the 57-year-old a comedy legend. willie got together with lil' for a sunday sit-down just outside his old office here at rockefeller center. >> i don't know how to put this. but, i'm kind of a big deal. >> reporter: a local news anchor in 1970 san diego. a disgraced nascar driver with two first names. >> we're going to skate to one song, one song only. and unlikely figure skating champion past his prime. >> we're going streaking! >> reporter: they are the preposterously, blustering, endlessly quotable character will farrell has turned into cultural icons. >> i think, as a performer, i'm like the guy who lives next door that you don't think i'm going to say the things that i say. and that is the rug pull, that is work for me. >> i think the thing you've

mastered, too, is the guy with supreme, but unwarranted confidence. >> yes! that's always been fascinating to me. >> ron burgundy, ricky bobby, all of them. >> you ain't first, you're last. >> you're going to get the quotes. is there one or two that people throw your way the most? >> there's a lot. did we just become best friends. you're my boy, blue. by the elf, what's your favorite color? a milk was a bad choice. >> always. >> at my boy's basketball game, i had someone holding up a cup of coffee and going, breakfast of champions. and i had to -- i go, kicking and screaming? >> oh, nice. >> and he said, you have no idea how often you're quoted in our household. and i was like, i do now, and i need to be paid. >> reporter: growing up in irvine, california, ferrell loved making his friends laugh. but he never imagined comedy could be a career. your dad was a keyboard player for the righteous brothers, your

mom's a teacher. at what point does comedy become important in your life? >> it's just something i always wanted to do. but i didn't give it kind of any thought or any weight, because i just saw how unpredictable my dad's life was, as an entertainer. i thought, i'm just not going to do that. i want a real job and i didn't know what that meant. >> reporter: one of his first jobs after graduating from usc was a shaky stint as a bank teller. >> is it true, and i hate to put you on the spot here, that the count was off some days when you were a bank teller? that there was some money -- >> i'm not at liberty to say. >> not yet? >> is this being recorded? this whole interview? >> your attorney's right over there. >> oh, can i say anything? i was such a bad bank teller. i would make one transaction and shut my window down, and then -- is everything okay? open my window, again, next?

like, it was one every 15 minutes. and we get to the end of the day and you cash out, and i was like $300 short. >> oh! >> and the manager's like, that's okay. and so so was $300. maybe you just traded. i was like, yeah, maybe we did. >> so needless to say, that was not the future. >> that was not -- the financial world, no. >> you stepped out of that world and on to a stage with the groundlings. >> yeah, i was like, this is what i want to do. >> reporter: farrell, among the many "saturday night live" stars discovered while performing with the groundlings. >> these are just about -- just about done here -- get off the [ bleep ] shed! off the sheded! >> reporter: in 1995, after a pair of nerve-racking auditions, lorne michaels offered ferrell a coveted spot in the "snl" cast. >> i'll be doing myself in the service and every member of this band if i didn't perform the hell out of this. >> he was an overnight fan

favorite. >> will ferrell! >> reporter: a star on the show for seven seasons. >> as you stand here now giving the success you've had, what do you think the 1995 version of you walking in these doors for the first time would think? impossible? >> oh, yeah. a little fun fact, of that new cast, i'm the first cast member to have a line in our first show. >> is that right? >> i'm in the cold open. i flubbed my first line. >> oh! >> good afternoon, it's been a busy day in court. the trial which ended yesterday with the prosecution's -- prosecution -- >> on live tv, in my dream job -- >> you recovered nicely, though. >> am i sweating? >> you know, sometimes you can be addicted to something that's not a drug. ♪ i like big butts and i cannot lie ♪ >> when you decided to leave after seven seasons, was that a hard decision? >> if someone said to me, you only get to do "saturday night

live" and that's all you ever get to do, i would have signed on the dotted line. it's my dream job. but it was the right time to go in terms of certain kind of a momentum that i had. i had a movie that i shot called "old school," which was being held, which is never a good sign, and i'm back in l.a. and we've written a script called "anchorman," which had gotten rejected by like 20 different studios. >> is that right? >> no one wanted to do it. >> then there was a script that needed a lot of work about a human who grew up at the north pole raised by elves. >> sorry! >> this is crazy, because i think that mk back there is where in "elf," i see the tree for the first time. >> you make me feel so young. >> which leads to zoey deschanel skating in the rink, and having a kiss. but that's in the first week of filming. i still didn't even know what the character was.

>> buddy the elf is a huge kings fan, but we've never, ever seen him like this. >> once in a while, ferrell likes to take his famous characters out on the town. >> it seems you enjoy too well occupying this place and embracing who you are, like, the elf stunt, at the l.a. kings game. showing up at the lakers game and effectively arresting shaq. >> i'm not someone who's on all the time. yet there's certain moments where i think, oh, gosh, that would be funny to go to a hockey game and just get a cheap buddy the elf costume with a cigarette and just be sitting there drinking a beer and n explain it. i love the questioning of it, as much as any sort of adulation i may get. it's just fun to still be out in the world and do weird stuff like that. >> i love that so much. there is much more ahead in part will ferrell, including the with

"snl" sketch that will thinks is now through san jose, palo alto, walnut creek. even cooler in those mid 30s. so the valleys are waking up to some frost on the windshield. meantime, though, it is 40 degrees in san francisco, so just a little bit more warmer as you make your way towards the coast. we should expect a good recovery though. livermore. your day planner. lots of sunshine and temperatures in the upper ahead on "sunday today," our highs and lows of the week, including the sisteters tha cam up with a pretty ingenious way to make sure no one took that middle seat between them. we'll explain what we're seeing here. up next, part ii of willie's conversation with will farrell, talks about working with reece

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latest hit in a career filled with so many memorable moments, well, it's hard for fans to pick their favorite movies or "snl" sketch. so does he have a sleeper pick himself? part ii now of willie's conversation with will. >> sorry i'm late, gang. >> strategery. >> and you're an idiot. >> for all your famous "snl" characters, and we know them all, you did "w," the cheerleader, cow bell, is there one that you t think isn remembered the way it should be? >> i don't know if the lovers -- with rachel dratch in the hot tub, the two professors. that maybe doesn't get as much attention as it should. >> that's always trying to make the other people break. >> was it in our minds? we don't know! >> there was a lot of pinching underneath the bubbling surface of the water. >> over those seven seasons at

"saturday night live," farrell worked often with a writer who was hired in the same week on 1995. >> but i'm not andrew steel anymore. >> it was just, whoa! >> in last year's acclaimed netflix documentary, will and harper, farrell takes a cross-country road trip with his old "snl" friend, harper steel, after steel's gender transition. >> i think we were pleasantly surprised that, i think, for most people, their kind of resting place is kindness. i think that's really who we are as americans. >> did you see any risk into stepping into what for some people is a political convertion? >> absolutely. i recognize that it could carry that, but i was willing to take that risk. >> i just thought, okay, what's the worst thing that could happen? no one wants to watch my movies. you know, i get shunned for doing this.

okay. that'll be a good one to go out on. >> my sweet little pumpkin will have her special day and no one's getting in the way of that. >> his latest movie is classic farrell. >> we double-booked your wedding. >> what?! >> in the amazon prime comedy, "you're cordially invited," will goes head-to-head with reece witherspoon when a double booking causes an all-out wedding war. >> when i finish the movie, i thought, that's what a movie should be. just had a good time. it didn't ask a lot of me. i don't feel like it was teaching me a grand lesson. maybe i missed it, correct me if i'm wrong. >> oh, boy! you didn't think about your life? >> well, actually, i take that back, i i have aaughter of a certain age, some of the scenes did destroy me very briefly before you brought me back and wrestled an alligator and level set. >> yeah, that's the emotional touchstone scene of the movie, when i wrestle an alligator, yeah. yeah. >> but i wrestled him too hard and now i think he's dead.

>> that's not dead. >> you mentioned reece, what was it like working with her? >> she's fantastic. we share the same sensibility in that the funniest things are executed by committing to the character, no matter how silly the premise is, you have to believe that you're doing it, for real. >> i would argue there's a threat through all of your characters and movies, what you just described, just commit to it. go all the way. >> you don't wink at the camera, ever. that's what's guided me this whole time. >> "you're cordially invited" is streaming now on amazon prime video. our thanks to larock restaurant here at rockefeller center for hoing willie and will. don't forget to subscribe to the sunday sit-down podcast to hear the full extended interview with will farrell. there are many more hilarious stories there, including will's aborted attempt to bribe lorne michaels with fake money in a meeting around his audition for "snl." you can find that conversation wherever you get your podcasts

or just scan the qr code on the screen. speaking of "saturday night live," as the iconic show celebrates its 50th anniversary next sunday, we'll hear from a collection of famous cast members about everything from their terrifying auditions to their favorite moments. the best of our "snl" sunday sit-down, next week on sunday "today." this week, we highlight another life well lived. the tuskegee airman and all black unit of the airplane air force has played a pivotal role in america's victory during world war ii. hundreds of brave, black men suited up to fly and to defend their country. one of those heroes was lieutenant colonel harry stewart jr., a man who just kept finding a way to overcome obstacles. >> reporter: in the weeks after the attack on pearl harbor, harry stewart jr. tried to join the army air corps, but he was only 17 at the time, and couldn't apply. so the moment he turned 18, he

dropped out of high school and returned, joining nearly 1,000 african-americans who completed the advanced flight training program in tuskegee, alabama. stewart flew 43 missions, earning the distinguished flying cross after downing three enemy aircraft at a battle in germany in 1945. he was raised in queens, new york, and lived near laguardia, airport, where he became fascinated with planes, often going to watch them take off and land. after leaving the air corps, stewart tried to get a job as a commercial airline pilot, but was turned down by the major airlines because of his race. so he went back to get his high school diploma and eventually graduated from new york university with a mechanical engineering degree, going on to work for a number of major companies. in 2007, president george w. bush awarded stewart and the

tuskegee airmen the congressional gold medal, 60 years after their brave accomplishments. his impressive life was chronicled in a biography, "soaring to glory," a tuskegee airman's firsthand account of world war ii. harry stewart jr. one of the last surviving combat veterans of the tuskegee airmen, died last week at his home in bloomfield hills, michigan. he was 100 years old. everyone is so busy paying attention to this and paying attention to that. they're not paying attention to the important stuff that's right in front of them! what's up with that? find out on february 9th. (♪♪) there's the guy who said his trade in was in “perfect” condition... well... what do you think?... let's see here, it looks pretty nice on the outside... oops got a teeny tiny little scratch right there and... woah... game changer! you didn't tell me you had weathertech floorliners... of course...

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it is time for the highs and lows of the week. our first high on this super bowl sunday goes to the philadelphia eagles. now, i'm not saying i'm pulling for them to win. this is an impartial show, after all. but even the most ardent of chiefs fans could not help but cheer after seeing what the eagles did for one of their biggest fans. his name is ryan quigley, and he was in new orleans on new year's during the bourbon street terror attack. ryan was badly injured. his best friend, tiger beck, was killed. ryan and tiger shared a love of the eagles, which is why the team recently invited ryan to tour their practice facility, or

at least ryan thought it was a tour. >> we want to say the real reason we brought you, we love hanging out. you know what i'm saying. we know it's new orleans, you know what i'm saying. so, you up for it? >> oh, yeah! >> eagles defensive end brandon graham then presented two tickets to the super bowl, which is in new orleans. a place ryan never thought he would visit again. >> almost every home game i shared all year, after every win, i told them, you know, if we make it, i promise that we'll go -- i'll take you to the super bowl. i love nothing more than still take him, you know? >> tiger's sister, ginny was also there for the surprise. she says this gives them a chance to rewrite their story and turn a horrible memory into a beautiful one. we hope they have a truly

memorable day. our first low goes to two sisters who were passengers on a southwest flight. now, remember, southwest still has that open seating policy where you pick your seat once you board? well, hailey and tina decided to make their friend sit in the middle seat, and that just prompted a flood of emotions. >> are you okay? >> okay, so something about that just seems a little peculiar to you, you are not alone. i think we should check back in and see what's going on. >> ah, yeah, now it all makes sense. yeah, the cunning siblings used a hoodie and neck pillow to create a puppet, making it look like someone was there and deterring any strangers from wedging into that middle seat. i'm sure jim henson would be proud.

our next tie goes to bill nye the fashion guy who exchanged his iconic lab coat for something a little more stylish. nye could be seen strutting the catwalk at new york fashion week. he wore a tom brown bomber jacket and shorts bearing his legs, or at least the part from his knees to about mid-shin. nye was a natural showing off all kinds of advanced modeling moves, putting supermodels everywhere on notice. clearly, this was not nye's first time on the runway. since 2017, he's made several appearances at the blue jacket fashion show, which raises awareness about prostate cancer. nye's message to men, make sure you get checked. our final low g goes to the new york city rental market, which continues to find ways to shock and appall us. enter emily banani, who recently posted a video who went viral. it was titled, smallest bathroom in nyc. she offered a brief tour in which we, the viewer, were privy to her privy. >> we have this area where i

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try my new crispy boneless wings and so munch more! welcome to jack in the box! we've got more of your sunday today mug shots this week. starting across the top, congratulations to mom, kerry, dad, mark, and proud big brother dominick on welcoming baby patrick to the world in tacoma park, maryland. next, dennis and sharon celebrating their retirement with a beautiful trip to jamaica. enjoy that one, guys. check out peggy and tom underneath the northern lights in fairbanks, alaska. how cool is that? i would like to wish shirley a happy 91st birthday in lynchburg, virginia. she's celebrating her special day with her granddaughter, danny, and great-granddaughter, janell. we have barbara, renee, jean and don. they're visiting the great pyramid of giza in egypt.

thanks for bringing us along. congratulations to andrew and deb in west roxbury, massachusetts, on ten years of marriage. and finally, check out this crew. linda, jill, kelly, jan, ju, cindy, and jady, they're all celebrating jan's 90th birthday on a cruise to the bahamas. have fun, ladies, and have birthday, jan. send us a photo of you and your mug with the hashtag, sunday today, and you might see yourself next week. remember, you can get the sunday today mug online at today.com/shop. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. willie will see you right back here next week on sunday today.