from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio rockefeller plaza. hello, everybody. we are so glad you're with us today for who's day tuesday, it's september 27th already. that's yesterday's song by hunter heys. >> i love that. >> we're at the end of september. going into october. halloween. it's crazy. >> yeah. >> we have a big show today. mandy moore is here, the pop superstar turned actress is starring in one of the buzzed about new shows.

>> i know that i was -- wait, what was last night, monday? >> yes. >> so tonight is "this is us." >> so you haven't missed it. >> if you haven't seen it, just watch the first night before tonight, it's so worth it. >> yeah. >> also with us, if you have a child who plays soccer, you're going to want to hear what carly lloyd has to say. she's one of the most celebrated soccer players around the world. she often overlooked, underappreciated, and her coach told her basically you don't work hard enough and don't have the mental discipline. look at them now. >> then joy bower is right there in the kitchen. remaking two favorites french toast and tater tots. >> junk food into joy food. here's a hint, free trip to wine

>> tony and emmy winning singer and great actress, kristen. >> she is awesome. >> if you're one of those people who wake up in the morning and do a few things and check your horoscope, we have breaking news. all right. so if you believe in astrolly is, you know how everybody has their sign. i'm a leo, you're a leo, whatever. nasa has changed the math behind the consolation. this is nasa. so this is real. >> freaking. because you feel like oh, you associate with your sign. so you may not be the sign you think. all right. so they realized the ancient astrological calculations created over 3,000 years ago only -- >> babylon. >> only used 12 constellations. there are 13. here's the other one. ophiuchus.

so, somebody has a new sign, it's not one of the 12 that you know. it's the form of a snake bear, it's been added. those people who are from the ophuichus, they are -- if you were born between november 29th and december 17th, you're now that. okay. the traits of those people, they're seekers of knowledge, flamboyant style of dress, and great >> we got wondering, does that affect us? kath, august 16th. >> and always will be. >> you are a leo, and will always be. >> i never read my horoscope once. >> these are bold -- confident, stuff like that. you are those things. >> you and i are a lot alike. >> i was a leo. and the word is was. i was born august 9th, what are they talking about? >> you're now -- i hate the word

read it. >> cancers are highly imaginative, loyal, emotional, but they can be moody, suspicious, and manipulative. >> wait, go back to leo. i want to read leo again. leo -- >> creative, passionate, generous, stubborn, yes, laze, flexible. i can be some of those things. wait. suspicious, manipulative and moody. i'm not moody. >> you're not any of those things. >> see, see. >> oh, i'm who are cancerous, because, good for you. >> all righty. did we show you those yet? >> you're going to look and now everyone's getting close to the tv because they want to see. i'm trying to see if anyone in my family has been changed. my mom's a pisces. october 17th. where is that? anybody. oh, here it comes. is she a leo --

>> how is a libre. people are made that their sign has changed. nasa had to release a statement. >> i love this. here at nasa, we study astronomy, not astrolly is. we didn't change any zoed yak signs, we just did the math. >> smart people are dream breakers. >> also important, today is national voter registration day. we don't care how you vote, we make sure you are registered. 6 million people -- >> they missed registration. you can't vote. >> stat out. if you want to vote, and everybody should. you've got to get in there. get registered. 70% of americans are registered. if you want to register, go to vote.usa.gov to register. or confirm your registration. >> katy perry teamed up with funny or die to encourage everybody to vote. let's take a look.

you know, november 8th is election day, and i've got some great news. year, you can look like -- when you vote. perfect. in the name of democracy, any just out of bed look is aok. a child's onesie. hunk in kids' briefs. that free xl t-shirt you got from the your bank. the breakout. dimension the hunk in the kids' briefs. or, if you're like me -- i sleep naked. yep. let those babies loose because -- >> all right ma'am, that's enough of that. no, no, no, come on, let's go. >> you too? >> joel mchale. >> joel mchale is anywhere. >> love him. >> tom hanks is sometimes called

here's further proof. >> just jogging in new york in central park, and low and behold, he saw a couple taking wedding photos. he decided to say hi, then he posed with them. she took those photos and -- >> what a memory. >> can you imagine? he's such a sweetheart. such a great guy. >> we reached out to the couple on their honeymoon and ghaesz, they got back to us. >> wait, it's a first. >> we needo which one? this one? >> wait, that's never happened. is this a first? >> i think it's a first. >> wow. >> oh my [ bleep ]. >> wow, that's amazing. >> that's going to run us. we're not used to respect. they asked us to make sure we say thank you to tom hanks for them on the air. so we are saying thank you right now. >> and tom asked for a selfie for him to put on twitter and he posted that. and he is such a cool guy. speaking of weddings since

married. do you like when you go to a wedding and there are assigned seats? name plates and you sit in your assigned seat? sometimes you go, is it my table? >> people put thought into this. >> yeah. >> so there must be a reason they have you sitting next to somebody you've never met before. you know, you're world's apart in things that you're interested in. i always prefer open seating. i just do. >> sit where you want. >> yeah. >> and frank and i hated it when people would separate us. >>ah together. >> exactly. >> have you ever gone up to a table -- >> you have, hoda. >> notice there are cards there and gone like, switch. and switch. i've done it. only because you have a short window of time to like enjoy the dinner, and you don't know the person and you don't to want start off as hi, stack it back up. >> anyway. the huffington post asks, can you ask to be seated at a

26, wasn't bringing a plus one. you can't always do that anyway. is it okay to seat her with her parents. >> huff posts says this, they already planned to seat you as family or they may be planning to put you with others your age hoping to create dynamic fun at the reception. >> it would be okay to send a polite e-mail with the request. >> no bride wants to get e-mails about -- >> i'm going i don't know if we're going -- but you know -- >> you won't be sitting together? >> cody and cass, and my granddaughter is going. it's a family wedding. not one of my kids. oh, i'd be freaking. >> would you be freaking out? >> what if people were sending you e-mails about where you're sitting. >> so, adele's album, the fantastic -- oh. >> whoa. >> okay, that is unnecessary. what is that?

>> what am i doing? >> wait a minute, what's the point? >> i'm about to lose my dinner. >> what is cassidy looking at you? >> maybe i'm blowing out a candle or something. >> there are no candles. >> what was that? >> it's some rando -- somebody in the control room is bored. they're digging through pictures. >> i remember that dress, and i miss it. >> that's the takeaway from that photo? >> all right. gone diamond. >> yeah. >> now it's her second album of the status 21 was the first. means it sold 10 million copies in the u.s. >> i've never heard of diamond. i thought there was platinum. diamond. >> yeah. >> recording industry association of america. >> so other people in the ranks with adele's 25, these ones are in there, the beatles, sergeant

abandon. bruce springsteen born in the usa. >> weren't some gather brooks albums in there? >> diamond, yes. >> yeah. >> gather's in there. of course he is. >> i would say, michael jackson, but there's a level double -- >> double diamond. >> double diamond. >> pretty crazy. all right. we've all been watching the royals frolic around beautiful vancouver. and she is just turning heads more and more all the time. she wears clothes beautifully. she wore this $1,300 cocktail dress last night for a reception. look how beautiful. the asymmetrical neckline. the diamond make believe pin is borrowed from the queen. she inherited it from the late queen mother, it was given to her by king george vi to mark their state visit to canada back in 1939. she's so el gadget.

>> it's so nice to see such a classy couple. you know. in this world we live in today where there's so little class. >> she is a ten. earlier wore this alexander mcqueen dress, inspired by the canadian flag. that goes for $5,200. and this is the jenny blue suit. >> look at that. look at the whole family. >> i know it. >> look at them. >> all color coordinated. >> if you're ever or depressed, go flipping through some of these pictures. you're happy now. >> find your happy place. >> find it. all right. no tricks, but you'll be in for a treat when we give away five lucky people. >> carly lloyd, and her off the field struggle to get to the top of the her game. she says you can too. plus a new hit show and so much more. mandy moore. >> yeah. >> yeah. right after >> yeah. right after after 40 years of making chicken soup at progresso, we've learned a thing or two.

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recognize this song? that's the 1999 hit "candy" by mandy moore. >> just 15 years old mandy released her first record. she is known for starring roles in teen movies like the princess diaries. >> and the role as the shy high school student who falls in love with the popular guy in "a walk to remember." >> that's an awesome one. mandy stars in nbc's most about new show. it is an awesome show. it is called "this is us." where she plays a wife and expecting mother of triplets. take a look. >> i'm sorry for anything i'm going to say in the next two hours. i mean none of it. >> you're going to mean some of it. >> i am almost glad schneider's appendix burst. >> i thought we might have a conversation now before things

>> that sounds nice. >> you have grandchildren? >> not that kind of conversation. >> great to see you. >> you realize that you are a star of one of the biggest hits. >> i am honored and flattered that people are liking the show and watching. we are all so proud of it. >> it is more than likely. hoda can't stop talking about it. i watched it again to pick up on things i might have missed because of the surprise at the en t away. when you got the script did you right away think this might be a hit? >> i knew that it was really elevated nuanced writing. it felt different than anything -- it felt so different from anything else on television landscape right now. i think that is what is resonating with people. people want to be moved. they want to cry. they want to be able to relate it to their own life. i think the show has a little

your acting chops in this. you don't just play yourself present tense. you go back a ways. >> yes. i play a mother and a wife for the first time. because of the nature of the show and the story telling, milo, who plays my husband, and i get to jump around in time a bit. >> this got a lot of air time. >> it was the very first day of shooting, the very first i felt like how lovely that a woman doesn't have to show herself. it's the man for once. >> in the first scene he has a little towel like he is supposed to be meant to be naked. he was just like in between takes he wasn't grabbing the robe. he was just chilling out. >> how were you about that? >> i was okay. averting my eyes to be respectful sgrmpt had it doesn't bother you but bothers you.

he has a nice toosh. >> music, when i think of you i think of music y. went to this place where young girls dance to a lot of your music. i walked in and i said who is singing this version of elton john's song? it is mandy moore. we are anxious for music. >> i think now that i have this show up and running and shoots at paramount and right by my house i feel like i want to get back to >> thank you. >> you actually know how to sing. >> more or less. campaign news coverage? moore or less? >> less. >> divorce? >> less. >> royals canadian visit. >> moore. >> the real housewives? >> less. >> drake. >> moore. >> stranger things.

the voice. >> moore. >> deflate gate? >> less. >> keeping up with kardashian? >> less. >> dancing with the stars? >> less. >> nbc all the way. be sure to catch a new episode of "this is us" tonight after "the voice" here on nbc. >> tuesday nights. and eveals how she almost walked away from soccer coming up after

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tournament bringing the title back to the u.s. for the first time since 1999. >> but her rise wasn't easy which she writes naebt her new book. "when nobody was watching: my hard fought journey to my top of the soccer world." congratulations. >> thank you. >> we look at all these pictures and awards and accolades, and we think, this girl must have been born like the perfect jock, but what i like -- >> like it all came easy or is we talk about -- it didn't come easy. you really, really had to work at it. >> oh yeah, i think you're not born with talent, you make your own talent, and you know, i've had to work incredibly hard. i didn't come from a big power house college school that was the next big thing. coming out on to the national team. and you know web there was many people that probably didn't think i would make it this far, myself included. >> you doubted whether you'd make it? >> yeah, when i first started working with my trainer, he told

believed it when i actually got it last year. >> wow. >> took me 13 years. >> what was holding you back do you think? >> you know, i think everybody, know matter how confident you are, you struggle with the self-confidence, you have to compete every single day. and i think you know, the more results you have. i think the world cup just kind of lifted that up for me and made me really believe that i could really separate myself. >> you practiced more than others. i think it was you ali practiced on christmas day. like that was important. >> never took a day off. you ended up doing similar stuff, huh? >> yes, christmas, thanksgiving, snow, rain, wind, cold, heat -- >> no matter what. >> i don't switch off. i think now i have to be told, like okay, you need to chill out a little bit. it's important to relax your mind and body. >> when you do that, and when you actually take a vacation,

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who doesn't love comfort food? what we don't love is the guilt that follows after you pig out. >> today nutritionist joy bower is here to turn your junk food to joy food. >> our viewers challenged joy to come up with healthier versions of their favorite fattening foods. today we have french toast and tater tots? >> seriously. >> is that for real? i think you'll love both. the french toast comes from ariel, she's from pennsylvania, a senior at university of maryland. and loves french toast with all the fixings, the syrup, the butter. when you order that out at a restaurant, it'll cost you about 1,090 calorie. that's not that much for the two slices. i'll show you how to do a version that is just as luxurious and indulgent but for only 360 calories for two pieces. so the usual french toast ingredients, we're going to use

bread, eggs but i'm going to do a version with caramelized apples on top. we'll start here. i've sprayed the pan with oil spray, i did put a little bit of butter because there's not much a replacement for butter. and then you add some sliced apples on top. one teaspoon of maple syrup. >> just a teaspoon. >> yes. >> a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. and you're going to caramelize these on low for ou you want to get them gooey. and right at the end you'll finish it off with a dash of va nil ra extract. >> that's going to be good. >> this is going to cook up nice and yum, delicious. then we're going to make the frerng toast. here we have one whole egg with one egg white. i'm going to add more vanilla extract and a little bit of nutmeg and cinnamon again. we're bringing all the fall flavors together. and you can dunk the bread in here. >> okay. >> go ahead and dunk it in. this is a whole grain bread

you're looking for a loaf that's 50 calories per slice. throw it on there. >> what? >> you just saw, look at this, hoda in an instant. that's hoda. that is so funny. i wish we could rerack that. >> look what this comes out looking like. >> that looks good. >> beautiful. >> caramelized apples on top. this entire portion is only 340 calo >> with the squirt of whipped cream. with the apples. with all the ooey gooey deliciousness. here are your carrots in case you want to flip it up. i'm just saying. >> oh yeah. >> is that good? >> delicious. >> caramelized apples make it sugar-free.

from new york. when you eat just five of the fried tater tots -- come on over, hoda. 225 calories. >> just for five of them? >> because they're fried. it sucks up a a whole lot of oil. i'm going to show you how to make five broccoli tater tots. what we have here is four cups of broccoli fluorites that i blanched quickly and cooled them off in cold water to stop the cooking process. >> what was that again? >> boiling water. minute. then i chopped them up. now wie going to add two eggs, half of a chopped onion, throw that in. a little bit of whole grain bread crumbs, panko or regular. reduced fat cheddar and salt and pepper. we mix this together. you form it into balls. miss the top, pop it in the oven for ten minutes. >> should we try them? >> flip them over. my kids flipped for these. >> oh my gosh. >> they're really delicious. >> five of them for 100 calories.

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>> kristin chenoweth. >> beautiful album, "the art of elegance" is available now. >> wow, well we've managed to stir up another great prize for five lucky fans. >> and we're giving it away. because it's spanky tuesday. >> go donna. go donna.

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we have a question, is today you're lucky day? >> it's time to give it away. >> and this week's prize is a spooky halloween decor prize package from the home depot. we're just over $400. >> you're going to love some of this stuff. this is a life-sized skeleton. it's a horse. look what it does. watch, kath. hit it. >> and how about this one? >> are you done? >> can you reach here? >> ready? how about this one? >> come on.

>> all right. >> lantern lights up too and all this fun stuff. >> this is if you want to show something in your window, you can create all kinds of a fun halloween, the horse will be the show stopper of course because of the eyes and the craziness. all the lights, 12 different animated scenes in your window with this fx projector. flickering graveyard lanterns glowing pumpkins and so much more. >> dig in. let's see who the winners are with the halloween size. tuesday. >> and it's timothy, marion, indiana. >> hold on. >> i'm trying to. go, go, go, robert cross, two boys, west middlesex, pennsylvania. >> good. tiffany puckett from virginia beach, virginia. >> i've got something. >> i bet you do. >> karen smigle, connecticut. >> i love her. >> and our last person is roy felch from middleton, ohio. >> we have three boys and two girls. is that crazy? >> congratulations to our winners.

nonwinning entries. make sure you enter again. this is just not fair.

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