>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. right. ? somebody ? >> hello, everybody. hope you had a nice weekend. the fun day monday, october 3rd. happy rosh hashanah. >> i learned, probably mispronounce it -- [ speaking a foreign language ] >> yeah. >> i know how to spell it. >> is that perfect? >> oh, good, good, good. >> i ate the best brisket last night.

>> put a fork in it, and the pork fell and the meat was so succulent and delicious. >> bet you took a picture of it. >> that's it. [ laughter ] >> well, we both had big -- you did not. did you? >> i want to hear about -- >> sorry. okay. >> what was your weekend? >> i went out to what is usually beautiful montauk. at the very east end of long island. >> yeah. >> and it was a -- it was a wet and windy weekend. >> yes. >> but any time it's a wed, it's a beautiful time, and you just try to ignore the weather. there's nothing you can do about it. frank's youngest grandchild, rory kennedy, got married to david decamilla. that was from the day after. >> how cute are they? >> a beautiful wedding. everything had to be moved indoors, of course, but at the montauk yacht club. lovely people took care of us there. there she is with my other granddaughter. christiana. these are all the daughters of my -- well, rory is the daughter

beautiful blonde with her, the daughter of frank's first son. >> and cassidy, i thought? >> i got a picture of cass. look at her. just beautiful. >> look how beautiful you are. >> and frank's son, and son kyle and beautiful girlfriend erica. we had a nice time and -- >> sweet. >> yeah, yeah. you know the trouble, there's always trouble, anytime you move >> yes. >> yeah, yeah. biggest problem is, the sound of the band! [ laughter ] you know who's old by the people that hate the music. right? everybody else -- yeah! i'm sorry. but here's an old thing. when you move in, you turn the volume down. there are walls around you. and old people that want to go home. if you're going to start that. three times i asked them to turn it down.

and nobody lived? >> it was a terrific band. one decibel. you know? >> turned the amps down. >> yes. anyway, they need to -- click, click. >> you know, you don't just go a wedding to dance. you go a wedding also to talk to people you haven't seen in years. >> yeah. >> you couldn't even have a conversation at the table. that's when it's too loud. >> yes. a lady at my gym. when you walk into the gym, blasting music when you walk in. she said i just hate this. i thought, she hates the gym? i go, why? >> you love it? >> what? >> it's 5:00 in the morning. some people like to ease in. not hoda. >> i do a belly flop in the middle of it. >> what did you do? >> we did nothing. call them blake days, which is we do nothing. do what our dog does, which is sleep, eat, sleep, eat, and walk. and that's all we did, and then joel made a great meal. he cooked this chicken, the kind that al roker makes where you flip it breast side down and all

we -- he -- and burned it in the oven. you know when you broil it -- >> i love it when it's charred like that. brussel sprouts are so good that way. >> we did nothing. >> my daughter, my roommate out there, finally ended an age-old question. do i snore. >> what? >> uh-huh. frank used to say, he was -- sometimes take a pillow to him, but that bad. but cassidy -- a say, you snore too, you know. i said, i do not. i do not. >> what happened? >> cassidy taped me. do we have it? >> that's not it. it was not that. >> it was -- >> are you sure that's not it? >> that's not it. i would have never given it to the audio booth if it was. it was moor like a -- ahhhhh. ahhhh. >> no, it was louder. >> no, i know it was louder than that.

we have cassidy gifford on line one. we have cass on one. >> cassidy, i apologize for never believing you. i really do. you know who had a really tough night and this is nothing to laugh about. kim kardashian was in paris for a fashion show. she was held up by gunpoint. at her hotel. >> they were talking about -- >> she was in the room and she was getting ready to go out i think to an event and guys, two gunmen dressed up as police officers got into a room. they're not saying whether she let them in or whether they broke in. whatever happened, they were in the room. they say they tied her up, according to some sources. >> handcuffs on her. >> locked her in the bathroom. >> gagged her. depends who you -- we don't know if any of these are absolutely true, but these are the stories that are going out. they put her in the bathtub. >> she was definitely locked in the bathroom. we know that. that's been confirmed, but they said they stole $10 million worth of jewelry.

>> there were like two items worth that. right? i heard that, too. it's hard to know what to believe. >> often when they say that, okay, she was robbed but she's okay, or they say the people on the train, they weren't hurt badly, or all -- for certain people. i always wonder about how long that stays with you? just because of the -- >> the psychological. >> yeah. it's not a critical injury but you know when something terrible like that happens to you, you never forget it. ever. would think. it's such a violation. such a -- and she's going to be frightened. >> yeah. >> any time she's alone or traveling. i doubt she'll ever travel again with real jewelry. >> yeah. >> but, you know, she gets paid to represent people's jewelry. paid to represent their clothing. paid for all of this -- it's a huge part of their livelihood, but i don't think anybody dreamed that somebody could get into a -- there was apparently, what we heard earlier on nbc news, that there was one --

the time, which, you know -- >> paris is a more dangerous city than it's been in the past. >> maybe if you see people dressed as police officers, you assume, they want to check up on something. i wonder -- you know how it instagram, snapchat, tweet, like a road map. if you think to yourself, maybe do it after, or maybe when i'm on the way home. as you know, kanye was giving a concert and ended up -- >> here in new york. >> >> leaving in the middle of it. we'll have all those details coming up later in "the buzz." >> good news, she's shaken up but physically okay. wow. and hopefully -- well, that's going to take some time. of course, it's october. it's breast cancer awareness month so we're both wearing pink. >> yes. >> i had to get dressed with you. don't be upset with me if i'm not wearing solid pink. this is a variational pink. >> it is pink. >> if you want to add another

we have ways to make your hair pink without it being permanent. >> cass had to do that the other day for a role. >> she did? >> playing some crazy girl in a show called "the detour" supposedly very, very funny. they wanted to dye her hair pink. and she said, no, thanks. >> does it even show up? >> do you want it on your hair? >> just a little. just a little. i don't think it will show on mine. put it in the front. does it show? >> oh -- >> yeah, a little bit. >> yeah. it's dusty rose. >> anyway, $6, $6 to $7.50. ulta.com. >> the good news, 50% of sales donated to the national breast cancer foundation. and coming up i'll have a favorite thing in the same vein. i have a present for you, too. >> so "saturday night live," the season premiere, everybody saying the best one in years. >> huge numbers. >> 42nd season. >> yeah. >> big, rave reviews and big numbers. so margot robbie, who is so

to kate mckinnon's hillary clinton. >> it featured kenan thompson playing a reporter on the site of a sinkhole. >> i'm very happy my wife and i are okay. >> this -- this is your wife? >> ah, yes. >> well, close call here today for this multi-millionaire a his lovely wife. >> ah, ah, i'm not a millionaire. >> oh, i apologize. i assumed you were a very wealthy man. >> yeah, i wish. she's kind of the breadwinner in our house. >> oh, we're a team, and if i felt weird about being the main income earner, i wouldn't have married a puppeteer. >> he does puppets? >> pan down a little bit, rick. you'll see there's mud and --

[ laughter ] he's married to the lawn mistress and he's wearing crocs with socks! >> love him. love kenan. that is so cute. >> all right. >> if you leave us right now -- >> don't do it. >> don't do it. you're going to miss our favorite thing. >> plus more on kim kardashian's scare in paris and a lot more. coming up right after this. 've n almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a wreck 'n' wash. scary. [boy] that was awesome! [dad] yeah. [burke] covered. november fourteenth, 2015. talk to farmers, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ? we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ?

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now for today's "buzz." looking at shoes. >> and tinseltown. all the celebrity headlines. and our good friend from popgoestheweek.com, ryan baltazar. >> you look stunning. >> talking about kim k. >> more details from the french interior ministry. people wonder, where was she exactly? she was apparently staying in at private apartment in a luxury mansion. so that explains a little bit about the environment he was in. >> described so differently by different people. then took a gun to the concierge. >> five men? >> five men. and then two of them got into unit she was in, locked her in the bathroom. locked her into the bathroom. they took a ring that was about $4.5 million. one ring, and a jewelry box that was about $5.5 million. and also apparently two cell phones. and then there's one report saying they escaped on bicycles so, again, they were dressed as policemen.

forced to reveal the room to them. got into her room, put her in the bathroom. >> what about her ring that kanye gave her for her engagement? >> i don't know which is which. kanye performing as a festival in new york, dropped everything, left the set. happened in the middle of the night. she was actually prepping to go out. middle of the night for -- and had already spoken to authorities and left the country. other family members were there. she was there for fashion week. we saw her posting all over the week. >> yeah. >> as you said, people can see what you're wearing. they can see the jewelry she may have had, and that's in her room. but, again, really scary. what i didn't see in confirmation from the french interior ministry was whether or not she was, in fact, tied up. >> okay. >> two cell phones, $4.5 million ring and $5.5 million jewelry box. and a big scare. >> terrifying experience. >> sure. >> lindsay lohan had an

turkey doing humanitarian work for syrian refugees and took a break to go on a boat, and she was trying to help them bring the anchor -- i don't know why she was helping them bring the anchor up off the boat. got tangled up in the rope and anchor. fell in the water and lost a little of her ring finger. so apparently friends got -- yep. there's the instagram or the snapchat. she lost a little bit of that finger. someone, lucky person, found it, and they went to the hospital. she had emergency surgery and apparently got her -- >> someone found the finger in the water? >> that's no fun. i don't know if it was in the water, on the boat, it's a little gross, but they found it. you get it done that quickly, you can save it. >> no word how much of the finger and -- >> all right! >> enjoy your breakfast, everyone! >> let's go to better news. shall we? baby news. right? >> yeah. blake lively and ryan reynolds welcomed their second child. and, you know, they're very secretive. we don't know the name and gender. i give you the scoop but just a little bit of it.

gender, but just was announced friday, and no sooner was it announced that two days later she was at her best friend's wedding, by the way. so she was posting pictures of herself and her best friend at a wedding on sunday. you know, we don't know the name. she was very secretive about her first child. she has a daughter named jaymes. we thought it was a boy. >> confusing for everybody. >> remember, she was here, and she was pregnant. >> she said, no, but we knew it. >> they both come from a big family. she's from a family of five. ryanil show as breeders. >> just adorable. >> so cute. probably a six-figure deal for three movies and, you know, william morris contract. a beautiful thing. >> certain couples you just feel innately, you root for them and really think, now, this one should make it. seems to have everything you need. >> yeah. you want to believe that stuff. they're great. >> a beautiful, beautiful couple. >> one line. "dynasty" is coming back. more to talk about. >> what do you mean? >> "dynasty" is coming back.

>> who should play the linda evans role and who should play, ah, joan collins? >> well, they're kind of bringing it to fallon carrington. nobody can replace joan collins. i think she should do a cameo on the show. >> angelina. >> what did you say? >> angelina. such a lovely man. >> they're going to center on fallon and this new they're pairing up with the -- producers are pairing up with the original creators to make it -- >> nice. put in a name for it. james broel lann should play in it. a walk down memory lane with abigail spencer. >> she got her start in tv because of kathie lee. >> and tv's hottest hairstyles. how to get the sexy loose waves you've seen on your favorite actresses coming up right after this.

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doesn't matter if you watch a little tv or a lot. dramas, comedies, netflix or networks, one thing in common. >> everyone has the same hair. >> yeah, they do from gina rodriguez on "jane the and amy poehler on "parks and recreation" to kerry washington. >> yeah. there she is. >> "scandal." >> also, taraji p. henson from "empire." and a young lady we just had last week, mandy moore from "this is us." spiral loose waves are everywhere. >> how can you get that look? here to share a styling secret is sharon dorram from the sharon dorram color. hi, sharon. >> nice to see you. hello.

it as tough to do? >> not at all. >> really? >> this is a universal hairstyle that's easy, easy to wear, easy to do and works on every ethnicity, every hair length. >> good. >> almost, and every hair color. >> let's start with stephanie. >> stephanie! >> tell us about what you're doing to her. >> so, stephanie, as you can see here the waves are softened up here. you start by putting mousse in the air when the hair's damp. when you dry it, use a round brush, the larger the better. want it to go -- >> blow it out straight to the face. >> right. blow the hair straight and go in with a curling iron. >> uh-oh. here's where the trouble starts. >> but it's easy. take a small section and wrap it around the curling iron. always leave out the end. leave it on three to five seconds. too curly, pull down. in this case we softened.

sorry, wrong brush. with a mason pearson flat brush, just brush through. you'll see how easily. >> sort of pulls the curls, doesn't it? >> pulls the curls down. that's up to you. >> show how you wrap it around the curling iron. i think that's what we all don't know what to do got to be careful. you can burn it -- >> you don't want to leave it on very long and you wrap it around like this. >> you don't even open up the thing. >> just wrap it around the barrel. >> leave out the end. >> never run through to the end. hold it three to five seconds and release. >> move to stephanie. >> hi, stephanie. >> we have two stephanies. >> easy. >> how do you get that -- >> plethora. >> if you want that sort of beachy, texturized look, after you've done all the above. we just did with -- >> it's blown out straight and the curling iron. >> and the curling iron. turn it over. >> what i did this morning. did the zhuszh. >> take a little bit of spray and spritz. >> just regular hairspray. >> this is texturizing spray, and always spray it far away.

just work it through like this. okay. flip your head up. there we go, and just play with it a little bit. even use a little styling cream. >> look how pretty that looks. >> would that work the same on stephanie's hair, or no? because her hair texture is more like mine. >> no, it would do the same, absolutely. >> sure. absolutely. >> okay. >> stephanie one, we brush through. we took out all of that pieciness. >> just flip it. >> depends what look you want. >> look at klg's look. look at that. that's the way -- it's right here. >> i could have brushed it out, too. >> depends on how you feel? >> it looks good. >> the beauty of this is you literally can sleep on it and the next day it's still going to look good. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. find out what you're doing every night that experts say is a bad habit when we play the game -- >> both: "how bad is it?" >> catching up with actress abigail spencer. >> we know her. >> there she is.

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all right. it's fun day monday and we are here with a timeless beauty. >> yeah. >> both: abigail speer >> abigail stars in one of the most buzzed about series right here on nbc called "timeless." >> playing history professor lucy preston. >> she must travel back in time changing the course of history as we know. take a look. fascinating. >> you're telling me this guy actually went back in time for real to the hindenburg? >> lucy, it kills people who aren't supposed to die. they don't have the keys that are supposed to happen, do the things they're supposed to do. history changes. reality changes.

happening. >> yeah! >> oh, yeah. >> congratulations, sweetie. how many pilots did you star in that you made that weren't picked up by networks? >> i was on the george clooney track for sure because he's famous for doing 40-something pilots before "e.r." 48 before i got "mad men," which changed the whole thing. >> changed everything. this show has everybody buzzing. the concept itself is fascinating. why don't you explain a little. >> i play an historian, underappreciated historian taking care of her mother and sister, all of a sudden a knock at the door. homeland security knocks on the door. lucy preston come with us. she's taken to this elon musk kind of character. go and track down this bad guy. and she's like, no, no, thank you. i will not be doing that because i'm a normal person then

and gets to go back and meet her heroes and try to preserve history, the things she love. when she comes back, the personal life changes because of the little shifts. >> ah. the cast is terrific. there's a hunk. there's got to be a hunk. i'm hoping -- he's grieving right now. we won't say why but hopefully you're going to have something with him down the road and another hunk, the one who plays, that plays the african-american. he is an african-american. plays one who says -- >> rufus. >> i don't want to go back in time because -- >> there's no place for me. >> that proves to be true. >> that's what we're taking a woman and we're taking an african-american and going back in time, and the show is really fun. it's really adventurous. you can watch with your whole family, eat popcorn and you really learn something. >> learn a lot. >> something in "the times" what you learned. interesting anecdote about lincoln. >> the second episode we go back to the night abraham lincoln was assassinated. but what i did not know is that he was one of four people that was supposed to be assassinated

event and then we look at something through a different lens. >> talk about your cool relationship before we go further. it's amazing how you got your start in this business, and the reason's right here. right? >> we all have a first love in our lives and her dad yancy was my first love. i wrote a book about it. he was a great surfer and i just adored him. and we didn't end up getting married but he ended up marrying a beautiful, beautiful lady named lydia. one day i got a call from yancy that said, can my daughter and -- and my wife come to see you and regis? she wants to be an actress. they're in new york. >> auditioning for carnegie mellon and all of the drama schools. >> going to go to school. >> yeah, i was going to go to school. we hadn't met before, but obviously. >> sitting there, a magnificent looking girl. i said, come back to my dressing room, we'll talk. we did. >> talked to me on the air. all of a sudden she was like, world, meet abigail spencer. i was like --

she came back and told me what she wanted to do. i said, let's call right now the head of casting at abc daytime. >> i saw that girl and would love to meet her. >> went over and got cast in "all my children" that year won "soap opera digest" newcomer of the year award. >> of course, she did. >> all downhill from there. >> the live-in nanny. don't leave me with your children. >> that's for sure. >> this is my favorite dri, >> this is frozee. this is the direct of summer. i visited and they make afternoon every day rose with lemonade and simple syrup. >> okay. >> rose, frozee. jerry makes all things good, possible and happen. so excited. >> congrats. really a fun show. abigail is one of the finest

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years ago, but, no. >> a little longer than that, but we're within the -- >> to use a superlative, you think this film is the best one yet. >> oh, it is. it is. here's my promise to anybody. anybody that wants to come, this, you will laugh and you will cry. it's a wonderful, wonderful movie. no movie that i've done have people responded the way they do to this movie. >> why do you think that is? >> because people want to laugh and they want to cry and we all relate to it. >> and we all relate to it. and -- two movie stars. so this is an awkward time, obviously, for your character. isn't it? >> yes. >> did you have an awkward junior high? because you're 16. >> i am 16. i'm a junior in high school now, actually. >> wow. >> but i still remember middle school. middle school was very awkward years for me. i'd never got along with that many people and i was always

me. >> did you play pokemon go? >> oh, all the time. >> you're in that age right now. right? >> yeah, well, i'm in fifth grade right now so i haven't gone into middle school, but next year i will. >> not going to go into middle school. >> no. >> but, yes. i feel very prepared, though, from working on this movie! >> you're ready. but this is your film debut. yeah? >> yes. >> how exciting. >> how was the experience for you? >> it was the most amazing experience ever. like, we all became like a family, especially griffin and i became real brother and sister. >> oh! >> like, we were brother and sister without the fighting and i'm an only child. >> and go to college someday. >> did you two always want to go into acting? was that your thing? >> i've been acting since was 7 or 8. never an idea i would be the actor. my sister seemed to the one that would go into acting. she did a play. i said, hey, that looks like fun. i ended up trying out for it and i got the lead role.

family thought, maybe there's something here. >> when hollywood sees this movie, they're going to be knocking the doors down. they just have to make smart choices now because it's going to get -- they're so good. >> yeah. >> they can come to uncle james and ask him. >> and take good care. >> we wish you great luck with this film. sounds like it's going to be a home run. >> it is. it is. >> guise, thank you so much. >> james, i'm sure you're going to be here next week with another book. >> perhaps. >> all the best. "middle school: the worst years friday. from your garden to your garage, we'll reveal how bad your household habits really are, after this. "it's amazing out there" means to me the wonder and wow of the weather. >> everything is amazing. it could be the smallest ice crystal. the biggest storm cloud. >> what does "it's amazing out there" mean to me?

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now it's time to play a game we are calling -- >> both: how bad is it? >> from going to bed with your jewelry on. about to find out which habits are okay and which are no way. >> here to put us to the test,

magazine. >> based on a column running strong five years, the magazine. there are three possible answers. i'm going to ask you questions about your household habits. you can say, not bad, pretty bad, or really bad. >> okay. >> meaning, really bad is the worst. >> meaning the way we deal with it? >> yeah. well, how would you answer, give advice. >> okay. >> ready? >> here are the questions. ready? >> yes. go. >> how bad is it to eat your telling them? >> oh, please. >> like 6 or 7. you're going to steal their candy. steal their candy. >> what did you say? really bad? >> very bad? >> really bad. >> why? >> it's not about calories. it's about behavior. >> i get it. >> proving to your children -- >> do you tell your children to steal? no, you don't. it's a good example. even if you're not caught red-handed, they know how much they have. the child experts --

>> it's ours. >> they trust you. you don't want to chip away a trust. >> exactly. >> okay, next. >> ask if i can share. >> next question. yes. >> okay. >> to put a bird feeder, hang a bird feeder, right outside your window, you know a foot or two right outside your window? >> okay. it's -- >> i can see why people want to, but it's very, very bad. >> it is -- not bad. this is why. very surprising. >> it can be noisy. >> a lot of birds crash into windows. they tend to crash leaving the feeder, not as they're landing on it. okay? >> the closer to the window the better, safer it is for the birds. >> for the birds. for the bird seed. talking about crashing into the window. okay. next one. how bad to store paint in the garage? a gallon of paint. didn't use it all. store it in your garage? >> not bad, because there's

i don't know. >> pretty bad. >> all right. you're right. i'll give you that. very bad. it's not really bad. it's pretty bad. >> why? >> i don't think i deserved that, but -- >> it's the middle. >> so why is it pretty bad? >> paint does not like extreme temperatures. it's not going to blow up. gets clumpy in cold, in really hot. inside a climate controlled basement would be good. okay? >> okay. >> seal it properly. >> we're not doing great. >> someone's keeping score and >> oh. >> uh-huh. how bad is it to wash your dish towels with your clothes? a hint. white dish towels. all right? your dirty white dish towels. >> not bad. >> hoda is correct. >> why? >> i said very bad. you don't want the fumes in your clothes. >> it's true, but hot water and bleach on all dish towels, same with white clothes. colored towels, you're going to use warm or cold water. >> and all the -- >> you're funny. >> very exact.

how bad is it to prune flowering shrubs and trees in the fall? i know you're all out there pruning and raking. >> well, you've got to -- >> i honestly have no idea. >> what should you do right now? it's fall. >> i don't have plants. i live in an apartment. >> do you prune? how bad is it? >> it's really bad. >> that's what you said? i said not bad. >> not the time to do pruning unless you have a dead branch. spring flowering shrubs, you need to do late spring. >> let's dotie >> the tie breaker? >> i just called it. i'm not sure. >> to not weatherproof your leather boots. bought a new pair of boots. not do it. don't put the spray on it. >> i'm going to use very bad. not once have i been right. >> not do to it. >> very bad. >> very bad not do it. >> you do not have to do it. it is not bad for the leather experts. >> how did i make it to 63 doing so many things so badly. >> did anyone get any right? >> no. >> you got two. no.

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