and carried away with 58 million albums sold worldwide, 22 number one hits and seven grammys, carrie underwood is one of music's biggest stars, and we have her life on our plaza today, fridid, october 23rd, 2015. announcer: from n n news,, this is "today" with matt lawyer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. matt has the morning off. i'm going to quote dobbie and marie. i'm a little bit country. you're a little bit rock 'n' roll. >> rock 'n' roll. >> and carrie underwood is here and a little bit for everybody. >> seven grammys, a new mom. she's got a new album. her fans are just so -- they love her. they are passionate, as you seeee there,nd so are we. thrillededo have her on the plaza. >> right to our top story this morning. we've got breaking news, a deadly collision between a tour bus and a truck in france's popular wine country.

nbc's keir responsesimmons is with us. this is all of. what can you tell us about it. >> reporter: good morning. the french are waking up to a tragedy here, a head-on collision between a bus and a truck that became a gigantic blaze, according to witnesses, and on board the bus was a group of retirees. it happenene at 7:30 this morning french time overnight youou time, and as we speaker french leaders, including the prime minister, are heading to the scene. the horrifying remains of the bus still smoking, a burned out shell where 42 people died. the worst accident in france for over 30 years, a collision with a truck carrying lumber on a remote road near the famed wine country of boboeaux. rescue teams airlifted the injuredo the hospital and nine escaped alili according to reports. survivors seen wrapped in foil blank totes keep warm. relatives embracing in shock, and reports say all of the passengers killed were members of a retirement group on a

one-day tour. the french president said this morning he was plunged into sadness by the tragedy and promised a full investigation. the road where the accident happened said to be notoriously dangerous. now it has taken the lives of at least 422 who despite the efforts of 60 firefighthts could not be saved. and the french interior ministry is warngt number of dead may climb. four of the injured are in serious condition and two with head traumas, t with serious burns, and savannah and carson, just to understand the impact of this. it's reported only 700 people live in the village where many of the elderly passengers come from, so everyone there will know someone who died. >> that's so sad. key keir simmons with the late onon thth breaking story. thanks very much. hurricane patricia now the strongest storm ever measured on the planet and bearing down on the mexico coast where people are being urged to prepare for the worst case scenario.

caused billions of dollars in damage and this could be much worse and this storm will also affect the texas-louisiana gulf coastline. here's what we know. over 200-mile-per-hour winds. if they makes landfall, and we expect it will, somewhere around the puerto vallarar area, rigig now 245 miles south of puerto vallarta and 200-mile-per-hour winds. moving quickly at north northwest at 12 miles per hour. this will be the first category 5 storm to hit the pacific mexican coast at 205 miles per hour. it makes landfall by friday afternoon. it starts to lose its strength, but that moisture also makes its way into texas, and so we are going to be looking right now at very serious conditions. flash flood watches already in effect today for much of texas into early next week. moisture from the gulf and moisture from h hricane patricia going to both affect, and we've got hurricane coastal flood watches and warnings from texas all the way into louisiana. rip currents, coastal flooding.

the bullseye. for waco. tomorrow more of the same, but it starts to spread into louisiana. significant flooding from houston, austin and corpus christi, texas, and then as we continues. guys, by the time we get to monday, were could beealking a foot to a foot and a half of rain in parar of texas. catastrophic. we are going to be watching this all weekend long. >> wow. a lot going on in your department. check back in an minute. to politics and hillary clinton's testimony on benghazi. the highly anticipated meeting went on longer than expected. 11 hours in all and didn't wrap up until 9:00 last night. republicans grilled the secretary of state over the attack and was more done to protect diplomats overseas and l. andreaea g gd morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, house republicans and hillary clinton sparred over benghazi all day and well into

>> so far today i've said good morning, good afternoon. >> you all serving breakfast, congressman. >> reporter: for 11 hours there was plenty of political theater. >> i don't care if you sent it by morse code, carrier pigeon, smoke signals. what is relevant is the that he was sending information to the secretary of state state. i've heard one dismissive thing after another. it was this oup. it was that grou i wasn't served by this. i wasn't served by that. what did you do? what do you own? >> well, i was just telling you some of the many related issues i was working on to try to help the libyan people making -- >> what's your responsibility to benghazi? that's my question. >> reporter: four americans died in the attack. state department information officer and air force veteran sean smith, cia officers tyrone woods and glen doherty and ambassador chris stetens who had sent hundreds offequests for more securury in b bghazi but none to clinton. >> did you ever talk to

ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hotbed of libya? >> well -- >>s that a yes or no question, madam secretary, i'm sorry. yes or no, please. >> yes, i believe i did. >> we have no record that you had any conversations with the ambassador after you swore him in and before he died, and you were his boss. >> i was the boss of ambassadors in 27070countries. >> reporter: clinton was asked why sheheent home the night of the attack after it was died. >> the and who else was at your home? were you alone? >> i was alone, yes. >> the whole night? >> the whole night. >> reporter: it was clinton who spent the most time talking about the victims of the attack. >> you know, i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> reporter: by the end of the day,linton was losinger voice. >> thanks, congressman.

>> reportete and while praised for keeping her cool the democrats were out of patience. >> i don't know what weant out of you. do we want to badger you over and over until you get tired and get the got cha moment we're talking about. we're better than that. >> reporter: and this was the longest benghazi hearing by far, but the debate over who lost benghazi and the larger question over the policy that toppled kwad if i that's gadhafi that's likelel to go on throughout the 2016 campaign. savannahahnd carson. >> thank you very much. in the race for the republican nomination ben carson has pushed past donald trump in the battleground state of iowa according to one new poll. nbc's hallie jackson has that story. >> reporter: good morning, carson. the new poll shows ben carson nine points ahead of donald trump in iowa, the second time in as many days we've seen results like this. it's a dominant position for carson. an unconventional candidate who is still using a very traditional way to try and reach votete, tv ads,nd this m mning

those spots which begin airing today. ben carson now hoping the timing tuning in. s campaign out with this first first time. >> of, for and by the people. >> reporter: one, all about uplift, the other a smackdown. >> washington is broken. the political class broke it. together we can drain the swamp. >> reporter: carson buying half a million dollars of ad states in the first four primary states airinging e elier than most candidates hoping to capitalize on most candidates as he beats trumpet in iowa in some new polls. trump saying in a radio interview saying i was very, very surprised to see it because i think we're doing well in iowa. trump's tempered tone coming after a tirade on twitter. his account re-tweeting someone implying iowa voters must have supporting carson. hours later the billionaire's team backtracked by blaming an

the young staffer apologigis as his campaignnaced to smooth ruffled feathers saying mr. trump loves the people of iowa. he's still the front-runner nationally and still in a kind of political bromance with his main rival. >> i think he's a nice person. >> reporter: and while trump and ted cruz have had a warm relationship, too, sign that is that may be cooling as cruz hints he may be getting ready to start drawing distinctions with trump. >> there are plenty of policy differences and there may well come a time when we start highlighting those more. >> reporter: for now the spotlight is on the top two, the stage set for a showdown at next week's debate. >> i've been attacked since i got in this thing. it's nothing new. the only question is will there be ten attacks a day or 15? >> reporter: so we talked about that trump tweet guys. this is actually the third time that this campaign cycle that trump has blamed a staffer or intern for re-tweeting something controversial, and overnight a new twist, this one about money. trump announcing he's asked the

doing so and to reimburse the money they have collected from donors this. looks like an attempt to head "washingngn post" investigatiti into o o of his supepeacs, but it's still an unusual move, savannah and carson, and i'll be surprised i wouldn't be surprised to hear talk about it tonight a his rally in raleigh. >> not often a politician says i don't want the money. let's turn to nicolle wallace, msnbc analyst and former white house communications director for president george w. bush and steve karnaky, msnbc host and political commentator. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> i know we were all rapt watching 11 hours of testimony yesterday. this is the climatic moment, nicole, what the republicans on at committee h he beenn waiting for. she was fairly unflappable i i contrast to the last time she testified where she got very any and said what difference does it make, so bottom line, did the republicans lay a glove on her. >> well, listen. i think if you take this all in her entirety and her in august looking at these things on her fall calendar, oh, waiting for

joe biden to decide, my first debate next to surging bernie sanders and this benghazi hearing and sort of had a call gone take me away moment. the truth is and what republicans need to process now is she has not only survived all of those prettyig tasks, she's proven herselfn incredibly tranquil and formidable presidential candidate. >> a benchmark on her calendar doing well in the first debate, vp out of the race and did she do enough to get this e-mail issue behind her? >> i think so and the thing we have to keep in mind she walked into this with a slight advantage because of all the comments by several republicans over the last few weeks that really made this look like a political inquisition more than a fact-finding venture, so i think in that setting she could in there and not have one of those moments where she said what difference doeoe it make, and one thing we're reminded of yesterday in these settings, adversarial settings, a debate, thing like that, hillary clinton is really quite good.

she had 25 debates or something against barack obama. i know she lost that race to barack obama, but when you think back to those debates she won just about every one of them. the thing that's always been the problem for her when she has that one moment where she trips up it becomes big and there was no big moment where she tripped up yesterday. >> let's pretend this person exists in the world. they are neutral, they have no preconceived political positions. they wanted to go into this hearing andnd learnrnomething about benghazi and who was to blame. what do we take away from the hearing? >> that's the thing. the republicans needed to produce some sort of new information, some sort of new revelation, some sort of new way of looking at this the that with hillary clinton played. i didn't hear that come out yesterday. the one problem though that hillary clinton still has i think is while you look at these polls and people say i'm tired of hearing about the e-mails, i think she only did this for convenience, if you ask people do you think she's being honest about the e-mails they still say no so that issue of honesty still lingers for her. >> savannah, it's important to remember there's still an fbi

server and the big accomplish accomplishment of trey gowdy's benghazi committee are they are the ones who discovered she conducted all of her official state department business on a home server and the fbi is still investigating and people who like and support her still think she has a squirrely relationship with the truth. >> we wanted to ask you about ben carson and talk about the republicans for a moment and how he's up in iowa. >> yeah. >> real contender. you know, most other republicans haven't really taken him on. do you think thatt changes now? >> because he's so darn pleasant. it's prerey hard to attack a guy who is an arc published neo-natal or pre-natal brain surgeon. he's a figure who is revered in evangelical circles and home schooling circles. people talk about the republican primary as though it's taking place in these two orderly lanes. it is a roller derby and now carson has bounced trump out of number one in iowa, and i can't wait to see how trump responds. >> he's been pretty hands off so far. we'll see if that trend

continues. nicolle wallace, steve karnaky, good to have you both here, thank you. >> ben carson will bebe chuck todd's guest this sunday on ""meme the press" and donond trump, of course, will joioi us right here on monday for our live town hall meeting with new hampshire voters to join that conversation. send your questions using the meantime, we are learning more ar the raids of three prisoners of isis in iraq leading to the first u.s. combat death in that country in four years. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in iraq for us this morning. richard, good morning. savannah. u.s. officials are sdriing that soldier who died here in iraq as a hero saying he acted selflessly, rushing into close combat witit isis and savi many lives. nbc news has learned new details th morning about the commando raid that rescued about 70 hostages in iraq. u.s. and allied kurdish forces

heading to an isis prison on the outskirts of the town. u.s. officials say the prisoners were about to be executed, mass graves already dug. american forces manned the perimeter. allied kurdish fighters stotoed in, but met heavy resistance. then, n n news has learned one wave of americans followed by a second moved in to help, worried their allies or the hostages would be killed, but isis managed to shoot one american commando described by u.s. officials as selfless and heroic and whose actions saved lives. he was the first american to die in combat in iraq in four years. and questions are being raised, why are so-called advisers now involved in close combat? in that s sport role theyre allowed to defend themselves and also defend partner forces and to protect against the loss of innocent life.

>> reporter: american troops have been operating here in iraq for months on that advise and assist mission. now some are wondering whether they will be more frequently on the front lines in the battle against isis. savannah? >> all right, richard engel, thank you very much. natalie's here with a scary overnight. goododorning, everyone. a dispute over a d de game led to the deadly shooting of a man on the campus of tennessee state university late thursda night. police in nashville say the victim was not a student but two others who were wounded in the shooting are students. officials say they have non-life threatening injuries. police are still searching for a suspect. another budget showdown brewing in congress as president obama took the first shot vetoing a sweeping 612 billion dollar defense policy bill. the president signed the veto in the overal office thursday. the bill had passed the house and senate earlier this montnt

resorting to gimmicks and prohibiting changes needed to address modern security threats. congressional republicans called the president's veto, reckless, cynical and downright dbngerous. forcing dong revise the bill or try to settle a larger budget dispute. it's official. wisconsin republican paul ryan is running for speaker of the house. a job he virtually say shurd of get assured of getting. he would only run in republicans united behind him avoiding battlele and byhe end of the day thursday he had won the moderara factions. ryry said it is now time to move forward as one team. the full house votes for speaker next thursday. you're getting closer look this morning at a sophisticated drug tunnel discovered along the u.s./mexico border in california. homeland security officials raided this tunnel thursday finding ten tons of marijuana inside. some rooms filled nearly to the

16 people have been detained after officials surprised workers underground. the tunnel entrance was reportedly hidden inside a f fe cacaet store south of f n diego. bird's-eye view. amazing perspective of the world's biggest passenger plane. a camera crew in a helicopter was flying directly over an emirate's a-380 plane in the skies over dubai. one expert estimates the two aircraft only about 150 feet apart. this stunt planned. part of a promotional campaign for the airlines. the a-380 has four engines with a lot of turbulence. you wouldn't want to be flying anywhere neaea that. close. >> promotional campaign, goingng well. >> got the shot. >> exactly. >> on the "today" show. >> natalie, thank you. mr. roker, what's aking? >> look at the country of weather for today, a wide swath of rain from texas where we have

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partly cloudy skies. a chahae of howers returns by tuesday and then it will get even colder on the back side of that system with highs only in the 50s by wednesday. and that's your latest weather. carson? >> al, thanks. coming up, a fast-food turnaround. mcdonald's and its famous golden arches are shirning brighter this morning. and the parents of that 4-year-old little girl killed in a road rage shooting in new first time. it will break your heart.

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23rd of october, 2015 already. an early jump-start on the weekend. a great concert on the plaza. carrie underwood takes our stage can't wait. >> looking forward to that. first, what's making headlines this morning. patricia is the strongest hurricane ever measure. category 5 storm is heading towards mexico's pacific coast and could make landfall later today. another day of heavy rain oklahoma. on thursday downpours triggered widespread flooding and led to dozens of re cueses in the odessa area. and hillary clinton wraps up her long-awaited appearance before the house committee investigating the benghazi attacks. front-runner for president maintaining she never saw increasing security requests through embassy personnel in the midst of the escalating violence in the region. and a violent road rage shooting claiming the life of a 4-year-old girl this week.

the alleged gunman faced a jauchbd we're hearing from the victim's family for the first time. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer sat down with in in albuquerque. good morning. >> reporter: speaking at length, the heartbroken family is sharing their grief as the suspect remains behind bars here. not only has he confessed to the crime but received the car and the gun used in the shooting. tony torres behind bars this morning after facing a judge for the first time. >> i characterize this offense one of the most willful, wanton and approaches offenses in the city's history. >> reporter: the 32-year-old has not yet entered a plea, facing several felonies including the murder of 4-year-old ileana garcia. >> i'm just in disbrief. >> reporter: lilly was shot in the head as her father drove her home from school. >> she had this personality that

just was -- you know, like a firecracker. you know? she -- >> she would definitely be jumping all over the place hi. my name the ileana rose garcia. >> reporter: detectives asked the shooting. >> you know, i never mean to cut people off but when i have done it i feel like such a jerk. and i wave to them. i hope they can read lips when i say, i'm sorry. >> reporter: the case of road rage that began with yelling and ended with gunfire. >> so many "what ifs." >> wracked with guilt, garcia sis little lilly asked to sit next to her big brother just before the shooting. >> let her move her seat over -- six inches -- six inches -- >> reporter: lilly loved the piano.

brother. >> as parents, how do you guys move forward? >> because of that little guy over there -- i have no choice, but because of him -- >> reporter: isaac still wears the coat first responders gave him as they rushed to save his little sister. >> how do you remember lilly's spirit? >> big, beautiful, smiling from ear to ear and big, beautiful brown eyes. >> her laugh. she always had a laugh. >> reporter: this grieving family says all parents should hug their children a little bit tighter this morning. they say so much can change simply driving them to or from school. guys, back to you. >> miguel almaguer, thank so much. our prayers are with him. a check of the weather from al. >> now as we are watching

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and then it turns them into this short moving image that loops back and forth, hence the name boomerang and then can you post your boomerang -- i'm looking at natalie's fast right now. >> mesmerizing watching that. >> it is mesmerizing. >> the dogs are hilarious. i tried it out earlier on the plaza with carrie underwood fans. i look like a humming bird. and take a look at yours, savannah, with you and carson playing patty cake. some of fun this moving to keep us awake and the moving pictures could be the wave of the future. apple just debuted live pictures on the new iphone and facebook now has the posts that let you animate your profile pictures. pretty image. vines are six seconds and now this reduces it to about a one dark second span because our attention pan is just that short now. >> can't keep it straight. >> pre-show ritual. a little peat cake. boomerang. >> and it's a free app so that's cool. >> like that.

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coming up, stand and deliver. >> when you start to kind of space out in the class and can you stand up and you refocus. >> we take you inside the newest trend in classrooms that's keeping kids on their toes. philadelphia freedom >> then philadelphia freedom. we catch up with wrangler as our puppy with a purpose hits the road. and -- >> a little bit country right here in the big city. seven-time grammy winner carrie underwood takes the plaza by storm for a live concert today, friday, october 23rd, 2015. >> we love carrie! >> we're here this morning from indiana state.

>> here to see carrie,! >> all the way from north dakota to see carrie underwood! >> and welcome back to "today" whampt a crowd. what a morning and what a concert we are about to have. carrie underwood is here. she's out mixing and mingling with the crowd already this morning. we're so happy to have her. she's one of my absolute favorites s s i'm freaking out. >> you are freaking out. a new record which is fantastic. we're going to get some new stuff from her and some of her classics as well all coming up. by the way, the music doesn't stop there. "five seconds of summer," they will take over the plaza next wednesday. the boys from down undnd are out with their much-anticipated sophomore album.m. lookinggorward to having them on the plaza. >> wrangler will be back at that time and we'll check back in with him. >> go, wrangler. >> check back with wrangler of his last leg on the road tour.

>> let's head inside with stories. hey, nat. >> good morning to you. at least 42 people have died after a bus full of retirees on a day trip collided with a truck and burst into flames in france. it happened on what one official called a dangerous bend near the renowned wine region of about ten people survived because the bus driver was able to force open a door. the bus victims were members of a social club. the accident is the deadliest bus crash in france in more than three decades. hillary clinton says it is time to move forward together after an 11-hour grilling by house republicans thursday at a hearing on the deadly 2012 attacks in benghazi, libya. four americans died in that attack, including ambassador chris stevens. he had sent hundreds of reqeqsts for more security but none to secretary clinton. >> the did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hotbed of libya? >> well --

>> that is a yes or no question, madam secretary, i'm sorry. >> i believe -- >> yes or no, please. >> i believe i did. >> now clinton heads back to the campaign trail appearing with her husband tomorrow at the state democratic party dinner in iowa. and in the race for the republican presideial nomination, one new poll has ben carson surging ahead of donald trump in the key state of iowa. carson meantime is out with his first ads today, one declaring that washington is broken and together we can drain the swamp. the carson campaign has bought half a million dollars in the advertising space in the first four primary states. he still trails trump in national polls. ben carson will be chuck todd's guest sunday on "meet the press." and donald trump is going to join us monday on "today" for a live town hall meeting with new hampshire voters to join the conversation just send your questions using the hashtag trumptoday. a coffee break at a trending national cafe turned into a close call.. you can see the man seated by the window.

he's pointing at something outside and then he and the woman next to him look alarmed and they move back. that's when you see this bus plowing through the storefront. the driver had reported mechanical problems and got everyone off the bus which then rolled backward on its own. fortunately nobody on the bus or inside the cafe was injured. that's some good news there. guys. >> thank goodness they were paying attention. natalie, thank you. now to a noticeable change happening in classrooms all around the country. >> nbc's joe fryer takes a look at a trend that has students taking a stand. >> reporter: the old-fashioned school desk is getting a new makeover with models that shift between sitting and standing. >> when you start to kind of like space out in class and you can stand up and you refocus. >> when i get into school i like to stand up, but after recess i like to sit down and rest my legs. >> reporter: there's a new normal for fifth through eighth graders at alexandria country day school in rginia.

the research is very clear that standing is far healthier than tting,nd weanted to do something bold. >> across the country standinin desk are popping u inscols, businesses and even the white house is reportedly requesting money for them. >> my reaction is this is the future. i mean what, you're seeing on your screen is the future. >> reporter: researchers james levine says getting students to move around more during the school day helps not just their bodies butheir brains with test scores jumping 10% to 15%. >> the data consistently demonstrate that whenhildren are allowed to move during their school day they learn better. >> better yet, show me. >> reporter: at this elementary school in northern california, nearly every classroom now has standing desks. >> standing more helps me not be so jittery. >> reporter: these one dozen not transform into a sitting pougs but students don't seem to mind. do you ever get sick of standing? >> no, not that much. >> reporter: the key is mixing it up. when they are tired kids are

swing their legs on a part of the desk capped the fidget bar. why do you think they seem to work so well? >> number one is the kids are standing up straight. they have great posture. number twtw it seems to be givingnghem more energy and better focus. >> reporter: parent julia starr had helped the school raisese money for the d dks and now hopes to put them in every public school through her nonprofit stand-up kids. she says flipping an elementary school costs about $150,000. >> if these desks are going to last 15 or 20 years, that is single fixed cost but a long-term investment in kids' health. >> reporter: a way to help students take a stand. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news, san rafael, california. >> that's a great idea. >> i love wheyou add to the "today" show budget installation of fidget bars underneath. >> i've got a standing desk in my office and you walked at a standing radio board. >> radio, stand up and do it. >> better for your health and

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>> we're back at 8:10. people try to be onn your best behavior. carrie underwood is joining . yeah. >> thihi will be goodwarmup for yoyo show in a little bit. >> thanks for being here. >> we already did sing a song. we've done everything for the crowd. the crowd's great. >> very mice. >> warming up the crowd. >> we have a huge debatable topic this morning. >> okay. >> when you are on an airline, do you recline your seat? that's the issue. got a lot of attention this week because did you hear about the two passengers who got into a fight about it? one tried to recline the seat and they got into a fight so they had to make an emergency landing which is insane and now a debate over whether it's right or wrong to recline. most of us say you can recline. >> that's right. >> with a caveat. >> of course you can. >> the other side feels very strongly that it is not right. one yahoo! commenter wrote the seats are just too close together to allow a person to recline recline. it really imposes on the passenger behind and another passenger who is 6'1" it's rude to ram your seat into someone else's niece which is inevitably

what happened. >> but if you both recline then you get the same space. >> look behind. >> go slowly, and give them a little look to say i'm pushing back. >> what say you, carrie underwood? >> i don't -- i don't want people behind me to not like mee so i do onlyust lean back a little bit though i would likee toto recline a a littlee more. >> have e u seen those thingng that you can actually put and buy? >> causing big problems. >> yea >> knee guards. >> it's not unethical to recline, because first of all the button is there and if everyone does it then you -- >> how you do it. the person has their tray down and they are eating don't just cautiously. the seat. >> yeah. >> and the sea space is so small now that you have to make up for that. otherwise you're like right there in the passenger front. >> everybody has to lean back. >> lean back. >> lean back. >> does your drink say about you?

bartenders are telling us they are spilling all their thoughts about this topic on the social news site reddit. what do they think if you say make it a strong one? >> they think you're cheap and annoying. bar tenders who say that don't know what they are talking about. >> oh, okay. >> i always say don't be shy. don't be shy. >> i'm like fill her up. fill her up. heavy hand. >> and what if you order a madori sour. >> i've never had that. >> what is a madori sour. >> it's green. >> prepare to be carded because bartenders see that as a dead giveaway thaha you're derway. like peach schnopp's. >> beer and wine. >> ah. >> b br and ne. >> t tt's safe. >> manhattan, if you order a mamaattan the bartender thinks you want to get dnk real quick. >> my grandma used to always get a manhattan. >> a sophisticated old-school drink. >> yag mister. >> like an old-fashioned, tom collins. >> i can be kind of like oh, do you have like a velvety

chardonnay or whatever? >> they think you're snobby. >> who are you? >> i like the gin and tonic, i just discovered that this summer. >> just discovered it. it'sagic. >> do you like the light beef or ipa or crafty. >> just beer. it's like a summery kind of thing, out at the lake, at a sporting event, have you a beer. >> i'm with you. >> guys, welcome to the friday fishbowl. there's one problem. >> no fishbowl. >> there we go. >> kind of hoping they would never find it. >> we pass it around and you take a question around and answer as fast as you can and try to do it as fast as we can. would you rather, would you rather go back in time and meet your ancestors and jump in the future and meet your great, great great grandchildren. >> would you rather know when you're going to die or how you're going to die. >> my gosh.. my word. >> have to pick one. >> when orhow. >> i'd rather knkn hoho >> i thinknk that's right.

>> would you r rher have n n internet or no cell phone. >> i would say no cell phone because you can still like send messages. >> good. >> bingo. >> would you feel worse if no one showed up to your wedding or if no one showed up to your funeral. >> i'd go with wedding because i'm dead, who cares. >> really. >> it's not like i'm going to sit up and say where is everybody? >> would you rather be a rock star or a movie star? >> a country star. >> thank you. >> mine is sort of in line, would you rather be fitch or famous. >> rich. >> you can buy fame. >> exactly. >> do we keep going. >> one more. >> one more round. >> give carrie one more. >> would you rather have only '80s the clothes that you wear or '80s the >> one for more carrie. >> would you rather see the be the other gender or a kid answer? >> oh, a kid again. >> that's a good question. i like those. >> except for the death

question. >> you made the right call. you wouldn't know anyway. >> you're dead. >> exactly. >> where is everybody? >> let's do pop stst. carson has the scoop on two of the biggest names i ithe business. >> let's get to it. first to adell and what we have all been waiting for and that's new music. open your eyes this morning, adell released the first music video from her upcoming album 25, thend is called "hello" it is haunt i thinkly beautiful. take a look. do you remember those goose bumps you had three years ago? they're back, right? she picks up right where she

great new album. her voice is better, stronger >> it's like butter. >> hello. already trending on social media, her album 25 comes out friday, november 20th. >> gosh. >> now to a worldwide exclusive from rod stewart, he is celebrating the releaseay of hihinew album, a done three tree. one sold you're g gng to hear, it's c cled "way back hoho." here is a look at his new video. >> do you remember the rod stewart chills you used to have? no? >> i still have them. >> fantastic. we posted that whole video at "tay".com. our friend rod stewart will be joining us live right here on "today" monday november 2nd. >> would you rather rod stewart or adell?

>> both. both. >> mash that up. >> yes. >> that's your pop start today. it is day three of wrangler on the road. our puppy with a purpose has washington, d.c. and dallas along the way. he is joined chanel jones in philadelphia. chanel, good morning. hi, wrangler. >> good morning to you, cars be. we're calling this the city of puppy love this morning. take a look at this crowd behind me. we have people -- we have people who have traveled all the way from baltimore and we all have one thing in common, we adore wrangler. he has had s sh a great trip here in philadelelia. ininfact, take a look. >> it wawa up in the air again as angler m me hisis way back east. more lessons to be learned at the airport. >> welcome, wrangler. >> not everything or everyone is carry on size. >> wrangler, do you want to meet some`new friends?

>> once he landed our puppy with a purpose met with visually impaired veterans at the va center in philadelphia. people he could be helping o day, convincing one man to take an important step forward. >> i have talked to somebody from guiding eyes before and since then i have just been thinking about it, but now that i've actually seen wrangler, i would take him home right now. >> after a busy week of planes, trains and automobiles, new friends and new experiences, he couldn't come to the city of brotherly love without doing one thing. >> every dog has their learning curves and for wrangler stairs were definitely a challenge, but he has been working really hard and has made a lot of progress. >> challenge accepted. >> come on, wrangler.

come on, buddy. >> and conqueued. >> hee did . wasn't that adororle? we love wrangler. >> can i tell you a lot of people have been asking me is wrangler tired? how is he holding up? he has done a fantastic job and has a wonderful temperament. i have to say, savannah, he is asking about you, he's rea to come home, although we love him here in philadelphia. >> send him home. enough of this road stuff. >> thank you so much. it's time. >> great. thanks, chanel. >> and thanks to you. >> come home, wrangler. >> the pope and now our famous puppy. >> for more on puppies like

wrangler you can go to guidiand our rain chances will continue to increase into tonight and we may have some rumbles of thunder as well. many of us could see a half inch to one inch of rain tonight into friday with rain chances lessening the later into the day we get friday. this storm system moves out for the weekend with highs in the 60s expected for saturday and sunday under partly cloudy skies. a chance of showers returns by tuesday and then it will get even colder on the back side of that system with highs only in the 50s by wednesday. > and that's your latat weather. carson. now to today's american story with bob dotson. >> he's searched the country for stories people didn't know about and on this day we asked bob to share his story. >> reporter: shortest distance between two people is a good story. what's the mt unusual thing you've sold? >> christmas trees in february. i'm not kidding. >> reporter: once you know

>> they tell me you speak two languages. >> yes. >> reporter: you begin to understand each other. my grandfather paul bailey told me that when i was 1 years old. we were rocking on the front porch after dinner. he used to be in conversations like this. did i ever tell you about my honeymoon? well, no, but even at 8 i was interested. we found my oldest brother, missing for 20 years, and then he pulled a postcard from his pocket written to his mother from that long ago honeymoon. ma, we found vance. more later. people often ask why i became a storyteller. all my life i've been trying to tell a tale as well as my grandfather. the first time i did a story on thee "today" s sw i called my grandmother to say what dub think about it? there was a long pause at the end of the line. finally she said, bobby, i think

yeah, they are not going to keep paying you for four minutes work a day. well, grandma, they have. from red hair to gray. i have spent a lifetime criss-crossing this country listening to your stories. if you could create the perfect candy for him, what would it be? >> probably a heart. >> i watched the forest disappear and disappear, and i realized that this is it. nobody else is going to do anything about it so i'll try to do something. >> reporter: wisdom doesn't always wear a suit. my dad taught me that. bill dotson had a fifth grade education, but he went 23 years to night school. he became an optician, opened his own company the year his youngest son contracted polio. that me. a doctor urged my parents not to give up hope.

sitting on the big toe of the statue of liberty. hi climbed to the top for a story on the "today" show. bob dotson, nbc news, at statue of liberty. all of my life i have tried to face each day wititthe same spirit that pulled our ancestors to these shores, the willingnene to explore new places and opportunities. it is part of our geography of hoho. >> howowo i know? >> farite. >> reporter: hapaply my wife linda supports this purr suit she has sacrificed much, but we're still together. we just celebrated our 43rd anniversary. our only daughter amy now has two curious little storytellers of her own. zoe and aidan who once asked the probing question to a woman from turkey, what's turkey like? is it a lot like chicken? telling tales on television is a bit like writing on smoke.

and women i profile drifted away. the lessons they left us though linger. >> this is the last best place, it truly is, and it doesn't have any choice but to survive. >> reporter: now it's time to teach the next generation how to find those people. so this will be my last "american story" for the "today" show. people always ask what was your favorite? the next one. >> wow. >> the and can we raise our glass to bob dotson. you are such a class act. >> the best storyteller in the business, always said. >> happy anniversary too. >> well, yes. >> yes. >> when i started at nbc, i was given a really good piece of advicece read bob dotsonon book and did and try to be like him, and i think wee all look up to you so ch, bob, and we're just so profoundnd grateful for

to this show. >> here, here. >> you brought thehe stories that you introduced us to that we've never known. so much better for it. >> if you keep this up, i'm going to have to have two glasses. >> take a look at that motor, i have to say some of your fans are outside on our plaza and people who have loved you over the years and want to give you a fond farewell and the's another familiar face here. do we have mrs. dotson. >> there she is. >> and we thank her as well because we know that these jobs take you away from family a lot, and you've given so much to us, and she's been generous to share you with us all these years. >> you bet. >> we will miss you. >> we love you, bob. bob dotson. >> enjoy your retirement. >> cheers. coming up, we'll get a live concert from carrie underwood but first on a friday morning, a

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start of a mild autu revealed. halloween on "today." >> 8:30 now on this friday morning. it's the 23rd of october, 2015. and what a great crowd we have this morning, and they have been getting a treat. carrie underwood has been out here warming up the crowd. she's about to take our live city concert stage at any moment. we are very excited for that. good morning, everybody. >> but first, if you're in an '80s mood on this flashback friday, we have thee movie for you. >> indeed we do. the live action reboot of the

popular animatete series "jim and theeole gramtz," dylan drier's favorite, by the way,y, out from our sister company about a small town girl who catapulted from underground video sensation to superstar. >> and molly ringwald is in it. have her later on this morning. now a check of the weather. >> let's see what we've got going on for this weekend starting, of cose, with your fall fiage and weekend outlook, looking good. hey rain making its way from the gulf coast all the way into the upper mississippi river valley. some clouds in the pacific northwest. sunshine along the eastern seaboard. sunday, sunday, we are looking for wet weather stretching from new england all the way down into the gulf coast where the heavy rain will continue. flooding is going to be a big problem. look for showers along the pacific northwest coast and some clouds around the western great lakes. that'sand our rain chances will continue to increase into tonight and we may have some rumbles of thunder as well. many of us could see a half inch to one inch of rain tonight into

friday with rain chances lessening the later into the day we get friday. this storm system moves out for the weekend with highs in the 60s expected for saturday and sunday under partly cloudy skies. a chance of showers returns by tuesday and then it will get even colder on the back side of that system with highs only in the 50s by wednesday. >> and that is your latest weather. well, meantime, tomorrow is "usa today"'s make a d dference day, and andy y yt from guinette is herereo join us. thank you very much. how did this day get started, volunteers >> 1919 was a leap year, an extra day so "usa today" asked its readers to give back to the community and it started then. doing this for a long time now. this year we have 700 projects across the country and 80 in our gannett markets. thousands of people are volunteering. >> people want to get involved the how do they do it? >> makeadifferenceday.com and

a contribution of $10,000 to a charity ever their choice. >> thank you so much. loved the "back to the future" issue yesterday. >> all right. >> now let's back inside. guys. >> all right. thank you so much. now to our special series with the nfl "together we make football." >> that's right. it's all about how the game inspires people on and off the field and willie is here with this week's story. >> good morning, guys. good to see you. each year more than 35,000 children are born with a congenital heart defect and their parent are left feeling hopeless. for one north carolina family a football hero stepped off the field and into their lives. >> the doctor told us there's right. our hearts just kind of hit the floor at that point, and we got the news. >> her right ventricle wasn't the right side. it's a journey. it's a difficultlt journey and a lot of cirirmstances.

2014, primrose galloway underwent twowopen heart surgeries in hererirst three daysf life. in the midst of her daughter's hospital state brent galloway was surprised to sea his favorite nfl player for a checkup. don't talk to him, just walk, keep going, and i was like you know what, he's just another dad going through something familiar. >> heart families and cardiac families and cardiac babies there's a special connection. >> reporter: olsen's son t.j. was born one year earlier than primrose in the same hospital with a similar heart defect. the dads became a support system and later that season both families had reason to celebrate. >> it is a perfect day for football. crowd settling into their chairs. >> she was doing better so we could feel better about ourselves leaving her for a short time. the emotions that i had during the game like actually getting to watch it live, it was indescribable.

i actually had you on my fantasy football team. it's going to be a good day. >> reporter: it was the first time the galloways had left the hospital since primrose was born. it was a special day for the the olsens as well. >> not only your first game and your first step towards normalcy of getting out of hospital and primrose was getting better, that was the first game we were able to bring t.j. the wait game ended, scoring the winning touchdown. >> oh, my goodness! >> incredidie theaterer atank of america stadium day. >nd then i got interviewed after thth game and i'll never forget it. usually do a good job of controlling my emotions. it just kind of all came out >> you know, it was just an awesome game, you know, and the best thing about it is my little guy got to be here and see me play for the first time and, you know,hat just meant a lot to my family. >> primrose recently celebrated her 1st birthday. she's on the road to recovery

and the galloways know they are not walking alone. >> when you're going through it, you need that sense of hope. greg tries to be that person. >> i think it meant the world to him that he had another dad to connect with. >> we still keep in touch with countless families like current and kayla. it's a remarkable thing to experience. >> it doesn't matter who it was really. it's what they did for you, gave you that little piece of hope, that things can get better. >> greg and which is wife kara started the hardest yard foundation providing at-home nursing care for families whose babies were born with a conjent at all heart defect. great tight end and better guy and based on the reaction a pretty good looking guy here. >> and aarling little girl primrose. >> primrose, we love that story. remember, we want to hear from you guysys can you head to today.com/twmf to share your story. if we feature it, yououl get a

chance to win a trip to super bowl 50 in the bay area. >> good, t tnk you. >> also to remind you can c cch greg and the undefeated panthers taking on savannah's baby vale's philadelphia eagles. that's "sunday night football" right here on nbc. a great game. >> eagles. coming up next, carrie underwood gets our plaza rocking with a live concert, but, first, on

on nbc. >> and we are so proud to welcome carrie underwood to our city concert stage celebrating the release of her new album "storyteller" but before she looks a look at this country superstar's remarkable career.

launched a career into supup stardom after winning "americic idol" ten years ago. >> curbedwood! >> carrie underwood is now a housusold name. singer, songwriter, actress and mom to 8-month-old isaiah. >> she's had 21 number one songs, co-writing 11 of them. sold over 58 million records worldwide and received 100 major honors, including 7 grammys and she's only 32 years old. >> from playing maria in nbc's "sound of mike" live. waiting all day for suny night >> to rocking the theme for "sunday night football" this oklahoma-born superstar has the midas touch. i don't smoke >> today she releases her fifth

plaza right now. and here she is on our city concert stage. carrie underwood. >> i want to hear you guys singing along to this one. sing it along to this one. right have to slow dancing with the beach blond and she's probably getting right now her probably buying her song and can't shoot whiskey right now hardly ever hard too showingow to do the comfortable and you don't know i i dug my key into the side of s pretty little souped up four-wheel drive

a told a louisville slugger to both headlights and maybe next time he'll think before he speaks oh, you know it won't are all me not one >> help me out right w. cause i took my key into the side of his pretttt little souped up four-wheel dve carved myame into his limousine and i took a view lill slugger to both head light

think before he speaks because i dig my keys into the side of his pretty little souped up four-wheel drive carved my name into his limousine and took a louisville slugger to both headlights smashed on all four sides and maybe next time he'll think before he speaks maybe next time he'll think before he speaks before he speaks >> yeah! >> carrie underwood is just getting started. we're back with much more music,

nbc. >> seven time grammy winner has hey lot to celeleate. >> mom of 8-month-old isaiah and her new album "storyteller". >> and so much to talk about the new record and talk about the motherhood. how's the baby? >> he's great, growing fast. >> 7 months old. >> 1 months old. about to be into everything, like fully 100% mobile and i'm going to have to hide a lot of things in my house. >> you'll start running after him. >> i do anyway. but it's about to get real. >> goes on the road and is a pretty good traveler. >> have his o bus? >> have almost our own bus.

>> and the new record is called "storyteller" getting great reviews which is surprised to you because you never read the reviews. >> it's great in my heart and we worked really hard about it. if these people like it, that's awesome. these are the people i worry about. >> "smoke break" off the record is the most rising single. >> it's done so well and people seem to be responding really well and a good reminder to me to just take a break in my life and like sit down and have a cup of tea or cup of coffee. >> what is your equivalent to a smoke break? >> that's it for me. like before everybody gets up in the morning, making my cove, sitting down and -- and just, i don't know. >> a little me time, a little mom time. >> quiet time. >> and you're going on tour in 2016. >> yes, i am. >> for people that buy my album on my website they get early

access to tickets to the tour for 2020. >> i like that. >> whattre you going to sing forrou right now? >> we're going to do s ske breaea >> evevebody, take a break.. she's a small-town, hard-working woman just trying to make a living working three jobs, feeding four little mouths in a run-down kitche when you never taking nothing and doing nothing but giving it's hard to be a good wife and a good mom and a good christian she said i don'tdrink, but sometimes i need stiff drink sipping from a highball glass let the world fade away

sometimes i need a long drag yeah, i know it might sound bat, but sometimes i need a smoke break he's a big-city, hard-working man just trying to climb the heard first generation to go to college instead of driving a tractor never had nothing handed to him on a silver platter it's hard to be a good man, good son, do something good that matters he said i don't drink, but sometimes i wanna pop that top take a swig and make the world stop and watch it fade away he said i don't smoke, but sometimess wanna light it up

to, s setimes i need a smoke break, yeah so here's to you and here's to when the day gets long go ahead, i understand if yoy wanna take a load off i don't drink, but sometimes i need a stiff drink sipping from a highball glass let the worldfade away yeah, and i don't smoke, but sometimes i need a long drag yeah, i know it might sound bad, but sometimes i need a -- sometimes i need a when the day gets long when the work's all done

when you need to forget grab that cup, fill it up sip it slow and let it all go >> thank you guys so much. >> carrie underwood, thank you so much.. got a lot more music coming up.

this is "today" on nbc. >> the we are back with the woman of the hour, carrie underwood. you've been playing my favorites this morning. do you have a favorite, a favorite song you love singing? >> ever, favorite ever? >> well, sure. i'll take it. >> i don't know if i have a favorite ever, but we were just water." that's definitely one of my favorites, a assic, "jesus take the wheel." >> wee should also mention for the e eht lgt year in a row you'll host the cmas w wh brad paisley november 4. you'll be watching that. also nominated for two that night.t. extra spececl for career. >> and you'reeeaded home to the baby. >> get to see my son and get some snuggle time. probably be asleep when i get home or something. like no. >> never wake a sleeping baby.

>> what's coming up next hour? >> bob saget is joining us. >> that's right. >> and are you cooking today? >> i've got my favorite fall food is an apple crisp cobbler. would you like to stay for that? >> baby, apple crisp cobbler. >> we'll send you some. >> more music from carrie coming up in our 9:0: hour and in our 10:00 hour. thank you so much. % >> love hing you here. >> "storyteller" the name of the record out today. it's tremendous. some of your best work yet. thanks for being here this morning. appreciate it. >> go pick up the record and we'll leave it up to you guys, but first your local news and

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morning on "today's take country da carrie underwood $% hits our stage with a concert to kick off t weekend and then

we're in the kitchen with al making the perfect fall dessert, crispy ale cobbler and we'll have a full house when comedian and actor and comic bob sergeant joins us. all that hand more coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning, a special one here on our plaza, carrie underwood just crushed it. her. fans. so incredibly impressive. >> i love that. >> got another song for her this hour which we're psyched about. i'm willie, al and tamron. natalie out on assignment. carrie underwood, the stage presence, the whole thing, the whole voice. >> and exactly the same from the girl we fell in love with an "american idol" and later on

the performances she's going to go home and get snuggle time with her baby boy. so sweet, i love her and she hosts the country music awards. needs a variety show, her personality so effervescent, like adele, a victory of raa talent. you can sing like thatat you can make it. >> beautiful t ting to say, a victory of raw talentnt not about the package, can you comee out and sing.g. >> nott much going out. >> the happily undefeated, processed and packaged a a defeated.d. >> oh, are -- >>we setarlow andnd every day -- >>we're potted meat. there you have it. >> we're the spam. >> well, i love spam. spam with american cheese. >> you like spam. >> that's a win. >> you go to hawaii. >> go to my house. my house must be hawaii. oh, you know, let's goat some serious business here. the benghazi hearing yesterday had to be one of the most incredible critical event that

played out before our eyes in many, many years. people are likening it in some bases to the watergate investigation, the depth of it, nevertheless what, it was it a total of 11 hours? >> 11 hours. >> ten until 9:00. former secretary of state hillary clinton taking some very tough questions from republicans. quite combative, not between madam secretary clinton but between the republicans and democrats on that panel. of course, this is the investigation into what happened in benghazi which cost four americans their lives, including ambassador stevens, chris stevens there, so there were many moments and one in particular that got a lot of buzz this day after representative susan brooks, republican from indiana grilling hillary clinton on her communication with ambassador stevens. take a listen. >> did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hotbed of libya?

>> that is a yes or no question, madam secretary, yes or no, please. >> yes, i believe i did. >> we have no record that you had any conversations with the ambassador after you swore him in and before he died and you were his boss. >> i was the boss of ambassadors in 270 countries. >> now when you look at the quote, unquote reviews this day after, it reaaly seemed that people did not move ne way or the other. your position w w criticic of tt former secretary of state, that's where people remain and if you wee a supportete that's where you remain, but what was incredible as a viewer, as a journalist, i pt leaving my television anddoing back and i thought is this a replaa is this still going on? >> see that live bug on msnbc, and it was -- it was really riveting, i don't mean to diminish it by theater, but, you know, to watch this, whh was good. our kids watched it during dinner and this is our government in action. >> what was fascinating, too, was most of the confrontation,

as you said, was not between hillary clinton and the committee. >> yeah. >> it's between committee members, democrats defending hillary clinton, shouting with republicans backand forth as she kind of almost watched like a tennis@match. >> the theater that you were referring to. >> that's not a negative description of it. that's what`we watched play out. >> and being -- i actually was working in a radio station, public station during the watergate hearings. >> oh, yeah. >> and hour after hour, day after day of listening to this, and you -- and it was really one of those moments where you thought this is -- this is the -- this is the essence of american politics and government at work, and we got to see it again today. >> i happen to believe unlike some people that this was a legitimate hearing because we never had her e-mails before. that's why they went back in on this. >> without the committee we never would have known about the private server and give her an opportunity to explain it and the questions that arose. the hearing was legitimate but i don't think it turned out way republicans wanted it to. >> much like the primaries, the

the past donald trump in a new "des moines register"/bloomberg poll. >> the pundits explain this and this is a fluid game even though there's been 100 days of trump at top of the poll, by all accounts it was predict that had someone would leapfrog him, whether it would be ben carson i think is a surprise because when you look at -- talk about ying and yang, low-key ben carson, very measured in the way he speaks and then there's donald trump who is holding hh first rally in florida todod. >> yeye. >> thahais the showman of all showmen. >> and doesshe start to taa on ben carsonon now which is going to be intetesting pause he's suchh a temperate measured calm guy. you know, what's going to happen between those two? it's going to be interesting. ben carson going to bebe on "meet the preres" with chuck todd this sunday, his exclusive guest so it will be interesting to see what happens. >> interesting political season. >> carson up eight, nine parts, not an outlier and one that showed the exact same number

n.iowa ben carson is taking the lead and donald trump would point to the 49 other states and he's still feeling good. >> he would. >> let's move on to something else. our producers grabbed this clip. earlier this week i did a sit-down movie with bradley cooper, sienna miller in it, daniel brul sgle and he's the chef in this. >> plays a chef, famous chef who has sort of fallen on hard times, bradley cooper, and he's working in the kitchen with sienna miller. clearly there's a lot of chemistry between the three of them. i'm going to say they were a little loopy. it was the most fun and strangest interview i've ever done. >> come on, let's see it. >> here's a part of it. >> i love to eat, and sort of live for it and the whole experience is getting people together around food is probably my favorite thing about living, one of them. >> hold her back. >> bradley, let's talk about adam. >> yeah.

>> no? no. no. >> would you like to talk about someone else. >> yeah, adam, sorry. come from for her? >> thanks, good. >> sorry. >> you know what i like, how you tried to will them in -- >> no. >> like you were talking. >> like the jedi mind trick. >> no, no. >> and i'll tell you why. bradley and i have a history this. we t trn serious, trying to talklk aboututthe movivi he jjt looks at and statats laughing. >> why? and then we giggle outt together there. >> spreads to other people.e. >> it wawa 30 minutes of that, and just wait until you see t t hole intntview, so much fun and this movie is so good you're going totolove it. >> can we roll the deo, don't't have to put the sound up, i think i know why. take a look at video if we have it. i spotted something. >> look at that glass, is that vodka, what is that, there's a

>> oh, that's stole, a huge tumbler of vodka, drinks on the table there. >> i'm ntrigued. >> i think somebody forgot to move the water glass. >> bradley and sienna worked together, of course, on "american sniper" and started shooting this "burnt" afterwards and became the best of friends. when are we airing this in. >> next thursday. >> so you've got to the wait for that. >> next thursday is a huge day then. your interview and -- >> sink or swim, pink or swim. you've got a chance to win a new york drip to dunk us in our pink or swim challenge. four people can win a trip to new york, hotel accommodation for one night. send us a photograph of you and tell us in 50 words or less why you deserve to win. go to today.com. we have another mystery caller on the line. >> oh. >> who do we have? >> mystery carle, are you there?

hey, guys, hey, al, hey, willie, hey, tamron. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm a big fan of your show. >> is this a cast member from "sopranoses." >> polly walnut. >> i dabble. >> are you involved -- what do you think about pink or swim? >> pink or swim, i think it's a great cause. i want to see you guys dunk the. i want to get to the $10,000 mark so i can see you dunk the. i'll come out there and dunk you myself. >> see you dunk. >> are you from "jersey shore? ." >> i think it's a girl. >> i'm -- let's just -- let's just say i'm a little bit of this and a little bit that have. >h, it's papaley t t dedeay. >>i like a good time.e. like a good timeme and like izza. i like ---- i like ted cruz. >> all right. >> oh, wait. i got it the. >> say that again.

>> i led ted druse frozen custard. >> oh, ellie kemper. >> great voice work, ellie, great voice work. >> very nice. >> i -- i had some -- >> all right, ellie, thank you so much. you're backing us, and can you come down thursday, too. >> i would@ love to work permitting. i can't make a promise. >> legit, emmy-nominated show because i'm getting to the cause. have to get to the $10,000 mark. >> you're amazing. >> thank you, ellie kemper. >> we love you, ellie. >> she's unbreakable but her cell phone connection is a little breakable right now. >> i'm going because we've got a weather. hurricane patricia, this thing is nowled strongest hurricane ever recorded the way if looks right now.

it is going to be -- it's a category 5 storm. it is currently 235 miles southwest of the manzillo, texas, 200-mile-per-hour winds, and pacific coast of mexico has hit. it looks like sometime friday late afternoon today into the evening hours. it weakens quickly but other thing is we have to watch this. catastrophic storm surge expected. upwards of 20 inches of rain expected out of this thing and that moisture is going to stream um through mexico into texas. a dangerous situation involving over this weekend. flash flood watches into eaealy next week and looking at coastal flood watctces as well. strong rip currents d r rnfall amounts as we move through today, abouttive inches around waco and move intnt tomorrow. that rain starts to spreaa into estern louisiana and give significant flooding from houston, austin, orpus christi, six inches on sunday and as you move into the coast of

louisiana, loooo at totals over the next five days. 12 inches or more and this heavy rain next week moves into the ohio river valley and well. talking about this weather situation for at least the next seven days. continue to increase into tonight and we may have some of us could see a hblf inch to one inch of rain tonight into friday with rain chaces lessening the later into the day we get friday. this storm system moves out for the weekend with highs in the 60s expected for saturday and sunday under partly cloudy skies. a chance of showers returns by tuesday and then it will get even colder on the back side of that system with highs only in the 50s by wednesday. >> coming up, i'm making an apple cobbler later and you're not going to make any meat. i'm going to do a meat cobbler. >> i think you should do a whole

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bob gaget was the wholesome father to three young daughters but there's not a bit of truth to that. >> thanks for having me. >> makes perfect sense that bob is doing the cast of the outrageous and raunchy tony nominated best new play "hand to god". >> the about a bob who created a puppet in a church group and bob plays pastor greg who is forced to deal with the reap cautions of the sock puppet. talk about typecasting. >> it's a character and it's the persona or my body ofness.

i'm eliz beetian. i'm a lutheran minister trying to help children with puppet therapy, puppet class and it turns out this amazing actor steven boyer has this puppet named tyrone who is sort of demonic and geneva is in it with sarah and this cast is amazing and replacing a wonderful actor named mark kudish and i'll be doing it november 3rd to january 3rd. a wonderful character, a stretch for me in that he's a good man and he's notcynical or snarky or sararastic. how did you prprare for this? >> saw the play. i had beento broadway called "drowsy chaperon" and like danny taern he wore a cardigan sweater and this character wears a collar and i prepared for it by learning the play and by just loving it.

sglests free? >> oh, free, wow. >> i will take that free. >> earlier i like to pay people for their craft, you know. >> who gets coupons. >> dollar off. >> no candy wrapper because it's very disruptive. >> of course it is. >> so much of this country associates you with "full house" but bob saget the comedian is something else. >> there's a duality. i'm a good person and i have three daughters so i'm able to -- >> i think i mention that had. >> charges will be filed. >> but i have three beautiful daughters and i have raised them and so have their mother. >> "fuller house" coming up. >> and you'll have a scoop on it coming up, just telling you ahead of time and on netflix next january, a couple of those brothers. calls us the legacy cast, like

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you'll want to pack the umbrellas today with on and off showers expected throughout most of our friday along with a few rumbles of thunder. the good news for football game goers tonight is that the rain should begin to taper this evening, although a

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supplements have allegedly sold products containing two illegally synthetic drugs accoing to lawsuits filed by the oregon attorney general. the ingredients are not approved in the united states and considered potentially dangerous. gnc says the claims are without merit in a statement on their website. a recent survey shows a large percentage of severe allergic reactions occur in students with no previously known allergies. in fact, 22% of anaphalactic reactions were first time event among students in kindergarten through 12th grade. now while owl of the schools in the study had epi-pen auto injectors experts say the findings show a need for even greater access in other public places. a choking hazard has prompted build a bear to recall more than 34,000 stuffed animals sold in the u.s. and canada. now the recall conversation the starbright dragon in a blue furry fabric. the satin seam can open allowing the material inside to be exposed and pose a choking hazard to young kids.

kids can return the stuffed animals to any build a bear workshop store and facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has a new ken venture and he and his wife priscilla chan are launching a private elementary school in east palo alto, california. the school will target about 700 of the most disadvantaged residents in the neighborhood.d. zuckerberg and chan have a history of generosity towards education. in 2010 they actually donated $100 million to the school system in newark, new jersey, and last year another $120 million to support bay area public schools. let's get a check of the weather. got your headlines. from al. >> let's take a look, tamron, at your fall foliage and it's g/ing to be a little past peak as you get into the upper midwest, northern new england, central pennsylvania and southern new york, but still lots of color along the mid-atlantic states as well. let's look at your weekend outlook, check it out and show you what we've got happening for this weekend. a lot of rain stretching from the great lakes and heavy flood threat down in texas.

good and some clouds in the pacific northwest and then as we move on into sunday more flooding possible from texas into louisiana. parts of mississippi as well. showers spread into the northeast and look for some showers. the u.p. of michigan and northern minnesota and some wet weather along the pacific north west coaand our rain chances will continue to increase into tonight and we may have some rumbles of thunder as well. many of us could see a half inch to one inch of rain tonight into friday with rain chances lessening the later into the day we get friday. this storm system moves out for the weekend with highs in the 60s expected for saturday and sunday under partly cloudy skies. a chance of showers returns by tuesday and then it will get even colder on the back side of that system with highs only in the 50s by wednesday. >> and that is your latest weather. tamron. >> thank you very much. if you're planning a monster mash next weekend for halloween

you can find some of the most creative items and ideas online so we rounded up some of our favorites and here to show us what's clicking on youtube is rachel levin whose channel rcl beauty 101 boasts 4.7 million subscribers. good morning, congrats on all those subscribers. thank you. >> it' clear you know what you're doing and let's get to what's clicking. >> first we have these eyeball kick pops and the trick is you don't have to bake anything because you start off with regular doughnut holes. >> here we go. >> take a lollipop stick and dipping it into the white chock at. >> where is this idea from? >> from my channel. >> from your channel. >> want to learn other, one my favorite diy treats and if you want to learn more go to my channel. just stick it through and threat dry. >> how long? >> takes like a minute, and then you're going to want to dip this into the white chocolate. >> okay.

>> and, again, obviously kids love anything like this interactive. >> and chocolate. >> everyone loves chocolate. >> that looks so good. >> and you set that down and threat set. >> dry. >> yeah. >> and then you'll take- i use the lol pop sticks but if you want a bag or something, go head. tata the green chocolate anan make a cirre withth it business goinggo be like the color of the eye. >> i'm clearly challenged. >> you're doing good. >> s smewhere there's a 5-year-old watching come on, really, you ca't do this, really. >> and th you take this block chocolate and just put a dot for like the eye. >> okay. >> yeah. >> and then just dry it up and there you have it, llipop eyeball. mine looks spooky. >> and the end result if you use the gel. >> go ahead, what do we have next?

trick-or-treat glow in the dark bag from what's up mom and start off by using a plain black tote bag and then you'll want to take some glow in the dark paint or you can use regular puffy paint, whatever color you want and she started off by drawing her kid's name on the bottom or you can draw your own name and use the glow in the dark puffy paint. >> and put the names on her. >> oh, my gosh. >> i need to watch your site more. >> you're doing good. >> making one for my niece gianna, candy lover in the family. >> and then you'll take a stencil or whateeer you want. you can free thhd but i'm araristically challenged so takeke a intbrush and white ppnt andnd color that overer the stencil because hat's going to make the glow in the dark paint show up so much more.. >> let's see a finish product because i'm almost out of time and i won't be able to finish

mine in time. >> so cute and keep this later after soccer and snacks stuff. and what do we have next? >> we're making these cute little halloween crayons so you're just going to start off with regular crayons and take off all the paper. you can use warm weather to take it off. and then just chop them up like into semi little pieces. >> once you chop them up. do you melt them? >> no, not yet. >> and then you take the crayons and put them in the molds. do it through the colors. >> almost out of time. >> how do we finish up ear. >> put these in the oven with the crayons in it at 250 degrees for like three minutes and then pop them out and they look like this. >> quickly tell me what you've got here, marshmallows with kiwi? >> these are shish kebabs for halloween. >> i love your -- so you've got kiwi, a little chocolate, marshmallow, super cute. >> all right.

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this rning on "todd food can the "we're savoring the fall hart vest with some of our favorite dishes, one of mine is crispy apple cobbler, perfect dessert for the cool weather and like to add a special spice to kick it up even more. do you have any idea what the special spice is? >> all spice but here we go. apple, sugar, four spices, apple butter, flour, sugar and salt. take any apples that you pick. i like tarter apples like granny smith or something like that. you're going to core it and chop it up into chunks, three-quarter inch chunks. i don't even peel it because i like it nice and -- adds a little something to it. what you're going to do is take

your sugar and your four spices, cinnamon, all spice, ground ginger and chinese five spice. >> that's your secret ingredient. >> that's my secret ingredient and the toss the apples with it and melt some butter in a pan and let them cook on a medium heat for about ten minutes. you stir them occasionally and cover them up and you do that. now you're going to make your topping, a bunch of butter, cut it up, flour, brown sugar, cinnanaon, all spicend salt and our that all in. >> okay. >>and put your butter in, anan you're going make it nice and crumbly. >> your butter has to be room temperature. >> should be, okay. >> gets your hands in. it will make that topping that you love. >> the topping is delicious. >> the topping is the best part. in fact, if i could figure out how to just make topping that's what i would do. >> the topping is a deal breaker for me if it's not tasty, then the -- the topping not tasty i don't like it and your topping is good. you get that all together. i like to do individual ramekins.

we've got the big one here. >> big family style. >> but i like everybody getting their own video and you're going to fill it up and then you'll take some topping and put that on top, all right, put it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 20, 25 minutes at 350 and comes out here. to me, depending on your druthers, i like toer is of it with a good vanilla ice cream right on top. >> that's like the perfect ending. >> and it just melts a little bit and then you've got your beautiful apple crisp. this is what i like, baby, so -- and your verdict. >> i clearly like it. it's all gone. >> she was complaining i didn't have any meat today. didn't seem to slow you done. >> i love to have the roker restaurant to myself. i'll take all of these. >> we'll wrap these up. get this recipe and tips on ccting and coring apples head to today.com/food. coming up next, newest hitfrom our pal country superstar carrie

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nbc. one of the reasons we love fridays is because erica hill stops by. >> erica. >> thank you. >> we love you. >> i love you guys. i like it's especially when you let me come in the kitchen on friday. because you know i'm happy to sample any time. we have this really cool story coming up this weekend that harry smith shot for us. he was telling us about it last weekend. you may have seen you can go to the opera at the movie theaters, something the mets are doing all around the world and harry was backstage and not only was he backstage with some of the performers he was in the truck

and he was saying it is like directing a football game. it's really much more like directing a sporting event. >> have something like 20 cameras. >> totally wild. >> and the director has done the macy's thanksgiving day parade. a really cool story. we'll have that for you coming up.

next. jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably the strongest governor in the history of the state of florida. he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. one tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have 15,000 kids with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter if you were a republican. it didn't matter if you were his best friend. he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. he vetoed a bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president. the message to washington, d.c., is 'get ready...' because there will be change.

northwest winds at 15-25 miles per hour and temperatures bottoming out in the 40s. clouds giving most a sunny afternoon with highs in the 60s, which will mark the start of a mild autumn weekend before showers and cooler weather return by the middle of next week. see graphics. >> careers in manufacturin g were the focus of an event at rock valley high school thursday. it was an open house put on by "rocket manufacturin g", a student-run business that is the first of its kind in iowa. area businesses, schools and community members were invited to come see the opportunities manufacturing provides. "i think that it gives us a real world perspective, and like...we can go talk to these companies and stuff, and get ourselves out there." said student noah bartels. school officials say the program gives a head- start to students who plan to enter the workforce right out of high school. here's meterologist ben dorenbach with weather.

today with on and off showers expected throughout most of our friday along with a few rumbles of thunder. the good news for football game goers tonight is that the rain should begin to taper this evening, although a leftover shower or three is possible for kickoff time in some northwest iowa towns. most should be dry though as cool and breezy conditions take over with northwest winds at 15-25 miles per hour and temperatures bottoming out in the 40s. clouds should move out saturday morning giving most a sunny afternoon with highs in the 60s, which will mark the start of a mild autumn weekend before showers and cooler weather return by the middle of next week. see graphics.

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gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. it is tryday friday, and casual friday. and jenna bush hagar is here in her jean, and we decided to get cash >> yes. >> and don't you just love listening to her, because we were outside listening to her h, and the thing is that afterwards moments later, i got the sneak her into the private green room and i grabbed her for a little, and i was clearly more excited than she was and all of the way not dressed. and i didn't care. >> good thing you kept the roller s rollers in. >> well, i needed the height. and she was talking about her

baby isaiah and i said if that