>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's friday, september 23, 2016. klg is off today. billy bush, bog double duty. >> in the hour before, tried the hottest tortilla chip, comes in a coffin box. >> because when you bite it, that's it?

chip in the world. scratched my eye and had tortilla in the eye. >> billy was yelling for visine, seconds before the show. >> fighting a left eye blink. if you see a lot of left eye blinking you know i'm hanging in there by a thread. >> a lot to kick off the weekend. sean mendez is here singing a song for us. girls my house. did a "breakfast with billy." most charming guy. cooked pancakes, interested in my father's recipe. nicest guy. the girls loved him. screaming through the window. >> a young girl was watching and she was sobbing away. look at her. watch this girl. watch this girl. >> shaking. >> wait. wait, wait. crying, crying, and -- boom.

>> my name's logan. >> logan. >> look at logan. >> look at logan. look at logan. logan can't handle it. [ laughter ] >> congratulations. >> i love her. >> logan! oh -- he's worthy of it. if i'm logan's dad. >> yes. >> i'm thrilled she loves sean mendez. he's the nicest kid. >> what do you like about him? >> he's honest with his fans, not and bruises. he's kind. >> he's cool. a cool guy. >> a cool kid. sprouted up, start add couple years ago on vine with a six-second song, sang a bieber cover. this little dude. boom. shot up. >> wait. medics arrived. saline. >> having a heart attack. right there. what i meant was, thank you so much, jerry, for this -- >> look what we have, billy.

>> i'm a mess. >> jerry, you're a doll. >> also the hilarious ken jeong, his own show called "dr. ken" basically fashioned after his own life and the guy's got dance moves. >> they're not that good. i've seen his -- don't tell ken that. speaking of dancing? a legend, three-time emmy-winning actress choreographer, debbie allen. never know where she'll poup, on "grey's anatomy". >> and two women starting over in careers and good friend souci w suzy welch is here, how to start over again. >> one is starting a bridal salon, right? getting into the bridal salon business. which is great. got to look good.

costumes already. these are emoji masks. here's mine. >> i use that all the time. better than lol. >> laughing hysterically. >> i don't know how i got this one, but, here we go. [ laughter ] >> poop! >> that's a poop one. >> you got to like poop. just goes poop. >>ed only issue with these, and i want to be honest, i don't know if you can hear me, the only issue is seeing. right? >> yeah. >> it's not so simple. see a little poop kiss. you just got kissed by poop. buy this for nothing. $29, $39, all kinds of websites. alwaysfits.com. >> $39, it's nothing, for a thing. >> if that's all you're wearing. wear your own brown turtleneck and you're set. what did you do yesterday? >> every now and then you walk into a perfect moment. i was in sirius xm do what i do over there.

business. ? do-ta-do ? >> i see hunk heaven in front of me. chris pratt, denzel, ethan hawke. look what's happening jnd, and the film's director. isn't that crazy? >> magnificent seven? >> scared to get in the picture. smiling, over here. maybe they're notice me, then i just jumped in. i found my spot. >> you looked like logan seeing sean chris pratt is one big stud. remember? can you believe "parks & rec." >> he is something, by the way. update us on brangelina. >> yeah. the latest, source close to the los angeles count ip department of children and family services told nbc news that a child abuse allegation against brad has triggered a routine investigation. anytime they get a call, whether anonymous or not they have to investigate. "people" magazine told nbc news

and then one of the kids somehow got involved in this. i can tell you i spoke with someone this morning working with brad and very close with brad and he's giving -- said two things. one i don't want any comments from anyone connected to me that are disparaging of angelina, as mom, or anything like that. i want to keep -- he would love very much to keep all of this as private as possible. of course, that's not happening. also, made, stressed the point nothing physical >> from his side. but you get a call, you get a call. this, you know, the fbi is gathering information now, haven't launched an investigation. gathering information, deciding whether or not to. air space, under federal aviation. touched down in minnesota. they're not fueling up. it's a big plane. >> interesting. when you think about i know it's routine if something happening in the air the fbi invest gates,

do. might even be glancing in that direction. but according to "people" magazine pitt admit he was inebriated and a source close to says they have not spoken since their split. >> sad. >> it is sad for the whole thing. the kids, everything. but hopeful -- >> no one knows exactly what's -- i said earlier, we're in the news business and so we gather information, but you know, if there's not much information to gather, that may about good hopefully they can deep as quiet as possible and no one's engaging in a, you know, let's get ahead of the story tactic here. >> i think sometimes when there is a vacuum, when no one's talking, either the story dies down, or so much speculation gets tossed around. one of those weird things. it either goes one way or the other. we reached out to both camps about the allegation of child abuse and haven't heard back on that for the well-being of the children, everyone's says acting in the best interests of our

best interests, this story and sources close to each of them not really saying anything. that is in the best interests of the children. speaking of chris pratt a second ago. you saw him. very different. a great comment recently about late-night arguments between spouses and lovers. a lover's quarrel. he says, the old expression, don't go to bed mad? >> i'm not so sure. >> if you strictly adhere t into the wrong resolution. might be a form of sweeping it under the carpet. he says, go to bed mad. fine. under the covers maybe a little toe touch. the toe goes over and touches the other toe. of -- you know, a beautiful lady and says, we'll deal with this later, yeah? we're good. >> what if the lady does the old, kick toe back? >> oh, she moves it back?

over. you know what? look at all the girls. you see? we've done the kick toe. >> what if she doesn't kick the toe back and kind of maybe circling her toe around your toe? >> if you get the toe linkage, that's awesome, but more people are thinking that there is a -- kick toe -- >> oh, no. [ laughter ] >> the kick toe is winning out. >> i'm going to say never had a kick toe and that would be lying. yeah. >> all right. so you guy, kathie lee by the way going to be at the greenwich food and -- wine and food festival. one of those great events. >> surprise, surprise. >> she going to have her stuff there. it's going to benefit paul if youman's the hole in the wall gang club and shield be'll be a tasting ten, 1:30 to 3:30.

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you're my third best friend. kids don't know how to act fake. you're losing your hair. so we're learning to be more like them, removing artificial flavors and colors from general mills cereal. a dr. turned actor who now plays a doctor on tv. >> but to many, ken, always known as the outrageous asian mobster mr. chow in the blockbuster buddy comedy "the hangover" when he said -- ah -- >> season two, funny sitcom. "dr. ken," based on his real life. here is a sneak peek.

i'm just trying to spend more time with my patients to make sure they don't feel short changed. >> that's og. i feel like i got correct change. >> good. then we can talk about me. a lot of stuff has been going on with me lately. my resident julie left to do a pediatric fellowship and i tried stand-up comediality the laugh factory, alert! -- bless ed comments. comedy, medicine, we're going to do the most good. >> not that ken's loving his own show, that's leo in mustache. >> not wearing a fake mustache, glasses thing. david, amazing actor. he's not the prototype. for the eyebrow and -- >> mustache and nose you can buy. >> ken! >> ken jeong. >> ken jeong, this man is great. got twin 9-year-olds at home.

right? >> yeah. zoe appears on the third and fourth episodes playing dave's stalker, my tv son's stalker, stares at him through a window. i think in a whole episode. good initial acting gig. >> this show is based on your life? >> loosely based on my life. i was a real-life doctor working in -- in l.a. >> what kind of doctor? >> an ugly one. a real-life doctor in general medicine, like general practice, and at an loosely based on my life there. >> and your wife signs off on all the story lines? >> yes. has become a collaborator, even more so this year. my tv wife tonight on the premiere joins me at the hmo. it's about working with your wife and living with her outside of life. yeah. >> and a second season -- >> it's a miracle just to get a pilot made, a series fop get a

embarrassmembarrass ment riches. i'm so grateful. >> what's it like now being mr. hollywood? >> not much. i just work, go home to my wife and kids. it's pretty -- i try to keep things as simple as possible. so i work and go home. >> as an actor in hollywood for years, he laid low. >> he did? >> kim jeong laid low. not out there like you think, you know, partying every night. >> whether or not partying his bathroom mirror, i know you got dance moves. >> yeah. geeky, dorky. >> not like him. you and i wife dance some. but i heard your wife doesn't love the way you dance? >> yes. always accused me of being a selfish dancer. we go to weddings, paerrties, i never dance with her. i dance at her. >> maybe for her? >> that's better. >> crank it up, see a few moves.

you can just -- if you can do this little thing like that. ip do love that. >> number one. see your number two move. >> it's more like -- like this. i don't know if you can do this. >> your last move. >> it's more of the -- more of the -- the -- >> what is the world-class choreographer watching these moves? would you want input? >> you would never want to work with me because those are the only moves i -- >> or she. >> or she. >> or she -- >> look around. >> debbie allen. wow! >> wow. >> oh. >> debbie what do you think of this? >> i'm not worthy. >> put you back at the trunk, honey. i don't want to say bad, but -- debbie allen. >> go. >> isolate. isolate, honey. isolate. >> copy that. copy that. >> isolate. isolate. come on, easy. easy. easy. >> keep that going. >> what was that other move you did? it doesn't have any function. >> it just --

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flats, polished, sharp and chick. so cute. >> yep. what's going on with this? >> this is kind of new west whe it comes to denim jackets. whimsic ical patches. shows off your personality more. you can diy this. say you have an old denim jacket, purchased one vintage. you can buy these adorable patches. these are available at boyne com. pin them wherever you want. on your jacket. a little retro. i think it's so cool. >> your daughter would like that. >> yeah. flashback to the browny, scouts, when you had -- earn them then. >> you did. now you design for $10. okay. then this is one of my favorite looks for the season. this is denim on denim. it's huge. celebrities -- >> remember when this was a no-no? remember when they said, don't do denim on denim. >> that's right!

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you want fame. well, fame costs, and right here is where you start paying. in sweat. >> yeah! [ laughter ] >> yes. >> yes, you do. sweat! >> honey, i'm paying. i want to tell you. i'm still paying. >> are you still paying or -- >> i am. >> enjoying the fruits of the labor? >> no, no. the work. i'm one of god's generals, field sergeants. got to get out here raising children, and pushing the arts, and taking a big step right now with freeze frame, stop the madness, biggest thing. >> you have a couple of things. talk about freeze-frame in a second. can we talk about "grey's anatomy"? billy was saying, it's like a second life for "grey's" isn't it? >> it is. like a brand new show. i feel i'm executive producing a brand new show. go to the movies with my husband

see me. i thought something was wrong. wanted to take a picture. i was flattered. >> missed it the first time around. 14, 15-year-olds watching it on netflix and bingeing it. >> based on something so ream. a lot of television is just not truthful, or fantasy. "grey's anatomy" is based on the real. shonda rhimes is home base for all the other wonderful things she's doing association base and something pe >> talk about freeze frame. you've been talking about this since you arrived today. say it's like the purpose of your life's work. that's a lot coming from you. >> it's a lot, because i feel that i have been pulled into it. i didn't do it. it's doing me. >> yeah. >> i've talked to mothers that lost their children. talked to police. a very balance portrayal. it's about -- oh, it's everything that i do, it's cinema, dance, it's music.

violence going on in america right now. it's about the racial divide. it's an parenting. it's about the police, and i'm sorry that it's so relevant. vie to say, i am sorry that i have to keep rewriting it. you know, we wake up every morning shattered to more news about senseless loss of life. >> how long have you been working on this? >> probably actively about five years. but in my head, probably since i moved to los angeles to do "fame." the gang v not changed in your head. right? this is about -- >> yeah. the headlines have, feel like, in the last couple of years -- >> not enough has changed. right now it's critical because it's an election year, and what is happening? i mean, i am supported by the center for american progress. coalition to stop gun violence. westfield is the only corporate sponsor that i can get, thank god for wallace annenberg and

part of the john f. kennedy center centennial celebration, in his name. >> how can people see this if they're interested in freeze frame? >> they want to go to the kennedy center website, with their october 27th through the 30th. on october the 29th whoopi goldberg is coming with lee daniels and nicole hockley from the sandy hook promise. phylicia rashad and michael. eric dyson, to have a panel discussion and raising money on that night, and for that special debbieallendance academy and get those tickets to raise money. this needs to go to chicago to orlando, to every place -- >> don't you love debbie allen's passion? every time you come here you have a purpose. that's probably why you say so young, vibrant and relevance, you keep on going. >> keep on going and still doing the hot chocolate nutcracker.

and ken jeong just enrolled in the debbie allen -- >> i got to go. >> you can catch "grey's" on thursday nights. >> we'll be back with more. first, this is "today" on nbc. debbie allen!

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noon ahead on 9news.. a sus two men on the run after a bank robbery in denver. the latest ahead at noon. >> also ahead, a suspect has been arrested after a protester was shot during demonstrations in charlotte. >> and strawberries, peach, mint? the flavors seem harmless but they could make e cigarettes more toc. make conditions ripe for fire, unfortunately. becky has more on that and the

breaking news right now. two men are on the run, wanted for robbing this bank in denver. that is according to denver