city. firefighters rescued more than 200 residents with boats. with school in session those that went to school were safe as buses diverted from flooded areas. >> i screamed at my husband it's coming in the house and then it started coming out of the house. >> reporter: a rescue worker wearing a helmet camera captured video as he evacuated those trapped in wilson county, tennessee. tennessee isn't the only state dealing with massive flash flooding. parts of a trailer park in missouri swept away. more than 100 homes and businesses are damaged by water that crested the turkey creek bay. >> there was nothing you could do. the current was too strong. >> reporter: two days of torrential rain dumped 15 inches leading to widespread road closures. flash flooding also hit parts of georgia where 10 inches of rain washed out several roads. officials say it's too early to know when they will all reopen.

wild weather throughout much of the country leaving folks, in a word, miserable. >> i don't know what's going on with the weather these days but it's not good. >> reporter: two dozen people spent the night in red cross shelters. many more stayed with family and friends. this is going to be a miserable clean up for a lot of folks here, savannah. >> kerry sanders in nashville, thank you. al has more on the flooding and what to expect today. good morning. >> i'll tell you, savannah, the folks that don't need it will get more today. we had over the last week the dome of hot air, big high pressure, cooler, drier air coming down. so the moisture rides up and over the dome and in between the two that's a battle zone and that's where the severe weather is happening and that's what we're expecting today. so as we show you what's going on, we are looking at more rain, more thunderstorms. we got flash flood watches and flood watches from oklahoma all the way into missouri and arkansas for more rain. latest radar shows you those showers and thunderstorms continue to push in and, in

fact, the flash flood watches extend into the northeast. however, closer to missouri that's what we're looking at right now. the severe weather pushing out of oklahoma into southern missouri. so the flood zone is going to see more rain today. about two to three inches of rain before it's all over in the next 48 hours. locally up to 3 to 5 inches in northern arkansas into southern missouri but that rain is going to expand into the east. we're looking at more flooding rains into the northeast with 2 to 3 inches of rain there. we'll have more on that coming up. thanks. we'll keep an eye on that. that rain could come in handy in southern california where crews are struggling against a massive wildfire that's spreading too fast to contain. miguel almaguer is there with the latest. how is it looking out there. >> willie, good morning. burning through forest land this fire is difficult to see from communities that are under a threat but we can smell the smoke in the air. it charred across 14,000 square

miles -- excuse me, 14,000 square acres and it is still growing. >> reporter: advancing overnight, slicing across and blanketing the mountains. >> if we can get support anything at all will help. >> reporter: this morning it threatens 500 homes. at least 26 already destroyed. >> oh, man, i think this house -- there used to be a house right here. >> mandatory evacuation. you need to evacuate immediately. >> reporter: on thursday, more evacuations. some 2,000 people forced to flee the flames. most had little time to leave. >> it singed my heaair it was s hot. >> reporter: this wind whipped out of control inferno kept 1400 firefighters on their heels. drought like conditions here right for a fire storm. >> it is dry and receptive to fire and fire spread because

we're seeing these unique weather things happening that are different than the norm. >> reporter: today as the fire fight enters day three, thousands with wait watch and wonder. they left their home as flames closed in. >> my neighbor's house burned only 200 feet away. >> reporter: their community among the hardest hit. late thursday behind the fire lines we found their home still standing sharing the good news. >> look at this picture. >> it made it? >> the house is still standing. >> reporter: there's no doubt they are some of the lucky ones. this fire is roughly 20% contained but there's concern that the fire can make another run towards a community. >> miguel almaguer. thanks. >> meantime, natalie has breaking news on a new terror alert this morning. >> good morning. the state department warning americans this morning not to travel to pakistan because of a specific threat to the diplomatic mission there. the department also ordered

nonessential government personnel to leave the u.s. conciliate. it is not related to the recent closure of diplomatic missions in the middle east. president obama will hold a news conference today where he is expected to address the country's growing tension with russia. chuck todd is at the white house with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. this will be the first time we will hear from the president since the decision to snub vladimir putin in russia and not attend a summit there in moscow. but this is expected to be a press conference that will be all over the map. it's an end of the summer-type press conference if you will. the president is headed for vacation tomorrow for ten days in martha's vineyard. so you should expect a lot of questions that are all over the map. from healthcare to immigration. this is basically a little bit of a disappointing end of the summer for the president. three months ago he thought this would be a press conference where he would be talking about

a big success. possibly signing a imfwramigrat reform bill. he has a battle in the fall, implementation of healthcare. so it's a more precarious situation he is in with this final press conference. >> just a programming note, we'll have that press conference covered for you at 3:00 this afternoon eastern time. meanwhile, the president named 16 recipients of the presidential medal of freedom on thursday. former president bill clinton and oprah winfrey are among those that will receive the highest civilian award. others include loretta lynn and dean smith. a florida man faces murder charges this morning after police say he killed his wife and then apparently posted a photo of her dead body on facebook. the 31-year-old turned himself in telling him he had shot 26-year-old jennifer alfonzo after she said sheas leaving him. a post on medina's facebook page

says i am going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife. the post claims his wife was punching him and he wasn't going to stand for anymore abuse. well, now to wall street and what is moving the markets today. mary thompson is here with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning natalie. well, stocks managed to snap a three day win street. the dow is on track for it's first weekly decline in seven weeks. the turmoil continues at jcpenney. a big investor wants the interim ceo out after less than six months after sales at the retailer continue to decline. and detroit's financial woes are hurting it's neighbors. it declines since they filed for bankruptcy. thank you so much. and dancing with the stars? how about dancing behind bars? check out this dash cam video out of ohio. police pulled over the suspected drunk driver earlier this week and they say the man initially refused to stop but eventually pulled over and that's when this show began.

yeah. it's a pretty good one. eventually police performed field sobriety tests and took him into custody. his blood alcohol content level came back at .240. that is three times the legal limit. >> is flo rida around here? we're going to have our own dance party. >> he was straight up river dancing. >> he did. >> he was doing the whole routine. >> his hips are limber. his hips don't lie. oh, all right natalie. thank you. there are some alarming developments this morning tied to the search for a missing 16-year-old california girl and her alleged abductor. let's get to joe in san diego. he has the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. news that the suspect could be armed with explosives scares the teens father. he learned about that development minutes before sitting down to speak with us about the case, his kids, and the friend now accused of

destroying his family. it only took a moment for breath anderson to lose almost everything. >> not anything i would wish on my worst enemy. >> reporter: this week he learned his wife had been murdered and his 8-year-old son ethan was likely killed too. >> he had a heart of gold. just everybody's friend. >> reporter: at the same time his daughter hannah is missing and one of his closest friends is the prime suspect. >> there is never any clue. and the things that i'm hearing are very upsetting because whenever he was around me, i never saw anything like that. >> reporter: the victims were discovered in the ruins of his house which was destroyed by fire over the weekend. with with amber alerts in five states now, investigators are searching for hannah and his blue nissan veras. >> if he abandoned the car has he rigged it with explosives? we want people to be very careful. >> reporter: friends say they

can't imagine he would be capable of such heinous crimes. >> i've never seen him aggressive. he was the opposite. >> reporter: but hannah says she thought he had a crush on her which stuns her father. >> if that was shared with tina or i or another adult and they didn't share it with with us, shame on them but we would have cut it off right there. >> reporter: after losing everything, his daughter is the one thing he now cherishes most. >> let my daughter go. >> reporter: the sheriff's department says that he could be anywhere in north america adding that he is an experienced camper. so one possibility is that he is hiding in the wilderness. >> let's hope they track him down. joe, thanks so much. there is new trouble this morning for anthony weiner. mara has the latest. good morning. >> good morning everyone. during what was supposed to be a routine voter outstanding reach event weiner mocked journalists

and made bizarre jokes and started speaking in a british accent. this as his support among voters slips even more. >> reporter: thursday, anthony weiner campaigned door to door in new york's harlem neighborhood but amidst the knock knocks really odd jokes. >> you have like plumbing and stuff like that. >> reporter: still dealing with the fall out from his recent sexting scandal he turned on reporters traveling with him including one from germany. he didn't seem to find anything funny about questions regarding he has candidacy. >> is it ambition? is it hunger for power? >> he went on to mock the reporters british activitit acc >> the hunger for the big job. >> reporter: before launching into a bizarre weather report. >> rainy, cloudy and grey. >> reporter: but he didn't just

seem irritated by the press. he also publicly skoecolded his staff. >> signs of a struggling campaign. >> they haven't been able to get back to the issues they want to talk about. >> reporter: according to a new york times college poll released thursday weiners support among democratic voters is at just 10%. his lowest numbers since entering the race. science of falling support in the polls. >> fair enough, i'll stop. >> reporter: and in person. now it's worth noting that just a few weeks ago weiner was leading the democratic field in some polls. now he has even lost support from the woman that revealed their sexting relationship. sidney leathers is endorsing one of weiner's opponents. >> he can't catch a break. >> i'm almost silent. we have a reporter that goes out and follows the campaign and weiner asked him what are you

doing here. he said i follow you around. he said you should get a hobby. >> at one point last night he turned to his aid in front of all the press and said this is not good. this not going well. >> that's an understatement. >> thank you. we now know the identity of one of the winners from this week's powerball jackpot. we're also learning more this morning about the group that holds one of the other winning tickets. katie is on lottery duty this morning. good morning. >> good morning. at $448 million with three winning tickets in two states there's a lot of money to be had. if you thought all the winners would try and lay low, think again. meet one of america's newest millionaires. >> and present a check for 149.4 million. >> paul white might have to pinch himself this morning. >> i have gone through this in my head so many times in my life you almost feel like it's finally coming true. >> the 45-year-old project engineer from minneapolis is now $60 million richer. >> they told me i have to wait

two weeks for my money. start the pot right now. >> we're going to finish it up tonight. >> reporter: white is one of three powerball winners. the other two bought their tickets in new jersey. their identities not yet revealed. a group of 16 ocean county employees have claimed one of them. their boss tells nbc news they're still showing up for work. if you're looking for a little future luck of your own, you might want to head to indiana. it's the luckiest state with 19 powerball wins while texas, california, washington, vermont, maine and north dakota have yet to hit the jackpot. as for white, he's taking the $86 million pay out which after taxes leaves him with 60 million. more than enough to relive the glory days. >> i used to have an accura in 1988. i love that little car. i'm buying that car. >> yeah, she going to buy that car but now he's happy to easily

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>> mrs. wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. harford county police are investigating a string of home burglaries targeting the elderly. in theves report 4 cases past six weeks, most recently in aberdeen. of anle came to the home elderly couple claiming to be surveyors. while one of the men walked the couple of the backyard and distracted them for 30 minutes, the other suspect when inside the house and looted their home. in three other cases the suspects have pretended to be utility workers. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> new problem for those of you in the city. as you travel along a gay street past collington avenue, we have an accident. muchr as the j.f.x., not

with delays at all. this accident in place on falls road in middletown road. 95, like picture at fort mchenry. harbor tunnel thruway everything checking out ok on 295. 55 miles per hour towards 32. so far so good for the morning commute. clean sweep on hd doppler. we see some rain in the mountains. ,he further we go into the day there could be something thunderstorms in the afternoon. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. variable clouds, warm and humid. scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. it will feel warmer because the humidity.

7:30 now on a friday morning. it's the 9th of august, 2013. what a great crowd this morning. and you're in for a treat. one of our favorites, flo rida

is going to take the stage in our 8:30 half hour. we look forward to that. >> good morning everyone. i'm savannah guthrie inside studio 1-a with willie geist in for matt and al roker and natalie morales. >> he is part of the "today" show family. >> he is. >> he'll be hosting the show soon enough. coming up, a 3-year-old at the center of a custody fight that's gone all the way to the supreme court. a biological father fighting an order to turnover the daughter to the girl's adoptive parents. they'll speak out in an exclusive live sper view. >> when you think game show prizes you think trips, cars, cash, but baby? we'll hear from the man behind one of televisions most controversial give aways and we'll explain why they feel the necessity to do that. >> why is savannah wearing glasses today? well, that's because of something that she -- she took a little bit of a pie with jimmy fallon and down goes frazier.

>> yes, we had fun. we were doing an interview that was going to air next week on today. we had fun with the pie but honestly the most exciting thing in jimmy's life right now is this little new bundle of joy winnie. we talked about that. take a look. >> you managed to keep this a secret. we didn't know she was on her way. >> no, it wasn't really a secret. my wife and i had been trying for awhile to have a baby. so we have tried a bunch of things and so we had a surrogate. this time we said we're not telling anybody. it would be just more fun, just private between me and my wife and then get to introduce her to everybody. when it happened we were shocked. all right. who do we tell? who is going to be mad at us. we had to call everybody. it's so emotional. >> when you see jimmy talk about this little girl it will touch your heart. it's amazing. he opens up about it and he is just filled with joy. it's awesome. the whole interview airs next

week on today. >> i don't think any of us had any idea he was expecting. >> no, and winnie was born the day after the royal baby. he had the whole royal baby thing to distract. >> we look forward to that interview next week. meantime, let's begin this half hour with a controversy out of florida. a camp for kids defending itself over criticism over a hunger game themed event. gabe gutierrez is there with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here kids got to participate in their own version of the hunger games. sort of, anyway. it was supposed to be about learning and having fun. not everyone saw it that way. in the hunger games teenagers fight to the death gladiator style. based on the best selling books, the stories are wildly popular with tweens. so popular that a day camp in florida devoted an entire week

to hunger games activities. dozens of kids participated. this video was taken by the tampa bay times. but when the story hit the website with the headline at hunger games camp, children want to fight to the death, it spread quickly all across the internet and so did the controversy among readers. one calling it murder as children's entertainment. another writing this is disgusting. but camp organizers say there was no violence. kids grabbed flags from each other to collect rather than take lives. the emphasis was on communication and working together. >> avoiding the violence that is within many of the great books is not how you stop violence. you help steer children through the understanding of it. that's how you do it. >> reporter: the tampa bay times says we published a fair and accurate story about what we saw. noting several times that camp leaders tried to steer the children away from violent

themes. the kids loved it. >> it was really fun doing hunger games. i did learn a lot about team work. >> reporter: the camp supporters argue it's all nothing new. >> you had cowboys and indians in the day. you have star wars. you have harry potters. now you have hunger games. there will be another one. there will always be another one. >> reporter: this is the second year the camp organized the hunger games event and they plan to do it again next year, willie. all right. gabe gutierrez in largo, florida. looked like they were doing tug of war. >> s'mores. don't forget s'mores. >> i read the hunger games. i do not remember archery -- well, not really. >> the controversy escapes me on that one. >> we'll head outside right now and get a check of the weather from al and his people. >> hey guys, it's a little on the cloudy side but that has not dampened the spirits of this

fantastic crowd. down here you see a tent. that's the morning crew. they're doing their z 100 morning show. we'll check in with them in just a little bit. let's find out what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. for today, this weekend, we start off with saturday, wet weather in the mid-atlantic states into the southeast. plenty of sunshine out west. sunny skies, more mild conditions great lakes into the northeast and new england. sunday, sunday, we're expecting the showers to still hang out through the southeast and the southeastern atlantic states. western third of the country looking fantastic and gorgeous weather from the great lakes >> good morning.st on into there is a chance for some light rain showers to start today. some scattered strong thunderstorms will develop this afternoon.

flo rida maybe from florida but all you are in the state of my people. my people. my people. savannah. >> your people, al. thank you so much. well, for centuries davinci's masterpiece the mona lisa cap evacuated everybody that looked at her. michelle is at the louvre to explain. good morning. >> this is her home and people are always amazed how small this painting is and how incredibly alive she looks. well, this morning in italy, an old crypt is being opened to help see if the real mona lisa really was who historians think she was. >> reporter: how much does the world want to know just whose

smile the mona lisa so delicated captured after these 500 years? enough to open a century's old grave in florence this morning holding the two sons of a merchant's wife who historians believe he painted in the early 15 hundreds. they want a dna test to see if some of these bones piering out through earth and time in a grave might really be hers. then they could do a reconstruction of her face and see what she looks like. >> there's speculation in all sorts of ways, psychologically, historically, personally. all that's really known is that leonardo didn't hand it over. he worked on it slowly. it became something that obsessed him. >> maybe the only people not obsessed with these are princesses at the palace and

thousand year old winery in the quite tus can country side. >> for us, it's quite clear. >> they are 15th generation direct descendants of lisa. maybe even look like her. >> our smiles are too big. we can't do it. >> you can't stop smiling long enough. >> but to them, no history. their family history and exiting documents tell them the mona lisa is their lisa. at first the excavations bothered them but now they too have caught the fascination. >> we are curious to see how she really looked and how good was leonardo at painting her. >> the latest of the mona lisa lean toward the scientific. doctors wondering if her mouth was closed because she was missing her front teeth or maybe she they turned black if he was getting treatment for syphilis. now this will tell us more about the real woman behind this

immortal work of art, savannah. >> michelle kosinski in paris. i have to say, i didn't see t syphilis angle coming. why don't you give us your feelings in french. >> you put me on the spot. i can't do that right now. >> can you say anything in french? [ speaking french ] >> not enough for the segment. you could have given me a heads up on that. i would have got my french translation app. >> you're telling me your fluent in french. >> but i'm not your show pony. >> keep your prize. say that in french. coming up next, what a story. is this a ratings ploy. the tv show under fire for giving away babies. >> and the cruise ship the love boat makes it's final voyage. it's time to say good-bye. but first, these messages.

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we're back now at 7:44. game shows are known for extravagant prizes but one popular show in pakistan may have crossed the line by giving away babies. yes, i said babies. here's ian williams. >> reporter: he's the biggest star on pakistani television. top game show host. everyone is a winner it seems on his ramadan specials. >> who wants to win a baby. >> when he gave abandoned babies to childless couples on primetime television outraged critics say he had gone too far in the race for the ramadan ratings. >> you have washing machines, dvd players and mobile phones and now kids. you know because he in the end is just another product. >> reporter: so far three babies have been handed over on the show. >> this isn't a prize.

it's not a game show. >> it's not a prize. it's not a game show. it's a real charity. >> reporter: social welfare groups say there's another side to the story which is about preventing babies from being simply dumped on garbage heaps like these. >> reporter: most unwanted babies are girls and only a few survive the dump. including the three his emergency response organization found and provided for the tv show to raise awareness. >> we are constantly doing this campaign so that people do not kill a baby. this is killing a human. do not kill. >> reporter: he also finds the parents of the show from among thousands looking to adopt and say they are carefully vetted. parents like these who say their adopted baby is a gift from god. they said they wanted to receive

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. let's head on your morning

commute. we will start westbound on the bay bridge. right lane is closed. disable the vehicle. you can get out of there shortly. gay street past collington avenue, we have an accident to avoid. 13 minutes on the north side. those delays falling into place and harford. 33 miles per hour. those speeds continue towards the towson region. at 40, no problems to report towards 29. west side is in pretty good shape. we are looking at a nice start on 95 through howard county. 56 miles per hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a look at the forecast. , just like yesterday, we will see thunderstorms develop in the afternoon. a wholew there is not lot going on. good news for the morning commute. physically dry on the beltway towards 95. we could see some reins on the mountains.

further we going to the day, the better the chance you will see some rain in your neighborhood. that are chance for rain on the way home than on your way to work this morning. warm and muggy with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and the dew points in the low to mid 70s. yet mr. has a tropical feel to it today. we will call it a variable clouds. sunshine sneaking through this morning. chance for showers and thunderstorms. high temperatures closer to average for this time a year, between 84 and 89. cold front will go through tomorrow morning. chance for rain in the forecast for saturday morning. get much cooler

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>> we love flo rida. >> we love you today show. >> we're here to see flo rida. >> we love you too. 8:00 now on a friday morning. it's the 9th of august, 2013. we have a great crowd. someone just shouted al roker rocks. >> it has nothing to do with flo rida. >> he also rocks. he'll be here in a few moments taking our toyota summer concert stage. i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist in for matt and the rocking al roker. >> yes. >> coming up guys, we'll discuss the reason i'm wearing glasses this morning. it has to do with two things, jimmy fallon and pi. we'll explain. >> those two meet in just a few moments. we'll explain. get the scissors ready. the pixie cut is all the rage in hollywood. beyonce the latest star to cut her locks. could you pull off that look?

this morning with help from the stylist that cut beyonce's hair in the past, britney as you can see there, a volunteer from the crowd about to find out. no turning back now britney. >> it will be all right. >> it's going to be good and to electronic devices and what really goes on in the cockpit we're going to wrap up our ask the expert series with a veteran commercial pilot. >> a lot to get to this morning. but let us head inside -- >> we love you too. >> they really are your people. >> they are my people. >> they are really your people. natalie has a check of the top stories. good morning. >> good morning savannah, willie and al. good morning everyone. more rain will add to the misery today in parts of the south and midwest already hit by flash flooding. firefighter hearsay to rescue people from the roofs of their cars and homes thursday in nashville, tennessee. flood waters also damaged roads in georgia and overflowing creeks in missouri washed away trailer homes and claimed at least two lives. new evacuation orders were issued today for hundreds of

people after a southern california wildfire doubled in size to 14,000 acres. the fire started wednesday in the mountains about 90 miles east of los angeles and has already destroyed at least 26 houses and other buildings and it's threatening hundreds more. the ncaa says it's website will stop selling player jerusalem sis and other memorabilia linked to individual schools. however it will continue to market generic ncaa apparel. the college sports organization is under skrutny for some of it's merchandising practices. it's also being sued by former and current players over the use of athlete imagines and their likenesses. the owners of the three winning powerball tickets are coming forward for their piece of wednesday's 400 $$448 millio. paul white claimed his cash pay out on thursday. he'll pocket 60 million after taxes. the father of two teens didn't know he was a winner until his girlfriend called him at work.

>> this morning was my boss -- he started the day my boss. he'll end the day my chauffer. >> the two other tickets were told in new jersey. a local official says one belongs to a group of 16 county highway workers that will split it. >> be careful what you wish for. one utah family learned that the hard way. they were driving down the highway during an intense storm where one kid said he hoped they would get struck by lightning. moments later, here's what happened. take a look. >> holy crap. >> yes, well, the family says lightning hit their suv's antenna knocking out the electrical system and blowing out three tires. he said he could feel the hair on the back of his neck stand up and said that is the last time he will wish for something like that. say that again. a woman in spain has given birth to the biggest baby ever delivered there without a c-section.

the british mother who lives in spain said she knew her baby would be big but not this big. 13 pounds 7 ounces. she didn't even have an epidural during her five hours of labor and little maria is doing just fine. wow. she is a brave woman. 8:04 right now. let's go back outside to savannah and willie. no epidural, no c-section, ouch. >> oh. >> she is a toddler. >> that's not an infant. that's a preschooler right there. >> let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker across the plaza. all right. these guys are all lined up for flo rida. big fans? >> yeah. >> can't beat that. let's show you what we've got for your weather today. pick city of the day, down to miami, florida, flo's hometown. scattered showers and storms. 89 degrees. we show you the afternoon temperatures. the heat continues from texas

one more day where they're over 100 degrees. gorgeous here in the northwest with temperatures 70s and 80s at least. look for the 90s in interior sections of the pacific northwest. the rain will stretch into the central plains where they don't need it. they have more flooding possible today in missouri and arkansas and the sunshine continues in the southwest up >> good morning. it is another warm and muggy start on this morning. some thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. that's your latest weather. >> our producer jen long tweets

out a message so this just happened with a link of a photograph of savannah guthrie and jimmy fallon. savannah completely covered in pie. explain yourself. >> i was doing an interview we're going to air next week with jimmy fallon and at the end of our conversation he challenged me to a game of rock paper scissors pie. >> bye guys. >> oh my god. >> are we still rolling? we're still rolling. >> please don't be rolling. >> come back. help savannah right now. get her a stretcher. we have to wheel her out. >> we're not rolling. >> we are totally rolling. >> don't even worry about it. >> oh, they were rolling. >> slow motion. >> whoa. were you like in scooby doo. >> everyone thinks jimmy is so nice and a sweetie but there was

vaseline all over the floor. he totally set me up. >> no. no. >> eat it and not snort it. >> it was like a comedy in a cartoon. >> no, what happened was jimmy was like -- you guys are rolling, right? >> are you okay? >> we got another take on that. >> i love the glasses. everyone is loving if glasses. >> thank you. >> you had pie eye this morning you said but you have a special treatment. >> yeah. but pie eye -- unless you wear the goggles you get pie eye. >> it clears up over the weekend. by sunday night it will clear up. >> she showed up to work today her eyes were like bleeding. fallon and the pie. >> you have to be more -- you need to be more responsible,

you're a dad now. >> thank you so much. i just want to make sure, that's my baby right there. >> pretty. >> a nice big yawn. it's what everyone says. you have a baby there's nothing like it but when you have it -- i talked to savannah about it but i can't stop looking at her and when i'm not holding her i'm looking at photos of her on my phone. she's the coolest thing. best thing that ever happened to me. >> you joke she is the other royal baby born the day after baby prince george. so i took advantage of my trip to london to make sure for the play dates with prince george. >> winnie you're going to wear it. it will be awesome. >> and of course the branding. >> yeah. >> the tonight show starring jimmy fallon on the way. >> we're working on that. that will be fun too. >> by the way, big emmy nomination. >> we're having a crazy year. the first lady dancing with us

and justin timber week. >> yeah. >> better than shark week, we have timber week. we had a crazy goodyear. we're so happy. good writing and good people. >> let's get jimmy fallon an emmy this year. >> that's it. #fallonemmy. >> yeah, you kept our whole interview, we talk, we get into it. >> what is it tuesday? >> airs tuesday. >> you were fantastic and that fall was one of the funniest things. i'm so happy they kept rolling. you were going and you sit up and you're doing the twist: i'm wearing jimmy choos. >> good thing it wasn't embarrassing. so thanks. >> and the tonight show starring jimmy fallon, kind of like johnny carson. >> yeah, they had the starring with johnny carson so we thought

we would bring it back. we're bringing it back to new york city. we're coming back. it's going to be fun. we'll be seeing a lot of each other. >> what an incredible year for this guy. >> yeah, thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. whatever you want to call it. >> thanks. >> good to see you guys. >> coming up next, the famed love boat sails for the final time. if you can believe it. it's over. >> then do you have what it takes to sport beyonce's new pixie cut? a brave woman from our crowd is about to find out live. >> and flo rida performing right here live on the plaza. i love him. he knows how to do it. but first, these messages. ♪ [ female announcer ] when did we start thinking that eating a tiny breakfast would help us weigh less? ♪ with the special k breakfast,

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>> hanging out with jimmy outside. >> have to get to the gym. trending on today.com. >> cut down on the pie. >> maybe lucy and rickey were on to something. the duo from "i love lucy" slept in the separate beds may look odd to some but the twin bed phenomenon is alive and kicking today. 30 to 40% of couples sleep separately. it's sometimes called a sleep divorce. >> wow. >> that's catchy. some of the most common reasons snoring, restless sleeping is something we can relate to around here. having a partner with an opposite work schedule. >> yeah. >> on today.com 60% of you guys said you do too. >> wow. anyone here want to confess to sleeping solo. >> no but christina called. >> she was on the poll. >> she keeps voting and voting and voting. >> sending subtle messages over the television. trending on bing, sailing

into the sunset. [ music playing ] ♪ ♪ the love boat ♪ soon we'll be making another run ♪ >> yes, the pacific princess, the ship made famous on the 1970s cedy the love boat will soon be no more. the iconic vessel known as the ms pacific made it's final voyage to a scrap yard in turkey. >> no? >> what? there's no museum for that? >> exactly. once the glamorous high seas home, the is ship has been forgotten in italy for the last few years. it will be taken for it's metal and parts. they credit it for boosting the business. >> a little off topic but how did doc get all those women? do you ever wonder? >> he's the only doc on the boat. >> i guess. >> like ayman in uniform. >> good hands. >> what?

>> i'm just saying. a doctor. >> oh, okay. >> all right mr. doctor. trending on twitter, are they trying to tell you something? a woman that booked a seat aboard a delta flight found quite a surprise on her ticket. take a look at her confirmation code. you see there? goner. i know we have been through hard times together but is this really the confirmation number? delta tells us the codes are generated randomly. they will eliminate goner from the system. they also plan to follow up with the passenger apparently. what wld you guy dos if you got a confirmation code. >> what is your cyanm 8. nm would be scary to me. >> or cya. >> we get cya here a lot.

>> mine is a little darker, from the shining -- >> oh my god, wow. >> okay. >> redrum. >> that's disturbing. >> mine is toast 1. i was just thinking about breakfast. >> yeah, exactly. >> i also -- this is the first thing that popped into my head. >> wow. >> it's the worst confirmation. i thought satan. so satan 3. >> quite an insight. >> the psychology is quite evident. >> all right. trending on facebook. what a great guy. matt damon was here last week. we love him. he's always ready to mingle with his fans. two women found out earlier this week when they got pictures with matt damon. only it wasn't matt damon. take a look. it was mark walhberg. he sent those pictures to a friend who let them know they had the wrong movie star but

walhberg was playing along and pretended to be matt damon. on facebook walhberg wrote close enough. they share the big screen in the movie the departed and there is some similarities. >> that's about it. the smile. >> we know that we met someone famous. >> exactly. >> on thursday's trending we're talking about beyonce's new do, the pixie cut. now women are wondering how might i look if i had that. we decided to put it to the test. we'll give a member of the crowd the chance. her name is britney. >> how are you? >> are you sure you want to do this? >> i don't know. it's too late to turn back now. >> are you scared. >> you still have your hair. >> a little bit, yeah. >> when was the last time it was short. >> second grade. i'm 21 so -- >> are you getting a lot of requests for this hair cut now. >> yeah, a lot. it's a really big trend right now. everybody grew out is now

chopping it off. >> are you rocking a pixie cut right now? >> i am. >> easy, breezy. >> we'll give you like 15 minutes to work on britney here, right? >> yeah. >> and then we'll see the result. >> you are brave. >> you are a pretty girl. we know you can pull it off. you have the perfect face for you. >> we'll see you in a little bit. >> that's what is trending today. straight ahead on our 8:00 block, do you need to turn off the electronic devices when you fly? why are there so many delays? we'll wrap up our ask the expert series. we have a professional pilot in the house. but first the bitter custody fight between a 3-year-old's biological father and her adopted parents. here's kristen welker. >> reporter: she is only 3 years old but for most of her life two families have been fighting to call her their own. she lives in oklahoma with her biological father and his wife robin. >> i'll fight until i have no more fight left in me. >> we are not giving up on her

ever. >> reporter: but for her first two years her home was in south carolina with her adoive parents. the bitter custody battle started in 2009 when veronica's parents split up. her biological mother asked brown to give her custody. brown agreed writing in a text message i think that i will just sign my rites away and he later signed the paperwork. about to deploy to iraq, brown said he never realized his daughter could be put up for adoption. >> i never knew what i was signing. i just thought that i was just signing, you know, for her to have full custody, you know, be able to make all the right decisions for my daughter while i was gone. >> reporter: in 2011 a south carolina court ruled that brown who is a member of the cherokee nation should have custody of his daughter under a federal law which seeks to keep native american children with their parents. >> the case went to the supreme court that ruled that the

federal statue did not apply. >> because he had not been a part of the child's life he was not entitled to say the child is deprived of his heritage. >> reporter: they ordered brown to return veronica but he did not show up with her siting his national guard training. now the court is demanding that brown hand her over immediately. all of this with veronica turning four next month. >> there's no doubt in my mind that i'm not going to be there. i'm going to be there for my daughter's birthday. >> we missed her third birthday but we don't want to miss anymore birthdays. >> right now all that's sure is both families will face-off again next week in court. for today, kristen welker nbc news washington. >> well, her adoptive parents are with us now along with the attorney for the biological mother in this case. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> when was the last time you saw veronica. >> 19 months ago when we had to hand her over.

>> you had her for the first two years of her life. >> 2 1/2. >> so it's a complicated legal back story. we got into it a little bit but the bottom line is you won in court. you won in supreme court. there was supposed to be a hand over of veronica back to you. matt, what happened. >> nobody showed. they could have asked for a different time, a different date, but none of the attorneys did in court. so we assumed that he was going to show but now i guess we just assume that they knew all along he wasn't going to show. >> he had national guard duty. do you believe that that's the reason he didn't bring the child. >> well, again, they could have offered a different time and place and they didn't and someone else could have brought her. that was very clear, a proxy could have brought her. so i'm not sure they ever planned to come. >> it is a complicated legal backdrop. as we just heard in the piece, he says he didn't need to sign over his parental rights he

didn't know the baby would be adopted. what do you make of that? >> well, the first thing i would say is this case has been fully litigated and that has been of course part of the legal and factual inquiry all the way up to the supreme court and back. the fact of the matter is that he doesn't even contest the fact that he was fully prepared to and aware of the fact that he was giving up all parental rights. it's just that he expected veronica's birth mother to raise veronica herself. you know, veronica had been born for months and months and months by the time he learned of the adoption and the reason for that is that he was out of their lives. she was pregnant, you know, pacing an unplanned pregnancy, a single mom of two. and she had toome up with a plan for her child. >> let me ask you about veronica because in family court they always say it's the best interest of the child and i assume that is what is most important to you. do you worry about this transition? she was with you for two years.

now she has been with the biological father for 18 months. do you worry about if you get her back, how you will manage that? >> i mean, we obviously want it to go as smooth as possible. we don't want any trauma. they gave us an hour and a half. or her an hour and a half. we're giving her five days. or that was the plan. >> they cutoff all communication. we never got to see her, talk to her, she didn't know what had happened to us and we don't plan to do that with her. >> well, it is a long and complicated story and a heart ren wrenching one. thank you for being here and sharing your stories. >> thank you. >> we'll send it to willie. >> thanks. let's wrap up our series ask the expert with the truth about flying. he is a pilot with delta airlines. he's been flying for 38 years logging more than 18,000 flight hours. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> you had a little trouble

getting here last night yourself, didn't you? >> we do not manufacture delays. we experience one of those four hour ground stops coming up into the new york area yesterday so took awhile to get in here last night. >> let's hope our flight here in the 1975 seats goes more smoothly than yours did last night. let's start once and for all with the electronic devices. do i really have to turn this off? is it really a threat for the plane. >> potentially for now. as of right now you do have to turn them off. we're trying to enhance the flight experience for everybody so we have plenty of in flight entertainment. we have the wifi options above 10,000 feet. there's an aviation rule making committee that will present information to the faa in september on updating the regulations. >> but as a pilot do you worry if this were on under 10,000 feet it would interfere with your communications. >> it's more than navigation and the communications but it could interfere, so yes. >> let's move on to the cockpit.

i have always been told the hardest part is the take off and landing. witness you're up at a cruising altitude you put it on auto pilot. is that true? what's going on in the cockpit. >> every flight we use the auto pilot. it's one of the tools to provide a safe experience. you set cruise control you're still driving the car. the auto pilot, we program all sorts of things into what we want it to do. sometimes we make changes to those based on what air traffic control wants us to do but we use it on every flight. >> what constitutes a weather delay? sometimes it's not raining and we hear we're delayedecause of weather. >> a weather delay is caused by anything that the air traffic controllers tell us you can't take off for. it might be weather in between florida and new york or weather in new york >> this is wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. let's get a check on your morning commute at 8:26.

nothing major -- disabled vehicle at aberdeen for those of you heading out on harford county. fire activity on baltimore street and bill moore street. emergency road work taking place on northbound route 30, shut down in the area of spring hill road through the city. traffic is alternating on the southbound side. 12 minutes on the north side as you travel towards the 83 plus. starting to ease up with the live camera in our ford. not that at all on the west side. 795iles per hour from towards 95 on the southwest corner and even i-70 is looking good at 29. eastbound traffic from marriottsville, delay free all the way in towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. hopefully it will dry out sometime soon? get into thee we evening, thunderstorms will develop, so the ride home could be bumpy.

nothing showing up on the radar around baltimore. sprinkles in southern pennsylvania, but showers and thunderstorms are building in the mountains and moving east. the further we go into the day, the better the chance for rain. 81 downtown, 73 in parkton. variable clouds with showers and thederstorms most likely in afternoon. high temperatures between 84 and 89. cold front will go through on saturday morning. after that it should clear up in the afternoon. sunday and monday won't be much cooler, but it will be less humid. atback with another update 8:56.

we are looking forward to that. we want you to help power what is known around here as the buzz meter. >> buzz meter. >> all you have to do is news the #onlyoneflotoday got it? >> there is only one flo. >> there is. i'm savannah guthrie with willie geist and natalie morales. >> flo was doing a sound check and she was raising the roof. >> was she? >> yeah. well, you know what, you probably wondered where do i get my dancing moves. we now know. >> by the way, we have not one but two great concerts. next week, legendary performer

jimmy buffet will be here on thursday and on friday luke brian. he is going to take over the plaza one week from today. >> and two weeks from today, who is coming by? one d. one direction. >> you say one d and you get the automatic scream. >> it's like close your ears and brace yourself. >> they're everywhere. >> let's get a check of the weather from al roker. >> hey. thanks guys. what's your name, ma'am. >> mary. >> you're how old? >> 90. >> 90. and you're a veteran from world war ii. >> i am. >> you were a nurse in the air force. >> yes i worked at the air base hospitals taking care of the europe. >> god bless you. thank you for your service. thank you very much. we also have a good friend of ours, elvis duran and the morning show.

elvis, how are you. you are a sweaty d.j. aren't you? >> not only is al sweating here, you want to see another al that sweats, we have a surprise for you. >> oh really. >> bring out the sweating al roker. >> oh my gosh. >> it's an al roker cake. oh my gosh. that's like the end of raiders of the lost arc. >> buddy the cake boss made this for you. >> oh my gosh, buddy. >> it's like a walking dead version of al roker. >> so appetizing. >> you have a birthday coming up. we thought we would give you an early birthday gift. >> that's very nice. >> who wants to eat a piece of al. >> elvis duran good morning. the morning show. >> good morning.

there is a chance for some light rain showers to start today. some scattered strong thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. all right, al, thank you so much. now for more on the chop seen around the world. beyonce lopped off the locks becoming the next to sport the pixie cut. beyonce, the voice, the curves, the hair. no more. beyonce has chopped off her trademark locks for a new pixie

do. the 31-year-old mega star debuted her locks on instagram. the reaction from fellow celebs was instant. ellen said if you had trouble telling me and beyonce apart before. >> emma watson who made waves in 2010 wrote nearly got out my scissors this morning after seeing beyonce's pixie cut. i only just managed to restrain myself. close call though. >> still no word on why she changed them. was it her hair getting stuck in the fan last month on stage. was it short hair is easier with a toddler? was it fellow pop princesses sporting their new look or inspiration from halle berry or tamron hall? regardless, beyonce remains fierce. >> all right. now we have a victim, depending on how you look at it. >> victim. >> i think eugene smith did a

great job here. britney from strasburg, pennsylvania, volunteered off our plaza. what did you do with her. >> just took her short. it was long and we brought it up. gave her something choppy and fun. something that will fit her face. it's youthful. >> has she seen it yet. >> she hasn't seen it yet. >> are you ready to see it? . now, turn around and you'll be seeing yourself -- >> no. well britney, let us tell you look absolutely fabulous. >> you look cute. how do you feel? >> i feel good. it's different. my hair never felt this way before. so it's awesome. >> what did you think when you saw all that long hair surrounding you. >> i didn't see the long hair surrounding me. i just felt it coming off my head. >> i'm going to show you on my phone. >> oh. >> what do you think? >> it's awesome. >> do you like it. >> you're working it. >> it's awesome. i love it. it's different.

>> it's really cute. >> yeah, i'm just shocked. >> you mean you didn't wake up this morning thinking i'm going to chop my hair off on national tv. >> not at all. >> you were a great sport. we appreciate it. you look great. i think we have another young lady off our plaza. >> everyone is doing it. do you know who you look like? natalie morales. >> it's the pixie. i decided to go blonde. >> and you did it quickly. in the space of four minutes. >> eugene is amazing like that. >> you look great. >> you look awesome. i love it. >> thanks so much. coming up next, what this crowd has been waiting for, the pixie cut yes, but flo rida live on our toyota summer concert stage coming up.

>> the toyota concert series on today brought to you by toyota. >> he has sold 80 million singles worldwide and he is

frankly part of the family around here. we're delighted to welcome back to our toyota summer concert stage, mr. flo rida. ♪ hey i heard you were a wild one ♪ ♪ if i took you home itd be a home run. show me how you do. i want to shut down the club. with you ♪ ♪ hey i heard you like the wild ones ♪ ♪ oooh ♪ i like crazy foolish supd party going wild fist pumping music i might lose it blast to the roof that how we do it smoet i don't care the night she don't care ♪ ♪ said i got to be the man i'm the head of my band ♪

♪ shut them down in the club while the playboy does it and y'all get louisiana ♪ ♪ club shuts down a hundred super model ♪ ♪ hey i heard you were a wild one oooh ♪ ♪ if i took you home it' d be a home run ♪ ♪ show me how you do ♪ i wanna shut down the club with you ♪ ♪ hey i heard you like the wild ones ♪ ♪ oooh ♪ party rocker foot-show stopper. number one club popper ♪ ♪ got a hang over like too much vodka ♪ ♪ so cool. no doubt by tend of the night got the clothes coming off till i make that move ♪ ♪ all black shades when the sun

come through ♪ ♪ what happens to the body it's a private show ♪ ♪ stays right here private ♪ i like them untamed don't tell me how pain ♪ ♪ hey i heard you were a wild one ♪ ♪ oooh ♪ if i took you home itd be a home run ♪ ♪ show me how you do ♪ i want to shut down the club with you ♪ ♪ hey i heard you like the wild ones ♪ ♪ oooh ♪ i am a wild one break me in ♪ saddle me up and let's begin ♪ i am a wild one tame me now ♪ running with wolfes and i'm on the prowl ♪ ♪ show you another side of me

♪ a side you would never thought you would see ♪ ♪ tear up that body dominate you until you've had enough ♪ ♪ i hear you like the wild stuff ♪ ♪ hey i heard you were a wild one ♪ ♪ oooh ♪ hey i heard you like the wild ones ♪ ♪ oooh >> much more music from flo rida in a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc. male narrator: male narrator: commemorate the war of 1812 bicentennial and join commemorate the war of 1812 our traveling celebration as the chesapeake campaign visits town festivals up and down our shores. visit starspangled200.com. presented by at&t. maryland. land of discovery.

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burning up the charts fresh off the success of his album "wild ones." he was one of our favorites and was kind enough to scramble for us and be on the plaza. welcome back it's great to see you. >> it's great. the fans le you. life of the party like myself. >> tell me about the jesus piece. i can't take my eyes off of it. >> it's the signs of success. i put god first with everything i do. >> savannah your wedding is coming up. that might look good with your gown. >> i registered for that. it's perfect. >> good luck with that. >> you have a new record coming. the single is out. it's already a hit. i saw the video this morning. can we talk? it's an ode to the female behind. >> south beach, you know, you see nice bikinis and young bums everywhere you go. >> the term was bubble yum bums. >> shakespeare wrote that,

didn't he? such huge success. 80 million singles worldwide and now you're back in the studio working on a new project. >> yeah, october it will be out. make sure you get can't believe it on itunes now and we'll have the album for you soon. >> are you glad we brought the florida weather for you. it's steamy today. >> it's all good. i love the sunshine. >> we love you. take it away. [ music playing ] ♪ it ain't a secret ♪ baby turn around ♪ i want to see it try to see it got to see it. i want to see that ♪ ♪ got self-around one like

serena, that's okay. cause i love my stereotypes. my girls in tools ♪ ♪ that maximum exposure know what i want to do ♪ ♪ telling all the girls all around the world my last name must be robin ♪ ♪ my my my my vanilla ciderelaa love it when i tell her drop it ♪ ♪ it ain't a secret. baby turn around. i want to see it. try to see it. got to see it. ♪ ♪ [ music playing ]

♪ she look good. she so bad ♪ ♪ she pick it up, drop it down. [ music playing ] ♪ ♪ i can't believe it. white girl got -- i want to see it ♪ ♪ i can't believe it. white girl got to dance i got to see it ♪ ♪ i want to see it ♪ i can't believe it ♪ white girl got the dance ♪ i want to see it

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[ music playing ] ♪ ♪ you just put your lips together and you come real close ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ i'm betting you like people and i'm betting you love freak mode and i'm betting you like girls that give love to girls ♪ ♪ i bet you i'm guilty your honor and that's just how we live in my genere ♪ ♪ try to put it on ya

♪ bet your lips spin back around corner ♪ ♪ slow it down baby take a little longer ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby let me me know ♪ ♪ girl i'm going to show you how to do it and we start real slow ♪ ♪ you just put your lips together and you come real close ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ whistle baby, my whistle ready to blow ♪ ♪ don't leave a note ♪ so amusing, now you make a whistle with the music ♪ ♪ hope you ain't got no issue, you can do it ♪ ♪ give me the perfect pitch you never lose it ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby,

whistle baby, let me know ♪ ♪ girl i'm going to show you how to do it and we start real slow ♪ ♪ you can put your lips together and you come real close ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ whistle baby, whistle baby. let me hear you say whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ ♪ girl you can twerk it let me see you whistle while you work it ♪ ♪ i love how you drop it, drop it, drop it on me ♪ ♪ now let that whistle blow-oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby, let me know ♪ ♪ girl i'm going to show you how

to do it and we start real slow ♪ ♪ you can put your lips together and you come real close ♪ ♪ can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ you can blow my whistle baby ♪ you can blow my whistle baby ♪ you can blow my whistle baby ♪ >> flo rida. thank you. we're back with much more music a friday morning but first a check of your local news and weather.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> happy friday. i am sarah caldwell. this sunday, maryland shoppers will receive a bit of a tax break at the register. tax-free week -- maryland shoppers won't have to pay the six percent sales tax on clothes and shoes that cost less than $100. officials hoped to kick off the fourth straight year of tax-free week. it begins this sunday, august 11 and runs through next saturday,

>> so far so good. hasn't been a whole lot of rain

for the morning commute. we will get through most of the morning ok. scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely in the afternoon. warm and humid, high jupiters between 84 and 89.

from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales and willie geist, live from studio 1-a in

rockefeller plaza. >> >> on this friday morning, august 9th, 2013 as you take a look out on our plaza where flo rida just wrapped up wild ones. he brings it every time. works hard up there. more music coming up later on. >> it's a little close out there. he worked up a sweat. >> it's sticky. >> i didn't realize the girls, the t-shirts were risque along with other things. >> he's got the one song we just heard about, the bubble yum bum. >> how does that go? remind me? >> you were fascinated by the back up dancers. >> some of them have double bubble. >> do tell. >> what do you mean by that? >> a lot of women -- >> you're what?

>> women work really hard for that. >> for the hubba bubba. you would like that is what you're saying? >> yes. >> interestingly enough your husband's name is bazooka joe. >> want to talk about something else. >> you're a shade of red right now. >> i'm so many shades of red right now. >> let's talk about the lottery winners shall we? >> 16 workers from a county maintenance garage in ocean county new jersey won one of the three winning tickets in the $448 million powerball jackpot. they're all going to split it. bosses say they actually showed up for work yesterday. can you believe that? >> if you were the 17th guy who didn't go in? you wouldn't show up to work. >> sorry. >> nobody ever wins those things. >> wow, that really burns. >> wow. well, hopefully it's all of them and it's a group thing. >> we really hope so.

the director there, their boss couldn't be more happy for them. they're a group of wonderful hard working people. >> that's what he's hoping. hoping they all stay. >> really hard working. >> where is everybody? >> i hope he gets some of the earnings now. >> no. >> no, he's the boss. >> you think he's getting anything? >> did he put in money for it? >> i don't think so. >> meanwhile in minnesota paul white was the first winner to claim his portion of wednesday's jackpot. the holder of the third ticket also from new jersey has not yet come forward. i like this -- this guy was good. he said i have two kids, i worry about college. i worry about taking care of their healthcare. he said and all of those just went away with one purchase of a ticket. >> that's perfect. he's smart. goes in first and gets his money up front because if something happens, you know, he's got his. >> yeah. his girlfriend was his boss so i guess not so much anymore. now the