war ii veteran what is are aging and raise private money to fly them to the world war ii memorial. many of them had never seen it before. so yesterday, a group from mississippi, they fly in and this has been planned for months and they arrive in washington and get off the plane to find it shuttered. so what do they do? they open the barricades and go in and see the memorial that's dedicated to them. they would not be denied. >> that's right. serving in italy and they served our country with honor and deserve better. >> what is beautiful about this particular story is just sort of the law enforcement chose to take a higher ground and -- >> right. >> and it also shows a little bit of like in a weird way lack of respect for what's happening with this shutdown but also they were saying they were bigger and they were honoring the very people who are the most affected by this shutdown. >> there was one part police officer that said do you think i

was going to get in between those guys and their memorial. he says you can't be here and then turned and looked the other way. >> that's what you want. >> a lot of frustration. a lot of people that planned weddings at the monument. >> #dearcongress, our hashtag has blown up. but at least some of the late night comedians have been able. >> there's always some funny. >> let's take a look at jay leno. >> i'm not even worried about the government shutdown. i'm more worried about it starting back up. let me tell you something, let me tell you something, i am glad the government is shutdown. for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and send e-mails without anybody listening in. this is fantastic. you can talk to who ever you want. >> i didn't think of that. that's a good point. >> there you go. >> there is a silver lining. the nsa not being able to track our phone calls. >> talk about this next thing because it's hysterical. >> a lot of parodies.

>> in the buzz feed era you know there was going to be it. this is a wrecking ball parody. john boehner as miley cyrus [ music playing ] >> now, that video goes on and you see things you don't want to see. >> yes it does. >> but his tan is so even. >> he has never looked better -- he's been working out a lot. >> he's gluten free. >> i wonder if he's hiding that under the grey suits. meanwhile, #shutdown pick up lines was trending on tuesday. one woman tweeted the government might be closed but my heart is open. >> this is better.

>> eric tweeted the library is closing, mind if i check you out instead? >> i like the way you read it. >> i like that you had that little -- you did the eyebrow thing. >> how you doing? >> how you doing? >> shutdown pick up lines. >> you've got some to add, feel free. >> hashtag and @today show. >> we shared a cozy moment yesterday in a canoe. >> it kept getting better. once you settled in you didn't move. >> i found my happy place. >> yes, there's a lot of spooning going on in there. >> a lot of carressing. >> i wasn't going to fit in there to begin this and you decided to throw my legs over the side and you get in there and look at this.

we just cuddled. >> some reaction there in the orange room and let's see what people are saying. >> but nick was playing along. >> you fixed your tie because you were in for the long haul. >> that was my oliver hardy move. >> a little bit of that. >> and right after that we went to central park and we just rowed. >> we did. >> a little picnic lunch? >> we fed the ducks. >> we're going to the orange room? anyone in the orange room? there's no one there. >> carson is gone. he took off. >> al roker, cradled by willie geist. >> i like the gentle of men today. >> i like cuddled, cradles, nestled. go down a little. there's a new one coming in. >> this is going to be great when we get there. stop what you're doing and watch nick offerman on the "today" show. al roker's canoe clumsiness is a

good one. >> how funny is nick by the way? >> he's good. >> just plays it straight. >> he's so good. >> i like to know what he's really like at home. >> that's him. >> that's him. it's not an act. he's just a really dry, really great funny person. >> nick, come back any time. >> with your canoe. >> let's get a look of the weather. >> let's show you what we've got going today. as you can see we have a lot of wet weather down through the gulf coast and we're looking at lots of sunshine in the east. central part of the country not looking too bad. let's move ahead and show you, we looking at columbar bien lake colorado. the sun coming up over the mountains there curtesy of earth cam, thank you so much. for today, more like sunny and a big storm coming in and that will make it's way into the >> good morning.g our first

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back now with more of today's take and we're talking awkward situations. this list from buzz feed is just so perfect. >> priceless. >> they call it 19 every day situations that are impossibly difficult for the socially awkward for or anybody. >> they make you socially awkward. >> is it a study out of england? >> aren't they all. >> where is it from? is it from america? >> yes. >> buzz feed america. >> buzz feed america. american studies. >> yes. >> made in america. >> here's our first one. getting to the restaurant, the movie theater or concert before the rest of your friends. >> i don't mind that. >> i like it. >> you sit at the table or the bar with your iphone and don't know what to do with yourself. how long are you waiting? ten minutes? >> it's not good if you're getting hit on, though. >> this one i think is good. deciding whether you're shaking hands, hugging or both. so howell do you know it one

person goes in and the guys do that kind of like -- >> the bro hug. >> i like where you don't have your area touch. people hug like this. their butts are out. like really? >> i did this once, though. i was doing the queen latifa show a long time ago and her stage manager came up to me and she was like brooke, how are you and she goes like this to me and i was like she thinks i'm cool and i was like -- i was like, oh, god. i'm like hey i'm cool to like, wow. >> didn't you do that back. >> i was like -- >> you blew it up after. >> after. like i did the blow up after which is so pathetic. >> you blow up a handshake. >> boom goes to dynamite. >> that wouldn't work so well. >> but that's me. >> we had orlando bloom here yesterday i went to shake his hand and he went in for the lean. >> but then you went in for

the -- >> but he's british. he went in for the double kiss and i was like, oh, yeah and in brazil it's three. >> which side do you start on. >> yeah, that's confusing. and sometimes you just end up -- >> in australia it's counter clockwise. >> that's when it's really awkward. >> yes. >> you don't know where to go. hugging is hard too now because more people hug than they used to. >> i almost broke your nose the other day because i went to go hug and i was like -- >> we went same side. >> we went same side. >> you're both tall people. >> my dad was a big hugger and then i'd go to other family members, like other uncles and they're like hey, hey. >> easy. >> the distance. >> there's the pat too. >> it's like we're burping you. >> it's a good -- >> there's also another thing and it's an age thing if you

meet a guy you get here it doesn't end here and it comes here and you do that guy -- no, that's something else. >> that's three stooges. pick two. >> that's not cool. >> i ought to be more careful. >> see how hip he is. >> luckily we're in the city. >> he can go on all day. >> and you think i'm trying too hard? really? >> it's the stooges. >> all you did was vacuum the lint out of the dryer. >> give me your best curly. >> this is for brooke and natalie. >> making small talk with hair stylists. >> i don't think it's small talk. i have gotten some of the best information out of them. >> see i go and i just want to fall asleep. and i just -- people playing with my hair. i don't want anything else. >> well. >> what else?

>> what else do you like? >> see, her true colors are coming out. >> oh, you have no idea. this good girl thing, no. >> you want to go up there you go in with a pistol and a whip. >> there is a darkness here. there is a real darkness. >> not true. >> i love it. >> all right. >> she likes it though. >> i do. i appreciate it. >> there it is. >> we got each other. >> coming up, all the news you need before you head out for the day. >> and from the anticipated new gambling thriller "runner runner" one of our favorites starring along side justin timberlake and ben they say no good deed goes unpunished. and some days it seems true. but we keep on doing the things that matter&

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mid-80s these afternoon. record high is 89. at 6:47.t is it will stay warm the next couple of days. the chance for rain goes up on the temperatures will go down.

welcome back to today on this wednesday morning, october 2nd, 2013. great day outside here in new york city. i'm willie geist along with al, natalie and brooke.

and we're going to do a little eating and driving. >> okay. >> kfc has these new take out kfc to go little tumblers that fit inside your car's cup holder. >> they're go cups. >> they're go cups. >> i think we should forget this and just do the drive-thru and hang your head out and open your mouth and have them -- >> cut out the middleman. >> cut out the middleman. >> is this a distraction at all? eating as you drive? >> we all do. >> it's probably cleaner. how many times do you spill stuff all over the console. >> right. >> i just love, the cup holders are great real estate in the car. how often is it holding a drink? it's holding my cell phone and my keys and everything else. >> now that there's a shutdown we don't have any food inspection. >> so god knows what we're eating. >> whatever is in there. >> i guess there's some fear that it could be dangerous but if you put this in, it's finger foods, fries, it's a chicken tender. >> one handed. >> and there's a mini bun.

it's a whole mini sandwich. >> are we encouraging people to drive and eat, though. >> i don't think we're encouraging. >> people are doing it anyway. >> it's not like they're not doing it. >> i don't know. i'm not sure how i feel. >> it's delightful by the way. the contents are incredible. al, you do the weather while we eat. >> that's right. now i'm going to get grease all over it. >> wipe it on my sleeve. >> no i'm not going to do that. we're watching the tropics right now. we have a system developing and we're going to keep an eye on this. while it may not become a full blown tropical storm we are expecting to see this thing develop. national hurricane center giving it a 50% chance of development and so from the florida panhandle to the louisiana-texas border we have to keep an eye on this over the weekend. no matter what happens it's going to bring a lot of rain. if it does become a tropical system it would be karen. as we look today, unbelievable weather again along the east coast. more rain. we're looking for a low pressure

system that's really developed right at the mouth of the gulf coast. that's going to be pushing it's way up. we're going to be looking at more rain. we've got this low pressure system here in the pacific northwest. this thing is going to be a real, big weather maker as it comes across the country. tomorrow, we're going to be looking at snow in the mid-section of the country and over the next couple of days, severe weather through the upper >> good morning. it will be another warm and dry day today. we expect temperatures in the mid 80 that's your latest weather.

>> all right. well, you have been seeing a lot of anthony mackey these days. lots of movies in the works and he is starring along side ben afleck and justin timberlake in "runner runner." we all got to see it. >> he place an fbi agent trying to bring down the house. >> my name is eric and you work for me now. >> can we just back up for a second here? >> don't play for me stupid. if you were my guy i could make it all go away. wipe the slate clean but if the sun comes up tomorrow and you're still here and you're not my guy you can forget about working on wall street or any legitimate casino. i can say i'm doing it because it's my job, but the truth is, i'm doing it because i enjoy it. >> oh. >> and anthony. >> wasn't that chilling. >> yeah. >> before we get into the movie, what's going on here. >> nothing. >> isn't there a little history? >> no, no. >> i practically begged him to ask me out and he didn't.

you didn't even get it. >> that's not true. >> you didn't even get it. >> what happened. >> that's not true. >> what happened, anthony? >> i was out -- we were out and having dinner and i saw this lady across the restaurant and i was like that ain't on the menu so i run over there -- >> ain't no cup holder for that. >> and she shot me down. >> she said you're so cute. >> that's so not it. anyway -- >> if a woman calls you cute, you know it's over. >> yeah. >> i didn't call him cute. i said hot. >> i said hot. i didn't say cute. anyway, let's talk about your amazing career. >> yeah. i'm sorry. i'm playing a homeless guy in this movie i'm doing. i'm trying to grow out my ungrowable beard. >> it's a little patchy right there. >> i can't grow facial hair. i'm working on it. >> you're pulling it off. >> you don't have folicual

fruition. >> it's on point. >> he's not a clean fbi. >> when it comes to the law sometimes you have to be dirty. >> was that the way it was originally written? >> no he was a good guy and i said i want to crack some skulls. justin timberlake and ben afleck are kind of the two luckiest dudes in the world. they both have great wives and they're rich. justin has a hit album and ben has a hit everything. so i'm like i'm going to have to smack somebody around. >> this character has been living down there for a long time. he would have had to have compromised his sort of integrity. >> smacking people around. you go down to the caribbean and everything gets compromised every now and then. >> so you like to play the villain. >> i do. bad guys are a lot of fun. when you play the good guys, you know what they're going to do. at the end of the movie you end up being some version of ryans

gosling. >> which is not a bad thing. >> but you don't get kfc. >> in a cup. we should give some background without too much of the movie. it's an online gambling ring and it moves down to costa rica and that's where you come in. >> a lot is illegal in the states so a lot are offshore. central or south america and they sweep money. it's a billion dollar business out of the u.s. so justin timberlake plays this young college student trying to pay for school by gambling. he realizes that things aren't right and he goes down to tell ben afleck that he's going to take him down. i've been trying to take him down for awhile so i use justin timberlake to my own devices. >> yes you do. >> what's it like working with justin timberlake and ben? >> it was great. justin works so hard you want him to succeed. he's just a really, good, cool southern guy and we kind of bonded and related on that and ben is ben. you know, you're like, man,

you're awesome. you win poker tournaments. >> as are you. >> yes, he's batman and i'm -- >> you're falcon. >> he's falcon. there's nothing he cannot do. >> i like smacking people. >> zee, i would have done that. >> no. >> too pretty. >> getting paid for it. >> there you go. how about that. >> thank you. so many movies, he's got like five movies out. >> next week have this amazing little movie coming out called the inevitable defeat and i read it and i was blown away. it's about these two kids that overcome every obstacle in their lives to try and survive and you never realize how hard it is not only for inner city youth but youth without the proper parenting and when i read it, it blew me away. it's a movie i'm proud of. >> i can't wait to see that and can't wait to see runner runner. >> it opens this friday. >> yeah, coming up, we're going to the movies. >> get your cup.

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patty. >> yours? >> snickers or boring, i like dark chocolate. >> we'll give them a healthy make over to cut calories. >> joy bauer is here and she's going to show us how to do it. >> admittedly the bauer family has a sweet tooth. i'm always getting lower calorie versions of the candy bars we love. >> let's start with the peanut buttercup. >> for two, a standard pack, it's 210 calories. the easiest thing you can do is take a square of dark chocolate, a teaspoon of peanut butter, put it right on top and either enjoy it room temperature or do what i do. >> you have to try the peanut buttercup first. >> you're saving how many calories? >> for two of these it's 160 calories versus 210 and it's good for you and delicious in

the freezer. >> it doesn't like melt in your mouth. >> it has a different mouth feel. >> but a nice compromise, right. >> sure, there you go. >> nestle crunch. >> it's 220 calories. i'll take 6 ounces of the dark chocolate chips. ly melt it over the stove or in the microwave and then i'll add one cup of puffed brown rice gluten free cereal. mix it just like this. get it nice and coated and then pour it over a baking sheet that has parchment paper. spread it out -- >> let's believe this is spread out. >> put it in the fringe or freezer -- >> in the fringe for 30 minutes and i either break it up in pieces of dark or you can cut it into perfect little healthy nestle's crunch. >> what's the calories. >> two of these is only 100 calories. >> that's good. >> nice bargain. >> yeah. >> delicious. i'm going to save that for

later. >> gluten-free and healthy. >> why are you laughing there? >> they want our candy. >> cookies and cream. this original is 220 calories. now, instead of trying to recreate the same texture i'm just going after mimicking the flavor combination. i'm going to start with a vanilla creamy nonfat yogurt with protein and i'll sprinkle on the cookies. >> these are chocolate teddy grams. >> this is great. kids like this. >> this is only 160 calories and the nice part is it's loaded with protein so it helps to fill you up. it increases your attention. >> that's better to me than the chocolate bar. >> that's a two thumbs up. >> but i love yogurt. >> junior mints. a regular pack is 220. >> you love these. >> think about this, when you go to the movies, that huge portion is 595 calories.

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representing kim kardashian and ryan reynolds and angelina jolie. >> her book is how to divorce without destroying your family or bankrupting yourself. >> good morning. >> you say something interesting, given all you have seen, you are divorced yourself. you have two children, that you say everybody should get married once. why do you say that? >> i just think people say are you antimarriage? i like a good wedding. i like marriages and i feel like if that's part of your experience it's nice for people to have that experience. >> but just do it once. don't go back in for more. >> that's what worked for me. >> but you also talked about marriage as being a contract. >> yes. >> and divorce being a business. >> yes. a business transaction. too many people enter into their marriages without realizing what they're doing is entering into a contract and by the time they get to a divorce attorney they're not thinking about it as a business transaction. if you can take the emotions out of it, which is hard to do and

handle it like a business transaction you'll save money and anxiety. >> because almost allstates are no fault states, you don't want to hear who did what. let's just figure out what we're going to do and divide it. >> judges don't want to hear who did what. they don't have time. it's not worth it. you have grievances you need to air. it shouldn't happen within the divorce proceeding. >> the rules in your book apply to people like us as well. what's the biggest mistake you see people do heading into a divorce. >> being too emotional about it. not being kind to their spouse. not treating others the way you would like to be treated. >> and also -- now what happens if you can't afford to get a divorce. you were saying there's many different models of the family. >> absolutely. i think communication is so important. i think if you have a family and for whatever reason in this economic climate you can't afford to get divorced or move out of the house into two separate residences as long as there's communication and you have boundaries established,

it's not going to be fun but it doesn't need to be war of the roses which didn't go down so well. >> i am divorced and mine was very quick and relatively easy but it was an interesting thing because he did say to me be happy we don't have children or i would not have made this easy for you. there in lies why i'm not there anymore. but the idea of once children come in, there's a whole other level to it. the arguing -- these are the people that become the most affected when we start making it about ourselves instead of the children. >> absolutely. that's why you really need to remember that you are a family and even if you're not a family that's living under the same roof anymore you're still family and your children still depend on you and their other parent to put them first. >> we have a lot of stories for you to tell. maybe that's another book. >> laura, thank you so much. good tips for people. >> thank you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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wilson. and from the new drama, "ironside," blair underwood. plus, wild animals take over the "live" studio courtesy of peter krause. all next on "live" -- peter gros. ll next on "live." cheers and applause] now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: aww, thank you. thank you, handsome. oh, my gosh. that was fun. madonna on my birthday, october 2. [cheers and applause] thank you!

let's just get this out of the way. let me just show off my birthday present from mr. strahan. [applause] and inside the golden heel is chocolate. [laughter] michael: how do you like your present? kelly: you are the best. it obviously took me leaving pictures of this outside of your dressing room every day -- [laughter] thank you. michael: well, you're welcome. happy 21st birthday, kelly ripa, everybody. [cheers and applause] kelly: thank you. here's what i realize today. this is very funny. a few months back, we did this story about how the harbor -- harvard medical association came out with a stud that a woman reaches her physical beauty peak at the age of 23. and i realize that i am celebrating my 20th anniversary of being beyond that time. [laughter] so, who cares? basically, i don't care anymore.

so, that's it. michael: no, i don't believe that. kelly: that's what the study says. michael: that's like one of the study where someone gave money to the grant. i don't believe that at all. because i think you -- women are more mature. i think the more mature the woman, the sexier the woman, the better the woman. [applause] yeah. kelly: you are -- you are so full of it. [laughter] you are the best, though. you made me so happy this morning, thank you. michael: well, nothing better to start off your birthday than a gift, right? >> thank you very much. my husband and i misdemeanor concern concern kids -- i was spoiled rotten. it was so, so nice. michael: did someone make you breakfast? > they had birthday scones and muffins they had candles in them.

it was really sweet. and the kids all made me a card but i always get a special feeling when joaquin makes me a card because he's dysgraphic. for him to make a card takes quite a lot of time. it was really, really special. so it was just a great -- and then i came in and the shoes. i mean, forget it. i feel like the queen of sheba. [laughter] [applause] michael: oh, so, other than that what, other plans you got? dinner tonight? maybe a sexy night with mark? i don't know. kelly: after all of the sporting -- all of my kids have sporting events. i don't understand. michael: can't they cancel that for your birthday? kelly: they did not. the kids were like you have to go to work on your birthday? and i'm like it's not a national holiday. [laughter] it's not. yeah, no, so we'll be going to sporting events for my birthday. but i don't mind it. michael: that's so sexy. kelly: it takes the pressure off. michael: yeah. well,