of the facts as it pertained to this matter. much which was spresd and i was denied my attorneys could not present during my criminal trial and i was not given a fair chance to defend myself nor them to defend me based upon rulings of the court. i was very i was very relieved the world heard -- >> you said you were relieved. did you feel at all vindicated, dr. murray? >> ah, i have felt relieved that the lord has always been with me. and i believe that this was part of my recognition that you had

to wait on the lord, you had to know that he is there for you and he is going to deliver his justice on his side. >> did you continue watching after the verdict? did you see the press conference where members of the jury said, one said you quote did something you shouldn't have done and you were quote unethical? did you hear that? and how do you react to it? >> i don't think that was ever said that i was unethical. i think what the jurors said is that ethics were the issue, conclusion may be different and this is not about ethics. this is about the jacksons bringing a lawsuit, which i felt from the beginning was frivolous. they brought a lawsuit that indicated that something was done and a lot of claims that were made that were clearly incorrect and i knew that for a

fact. so in is not about ethics. this is about a lawsuit that was frivolous and i think the jurors certainly should keep their comments as they were confineed.n right there, when you say i am unethical. that was speculation on his part because he has nod heard the other side of the story. >> hang on for one second, dr. murray. i want to bring miss watts in here. miss watt, anything in the trial going to impact your ability to appeal the manslaughter conviction is that dr. murray has on his record? >> it won't help the appeal at all t. appeal is based solely on the criminal trial. the record from. all right. i'm sorry to make that such a short answer, dr. murray, let me go back to you. you will be released from jail in a matter of weeks. you can't practice medicine right now because your licenses have either been revoked or suspended. what do you plan to do? >> well, my license is not revoked, first of all.

and first after oul all, when i get out of jail, i want to, you know, be able to embrace my. i want to be able to reunite with my family and close friends and all of the angels placed in my life that has given me support and encouraged me through this whole support process. i will restart my life and, god willing, i will be a mod toll show the world that despite adversity and when bad things happen to good people, they can restart their life and succeed. >> well, and dr. murray, we will look forward to talking to you, hopefully, when you get out of ja el in a couple of weeks, miss watts, i thank you for joining us as well. >> i look forward to speaking to you. i like to have a conversation in the entire amount. >> we lock forward to it. >> the government shutdown entering its third day the blame game between democrats and republicans is not letting up even after a key meeting late yesterday.

nbc white house correspondent peter alexander has the latest. what can you tell us? >> hi, savannah, we will have a warning about how this shutdown is now also threatening national security. but any hopes that this session would be resolved by putting the president and republican and democratic leaders behind closed doors at the white house to hash things out. they were quickly shut down yesterday, themselves. at this point it appears this shutdown is no closer to an end. with the paralyzing government shutdown in its third day, no signs of a break through, even after congressional leaders have an hour with the president wednesday night. their first gathering since the shutdown began. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight he will not negotiate. >> we are where we are. we are not going to play, we are through playing these little games. >> reporter: the stalemate could last until the 17th when the nation faces default, an economic catastrophe, if

congress doesn't raise its borrowing limit. in an interview on cnbc, president obama blamed republicans insistingthere is reasons for concern. >> when you have a situation if which a faction is willing, potentially, to default on u.s. government obligations, then we are in trouble. >> reporter: the shutdown isn't just impacting national parks but national security, too. the man who oversees the cia and nsa telling congress 70% of the country's intelligence an liths have been ordered to stay home. >> the serious damages, our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and as citizens. >> reporter: at the fbi's headquarters, 50% were furloughed. at the national institutes of health with three-quarters of the staff off the job, about 36 people could be shut out of cancer trials this week alone. d.c., the war memorial was

closed to all other tourists. they confronted a park ranger demanding she opened it to all. >> park service should by a shamed of themselves. >> reporter: a federal furloughed worker confronted the person. >> this woman is doing her job. i am a 30 year veteran. it's because the government won't do its job and pass a budget. >> reporter: the cost of the economy, of course, significant, too. by one estimate $300 million a day in lost productivity, better put, about a half million since i began this report savannah, matt. >> natalie has breaking news on a ship wreck. >> good morning, guys, rescue efforts under way after a boat carrying mieg granute ag migran.

>> good morning. there is a desperate attempt off the island in italy's southern-most point. italian officials say it sank as it approached the coast. there are reports that a fire broke out on board, among the first responders to the scene were pleasure boats that heard the screams of people aboard the boat that was on fire. in fact, there are reports this morning that people threw themselves into the water to try to get away from the flames. now, italian coastguard officials tell nbc news this boat was 65-feet long and carried as many as 500 people t. death toll as you said 94 at this hour. 161 rescued but as many as 300 people are still missing. now, pope frances has made the plight of immigrants a legacy.

in july, his first trip was there. he celebrated mass to commemorate the lives of the lost by people who are trying to find a better life. in a message poftd sted on twit this morning, pope frances says the world should pray for those who died in a tragic ship wreck. at a speech at the sat can he says the would should by a shamed by what happened today. >> thanks so much. at least eight people were killed, 14 others injured after a church bus crashed into a tractor-trailer and an suv in tennessee shutting down a major interstate for hours. nbc has more on this. janet, good morning. >> reporter: hi, natalie. this was a horrific accident. park authorities believe by a tire that blew out. now, in addition to the eight people who died from three separate vehicles, 14 are here at the hospital this morning. two of them are critical.

what should have been homecoming kaim became an agonizing wait, family and friends waiting for news, whether their loved ones survived a deadly crash near knoxville. >> we do appreciate all the prayers that has been given. this is a time of difficulty. >> reporter: the church bus was headed east on interstate 40 when the left front tire blew. they say it veered over a median going directly no oncoming traffic. hitting an suv and burst into a tractor-trailer. the highway was soon closed in both directions. >> we will look at the braking system and make sure the bus was operating properly. we will look at other possible mechanical failures that could have led to this incident. >> reporter: at least eight people are dead, including six seniors on the bus, return frack

a gathering in gat lynn burg, tennessee. 14 others were rushed to the university of tennessee medical center. >> this is a very active investigation. it will be ongoing several days. our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and to those who are injured. >> reporter: interstate 40, a major to ro fair, has reopened this morning. it is still a waiting game for family and friends on the bus. they are awaiting official notification on their loved ones. natalie, back to you. >> our thoughts and prayers are with tell. thanks so much. on a bit of a lighter note, a washington state man's sweet tooth landed him behind bars. this is caught on camera. it happened in the lobby of a county courthouse. you see a woman carrying a pink box. in sit a birthday cake. after she sat it on the table, the hungry man zeroed in. moments later returned back for more for seconds. deputies were not amused. they tackled the man before he

could go back for thirds t. sweet tooth man was charged with theft. he made it convenient, he was right there in the courthouse. >> exactly. >> natalie, thank you so much. '80s out here in the east. >> we are dealing with two big stories, not only do we have winter, but we are also talking about a possible tropical storm in today's top weather. we've got the possibility of tropical storm karen coming out there. right now, this storm is currently right at the yucatan peninsula. it's going to eventually make its way in there. then up into the gulf, anywhere from new orleans to the panhandle of florida, we are keeping an eye on that. plus, we got a big winter storm starting to brew. this thing is going to be bringing a major winter storm into the plains. you can already see this stuff starting to fire up. ears what we look for over the next 24 hours, you will see this

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the average high temperature today is 71 degrees. we will be about that mark. a mix of clouds and . >> and that's your latest weather. despite the shutdown, international concerns are not put on hold. nbc's correspondent andrea mitchell sat down with israeli prime minister benjamin net na

n netanyahu. >> reporter: why not give this man a chance? >> are you kidding? they toss out this regime. these people the israeli people the majority of them are actually pro western. but they don't have that. they are governed by ayatollito khomenei. he has a cult. it's aggressive. he talks about sournlg of terrorism. he long conducts as we speak now terrorist operations in dozens of countries. he speaks of the tragedy if syria. eastern's forces help us at perpetrating the massacre of tens of to yous of men, women and children as the we speak. it's one thing to say one thing and another of what they do. i look at what they do, not what they say. >> was eight mistake for president obama to call him? >> i don't think the call is the essential thing. the essential thing is the substance. what happened in the negotiations? i think we don't let eastern get away with it. >> reporter: doesn't this

diplomacy make it more difficult for israel? the rest of the world is saying h hoo-rah, iran is changing. >> i talk to people. people are not that gullible. in fact, they're not that gullible. they're not foolish. >> do you trust the president, president obama to stand by you? >> i believe the president will stand, we have a common goal to prevent iran. he said important things. he said it's not words alone, even words are not enough. it has to be meaningful action. we are talking. >> reporter: john kerry responded today to netanahu's comments. >> andrea mitchell in washington. thank you very much. why don't we find out what's on mr. daily's mind this morning?

>> it's orange. >> it's literally the orange room is going aplays, just based on that piece five minutes ago, peter alexander's piece, talking about the congressman of texas being confrontational with that park worker. we set up a hashtag for you. i think that piece struck a nerve. we have got an ton of activity on. that let me show you that moment again in case you missed this. >> this woman is doing her job, just like me, i'm a 30-year federal veteran. i'm out of work. it's the congress, it's the government won't do its job and pass the budget. >> tell us your thoughts. they're coming in hot and heavy. do you scold a park ranger for doing her job, which congress is doing its job? congress, get your act together. that's from ellen. they shouldn't be used as props for posturing.

literally, dear corporation how dare one of uconn front a park ranger about her responsibilities? it's your fault she's furloughed. this is obviously skrooik striking a chord. let us know, corporation and weir we'll keep it going over here. >> i love that pillow, by the way. coming up, casey kason's children open up about their public fight and protests to see their daughter. his daughter says all she wants is to put a smile on his face. just ahead -- >> if you bring your a-game to everything at the same time, so something gives. >> that's america's new u.n. ambassador samantha power. she opens up about the difficult task of balancing her pressure-packed job and a young family, too. first, this is "today" on nbc. '.

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baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. baltimore city police are on the hunt for a new public enemy number one. christopher goode allegedly stabbed of the mother of his child 10 times with a butcher knife. investigators called him a violent predator with an extensive rap sheet. he has three warrants out for his arrest. one of those incidents include holding his estranged wife hostage and beating her pretty should be considered armed and dangerous. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> tracking a few accidents at this hour. on crain highway and veterans highway, watch for delays due to a crash in the glen burnie region. and washington boulevard, we have an accident. ellerslie avenue and 33rd street, crash in the city.

copper hill road, police activity going on there. southbound traffic is starting to build out of the northeast from white marsh to the beltway northeast. once you get onto the northeast side it will take you 12 minutes to get through the towson region. this is what it looks like in the live camera at 29 and 108. northbound and southbound traffic in good shape this summer. is going tole change for us weatherwise going into the weekend. warm and dry day today. just like yesterday we are in the upper 50s and low 60s. we will see a little more cloud cover today. partly cloudy, mixture of sunshine and clouds, warm and dry. seven-day forecast going into the weekend, 30% chance in for rain showers tomorrow. but mostly dry all the way through saturday, and warm. the chance for rain goes away sunday night and monitoring

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>> it's 7:30 on a thursday morning. october 3rd, the western island, a sunrise there.

up meir here in the northeast, we got a great people of joining us just after sunrise in new york city. i'm matt lauer, along with al roker and natalie morales and savannah guthrie. a lone tire is blamed for a deadly crash in tennessee, at least eight church people were killed in that accident. congressional leaders on that government shutdown last night produced no results. and a winter storm is poised to bring heavy rain to the northern rockies, up to 3-feet in some spots. straight ahead, an interview with the newest and youngest ever ambassador to the united nations, samantha power opposite up about the hard spots and a family and the things she has to give up for the president. miley cyrus opposite up about the impact of being hannah montana. >> she will be here for a live

interview. >> she will sit down for an interview as well. let's begin this half hour with a public feud involving a legend casey kasem and his family. they say they are not allowed to see him. >> hello again, welcome to american top 40. i'm casey kasem. >> his voice was a fixture on the radio for decades. >> i'm casey kasem. these are the most popular songs in the usa. >> reporter: now at 81-years-old, parkinson's disease has quieted his voice as his family feud goes louder. >> unfortunately, the disease is killing his body. it doesn't node to kill his spirit and soul. >> reporter: his three children say they is haven't been allowed to see him in three months. they say he wife jean married to him for more than 30 years won't return their messages. >> jean has just folded him up and kept him under raps.

nobody can get to him. >> reporter: desperate to be heard, this woke they mounted a protest outside his los angeles home and released this video of their public plea. >> we don't know where to go. hopefully, we will see our brother and our dad and our good friend again. >> reporter: so far, jean kasem has not discussed the situation or responded to messages from nbc news seek comments. tonight, we salute mo-town. >> her husband casey rose to stardom after lawning the top 40 countdown in the 1970s. he introduced the pipes for scooby doo shaggy. >> we just have roller skates. >> now his children and friends say it's their turn to be his voice. >> i don't want any of his money. i don't want his estate. i don't want anything. i simply want to see my father on a regular basis, give him a huck, hold his hand, give him a ma sarnlgs put a smile on his.

>> it's always sad when there is bad blood in the family, which is obviously there, at this time when someone is dyeing that you can't put aside that bad blood. >> we get a check of the weather with mr. roker. >> let's show you what we have going on. first of all, we talk about in between all this big storm coming. the winter storm. we've also got warm air ahead of it. in between those two systems the boundary layer, that's where we have severe weather fierpg up today. can you see it making its way from nebraska into iowa. that's where we have a risk of strong storms today, isolated tornadoes, strong wind gusts and hail t. rest of the country, we are looking at another gorgeous day. rain will be spreading into the great lakes. there is the mountain snow. we may have santa ana winds setting up in california. high fire windse >> good morning.

the temperatures might be a few degrees cooler than yesterday. the average high is 71. a mix of clouds and >> coming up at 8:00. we will find out if tropical storm karen has come to pass. >> all right. al. thanks very much. coming up next, our exklausive and revealing interview with the new u.n. ambassador samantha power. coming up at 8:15, howard stern's partner robin quiver's return from cancer and her ♪

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>> back at 7:39. any job can prove challenging, imagine if that job challenge was with interfarm leaders and balancing young. samantha power is the recent ambassador to united nations. i recently sat down with her here in new york to talk about fighting for peace around the world and at home. the first test for america's new u.n. ambassador came early. >> this is the largest chemical weapons attack in 25 years. >> to close a deal that would take the u.s. from the brink of military action in syria to a landmark plan to rid the country of its chemical weapons. >> you got the deal on syria. it does not have an automatic enforcement provision. so can you really say it's a resolution that has teeth that will bite? >> this is the first revolution that has ever required syria to do anything. russia has been taking it by the

hand. you know, putting it under its wing and shielding it from any international pressure of any kind. to your point, tow, we wrote into the revolution a series of benchpark what compleens would look like. >> if syria doesn't comply, do you think the u.s. has the right and obligation to act militarily. >> first of all, the president, we wouldn't be in this discussion of getting rid of syria's nuclear weapons without the threat of military force. syria is aware that threat exists. >> reporter: as for iran's new threat, caution is from the moderate sounding leader. >> given the rhetoric the president felt it was important to probe and to test and to listen and see is there anything new substantively offered here. i think that's our posture, skepticism. there is a diplomatic window, but it won't remain opened forever. >> reporter: diplomacy was not samantha power's first pursuit.

>> i think she won the pulitzer prize at the age of 15 or 16. >> reporter: the daughter of irish immigrants, she came to this country at 9. a graduate of yale. in her 20s, she went to bosnia a freelance journalist to document atrocity, winning a claim for her sharp pen, her book on genocide won the pulitzer. do you almost feel people are holding up that past life and say samantha power can't compromise. >> i think they're entitled to do that. what helps is they bring to me constantly things that sometimes in the bubble of government one doesn't necessarily get exposure to. when i was a writer or a columnist or a loud mouth pundit, i was very, at the end of the day, say i have spoken my peace. now, you are getting to have these discussions with the president of the united states the secretary of state. >> oh, look at that. >> reporter: but at home, these are the discussions. at 43, she is the mother of two

young. decklyn 4 and rian 1 with her husbandr husband a legal scholar. they live in the ambassador residence at the waldorf hotel. the dienging room now doubles as a baseball diamond. >> to the plate. >> is it difficult? is it harder than you thought it would be to be a mom, to two little kids and have this huge new job? zblets it . >> it's you bring your a-ga imto everything at the same, something gives, those who say nothing gives have mastered cloning i think. i can feel, even when we leave in the morning, just a level of clingingness, are you really coming home? the other day, he said, no more city council resolutions. >> reporter: that passes for normal in this new life. >> you want to read about syria? >> reporter: just like playing baseball with the president.

>> that's gone. >> reporter: or commuting to school in an armored car, followed by a 14-hour day with mom. i called some colleagues, here are words they used admireingly relentless. >> true. >> path logically honest. >> pathological in a lot of way, yes. >> when you have a issue with a dog with a bone. >> yes, that would, in the sense negotiations play to my strong suit. i never give up. >> reporter: power was teaching at harvard when a young then senator barak obama read her book and invited her to dinner. you offered to inbrand. >> i am a fanatic red sox fan. i had gotten a slice for the first time if years of seventeen tickets, which are impossible to get. at this dinner with him three hours in, i heard myself saying, why don't i move to washington and basically do whatever you'll have me do in your office. it was only when i left the dinner an hour or two later that i realize i was in effect giving

up my season tickets claim for this man. >> to say nothing of, weren't a harvard professor at that point? >> red sox tickets, come on, savannah. >> reporter: a die hard baseball fan, nothing could prepare power for the rough sports of politics. in the 2008 presidential race, she was banished from obama's campaign after she was quoted calling hillary clinton a monster. >> it was beyond searing, you lose your them per, are you in a campaign, things go back an forth. it completely broke my heart there is a fair amount of negativity heaped upon her that i find massively unfair and the idea that i could have contributed in some way to that narrative, it was terrible. so, yeah, i regretted it pretty much every day since. we work together effectively over issues the last four years. >> i know you apologized to her. i heard there were tears. >> ah, certainly, it was very

emotional for me and i was so grateful to be able to say that in person with something that i'm immensely grateful to her to give me that opportunity. >> here you are, u.n. ambassador, a job i imagine you scarcely could dream of when you came to this country as a little girl. is there some greater ambition or have you arrived in. >> oh, no, this is it, come on, i get to sit every day behind that placard that says usa, i couldn't have dreamed of anything like this. the world comes to you. nothing else, retirement after this. seriously. >> very cool. >> fascinating. >> she is fascinating. >> the youngest kids ever to live in the ambassador's residence at the waldorf hotel. nice hat. they came to this country wearing a stars and stripes tee-shirt. now she's ambassador. coming up, chelsea clinton's big baby announcement. it is not what you may think. carson is in the orange room

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>> miley cyrus is in our room for an interview. >> everybody has been talking a lot about miley, not just about that vma performance, in general, there are a high volume of miley chatter. the last time the do you meanry aired, it was the first time we got to hear from her. let take a look at that. >> i have never been like a normal person because i had to grow up like so quick because i had to do something that didn't feel like me nor so long. that's what makes me want to do things that always have to be cool. most people don't have like their kid photos put up and then

be like she's changed. i've never felt more who i am than right now. i think that's like coming into your 20s. you can watch that performance in the vmas. people can think it's a hot mess. it's so a strategic hot mess. i wanted to come out and do a raunchy sex show, i wouldn't be dressed as a bear. i don't pay attention to the negatives. how many times have we seen this play out in pop music, madonna has done it. britney's done it. anyone that performs, you want to make history. you will always make people talk. you might as well make them talk for two weeks rather than two seconds. >> a strategic hot mess. just a hot mess? what did you think? let me give you quickly how social media was abuzz. we will search mileyment you see the tweeths, well over a half a million, with a reach of potential impressions reached of social of almost 2 billion. let me zoom out here so you can

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>> this is wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell. >> tracking problems out there.

the left side is getting heavier by the minute due to an accident. broadway and hoffman street, watch for a fully involved car fire. that report is coming into us. delays at the intersection. accident is off to the right shoulder. 22 minutes on the west side. 32 minutes on the north side outer loop, beginning and 95 on the northeast corner. crain highway and veterans highway, and then as you travel at falls road copper hill road, watch for police activity. in the loop traffic is a little heavy on the j.f.x. 20 eight st, expect to be delayed. traffic in the yellow southbound on the harrisburg expressway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you, tony. >> a few more high, thin clouds

than yesterday. these are not rain producers, the difference between yesterday's weather and today. current temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. even the it will be a warm day today, it will be comfortable and the human in the department. 60 in parkton. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. partly cloudy skies. high temperatures in the low to mid 80s. weekend, 30%e chance for showers on friday. dry and warm for saturday. chance for rain goes

. >> it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, politicings and pregnancy, kel see clinton opens up in a surprising way about what her plans might be.

robin quivers triumphant return to the studio after beating cancer. i lost my shoe. >> and the woman behind jimmy choo tells us how he went from rock bottom to multi-millionaire today, thursday, october 3rd, 201 2013. >> we are happy to be back in america and seeing new york city for the very first time. >> it's my birthday, i'm on the "today" show. >> happy birthday. >> it's a honeymoon. >> i'm getting married to my best friend today. >> is there a pharmacist here? >> that's a lot of pharmacists! >> good morning, everyone, welcome back to "today" on a thursday morning. i think i forgot the date. what is the date the 3rd? the 3rd of october. i'm savannah guthrie.

first, matt lauer. i'm trying to remember everyone's name. >> i want to show you something. take up this image of a submarine surfacing on the streets milan. it's images like that, stories of that is exactly why we created our fact or fiction series. this morning, savannah will get her turn to challenge two new source, one real, one fair. >> first let's get to the news with natalie. she's inside with a check of the top stories. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. president obama is visiting a maryland construction company today to underscore what he says is the impact of the government shutdown on small businesses. after a meeting at the white house last night, house speaker john boehner says the president refused the negotiate on a

spending bill. president obama, once again, blamed republicans. take a listen. >> when you have a situation in which a faction is willing, potentially, to default on u.s. government obligations, then we are in trouble. >> republicans, meanwhile, say they are trying to push through smaller bills to restart some popular programs. her parents served as president and secretary of state, she's a former wall street business woman and a special correspondent for nbc news, but chelsea clinton might have a new title soon, mom. r. is the so-called clinton dynasty about to add another generation. >> the november issue of "glamour" magazine takes a look at the foshler and potentially first daughter chelsea clinton who is referring to 2014 the year of the baby for her and her husband.

something she wants to make sure her mother is aware of. telling us, she asks us about it every single day. >> are you beautiful! >> her dedication to family is already apparent, with her appearances at last week's clinton global initiatives. >> we still have quite a ways to go until we have true gender equality. >> and her new role as vice chair of the family foundation saying, quote, i want to be a person who cares where she's investing her time and energy and i want to be a good wife, daughter and friend. whether she would make a good president, too, was a president poesd last week to her father. >> what do you think might make a better president, your wife or your daughter? >> the day after tomorrow, my wife. over the long run, chelsea, she knows more than we do about everything. >> reporter: chelsea is focused on present day causes, like her extensive work in the third world and a motto she spriev i strives to embody. work really, really hard and in a way that makes an impact.

i was ready to answer that calling and be the person my grandmother always knew i was. >> the doctor in jail for involuntary manslaughter in michael jackson's death says he was relieved when a jury decided that jackson was ultimately responsible for his own fatal drug addiction. the jury rejected claims the tour promoter was liable because it hired dr. conrad murray. murray earlier on "today" spoke exclusively with matt about the verdict. >> i cried because, for once, the world was allowed to hear some of the facts as it per taken -- pertained to this matter, a lot was suppressed. my attorneys could not present during my criminal trial. >> the jury foreman said murray was competent as the general practitioner, but in the end he

was unethical. one of the world's deadliest sharks may owe his life to the same fisherman that caught it. the man hooks during a catch and release trip, after it was set free the shark wasn't swimming. the fisherman jumped on his back to force water into its gilles and revive it. hopefully, he got off the shark's back quickly. 8:05, let's go outside with a check of the weather. >> a pretty cool story. our fact or fiction audience. we will figure out which is which. let's show you what is going on right now. we show you on the satellite. we got some severe weather currently in the mid-section of the country. right now, chicago, if you are traveling in and out of chicago, you could see some problems. look at that fog courtesy of air cam. in fact, both airports reporting some delays due to the fog. as you can see, temperatures nice and warm in the country. look at the jet stream out west. it dips down, temperatures in the 40s. by friday, we see freezing

conditions. still warm weather here in the east. saturday, those temperatures make their way further east. the warm weather in the east coast, temperatures in the '80s there. we will see those changes coming >> good morning.o the average high temperature today is 71 degrees. we will be about that mark. a mix of clouds and >> and that's your latest weather. coming up, reports that he might be frank sinatra's son. at 8:15, howard stern's partner

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roman farrow doing it his way. remember yesterday we were talking about that bombshell interview, in the interview, mia farrow said it was possible ronan her son long thought to be with woody allen could be the son of frank senate tra. he tweeted, quote, listen, we are all possibly frank sinatra's son. >> he is a good person to follow. he has twice the wit. >> meantime, trending from the new york post, what do the executives at al jazeera reportedly banned the use of the f-room in the newsroom the feeling is such salty language should not be a part of the culture. if they did it at nbc, many people would be -- >> mute. >> that would take care of the funding problem if we put money in a jar. >> how suspicious are you when are you boarding a plane when

you fly? we look at the way we try to insure our safe travels. among the superstition, who does this right here? kissing the fuselage? all right. peering into the cockpit. i do do that to check on the pilot. passengers aren't alone. >> what are you looking for? hygien hygiene? >> tired? >> apparently, though, some airlines are superstitious. 25% of airlines don't have a row 13. i was on one last week. i felt like i sat if a row 13, 13-a. >> we got a lot of great response, one women says i carry a chestnut with me for good luck my sister gave me every time i fly. >> i carry a squirrel.

>> wow, such precision. >> what else is trending? >> earlier this week the nominees were announced at the national toy hall of fame. among the finalists, my little pony, the magic 8-ball, little green army guys and rubber ducky. >> that got us thinking just in time for throwback thursday. >> we want to take a trip down memory lane and talk about hurt childhood stores. "star wars" came out in 1977. at the early '80s, we were inundated with toys. for me 5, 6-years-old i had to collect them. if i wasn't inside playing with my toys, i was outside with the grown machine. remember the green machine? >> the next level big wheel. >> next level stuff. >> this is live footage. that's me in marina delray. >> and that hair, too. >> the green machine. >> they were very cool. >> i went with a classic barbie. >> did you have ken, too?

>> i don't think so, i had the horse, though. i loved the horse more than anything. >> here's the shocker. given my current cooking skills. i had the easy bake oven. i loved it. i have to say, this is not what mine looked like. this is more elaborate. >> can make little indicationment we made little chocolate indication. it was awesome. the problem is my cook has not evolved. >> it's so easy. >> moist, delicious, chocolate cake. >> i was a matchbox car kid the precursor to the hot wheels, i also loved the etch-a-sketch and those green army men. >> i loved the motorific torture track, a battery operated slot thing. you could add to it. cars came in and out. >> amazing all those old commercials. >> we want to hear what your favorite childhood toy was. tweet it to us with the hash tak today ttt.

that is what carson conveniently flies. >> making sound fects. >> barbie. >> oh, no. >> that's what's trending today. meanwhile, coming up, a teen today takes its place in a remarkable underwater museum. first, for 30 years robin quivers has been by howard stern's fuse anchor and his foil. it hasn't been all laughs. robin learned a few weeks ago, she has been fighting for her life. we will talk to her in a moment. first a little more of her story. for the last 84-and-a-half, robin quivers has been away from the radio studio. recently, howard stern released why on air. >> robin told me, it was cancer that they tested this thing inside of her this what do they call snit. >> a tumor. >> a tumor. >> i was already making funeral arrangements. okay. >> quivers has since been declared cancer-free and just

sed yesterday, she made a triumphant return to the studio. welcome back, howard with his trademark humor. >> i can never be without you again and your beautiful face, your smile. >> what are you trying to make me cry? >> your enormous -- >> oh, thank you. >> robin writes about her health struggles past and present in a new book the vegucation of robin. how robin quivers saved my life. how are you? >> i feel fantastic. people ask me, i have been cancer-free three or four months now. it's a matter of still recovering at home, past all the treatments that's kept me out of the studio this long, but i have been feeling really good. >> i want to talk to you in a second. talk about walking back no that studio. that's family, it's friend, it's everything. >> i have been talking to them every day, you know, i was still on the air from home.

so it wasn't like i hadn't talked to them. but seeing everyone and getting that everyone hugged me. everyone was so happy to see me. i was real happy to actually see them. >> i don't have to make this more dramatic than it was, because it was dire. >> eyeah. >> howard is blunt about i. he said he's told a lot of people he was thinking about funeral arrangements for you and what he would do. how did you hand him the.com notifies? >> well, everything happened so fast. i wound up not being able to pass water or urinate while i was away on a trip and ten days later, i was in surgery. so there was only ten days between the problem really presenting itself and me getting that diagnosis and there was really no time to think about it. it was like, okay, this is what it is. this is all we know. this is what we have to do. you have to get ready for that. there is no other thing you can be. you have to have surgery. >> you had a large mass removed, you had cancer in the whole

pelvic region, 12 hours of surgery. your doctor said you were one of the bleft patients ever. i imagine after the surgery there were moments you wanted to lose it. >> it's depressing to have your body completely break down onner or let you go down. you go through the same grieving process if you lost a friend. you are angry, sad, depressed. then you say it's time to get back on that horse and go. >> this followed a point where you changed your life dramatically. you write in the book about 9-11, it struck me. you were unhealthy. 9-11 rolls around. you had a stunning and stark thought. >> i thought i would be one of the people who couldn't help myself out of that building. if i was there, someone would have to help me. i'd be one of those people you had to come and get. i thought. this is not anyway to live. and i need to figure out what's wrong. >> you changed your life dramatically. you started eating incredibly

healthy foods. i think without saying cause and effect you say because your body was so much stronger, you got cancer. but did it help you fight off the disease? >> when you consider i went through chemoand radiation and hardly had any side effects, i saw other people around they were going through the same thing i was. my situation wasn't complicated by other illnesses, other medications. i basically was strong going in and so i sort of bypassed and did well during all of that treatment. >> it's not a diet bovenlth it's not a cookbook. it is a book that tells a personal story. i think people will get a mr. president out of it. as the book about friendships, too, in a certain way. boy, i know howard was there for you. that's awfully nice. >> he's my heart. i love him. >> i think he foleys the same way. good to see you. it's great to see you doing so well. >> thank you. >> thank you.

>> and. >> there are times when mother nature is so beautiful, they get trampled by all the people that go to see that beauty. one man has found a way to protect mother nature from the horrors. we are off the coast of cancun, mexico. the coral reef here is second only in size to australia's great barrier reef. but what makes this area truly notable, an extraordinary underwater museum. more than 500 sculptures in an everlasting display t. goal for the artist jason taylor, that's him in the water there, draw the daily crush of recreational divers away from the monita natural reef because too many

kicks from fins are breaking and killing the corals. >> accident grow right back? >> it does grow back. it can take 50 odd years. when it's happening on a daily basis, there is really not much chance of survival for the coral. >> reporter: jason ban this ambitious project four years ago a. self described ecosculpture, his work financed in part by the mexican government. here in the care bone sea, there are now more than 200 tons of sculptures on exhibit. 15 to 30 feet in depth. the audience, adventure seekers and the fish. >> a lot, i was producing land in london and i kind of felt that besides the artistic value, that i was just creating large objects of land. land is a premium i felt it

needed like another purpose. >> jason's work is playful, like the man laying on his couch, eating a burger and frierks watching tv. symbolic like a politician with his head buried in the sand and inspiring. like the woman with her arms stretched to the surface. in most cases, these begin with the real person. like the yoga instructor who held that pose for the 40 minutes needed to let the goop dry, which brings us to the most recent casting session. >> the challenge for me is you want to have an expression that's going to stand the test of time. not some governory expression every snorkeler will laugh at when they see it. >> it's very exciting. it's an on nor, it's a little terrifying. >> i can't wait to see it some day myself to be sort of immortalized. >> you know, i think it's kind of cool. i didn't know you were going in the ear.

no, it's okay. >> reporter: sealed first in an algae-based wrap an smothered in plaster, in less than 20 minutes the molds degree, jason gingerly pulls them off. >> oh. >> wow. >> there you go. you can see them. >> that's crazy. >> after a while that, thing weighs a ton. >> yeah, yeah, it's heavy. >> i'm alive! wow! >> jason took the impressions back to mexico and used each to create the "today" show anchor team. >> we are very, very cautious. we have done lots of environmental studies and permits to make sure we are not harming the environment course in anyway. these sculptures actually promote life under water t. aim is that they grow in the fisherie. >> and just this past week, matt, savannah, natalie and al settled into their new home, which is now ♪ under the sea

♪ under the sea ♪ >> familiar faces in the world's largest fish tank [ music playing ] >> while all of you guys are getting sunburned with matt down there. so am i, jason made a cast of me and put it down there. there are now 503 sculpt chours spread across 2 acres. >> we lock like lex will you thur all of us. >> i think worry scarying the fish. >> well, actually, you had your mouth opened, i had to clean out a fish. >> oh, wow. >> it's interesting. >> this is wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check of the morning commute with sarah

caldwell. >> busy out there. accident coming in on the --thbound traffic and sales southbound traffic and j.f.x. and fayette street. snowden river parkway, accident in columbia. another one to avoid on ritchie highway and cypress creek road. college park wait and arnold, asheville clearing. 50 miles per hour on the west side outer loop. much of that is due to an earlier accident. you are dealing with delays that expect -- extend prior to reisterstown road. delays from greenspring towards the j.f.x. the accident venture getting two additional delays south on 83. hoffman and broadway, watch for a vehicle fire. on the outer loop from 95 towards the 83's, it will take you 28 minutes to get through that stretch. over to you, tony. we will see a few more high,

thin clouds. you can see them screaming in on the satellite. these are not rain producing clouds. current temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s -- upper 50s and low 60s. forecast for today, low to mid 80s this afternoon. average high is 71. humidity will be in the comfortable range again. shower on for rain friday. rain onood chance for sunday night and monday of next week three temperatures will cool off at that time as well. >> another update at 8:56.

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>> it's 8:30 on a thursday morning, we are showing some video that you probably have seen now during the woke because for the first time, we're hearing from the family that was targeted in that startling case of road rage here in new york. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, al roker and carson daly. >> in the end, it's the wife of the person in the sumpb, she's there with her 2-year-old daughter as well when her husband was pulled out and beaten. she has just released a statement. this is the first we are hearing from her. quote, our plan was to celebrate our wedding anniversary by having a family day with our 2-year-old daurkts unfortunately, instead, we were placed in danger with a mob of motorcyclists. our sympathies go out to the injured motorcyclist and his family.

however, we were faced with a life-threatennings situation, and my husband was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that we did in order to protect our lives of our entire family. our fears were concerned when the attack were taken on us. we know in our hearts, we could not have done anything differently. we believe anyone faced with that sort of grave danger would have taken the same course of action in order to protect their family. >> the statement goes on, we would like to thank the citizens who intervened on our behalf, they prevented my husband from suffering further injury. we appreciate and are moved by the outpouring of lover and support so many expressed here in new york and around the country. >> that is coming to us, that's the statement of the wife of the man in the suv and beaten. >> this incident is not only a new york story. this has been seen all across the country. i would imagine social media has been reacting to this over the

lost several da last several days. it's hard to see that footage. you see the family. >> what would you do in that situation? >> mr. roker, how about a turn and a check of the weather. >> we are watching three big stories in the weather, first of all, we got possible storms developing down to the south today. we got a risk of strong storms, a winter storm out of the western plains. sun schein along the east coast. we are looking at windy and southern weather. tomorrow that slight risk area grows from oklahoma on into illinois t. sun continues along the east coast. rain moves into parts of western new york and that winter storm >> good morning. the temperatures might be a few degrees cooler than yesterday. the average high is 71. a mix of clouds and

. >> and that's your latest weather. >> how do you get out here? now i know why you were looking so beautiful, al. >> we want to welcome to the family, mr. michael o'malley, also the name of your new sit-com. this is great. you have a did you tell us getting by, she's about to get off to college. you think, all right, finally? >> my daughter will be out of the house. i'm looking forward to, i'm not sad my daughter will be out of the house, i will be an empty nester. my daughter is leaving. i hooked up now with my wife now twice in two days. >> that's fantastic. that's good. >> okay. all right. we find out she's pregnant. >> oh, no.

>> listen, do i look like i should be a grandfather? i know i'm pushing it with my war droevenlt i want to thank you very much. >> very art carney. >> well. >> it's two different families. >> two different families having to come together, not knowing their kids will have a baby. they didn't know they were dating. so the kid that my daughter hooked up with, he's going to stamford. he's a smart dpoi but doesn't know how to use birth control. how is the family going to deal with two families coming together and being grandparents? >> it fun. >> when it's not happening to you. >> there you go. >> michael o'malley, always god to see. premier of "welcome to the family." >> where are you running now? >> savannah, come on! . >> all right. al, thank you so much. well, high heels are the height of fax as we all know and jimmy choo has become a premier name in the industry. now its co-founder is opening up

in a candid memoir called "in my shoes." contributing interviewer jenna bush hager. >> she created a billion dollar shoe empire. she is speaking out with shocking new details of her life beyond the glitz and glamour of the fashion world. [ music playing ] >> reporter: it's a name that has become synonymous with women's fashion and glamour. a luxury brand even kerry bradshaw couldn't bare to part with. >> i lost my shoe! >> reporter: but for tamara mel lompb, the life behind that brand, life at times has been anything but glamorous. >> one glass of the wine to me turned into 6:00 in the morning and calling a coke dealer, then realizing, oh my good, i got to be at work in three hours. >> after losing her job at british vogue at the age of 27,

she entered rehab. but there was a silver lining to hitting rock bottom. there she began pursuing her dream of starting her own shoe business. >> when i came out of rehab, i said, this was the time to do it. >> do you think this business in some ways saved your life? >> absolutely. >> mellon reached out to a former colleague from her days at vogue, a shoe cobbler from london's east end named, you guessed it, jimmy choo. he made custom shoes for the rich and famous, including princess don't na and soon a partnership was born. >> the original idea was for jimmy to design the collection and i would run the operation of the business. it soon became very clear that jimmy's skill was in making shoes. he's a cobbler. >> so he really never designed? >> not one. >> collection. >> not one sketch did i get from him. not one. >> so she became a designer by default. choo's name stayed with the

country long after he was bought out. mellon would spend a decade growing the business. she credits her success and drive to her difficult childhood. >> your mom seems to have, of course, like all mothers do, play a central role in shaping who you are. >> she was a chronic alcoholic when we go up. >> that goes with all the mood swings and depression and the crazy and sanity behavior that goes around it because if you can't trust your own mother works can you trust? >> but she says her father was her lifeline. >> the warmth and the love i felt always came from him. >> his death began a downward spiral f mellon that would last for years. >> you know, my father died in 2004. i got divorced in 2005. i had a hostile takeover of my company in 2006. >> mellon stepped down from jimmy choo in 2011, leaving behind the company she had started from scratch. now she's stepping out with a brand-new label. with her name on it this time.

>> what's it leak to see this label, to see your name here? >> i can't believe that it's actually happened. you know, there it is, you know, because i had the drome and the vision. now it's a reality. >> still on her shelf an appreciation for the shoe that helped launch her life. this is the infamous carrie bradshaw shoe. do you remember the name of it? >> in such early days, we didn't have names yet. so it had a number. 72149. >> you remember? >> living now in new york with her daughter mindy, tamara is drawing from the past to draw a new chapter for her own daughter. this time filled with love. >> if i have a bit of akron imty now, i'm better standing my ground, it's only because i not my way through the rites of passage. >> we reached out to both jimmy choochlt and tamara's mother, both declined to comment.

they said their mother wasn't an alcoholic and they had amazing parents. she says she is proud of her daughter's achievements and would one day heal theorist. efforts have been rejected. she is an amazing woman. overcome a lot. >> the controversy and overcoming all that aside, i noticed that a lot of you were hyperventilateing. i mean, you have never seen anything like. a shoe closet. can you imagine? now i can. >> the dream. >> far away. >> something to aspire to. >> pearly gates. >> i have to say, being in that closet was like dream. >> it's huge business. it is amazing to be around that. >> thank you. the book, of course, is called "in my shoes." it's in book stores now. >> up next, we put the truth meter to the test in fact or fiction. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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. >> right. we are back. it is time once again, help me out, audience. fact or fiction. it's our way of making you a better fuse consumer in this age of information overload. the object is to spot the fake stories. our people faired better than day one. they guessed that soil was pure fiction. the hobby of football was real. savannah, what is your first story? >> finding a reasonable place to live in manhattan is a convenient challenge. one enterpriseing new yorker decided to give up apartment living altogether. you will not believe where he ended up. the big apple is one of the most electric and expensive cities on the planet. and one new yorker, writer dave

rodriguez, was so stressed by the constant buzz, he says he had to think outside the box. >> you hear that? that's right. >> reporter: rodriguez created a private refuge in the most public of places, where he lived under the radar for two years until the release of this documentary. >> my name is dave, i'm 27-years-old, i live inside the cube. >> his home an iconic new york city landmark passed by thousands each day. i was invited in for an exclusive look at life inside his extraordinary home. >> come on down. >> nice to meet you. this is amazing. >> come on, i'll give you the tour. i have a full service kitchen. it goes up and down. i was walking by at the time. i poked my head n. i had an epiphany. i can live here. >> reporter: rodriguez doesn't have any idea if his squatting is legal. he keeps a low profile just in

case. inside is another story. >> i can play as loud as i want. here is the potty. it's a breeze, you get away from it all. >> what is that? >> that's the hardest thing. >> people spin this? >> yeah, all the time. >> after two years ago rodriguez says he's ready to move out. >> down you will miss this? >> a little. i have my eye on bigger things. >> reporter: rodriguez says he is ready for a serious relationship. he is on the lookout for bigger things. one single lady lives downtown, programs he'd like to move in with her. >> quickly thoughts on rodriguez living in a cube? >> i think it scare squares up. >> story no. 2 is quite interesting. how do you want to celebrate your 60th birthday? it will be nothing in the way, like the way joe bharara decided

to celebrate his. joe bharara is a man of lofty dreams. >> you might have thought it was the stupidest idea of the world. >> his wish brings patio furniture to new heights as lawn chair piled i pilot. he wouldn't be the first, there was lawn chair larry in 1982. >> i said i can do this, i made a plan to do it on my 60th birthday. >> so on a cold morning, his team, he calls them the red neck engineers began blowing up the balloons. 12,000 of them. his family tried to keep him grounded. >> we were all scared. >> there were setbacks. the balloons popped. the craft wouldn't lift. but then. >> the dream came true. the ground was shaking, i felt good. >> until it didn't anymore. just six hours into his trip, he lost control. he was up too high and his crew was worried. >> we couldn't raise him on the.

>> reporter: the red neck engineers all believe that was due to the 21,000-plus feet that he was at. >> meaning he had no air. once he regained consciousness, he implemented the emergency dissent plan. >> i popped two balloons. >> and he landed fast, up a tree, literally. it would take rescuers more than six hours to locate him. they used chainsaws and ropes to get him down. >> you could hear him say, tree's moving, tree's moving, you know, i'm like, joe, we're getting to you as fast as we can. >> one man, a few balloons and a birthday wish. >> if you can dream it, you can make it happen. never give up on your dreams. >> all right, guys, your thoughts, quickly. al. >> i think savannah is full of hot air. >> you don't believe either story. >> i think they're both fake. >> you are so sure of this i am probably wrong. i clearly think the kut cube guy is not true, not true.

audience, your turn, which story is fake? hold up your signs? wow, most people think thai like matt, the cube sorry is the story of fiction. a.m., what do you think? >> cube, natalie is going against the grain, thinks the balloon guy's story is fake. >> i never saw savannah in a wide shot climbing into that cube. it was shots that could have been created elsewhere. >> sean hayes went against the grain and won. if you are watching, you can vote on today.com or tweet us using hashtag either cube or balloon guy. we'll have your answer in a minute. we'll be right back. but first this is "today" on nbc.

. >> all right, everybody, we are back with your fact or fiction challenge.

is it the man who lived in a cube or the high flying balloon guy? our plaza audience went predominantly with the cube story guy being one of fiction. our voters at home agreed with 66%. natalie was the only person who went with the balloon guy, so, savannah, the time has come, which story is fake? >> i would never say matt is right. but the cube man story was a fake story. now, when you looked closely, there were a couple clues, not the one you mentioned. the first one was inside the cube, we showed you, look at that, if you read that word backwards, what does it say? like rubik cube. the second clue, no light at all, yes, a plant. how could a plant grow inside that cube? >> it could have been a fake cube. >> he looked like an actor, that

was my thing. >> the guy behind this, this is a real viral video, they're in our audience this morning. guys, stand up. >> nice job, guys. >> real quickly, what is the viral video? what is this process all about? this looks like a whole documentary. >> the whole idea of a cube came from a men's room. the founder of lulu lemon found the only peace he had was taking a pea in a men's room. so shannon and chip wilson came up with this idea of wilkes whil, a meditation program where you power down, you rebought just like your computer. >> just like living in a cube. >> thank you so much. >> you put us on the hovercraft? well. we will wrap up fact or fiction tomorrow with two stories from al. up next on white collar and reading for the record. first, this is "today" on nbc.

. >> today is the 8th annual read for the record. it involves quality education. this year's book being read by millions of kids is otis by lauren long, it jump starts celebrity ambassador, i love you are doing this. is this a great program?

>> it is. >> is he and she a big reason? it was not a hard sell for her. in the middle of the day, it's wonderful. >> talk about the importance of that ritual. parents are so busy these days. if you stop and make time, that's the moment. >> a little time. we have found that reading involves sort of education. if we can hone in on that at an early age. not that we want to do. we want all these kids to succeed. >> take me back. to your childhood, were you read to as a child? >> what is your favorite books? >> i love the drawings and the pictures. big and small, all that kind of

stuff. i think the colors were good for me. >> remind people how they can get involved by vooed reading to a child for us. >> today is a great day, it's an annual for a jump start. we will be reading to all the kids across the country. >> it doesn't take a long time. >> white collar, by the way, a great show. >> real good. >> are you loving the role? >> very much. >> congratulations on that. awfully nice of you to be the celebrity ambassador, too, tiffany. thanks so much. and we will be back heighth right after these messages and your local news. .

>> this is bill wbal tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara could for the second time in a week president obama will visit maryland to address a major national issue. this is video of his visit to prince george's community college last week and today he will visit a construction company in rockville to talk about the need for congress to about the need for congress to oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, white chocolate and pumpkin. oh! pumpkin. ha-ha! pumpkin is back at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for delicious pumpkin coffees and lattes today. america runs on dunkin'.

>> another warm and dry day. temperatures in the 80s, but without the humidity it won't feel so bad. west winds at about 10.

on chance of the shower friday. best chance for rain will be sundayight and monday of next week.

>> from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to requested today"

on this thursday morning, october 3rd, 2013, al roker's run of great ball weather continues. >> summer weather. >> northeast in new england this year it's been the greatest two weeks of fall. >> not out west. >> 80 degrees, something like that in the city today. 85 in d.c.. >> if you are in north dakota. >> we got some severe weather to talk about. we may have a tropical storm coming up. >> rain on my parade. >> yes. >> i thougwe will start this we vice president joe biden known for his gaffes. he revealed the cover of a classified document standing at a press event. take a look at the photo, the binder reads codeword, classified document. >> it's not like he is saying, look what i have. i just know if you trot around the press conferences with

classified documents. we didn't see anything. >> if i had that, i'd walk around with it. >> you feel important. >> hey, look at what i know. it's obviously not classified. it can be displayed in public. that's the whole point of the cover sheet, the classified material is contained behind it. >> the vice president is pretty good. >> it's an elaborate setup so we can watch the vice president's finest moments. >> roll that videotape. >> the choice is clear, one man stand ready to deliver change we desperately need, a man i'm proud to call my friend, a man who will be the next president of the united states, barak ami amir. >> thank you, everybody. >> that was the big gaffe. >> indeed. >> a big f-ing deal, shaking al

roker's hand caused consternation. >> the secret service wasn't exactly thrilled of that one, neither. >> how inconsistent you were. wait, wait, wait. i was just, it was great. >> come on, one shot. brian williams put me up to it. >> i get it. >> one shot. >> i'll be interested to hear your take on this next story, brock, having been an actress, a young actress in hollywood, jennifer lawrence speaking out about the pressure to be thin, she's on the cover of harper's bizarre, she speaks out, the encouragement was the kind of blank actresses had to go through. somebody told me i was fat. i would get fired if i didn't lose the certain amount of weight. they brought in pictures of me that i was basically naked and told me to use it as a motivation as a diet.

it will hurt me if somebody whispers the weight diet, go blank yourself. >> first of all, good for her, now as a mother of daughters, you know, i was never considered skinny, so i, they never used me for runway. i was basically like a model from the neck up, basically. and i was always considered the healthy one like the athletic one. and i tried to keep nurtureing that by, but the tendency is, you do feel, you go on the red carpet, you look to your left and your right and people are emaciated and there is this pressure. yet i keep telling my kid, my kids want to wear skinny jeans. she is beautiful. she is so talented. >> and by nobody's stretch of the imagination could she be labelled anything other than looking like she is in great shape, fit. >> if you have any kiv curves at all, you are considered heavy, overweight. it's scary. >> brooke,