we'll see you next in 25 minutes for update. >> you can get the latest at nbc10news.com. have a great day. good morning. breaking news overnight. nbc news has learned the justice department will open a wide ranging investigation of the ferguson police force. this in addition to a probe into the deadly shooting of michael brown. so does that department have a department of discrimination? talki tough. president obama arrives for a key nato summit as he pushes for help in the fight against isis militants. the vice president issuing a sharp warning of his own. >> they should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside! while nbc news uncovers an american on a quest to join that militant group. how did he get it? new information about the third

american infected with ebola and why there are no plans to fly him back to the u.s., as we silt down with his friend and colleague nancy writebol to talk about her own battle with that virus. >> when they put me on the airplane, i knew it was -- i was bad. game on. excitement building for tonight's start of the new nfl season. kickoff in just a matter of hours. we're at the stadium in seattle, thursday, september 4, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning everyone. we welcome you to "today" on thursday morning. i'm matt lauer along with natalie morales, willie geist and al roker. we have kids back in school.

where did the summer go? >> you've got to say it. >> it's thursday night. >> football night in america! >> that's what i was waiting for, when i hear that music. >> the most storied franchise in history, the packers. going to be a good one tonight. >> meanwhile, also coming up, we can't wait to hear this. remember the story we told you about last week, the guy who used the knee defender on a flight? now he is speaking out exclusively to us. you'll want to hear his side of the story and whether or not he says he would ever use it again on a flight. >> that's coming up. let's begin on a thursday morning with that new investigation being opened now tied to the shooting of michael brown. this one is a broader look at practices within the ferguson police force. pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, as i say good morning, let's be clear, this is another investigation separate from the one into the shooting of michael brown? >> reporter: that's right, separate and much broader. the justice department will be investigating the conduct of the ferguson police department over the past several years looking at whether there's a pattern of

civil rights violations. a much wider investigation than the one already under way into last month's fatal police shooting of an unarmed teenager. the government will be looking more broadly at complaints of excessive use of force and other potential violations of the civil rights of people that the police come into contact with and arrest. the justice department will also be looking at the practices of the county police. but a government official says that will be a more cooperative investigation. one issue is likely to be the ferguson police department's hiring practices. while the community is about 70% black, roughly 11% of the city's police officers are black. under attorney general eric holder, the justice department has been more aggressive in launching these kinds of investigations into police departments in big cities and small towns. as a matter of fact, about three dozen are under way now, matt. >> pete williams in washington, thank you very much. president obama is in great britain this morning for the start of a nato summit being closely watched around the

world. front and center on his agenda, the rising threat from isis militants. nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing is traveling with the president. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the pressure is building here, too, with the late addition of meetings about what to do about isis. already this morning we saw a meeting between president obama and british prime minister david cameron who together penned an op ed saying we will not be cowed by barbaric killers. president obama is determined not to go it@alone, arriving at the nato summit with a goal of forming a coalition to fight isis. back home vice president joe biden was defiant. >> we will follow them until the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside. hell is where they will reside. a determination fueled by the horror of the murders and the grief felt by the family of steven sotloff, the second american brutally murdered at the hands of isis.

>> he was the most generous, caring individual. all he thought about was doing for others. >> reporter: just over a day after president obama arrived in europe filled with foet tow toe worthy state craft, he left no doubt about american resolve. >> we will not be intimidated. those who make the mistake of hafrming americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and justice will be served. >> reporter: now the tough decisions about how and when to strike back with members of congress on both sides losing patience. >> i for years have been calling to aid the free syria army. >> target them and target the terrorist training camp. >> reporter: the president hasn't indicated he's ready to launch those strikes yet or he formulated a specific strategy as pressure builds. >> this train left the station months ago, and the president is running after a train that is escaping him. the fact of the matter is that he should have had a strategy to deal with isis months ago. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry has been here as

well, working to form that coalition, looking for humanitari humanitarian, military aid from countries as diverse as australia, saudi arabia and jordan. natalie? >> chris jansing, thank you. there's this side of that story. as we reported, the into gone believes nearly 100 americans are fighting for isis in the middle east. there are still others trying to join the group. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is along the syrian border with an eye-opening report. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. as you said, we have reported that americans are among isis recruits. until now we haven't been able to speak to one directly. >> islamic name -- >> reporter: this is american donald morgan. nbc news interviewed him in bay rurt through a freelance journalist. he didn't hide his intentions, to join isis. >> i purchased the ticket with the intent of entering syria

after joining up with medical and food aid con joys or directly with the islamic state. >> reporter: morgan was raised catholic and educated at a military academy. >> my entire life growing up was surrounded by the idea that i would be 82nd airborne, i would be special forces, i would serve dutifully duty, honor and country. >> reporter: now he speaks of his country as a potential enemy and of isis, also called the islamic state, as a savior. >> the responsibility of the islamic state is to protect those who can't protect themselves. if it's not assad dropping a barrel bomb, it's going to be obama launching a drone strike. so it matters not to me who the enemy is. >> reporter: morgan wasn't always like this. he served in the national guard, worked as a deputy sheriff living in salisbury, north carolina. >> reporter: this is the house where don morgan lived at the end of a quiet street in a middle class neighborhood.

the question on the minds of his co-workers and neighbors is why would someone want to leave suburban north carolina to join the vicious fight in syria? >> it is frightening that someone could go to that extreme. >> reporter: brian bieber has known morgan for 15 years. >> i would say he was a person who was on the edge, what's it going to take -- this guy is going to fly off the handle one day. >> reporter: after getting in trouble with the law, morgan, an amateur body builder converted to islam in 2008. he followed the wars in the middle east on the internet under the twitter handle he pledged allegiance to the isis leader and his islamic state, the caliphate. >> isis as referred to, doesn't have the objective to be a terrorist organization. >> reporter: morgan tried to enter syria traveling through turkey but was turned away at the airport and deported to lebanon. running low on money, he decided to go back to the u.s. aware of

the risk. >> i think there's a strong possibility that they'll charge me with supporting terrorist organizations and participating in terrorist activities. >> reporter: when morgan returned to the u.s. last month he was arrested, but not for terrorism. he was picked up for an unrelated charge. he's still in u.s. custody. morgan pleaded not guilty and said he's not a terrorist and poses no threat to the united states. not everyone we spoke to agrees. matt, natalie, back to you. >> richard engel in turkey this morning, thank you very much. meanwhile willie is here with a terrible accident at a children's museum in nevada. >> this is really scary, guys. a popular show and telex personality at a children's science museum caused a minor explosion wednesday that sent several children to the hospital. nbc's jacob rascon is in reno. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. that minor explosion or chemical flash as police called it

happened at the discovery museum behind me during what was supposed to be a routine science demo. cell phone video captured the moment young children and their parents gathered around, suddenly a flash, then screams and scurrying, the video stops. a total of 13 people, most of them children treated for smoem inhalation and chemical burns. law enforcement working with museum staff to determine exactly what went wrong. the science presentation was supposed to simulate a tornado. up to seven children taken to local hospitals to be treated, only one still being kept for observation. that person is supposed to be well enough to be released to day. willie? >> we're hoping for the best for all those kids. jacob, thank you so much. joan rivers has been moved out of intendive care and into a private hospital room one week after the legendary comedienne suffered card ann ak arrest. anne thompson is at mt. sinai hospital here in new york.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. her signature line is can we talk? a week after, frustration over what is her condition. melissa rivers said yesterday her mother had been moved out of icu into a private room where the 81-year-old comedienne is resting comfortably. earlier in the week melissa confirmed that her mother is on life support. joan rivers has been hospitalized since last thursday when she stopped breathing during a minor throat procedure at a nearby doctor's office. willie? >> anne thompson, we'll be keeping an eye on that. thank you. very frightening moments at a bat mitten tournament in southeast asia at the vietnam open in hoe hope chi men city. that is the stadium roof collapsing and splashing huge chunks of debris all over the tournament floor. no one was hurt because

organizers had a few minutes warning. they heard the creeks in the ceiling, evacuated the floor. no word on what caused the roof to collapse. apparently unfazed, the players moved the tournament to another building and kept playing. the hunt is on for a dangerous and deadly albino cobra on the loose in a southern california neighborhood. the venom mouse snake bit a dog in someone's back yard and slithered out of sight. not before the dog's owner managed to snap a photo of the snake. so far the deadly cobra has eluded them. residents are warned that the cobra will strike if cornered. >> was that being kept as a pet? >> we don't know yet. >> that's crazy. >> i don't care what color it is, you don't want to see a cobra. speaking of colors, there are some dollacolors for people minnesota that don't look good. >> tornado warnings going on right now. a lot of severe weather causing big problems for the upper midwest and midwest later today.

you can sea-tac tift going on right now. we'll be watching this very, very closely. in fact, as we zoom in, you can see we have severe thunderstorms right now pushing their way through. this is a tornado warning area in red. we have severe thunderstorm warnings stretching all the way into central parts of minnesota, on into wisconsin. we've got severe thunderstorm watches in effect. minnesota today, you have the storms to the north in minneapolis. we'll be watching those. for today, in fact, the upper midwest going to be looking at a severe risk of storms, isolated tornadoes, duluth, green bay, chicago may sy see activity a little later on as well. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start but a nice sunny one and with lots of sunshine we'll warm in the middle to upper 80s this afternoon. nice and comfortable all day long. that changes tomorrow. the heat and humidity return. 91 degrees. then even hotter on saturday and steamier, too. high humidity leading to late-day showers and thunderstorms that will continue into saturday night and early sunday morning. then drying out sunday with a high of 80 degrees. near 80 degrees for monday, tuesday and wednesday. with a chance of showers. have a great day. that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you very much. we're learning more about the latest american infected with the ebola virus. the 51-year-old doctor is being treated in an isolation united in liberia where he worked the

same place where his two american colleagues were also infected. we brought you the interview with kent brantly and then the other survivor nancy writebol. no one questions his faith. he volunteered to go back to liberia after his two friends were diagnosed with ebola. but he wasn't even working with ebola patients last friday when he started feeling sick. >> rick was caring for pregnant women, delivering babies -- >> his condition is unclear. but the sim charity group he works for says at this time there are no plans to bring him back to the u.s. and there's no more of that experimental treatment that helped save brantley and writebol. he's been able to communicate with his family in massachusetts. family friend mark johnson. >> he is a true hero. >> on wednesday, nancy writebol held a news conference for the first time since being released

from the hospital two weeks ago. before she spoke to the world, she and her husband david sat down with us. he was the one who told her she had been infected. >> he said, nancy, kent has ebola, and my heart sank. and then david said, and so do you. i could hear people at the front door, and i got out of bed because i was laying down. david went to hug me and to put his arms around me, and i knew how dangerous that was. and i just said dave, don't, just don't. >> how bad did it get for you? how sick did you get? >> well, the night i was evacuated, and when they put me on the airplane, i knew it was bad -- i was bad. when i said good-bye to david, i

was not sure that i would ever see him again. >> some very talented people gathered by your bedside at emory university hospital. >> there were five doctors who attended to us and 21 nurses between kent and i. they were incredible. >> even though they were in their full protective suits, i understand there was a great compassion, they went out of their way to find a way to make contact with you. >> yes. >> did they ever come to you and just say you are going to survive, you're going to make it, you're out of the woods, that old expression? >> one word it was like, i'm just getting up. i'm going to the bathroom and i'm taking a shower today. >> on my own. >> i'm tired of laying in the bed. >> when you hear her story and hear dr. brantly's story and you hear a third american doctor has been infected, it makes you sit

back and marvel about organizations like samaritan's purse and sim who have people volunteering going into these places going into harm's way. >> and still going. >> people are leaving and they're going in. >> hats off to those folks. >> amazing. by the way, we'll have much more on the ebola crisis on an nbc news special called "saving dr. brantly: the inside story of a medical miracle." now to a new layer to the tragic downfall of the madoff family. andrew madoff, the last surviving son of the convicted con man bernie madoff lost his battle with cancer on wednesday. stephanie gosk has more. >> andrew madoff was first diagnosed with cancer in 2003 before most people had even heard of a ponzi scheme. thins then he turned his father into police, lost his only brother to suicide and never completely escaped suspicion

that he was somehow involved in the largest investment scandal in history. >> reporter: andrew madoff died of lymphoma at the age of 48, six years after father bernie madoff infamous $65 million bonzi scheme collapsed. thousands of investors defrauded and the madoff family left in tatters. in 2011 he appeared on "today" alongside his mother ruth and his fiancee katherine hoover. >> what he did was awful and affected the lives of so many people. stole people's dreams and future and us among them. i'll never forgive him for that. >> reporter: at the time they were facing the latest chapter in the family trap ter, elder son mark committed suicide only months before. >> i blame bernie and i -- it's the worst thing that can happen, just the worst. >> reporter: bernie madoff is serving 150 years in prison for his crimes.

victims of the scheme included celebrities like steven spielberg and kevin bake kochb and major charity organizations . madoff's sons who worked alongside him were never charged with criminal wrongdoing, but the cloud of suspicion linger. in july, irving picard, the court appointed trustee in charge of recovering victims' money filed a lawsuit accusing the brothers of being involved in the fraud, something both mark and andrew strongly and repeatedly denied after their father's arrest. >> we've been cooperating with the authorities from the beginning, and i'm hopeful that i will be able to put this all behind me sometime soon. >> andrew madoff's cancer came back two years ago. in an interview with "people" magazine he appeared to blame the scandal saying it killed his brother quickly and was killing him slowly. >> i'm glad you pointed out in the story, for all the suspicion swirling around the brother,

there was an extensive investigation, they were never charged with anything. >> if they had had something, they would have charged them. >> live being the stigma of it, no question about it. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. let's check in with carson who is on duty in the orange room, actually here at the desk. >> nice to see you all survived the great facebook outage. if you didn't know. for about 20 minutes the world went like this when facebook for the fourth time this year had a technical glitch. sorry, something went wrong. we're working on getting it fixed as soon as we can. cost about $500,000. this is trending, germany, south africa, italy. alex facebook is not down, just busy taking the ice bucket challenge. a good tweet from omar, he said i panicked and made a paper facebook profile. look, even got his own ice bucket challenge right there. good stuff. this from amber who says i survived the great facebook

outage of september 3, 2014. 1.2 billion users. a glitch on facebook is certainly not going to go unnoticed. >> a shirt already? >> carson, thanks. coming up. will he use it again. an exclusive interview with an airline passenger who sparked and altercation with the use of that knee defender. drama on the water. >> we're just talking and paddling and i look over to talk to her and it came completely out of the water -- >> two kayakers attacked by a great white shark off the coast of massachusetts. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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>> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. we couldn't do much better on a day like this. let's get the "first alert" forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> good morning. the dry air that came in yesterday allowed the numbers to come down. look at the shore, a beautiful day all around. right now, we're watching a few clouds move towards the city. the temperature at 65 in northeast philadelphia. 50s for pottstown, allentown. millville, 62 degrees. we'll see the temperatures climb into the 70 ts to start with. 87 degrees later this afternoon. let's get a check on the roads.

the "first alert" traffic center with jillian mele. >> good morning, vai. following an accident on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike. we still have an accident, in horsham, easton road between maple avenue and westmoreland avenue. take horsham roads or county line to get and it. the ben franklin is jammed as you see drivers make their way around philadelphia. today, we'll get a look at the newly renovated dilworth park outside of city hall. it turns the plaza into a welcoming place for people to stay, instead of just passing through it. it includes a cafe with outdoor seating and when it's cold, it will have a skating rink. we'll have an update in 25 minutes you can get the latest weather and news on nbc10.com. i'm vai sikahema. have a great day.

♪ 7:30 on aa thursday morning, the 4th day of september, 2014. look at that sunrise in plymouth, massachusetts. what a pretty sight. don't forget, here in new york tomorrow we have another great concert for you. usher will take the stage. if you're in the area, come down to the plaza. usher in concert in our 8:30 half hour. >> big show, lots of moves, fun and dancing here. meantime, making headlines today, in the wake of the deadly police shooting of michael brown, the justice department will launch an investigation of the entire ferguson, missouri, police department. they plan to take a closer look at the conduct and the practices of officers in recent years. thousands of fast food

workers are holding a new round of protests across the country today demanding higher wages. employees of several major chains will strike at restaurants in about 150 cities. two women in massachusetts are recovering from a very close encounter with a great white shark. it hit their kayaks, knocking them into the water. thankfully they managed to swim away and so did the shark. we're going to hear from those women in our next half hour. also ahead this morning, why is this college student carrying her dorm room mattress with her everywhere she goes? there's a very serious message behind her unique protest. tomorrow on "today," a very special interview. gold medal winner amy van dyke en will be in our studio along with her husband tom. >> this is her first big trip since being released from a rehab hospital following the atv accident that left her paralyze friday the waist down. this is one of the more inspiring people you'll ever want to meet. we can't wait to spend time with her in our studio tomorrow

morning. to an exclusive. remember the fight on a plane over a man's use of a device called the knee defender? it's of course meant to stop fellow passengers from reclining in their seats. we're hearing from that guy for the first time. nbc's hallie jackson has that story. hallie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. james beach says he's embarrassed about what happened. he wants to set the record straight. it all went down on a plane similar to this mock setup. beach says he paid a little more for extra leg room. he's 6'1". he says he pulled down his tray table and pulled out his computer to do work. what happened next triggered a big debate over the right to lean back or push back? >> absolutely. i felt terrible when we landed. >> reporter: james beach says he's still regrelting how he handled himself on a united flied to colorado 11 days ago when he used the knee defender device to stop the woman in

front of him from reclining. >> whose right is it? ar after he removed the device, the other passenger leaned back so fast she nearly cracked his computer. >> she just took all the space and can't work now. i can't. just a burts of anger. first to admit, i'm not proud of it. i pushed her seat up pretty hard to put the knee defenders back in. >> reporter: beach says after he slammed the woman's seat, she threw a drink on him. when the plane landed, both were escorted off. >> i thought that would be the end of it. i did a google search and saw it was everywhere. that to me was shocking. >> reporter: his brawl over sprawl along with two similar incidents has many debating who has the right to decline. >> it should be, you turn around, you see what the person is doing, say, i'm going to recline my seat and you recline it. i think it would have solved almost any of these problems.

>> reporter: the amount of leg room you have depends on which airline you fly. since the mid '90s, the average domestic economy seat pitch has shrunk up to two inches. >> airlines are pretty clear that passengers have the right to recline. they've been advertising this for decades. the problem is they're not able to deliver on that promise today because the seats are closer together. >> reporter: while beach says he may use the knee defenders again, he'll try to set an example to his kids next time by taking the high road at 30,000 feet. >> i said to them, learn from what i just did and don't do the same thing. >> reporter: many airlines will let you upgrade to a bit of a room manier seat as long as you pay more. the faa says these flight defenders are not illegal, but most airlines do ban them on board. beach was neither arrested or fined, matt. by the way, he says he never reclines his seat unless there's nobody behind him. he thinks it's annoying if people do it in front of him. >> so he's sorry for the way it

went down. >> and wants to be a better example. >> but i'll use it again. >> is it your space or is it the person ahead of you's space? >> that's the big question. nowadays that space -- >> i don't recline either. in those seats, are those four inches really going to make you that much more comfortable? you're already jammed in like a sardine. >> if there's a person in front of you -- let's get a check of the weather al. >> still these hurricanes and tropical storms to talk about out west. hurricane norbert, believe it or not, besides being a bad eddie murphy movie, it's going to be bringing a lot of moisture into the southwest and into california. high surf and rip currents to southern california over the weekend. flash flooding is going to be possible in the southwest. rainfall amounts anywhere from two to three inches, could be locally more, causing some problems and flash flooding

especially into the good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start but a nice sunny one and with lots of sunshine we'll warm in the middle to upper 80s this afternoon. nice and comfortable all day long. that changes tomorrow. the heat and humidity return. 91 degrees. then even hotter on saturday and steamier, too. high humidity leading to late-day showers and thunderstorms that will continue into saturday night and early sunday morning. then drying out sunday with a high of 80 degrees. near 80 degrees for monday, tuesday and wednesday. with a chance of showers. have a great day. >> thank you, al. now to an unusual sight on a college campus here in new york. a student at columbia university carrying around a twin-size dorm room mattress wherever she goes. betty nguyen is here to explain why. >> good morning. the columbia senior is taking on the ivy league's handling of sexual assaults on campus in a

unique and thought provoking way. most college students start off the school year carrying backpacks and books. columbia university senior emma is carrying a mattress to her classes. the visual arts major carries the mattress everywhere she goes as her senior thesis, hoping to call attention to sexual assaults on campus. >> i will be carrying this dorm room mattress with me everywhere i go for as long as i attend the school. >> reporter: she claims she was assaulted the first day of her sophomore year. >> i feel like i've carried the weight of what happened with me everywhere since then. >> reporter: the case against her alleged rapist was dismissed. frustrated, emma and 22 other columbia students filed a federal complaint alleging the university has mishandled sexual assault cases. the students say the university is too lenient with alleged offenders and discourages victims from reporting the assault. she's not alone. one in five women experience

rape or attempted rape in college. according to the centers for disease control. the problem is so big that the white house assembled a task force to combat the issue earlier this year. as for emma, she says she will carry the mattress until her alleged assailant is either expelled or chooses to leave the school. until then, she hopes her activism turned art will make a difference. >> i've personally been so amazed by how much change has happened already in the past year that i've beenr become an activist. i think there's a whole movement starting and i think that's really amazing. >> we reached out to columbia university for comment. they did not get back us to. a spokesperson for from the university gave statement to the new york daily news saying the university respects the choice of any member of our community to peacefully express personal or political views on this and other issues. at the same time the university is committed to protecting the

privacy of students praise pating engender based misconduct proceedings. we don't want to deter survivors from reporting them. the university, therefore, does not comment on these matters. >> betty nguyen, thank you. coming up, what is in a name? meet the guy who had a hard time getting a job until he dropped one letter from his name. up next, it's finally here. football fans everywhere looking forward to tonight's kickoff of the nfl season. we'll get you ready live from seattle -- who is that? josh elliot in seattle. we'll check in with him right after this. ♪ cereal and milk ♪ k -- e -- double -- l -- o-- double good ♪ ♪ protein to help you rebuild like you should ♪ ♪ great tasting grains to help you recharge ♪ ♪ put a spring in your step ♪ so you keep livin' large ♪ milk and cereal ♪ cereal cereal ♪ milk and cereal cereal cereal .... make your morning shine with delicious kellogg's cereal and milk. it has protein to help you rebuild, and grains to help you recharge.

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and trades. nbc sports josh elliot is at the sight of tonight's opener, centurylink field in seattle. not only do we say good morning, we say welcome to the "today" show. >> thank you very much, matt and you, natalie, willie, al, thanks for having me. i can guarantee you this is the last time here in seattle that sentry link field today will be as quiet. for, as you said, tonight it is back, the nfl by most any measure, the most popular sport in the country and in prime time when tonight in seattle those defending super bowl champion seahawks play host to the green bay packers. when we last saw the seahawks, russell wilson was leading them to a stunning super bowl row. today aaron rodgers and the packers get a first crack at the chance. sunday will bring a first look at the team on the wrong end of that super bowl blowout, the denver broncos, led again by the

wondrous and ageless peyton manning who won a fifth league mvp award in throwing a record 55 touchdown passes a year ago. 18 more this year would break braet favre's career mark. standing in denver's way once again, manning's long time foil, tom brady and his new england patriots remade once again by coach and team architect bill belichick. the off season was a challenging one for the nfl. it saw developments in lawsuits brought by former players of concussions and pain killer use, on going debate over team maet name in the nation's capital many deem offensive and racist. a public outcry over the two-game suspension over ray rice. which led roger goodell saying he didn't get it right and announcing tougher penalties for such offenses. >> the nfl is still the most exciting, the most fan friendly, the thing that we all sort of

galvanizes the country in many ways. the problem is it's played by human beings, and human beings make mistakes. >> they make so so much riveting theater, uncommon athleticism amid so much chaos. and however unforgettable, the bravado be fitting the stage. >> that's the result you ooh gonna get! >> reporter: richard sherman, the road to super bowl xlix starts at home in front of the league's loudest fans. it all starts tonight. one note about how loud it is here in this stadium. that is not just -- that's not overstatement, that is not just indulgence. overstatement is, in fact, a fact verified by guiness. while richard sherman and his teammates have been politic this season, not defending a title so

much as trying to win another one, that is going to be a very tough sell given the delirium we'll see tonight. >> i didn't hear in your piece predict the winner of tonight's game. who is that going to be again? >> reporter: you know, matt, i'd like to escape this stadium and city unscathed. you'd be wise to go with the defending super bowl champions. >> one diplomatic move. by the way, we'll get to see a lot of josh over the next 16 weeks. he'll bring us a special series tied to the nfl every week. josh, good to have you here. >> thank you, matt. >> that's cool. meanwhile, coverage of the nfl kicks off tonight, 7:30 eastern here on nbc. one more reason to queue up the music. >> there you go. >> coming up on trending, the adorable moment as a baby gets hearing aids and hears his parents voices for the first time. just 7 weeks old. also, carson is in the orange room on this throwback thursday, reliving the

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>> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. gorgeous day but will it stay that way? let's get our "first alert" forecast from meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> hey, vai, a gorgeous start, much cooler than it has been. humidity, and clouds will not last. we'll see sunshine take over. right now, 66 in trenton. wilmington 69. along with philadelphia international, it's 59 degrees in pottstown. a much cooler start to today. but it's going to be a warm summer day. the clouds will clear out. sunny skies 83 at lunch type 87 this afternoon. >> let's get a check of the roads in the "first alert" traffic center with jillian mele. >> two accidents one near codman avenue, seven vehicles involved. a fender bender domino effect.

and this accident 95 north near the entrance to the vine street expressway. we have two police in this area. police just got to the scene. we're seeing delays in both areas. this is the vine street expressway jammed solid on the westbound side as drivers head out to 76. we've just had an accident clear in this area, vai. fast food workers will rally in philadelphia calling for higher wages. the workers marched on monday's labor day parade. they will march to broad and arch around noon. they're asking for a wage increase to $15 an hour. they also want the right to form a union. from the delaware bureau, governor jack markell will announce the new education initiative. he'll be joined by the secretary of education the program will support many of the most disadvantaged students. you can get the latest news and weather on nbc10.com back to the "today" show. have a great day.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. >> i saw at least four feet of its head. four feet of it came up out of the water. >> two kayakers attacked by a great white shark just off the coast of massachusetts. they open up about their harrowing ordeal. then hovering too close? >> i'm hoping i'm not a helicopter parent. i just want to know what she's up to. >> forget grade school or even middle school, now those so-called helicopter parents are invading college campuses. what one school is doing to get them to stop. and precious moment. >> hello.

>> a baby hears his parents' voices for the very first time. the video that has people waking up and smiling along today thursday, september 4, 2014. ♪ >> all the way from north poll, alaska, hi, mom. >> hi boys. have a great day at school. love you. >> celebrating our 32nd anniversary. >> celebrating 30 and 35. >> celebrating jen's 40th birthday! we're back now, 8:00 on a thursday morning. the 4th of september, 2014. if you can take the screaming out for a second, you can listen to a great song being played right now. this is carson's throwback

thursday. jane's addiction. >> recorded in 1990 on a cassette back in the day. came out in 1991, jane's addiction. still touring. >> going to see them live in chicago, baby. >> still doing it. >> good music choice. matt lauer along with sav natalie morales. usher will be live on our summer concert stage tomorrow. always puts on a great show. he's working on a new album. can't wait for him to stop by and perform for us. >> that's going to be so good. we have something to let you in on. later this morning, we've got big surprises in store for kathie lee and hoda. they have no idea what's coming up. most days that's the case. in this case it's really special. you do not want to miss what's coming up at 10:00 a.m. >> very cool. willie has a check of all the top stories of the day.

good morning everyone. we'll begin in wales where a two-day nato summit is getting under way. president obama and leaders from other nations will address everything from the rise of islamic militants to the on going crisis in ukraine. nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing is traveling with the president. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. well, this is arguably the most high stakes nato meeting since the fall of the berlin wall. already this morning president obama meeting with david cameron and penned an op ed together saying we will not be cowed by islamic militants. the u.s. has already said there will be no boots on the ground but they have not ruled out the possibility of air strikes in syria. the other big agenda item, what to do about vladimir putin and his incursion into ukraine. ukrainian president pour chen co-is here talking about his conversations with putin.

all of it lending credence to what the secretary general of nato said this morning welcoming everyone, that nato is no longer a cold war relic. >> chris jansing traveling with the president in wales, thank you. the justice department is opening a more wide ranging investigation into the conduct of the ferguson missouri police department following the deadly shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. this investigation is separate from the government's previously announced civil rights probe into last month's shooting. the doj will now be looking into the police department's hiring practices and any complaints of excessive force to determine whether there is a pattern of civil rights violations in that department. this morning two kayakers telling their terrifying story after they were the target of a great white shark off the coast of massachusetts. >> i saw at least four feet of its head, four feet of it came up out of the water. >> reporter: two women feel lucky to be alive this morning after a great white shark attacked them wednesday while

kayaking off the coast of plymouth, massachusetts. >> we were just talking and paddling, and i look over to talk to her and it came completely out of the water, got the bottom of the boat and flipped it over, knocked my kayak completely over. >> reporter: the shark took a bite out of one of the kayaks, sending both women tumbling into the water. a neighbor heard both the women screaming and rushed into the water after calling 911. >> the scariest thing was sitting in the water wondering where he was. you didn't know if he was under you or around you. >> reporter: this is the second shark attack in the area in the last two weeks n. nearby duxbury swimmers were ordered out of the water after a great white shark was spotted off the coast. back in plymouth, their attack was caught on camera, but it's unlikely anyone will ever see it. >> if someone wants to fish it out, i'm sure there's great footage. >> amazing footage. >> yes, of us screaming.

>> we're glad they're okay. 8:05. another check of the weather with al. >> here is one of the surprises for kathie lee and hoda. elvis is not dead. elvis is in the building. >> yes, he is all the way from georgia! >> from georgia. having a good time? >> yes. >> let me hear you say hunk of burning love. >> ♪ i'm all shook up >> he's still here. let me show you what we've got going on today. we are looking at a lot of hot weather stretching from the great lakes into the gulf coast and also into the southeast as well. cooler conditions in the plains. look at these temperatures. going to feel like 101 in memphis and shreveport today. dallas will feel like 102. cincinnati feeling like 93 degrees. as far as your weather is concerned. we've got strong storms just about on to chicago. we're looking at the possibility of airport delays there. heavy thunderstorms, but by the afternoon things calm down.

good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start, but a nice, sunny one. mid to upper 80s this afternoon. that changes tomorrow, the heat and humidity returns. 91 degrees and even hotter on saturday and steamier, too. high humidity leading to late-day showers and thunderstorms that will continue into saturday night and early sunday morning. then drying out sunday, a high of 80 degrees. near 80 degrees for monday. tuesday and wednesday with a chance of showers. d ve a great day. day, but an even better night tonight. why? because nbc brings it back, ladies and gentlemen. it's the nfl kickoff complete with new graphics. look at those football helmets go. that's right. at centurylink field, outdoor weather sunny and mild, 73 degrees. it's amazing and it's on tonight on nbc.

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♪ 8:14. we're back with what's trending today. we start thursday morning with a pretty provocative question. how much does your name matter when applying for a job? this morning one man's unique idea is giving us a lot to think about. his name is jose. he spent six months looking for work online. he says every single day he would apply for anywhere for between 50 to 100 jobs. nothing turned up. that is when jose decided to conduct little social experiment. >> one day i decide, what if i try to remove the s from my name and make dollar signs. when i decided to go from jose

to joe, that's when all the replies and e-mails. the position is open. we want to meet with you. call us back. i was applying for the same exact jobs. >> in the studio as you see from buzzfeed, jose says he was applying for the same exact jobs, he didn't change a thing in his resume except for dropping that one letter, the s in his name. so the same employers who turned down jose were interested in joe. by the way, jose did end up accepting one of those offers. there's been a lot of studies where they talk about what's in a name. it's unfortunate. a lot of people when they get the resumes they will judge them. >> i wish i could say i was shocked. it's awful. >> i even tried to get a job here for eight years and i finally used the name ryan seacrest and i got it. i changed it on the resume. >> you're not ryan seacrest? >> no. >> you're a little taller than ryan. >> a great, great piece of video here.

meet lachlan from australia diagnosed at birth with moderate to severe hearing loss in both ears. he's not terribly happy. not happy as a hearing aid is placed into his ears. once he hears his parents' voices, that all changes. >> hello. >> that smile you saw there warming hearts all over the internet. the parents say their son is 2 years old and doing, we're happy to report, remarkably well. >> incredible. love that. >> something so sweet to something so wrong. the guy being called the worst fan ever. at a college football game, we've all been there, having a good time. apparently this guy, not so much

fun. pops it. look at the little kid in the green. he throws it away and applauding. i am the worst ever. i am fantastic. >> oh, my god. >> you think he's clapping for himself there when he's clapping? >> who does that? oh, my gosh. >> don't ask him to do the wave. >> that is what's trending the day. coming up next, the results of our

we're wrapping up our 30-day detox challenges. we started at the beginning of august challenging ourselves and viewers to give up a bad habit or vice for an entire month. we'll find out how everyone did in a second. first, a little bit of a refresher. leading the 30-day detox charge was our own jill martin. she decided to unplug from e-mail, text and internet, trading in her gadgets for an old style flip phone. >> i'm flipping out a little bit. >> hundreds of you responded to our detox callout. we chose three viewers to follow. 33-year-old mom of three crystal kicked soda out of her diet after drinking as many as eight a day. >> i don't think i've gone more than a day in the last ten years without drinking a pop. >> 43-year-old tracy from new york vowed no more negative talk after her 5-year-old daughter started to speak badly about her own body. >> my daughter, she's my shadow.

she says she wants to be like me. >> 27-year-old ashley butler from tampa, florida, swore off shopping, trying to pair down her jam packed closet and shoe collection. >> jill, crystal, tracy and ashley are with us now. good morning to all of you. let's start with you. you disconnected. even went on vacation without the smart phone. >> ten countries in 14 days. >> when you reconnected at the end of the month, was it xil rate? >> i didn't want to come back. i didn't want it back. there's no quick e-mails, no 20 e-mails for something you can do in one minute. i am so much more present now instead of when i was traveling, taking a picture of something and instagraming it. i would take it and enjoy the picture and enjoy the moment and enjoy being alone. when you have your iphone, you have all that stimulus and

you're able to distract yourself. it's challenging. >> are you going to continue some modified version of it? >> absolutely. at night it will not be there. reading is much more of a priority now. it has literally changed my life for the better. >> crystal, there was coca-cola everywhere. you were a soda addict, like eight cokes a day. >> eight to ten some days. >> what kind of support did you get from family and friends to try to kick that habit? >> it was amazing i. blew my mind, the amount of people that facebooked me and sent me cards. i brought just a sample of the cards and letters, i started to write the facebook comments on the back of my calendar. i ran out of room. >> do you still have cravings? >> i do. >> you've done something, i don't know if it's smart, youvee replaced coca-cola and you're into gatorade. >> the first week it was starbucks and it's gatorade. i realized i'm drinking just as

much gatorade as i was coke. now it's water. >> is that a good idea to get rid of one thing and replace it with another. >> sometimes we replace them with three better coping mechanisms. a lot of times we develop habits because we're feeling lonely, bored, we need distractions. can you call a friend, do something else that's positive. like the water idea. >> tracy, this detox is largely about having a better self-image and stop saying negative things about yourself that your daughter was then hearing. >> right. >> was recognizing it half the battle? >> absolutely. the very beginning i wasn't doing so well because i wasn't realizing how habitually these things are rolling off my tongue. sometimes i wasn't thinking it. it would just come out of my mouth. >> i see a lot of smiley faces on your calendar. you did pretty well, right? >> well, after the first check-in, everyone was doing really great, and i refocused

myself, and yes. >> do you feel better about yourself, not hearing yourself constantly staying bad things? >> i do. i have more time in the morning. i'm more relaxed and i enjoy things more. >> that's good. ashley, you and natalie share something in common. you both love to shop. you had a closet filled with clothes and shoes in particular. how did you do? >> i did amazing. i didn't buy one thing. i've been here since monday and still haven't bought anything. >> in new york city? >> yes. >> the mayor wants to talk to you. you figured out your triggers, didn't you? >> yes. i think a lot of it was out of boredom and i think i could just go and just go shopping, completely random times of the day, completely bored. nothing better to do. i'd just go to the mall. >> doctor, they all did it because they knew they were going to be on television and there was a 30-daytime limit. how did they keep it going? >> it's so important to continue having an accountability system. i think having a partner, putting a word out there.

the fact you guys are on social media and getting so many responses and are going to be asked by people. having regular check-ins with people that you care about and a larger community will help you stay on track. connecting your habits to a greater purpose, what is it that you want to achieve in a long room? >> i have to say, i might have cheated owed oh i'm so grateful we did it together. if i wasn't held accountable, i would have cheated for sure. >> the retailers in new york are okay because natalie made up for what you didn't buy. >> i cheated a little while on vacation. does it count? it was vacation. >> i've had four lapses. that's not bad in a month. don't judge. ladies, thank you very much. you can read jill's journal entries reflecting her experience on today.com. meantime, the start of a new school year for more than a million kids here in new york city. many students have already gone back to the classrooms across the country. carson, we can feel the

excitement and already the stress in the air, right? >> that's right. i have a young kinder gardner himself. hopefully getting in the school bus about four minutes. please, jackson, get on the bus. the first day of school. millions. all these people going back to school right now. it's official. 75.7 million students nationwide in school, including some of our own. here is josh and luke, natalie, your fifth grader and your kindergartener. >> they were very excited about going back to school, the big ta da! >> young jackson found the largest backpack ever manufactured in his never-ending quest to actually become a ninja turtle. who is this guy? 1979, who is this brucer? >> willie. >> that's willie geist. willie got kicked out this day in preschool for fighting. i'm kidding. great viewer mail come in, kids holding on literally for the last days of summer.

shannon sent this in of the three boys. they don't like the sound of the alarm clock. this is the first day of school on the rirkts everybody is happy, we're excited. day two. hate it. #orangeroom. we'd love to see your pictures as your kids go back to school. >> i started to hear some whining already. >> send your lunch box. a lot of people collect lunch boxes. >> we'd love that. >> continuing up, viva today. are you ready to do a little salsa dancing on the plaza?

good morning, i'm vai sikahema. bill henley taking a lot of pats on the back for today's weather. here he is with today's forecast. >> you can feel the difference today. a cooler start and a warm afternoon, but the humidity is so low. it's really a pleasant start to the day. look at the sunshine. no clouds of any concern there. 71 degrees right now in philadelphia, but potstown, doyelstown and rocksboro is 66 while 71 right now in northeast philadelphia. bright, sunny skies all day long and will be warm afternoon into the upper 80s later today. >> thank you, bill.

95 was a problem a half hour ago. let's get a check on traffic with jillian mele. jill? >> two accidents and huge delays. right near the entrance to the vine street expressway. you can see a lot of these lanes blocked off because of a multi-vehicle accident. the shoulder getting by on both sides as you can see right now and huge delays approaching that speed. the average speed approaching that is 11 miles per hour and that is a delay for miles and mile delay because of an accident near cottman. our first look at the park in center city philadelphia. the plaza that sits alongside city hall at broad and market. the $45 million project turns a four-acre plaza into a welcoming place. it includes a cafe with outdoor seating when the weather cooperates and when it's cold, it will have a skating ripg. send you back to "today" show. we'll see you then. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram!

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september, 2014. >> wow, amazing. >> that is a great dance group that natalie likes to call. >> dance with me. >> very very much. from "america's got talent" here to teach us salsa moves. >> we have got dancing practice we need to do as well because tomorrow here on the plaza, usher is going to be here. a lot of dancing going on. >> always a party with usher. that's tomorrow. meantime just ahead, meet the dancer who defied the ods to break through the ballet's color barrier, misty copeland. everyone talking about angelina jolie's wedding dress and how she incorporated her kids' artwork into it. unique ways to keep your kid's projects and doodles. is your helicopter parenting ruining the college experience

for your kids? >> a lot to get to after a check of the weather. >> willie and i noticed the sig sign. ive it says i sold a cow to come see al roker. are you a dairy farmer, i hope? >> no. that's too much time. we raise beef cows, beef cattle. >> where are you from? >> kansas. >> how much did you get for the cow? >> you get $2200 to $2400. >> what are you doing? >> well, it took a little more than one cow. >> worth more than one cow. i like that. let's show you what we've got going on today as far as your weather is concerned. looking at strong storms making their way through the upper midwest. wet weather in the east. lls have monsoonal moisture in the southwest as well. beautiful day in the pacific northwest, 85 in portland. tomorrow that rain stretches from the great lakes all the way

across into the southwest. the heat continues here in the east. humidity levels start creeping up as well. look at the pacific northwest, 81 in ski seattle, 91 in portland. high surf advisories for good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start, but a sunny one. warm to the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. nice and comfortable all day long. that changes tomorrow. the heat and humidity returns. 91 cdegrees and then hotter on saturday and steamier, too. late-day thunderstorms that will continue saturday night into early sunday morning. drying out sunday with a high of 80 degrees. tuesday and wednesday with a chance of showers. have a great day. that's your latest weather. carson? >> announcer: small acts, big

impact on today is brought to you by wells fargo. together we'll go far. >> we asked you to share stories of people making a big impact through small acts of goodness. let's go through some. jenny says my son steve's family on christmas is stuck in the hospital this one came from karen, five teens who've interviewed world war ii vets for two years. if you know somebody who makes genuine contributions and helps better their community, go to today.com, submit your nominee for the "small acts big impact" contest working with our sponsor wells fargo. one lucky winner will get a trip to new york city to tell their story here on today show. college students are back on campus a time of major adjustment in their lives and for farnts they left behind. today's erica hill has more on this. >> good morning. this can be a big as adjustment for a lot of people. the term helicopter parent may

not be new, but the concern over the impact of the hyper-involved style of parenting, now has some schools taking action. on college campuses across the country, it's back to school, back to classes and away from parents. that doesn't mean parents aren't involved. >> my parents and i text all the time. probably three to four times a day. >> they want to know that i like the school. >> like to see what i'm doing, how my classes are. >> reporter: sounds innocent enough, but when it comes to so-called helicopter parents, those moms and dads who hover over their kids even when they're away from home, the constant communication may be having a negative effect. >> i'm hoping i'm not a helicopter parent. i just want to know what she's up to. >> reporter: this week "the washington post" looks at how helicopter parents could actually be ruining college students. >> when these college students graduate or even throughout college, they don't know how to live. they don't know how to solve their own problems. they don't know what to do when

some adversary comes up. they just can't handle it themselves. >> reporter: that's why some schools are trying to help. at syracuse university, colleen bench heads up an office designed specifically for parents. >> they're used to diving in from k-12 and picking up the phone and troubleshooting for their students. so we teach them that it's healthier to let their students do that themselves. >> reporter: bench also notes social media and our uber connected society can fuel that dependence. >> students are constantly texting their parents, skyping their parents, facebooking their parents, e-mailing their parents, they're relying on their parents to troubleshoot whatever the situation is. >> reporter: how do parents walk that fine line between helping and hovering? >> our goal in the parents' office is simply to help parents help their students to learn to

help themselves. >> reporter: a lesson that will serve them long after graduation. experts suggest parents and kids sit down and have an honest conversation about the best ways to support one another during the college years. one thing that could help, maybe set up a schedule for when you want to call, skype or text. try to limit it. >> i think i'm going to be one of those parents that's going to be like, okay, see ya. don't ask for laundry, don't bring dirty laundry. >> i came from when it was -- >> i think you must be able to -- i threaten my kids i'm going to get an apartment at their college. i promise i will not. it's just a threat. it's just a threat. >> because you had a good time the first time around. >> exactly. >> you don't remember because you want to go again. >> because i know a lot more. >> meanwhile you'll keep the conversation going online? >> we're doing a facebook chat.

following in your footsteps of your facebook chats. i think that's my queue. >> have fun, erica. up next, jenna bush hager introduces us to one of the most impressive ballet dancers in the world, the first black woman to land a lead position at the acclaimed american ballet theater. first this is "today" on nbc. tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania.

♪ 8:40, we're back with an inspiring story of a dancer changing the face of ballet, not only in america, but in a lot of ways around the world. "today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager has more. >> did you know misty copeland did not put on ballet shoes until she was 13 years old? which is late obviously for a professional dancer. it didn't stop her from breaking boundaries and rising to the top

of her profession. poised, polished, petite and powerful. misty copeland is a force to be reckoned with. but she's also not your typical ballerina. to begin with, she is black in a world that is traditionally white. >> dear candidate, unfortunately you have not been accepted. >> reporter: this rejection letter, similar to the criticism misty heard throughout her life. >> you have the wrong body for ballet, and at 13 you are too old to be considered. >> reporter: the under armour ad which you star in has resonated in an amazing way. almost 5.5 million views. you're laughing because it's incredible. >> i think so many people can relate to it, not just as a danner within the ballet world, but just feeling different, feeling like you don't fit in. >> reporter: for misty, fighting stereotypes has been an uphill

battle at every turn. >> you're not a classical ballerina. you don't have the lines, you're too short, your skin color doesn't fit in with the cord of ballet. >> reporter: when you heard things like that, how do you have the resilience to keep dancing? >> i had to remind myself that i really do believe i was born to do this and why would i let someone's small-minded opinion change my past? i've worked so hard to get to this point. >> reporter: misty is the youngest of six, raised by a single mother. for her, dance was in many ways a lifeline. >> i really enjoyed moving to music. that was kind of an escape for me through out my childhood. >> reporter: you brought it to a different community a but while growing up many people said to you you shouldn't dance. >> my body started to change and develop. i was no longer a teenager. i started to develop more muscles and my breasts grew and

all of these things and i felt very alone, and i still to this day hear that i'm just not what ballet is. >> reporter: when you hear you're not what ballet looks like, what goes through your mind? >> i have to remind myself that this is what people are used to seeing. this is what ballet has been for hundreds of years. if i'm taking a lot of the criticism,ly, to change that path for the next generation. >> reporter: at 31 misty made history as the first african-american soloist in two decades at the american ballet theater? and now only one of a handful of african-american ballerinas to get the coveted lead role in "swan lake." >> there's something about that ballet that you envision this very pale russian, extremely tall woman as the swan. typically people don't see african-american women as

ballerinas because they don't think we're soft and feminine. they see us as very powerful and aggressive. so i want to have the opportunity to prove them wrong. >> reporter: misty is proving them wrong in a big way. they dared her to dream, but she was determined to dance so you're living your dream? >> i'm living my dream. it's surreal every day. i just try to take it one step at a time. >> misty is currently performing in "swan lake" in australia. she'll be back for the holidays to be the lead in "the nut cracker". which natalie and i would like to see together. >> willie, what is it natalie said? >> don't make him do your dirty work. >> jenna said would anyone like to see "the nut cracker? >> i said it's during the holidays, right?

>> you might have said, when is it? during the holidays? the answer is yes. >> lost in translation, baugh really dopey moment. >> by the way, she learned,000 dance at a boys and girls court in california on a basketball court in socks. >> really changing the face of ballet. up next, angelina jolie's wedding dress inspiring creative ways to preserve your children's artwork. first, this is "today" on nbc. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com

♪ back at 8:47. angelina jolie turned heads with her stunning wedding dress that incorporated her kids' sketches and drawings. it got us thinking what else can you do with all the artwork that our kids bring home from school. elizabeth maheu is a "today" contributor and lifestyle expert. everyone is talking about the

dress. how sentimental and beautiful it was that she incorporated her kids' artwork and doodling. >> it was the veil that was embroid embroidered. amazing that no one thought about doing this before. that is incredibly expensive to do. >> a couple hundred to thousands of dollars. >> probably like 800 per embroidery. although you can get machines that you can download images and embroider, it's an expensive process. >> let's talk about for those of us not getting married any time soon, let's talk about how we can get the kids' art work incorporated into good uses? i love this website designyourwall.com. you say you can take your drawings and make wallpaper for it. >> you take a picture, you don't send actual artwork. you take a digital picture. you want it to be above 200 dpi, maximum 600 dpi. that means you need decent

resolutions. take a tij tall picture. the website is super easy. you upload it, the designers take it. it's a perfect thing for a powder room, a playroom. >> they make decals as well. next one is giftkids.com. >> very similar process. upload the picture, they do repeats of it. the smaller the repeat, the more pattern you're going to have and you can choose the way you want it. it's about $15 for quite a large sheet. it takes three to four days to get. so you go on, they totally help you do everything. another idea, i think people often keep too much of their kids' artwork. you need to be an editor. you keep the best stuff. i often use the leftovers, the finger paints and all that, as my own wrapping paper. a great thing to give to grandparents where you kids are involved in actually wramg the present as well. >> we're seeing a lot with the 3d printers. this incorporates and brings your kids' artwork to life.

crayoncreatures.com. if your kids have written an amazing book and a particular character they've drawn, you can send the 2d image to these people and they will create a 3d figurines that's about four inches. it's not inexpensive. obviously 3d printing is getting bigger and bigger and being made for home use. but until that time, they can do it for you. it's a special occasion kind of thing. >> finally carlycon.com. >> carly is a graphic artist and she knows what she's doing. you send the image to her. she then does a mockup, she sends it back to you. she will make it into a pillow. the pillows range in size from a 12-inch square that's about $99. she does all the work for you. very creative. >> i can start taking down the pictures off my refrigerator. up next on viva today, a

little salsa damagesing on the plaza. are you

we're back with our week long celebration of hispanic culture, viva this morning. this group was the sebaila conme

winners on "america's got talent." first, more how these dance moves got started. >> salsa dancing, the spins, the beat and the heat. ♪ evolving from the cha-cha and the mambo, the dance craze become popular in the 1950s. its roots trace back to the caribbean in cuba and puerto rico, and for decades new yorkers made it their own. popularized in movies like "dirty dancing," like the name of the dance itself, the hot movies are immortalized on the big screen. on any given day across the country, you can find people of all ages moving to the rhythm. joanna vasquez is the creator of baila conmigo. so nice to have you. i know you unfortunately were eliminated last night on "america's got talent"ed, but you captured so many hearts. what was the urinely like for

you? >> thank you. it was an amazing experience. we were eliminated but the experience these kids got into were amazing. we're not sad. we're very proud of what we did. there are many more things coming for us. >> i know a little salsa. i see it and i know a little bit of it. this is different, it's colombian salsa. >> it's fast foot work, a lot of energy, tricks, lifts everywhere. >> we love watching everyone dance. so let's let them take it away, joanna. thank you. ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> baila conmigo, thank you. fantastic. by the way, you can watch "america's got talent" tuesdays and wednesdays at 9:00, 8:00 central. nicole, you going to show me a little move? just one of these? we're good morning, everyone. i'm chris cato. 8:56 and time for a check of your first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> good morning, chris. a great start today. plenty of sunshine and no scattered clouds and no sign of any rain and not much humidity, either. that's really going lower as the temperatures climb. a nice sunny view of center city. that's the view from the

adventure aquarium. the temperature now 74 in philadelphia and still cool spots north and west and 64 degrees in potstown and warmer in the pocono mountains and bright sunshine there and warm temperatures into the lower 80s. stand by for a nice, sunny day today. warm this afternoon, but the humidy stays low. fast food workers will rally in philadelphia today calling for higher wages among other things. the workers marched in the city's labor day parade on monday and march to broad around noon. they're asking for a pay raise to $15 an hour and also want the right to form a union. a big name change could be coming to septa's train station. septa officials will make that announcement at 10:00 a.m. while they're not giving away many details. may be renamed jefferson station with jefferson health system. here's one big clue. last week technically philly posted this map sent in from a

tipster and jefferson station in the spot where market eastwood normally be. another update in about 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather at nbc10.com. for now, i'm chris cato. we go back to "today" show. have a great thursday.

>> announcer: from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, september 4, 2014. good looking crowd outside in the plaza including one person who sold a cow to come see al roker. >> is that true? >> that is fanhood to the extreme. >> it was a cow or a handful of magic beans. >> true story though. >> it's a true story. a beef cattle rancher, she sold a couple of cows for their trip to come here. >> there she is.

look at that. >> that's a very moooving story. >> did i milk that joke too much? >> oh. >> do you have a beef with that? >> okay. >> i was waiting for this is utterly ridiculous. >> we all have a steak in this. >> oh, my gosh. anybody else. >> let's finish that. wow, al roker, ladies and gentlemen. >> bravo. that was good. let's talk again yesterday. we talked about dr. kent brantly, matt had an interview with him. now nancy writebol telling matt about the moment that her husband first broke the news to her that she had ebola. >> he said, nancy, kent has ebola, and my heart sank. and then david said and so do

y you. and i got -- i could hear people at the front door, and i got out of bed because i was laying down, and david went to hug me and to put his arms around me, and i knew how dangerous that was, and i just said, dave, don't, just don't. >> how bad did it get for you? how sick did you get? >> the night i was evacuated and when they put me on the airplane, i knew it was bad -- i was bad. when i said good-bye to david, i was not sure that i would ever see him again. >> nancy writebol had been working with dr. brantly when they became sick. they were both airlifted back to the united states. writebol was released from the emory university hospital in atlanta two weeks ago.

she credits her faith in god for her recovery. she said she turned the corner when one day she was tired of laying in bed and thought, i'm getting up this morning, and she did that and got herself out of bed. >> the power of positive thinking. again, like kent brantly, an amazing sense of faith. >> what was also interesting, she talked about how the staff at emery would find ways to comfort her even though they could not touch her. she talked about dave wanting to touch her. she says imagine such an awful experience, and the one thing we all love is a hug and not being able to have someone hug you. now, of course, getting plenty of hugs and love. but at that moment just needing a hug and someone wanting to do that and you can't. >> matt was talking about it earlier. he salt down with the staff at emory university hospital. he said it's incredible to think all the doctors and nurses as well on this side who took care and also in some ways maybe put their own lives at risk not knowing at the time. an incredible story.

you can watch more tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central right here on nbc -- >> tomorrow night. >> tomorrow night on nbc. another incident involving a shark. >> freaks me out. >> started out as a day of fun. late summer day. picture yourself on a kayak. it goes all bad. >> these two massachusetts women were attacked by a great white shark while kayaking. the shark took a bite out of one of their kayaks, knocked them both into the water! listen to what happened. >> we were just talking and paddling, and i look over to talk to her and it came completely out of the water and got the bottom of the boat and flipped her over, knocked my kayak completely over. i saw at least four feet of its head. four feet of it came up out of the water.

>> the scariest part was sitting in the water wondering where he was. you didn't know if he was under you or around you. >> i'm sure there's great footage. >> amazing footage of us screaming. >> amazing they can laugh about it. >> fear sends you into all kinds of emotions. ida parker, kristen orr taking photos of seals in plymouth massachusetts. that's the second shark attack there in the last two weeks. >> they've closed the beach there. >> that must have felt like days when they were waiting for help to arrive. >> and having to swim away from it. that's unbelievable. finally we're hearing from the so-called knee defender. remember the guy who apparently used that knee defender device, tried to stop the woman in front of him from reclining her seat on a flight. that set off a huge fight on

board and they had to divert the aircraft. james beach says he was happily working away on his laptop when the woman in front of him reclined her seat and he claims almost cracked his laptop. take a listen. >> i was trying to accommodate and i did. she took all the space. i can't work now. just a burst of ang remember. first to admit, i'm not proud of it. i pushed her seat up pretty hard to put the knee defenders back in. >> he said he's not proud of it, he says. he says he regrets how he handled himself. get this -- he doesn't want to be an example to his kids. he says he may just use that knee defender again, which is illegal by the way. >> it's not illegal. >> it's not illegal. the airlines don't want to let you use it, but it's not like they can arrest. >> right, but they don't want you to use it on the aircraft. they forbid it. you pull one out --

>> according to airplane lore it's illegal. >> airplane lore. >> when the airplane police come -- >> when i'm a passenger on a plane -- >> i think it's interesting how he brought in his children and said he doesn't want to be a bad example for them but i'd do it again. >> the whole shoving the back of the woman's chair -- they both got kicked off. she turned around and splashed water on him -- >> soda. >> okay, water, soda. >> a big difference. >> he shoved her. i kept thinking what would you do in that situation? >> hot headed people who didn't know how to handle themselves. >> this is why the airlines should be giving out more snacks. >> there are a lot more people like them in the world. >> i do like that some of the people online, not picking sides between the guy and the woman he shoved, have turned on the airlines and said, listen, they're decreasing this space, so we should be upset with them

even though now they have economy plus and blah, blah, blah, the bottom line is the seat reclines for a reason. they love -- i love our re-enactors, you can go far enough back as allowed by the seat and it would hit someone's knees. >> should they not allow reclining seats? >> spirit airlines is one of them, they don't allow theirs -- but they have short seats. >> they allow cardboard boxes. okay. here is a question. how many times do you go into the sock drawer and then you can't -- you can only find one sock. you cannot find a match? >> every day in my house. >> the drier eats them. a family in portland oregon got an answer to the sock mystery when their pet great dane claude got sick. 3-year-old dog taken to the animal hospital for an x-ray, 43 1/2 socks inside claude's

stomach. >> oh my god! >> and a three-piece suit. he had surgery to remove the socks. >> poor claude. >> he's doing okay. >> are you going to want to rewear them? probably not. >> poor claude. >> and he ate a string instrument so he ended up with socks and violins. >> now they have to train him not to eat the socks. clearly he has a thing for socks. >> boo. >> that's what i said. not even worth a comment. but first this. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by yoplait greek, the i don't bla greek taste-off is on, and the taste of i don't bla greek blueberry is preferred to chobani blueberry fruit on the bottom yogurt.

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meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start, but a nice, sunny one. with lots of sunshine, we'll warm into the mid and upper 80s. that changes tomorrow. heat and humidity return. 91 degrees and even hotter on saturday and steamier, too. high humidity leading to some late-day showers and thunderstorm thunderstorms that will continue into saturday night and early sunday morning and then drying out sunday with a high of 80 degrees. near 80 degrees for monday. tuesday and wednesday with a chance of showers. have a great day. look who is here. coming up next we're filling lucky because vincent from "boardwalk empire" is here. we're excited to have you here. are you ready for the season? >> i'm rolling through it. >> question s are you feeling lucky? >> very much so. >> vincent is next. we'll be right back. yogurt is their champion. a tastes better. it's yoplait! i knew it!

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and actually take something out of it. >> seven years between the end of last season, beginning of this one. in a sense, lucky luciano is a pivotal character in organized crime, the first modern mob boss. >> he's grown up a lot on the show. we get to see him go from thug to the under boss to now trying to find his own vision for what the world should look like an organized crime. we're picking up at a point where he's very focused on trying to achieve that. >> we were talking to gretchen mall yesterday about how cool it is to play a period piece, 1920s, '30s, atlantic city, the costumes and characters you play. what was it like being in that point in time in history and part of that cast? >> it was really amazing. sometimes you think the more things change, the more they stay the same. and learning about the roaring '20s and the depression that followed and things like that. it was a massive education and getting to work with wonderful

people from top to bottom was -- i joke around. it's a moving oil painting we're a part of. very cool. >> i know early on in your career you kind of shied away from the italian-american type stereotype that you feel exists. why did you do this then? >> it was too hard to pass over. martin scorsese, terry winter and hbo are doing a thing and they want you to play rocky luciano. how much do i owe them? >> this brought your dad and even closer because he's from sicily. >> my father immigrated here, came here in 1963. just learning about the character, he immigrated in i think 1909 or something. i wanted to understand the culture better and talk to my father about his experience. whenever i had a chance to work with sicilian dialogue on the show, most people know italian these days, it's kind of an antiquated dialect. getting to speak with my father

about it, it was something to share. it was a lot of fun. a lot of fun. >> speaking of fun, we have a quiz for you. >> i heard a rumor. >> gretchen was here yesterday. she got everything right. no pressure, but there is pressure. here we go. first question, you were born in queens. which classic rap trio also spent chris nas holland. >> run dmc. >> boom. >> can you rap anything run dmc? i'm going add-lib. i'm going rogue. >> mamma cooking chicken and collard greens. >> there you go. >> next up. pizza, do you fold or not fold? >> fold! >> every time. >> so please you the following

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good morning, everyone. i'm chris cato. les start with your first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. a beautiful thursday out there. >> shaping up to be a great day. the humidity dropped and the temperatures really cooled off overnight. now with sunshine warming things up. look at the sunny view from blue mountain in the pocono mountains. fimp a few high clouds in the area and 74 degrees. humidity currently 73% and that will be dropping as temperatures climb 66 in potstown and 77 in wildwood and 75 in northeast philadelphia. sunny, warm day today with light southerly winds. this morning, there is new information about the jersey gem bridge scandal. a report just obtained by the associated press shows police

officers who were assigned to the george washington bridge last fall say they told their superiors about the traffic problems and were told not to talk about that on their radios. an attorney for the police union said one of the officers tried to alert others about the hazardous conditions and was told to "shut up." today we'll get our look of the newly renovated park outside philadelphia city hall. the go of the $65 million project is to make it a welcoming place for people to stay rather than just pass through. includes a cafe with outdoor seating and when it's cold, an ice skating rink. in delaware today, senators tom carper and john carney will host an event to help people looking for work. the free jobs workshop runs from 10:00 to 3:00 and followed by a job fair tomorrow in wilmington. another update for you in about 25 minutes. remember, you can always get the latest news and weather at nbc10.com. now, we go back to "today" show. have a great day.

♪ welcome back to "today" on thursday morning, september 4th, 2014. i'm willie, along with al, natalie and tamron. football tonight, nfl season is here. we've been waiting months for this, right here on nbc, 7:30 eastern time. the defending super bowl champions seattle seahawks take on the green bay backers in' addle where it's always bedlam. the loudest stadium on the planet. >> a good match-up of fans. if you've ever been to a green bay packers game, it's crazy. >> the frozen tundra. >> a good fan match-up and team match-up. >> we asked you to share some of your football pride with us on facebook and twitter. we've got great responses. take a look at this, this is a

broncos baby from oklahoma city, bronco fan never looked so cute. >> sunday night the colts play on nbc. >> a huge game on sunday. >> speaking of packers fans from clausen, michigan. everyone from a different city. >> seahawks fan christina black from bell ling ham, washington, going with green hair. we like that, or the joker, one or the other. >> you're cowboys, i'm giants. >> i'm giants, seahawks. i got into the whole seahawks thing. i got into it, i went to the super bowl -- i like them. >> you like the jerseys. >> eli manning lives in my town. he took a picture with my kids once. >> cleveland browns. it's my adopted hometown. >> keep your photos coming.

we want to see what teams you're rooting for. do you have any superstitions on game day? >> the movie with bradley cooper, the family had all these rituals when they watched the eagles. let's get a check of the weather. >> my superstition is i never walk across -- yes, i do. taking a look at wet weather through the southeast and mid atlantic states. a risk of strong storms already firing up and making their way to the upper midwest. western third of the country going to be spectacular. we have to werery about high surf because of hurricane norbert that. will continue tomorrow. look at the temperatures in the pacific northwest, 91 in portland, 81 in seattle. much cooler air behind a front making its way through the midwest tomorrow, upper 60s, low 70s, the heat and humidity starts to return to good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cooler start, but a nice,

sunny one. with lots of sunshine, we'll warm into the middle to upper 80s this afternoon. but, nice and comfortable all day long. that changes tomorrow. the heat and humidity return. 91 degrees and then even hotter on saturday and steamier, too. high humidity leading to some late-day showers and thunderstorms that will continue into saturday night and early sunday morning and then drying out sunday with a high of 80 degrees. near 80 degrees for monday, tuesday and wednesday with a chance of showers. have a great day. as we mentioned, of course, your life gets a lot better tonight. that's because it's sunday night football night in america on thursday night! it's the nfl kickoff. sunny, mild, 73 degrees because, of course, at centurylink field, on the west coast and it's a lot earlier out there. it's going to be fantastic. that's right. in fact, i think i'm going to give you a migraine because it's thursday night, football night in america!

willie. >> migraines are the most common severe headache disorder afflicting some 27 million american women alone. many of these patients take medication. sometimes that's not enough. >> that's where alternative therapies come in. health magazine's dr. roshini raj is here to explain some of those remedies. >> you guys are really pumped up to talk about migraines. >> migraines can lay people low. a lot of times medication doesn't do it. tell us about this new fda-approved device. >> this is very exciting, just approved by the fda this year. basically the way it works, you first place one of these electrodes, like a sticker on your forehead. then you put this device, like a head band. basically it's electrically stimulating the try generalic nerves. some people see results in a few

weeks. but most people after a few months they get significant relief. >> this is preventive. >> this is preventive. it's not something you do once you have it. >> the fda approved it. how expensive, dare i ask, is insurance covering these? >> you need a prescription from your doctor. it costs about $300. like any new device or treatment, most insurance companies aren't necessarily covering it right now. talk to you doctor about what you need. >> food can trigger. >> some of the big culprits. chocolate, aged cheese, red wine, hot dogs. a lot contain chemicals or additives that can trigger migraines. hot dogs have nitrates. the way you can figure out if this triggers yours is do what's called an elimination diet. they means you eliminate all of these foods for several weeks and slowly reduce them one by

one, keep a headache diary and pinpoint which one z are your triggers. of course, then you want to avoid them long term. >> we have tamron in the orange room talking about botox. >> dr. audrey helper joins us with one of her patients susan gannon who suffers from chronic migraines. good morning, ladies, thanks for joining us. dr. halperin, first explain how botox gives relief to someone suffering from severe migraine? >> well, if we do the injections every 12 weeks, all around the forehead, the sides of the head, the back of the head and down the neck and shoulders. the injections take only about 15 minutes here in the office. they're just under the skin. and the botox actually gets taken up into the nerve cells and prevents the release of certain chemical messengers that propagate migraines. >> how does a person know if

they're a good candidate for this? >> the fda approved botox for chronic migraine. that by definition means you have to have 15 or more headache days per month and they should talk to their doctor if they're having frequent migraines because they may qualify and not realize that they are a chronic migraine sufferer. >> susan, you just finished your treatment. how did it feel? >> they feel like little tiny bee stings and they're so quick and she's so good at administering it that you don't even realize until it's over with. >> how often were you suffering from migraines? you kept a calendar. >> it would happen sometimes three to four times a week. sometimes they would even roll over into the next one, so it was like a continuedal migraine. >> susan, thank you so much for being candid and letting us know what you're going through. thank you dr. halperin.

>> the cure a little bunch of bee stings. i don't know about that. >> dr. raj, what are some of the things you should avoid doing? >> you want to keep your blood sugar at an even keel. you want frequent snacks throughout the day, healthy ones, of course. you want to -- actually sex has been shown in some studies to help with migraines, the release of endorphins. >> that's just the opposite of the usual excuse. >> you're right. dr. raj, thank you so much. coming up next, how you can help amazon pick the next series. we'll help jump start your weekend after this message. you can clear a table without lifting a finger... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin. because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin doesn't start working until hour 3.

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>> three singles from his upcoming two album, "white caps." tell us about "white caps." >> these are both singles from his upcoming two albums he's releasing on september 30th. one with his group third eye girl. the vocals are in the women in the band. he's releasing his solo album also on the 30th. expect a month of prince ahead. >> a month of prince. how are these singles being received? "you know" is a slow jam. >> seems like classic prince. kind of that funk you want from him. "white caps" is a little bit of a different sound because it's with his bound. >> "clouds" at the end of august. why is he releasing so many sing snls. >> trying to make noise for his upcoming album. if you look at how people have been doing their album releases, beyonce dropped all of her album

just like that. people are trying to figure out how to make noise. >> so tech, there are people lining up ahead of the september 9th announcement that apple is supposedly releasing the iphone 6. >> you know apple won't confirm anything, they are so secretive. the rumors are that we'll see a much more bigger iphone screen size. we may actually see two, kind of responding, people want to be able to surf a little more. >> like galaxy, samsung. >> there are a couple of strong rupe morse out there, we may see a new glass made out of sapphire that will be a little bit -- >> that material is actually on the little touch thing right now. >> that's right. it would be a screen that would help with the shattered glass problem that some people have found. apple is also reportedly playing with mobile payments.

they want to turn this iphone into your wallet so you can pay with it wherever you are. >> what about the new game app? febage? >> fibage. >> that was the french version. >> it's a new party game, but it's with a tech twist. you download it on your xbox, everybody uses their smart phones or tablets as their controllers. so basically it's kind of like balderdash. kind of like that. >> you throw up a trivia question. the fear that somewhere in the world a blank is watching you? is the answer programmer, libertarian, duck, cabbage, sumo wrestler or canadian? >> a duck? >> programmer. >> tamron, you got it right.

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good morning, i'm chris cato. let's get your first alert forecast now with meteorologist bill henley on what's shaping up to be a gorgeous thursday, bill. >> a beautiful day. you wouldn't get any disagreement from the folks enjoying the sunshine at cape may. a live view of a small, but growing crowd in cape may. 79 degrees in north cape may and wildwood. 74 at philadelphia international while wilmington is 78 degrees and the temperatures are

climbing. we'll see the numbers go into the middle to upper 80s this afternoon and humidity stays low with light southerly winds to 9 miles per hour. breaking news just arriving on scene of this crash in bucks county. here's what we're told at this point, this is at street road and mechanicsville road. county authorities tell us that police were following a car that was wanted in a hit and run and that car crashed. there were reports of the suspect bailing out of the vehicle. some people were injured. we're not sure who or the severity of their injuries now. the teams there are assessing the injuries. we'll continue to follow this story for you and get the latest on that for you as more is available. a big name change is coming to septa east station. septa officials will make an announcement in about an hour. market east may be renamed jefferson station in partner with jefferson health system. here's a big clue. last week technically phillypfá

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. from nbc news. this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody. we're so happy you're with us for thirsty thursday. it's a big kickoff for football. >> everyone around here is buzzing about something. >> football. september 4th. >> well, usually we get our notes every day, and in our notes they let us know who is going to be on the show. we read them, or you do. i go through whatever i do. for some reason there weren't a lot of notes. they said it's a surprise for your first guest. we thought now it's a nothing.

now everybody is saying it's a great surprise. >> we don't know when we get it either. >> we know we don't have a first segment, so whoever or whatever it is must be in the beginning of the show. >> what do you want it to be? because there are good surprises, and i discovered in leaf there are not some good surprises. you know what i'm saying? i don't want those. >> i think it can't be blake shelton because he is going to be with us -- >> he is coming in a couple of weeks. so it might be hugh jackman. >> but nobody thinks it is. >> okay. >> whoever it is, it will be a letdown. i'm kidding. we're very, very excited. >> if you are out and about on sunday, it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. >> i'm going to be the grand marshall of the race for the cure. the komen race for the cure. come to the park, 7:00 a.m. set your alarm, or not. >> that's usually well, well, well attended. actually, not just attended, but people that actually do it. >> i might actually try to do it. >> all right, hoda woman. we want to send continued love

out to joan rivers who i guess i've known her almost 30 years. love her to pieces. we worked with her. >> yeah. >> done stuff with her, and just she's always delightful. the one thing you can never be in show business is boring. she always, always, always got a reaction. so it's been one week. snoo she was moved from icu into another room, is what her daughter says, where she's being kept comfortable. that's a quote from melissa. our love and prayers. >> continue to pray and send our love. >> right. we had a big debate here yesterday on the program, and we want to reveal the results. >> apparently it was an unbelievable reaction, right? >> so we asked the question about toilet paper. do you like the roll to be open over or under? >> i thought it was a no brainer. under. everybody likes the way it would be. so we did a whole thing on facebook.

i cannot even believe the results. i actually peeked because i was so excited to be right. do you know that 87% of the people said over? 87! 13% said under. kathie lee is right. >> yes, there is. >> 87%. >> i don't know. well, there is a reason. they said that people don't like it under because it hits the wall, and it's unsanitary. i don't know. somehow going like this they said -- >> the pros of over is it's easier to locate the end. especially if you have a nice dos on it, which i don't do the dot. and less chance of scraping your knuckles on the wall. who scrapes your knuckles when you -- what, are you a caveman? >> you are getting it with your paw. they say under is better because it looks tidier, and there's no -- >> i don't think so. i don't like it hanging there like that. >> the less chance of a child or pet or somebody pulling it and running havoc with it.

i don't know why. you could still -- >> you could still. remember to vote in november. if only we had people's response to our elections like we do to our toilet paper. >> thank you for being one of those. you know how they have amendments or things on the ballots? that would be a good one. >> that wob a good one. now, hoda, we are here with chips and salsa and dip for a very good reason. >> it's football time, you guys. it starts tonight. green bay versus seattle right here on nbc. i can't believe football season is starting already. >> we want to thank zulily, the new sponsor of my podcast this week. >> what? >> we had a wonderful, wonderful writer you would love named anthony destefano. i didn't know this was true until i looked on zulily, and they're helping us to celebrate with chips and salsa serving bowl. >> anyway, the game is here, and the saints are playing on sunday

against the falcons. that's huge. >> is it? >> they're rivals. it's like the whole thing. it's like a smackdown, drag out. >> speaking of football, we love our "daily news." we have a column in it. we're in there again. i am taking umbrage. >> i know you are. they say who were the top ten giants of all time? >> of all time. >> it was a unanimous decision. >> unanimous. >> because i wasn't on the board. >> yes. >> because we thought -- >> we thought it would be someone who we know here and love. >> and love. okay. here's what they said. giants among men. l.t. tops -- >> lawrence taylor. >> he is darn good, i agree, but frank is number six. >> frank gifford is number six? >> i don't think so. i know so. >> only person ever to play three positions like he did. pro bowl eight times. look at him. >> comeback player of the year after that hit. every knockdown.

>> let's go back and relook at this issue. okay? >> we could just rearrange it. >> yeah. all right. >> this is interesting. there was a poll done of girls around the age of 21 years old by cosmo magazine, and we found this stat shocking. they said of those young girls that -- nine out of ten of them have taken a nude photo of themselves. nine out of ten. >> does that sound about right? >> 90%. >> who over there has taken pictures of themselves, and i want honesty. >> okay. >> peter, our photographer has. >> nobody? >> one person. >> no? no. no. >> they want jobs. >> okay. nine out of ten. >> i mean, that's unbelievable. i wonder if -- you know how we always say if you take these kind of nude pictures or drunk pictures or whatever it's going to ruin your chance for a future, but i wonder if by the time these kids get older, so many people are going to have done it, it's not -- remember

when there was a stigma and shame attached to all the stuff that have now disappeared. mroo what, you are taking the picture for your boyfriend? >> you are asking me who has never been naked in her entire life? >> i don't understand why -- they say of the girls who took the pictures, they say only 14% regretted it. it wasn't like you do it and think, oh, my gosh, i shouldn't have done that. 14% regretted it. the rest thought it was fine, which means that 14% of the pictures probably got out or something. >> not going to judge it, but it's hard to believe. hard to believe, hoda woman. you have taken risque ones, you admitted in the daily news. >> risque for me. you know? you know, i'm covered up most of the time. i'm embarrassed about being exposed. >> fabulous. you're embarrassed about being fabulous? >> being exposed. this is a great piece of videotape. there was a 7-week-old baby boy in australia named lockland, and he was diagnosed with having moderate or severe hearing loss

in both ears, so he was crying a lot. his mom, toby, posted a video on youtube, and she got the moment that his first hearing aids where he could actually hear for the very first time. he doesn't like it. >> crying at first. >> let's take a look. >> hi. >> oh, my gosh. >> hello there. >> hi. >> oh, how marvelous. >> hi. >> lockland, hello. >> i like that. >> oh, my gosh. >> lockland. >> oh, my -- oh, my gosh. he is 2 years old now, by the way. >> now he -- that's really, really beautiful. >> oh, my god. >> look. he is crying before. >> first hearing aid.

>> he can't get enough of it. >> right there. he says what is that? what is that? look at that mind working. what is this? >> oh. >> hi. >> lockland, hello. hello. >> oh, my god. >> that is the most beautiful thing. >> it is. >> oh, my gosh. >> let's watch it again. so sweet. wow. >> that's a modern miracle. you know? >> yeah. >> that's what i love about modern technology. that's awesome. >> time for i-hoda. >> oh, shoot. >> this is one of those songs that should be -- i think it's the song of the summer. it may not be, but who cares? >> i don't think so. >> it's by katy perry, and it's

called "this is how we do." >> okay. >> ready? go. it's a video. ♪ >> that's j. lo. >> i picked j. lo's before. i didn't pick her -- i didn't pick j. lo today. >> oh, my god! >> no, you should have apparently. that's our surprise. how nice! >> i know you lot of me. i know you love me. >> oh, my gosh. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> put her many n the middle. >> it's so early. >> what are you doing? >> oh, my god. >> maybe a little something later. >> later? >> yeah. can i hang out with you guys? >> do you want some wine? [ laughing ] >> wine at this hour? >> yes. of course.

>> you know we love -- you know what we loved i like you poppy before everyone loved it, and it became our theme. >> we sang it all the time. >> we had someone like donny osmond, and he was doing it. i love you poppy. >> when i saw, like, cameron diaz and all the girls and leslie mann all doing it, i was, like,oh, people like it. it's good. yeah, yeah. >> do you like white or red? >> i'm more of a white. rose. >> rose. >> to be honest, i don't really drink. >> i heard that. >> i just -- i don't really. >> you probably drink coconut water. >> do you? >> i don't like coconut water. >> me either. >> some people love it. it's supposed to be super, super healthy, but i don't like it. >> we were just in the makeup room today. remember when you said there was that picture of you walking up the stairs looking back, and kath said this is so disgusting how great j. lo has been looking. >> never looked more beautiful in her life. >> thank you.

>> you -- is it okay to say i heard you use lemeir. you slather it all over your body. >> that's like an old rumor from back when there were tons of rumors about me all the time. i know there are still, but i feel like people have gotten to know me over the years a little bit better. especially once i started doing "american idol" people got to know my personality and a lot of those stories were just, you know, people talking. >> what do you do use? we want to know. >> honestly, i have used very clean products. i use a cleanser from my dermatologist that i have used for years. >> top secret. >> not top secret, but not a product that you can buy in the stores. and then there's a -- i use, like, cream from whole foods. >> do you? >> yes. >> okay. >> everywhere? >> not everywhere. >> i use regular body lotion. i'm not picky about body lotion. >> she has the most gorgeous skin in the world. >> we want to prove what we say is true, j. lo.

this is us enjoying your song. >> i'm glad i'm here. >> i love you poppy. it's slang. ♪ i love you, poppy, i know you love -- >> i wonder how long it took to write those lyrics. that song is -- >> that's my -- i love you poppy. >> you know what, i'm used to it. >> you're the most beautiful woman in the world according to "people magazine". we happen to agree, and what do you do for exercise because i read somewhere you just lost ten pounds? >> i did. i went on a vegan diet for a while, and i tried, it and i just, you know, to be healthier and to like, try to teach my kids to eat healthier. it's good. it's nice. it's extreme. having been raised the way i was, for me, i still like to incorporate a lot of what i learned and just be conscious of, you know, all that stuff and

i did. i lost about i would say almost 10 pounds. slimmed down a little bit. >> made a huge difference too. >> then i have been working out. >> her wrists are like yours. >> the rest of her is too. >> i'm going to just -- >> can i stay? >> we have questions for you. this is awesome. >> oh, my god. j. lo. >> we're going to catch up with her more after this. >> that is quite a surprise. >> you know what, that was awesome. ght. a human one. and it's time to fight it. quaker's good energy is just what you want. it's how we help keep go-getters like you, going, and getting. one bite at a time. make it with milk for a boost of protein.

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month. >> you are gracing the cover of "elleu.k." it's a sexy cover. she talks about all the highs and lows of being in the spotlight. >> hey, people ask me about. >> highs and lows -- equal highs and lows? >> i would say -- my life is awesome. you know, i don't take it for granted for one minute how fortunate i am, and i would have to say there's many more highs. there are lows in this business, as you know, that that we all have to go through in the public eye, and you know, if you are going to be this fortunate, you'll have to deal with some stuff like everybody wrels, sfwr let's talk about the fun you are having. you are doing some music with iggy izalea. >> is this a remake of "bootie." >> my album a.k. that came out in june, there's a song that has pit bull on it. >> we know. >> it's a very -- >> he is a sweet guy. >> he is a doll. >> he did a great job on this song, and that's been out for a couple of months. i decided, you know, we're going to release it as a single, so we're going to do a little remix, and we put iggy on it because it's like who else could

do the bootie remix. exactly. >> oh, my. are you kidding me? >> we filmed a video, and -- >> is that really all you right there? >> yes. >> that is? >> yes, it is. there's, you know, no -- yes. i really -- i don't know if everybody knows pictures are retouched. i try to do minimal because i want it to be real. i want it to be real, and i look at the original. wait a minute. did you do something to my face. i think it's good. like, if that original comes out and it's not like -- >> what are they trying to do? >> it's easy for everybody just to look at you, look at your life, look at everything and just be jealous and i think you've always felt like it's important tomorrow power women. >> absolutely. >> not feel bad about themselves, but to go out there and feel great. >> be who you are. you have to be who you are. >> you are writing this in a book that's coming out. >> how do you have time to write

a memoir? >> it started out as, you know, i went on my first world tour a couple of years ago. i also was going through a divorce at that time, so i was going to go out on my own with the two kids for the first time. my first world tour. it was like a big deal. i decided to do like a diary of the year i went on tour, and that's all it was supposed to be. like a lot of pictures of the tour and how i put the tour together and all this kind of stuff. as i realized i was putting the tour together, all my songs and all the things about my life were so reflective and so intertwined that it became more. it became more than just a diary of that year. it became more of what that year was like and how transformational it was at that moment because of the low i was going through at the same time going through this tremendous high of meeting my fans and alone in the world for the first time. it turned out to be more of a life lesson book than i expected it. >> you are here. we talked about this off the top, but this is viva today. hello.

it's all about empowering -- >> hola. >> hola, viva. >> how important is that part of you, do you think? does it define you? >> absolutely. absolutely. it's always been a big part of who i am. it's like that whole kind of being puerto rican and being from the bronx. it's something -- it's so much a big part of who i am and my upbringing that, you know, i just carry it everywhere i go. it's not something that i'm, like, hey, look at me. i'm puerto rican. >> it's part of you. >> it's such a big part of me. >> we have lots more to talk about. stick around. >> true love, the book, comes out in both english and spanish. viva today,back baby. >> we'll be right back. join straight talk wireless at our "give a minute. help make-a-wish" event, and help make more wishes come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions. this saturday from 10 to 4 at your local walmart, take a minute to learn more about straight talk wireless and great phones like the samsung galaxy ace style, and we'll donate a dollar toward our goal of $1 million to make-a-wish.

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under 600 calorie lunch combos starting at just $6.99 only at applebee's. or they'll be ready for pick-up when you order online. >> yeah. >> we like to drive. >> hey. >> it's like the cartoon. >> of course. all right. you're going to be busy. on september 9th guess who is going to be singing in brooklyn. you. what fashion rocks. what is that? >> it's a show that they do, and it's basically a mix of, like, music and fashion. they've done it for -- they did it a few years back. they're restarting it. ryan seacrest is going to be hosting. >> of course, he is. in his spare time. >> so i'm going to be performing there. >> when is that bootie video coming out? is it coming out then? >> right after the performance. as soon as you see me perform, it like right after the bootie video is going to drop. >> don't say drop. >> drop. drop it. >> drop it over 60.

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the black car you see there involved in two hit-and-run accidents. minutes earlier the car crashed. police have taken the driver into custody. we don't know about charges at this time. earlier skyforce 10 caught one of the two teens. the white car hit by the black car. the black car took off. one woman was injured and taken to the hospital. we'll have much more coming up in half an hour on nbc 10 news at 11:00 a.m. let's get a check of your forecast, a beautiful morning. meteorologist bill henley has that. bill. >> not easy to get enough of weather like this. you're going to have to hurry. it's going to be around today and changing tomorrow. plenty of sunshine from city to mountains. in fact, perfectly clear in the pocono mountains, a live view where temperatures are climbing. 74, mount pocono, allentown, 80 in northeast philadelphia while wilmington, millville, dover all in the upper 70s right now. warm sunny afternoon. humidity stays low with just a

gentle breeze blowing later today out of the south at 9 miles an hour. >> in half an hour, the city will unveil newly renovated dilworth park outside city hall. it turns the plaza into a welcoming space for people to stay instead of walk through. it includes cafe with outdoor seating and a fountain that will turn into a skating rink come winter. unveiling, except for 11:00 this morning, we'll have much more on that including a full hour of news in 30 minutes on nbc 10. you can always catch us at nbc10.com. now back toed to the a show. i'm chris cato. have a great thursday.

♪ >> all righty. we're back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday with our special guest, jennifer lopez. >> i can't believe this just happened. >> we have ambush makeovers when we pluck two lucky ladies off the plaza and surprise them with a brand new look from head to toe. you don't mind, j. lo, some people don't like their name like that. you are okay with it? >> i'm fine with it. >> we should stop doing it if you don't like it. >> here is our makeover team lois licari. ♪ louis licari la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> and author and the one and the only jennifer lopez. >> okay. >> your clothes are actually being put on our ambushees. >> i'm excited.

i'm always excited to see it. >> it's really, really, really well done. >> we work so hard on it. >> affordable. >> our first lucky lady is colleen. she's 30 years old from palo alto, california. for the past five years she's worked her way up from a resident to a fellow at stanford hospital, so she decided trade in her scrubs for a glam new look. let's take a listen to her story. >> love this sign on the plaza. mom says today louis licari and jill martin can solve all my problems. i know one problem. we're definitely going to solve. why is this so important for you for her to have this? >> well, colleen is a medical fellow out of stanford, and she has very little time to get her haircut. she hasn't got her haircuts in months, to get a makeover. tonight is her husband's 30th birthday, and we're here in new york to celebrate that. >> oh. >> she wants to look good. >> all right. you haven't stopped smiling. are you ready to look so hot for your husband's birth day party? >> i'm so excited. really great to be here on the "today" show. >> oh, my -- >> so thrilling. >> it's going to be transformational.

>> here are her parents, janice and alan, and her husband and brother are here too. everybody please keep your blindfolds on. here is colleen before. come on out, colleen. ♪ >> oh, she looks good. >> are you ready? take off your blind folds. >> oh, my -- >> silence. >> colleen, you ready to see yourself? >> yes. >> make some noise. >> i love it! >> that's good. >> isn't it cool? >> it's wonderful. >> right here. camera 12. lou louis, tell us about the hair. >> the first thing i did is i refreshed her red hair clof. make it bright. make it the way it was when she was a teenager, and then arson gave her this great hair color. >> the arsonist we call him. >> just there's a sexiness about it. she looks incredible. >> is this your outfit? >> this is one of -- these are a lot of our piece from the kohl's

line here. >> how great is this because nothing like -- i'm going to have you done do this. nothing like a great pair of jeans. look how cute her tush looks for the birthday party. >> what's great about these pieces is you can mix and match them to make them work for your body type. >> they're incredible. >> she needed something more. >> i need some earrings. i don't know. hearings are not for everybody. you know what i mean? let me see. i think she does need earrings. >> yeah. >> i like that. i like that. i like the earrings. >> take that thing off the bottom. >> throw that on. >> you can see a little shimmer around there. brings a little light to your face. you know what i mean? >> with the gold and the silver too. >> that's okay. i mix gold and silver. >> maybe you add a little -- >> what do you think? a ring? >> why not? >> bling bling. >> you know, right now it's like wear a lot of rings.

>> if you are going to to it, go for it, baby. >> we can keep doing that, but i'm going to introduce -- >> don't go anywhere. >> our next lady is crystal huffnell. 27 years old. today is her 27th birthday. she's from virginia beach, virginia. for the past year she's been too busy taking care of her daughter and her -- to focus on herself. now that she's six months pregnant with another little girl, her husband wanted swub to take care of her for a change. that's so sweet. let's hear her story. >> bless you. look at this abrianna. we spotted her first, of course, but happy birthday, mom. >> thank you very much. >> and what do you think about this makeover surprise? >> awesome. amazing. too good to be true. let's do it. >> look at this child. and, dustin, you said she'll do it. >> that's why i volunteered her in. >> can we look at your child once again? are you ready to see a new

mommy? yeah! >> so fun. so cute. >> all righty. she's here with her husband, dustin, and their daughter abrianna. >> so precious. >> let's look at her before, and let's bring the new crystal woman out. ♪ >> wow. wow. >> awesome. >> all right. dustin, go ahead. >> take your -- >> abriana is willing looking. >> wow. >> you want to turn around and see how beautiful you look. >> take a breath. it's beautiful. >> oh, my god. oh. >> we're going to need kleenex. i told everybody. you look beautiful. she's hormonal. she's hormonal. >> she loves it. >> the bangs are so beautiful. >> tell us about them. >> first thing i did is i saw this face, and i knew that she could be so dynamic, so i made the color stronger. we added this rich brown color. we could have gone blonde or brown, but we went dark, which is a whole new option.

>> beautiful. >> then, of course, put on the appropriate makeup, those bright lips, and this haircut. she has this beautiful hair, but it was doing nothing, and arson defined it with the bangs, j. lo. with the light layers. it just looks -- you look like -- i mean, you look so chic. you look like a movie star. >> i love it. >> the before picture. >> dustin, bring her over so she can see that it's her mom. >> hi, baby. >> she knows. >> you should see her face. >> wait. wait a minute. what happened here? >> my mommy. >> it's mama. >> oh, my god. >> mama. >> you win some. you lose some. >> oh.

>> mommy. >> mommy is here. >> oh -- >> oh, sweet pea. it's all my fault. >> look at this. i love her dress. >> she will realize in one second that it's mommy. well, beautiful. obviously, leopard dress and a dress that grows with you, and she can wear it all the time. just a sexy way to be pregnant. you feel so beautiful. we love this dress. >> what should she wear? >> it's funny because with babies, they pull off jewelry all the time. even mine who are 6 now still if they see a big hoop, it's like a game for them. >> wonderful. >> let's hang from your earring. i would do a ring or something. you do bracelets, they're just going to go for it. >> she might love the bracelets then to -- >> she can play with the bracelet. >> try that on. >> again -- >> what's that? >> oh, yeah. >> maybe one ring on the other side. >> go for it. >> these are fabulous. >> i love those.

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from her dewy skin to her killer red carpet style, our friend j. lo always seems to look perfect. lea remeny gave the actress a hard time for never being ugly. take a look. >> oh, we don't have it. whatever. we remember. we remember. >> i have it on my phone. >> i was making fun of you at the hamptons house out by the pool because you were -- >> i told her come down to the

pool, you know. she was up in her room. i said came down by the pool. i'm coming down to the pool. when she fwot there, i wear a head wrap and jewelry and stuff. you know? >> have you always every day? >> no. yes. a little bit, but no. oh, here it is. here it is. >> head wrap, jewelry. >> what? >> that to me is a quick fix. cool hair and makeup and stuff. my hair is a mess. put on the scarf. put on sunglasses. the earrings look good with the head wrap. you can't wear the head wrap without the earrings because then i just look like i'm bald. >> what's the coziest? what do you like to hang out in when no one is looking? >> i love sweats. i get caught with the paparazzi with them all the time. i love sweats and sneakers. i like fly sneakers because when i grew up in the bronx it was the sneakers were like your mark. >> the paparazzi, and put our sweats on the plane. e. people do. people do. >> some people do.

it depends how i feel. sometimes i feel like going to the plane looking nice, and sometimes i feel like i just can't wait -- >> what about makeup? is it a must? when you leave your house, do you have some kind of makeup on? >> i do a lot of ponytails and buns. you always catch me with a bun. or like sunglasses. a little bit of lip gloss. a little bit of mascara. >> mascara is your thing. >> mascara, for sure. >> what would you say is the question that most people ask you about your look and -- >> i would say they always ask about my skin. i would just say i have good genes. my mom and grandma have beautiful skin. i was blessed with that. i'm fortunate in that way. you know, it's also like i try to get my sleep. i am not, you know -- i don't smoke. i don't drink. you know, there are other things that i try to do in a healthy way. i take care of my skin too. i wash my makeup off before i go to sleep at night. i put on my moizurizer. i use my eye cream. at a certain point you have to start doing that. >> a lot of people are writing in notes, and they want to ask you questions.

martha wants to know -- she wants to know about keeping your body healthy, because i think everyone wants to be fit. what do you do daily? >> again, it's -- for me i've learned this over the years since -- it's a balance. i love to eat. i grew up on fried foods and rice and beans and all this kind of stuff. at a certain point you got to go i got to eat a lot more greens. especially with the whole vegan thing. i have to have a lot more healthy food. you have to work out. you have to work out. you have to exercise. you have to move. it's -- nobody loves it. we all hate it. it's the worst. but you have to -- i mean, it's a good feeling when you get into it. >> it's over. >> when it's over, you feel great, but it's hard to do, and nobody loves doing it every day. >> what do you do? >> i like to -- i do circuit training. i do a little bit of cardio. i don't do crazy. i do 20 to 30 minutes of cardio, and then i'll do muscle work with little weights. nothing crazy. i'm not a bodybuilder. i'm just trying to stay toned, and i'm trying to keep my muscle, you know, there. it goes. >> your little ones, too.

>> i dance. i do perform, which helps me a lot. more probably than the average person who works in a regular job. my dance is a living. you know what i mean? i'm doing that a lot as well. >> one particular person wants to know -- they want to know because they hope that you have had tons of plastic surgery because it's not fair for somebody to be born that way. what do you say to that? >> i haven't had any plastic surgery. nothing. i haven't had any injectables or fillers or anything like that. nothing. >> all right. would you? >> that's ridiculous. >> i don't know. first of all, i don't judge anybody who does. you have to do what makes you feel good. i haven't done it yet. i don't know if i will in the future. i don't know how i feel when things start hang. >> right. >> well, they haven't. >> thank god. >> we want to let everyone know that j. lo has a new cd, aka, that's out now. look at that. >> we are so excited. we're bringing a little latin flavor to the table. >> with one from south america. right after this. >> look at you the whole hour. what you see is brilliant, luminous haircolor.

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♪ >> it's time for our special series "veefa today" and we're taking latin american culture in one of our favorite ways. >> with food, wine, and music, and here with a few of her favorite wines from south america is private chef and private writer who just happens to be standing next to j. lo. >> where are we going to start? >> we are going to start in chile, which is in south america. it's in the central valley. this particular wine is from that region. they're really known for their wines. probably the most prominent area in south america for wine production. we're going to take this -- >> oops. i'm going to need a -- >> we're going to have an hour of rehearsal after this. >>. >> this is a -- this pairs lovely with a secicha. >> beautiful. >> come on.

>> that's delicious. >> is it good? >> what do you think about this? >> yummy. >> you like it? >> uh-huh. nice and light. >> nice and light. >> real fruity. >> this is -- >> let's move over to -- >> this is fun. >> this is fun, right? >> argentina. known for their tango and lovely wine there. >> i love this. >> skirt steak. this is a beautiful malbec. >> known for their malbec, right? >> it's fruity. >> she has ten hours of rehearsal. >> it pairs really well with betty. >> betty is your taster. >> i travel with her as her official taster, but this is my favorite segment of the show. >> it's a dream to be part of this. >> this is about $18. >> hmm. >> that's nice.

>> that is beautiful. >> i love that one. >> hmm. >> no, no, no. >> now we are in uruguay, right? who knew that they made wine. >> really quickly. >>. >> i love this. >> we got to go early today. i'm sorry. >> we have to look at her hot new video. we have to safe time for that. this is "today" on nbc. >> these are all gorgeous. >> cheers.

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we begin with breaking news this morning. two bodies found inside a home in the crescentville section of the city. skyforce 10 live over crescent street. so far we don't know the circumstances. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we're gathering information. we'll bring you more information as soon as it comes into nbc 10. more breaking news. a car crash in bensalem. police say they were following the black car you see here that was involved in two hit-and-runs just minutes earlier. that ended up crashing. police took the driverf