>> thank you, bill. salute to all our veterans out there. "today" show is next. we'll see you for an update in 25 minutes. good morning. whiteout. heavy snow across the midwest. nearly 2 feet in some states and still falling, causing at least two deaths and hundreds of accidents, while much of the country gets set for a massive drop in temperatures. ebola-free. the final patient being treated in the u.s. set to walk out of a new york city hospital this morning, as that nurse who fought quarantines in two states receives good news of her own overnight. tragedy of errors. a scathing, new report blasts the clinic where joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. the doctors accused of failing to act quickly, even taking pictures of rivers during the procedure. this morning, reaction from her daughter, melissa. and family portrait. three generations of the bush family sit down to talk politics, parenting and

presidential pals. >> bill clinton's become a good -- >> good friend, yeah. i try. >> some people would be surprised by that. >> i think they are, but he's a good man. >> a look inside an american political dynasty today, tuesday, november 11th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone. nice to have a big sign out on the plaza, "veterans day." thank you to the men and women of the armed forces this morning. >> no question. i love working in rockefeller plaza, especially on a day like today. you look at the flags, the american flags over by the rink. >> beautiful. >> and those members of the military. it's a good day to remember, this isn't just a day off from school. >> right. >> this is a time to think about the men and women who have served this country so bravely over the years. >> so true. >> and you see service members

out there with their families and remember the sacrifices their families make so we can have what we have. >> we'll talk more about that throughout the morning. also, let's get to our top story. it's a nasty winter storm once again. snow and accidents are piling up in wisconsin, michigan and minnesota, and temperatures are plunging. dylan dreyer is bundled up in forest lake, minnesota. hi, dylan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. always bundled up. this is day two of the snow and ice here in forest lake, minnesota. the ice covering the roads is responsible for hundreds of accidents across the state, and sadly, is the cause of at least two deaths. now, parts of the rockies and the upper midwest are now covered in a foot of snow, but it's early november, so it's all going to melt away quickly, right? not quite. below-freezing temperatures are here to stay for a long, long time. much of the nation's midsection is already frozen with minnesota getting the worst of it monday.

>> now back. straighten the wheels out a little bit. >> reporter: in the twin cities, vehicles stranded, a semi truck jack-knifed off a highway, police reporting hundreds of accidents statewide. south of minneapolis, entire neighborhoods blanketed by snow. but despite blizzard conditions, some school districts remained open. >> i just wanted to stay in bed. >> reporter: parts of wisconsin were slammed by up to 18 inches of snow monday. more expected today. in south dakota, snow plows ruled the roads as residents dusted off their shovels and scrapers. >> for me, it's a little early, but there's not much we can do. >> reporter: as the storm moved east overnight, parts of michigan pummeled with heavy snow. more than a foot is expected before it's over. with nonstop snow and talk of a prethanksgiving polar vortex, people across the country are wondering if this winter could be just as brutal as last year's that saw record-low temperatures

and snowfall totals across the midwest. already this year, more than a foot of snow has fallen in multiple cities six weeks before the official start of winter. now, eventually, the snow will stop falling, but the temperatures won't. in fact, overnight lows will drop down into the single digits and beyond, and afternoon highs, especially around here, won't get above freezing for at least two weeks. and al, it's not just here. the whole country's going to get cold. >> that's right, and it's going to be stretching from the pacific northwest, dylan, all the way to the southeast. show you exactly what's going on. we've got snow right now making its way toward the u.p. of michigan, milwaukee as well, going to be looking at some light snow and rain and then change over to snow as it turns colder. snowfall amounts, we're looking at another 12 to 15 inches of snow through the u.p. of michigan and into parts of northern wisconsin. and then there's the cold plunge. rapid city, it feels like 13 right now. grand isle feels like 2 below.

st. louis is going to feel like 39 right now, kansas city. but ahead of the system, memphis, it's 60. it's 66 in houston, but by wednesday, look at these temperatures. feeling like 34 in san antonio, huntsville 33, 19 in chicago. it gets even worse as we get on into thursday. kansas city, you'll feel like 12, denver 4 below. and by friday, that chill stretches from boston, where it will feel like 31, down to atlanta, 21, houston feels like 36 degrees. and guys, this cold air will be in place and be reinforced for at least two weeks. >> all right, al. thank you very much, we think. well, the last ebola patient here in the u.s. is heading home this morning after being declared free of the virus. dr. craig spencer became infected while in guinea, but his symptoms developed only after he returned to new york city. nbc national correspondent kate snow is at bellevue hospital this morning. kate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. for the first time in months, no one with ebola is being treated at an american hospital.

bellevue hospital here says 33-year-old craig spencer is ebola-free. he heads home later this morning. [ sirens ] it's been 19 days since an ambulance delivered dr. craig spencer to the hospital, another example of american medical care beating this deadly disease with the help of blood donated by a survivor. >> happy to give dr. spencer plasma that he needs. >> reporter: today the hospital says "dr. spencer poses no public health risk," a stark contrast to the fear when he was first diagnosed. >> should sit home, you know? >> reporter: spencer rode the subway, went bowling, ate at a meatball shop and took an uber car before coming down with a 100.3-degree fever. >> ebola is very difficult to contract. being on the same subway car or living near a person with ebola does not in itself put someone at risk. >> reporter: local officials scrambled to reassure new yorkers no one would get sick, and so far, no one has, but

those fears also led to new york and new jersey imposing mandatory quarantines for health care workers returning from west africa, and that, of course, led to a nurse, first seen in a tent, who went on to wage a fight against quarantines that had everybody talking. >> my job is not to represent her, it's to represent the people of new jersey. >> for halloween, i handed out about 1,000 loose m&m's with my bare hands. >> reporter: late last night, the 21-day monitoring period for kaci hickox ended. she and her boyfriend plan to visit boston, baltimore, and maybe new york, before settling in a new place in southern maine. it's unclear where dr. spencer will head from here. his fiancee has been at their apartment. she, too, has been under quarantine, and the health care workers who have been treating him here, they'll now be in that 21-day monitoring period. that will extend into december. savannah? >> all right, kate snow. thank you very much. matt? >> savannah, thank you very much. let's turn to politics now.

it's been one week since the midterm elections, but the race for 2016 is already heating up. former president george w. bush told savannah that his brother, jeb, knows he can do the job. this as president obama deals with an array of challenges during his trip to asia, including a face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin. chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press" and author of "the stranger: barack obama in the white house." hey, chuck, good morning. congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> let's talk about the presidents. it's nice to get a change of scenery after a big whooping. >> yes. >> he's in asia after the apec summit, wants to project an air of strength for the united states, but he's coming off a big loss. >> he is, but in many ways, getting out of the country is the easiest thing to do. he did a similar thing after the last midterm shellacking, so in some ways, he's thrown himself into foreign policy. but look, foreign policy ain't going so hot for him these days, whether it's the face-to-face showdowns with putin, where there was that uncomfortable moment earlier today, or yesterday, or what's going on, of course, with isis. >> and so, we've got one president licking his wounds in

barack obama. does that force vladimir putin to lick his chops a little bit? does he sense weakness? >> i think he's always thought he has sensed weakness in him, but i think at the same time, the president has tried very hard not to play into that stereotype too much, because he knows that putin sort of almost loves the theatrics so much so the way barack obama hates theatrics. >> let's talk about 2016. george w. bush told savannah here on the show yesterday that he knows, his brother knows he can do the job, but a lot of people are asking the question, can jeb bush win primaries in conservative states? what are you hearing in washington? >> from what i understand is, if he runs, the people around him and even he is on this idea that he wouldn't even try to be winning some of these more conservative primaries, that if he got into the race, it would be a very general election campaign. think of the way rudy giuliani promised to do that. >> wait a second, that brings up a bad memory, because he didn't do so well. >> no, he didn't, but they believe they can't win in places like iowa or the very conservative, where there's

going to be a whole bunch of other conservatives. he's got two issues that are so unpopular, his stance on immigration, his stance on education. it is just like pouring gasoline on a fire with conservatives. >> do you think he's going to run? >> my gut still says no. >> let's talk about barack obama. your new book is called "the stranger," and you analyze what his legacy might be. and you write that in the foreseeable future "he will be a president whose potential wasn't realized." he came to washington promising to bridge the political divide, change the discourse. has that been his biggest failure? >> i think when you look at it, that was the great promise of barack obama. the guy in 2004 showed up at the convention, he was the one that was going to break this polarization. when he leaves the white house, we're going to have 24 straight years of this red versus blue. i think he will admit some day that's his greatest disappointment, and that's what this book's about, sort of the struggles he had to change washingt washington. did he go washington more than he changed it. >> he ran as a stranger six years ago and now that word stranger is seen as a negative for him. >> i think that's right.

>> chuck todd, thank you very much. congratulations again on the book. let's go to natalie and the other top stories of the morning. >> good morning to you, matt and chuck. we begin with the fight against isis and the syrian town at the center of the battle is kobani. nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, has seen the fighting there firsthand and he joins us now from the turkish border. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. kobani has become a symbol in the war against isis. the militants are determined to take the city, yet, it's still holding on, and we finally managed to get into kobani. the center of kobani is no more. a ghostly testament to the price this syrian town is paying for standing up to isis. but the town isn't abandoned. its kurdish people, men and women, have taken up arms and have been holding out for two months. they run through intersections to avoid enemy snipers or stay off the dangerous streets by tunneling through walls.

osi ma, 34 years old, is one of the top field commanders. many of the frontline fighters here are women. they say the islamic fanatics from isis are afraid to be killed by a woman. a dishonor the militants believe could cost them a spot in paradise. osi ma doesn't believe that. "they are afraid because of our conviction and our strength," she says. "our female comrades aren't scare of isis." she took us to kobani's city hall, now a front-line position. she says there were about 40 isis fighters just in these rooms here. so, it's not that they're fighting between buildings and across streets, but room to room. the people of kobani have shown that they will fight to the last man and woman. so many other towns have collapsed as soon as isis militants arrived. not kobani. natalie? >> richard engel, great reporting there along the

turkish border. the former navy s.e.a.l. who says he fired the shots that killed osama bin laden believes u.s. military leaders did not want the al qaeda leader taken alive, but robert o'neil also didn't think he would come home alive after their 2011 raid in pakistan. >> the more we trained on it, the more we realized, this is going to be a one-way mission. we're going to go and not come back. we're going to die when the house blows up, we're going to die when he blows up, or we're going to be there too long and we're going to get arrested by the pakistanis and spend the rest of our short lives in a pakistan prison. >> well, others have disagreed with o'neill's version of events. he tells his version in "the man who killed osama bin laden" airing tonight at 10:00 on fox newschannel, and robert o'neill will be our guest here on "today" this friday. a south korean court today found the captain of that capsized ferry guilty of negligence and sentenced him to 36 years in jail.

lee jun suk was on trial over the killing along with the chief engineer of homicide who was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison. more than 300 people died when that overloaded ferry capsized last april. a river of slow-moving lava has finally reached a rural town on hawaii's big island, consuming its first home. plumes of smoke could be seen for miles. no one was hurt. at least 50 residents in the projected path have been urged to evacuate, but right now, officials say there are no other homes in imminent danger. and in our latest installment of "crazy animal videos," something you don't see every day. take a look at this deer in ohio. he got caught with his head in the candy jar, literally, after running around almost a week with that pumpkin on its head, the plastic pumpkin neighbo. neighbors have been trying to help the poor deer for days, couldn't seem to catch up with it. on monday, with the help of volunteers armed with a jigiant

net, they got the deer and removed the pumpkin head, and the poor deer ran into the woods, probably anxious to get a meal. >> and they got a couple uneaten kit-kats. >> whatever's at the bottom of the pumpkin. >> makes me sad. >> i know, poor thing. >> poor thing. >> nice when you find candy under a buck. >> you just juxtaposed the punch line from another joke there, didn't you? way to go. >> not easy! >> and the other joke you couldn't tell. >> anyway, let's show you what we've got going on. along the east coast, spectacular weather today ahead of this front. wet weather, though, stretching from the great lakes all the way down into the gulf coast. the cooler air makes its way even into the pacific northwest. seattle today windy and 43 degrees. 67 and cool in los angeles. look for a high of only 23 degrees today in denver. that's already probably reached, and it's going to continue to drop during the day today. we're going to get to your local drop during the day today. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in th so right now if you get the 15 gig plan, we'll double the data and make it 30 gigs for the same price 30 gigs? wow - that's a lot. you don't have to do that for me.

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report revealing exactly what happened when comedienne joan rivers suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure. nbc's stephanie gosk has more on that. steph, good morning. >> good morning. this report lists what it calls multiple failures. among the most alarming, when rivers's vital signs started to drop, the medical team did not respond fast enough. lawyers for melissa rivers say she is outraged. the report identifies a list of mistakes the day joan rivers walked in for a routine procedure. an ear, nose and throat doctor performing the procedure did not actually have privileges to work at the clinic, while another member of the team took cell phone photos of rivers after she was sedated. levels of the drug propofol, used for sedation, were inconsistently recorded, and rivers's weight, which could have been a guide for how much propofol to use, was never measured. the report conducted by the department of health and human services says doctors failed to react fast enough to a drop in vital signs.

at least 15 minutes later, the comedienne went into cardiac arrest. >> there were two kind of conflicting reports about when she actually went into cardiopulmonary arrest. so, all of the details are a bit murky, and that's exactly what you don't want in a medical record. >> reporter: in a response, yorkville endoscopy said it "immediately submitted and implemented a plan of correction that addressed all issues raised." the clinic remains open, while the physicians no longer practice there. as for melissa rivers, her lawyers say she will direct her efforts towards "ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient." because of the mistakes listed in the report, yorkville lost its medicare and medicaid funding, but if the clinic passes a surprise inspection in the coming months, they will get that funding back. savannah? >> a lot of disturbing details in that report. stephanie, thank you so much. look who's here. tamron hall is in. carson still working on "the voice." and what are you talking about in the orange room? >> this is very interesting.

so, listen, a lot of people woke up this morning and the name joseph smith was spiking on twitter. >> who's that? >> the founder of the mormon church. >> oh. >> so, he's, of course, died 170 years ago, but he's now trending as a result of an essay actually released by the mormon church. now, the essay itself altered the fundamental belief that joseph smith wed one woman, when he actually wed as many as 40. why is this significant and important? elder steven e. snow, a member of the church's leadership, said the reason for coming up with any new information is "there is so much out there on the internet that we felt we owed our members a safe place where they could go to get reliable, faith-promoting information that was true about some of these more difficult aspects of our history." by the way, this essay is part of a three-part series. but as the elder in this church mentioned, it's a difficult part of the history but one, obviously, the church is ready to discuss in some form.

so, that is why joseph smith is trending this morning, guys. >> 170 years later. >> exactly. fascinating, the church thinking i guess it's better to get the information here than misinformation elsewhere. >> get ahead of it. all right, coming up, how do you begin to say this? the inside story behind one of the largest divorce settlements ever, nearly $1 billion. why are you showing me? >> that was a good shot there. and a very personal interview between jenna bush hager, her father and her grandfather. they open up about their family, their critics and why bush 41 was babysitting jenna on the eve of a presidential debate. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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some of our majors. a live look at 476 right at baltimore pike. if you're going northbound between mcdade boulevard and you are going to see a lot of flow up as evident by this drive time between 95 and 76, about 27 minutes. the number of accidents in our area in plymouth area and germantown pike and another one at old york road and willow avenue. fire marshal says a faulty window unit caused a fire at the ymca in abington montgomery county this morning. the fire started around 4:00 a.m. in the child care room. no one was in the area at the time. firefighters contained the flames to that room, but there is smoke and fire damage in other parts of this building. the fire, the child care area is closed until further notice, but the rest of the building is open. i'm vai sikahema, another update in 25 minutes. we'll see you in about half an hour.

♪ i remember feeling a force telling me it's not -- you're not coming here, this is not your time. >> back now at 7:30 with a woman who is being called the miracle mom. following complications while delivering a healthy baby girl, her heart stopped for 45 minutes. her family was brought in to say their good-byes. then suddenly, doctors found a pulse. she's going to share her remarkable story, coming up. >> beautiful. >> absolutely. >> unbelievable. meantime, let's look at the morning's headlines. snow is causing major problems in the midwest today, where parts of minnesota have already received more than 18 inches. at least two people have died in accidents there. the new york city doctor who treated ebola patients in africa and then was diagnosed with the

disease when he returned home to new york city has now been declared virus-free. and the nurse who fought quarantines in new jersey and maine has made it through her 21-day monitoring period without showing any symptoms of that virus. and the lava flow we've been following in hawaii has now destroyed its first home, a home that had already been evacuated. no injuries were reported. and crews say right now no other homes are in immediate danger. and just ahead, jenna bush hager sitting down for an emotional conversation with both her dad and her granddad to talk parenthood, politics and raising a family in the spotlight. all right, we're going to begin this half hour, though, with one of the largest divorce settlements ever. the judgment for nearly $1 billion. nbc's betty nguyen is here with more on that. betty, good morning. >> oh, this is a doozy, savannah. that whopping sum came in an 80-page ruling following more than a nine-week trial with a judge's decision that oil magnet harold hamm must pay big time. after a nine-week, closed-door

trial, a judge in oklahoma city ruled that harold hamm must pay his ex-wife, sueann hamm $995.5 million. so, how does one pay out that much money? one word -- installments. according to the filing, just over $322 million by the end of 2014, the remaining $650 million will be paid out on a monthly basis. at least $7 million a month. >> pretty comfortable here. >> reporter: 68-year-old harold hamm is an oklahoma oilman, the 24th richest man in the u.s. industry experts estimate his company, continental resources, owns more unrefined oil in the united states than anyone. the hamms married in 1988, before harold earned his fortune and without a prenuptial agreement. sueann hamm filed for divorce in 2012, claiming her husband was unfaithful. her lawyers argued she earned half of the family fortune. it eclipses tiger and elin

woods's divorce, michael and juanita jordan's breakup, even actor mel gibson and his split from wife robin moore. >> this is the king kong of divorce cases. >> proof that breakups can come at a colossal cost. and we reached out to harold hamm and his attorney. this is what he had to say. "on behalf of mr. hamm, we believe judge haralson's ruling is a fair and equitable outcome to the case. the company was mr. hamm's for over 20 years prior to the marriage. this ruling will not affect continent continental." sueann hamm could not be reached for comment. back to you guys. >> all right, betty, thanks. >> $1 billion. >> i know. goes a long way. >> what do they say, mo money, mo problems? let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> announcer: "today's weather" is brought to you by massmutual, a company owned by its policy owners. >> and guys, we're watching a little low pressure system off the southeastern atlantic coast,

bringing some showers from wilmington on into charleston and the florida coastline, but what we're also watching is this polar plunge also affecting the pacific northwest. difference between big high pressure over canada, low pressure out over the pacific. between the two of those lines, equal lines of gradient pressure, and you can see they squeeze in, so from bellingham to portland, high wind warnings, winds 45 miles per hour with gusts to 60 miles per hour. could be significant icing, too, as that cold air sets in. in fact, you can see windy conditions today in the pacific northwest. 67 in los angeles. snow again around the u.p. of michigan, up to 18 more inches. wet weather along this frontal system and another nice day here in the mid-atlantic states in the northeas good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. after a cloudy and foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny and a nice warm up on this veterans day. into the 60s today. a few clouds tonight and won't be as cold tomorrow morning. 53 degrees and then the wind

picks up and say good-bye to the 60s as the temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. early friday could see a few showers and cold start to the weekend saturday afternoon 44 degrees. a chance of rain later on sunday and the wet weather continues into monday. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. all right, big event in your future. >> yeah! >> you are attempting, starting tomorrow, i believe. >> yes. >> to break a guinness world record. >> that's right. record for consecutive live weather broadcast is 33 hours. we're going to go for 34 hours -- >> wow. >> -- in what we call #rokerthon. that's right. so, for 34 hours, we will be live on today.com, the many stations at nbc, the platforms of nbc, the weather channel, cnbc, msnbc, nonstop, 34 hours in a row. starts 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night and goes until 8:00 a.m. on our broadcast on friday. >> okay. you have questions. >> a couple of quirky rules. >> yes. okay, so, there are things people have to do in the course

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>> first and foremost, he was a great father. >> it is the part of a president's story best told by his son. >> you're a man who had enormous success in life, but those successes were meager compared to the success of being, you know, a fabulous husband and great father. >> with a glimpse into the life of my grandfather, beyond the world stage and what the public knows of him. before he entered politics, he and my grandmother were busy raising their kids. dad, growing up, what type of father was gampy? >> well, he set the boundaries, but he was never one that tried to impose his will on us. because of the way he raised all of us, we admired him greatly. >> so when you were raising your kids, what type of things did you want for them? >> i wanted all the best. i wanted them to feel there were no horizons, you could reach for the stars, accomplish stuff.

and sure enough, they have. ♪ >> and history will tell that story. my father had a front-row seat working throughout my grandfather's campaign. >> so help me, god. >> he says now the hardest part of politics is watching the spotlight shine harshly on those you love. dad, when you watched as he was a president and you would turn on the television to hear critics talk about him. >> yeah. it made me angry. and i wasn't disciplined enough not to watch television. when i became president, i was disciplined enough to ignore all the noise, but when he was president and people criticized him, i didn't like it. but actually, it helped thicken my hide for when i became president, because criticism of my dad was a heck of a lot more difficult for me to handle than criticism of me. >> what about you, though,

gamps, when you heard people? >> same thing. i did not like it. i knew by then that it goes with the territory, but when it's your own son, it's hard to take. >> dad, when in 1992, when gampy lost -- >> yeah. it was an unhappy moment. it took an extraordinary series of events to defeat him, though, but we all, of course, fed off of his graciousness in defeat. >> it is a lesson in grace and fortitude. >> it didn't work out quite the way we wanted. >> my grandfather has never been bitter, never resentful. and years later, a most unlikely friendship developed. >> bill clinton used dad as a father figure, which is one of the great ironies, not ironies, it's one of the great lessons of life. >> and he also doesn't hold grudges, as you said. so gampy, i mean, bill clinton's become a good -- >> a good friend, yeah, that's right. >> some people would be surprised by that. >> i think they are. but bubba, he's a good man.

i like him. >> throughout it all, my grandfather has always put family first. he has been there for us throughout the most important moments and the frivolous ones, too. >> do you remember the time when you were preparing for the 1988 debates with michael dukakis, and the day before the debate, barbara couldn't find spiky, the dog? >> oh, yeah. >> so, gampy, rather than, be quiet, little girl, and go to your room, leads the search for spiky, the stuffed dog. >> it was pretty remarkable that you were babysitting us the night before the debate anyway. >> yeah. >> where were you? out to dinner? >> i was preparing for the debate. no, i don't know where i was. good news was they found spiky. >> even during his busiest days in the white house or on the campaign trail, he was always simply gampy to us. >> i don't know if you remember in 1984 when you came to midland, texas, and jenna came

on the stage and kept lifting up her skirt in front of the crowd, drawing attention to yourself. >> i was trying to get arrested. that was 4. >> she did put on a show, and dad, of course, was very tolerate. >> you were tolerant. you were a great grandfather. you are a great grandfather. >> you're so sweet. >> my grandfather considers serving his country his greatest privilege. his family the ultimate gift. and now, my dad offers a loving tribute to his father. >> kind of question people ask all the time is whosi is the mo influential president? and i'm like, well, there's no contest, george h.w. bush. >> would you say the same thing about him? >> unconditionally. >> so, you guys, obviously, my dad's biased, i'm biased. i'm weepy over here. but you know, my grandfather, who also may be biased, has read the book and likes it. so, that's good.

he gave it two thumbs up. you know, there was a picture at the end of my dad and my grandfather holding hands, and that was after september 11th. >> the national cathedral, right? >> yeah, at the national cathedral, and president clinton actually scooted over so the two of them could hold hands, and i think that symbolizes the whole thing. >> beautiful. >> amazing. >> by the way, what's your mother think of the book? that's the real tough critic. i mean your grandmother. >> my grandmother. well, my mother's already edited it for grammar mistakes, and i'm sure my grandmother likes it a lot. >> thank you. >> how can we get one of those hats? >> you need to be elected. >> little detail. >> yeah, little. >> thank you very much. >> not surprised that she was flipping her skirt -- >> hey! please! i was trying to get him elected! >> a sweet moment, and then that. >> listen, i had a diaper cover on. it was all fine. actually, maybe i -- >> so do i. >> our jenna, though. >> lost control of it.

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good morning, it's 7:56. i'm vai sikahema. first alert forecast look from meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> temperatures aren't moving much, but thick fog mainly in new jersey. this is the view from winlow township. the fog is slow to clear, once it does, we'll see the temperatures really climb with breaks of sunshine. right now looking at dense fog that stretches from millville to atlantic city and temperatures still chilly north and west. potstown 49 and 48 at philadelphia international and wilmington we'll see that number slowly climb. a mostly cloudy start. by lunchtime 60, 66 later this afternoon. >> thank you, bill. letser get a check of the roads. katy zachary is manning the center. >> fog across the new jersey

roadways and lifting a bit in cherry hills. a live look at 295 at route 70 where you can see it is lifted and earlier much more on the roadways and a new accident right at grand avenue and the accident is in the outer drive and you can use the inner drive to get around that. still an accident on old york road at willow avenue. the series of fires at six flags in ocean county are being investigated as arson. crews had to tackle at least five different fires add the theme park overnight and one was in a utility shed. and the others were in the woods nearby. no one was hurt in the fires and all the parks animals are safe. i'm vai sikhema another update in 25 minutes. send you back to "today" show. have a great day. we'll see you in about half an hour.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, calvin klein controversy. meet the size 10 model who's causing a stir in new ads for the passion house. plus, "snooze or lose"? >> after a period of time, getting up every couple of hours really starts to wear on you, and you get very, very exhausted. >> inside the quest to cure mommy brain, as we share sleep solutions for children of all ages. ♪ ooh, how will i know and one great voice pays tribute to another. jennifer hudson stops by studio 1a to sing a classic whitney houston song live, today, tuesday, november 11th, 2014.

♪ >> thank you to our veterans and those currently serving. believe in heroes! >> united states honor guard. i want to say happy veterans day to all veterans, especially those serving away from their families. >> happy veterans day from iava. >> from san diego, happy veterans day! >> whoo! [ cheers and applause ] >> good morning, everyone. it is 8:00 on "today." it is veterans day, and we are so proud this morning to have men and women of our armed forces on the plaza this morning. happy veterans day to you. be sure to thank a veteran today. >> that's right. we're also talking more about no shave today. this is our campaign all month long not to shave, at least the guys here on the show. we're trying to raise awareness for men's health by growing these beards out and posting important information on twitter

every day. we encourage you to go online at todayshow.com and check out this information. meantime, i've got big news to spread. are you ready for it? >> yeah. >> okay. >> we hit a milestone. 4 million likes on facebook! >> on facebook? >> whoa! >> so, a big thank-you -- did you like us on facebook? >> he said he liked us here. >> here's my phone. take my phone and like us. >> there you go. >> you get a free phone if you like us. >> wow! >> so, we want to get it to 5 million. so, everyone whip out your phone right now and like us on facebook. we want to hit 5 million. are you in? all right. >> get on facebook. >> i don't know, let me think. >> all right. >> 4 million. >> billion. >> billion, savannah. >> when get to billion -- >> we'll all give away something. >> natalie's inside with a check of the top stories. good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning once again. in the news, the season's

first wave of winter weather now moving east after dropping more than a foot of snow in the rockies and parts of the midwest. police reported hundreds of accidents on minnesota highways. at least two traffic deaths are blamed on the storms. forecast calls for one more day of snow and ice and up to two more weeks of freezing temperatures in the midwest. yeah, sorry, folks. hang in there. and all clear this morning for the last ebola patient in the united states. nbc's national correspondent kate snow is at bellevue hospital here in new york. kate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. bellevue hospital says dr. craig spencer is ebola-free after a rigorous course of treatment and testing, including a blood transfusion from a fellow ebola survivor. now, he came to this hospital 19 days ago. he had just returned to the u.s. from working in guinea with ebola patients, had been on the new york city subway, had been around town in public places, and that, of course, raised some concern here in new york. but to date, no one who came into contact with dr. spencer has shown any signs of ebola, and that is the best news.

experts here will point to the fact that he got early treatment, and that can be life-saving with ebola. back to you. >> great news indeed. kate snow at bellevue hospital. thank you. some residents near tampa, florida, were told to evacuate monday after a huge sinkhole opened up, completely swallowing a car. the hole is 10 feet wide and about 10 feet deep. six homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution. geologists said the sinkhole is not getting any wider, but it is getting deeper as it settles. president obama on monday named 19 presidential medal of freedom recipients, and nbc's own tom brokaw was among those chosen to receive the nation's highest civilian honor, along with meryl streep, stevie wonder and steven sondheim. obama said in a statement "they have made extraordinary contributions to our world." the ceremony is coming up and congratulations to all and to tom brokaw. an amazing story from south florida this morning. we're hearing from a woman whose

heart stopped beating just as her baby daughter was entering the world. janet shamlian has this report. >> reporter: doctors say it's nothing short of a miracle. >> i really didn't know i died, by the way. i had no clue. >> reporter: but everyone in the o.r. knew. she had just given birth to a healthy baby girl, kylie. what appeared to be a routine c-section. when suddenly, ruby's heart stopped. >> there was a lot going through our minds. >> reporter: amniotic fluid surrounding the baby had gotten into ruby's bloodstream, a rare complication, almost always fatal. >> we were trying to bring her back and it was obvious she wasn't coming back. >> reporter: for 45 minutes, doctors worked franticly to revive ruby. her family was brought in to say their good-byes. screaming, crying, inconsolable, they prayed, and then -- >> we saw the blip, and another and another. we were in disbelief. we couldn't believe it. >> reporter: after almost an hour with no pulse, ruby came back to life.

>> i remember feeling a force telling me it's not -- you're not coming here, this is not your time, you know. you're not supposed to be here. you're going to wait a while, but you're not staying here. >> reporter: ruby says she doesn't know why she's been given this opportunity, but she's grateful for her new life. it's been seven weeks. she and kylie are home now, both doing well. for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news. >> incredible story. it's 8:06 right now. let's get another check of the weather with al on the plaza. hey, al! hey! and we've got somebody here who really raked in the cash, i'm sure, from the tooth fairy. what's your name? >> marissa. >> can we see that smile, marissa? love that! we can't quite see. there you go. look at that smile. very nice. all right, let's check your weather, see what we've got for you. i have the same smile, but it's a different story. as you look, chicago got a little rain moving in there, and so, we're going to look at a mix of rain and snow later this afternoon, then colder and clearing out. we've got that cold air pushing

on in, that polar plunge. so, look at those temperatures back through the plains, single digits, below zero, 20s and 30s. it stays warm here in the gulf coast, along the eastern seaboard and the southwest. we are looking for wet weather, though, ahead of that front from the great lakes into the gulf. look for snow back through the central plains. u.p. of michigan may see another 18 inches of snow. and we've got the ladies of kappa exelon, except for this little guy right here. he's getting all squished in. ar . good morning. i am meteorologist bill henley. after a cloudy, foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny. a nice warmup this veteran's day, into the 60s today. a few clouds tonight. not as cold tomorrow. 54 degrees. the wind picks up, say good-bye to the 60s at temperatures tumble thursday and friday. friday could see some showers. cold start to the weekend. saturday, 44 degrees.

chance of rain later sunday. wet weather continues into monday. have a great day. and on veterans day, so important to remember the wounded warrior project. you guys do so much spectacular work. thank you. god bless you for what you do and your service, sir. thank you. >> very nice. and look what we got! >> now that al's back here, we were going to have four each, but now we've got to split them up, three each. >> do the math. >> homemade, and it's your mom's recipe, right? your mom's recipe? >> grandma's recipe. >> grandma, even better! >> thank you. mm-mmm! coming up, listen up, bargain-hunters, if you could pick only one day to do your holiday shopping, which would it be? maybe not the one you think. we'll tell you the answer on "trending." all right, then on "snooze or lose," what impact has little baby val had on my sleep and my brain? find out what happened when i took a sleepiness test. and for all ladies out there, how to get your kids to get more rest. plus, a can't-miss performance from the great jennifer hudson, and she pays

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talking about these unusual outfits that the president and other leaders are wearing at that summit. some saying they resemble "star trek" costumes. so, what's the deal? well, here's the history. each year, the host country provides the outfit as a sign of unity, and this year, the chinese chose that dark purple silk shirt. president clinton actually started this back in the 1990s. since then, outfits have only gotten more colorful, and that's despite the fact that president obama tried to kill this trend a few years ago. >> that's an interesting one. >> but it has survived. what do we think of these? >> i think it's great and it makes for great photos. >> look at this! >> especially if they put their hands like this in "star trek" mode -- >> yes, live long and prosper, natalie. >> i'm surprised he's not wearing just his bare chest. >> after the show. >> i think it's really good. it's unusual. >> it's funny, it's like -- >> it breaks the ice. >> exactly.

>> there's a lot of ice when you see putin and obama on that stage. >> exactly. >> silk gloves for everybody tomorrow? are we in? >> i don't like it that much. >> hawaiian shirt day. >> ooh. >> by the way, do you guys know the best day to do your holiday shopping? >> no. >> he would be the expert. >> black friday? black friday is the common -- >> after christmas when it's on sale? >> a lot of people think black friday, right? not really the best day to shop, according to a new study. turns out, your best butt is actually -- >> best butt. >> is that mommy brain? >> mommy brain. >> mommy brain segment coming up. your best bet is the monday before thanksgiving and thanksgiving day itself. >> actually, don't mind if i do! >> so, what about black friday? shoppers who waited were more likely to get the dreaded out-of-stock tag. >> so, monday before thanksgiving. >> that's the day for your best buy. >> a slip of the tongue behind you. >> oh! >> i just throw them up there and you slap them down. >> and that is "what's trending

today," but -- meantime, a lot of people are talking about calvin klein's newest model. she's a size 10. many are applauding her selection for a new underwear campaign, but others say the industry still has a long way to go. we'll talk to mila exclusively in a moment, but first, nbc's kristen dahlgren has the back story. >> reporter: in the fashion world, mila delbasio has always fallen in the middle. >> i am among one of many girls that are, like in-betweenies. so, we're not skinny enough to be straight size, like size 0, size 2 girls, and we're not large enough to be considered plus-sized. >> reporter: so, when calvin klein, known for waistless models like moss cast her in the new campaign, heads turned. >> maybe this in-between size is the size we're going to see becoming the norm in the fashion industry. >> delbasio says even she was

shocked. for years, she struggled with body issues and food addiction. >> i tried and tried and tried to lose weight. >> reporter: even now she calls herself a bigger girl. when "elle" magazine said the fashion industry would still call her plus-sized it sparked a plus-sized controversy. this one tweeting "how is size 10 plus-sized?" and "if this is plus, then i'm morbidly obese." the outrage comes on the heels of protests over victoria's secret's perfect body campaign. the company changed its slogan to "a body for everybody." calvin klein never called delbisio plus sized and didn't make any distinction in the campaign. in a statement, the fashion house says "the perfectly fit line was created to celebrate and cater to the needs of different women." and delbasio says that makes her hopeful that she may be just the beginning. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> mila delbasio, good morning

to you. >> good morning! >> how do you like being a lightning rod? >> whoa! it's so surreal. it's just, like, such a crazy feeling. >> and just to settle this once and for all, calvin klein said in no way, shape or form said this campaign was about your size, not when they hired you and not in the campaign itself. >> no. that was never a part of the picture. >> so, what do you make of the fact that, suddenly, it became a stir and people were suddenly hating on the company, saying this is what you consider plus size? >> i think it's really unfortunate, because i think that calvin klein has done something that's really ground-breaking, which is they released this campaign with what some would say is a normal-sized model, a size 10. i am a size 10. and we don't -- size 10 girls, there's not a lot of spots for us to fit in in the fashion industry. and they released this campaign with me right alongside all of the other girls of varying shapes and sizes and didn't make a fuss about it. i mean, this campaign was released a month ago and just now things are starting to go

crazy. >> i guess to the larger point, some people think, oh, my gosh, here we go again. the fashion industry is so off. i mean, they think that -- i mean, there's something different about you if you are compared to a zero or a two. most people look at you and say that is the perfect size. >> sure. and you know, that's -- it's tough, because it's really easy to look at someone that's shaped like me and say, like, oh, she has the perfect body, what does she have to complain about? and i don't really have any reason to complain. but i'm getting these e-mails from, like, 15-year-old girls in the middle of america that are saying, like, thank you so much. i've never seen myself represented in this way before. >> well, that's the point you raised, because you either see the super, super skinny, rail-thin models on the runways and in most of the ads, or you see the so-called plus-sized models. >> sure. >> but what you say, you're sort of in the middle. >> i'm in the middle. >> and not represented. >> yeah. and it's, like, life doesn't work in only extremes, and we

need to -- true body diversity is everything and everyone. it's a range of sizes and shapes. it's not just super skinny or just larger. >> and how do you feel about having started this conversation? i mean, you didn't plan to, but are you glad that you did? >> yeah, it's really humbling. it's really -- i mean, i'm glad that -- i had been hoping for a long time that someone would start this, that someone would talk about this and that things might change for girls that are shaped like me in the fashion industry and beyond. so, to be the per -- i don't want to say like i'm the person that started that, but to be part of the conversation that's starting is really incredible. i'm really honored to do that. >> well, it's good to have you here. myla dalbasio, congratulations on the campaign. appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you. coming up, the results of my new mom sleepiness survey and how your own kids can

♪ we're back with our special series "snooze or lose." and this morning, getting kids of all ages more rest. according to our new survey, 84% of people say it is a huge relief when the baby starts sleeping through the night. really? 84%? that's all? well, my little val is not quite there yet, and three months into being a mom, i'm definitely feeling the consequences. after a period of time, getting up every couple of hours really starts to wear on you and you get very, very exhausted. new parents know the feeling, a shell-shocked, sleep-deprived, zomb zombie-like state after too many

nights of interrupted r.e.m. cycles. did you know we didn't get any sleep last night? this doctor helps moms get more sleep. so, does mommy brain -- sorry. does mommy brain really exist? >> i think it does. i think that a large amount of it has to do with the sleep deprivation that the mother has experienced. >> i mean, just basic, basic words i couldn't find. does that sound like sleep deprivation? >> definitely. it could be focus, attention, irritability, just the ability to find that word on the tip of your tongue. there's many different ways that sleep deprivation manifests. >> months into a new parenting adventure, even after an infant is beginning to sleep more regularly, data shows moms remain sleep-deprived. according to our exclusive new "today" sleep survey, 54% of adults with a newborn say sleep deprivation makes it difficult to function. >> it takes a long time. it takes a lot of dedicated time

catching up on sleep, and continuous sleep, not fragmented sleep. rate each situation -- >> dr. moody gave me a test to measure my sleepiness. >> on average, how likely are you to fall asleep in each situation? >> sitting and reading is definitely a high chance of sleeping. watching tv, yeah. lying down in the afternoon, 3 plus, plus, plus. quietly after lunch? especially a big lunch. >> okay, so -- >> you do the math because i'm too tired to do it. >> your score comes out at 14. what this shows is that you are carrying a sleep debt, that there is a significant amount of sleepiness. >> no surprise there. and while we don't know that you can ever truly make up for lost sleep, get news is she gave me some advice on how to lower my score. sleep is important. make it a priority. nap. when your baby sleeps, you sleep. take a night off and let the spouse or family member feed the baby so you can catch up on your zs. so, i guess the bottom line is,

am i ever going to feel normal again? >> well, having a baby does change the rest of your life, but absolutely. sleep debt can be repaid. it just takes dedication and time getting the sleep that you need. >> i can look at that baby all day long. but let's talk about another big sleep issue, and that's raising a key of good sleep. we're joined by dr. alanna levine. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this is a big, big issue, especially right now. my baby's 3 months old. a lot of parents, how do you get your baby to sleep through the night? for infants, what are your tips? >> so, you really want to make sure that you start off right. and infants should sleep somewhere between 9 to 12 hours, plus naps, okay? so, that's a lot of sleep time. so, you really want to establish a sleep routine. you want to make sure that you have a calm, soothing place for your child to go to sleep, and you sort of do the same thing all the time. >> they learn that nighttime is nighttime, basically? >> exactly right. you also want to look for your baby's sleepiness cues. when the baby rubs its eyes and

yawns, capitalize on that opportunity. if you keep that baby up so you or dad can come home, you're going to miss that window of opportunity and it's going to get much harder. >> okay, and you say put your baby down awake. >> yeah. >> this is a real toughie, i have to say. >> this can be the hardest things. and in the beginning, you can help the process. rock to your baby, sing to your baby, soothe your baby, but if you can get into the habit of putting your baby down awake, then when your baby wakes up in the middle of the night, they can get back to sleep again. >> over here we have tips for toddlers. take a look over here. >> okay, so, toddlers are going to sleep more at night, but also, they still need those naps. so, you want to make sure that you're giving your child an opportunity to nap during the day as well as sleep at night. >> okay. >> and here, consistency is key. you need to do the same thing all the time. so, if your child wakes up in the middle of the night, you can't bring your child into your bed once. once you've done that -- >> it's over? >> exactly. you really need to make sure that you always put your child back to sleep. >> and provide positive reinforcement, you say. >> i much prefer positive

reinforcement, because even negative attention is attention. so, if you're up in the middle of the night and yelling and stomping your feed, it's still attention. i would rather you make a sticker chart and give a reward in the morning for a good sleep in bed. >> how much sleep should a teenager get? >> this is tough, and my goal is 8 1/2 to 10 hours, depending on the child. you really want to sort of armor child with tools so they can get to sleep. and the number one thing that i recommend teens do is turn off the electronics one to two hours before bed. >> oh, that's going to go over well. >> and it's a hard thing to do, but that screen, the bing of the texting, it really is very stimulating. and really interferes with sleep. >> dr. levine, thank you so much and good tips. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> send it over to matt. >> thank you very much. ♪ >> we'll talk to him about that. jennifer hudson is here, about to pay tribute to one of heir idols, whitney houston, with a song in our studio. lots to get to, but first on a tuesday morning, these messages and a look at your local news.

or you could sing the song and you could talk about your new book. >> okay. >> deal. good morning, everyone. i am chris cato. it is 8:26. let's get the first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley on a foggy veteran's day morning. >> some fog around, low clouds, too. they're starting to break in center city. that's the view from the comcast center where sunshine is making it through. it warmed things up just enough to make the fog go away. the thick stuff is over in south jersey. much improved visibility for atlantic city and mount holly. 51 in northeast philadelphia. 40s north and west. headed for the 60s later today. time for a check of the traffic with first alert reporter katie zachary.

>> an accident on 476, blue route south cleared up, right before you hit 476. you can see drive times are good. southbound, 18 minutes from 76 to 95. going to take you longer to go on blue route north 95 to 76. new accident on 95 southbound at naamans road, left lane is blocked. an alternate, i-495 southbound. police responded to a rather bizarre incident after the eagles game. a man tried to attack them with a metal baton. this is video of the police response from our camera at the wells fargo center. he was dressed in eagles gear, going through parking lots waving a baton. he attacked an officer that approached him. the officer wasn't hurt. he is under arrest facing charges. i am chris cato, another update in 25 minutes. now back to the "today" show. have a great day.

♪ and we're back now at 8:30 on a tuesday morning. it's the 11th day of november 2014. you know what that makes it, veterans day, and we're happy to have some veterans on our plaza, and we salute all veterans across the country. meanwhile, six days from right now, onedirection will be rockin' live on "today." they'll be debuting new songs from their album at university

orla universal orlando resort. we're going to be there. you think of boy bands, you think of us. >> how come we didn't get to go on that? >> it's kind of we drew the straw this time. >> they said we wouldn't be able to control ourselves. >> like screaming teenagers. >> they asked for us. >> that's right. anyway, it's a free concert, so check it out. come on down to orlando. all right, speaking of music, whitney houston's signature voice is soaring once again on a new album and a dvd of her greatest live performances. and this morning, we are in for a treat. jennifer hudson is here. she will pay tribute to whitney by singing one of her biggest hits for us. all right, also ahead, best-selling scare master stephen king is here. he's going to fill us in on his newest thriller. >> it's a good one. meanwhile, savannah, i've noticed something about you. >> what? >> all right, you've been doing a little -- well, you look amazing, but also, you've been moonlighting on the amazon show, is that true? >> it is true! i forgot i did that.

>> take a look. >> my life has really changed. >> so, just to be clear, your story is that you intentionally knocked over the labor to make the senator look good? >> right. >> and who told you to do this? >> well, it's in my book, so i can't tell you who, but it goes really far up, i can tell you that much. >> you wrote a whole book on this? >> i think easily an emmy, oscar. you get it all. >> you know what, my motivation was matt lauer. how would matt ask that question? it was very exciting. it was fun! >> the full season is available on amazon. >> nod binge-watching thing. >> great. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? all right, let's check it out, show you what we have today. wet weather from the mountains to the south and also the u.p. of michigan looking at heavier snow as well. plenty of sunshine along the west coast. tomorrow we're looking at that system making its way, kind of dying off to the east, but the colder air makes its way through a good two-thirds of the country. wet weather moves along the california coast into the pacific northwest.

good morning, i am meteorologist bill henley. after a cloudy and foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny and a nice warmup on this veteran's day, into the 60s. a few clouds tonight. not as cold tomorrow. 53 degrees. the wind picks up and say good-bye to the 60s. temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. early friday could see showers. cold start to the weekend, saturday, 44 degrees. chance of rain later sunday. wet weather continues into monday. have a great day. >> announcer: this special veterans day "plaza moment" is brought to you by toyota, a proud supporter of hiring our heroes. let's go places. >> and now on veterans day, watching out for our heroes once they come back home. steven curtis is the vice president of communications for toyota, talking about hiring our heroes. steven, good to see you. >> thank you, al. good morning. and on behalf of all of us at toyota, we'd like to thank the

men and women of our armed forces for their service to our country. we are just honored to be here today. >> okay, so, for those who don't know about this initiative, tell us about hiring our heroes. >> sure. the unemployment rate among veterans is too high. one in ten veterans is unemployed. and for veterans under the age of 25, the unemployment rate is one in five. >> that's staggering. >> yeah. we think that's a real problem. so, to help address this issue, toyota's partnered with the u.s. chamber of commerce foundation to support a program called hiring our heroes. working together, we've developed a free online tool that helps veterans and their military spouses market themselves to companies so they can get jobs. >> that's terrific. >> so, by visiting hiringourheroes.org, veterans and their military spouses can get help building a resume that translates to skills they've acquired serving our country into language that employers in the business world can easily understand. they can also get free interview tips and they can post their resume to thousands of companies, including over 500

toyota dealers. >> all right. steven curtis, thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for that initiative. and now we'll go back inside to matt. >> al, thank you very much. this is cool, stephen king set to chill up your spine with works like "the shining," gave us hope with "the shawshank redemption," and his latest book, "revival" will have you breaking out in a sweat with questions about faith, god and what lies beyond death. stephen king, always good to have you here. welcome. >> thank you. it's good to be here. >> let's talk about reverend jacobs, okay? he's a guy who has lost faith in religion, he's turned his back on god because of a tragedy in his life involving his family. he takes to the pulpit. >> yeah. >> in his small town, and he delivers a scathing sermon on religion that goes as far as to compare it to an insurance scam. >> right. >> the zest with which you wrote that sermon makes me think you've been wanting to deliver it for a long time. >> well, i wouldn't say that i really wanted to deliver it for a long time, but i was interested in reverend jacobs as a guy with religious faith. i was raised, you know, in a

christian family, methodist. and i think people with a lot of faith have a lot further to fall. >> this guy, as i said, compares it to an insurance scam, says you pay in, you pay in, you believe, you believe, thinking that at the end there will be this great payoff, and you find out the company doesn't even exist. do you worry about offending people, or do these staunch stephen king supporters know where you lie on this? >> well, i'd like to think that people can make a differentiation between the character and the man who wrote the character, because i've written some pretty awful things in my time, and if they can't differentiate. i mean, hey, guys, i'm all right, you know? of course, i'd say that, wouldn't i? >> exactly. you'd fool us with that. let's talk about some big-ticket items you get into in the book, okay? faith and science, the existence of god. at this stage in your life, do you believe in god? >> i do. i made a decision to believe in god, because it's better to believe than not to believe.

i came to that conclusion when i realized that i had addiction problems that were bigger than i could solve myself. and so, it was easy to say, well, if i've got a power greater than myself, okay, that's fine, i can use that to make life livable and good. >> beyond life, this idea of an after-life. i was reading an interview youd where you said you've developed a very agnostic view on the after a life, almost a neurological theory about why it may exist or why people might talk about it. >> well, i think that it might be that we are wired up in a certain way -- certain circuits open when you're dying and give you a lift. that seems to me that would be part of the organic survival mechanism. and that would explain this white light phenomenon that people have. as far as what's after, there's

no down side in believing that there's a heaven or an elisan feel, right? >> it's a win-win. >> it's a win-win situation. if there isn't, we're not going to know. >> do you fear death? >> i don't think i fear death so much as things like alzheimer's disease or advanced, you know, physical problems. >> you worry about the power of thinking, losing the power of thought and expressing yourself. >> yeah. and i've got to say that one of the things that drove this book is i'm curious as to what that -- this is the one experience that we all go through. they say that there's nothing in life that's sure, except death and taxes. but some people don't pay their taxes. so, the one thing is death. >> exactly. unfortunately. one of the other things you said -- >> and we probably have some on this show. >> probably. i've probably interviewed a few of them. you say you still feel fear of failure, which i find hard to believe after all the success you've had. i don't think you have to worry about it. i really don't. this book is called "revival." i'm about halfway there.

>> it's got a scary wind-up. >> oh, thanks. great. something to look forward to. >> just something to look forward to. >> thanks, stephen. >> in the dark, where no one can hear you scream. >> just stop it. knock it off. coming up, a beautiful song from jennifer hudson, as she pays tribute to whitney houston. but first, this is "today" on nbc. always good to see you.

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♪ we are back now at 8:41 with a special "today's money." this morning on veterans day, financial advice to members of the military. service members and their families face unique circumstances, and "today" financial editor jean chatzky has written a new e-book for them published by nbc, called "operation money." jean, good morning. >> good morning. >> so glad you wrote this book. really, veterans have some very unique financial situations to deal with. >> they do. they move every two years in many cases. they have spouses who are often

out of the workforce. and so, this is meant to address their needs, their challenges. it's free at operationmoneybook.com, and it's the second time that nbc and citi have teamed up to do something like this, so we want to say thank you. >> it's really wonderful. we have service members on the plaza with questions for you in a moment. but first, you say start with creating a budget. we all hate the "b" word, budget. >> just call it a savings plan. the key is, you want to know what you have coming in, the bottom line number, what you have going out and where it's going. and we have a chart that basically shows you how your resources should be allocated. the housing number for the military families is the most important, because when you move, housing costs change wildly. if you can keep under that 35%, you'll be awesome. >> okay. and you've got debt 15%. you mean just be paying off your debt. >> exactly, and that doesn't include your car loan, by the way. >> okay. you also mention establishing good credit. this applies to all of us, but is it particularly important for members of the military? >> absolutely, because if you don't have decent credit, it can keep you out of the military, it

can cause havoc with your security clearances. it can be a really big problem. so, you want to maintain good credit. know your credit score. members of the military can get it for free at saveandinvest.org, which is a not-for-profit site. make sure you pay your bills on time, every time. only use 10% to 30% of the credit you have available to you and don't shop for credit when you don't need it. >> you also say don't close credit card accounts if you've had them a long time. some people think i don't use it i'm going to close it. >> keep it if the credit line is large and it's the one you've had longest in your wallet. >> let's go to the plaza for a couple questions i think teed up. take it away. >> hi. my husband's active duty right now. we're stationed up in saratoga springs, and we're wondering if we should buy at our next duty station and get the equity as opposed to renting. >> it's a really great question and i got it a lot as i was researching this book. generally, renting is going to make more sense, and it's because you're not going to be there for that long. unless you know you're there for five years or more, you're much better off renting. >> all right.

thank you very much. hope that answers the question. our next veteran, introduce yourself, please, and tell us your question. >> hi, i'm lieutenant yarborough with the united states honor guard. we are composed of first-term airmen mainly between ages of 19 and 23. would you recommend they start their saving habits by saving up for a home or investing in retirement? >> i would recommend they start with an emergency cushion and then move on to retirement. buying a home really is a dodgy proposition when you move so frequently, but retirement you can do all the way through. and thanks for the question and thanks for your service. >> okay. our last veteran, introduce yourself, please, and your question for jean. >> hi, i'm rochelle wright. i have a question about retirement. as you move towards separation and retirement from the military, do you recommend rolling over your thrift savings plan to an employer-sponsored retirement plan? >> that can be a really good move, especially if you're rolling into a 401(k), rather than an i.r.a. rolling over a tsp into a 401(k) works just like rolling any other retirement account.

you get more options by doing it that way. >> all right. great questions from our veterans. thank you, jean chatzky. thank you. if you want to download a free copy of "operation money," you can go to our website, today.com. coming up next, jennifer hudson's live tribute to one of her idols, whitney houston. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

♪ oh, i wanna dance with somebody ♪ >> announcer: "the toyota concert series" on "today," brought to you by toyota. ♪ yeah, i wanna dance with somebody ♪ 8:47. it's hard to believe, but it's been almost three years since the legendary whitney houston died, but her legacy clearly lives on. her longtime producer and friend, clive davis, is releasing a cd and dvd, "whitney houston live: her greatest performanc performances," and clive has brought along emmy-winner jennifer hudson to perform one of whitney's greatest hits.

good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> 19 years old you discovered whitney. what was your emotion the first time you heard the voice and you saw her perform? >> i knew the song "the greatest love of all." i had conditioned it for the life of muhammad ali. and i saw this 19-year-old girl step forward in her mother's eye and find meaning in that song that i'm sure the composers never knew were there. >> when we asked you to come here today and share some of this music, you decided that you wanted to bring along this young lady. and jennifer, obviously, obliged. nobody likes to be compared to anyone else as an artist, but is there an exception to that when it's whitney houston? >> well, whitney has always been my idol and my biggest inspiration and it's also been a dream to work with clive as well. and for me, it's like celebrating her and honoring her memory. i'm a huge fan. and i just want to see her legacy being remembered and honored, you know? >> do you think the younger generation of music fans understands what she did to the

industry, either of you? >> we've just come, with this dvd-cd released this week, the reviews were astonishing. they will. if you see this, it's a concert from the time she's 19 until the "oprah show" 26 years later. it shows that she was the greatest singer of her generation. >> and it's all about the voice. >> that's what -- the voice, her presence. i mean, she changed a generation and she impacted us all, you know. so, like, that should never be forgott forgotten. >> you are going to sing one of her biggest hits for us this morning, all right? so, why don't we move into position and i'll say, ladies and gentlemen, jennifer hudson. ♪

♪ ♪ each day i live, i want you here, a day to give the best of me ♪ ♪ i'm only one but not alone, my finest day is yet unknown ♪ ♪ i broke my heart, fought every gain to taste the sweet i face the pain ♪ ♪ i rise and fall, yet through it all this much remains ♪ ♪ i want one moment in time when

i'm more than i thought i could be ♪ ♪ when all of my dreams are a heartbeat away and the answers are all up to me ♪ ♪ give me one, one moment in time when i'm racing with destiny ♪ ♪ then in that one moment of time i will feel, i will feel eternity ♪ ♪ you're a winner for a lifetime

if you seize that one moment in time, make it shine ♪ ♪ give me one moment in time when i'm more than i thought i could be ♪ ♪ when all of my dreams are a heartbeat away and the answers are all up to me ♪ ♪ give me one moment in time when i'm racing with destiny, oh ♪ ♪ then in that one moment of time i will be, i will be, i

will be free ♪ ♪ i will be, i will be free [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer hudson. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> she's building a pretty impressive legacy of her own, isn't she? >> without question. jennifer's incredible. >> clive, thank you so much as well. we're going to be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. [ applause ] ♪

there's our nation's capital. guess who's headed there right now, basically? jennifer hudson. you've got a show there tonight. >> yes, i'm headed out right after this. >> doing a concert of valor to honor the veterans, which is very nice. >> amazing. >> you have double duty today. >> well, we want to honor them, definitely, so it's worth it. >> good. well, you sound fabulous. >> incredible. >> thank you for being here. >> clive, you made a good pick here. s he's got an eye for this sort of thing. >> you may want to do this again. >> guys, what do you have coming up next hour? >> oh, we're talking more about sleep. jennifer, you know. you've got a son. sleep-deprived mom? >> oh, no, no, no sleep around

the house. >> we're going to talk about sleep positions, help you sleep. >> oh, all right. >> what else do you have coming up? some of "today's take"? >> yes, i'll be talking more about rokerthon. >> al and cheese. i'll leave it at that. >> ooh, cheese. >> glorious cheese. >> we're eating. you had me at cheese. >> first, on a tuesday morning, a check of your local news and weather. good morning, i am chris cato. 8:56 on veteran's day. let's get your first look at the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. sunshine should chase away the fog? >> still have some clouds and some sunshine. clouds moving past. we are seeing enough sunshine to warm things up, especially parts of south jersey.

wildwood, 61 degrees, 50 in philadelphia. wilmington up to 53 degrees. temperatures are climbing. sunshine, clouds, partly sunny this afternoon. high temperatures in the 60s today. the fire marshall says a faulty window unit caused a fire at the ymca in montgomery county. it started in the child care room. no one was in the building at the time. they contained it to that room, but there's smoke and water damage in other parts of the building. the child care area is closed until further notice but the rest of the ymca is ocean. a fire at six flags being investigated as arson. five fires broke out at the theme park overnight. one in a utility shed at the safari off road adventure, the others in the woods nearby. no one was hurt, all the park's animals are safe. on this veteran's day in chester county, a veterans salute in coatsville at 10:45,

followed by wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial. kicks off with a parade last friday. another update in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather at nbc10.com. now we go back to the "today" show. have a great tuesday.

♪ >> 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. >> going to have to. >> he's on the other drink called life. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning, november 11th, 2014. it is veterans day. we want to thank all of the brave men and women who have served or are serving our country throughout all these years. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales and tamron hall on what we're calling blue day around here. >> while we're singing it, go ahead, al -- ♪ i guess that's why they call it the blues ♪ >> good job! he just went through the whole song. >> al just sang the whole chorus. >> i thought elton john had joined the show. that's how much you sound like him. >> not even close!

>> i know. i was kidding. >> exactly, yes. >> but how about the crowd, as you mentioned, with all the service members and their families out there this morning? >> so great. >> it was beautiful being out there! >> it really was. >> our dads, of course, service members as well, so we honor them, too. >> my dad as well. >> exactly. >> i love veterans day. it's a special day. we should be honoring these guys year-round, but we always stop and do it this day and this week. and you all were so nice to come out to our event last night for "operation men." it's a group out of the ucla medical center that provides reconstructive surgeries for men and women who have been really the most severely injured of all the people who have served over there and survived. >> what a great attitude, those guys. >> aren't they incredible? >> and the families. oh, my gosh. >> and we got some perspective. we were there watching -- they aired a video last night, and you hear these stories, as we know, but it puts everything in perspective, you know? it should, and it definitely does. >> absolutely. >> i really appreciate you all coming out. it's "operation mend" is doing incredible work. >> and your wife, christina -- >> christina.

>> christina got us hooked into it and she does all the leg work and i take the glory, which is sort of the story of my life. >> pretty much. >> it is. it is. >> that's why they call her the better half. >> she is that, there's no question about it. >> better three-quarters. >> she is. so, anyway, celebrate however you can today and please honor our veterans across the country, and we'll be talking more about that later this hour. meanwhile, we're also talking about rokerthon. i could describe it, but i want to hear al. what is rokerthon? >> there was this woman in norway who broke the guinness book record for a consecutive live weather forecast. she went for 33 hours. and i jokingly said, i'll do that! and they said, will you really? >> and it stuck. >> it kind of stuck. so, starting tomorrow night at 10:00 on today.com, weather.com and the different platforms of nbc, on our local stations, i am going to do a 34-hour nonstop

broadcast starting at 10:00 p.m., through all of our broadcasts, and then go until 8:00 a.m. friday morning on "today" and try to raise money for the uso. you can go to crowdrise.com/roker. >> al roker, i think, right? >> i think it's just roker. >> and you have a personal forecast. >> you'll get a personal forecast -- >> a personal forecast? >> no. >> but if you donate enough money, i'll come to your front lawn and i will do a forecast. >> oh, wow! >> significant money. we're talking five fingers, five figures. no, five figures. five figures. >> so, you're doing the weather the whole time? >> we're doing weather for the world, for the nation, for local stations. we've got over 220 nbc affiliates. we're going to be doing live weather with. >> wow. >> are you having interviews during this? >> i talked with our nbc medical director, dr. tonya beneson, and she suggested that i don't drink

coffee. said just take sips of green tea, because that's got just enough caffeine, but not enough so you're spiking and then crashing. also suggesting -- we're going to have a stationary bike in there, so doing a little exercise while i'm doing the weather. >> cool. >> also, cut back on the carbs until, like, the last four hours. >> okay. >> do a lot of fats and protein. >> okay. >> so, nuts, jerky, things like that. >> a marathon, then. you have to get the protein -- >> that's why it's called rokerthon! #rokerthon. >> should we call you? i mean, text you? >> you could call -- we're going to be doing it in the green room right next door. >> oh, okay. >> so, i'm thinking you guys stop by. >> in our pjs? >> yeah, like a little sleepover. >> okay, sleeping bags -- >> come on! we'll have a little -- >> but you're not sleeping. we are. >> i know, but you guys -- i can tell you weather bedtime stories. >> are there weather bedtime stories? >> there are weather bedtime stories. >> big tornado, dorothy. >> come on, seriously. >> okay, we're going to come. >> okay, you heard tamron. >> we'll meet you there. >> what time -- you assign us

the time and we'll come. >> okay, we start wednesday night. >> wednesday night at what time? >> i'd like you guys coming over thursday night. >> what time? >> 10:00. >> i'll do the 1:00 a.m. >> i've seen you go 24 hours without sleep, and you get a little, a little crazy. so, i can't wait to see what 34 hours is going to be like. >> 1:00 a.m. what time -- >> are we all coming together? isn't that the idea? >> staggered to keep him motivated. >> i see. >> so, you're coming at 1:00 on thursday morning? >> you're coming in at 2:00? >> no -- >> i'm coming in at 3:00. >> what time are you coming in? >> 3:00. >> oh, that's very big of you, you're coming in to work. >> you actually don't get in until 5:00. >> i get in at 5:00, so i'm coming in two hours early. >> how about thursday night around 10:00, is that all right? because i have to be somewhere. that will be over around 10:00. >> that's not a sacrifice! >> you're coming in at 1:00? >> i live near here, i'll just -- >> #rokerthon. >> bunny slippers. >> meanwhile, your beards are coming in nicely.

and i was at a barber shop yesterday and it says "movember: chicks dig mos." so, that's motivation. >> it's like a tattoo. >> willie's going to get it after his beard's grown out. your beard has grown more in this year -- we have a theory. >> what is your theory? >> you said you gave up bread. >> i did, but that's making my hair grow? i'll go with it if you want me to. >> it wasn't thin, but it was light. >> it was sparse. it is coming in a little quicker this year than last year. >> maybe since you hit puberty. >> yes. it's been a big year for me in so many ways. >> voice has dropped. wow. fantastic. >> oh, goodness. something else we've got going on, "snooze or lose." >> okay. >> a hashtag battle going on on twitter. what sleep position do you prefer? mr. roker, what do you like? >> i'm a side sleeper. >> natalie? >> side sleeper, too. >> i'm a stomach sleeper. >> i am a stomach sleeper as well! let us know, #backsleeper, #stoma

#stomachsleeper, #sidesleeper. does that change when you're married? because you're sleeping with somebody else. do you have to coordinate your sleep position with them? >> just get a very big bed -- >> what are we doing, spooning the entire time? >> if you're a stomach sleeper and your mate's a stomach sleep yeshlsion you' er, you've got to stack them. >> we've got a twin bed. >> that's right, just stack them up. >> honey, we're saving space. >> you're bringing in a forklift. >> speaking of twin beds, did you notice the three beds over there? we're all going to be officially -- >> goldilocks. >> -- we're going to be sleeping together pretty soon. >> that sounds interesting. somebody will retweet that now. >> it's official, we're all sleeping together. >> do you change your position when you sleep? do you start as a stomach sleeper and wake up on your back? >> i start on my side and wind up on my tummy. >> doesn't that hurt your back on your stomach? >> no, because i don't use a pillow, i sleep flat. >> you don't use a pillow? >> i don't like the puffy pillows -- >> the position of your neck is all wrong.

>> it's all about the firm pillow for me. it's got to be firm, dense. >> one year i had this one bad dream. i thought i had eaten a giant marshmallow, woke up, my pillow was gone. it was bad. thank you! #rokerthon! [ everyone talking at once ] >> we have the rim shot ready now. that was very quick, guys. nicely done. >> really want to show up at 1:00 a.m.? >> you said you would. now you've got to do it. >> you have to do it, too. >> i said 3:00. >> he's got 10:00. >> #rokerthon. >> keep sending him tweets to keep him awake. >> you know, we are going to be taking tweets, too. we've got social media. this thing's all -- we're all over this. huge! huge! trending all over. meanwhile, a lot of people talking about mark zuckerberg wearing a different look for him. >> yeah, it's a big deal here. >> the black tie event, right? >> so, the "daily mail" gets all worked up about this thing. they say, okay, here it is. mark zuckerberg wore a navy blue tuxedo to a black tie event.

his wife also wore blue. standing with i guess benedict cumberbatch, great actor, who wore black -- >> that looks like very dark navy blue. >> there's nothing wrong with that. >> you should have to explain yourself. like, she met with each of us and the fact that we all said no big deal -- >> right. >> look, when i went to the "golden globes," i've got a picture with bryan cranston, i've got a blue tux on. >> blue is the new black when it comes to tuxedos, right? >> matthew mcconaughey wore one a couple of months ago. >> a couple months ago. >> they have an issue -- >> no, the "daily mail" wrote this, oh, faux pas! guess what? it's not literal anymore, "daily mail," all right? just because it's called black tie. it's a formal event. you wear a formal dinner jacket. >> at least he didn't wear the hoodie, okay? >> no! >> now, that would have been faux pas. >> when i heard about the story, i thought run one of you was interested. because i didn't understand --

>> no, no! kate's kind of like british, you know, so it's like the uk. >> so people know who we're talking about. kate, smile. >> kate, come over here. you look amazing today. >> it's the same thing, you know? >> i thought it was interesting. clearly -- >> but we all said -- >> your paper said yes! >> your paper. >> your paper of the people with the accent. >> it was a talking point, i thought. >> "daily mail," we love the "daily mail." >> i love that you called her british. >> it's an accent! hey, hey, it's not like that accent started in brooklyn, okay? it started in britain and jumped an ocean, all right? >> now he's dr. google. >> so, i mean, come on! it's like britain, only it's much bigger. you know, australia. same thing, you know? in britain they don't have kangaroos, okay? tiny wallaby. oh, look, we've got tiny kangaroos.

tie something down! it's australia. it's a big country! >> wow. >> anyway -- i've had sleep. #rokerthon. anyway, we've been looking at this system, the colder air making its way in. there's fog in milwaukee. they're going to have a mix of rain and snow later. 35 and colder later in the day. look at all the snow we're talking about. after yesterday, parts of minnesota getting 18 inches. could be anywhere from 12 to 15 inches of snow in the u.p. of michigan. right now it feels like 12 below in rapid city, 6 below in north platte. that colder air's sinking in. ahead of the system, look at that, 62 in memphis, 54 in texarkana, houston 70, but then, boom, that cold air pushes in. tomorrow it's going to feel like 25 in dallas, 31 cincinnati, 19 in chicago. makes its way to pittsburgh, atlanta, all the way down to san antonio, feeling like 34 on thursday. and friday, boston, you're going to feel like 31. it's going to feel like 36 in panama city. you call that cold? this is cold.

i am meteorologist bill henley. a cloudy foggy start. skies will turn partly sunny. a nice warmup into the 60s. a few clouds tonight, not as cold tomorrow morning. 54 degrees. the wind picks up, say good-bye to the 60s. temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. earp ee friday could see a few showers. cold start to the weekend. saturday, 44 degrees. chance of rain later sunday. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. >> oh, we're having a battle over these bracelets. it's super cute. >> yes. >> we got them as a present. they're form 31? >> or area 52. >> from willie's wife. your wife -- >> not her jewelry. >> but she gave it as a gift. willie's never given us anything! >> wow. >> right now, our stage manager's giving us this. >> christina gave these to us, and it didn't say willie geist it just said christina.

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survey, are side sleepers. i think you said you're a slide sleeper, right? >> i'm a side sleeper, so i guess i'm in the majority. tamron, thank you. dr. shelby harris is the director of behavioral sleep medicine. thanks for being here. >> thank for having me. >> why is sleep position so important? >> well, if you're making enough time to sleep at night, you want to make sure the quality of sleep is ideal, so we're well rested and refreshed in the day. so that's an easy thing to fix so you can feel better in the morning. >> for back sleepers, a lot of people just sleep on their backs, but it's generally not a very good position for your body to sleep in, right? >> well, for some people. actually, the most neutral position for your back is actually to be on your back, sleeping that way. but you want to make sure you have a nice pillow like this that's propping you up a little bit. if you have too many pillows and you can only sleep really propped up and you snore a lot, you might want to see a sleep specialist, because it can be a sign of sleep apnea. >> some people have apnea, so what are some ways to fix that? >> the best way to treat apnea

is something called a pap therapy, which is a mask that you put on that helps keep your airway open at night. there are other treatment, weight loss. some people it's positional, so finding another position could help. >> for people who do want to sleep on their backs, we brought in montez. come on in and help us out here. you're going to show us different ways that you can get a better way of sleeping on your back. >> for your back, actually, montez is going to be wearing things to try and train yourself. if you snore a lot or if you're pregnant, you actually shouldn't be sleeping on your back. so, montez has things to help train you to sleep on your side. >> side, okay. >> if you do want to sleep on your back, just note, a big fluffy pillow and another pillow under your knees can be helpful to help with your back, but if you can't be sleeping on your back, this is what you should be doing. as you can see, montez has a pocket on backwards. so, we're going to put a tennis ball in it. he's also wearing a fanny pack, and you don't have to do both. and this is a really big fanny

pack. if you want to sleep on your side and a lot of them have spouses poking them and you want to sleep on your side -- montez, why don't you lay down for a moment. >> that's to prompt him to turn. >> so, i'm guessing that's not comfortable. and it will teach you to go back on your side if you roll over. you can do the same thing with a tennis ball and a fanny pack. >> willie's a stomach sleeper, at least right now he is. one time. >> so, with the stomach, as you can see, you actually -- a lot of people sleep on their stomachs, they actually have a pillow that's too fluffy, so it hurts your neck. the best thing to do is, like willie has here, a nice -- let me just pick this up -- a nice, flat pillow. i think tamron said she sleeps without a pillow. a lot of people who are stomach sleepers will do that as well. >> because that puts a lot of pressure on your back. >> exactly. you want to be nice and flat. if you're comfortable that way, sleep that way. >> let's move over to al, and he's a side sleeper, as 54% of people were. >> and i also sleep fully clothed. >> in a suit and tie, too.

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♪ welcome back to "today" on this tuesday morning, november 11th, 2014. happy veterans day to all our servicemen and women, past and present out there. i'm willie along with al, natalie and tamron and a special guest today, tv movie star bella thorne. bella, good to see you. we know you're the queen of instagram with 3.7 million followers -- >> i would not say the queen, but thank you very much. >> i just made you the queen. that's how these things work, okay? >> we bow down to you. >> so, we're going to try a little experiment before the interview here. we're going to have you take one of your perfect instagram shots -- >> a selfie? >> and see how many likes you get by the end of this segment. >> see if we can get all of us -- >> see, that's just too close. i don't want to see all that. >> strategy to hitting it just right? >> yeah, and there's a little

button down here. >> oh, she's got it, yeah. >> we are doing another one, silly face. >> mm-hmm. >> okay. >> oh, no, we're going again. >> we're going again. >> got to get it right. >> yeah there you go. >> happy? >> we don't have to put any effect on that, the lighting -- >> what filter do you think you'd use? >> um, i don't know. i put through a few different apps. my mom is a photographer, and she loves to edit photos, so i send it to her and see what she can do with that. >> cool. so, do us a favor, while al does the weather, you can post it to instagram. at the end of our segment with you in a few minutes, we'll see how many likes you get as the queen of instagram. i'll say it again, you are the queen of instagram. >> pressure. >> it's just bella thorne, so is my twitter and facebook. >> simplicity unto itself. all right, let's check it out, see what's going on as bella posts to instagram. we will post our weather maps. windy and cooler in the pacific northwest. look for showers and thunderstorms along this front bringing snow behind it to the

u.p. of michigan, sunshine along the east coast. temperatures still in the 60s. that will change tomorrow. good morning, i am meteorologist bill henley. after a cloudy, foggy start, skies will turn partly sunny at times. nice warmup on veterans day. into the 60s. won't be as cold tomorrow. then the wind picks up, say good-bye to the 60s. temperatures tumble thursday and friday. a cold start to the weekend. saturday afternoon, 44 degrees. chance of rain later on sunday. wet weather continues into monday. have a great day. >> and that is your latest weather. >> bella's still posting right now. >> guys, i had to put it in a square ready, okay? it didn't fit. >> square ready. >> we don't even know what a square ready is. >> for instagram, your pictures are a square, so you have to make sure -- >> square ready. now it's ready. >> ah. >> yeah. >> there it is.

>> besides being expert selfie-takers. >> i'm instantly square ready. >> what do i caption it? >> oh, well, we can have a caption contest. >> please like us. >> please like us? >> we want people to like us and put a caption. they can caption it. >> oh, that's good, a caption contest. >> then just say, like us and caption. we will only read your caption if you like us. so, it's a barter. >> okay. >> did you know actress bella thorne is probably best known for her role on disney's "shake it up" and on big screen like "alexander the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" alongside jennifer garner and steve carell? >> and now she's an author. she just released the first installment of a three-book series called "autumn falls" and that's why bella's here, besides taking a selfie instagram photo. >> do we like it some. >> instant approval. >> looks good. >> so, you guys get to work, put

the caption on. >> meantime -- >> meantime, we're going to talk about the book you wrote, "autumn falls." and you, i mean, are now an accomplished author. i mean, i know that as somebody growing up, you had dyslexia and you overcame that. it had to be hard to, like, put a book together. >> well, you never overcome it, necessarily. it's -- you know, i'm not going to lie, it's not easy, and i'm not going to sit here and tell kids that it is easy and, you know, boom, it's gone and you can do whatever. it's not. you really have to work at it, and i don't think that if i wasn't in the business that i am, that i am forced to read scripts for something that i love all the time, cold reads all the time doing it, just like on the show. the morning of table read, we would get the script. and before they knew i had dyslexia, it was really hard, because my character actually has a lot of lines and a lot of really big words.

and so, it was tough. and then we wrote an episode called "add it up" that it says that ceci has dyslexia, which i think inspired a lot of kids, and so did the tti, the time i found out i had dyslexia, and i think this book, autumn in the book has dyslexia, and it challenges her. it's not something we kind of throw away and don't look at. it's constantly brought up in the book. and i think that it's good to teach kids that it's not that easy, that you really have to work hard at it. >> in fact, autumn, her character's half cuban, dysle c dyslexic, bullied by her peers in high school. >> mm-hmm. >> was this somewhat auto biographical? >> there's a lot of facts about me that i took to shape the character, yeah. my father passed away and her father passed away in the first few pages. and it's brought up a lot in the book and he leaves her with this magical journal to help her through high school, and she's like, wow, dad, thanks. die and leave me a journal, like that's going to help? and when she writes in the journal, things come to life,

but since she's dyslexic, they come alive a little bit wonky, mostly back-firing on her throughout the series. >> wow. >> the book is beautiful. and as you said, there is so much of you in this. your career has taken off in such a way that you've been home-schooled, but you recently got to go to homecoming, i understand? do we have pictures of it? tell us about that experience. >> really? i want to see them. >> there we go. >> there it is. >> tell us about your date. >> just came home from a flight, and that's tristan. that's my boy -- that's his twin brother, cameron. yes, i'm dating a twin, which i think is really cool. >> wow! >> it's interesting, but they're nothing alike. then this is our group. that's kyle and justin, who we're always with. >> you guys look like the coolest kids in the world. >> i was going to say, look at that crew. >> we had a lot of fun. then we ate at fast al's, i don't know if you know that place. kyle was like, let's go to fast al's, and i'm like, i'm down! and we got the biggest -- they have this ridiculous sandwich that has everything you can imagine in it and it was crazy. >> we're going to fat al's

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it's wrapped in a fruit bark when we age it. it has a nice kind of eastern regime, chinese wintry feeling. >> so, you tell them say cheese? >> yeah. >> that is amazing. so, i asked you guys to share your favorite cheeses. katie hicks tweeted "drunken goat spain is the best goat cheese ever for charcuterie platter," and another is "manchego "manchego." and "cheddar the better." so with the holidays coming up, ellie krieger is a religioned nutritionist and ator of "weeknights wonders." >> i love cheese, too! >> i couldn't believe it. i think this is the first time i received tweets all night long when i posed the question for the cheese trend.

everybody loves cheese, those who can eat it and tolerate it. >> you can love it in a healthy way, but i understand you've had a little evolution. >> in my 20s, i was all about this cheese and i also loved anything in a block and anything you could spray on a meal. that was in my 20s. >> that's a start. >> okay, my 30s, i was all about the little snack sizes and cheddar cheese. and now i'm ripe old age of 40 and i like my age ripened. i love blue cheese -- >> well, you understand the benefits of aging, right? >> yes, i do. >> there's some beauty in that. >> but we want to eat it and not feel guilty. >> exactly, and we don't have to. when you're confronted with a big cheese plate, isn't this beautiful? >> this is. >> one of the main things is don't belly up to it. >> what does that mean? >> don't belly up to the cheese platter and stay there, because then you wind up eating like half a pound of cheese. >> okay, is hard cheese more caloric than hard cheese? >> my first rule is take a plate and make your own little cheese plate so you don't scarf massive amounts of cheese. >> so if i'm at home around my

house, make a cheese plate. >> yes, and soft cheese has about a third fewer calories and fat than hard cheese. >> oh, okay. >> and so, having a nice, rich goat's cheese like the drunken goat, for example, or this one's beautiful -- >> my other dilemma is bread versus cracker. i go for the bread. do we save calories eating it on a cracker? >> not necessarily. >> oh, good. >> but what i suggest is have some fruit on your plate. grapes are beautiful with cheese. >> okay. >> so, take advantage, if i may -- >> so don't just haul in on the cheese. if you're at a party, holiday season, load it up with different things. >> right. these things work beautifully with cheese. they complement the flavors. and the thing, is an ounce and a half to 2 ounces of cheese is what you should go for. >> should we avoid the spread, quickly? >> you know what, have a little. go with the fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, go with it. >> and we're out of time. we're going continuous on today.com, but your last piece of advice, real quick. >> savor it. they're meant to be savored. >> okay, i'm savoring this in my

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh, it is a good day when we're already laughing. this is a somber day as well, veterans day, tuesday, november 11th. we want to pay great tribute to all those who served our country and given the ultimate sacrifice for it. i certainly have members of my family that did. and -- >> it is a great time to remember and celebrate. i think some people see it as a day off and the day the banks close. but it is a time that maybe take a few minutes today and say thanks because we all -- >> absolutely. you see a veteran or anybody in

the armed forces out there today, ask if it is okay to give them a hug an say thank you, okay? we have one of our first people with us this morning. the one, the only bette midler. we'll check with her. >> she's going to perform for us too. she has a new cd and it is all kind of girlie harmonizing songs that are all fun. >> tribute to all the good girl groups out there. >> remember that -- for the boys, her movie "for the boys". >> boogie woogie bugle boy. one of the greatest performers you'll ever see in your life. she's going on tour. the other good news, we have the christmas tree. it arrived. we're the only people who haven't noticed. >> it is a little hard to notice it because there is all this scaffolding around it because they're trying to make it bigger. but it is here. the tourists are taking pictures of the scaffolding. nobody cares. >> and the lighting is wednesday, december 4th, right before the unbelievable new "today" show musical, starring

regis philbin. >> everybody is talking about it. >> they will be. >> we're doing a special edition of "ambush makeover" for service members in the army. two active duty women. it will be fun to get them ready for civilian life again. and bobby is here from the magnolia bakery. she'll help us cook great sweets for our thanksgiving dinner. >> good stuff. >> what is going on, hoda? >> a lot is happening. but let's talk -- we'll talk about joan rivers. there were some, like, just some revelations about what happened. i think a lot of us wondered what happened. >> we have been waiting for it, yeah. >> the medical report, they did come out and they have released everything they say the clinic did wrong. they talked about the multiple failings that went on when joan went into a cardiac arrest. she was undergoing an endoscopy back in august. here's what they found out. they said doctors did not record her body weight to determine the correct amount of propofol and

that's the stuff that put her to sleep to give her. so what you understand, i guess, from that is they didn't realize how light she was and gave her too much. >> if you didn't know joan, she's bigger than life personality, but she's tiny. really, really tiny. also knowing joan, she wouldn't give her weight. you have to take it. >> sure. >> i guess on the record it says the anesthesiologist wrote down 300 milligrams, the amount of propofol, which is about twice as much as would be required. >> that was in certain reports. >> she's saying she didn't give her that much, but that's what she wrote down. >> that was reported i think in a couple of things. her personal physician performed the procedure even though she wasn't a member of the clinic staff. and they say joan only consented to upper endoscopy, what she agreed to. they said her doctors decided to go do a laryngoscopy.

>> her personal physician, all alleged, requested a photo to be taken of her and joan. >> less than professional. doctors at the clinic said they didn't identify her deteriorating vital signs. >> and intervene in a timely way. >> melissa says this, miss rivers is outraged by the conduct and mismanagement shown to have occurred before, during and after that procedure. moving forward miss rivers will direct her efforts toward ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient. >> that's exactly what you -- you know, you just -- it is such a tragedy, a personal tragedy, and then you think, if i don't do something about this, it is going to happen to somebody else. so you feel compelled to do that. yorkville endoscopy center statement said, yorkville has been fully cooperative and collaborative with all regulatory and accreditation agencies, the physicians involved in the direct care and treatment referenced in the report no longer practice or

provide services at yorkville. >> but still -- >> we're going to hear -- >> would you go in for a procedure there? >> look, you hear about something going wrong like that, and people taking photographs when someone is out, it makes you not want to go anywhere near it. but it sounds like they got rid of some of the people. >> let's have something fun. >> shall we? >> yes, a shih tzu dressed up look a teddy bear. who doesn't love that? >> the owner, cynthia ross, she made this costume herself. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> wait a minute. a little bear suit. >> what? >> she put the bear suit on -- >> the arms are just flopping. >> awe! >> i thought, geez, he should be in the circus. that's the cutest thing. >> i can't stand it. >> one more. just keep walking. >> oh, my gosh, is that adorable. >> can we talk about garth brooks? >> yes. >> garth brooks was at a

concert -- >> first of all, welcome back. >> yes, exactly. so great to see him. there was a young woman in the front row of the concert and she was holding up a sign, said he was performing in minneapolis and it said, chemo this morning, garth tonight. enjoy the dance. well, that's one of his biggest hits. that sign caught garth's eye. and this is what happened. this is what he said. >> he sees her in the front row. he goes down. >> god just stuck his hand out. >> he says it like it is.

>> yes. >> his mom and his sister, yeah, they both passed away from cancer. you love moments like that, this woman sitting there and, you know, music heals. and -- >> certainly does, hoda. you've proven that. i think there is a rumor he'll be with us next week. >> i can't wait. we love him. >> so now there say little thing going on with taylor swift, getting tons of attention now for her new song "blank space." >> the video. >> the whole cd is awesome. >> i'm sure -- >> i'm learning it. in this video, she plays a jealous girlfriend who goes crazy and then goes crazier. let's look at taylor in a jealous rage. ♪ oh, my god who is she ♪ ♪ i get drunk on jealousy ♪ ♪ you'll come back each time you leave ♪ ♪ i'm a nightmare dressed like a day dream ♪

♪ they'll tell you i'm insane ♪ ♪ you know i love to play and you love the game ♪ >> that's so stalkerish and freaky. >> and fun. >> oh, my gosh. nightmare dressed look a day dream. >> oh. >> she's scary. >> guys, by the way, the guys are all shuttering. they are -- >> fatal attraction. >> with the knife and the cake. what was going on? >> and the rabbit. >> and rabbit. carrie underwood had fun with jealousy herself. >> she did it first. >> before he shecheats. watch this. ♪ carve my name into his leather seat ♪ >> she looks crazy. >> she doesn't look crazy. taylor did. >> it was so awesome. just a shoutout to the glamour

awards last night. >> everywhere. >> they honor great, great, great people and they took place at carnegie hall. they honored a whole bunch of people. mandy kalive was there, a blast. robin roberts got a big award for one of the strength awards. mindy was hysterical, asking for you. where's kathie lee. >> i love her. >> she's the best. congrats to all the women and cyndi levy for taking care of that. >> chevy to the levy -- >> she's terrific. snooze or lose. >> how to keep sleeping like a baby as you age. and bette midler, baby. >> she's out with brand-new music. we'll talk to her. >> she's going to sing for us. don't miss that. it i

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called "it's the girls". >> a collection of songs from the greatest female groups of all time. >> so glad you're us with. >> hi, ladies. >> love the new cd. >> i thought you meant these girls. >> i meant all of it. >> the songs on this are just -- some are great throwbacks. how did you pick the songs that -- >> we started with about 50 songs, probably more than 50 songs, old favorites, some songs i kept that are whirling around in my head for years and years that i wanted to record, like the one -- i had held waterfalls, i had that in my mind for years. the first time i heard the song i sobbed my -- i had to sing it because it was so moving. and, but, of course, a lot of songs from my youth. it's the girl, the first record i ever owned. >> and you wore it out. >> i wore it out. i wore it out. and then people think of me and they hear that. but then we have the quartets, the chiffons, the marvelettes,

the supremes. we had darlene love, she came and did a duet with me. that was fantastic. really great. >> waterfalls was one of those songs that it -- it caught fire on the internet. some songs do, some songs don't. that song, why do you think that -- >> i was really interested. i never -- that never happened to me before. you know, i think because a lot of people didn't know the lyrics. i think that they -- i think the song was so magical, and those girls were so wonderful, but there was so much -- you didn't really hear -- see -- you didn't hear the lyrics. the lyrics are very -- >> yes. >> it moves me, i figure it is going to move some other people if i do it right. >> you're going to take this on the road? >> i am. >> how do you feel about going on the road? >> i'm torn. >> you can afford to do anything you want to do.

that is the hardest work in the whole world. >> it is. >> you give your all. >> you bet. >> you do. >> i've seen you so many times live and maybe you don't know you're giving it your all. >> oh, believe me, i know. >> you're having the time of your life. >> fantastic. you're on the stage and you come off like -- it is fabulous. the crowds are great. you see new cities, you see -- you eat different food. it is great. >> but you can't sing all the harmonies on the road. you have to take the three new fantastic girls with you. >> it is the girls. >> it's the girls. >> can we talk about your other -- your daughter. >> oh, my god. first of all, she's on broadway now. >> she's chosen to take your path. >> yes, she has. she's an actor. >> what did you think of her making that choice? >> you know, she had had a big life, went to a good college, junior year abroad, learned chinese, she went to china, she had a job in china, she traveled

through china, but something's going to happen, she's going to china, all of a sudden she came home from china and said, you know what, i'm going to be an actor. we said -- okay. all right. and we got behind her and, you know, it's been great. she really -- she has a knack for it, and she has a feeling for it that honestly to tell you the truth, i love it, but not the way she does. she really loves the literature and she understands the history of it and everything. i threw myself into it. >> is she funny also? >> she loves to laugh. she's my best audience. i make her cry. >> really? >> with laughter. >> a little afraid to be in your shadow, that's why -- >> that wasn't it at all. i told her when she was 5, she went into show business, i would kill her. i think that's what dissuaded her. how far can i get? >> what was your husband's reaction? congratulations, coming up on 30

years. >> 30 years of laughter and tears. amazing. >> in hollywood, it doesn't last that long. >> i think the secret is you have to learn to listen, which i still have not done. and you can't interrupt which i still have not done. but you have to keep trying. and you have to compromise. you have to learn to compromise, which is the hardest part of all. i married when i was 40, very close to 40, 38. i had my baby when i was almost 41. so i was -- i had a big life. i had -- i supported myself, paid my own rent, wrote my con edison checks. to have a new person, it is 30 years, i lived with him longer -- almost as long as i was on my own so -- >> you're on top of the world. we're so happy. the new cd is sensational. >> such a feel good -- >> that's amazing. >> it really is. >> these are times you need to

put a smile on your face. you really need that. >> and you'll sing for us later. >> i'm torn. i'm torn. i'm going to sing "too many fish in the sea." >> cute. bette midler will be back to sing that. we're thrilled. a very special veterans day edition of "ambush makeover." first, these messages. >> bette midler. ♪ when he first joined the army, i was very nervous. ♪ we didn't know what they would have him doing. ♪ but, bobby always had a plan. ♪ [ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army strong. talk to your son or daughter about opportunities in the army. and for grandpa moving in with us for a few, uh, months.

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>> you sure you want to do this? >> it is pie season so we're giving it away. >> the lines outside of the bakery. >> it still happens. shoutout to the veterans. we have a naked shell, we'll throw together a quick pumpkin pie, which is of course pumpkin pie filling. we put all of our spices, some sugar. >> little butter. >> butter. melted butter. >> maple syrup, that gives it a nice little fall -- >> we're not light on calories here? >> no, once the season hits, you're done with counting calories. >> what are the spices? >> ginger, cloves and cinnamon. give that a nice little mix. and then don't want to overmix on this. this is where people -- sometimes your pumpkin pie rises too much and cracks. it is the overmixing. >> oh. >> add your eggs one at a time. then you add milk, and i like to add heavy cream. >> of course, you do. why not? >> it gives it some richness.

>> okay. >> richness is everything. >> that's your filling. goes into the baked pie shell. >> you bake it? >> you bake it. about 45 minutes. >> 350? >> starts out at 425 and drop it down to 350. >> this is your custard pie. don't let it overcook. once it comes out of the oven, it puffs8áup, after 40 minutes. this is the praline top. >> this is the magic stuff. >> okay. >> i love putting candy on top of your pumpkin pie. pecan, brown sugar, corn syrup. you pinch it on top. and spread that around the pie. >> it looks like this? >> comes out like this. goes in the hot oven, 350, ten minutes. >> i'm sorry. excuse me. >> has a lot of cream in it. >> no, it is fine. it is fine. >> a tiny little bit. >> a little bit. >> it is that candy topping. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> i'll do the next --

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mountains, the view from lake wallenpaupack. the line of clouds is through allentown and reading and delaware as we track it on the satellite. the bright sunshine is in store for philadelphia and much of south jersey. that's where the temperatures are already climbing. it's 59 in philadelphia. 63 in wildwood. on this veterans day, let's look at what's happening right now. veterans are being invited to take a free tour of the battleship "new jersey." the tours will be through 3:00 this afternoon. in 30 minutes, a ceremony will be held on the battleship and a memorial wreath will be tossed into delaware river. ♪ >> right now a veteran day ceremony is under way at the

time at the time at the tiomb o the unknown soldier. here are places the veterans can visit today. i'm vai sikahema. a full hour of news in 30 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather on nbc10.com.

back with more of "today" on this veterans day, tuesday. but we made a mistake early on. >> we don't usually. we want to point out -- >> we always say it when we say it, when we get it wrong. >> the lighting of the tree is on december 3rd. but the musical is december 4th. >> wow. >> now we have -- >> special edition of "ambush makeovers." >> this time we wanted to treat two active duty service women to gorgeous new looks courtesy of our crack makeover team, stylist to the stars, louis licari and "today" contributor and author jill martin. and the woman who helped us find these two deserving ladies is julie louis nuremberg, a founder of operation reinvent, a program dedicated exclusively to helping women veterans find new jobs

after military service. >> hi. how are you. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> it must mean a lot to these women. tell us about that. >> it does. it really does. these women -- well, what they do is we support them transition back into civilian life. and they have military skills into -- and we help them find the right job, and very importantly, especially today, we help them get in touch with their femininity, because they spend all the lives in the military. >> still women inside. >> let's meet them, shall we? let's do it. our first lovely lady is u.s. army major sherry fazio. >> i love her. >> listen to her story. >> when i was 17 and still in high school, i joined the army. my assignments have taken me to

korea, kuwait, iraq, africa, and honduras, where i met my dog maya. today i work as a future operations officer at ft. bragg, north carolina. after 24 years of service, i'm excited to transition to civilian life, knowing that i can accomplish anything that comes my way. there has been some rough patches, but everything i am and have become in life is due to my faith, the support of my family and friends, and my military service. >> guess who's with us? sherry's proud mama. julie is wearing one too for fun. okay. let's keep the blindfolds on for a minute. take one last look of sherry before. all right. sherry, let's see the new you. wow! >> wow. >> all right. julie, take off your blindfold. >> wow. >> thank you. >> are you ready? >> i'm nervous. >> you're going to love it.

>> all right. >> turn right around. take a look. >> oh , my gosh! >> look at that. >> you look amazing. >> thank you, jerry. >> tell us about the hair. >> when a privilege to work with both of these women. what did we do with the hair? this is igor's haircut. what i did to the hair color, i made it lighter and warmer which works so well with her complexion. >> natural looking. >> it looks like it comes from her. >> how do you feel? >> amazing. and so lucky to have this opportunity and i really thank you guys and thank you, jewelry. >> we want to thank you for starters, let's begin there. she looks beautiful. >> is this the best? she picked it out, the first thing we tried. the first thing we tried on and it is laundry by shelly siegel.

>> big round of applause. sherry, go over there and join julie. >> we have master sergeant lesean morris with the u.s. army. let's learn something about her, okay? >> i am an army brat. my father is a vietnam veteran who served 23 years in the army. when i graduated from high school, it seemed natural for me to join. i was a single mother and a soldier at the same time. even though my son has grown up, it was extremely hard to be away from him when i was in afghanistan for 18 months. and if it wasn't for my mom, and her help, there is no way i would have made it this far. but all and all, the 20 plus years have been amazing. i have learned so much about myself, i am tougher than i thought. >> you're pretty darn tough, yes. here to see the results are lesean's mom deborah and her mother-in-law lorraine. let's take one more -- >> keep your blindfolds on for

one second. >> all righty. keep them on. >> one more look at lesean before and now let's bring her out. >> keep your blind folds on. >> oh, wow! >> wow! >> oh, my -- >> all right, ladies. take off your blindfolds. >> who is that girl? >> who are you? >> are you ready to look? >> jerry, more tissues. >> spin it around. you look -- oh, my gosh. >> is that me? >> it is. >> take another look. >> look right here in camera 12. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh. >> oh, wow. >> oh, my. >> what do you think over there? >> what do you think, mom?

>> oh. >> tell us about the hair. >> lesean has a name tag to remember who she is. this is another great haircut, igor side swept layers around the face, brought them back up, which just makes it so incredibly chic. it is feminine, sporty. and, of course, the makeup by enid. >> beautiful. >> she loves it a little bit. i wanted to give her a piece she could mix and match as we go through. this is the perfect jacket for now by andrew mark. the blouse is cooper and ella and nydj jeans. >> fantastic. >> let's bring back our other lovely ladies. come on out. big round of applause. >> happy veterans day. >> nice job, you guys. good job. >> are you having trouble sleeping or not getting enough. >> the answer is probably yes. we'll have tips to help you get >> the answer is probably yes. we'll have tips to help you get more shut ever since we launched snapshot, my life has been positively cray-cray. what's snapshot, you ask?

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all right, time for a special series called snooze or lose. remember you were a teenager and you could sleep forever? >> not anymore. >> exactly. the older and busier we get, the more sleep it takes to get us back in the seat, not to mention the physical changes going on in our bodies as we age, which means it is even harder and harder to have a good rest. >> i'm so depressed. >> me too. >> here with sleep solutions from your 30s to your 70s is dr. nancy simkins for the state of new jersey. >> hello. >> so as we age, obviously, our sleep patterns change, right? what is the basic? how much do we need? >> really, it is for all of us, we could use seven to nine hours a night. it is a medical myth that you need less as you get older, you

just get less. it is really a myth. >> if you don't get the sleep you need, what can happen? >> cumulatively, it can really lead to heart disease, hypertension, obesity, so we really need to sleep. >> you have all three of those at this point. i haven't slept through a night in 25 years. >> moms, you start at a young age, 30s to 40s. multitasking, right? all day long. you're taking care of small children and then -- >> and jobs too, many women. >> most women are working now. 70% of women are now in the workforce and taking care of children and juggling. bed time, how do you wind down? the same way you wind down your children. they should read a little bit before bed, you should read a little bit before bed. what about reading on a tablet? not so good. we learned that the l.e.d. lighting stimulates the nervous system. so 30 minutes before bed, old-fashioned book. a magazine, a newspaper. >> something -- >> conversation. >> television. >> not television. >> how many hours do you need in

your 30s and 40s? >> same, seven to nine. >> 50s? >> the same. that's the problem.ou really al night's sleep. in your 50s, it is lifestyle and now it begins to be hormonal changes. >> like a prune. >> and we don't get estrogen anymore. we know why. medically it is not safe. what can you do? you can always talk to your doctor. make sure you discuss it with your doctor and give a good history. we can alter things. if you're a night exerciser, maybe become a morning exerciser. >> if i exercise in the evening, i can't sleep. >> exactly. it stimulates you. you need to do it in the morning. you are to talk about medication. certain medications should be taken in the morning because they act as a stimulant. other medications kind of have a side effect of fatigue. take them in the evening. >> what about sleep aids? >> sleep aids, let's start with over the counter products. they do work. and talk to your doctor about them, discuss things like melatonin, and try those before moving on.

>> take something than not sleep? >> 100%. we all need sleep. in your 60s -- >> this is me. >> we finally got there. >> problem with the 60s is we start to see physical ailments as well as lifestyle. >> let's see if i got them. >> arthritis. >> you don't have that. >> if you have sleep apnea. >> you have that. >> so you're -- >> i haven't slept for 25 years. >> there is amazing new things you can do for sleep apnea, you don't have to wear that mask anymore. there is new devices that you can wear that are actually kind of becoming. >> in your 70s and beyond. >> now it becomes really physical. and you're retiring from work. and you're home all day. and you're resting. and then you're not tired. so take a morning walk. talk to your doctor about your medications.

be busy. >> keep living. >> keep going. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> for more information on getting a good night's sleep, head to klgandhoda.com. >> and if you have a spouse or partner who keeps you awake at night, we want to hear how you deal with it. >> right. >> go to our facebook page and post your video telling us your solution. >> or what issue you deal with every night. >> when we come back, a performance by bette midler, right after this.

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. multi grammy award winner bette midler released her 25th album, so we're so excited because she's going to be singing for us today. >> here is the divine miss m with "too many fish in the sea" off her latest album called "it's the girls." >> we went out the other night and i couldn't believe it.

>> listen here, ladies. take this advice and remember. >> what? >> always in life -- ♪ into each heart some tears must fall ♪ ♪ though you love and lose you must stand tall ♪ ♪ cause we all got to cry sometimes ♪ ♪ i said sigh sometimes pull yourself together no use crying forever ♪ ♪ because there's too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ i said there's short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ my mother once told me something ♪ ♪ and every word is true ♪ ♪ don't waste your time on a fella ♪ ♪ who does not love you ♪ he'll only mislead you only grieve you ♪ ♪ don't worry about him

let it go do without him ♪ ♪ because there's too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ i said there's short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ well if the fish isn't on your line ♪ ♪ bait your hook and keep on trying ♪ ♪ don't let him get you down ♪ ♪ there's other boys around ♪ because there's too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ that's right ♪ i said there's too many fish in the sea ♪ ♪ you know there's short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones ♪ ♪ too many fish in the sea ♪ >> come on, girls. let's go fishing.

look, it's moby dick. back off, girls. stay out of my way now. hello, honey. i have some krill waiting to i you at home. >> everybody loves her. bette midler. >> we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc.

we love our facebook fans and they always send us terrific pictures. today, they sent us in beautiful baby pictures. we want to take a look at some of those. that is the one, the only tammy filler. >> she is our executive producer. it is her birthday. >> we love her. >> little tammy. >> more, more. we need the split screen.

>> oh, my gosh. i thought it was kristen stewart. >> oh, my gosh. >> here we go. >> another one for you. more cake, more champagne. >> we love you, tammy filler. >> and tomorrow -- >> on your birthday. >> one of our favorites, the black list star ryan eggler. >> he loves us. >> are we -- we can't take away from tammy yet. happy birthday, tammy. we love you.

we begin right now at 11:00 with breaking news from center city philadelphia where a fire forces evacuations at the historic john wannamaker building. officials tell us it started in a ninth floor office. no one has hurt. of course, stay with nbc 10 for anyup da updates on this breaki news story. tributes and remembrances across our area this morning as our nation observes veterans day. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. on this veterans day, several dozen people have gathered to