great weekend. "today" show is up next. see you in 25 minutes for updates. >> have a great day thanks for watch. good morning. break ing breaking news. cornerered. the alleged gunmen in that paris shooting holed up taking at least one hostage and negotiating with police as we speak, saying they want to die as martyrs. closing runways and school ss and we're live at the scene "today," friday, january 9th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone.

welcome to "today" on a friday morning. it's a busy one. matt has the day off. carson daly is here. 48 hours after that terror attack in paris, there is a massive operation under way to capture the brothers involved in that massacre. in a small town northeast of paris, very near charles de gualle airport as well. we have two reports to get to nbc's lester holt in paris. we want to start with nbc's bill neely at the scene. bill what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. after the massacre and the manhunt now, the siege about five hours ago, the two suspects in that massacre the kouachi brothers were chased to an industrial area a few hundred yards from here. they are holding one hostage and totally surrounded by literally hundreds of french

anti-terrorist police and s.w.a.t. teams who are moving closer and closer to that building. there is a hostage negotiator who has made contact with the two brothers and a french lawmaker says they told police we want to -- police moving around me as i speak. and there are two schools in the area where more than 1,000 pupils are locked in. some of the younger pupils the teachers are singing them nursery rhymes to try to calm them down. we are in the end game here 48 hours after the worst terrorist attack in france in half a century, these two men appear to be cornerer ed ercornered. >> bill nechlt ely, stay there. we'll come back to you as these events warrant. these two suspects have told police they want to die as martyrs. let's go lester holt with that

part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. what an emotional roller coaster ride this country has been on the last 48 hours. these two men could have walked through this plaza or any street in paris and been unknown a week ago. now their pictures are all over tv and we're learning security forces had known of them all along. the standoff comes less than 48 hours after a massacre at charlie hebd o. said kouachi's passport was left in the abandoned getaway car. a wanna-be rapper was arrested in 2008 convicted of trying to funnel fighters to iraq to join the insurgency. filmmaker spoke to those who knew him well.

>> in 2005 he was not somebody who was able to attack france. >> reporter: nbc news has already learned his older brother, said traveled to yemen in 2011 to be trained by al qaeda. in paris thursday night, the lights of the eiffel tower were briefly turned off in tribute to those victims in the attack. pens and pencils, those symbols as free speech. the brother of charlie hebdo body bodyguard, saying we have to be strong. shot and knocked to the ground a gunman murdered him where he lay. there is another development here. we want to report this morning. yesterday we told you about a

police woman who had been shot and killed. another person wounded in a sub suburb south of paris. this morning, press reports that there is a link that they may be the same jihadi network that these two brothers are suspected of belonging to. we have not confirmed that. >> michael sheehan, assistant secretary of defense for special operations nbc news analysts. i'll start with you, donald. you were at the fbi, have been involved in scenes like this take us inside what's likely happen ing happening. have you two hostages -- excuse me, two suspects, who want to die as martyrs, holding one hostage. what is happening? >> so many things at once. you have this tactical situation on the ground with the hostage. that's the first priority. you want to try to protect the lives of any hostages. at the same time, the priority

for the french authorities would be to see if they can exact intelligence about what their network might look like training and other things. and behind the scenes you're going to have so many people going out and trying to conduct interviews of potential sources, human intelligence working with the liaison authorities to see what other forms of intelligence there are about these guys and their network. it's extremely -- it's significant that these guys were part of aqap al qaeda network in yemen. and their m.o. really is to export terrorism to the west. we've seen that with the underwear bomber and these other alleged plots with printers and so forth. unlike isis where they're more centrally focussed and controlling their area aqap wants to take this fight to the west. it appears that's what these guys have done. >> michael, my first question has really to do with this conversation that spaernl going on between the hostage takers

these brothers, and the authorities. what kind of negotiations take place in a situation like this? >> right now the negotiators are trying to buy time and wear these guys down so they can take them out without jeopardizing the life of the hostage. these guys have said they want -- they are ready to die. they probably are. right now what they really want to do is protect the life of the hostage and take these guys alive, as don said to get intelligence from them about the networks they're connected to both back to yemen and perhaps the recruiting network for fighters to iraq and syria. >> let me ask you about that. don also mentioned the connection to aqap the al qaeda wing in yemen. based on what we know, would you suspect this is something that was actually directed by al qaeda in yemen or do you think these are two men who were inspired by al qaeda in yemen, but acting on their own essentially? michael?

>> oh, yes. i think that yemen definitely was involved in this. inspire magazine published in yemen directly targeted this newspaper as well as the editor. so these guys knew what they were doing. directly managed by the alcohol network in yemen, they were definitely inspired by them directed by them and so this was a targeted attack with strategic implications for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and all their networks in europe. >> don, as i turn to you, you can't imagine a situation of higher danger for authorities there, those who are close. it's heartbreaking to think about teachers and schools nearby reading nursery rhymes to comfort students. you have two suspects who probably think there's no way out. they're willing to die. how do you minimize the danger to the surrounding areas as well as the police officers trying to bring this thing to an end? >> you have to contain the perimeter, contain the area.

they're not going to let these guys get back out on the run again. as mike mentioned, now it's to try to buy time. wear these guys out. they're under stress. they've been on the run for a while. hopefully, they will make mistake that is will allow the french authorities to maybe launch an operation where they feel like there will be no more loss of life. but it's an extremely dangerous and volatile situation, without a doubt. >> we're looking at some of the pictures we're getting from this town called dammartin en goele. do you assume that these were suspects who were actually trying to get back to paris, maybe making a run for the airport or do you think that just might be coincidence? >> it could be coincidence. these guys knew what they were doing. perhaps they were going to the airport to have a major standoff because they understand the importance of the media aspects of this terrorist attack. perhaps they were trying to get away which is really impossible. nevertheless they have been

captured. they're cornered. they're not getting out of there. this drama will probably come to conclusion within the next hours or so. hopefully the french will be able to launch an operation that will save the hostage, get these two guys alive. they have weapons and may go down shooting. >> as we woke up we learned more about these two brothers don, including the fact that the older brother apparently had some training in yemen, the younger brother was known to french authorities. a lot of people are saying did the french intelligence officials drop the ball? did they let them slip through the cracks when essentially they were hiding in plain sight? >> when people are on the radar of law enforcement to a certain agree, they were on the no-fly list. but the fact of the matter to follow people around 24 hours a day, it takes so many resources. we couldn't do it here. they can't do it there. that's where you try to really have a good network of human intelligence people on the

ground that will try to tip you off if something is going to happen. you know the old saying, see something, say something. but if these guys are keeping their plan to themselves and not telling anybody and suddenly they decide to attack it's difficult for law enforcement. >> difficult, indeed. this just speaks to that. bill neely north of paris, we're seeing a bit more police activity. can you tell us what you see? >> reporter: yes. in the last few minutes there has been a lot of activity lot of sirens glaring, blue lights people going in. it does seem like the police have this building totally surrounded and we're talking about reinforcements. nbc news has spoken to one of the members of anti-terrorist force who, himself, has spoken to people on the ground here. he says the priority is first of all, the hostage, that the hostage should not be killed. police will not move in unless that hostage has been killed or unless negotiations with these two men break down completely.

one other anecdote that's interesting, they spoke to a man who showed up at this printing press and greeted a man whom he believed to be a police officer, dressed in black with a gun. it then appeared that this man was not a police officer. he said you get out of here. we don't kill civilians. so the salesman turned on his heels and left. that's another possible encounter with these brothers a man who said we don't kill civilians. from a lawmaker we know they have said we want to die here as martyrs. >> unfolding situation. bill please stand by. we'll continue to follow this and have the very latest throughout the morning. don barrelli michael sheehan, thank you so much. the misery being felt by millions this morning still in the grip of that dangerous arctic blast. al what are we looking at

today? >> good new sthas yous is that as you can see we've got a change coming up. we're already in better shape at th morning at this time -- cleveland is 18 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday morning. atlanta, 11 degrees warmer than we saw. however, this is the next shot of cold air coming. billings. this is a change in 24 hours. they're down 40 degrees, 20 in bismarck. si ouchlt sioux falls, 12 degrees. temperatures start to fall in saturday morning and then during the day saturday they don't get much above the mid to upper teens to low to mid 20s here in the northeast. we're going to track this. we're also watching a fast-moving clipper that's bringing snow into the northeast. look how fast this is falling. there was no snow on the ground here about an hour ago. now we've got more snow. we'll be watching this make its way into the northeast. we'll follow this coming up in

the next half hour. we're talking about heavier snow and we've got lake-effect snow to deal with coming up over the weekend. some areas could be looking at four feet of snow in western and upstate new york. so we're going to track that for you coming up in the next half hour. >> al, thanks for that. meantime natalie is here with breaking news overnight in the airasia situation. >> that's right. pinging signals possibly from the black boxes have now been detected. kelly cobiella is in indonesia with the latest on this developing story. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. those pings were detected about half a mile from where the tail section was found. that tail section is in about 100 feet of murky water. it's upside down. it's partially buried in silt and it may be largely intact. in fact searchers are trying to lift it out of the water, thinking that possibly those black boxes are still inside. they're using a system of

straps, flotation balloons and cranes to do that. but now with the pings detected half a mile away they're also going to send divers in to that location to see potentially if the black boxes broke loose and are sitting on the sea floor in silt and mud. we could know a lot more in several hours. >> kelly cobiella in indonesia, thank you. community college for free? president obama made the proposal thursday night in a facebook video shot aboard air force one. the president said that he would like to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who is willing to work for it. administration officials didn't provide many details about where the money would come from, except to say it would be paid for by the federal government and participating states. a formal announcement is expected today at a knoxville tennessee community college. >> jury selection begins today in the murder trial of former patriots star aaron hernandez,

accused of killing in 2013. patriots coach bill belichick and team owner robert kraft are potential witnesses. a man is charged with attempted murder after police say he intentionally rammed his dump truck into two patrol cars. can you see two officers walking away from their cruisers and seconds later a dump truck comes around the corner and barrels right into the cars. the officers got out of the way just in the knick of time and police say the suspect has a history of mental illness. professional game in montenegro. a fan ran out into the court and pushed a turkish player in the back. one of his teammates took exception and then violently knocked the fan to the ground. a scuffle ensued. the game was delayed for 15 minutes there.

that's hard to see. hard to watch. video this morning that's certainly going to melt your heart, injured koalas paws burned in a wildfire. they desperately need mittens to help in their treatment. urging w.h.o. volunteers to dust off their sewing machines and start getting to work. poor thing. little mittens on their paws. so cute. >> that is the cutest thing. >> poor thing. >> i wish i sewed. al it's coming down in the last few minutes here in new york city. >> it really s take a quick look on satellite radar, you can see there it is live. pushing through. it's going to abe quick mover. this will be out of here in the next couple of hours but will dump one to three inches of snow. roads in the northeast very very cold. so what comes down is going to stick and cause for some really slick road the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf,

and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. good morn i'm meteorologist bill henley. the sun will be out and the wind will be blowing. winds gusting to 35 miles per hour but warmer than it was all day yesterday and, tomorrow it will be colder. bitter cold. 14 in the morning and 22 in the afternoon. sunshine on saturday will sunday and sunday afternoon 32 degrees and then a potential for wintry mix on monday and more of the same for wednesday and thursday. have a great day.

>> that's your latest weather. >> all right. let's go over to -- not carson in the orange room. tamron in the orange room. boston 2024. >> boston beat out los angeles, san francisco, d.c. to become the olympic committee's official bid for the summer games, as savannah mentioned, in 2024. the u.s. last hosted an olympics in 2002 and we cannot forget the 1996 games in atlanta. boston joins rome as the only other city to officially bid. so some of the reaction has opinion pretty interesting on social media. hash tag lit up with some folks complaining about potential traffic issues. chuck sent out this picture. 2024 boston olympics is going to be so awesome, #2024. let's move past the complaints.

the white house released a statement saying the city has taught us what it means to be boston strong. the president and first lady could not be prouder of this accomplishment and of all of our nation's athletes. and my personal favorite and brittany loves this too. this little guy with the thumb's up says @boston2024. when will we hear? my 2-year-old gives #boston 2024 a coco thumbs up. his dad's name is coco. could be a tremendous thing for that city that has been through so much as we know. >> tamron thank you. bill cosby makes a joke on stage about the scandal surrounding him. >> that story coming up. more to this story. troubled past of the son now accused of murdering his wealthy hedge fund founding father as he

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jillian mele. jill? >> this accident is fatal interstate 78 westbound still closed off between pennsylvania state line basically, and route 33. from williams township inand this traffic has not moved in about an hour. 78 westbound completely closed right now. it involves a tractor trailer and a van. that's what we know. you can take route 2 as your alternate. no telling how long it will be out there, but an accident investigation will have to go on i assume for a while this morning. east whiteland out near route 30, vai? police are looking for a suspect after a shooting in the parking lot of the philadelphia mills mall. used to be called the franklin mills mall. officers tell us the man opened fire into the victim's vehicle hitting him three times. according to authorities it was over an unpaid debt. this morning victim is listed in guarded condition. another update in 25 minutes i'm vai sikahema. see you in about half an hour.

7:30 now on this friday morning, the 9th of january, 2015. that's the scene just outside paris, french security forces have surrounded a town very near the french international airport. and it is where the two suspects in the terrorist attack are hold up. >> at least one hostage is being held and freeing that person is their top priority right now. >> chief correspondent richard engel is at the scene this morning. richard shall good morning. what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we are in this small town just a few miles away from charles de

gaulle airport. this hostage scenario is unfolding a mile behind me. we can't get any closer because police and military forces have set up checkpoints throughout this area. they have encircled the industrial park which is about a mile from here. local officials are telling us this is what happened. around 9:00 this morning, four hours ago, the militants were spotted in this town in that industrial area by a police officer. a gunfight ensued. the police officer engaged the two brothers. one of the police officers may have been wounded. we've been told that by a single source. during the gunfight the brothers then barricaded themselves in the closest business they could find. it was a printing press. they are believed to be still inside this printing press. it's a family-owned business produces fliers menus, posters. at least one hostage, the owner of the printing press, is

believed to be still inside. but there may be other hostages perhaps his wife a child, an adult child who also work with his them in the printing press and perhaps several customers as well. that information has not been 100% confirmed but we've been told that by two local officials here who believe that there may be more than one hostage. >> all right, richard. we've heard from french officials that negotiators are talking to the suspects right now, who have reportedly told them they want to die as martyrs. i'll have you stand by and we'll check in with you on this as events warrant this morning. thank you. bill cosby was back on stage last night and this time he alluded to the sex scandal allegations with an off-the-cuff joke that has people talking. kristen dahlgren has more. >> a heckler interrupted the

performance and an impromptu comment stunned the crowd. people jeered those going in to see bill cosby. in an episode recorded by an audience member. >> be quiet. >> no no stop! >> cosby worked to quiet the crowd as a heckler, who called cosby a rapist, was removed. applause as the show resumed. audience members tweeted that cosby stopped a woman who left her seat in the front row to ask where she was going. when she said she was going to get a drink and offered to get him one he said no adding you have to be careful drinking around me. an apparent reference to the allegations by women that say cosby put drugs in their drinks in order to sexually assault them. he has never been charged with any crime and his attorney has

repeatedly denied the allegations but the canadian crowd gasped at the joke and then applauded. >> most of the audience laughed but i thought it was very awkward after that. it was aukwkward because we were waiting for the next thing to happen. >> reporter: his pr team didn't comment on the joke but did release a statement from cosby, referencing the heckler, saying one outburst but over 2,600 loyal, sbaesht courageous fans enjoyed the most wonderful medicine that exist for human kind. laughter. i thank you. i'm far from finished. now cosby is scheduled to perform tonight in hamilton last stop on his canadian tour. we are told that protesters may have bought blocks of tickets for that one. >> kristen, thank you for that. a check of the weather. it's a busy day for you, al. >> that's right. we've got snow out here. we're also looking at lake-effect snow snow that will be a major story the next 24 hours and a big ice storm that will affect us next week. streamers from buffalo.

they've got snow coming on as we pan the city. 19 degrees for a high today. but we're also watching once that clipper moves through, look at this. this is over the next 24 hours. lake-effect snow just keeps pouring in. what we're looking at tomorrow by tomorrow evening, the jackpot is between watertown and syracuse upwards of two to three feet of snow. we're watching that. the other big story we're watching starting sunday morning, an ice storm out of texas. icing condition from st. louis, cincinnati back into memphis and arkansas. during the day sunday it pushes north. by sunday evening, washington, d.c. cincinnati st. louis. snow to the north of that. by monday morning for your commute, from boston new york washington cincinnati and back into southern illinois we're talking about an icing situation. could be dangerous conditions. hazardous driving. airport delays by the evening. it starts to let up with

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we're learning more about tommy gilbert jr.'s background and issues that might come up in this case. his father was the founder of a hedge fund with $15 million in assets. father and son argued about money on the day he died but friends say there may abe lot more to this story. friends of the family say tom gilbert sr. and his wife shelly were doing all they could to help their 30-year-old son, tommy, who struggled with mental health issues. according to law enforcement sources they paid his rent of $2400 a month and gave him an allowance of $600 a week. when the father tried to lower the allowance to $400 a week, sources say tommy got angry. wnbc investigative reporter jonathan dienst. >> several family sources say the father was really concerned about his son both from his mental illness, alleged drug abuse and the fact that he couldn't hold down a job. it all came to a head in the apartment that afternoon. >> reporter: on sunday police

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four minutes before 8:00 this morning. good morning. some snow with us this morning. nbc 10 shot this video within the last half hour and you want to be careful since the white powder can cover up icy patches out there. let's get our forecast from meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> showers already starting to taper off in the pocono mountains after a light dusting of snow and now blue mountain is looking just cloudy. the snow is moving into delaware and south jersey. you will see a dusting, but no more than that and this afternoon the snow will be gone we'll get some breaks of sunshine. the wind is blowing, however, that will stay with us all day long. your hour-by-hour forecast looking for temperatures to climb into the low 30s later today. you can get the latest

forecasts alerts and advisory right on your smartphone or tablet. download our new app for the iphone right now for free. and let's get an update on that fatal accident in lehigh valley with jillian mele. jill? >> right as you approach route 33 a lot of activity around that curve which is why we can't see what's going on with this accident. a tractor trailer and a van involved. as i mentioned, fatal accident. gaper delay we're seeing eastbound. take 22 as your alternate. happening today former philadelphia police officer kevin corkcoran will be sentenced. abstruction ofs for an incident involving an iraq war veteran that happened two years ago. i'm vai sikahema. another update in 25 minutes and you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up making you fat? how to navigate your way to a healthy meal when you dine out. and selfie surprise. those photos you take of yourself really reveal about your personality. plus lights camera. anything goes from the favorites and the fanfare, the buildup to this weekend's golden globes "today," friday january 9th, 2015. 2015. >> it's 75 degrees in arizona but we would rather be in new york city. >> we came to the "today" show to warm up.

>> good morning. >> we're freezing from florida, and it's snowing! >> celebrating our 24-year anniversary from texas. >> we're maddie and maggie from st. louis. >> hey, mom and dad, we're on the "today" show! whoo! good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today." that was the scene just a few moments ago. couple of great plaza employees making snow angels, which we are now able to do. the snow is coming down. >> it's coming through. >> just as al roker predicted. >> the reason it's sticking so much the ground is so cold. usually the first inch or so melts. not this time. >> weather week for you. >> it will move through pretty quick, right? >> move out of here by 10:00. boston a little later. >> four j's are back this

morning, jean, jill jenna, joy. go to our facebook page. we'll check in with them in a little bit. >> don't they look so warm and toasty? >> they do. >> tamron is over here going -- >> i'm just doing the same thing everyone else is. >> natalie has been following what's happening in france again this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. lester holt is in paris. he has the very latest. lester good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you're hearing more police cars. we've heard waves of them moving toward a neighborhood 15 minutes from here one of what we now know to be two hostage dramas under way inside paris and outside of paris, all related to the attack on the newspaper offices a few days ago. first of all, what's happening in dammartin engoele, police

encountered the two brothers who are suspects in that attack. there was a police chase. shots were fired. they apparently ended up at a family printing business and are apparently holding hostages. s.w.a.t. teams have moved into the area tried to make contact, negotiate with these men, these suspects. at the same time it's very close to charles de gualle airport. they've had to reroot flights because planes come in over that particular area. now here in paris -- you're hearing perhaps some of the response to it. we learned another hostage taking is under way at a kosher grocery store. undetermined amount of hostages there. reports of shots fired and one person wounded. that's ongoing right now. that shooter may be related to the killing of a police woman in a paris suburb yesterday, who may have known these brothers. there apparently is a connection to all of this. two major dramas we continue to

follow from here. let's go back to you. >> lester holt in paris for us. we check back with you as stories develop there. today a town in illinois is saying good-bye to the family of the 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash. gabe gutierrez is in nashville, illinois. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. superintendent here says last night it seemed that half the town showed up for the wake of the three of the four family members that were killed. in a town of 3,000 people, this family was beloved. this morning, nashville, illinois is preparing for a heartwrenching good-bye. they'll have some help. >> 12 of our comfort dogs from five different states to be here with family and friends and classmates from the family that suffered the loss. >> reporter: the loss of four family members a week ago today in a terrible plane crash in kentucky. marty gutzler, his wife kimberly their 9-year-old daughter piper, and 14-year-old

cousin sierra were flying home from a vacation in florida. the sole survivor, sailor gutzler, who pried herself from the wreckage and managed to make her way to safety through the dark and cold. my heart is broken one person wrote. another, there are simply no words. >> my heart sank. >> reporter: hannah luce knows that all too well. she was on a small plane, the group was headed to a christian youth rally. a fiery crash in a kansas field. hannah was the only survivor like sailor. >> the thought of sailor being so young and having her innocence stripped of her at such a young age, that broke a piece of me. >> part of hannah may be broken but she is not shattered, thanks in part she says to the outpouring of support that she received following her crash, support that she hopes young sailor is receiving now.

again, the funeral for her parents and sister is scheduled for later today. natalie? >> sad day there. gabe gutierrez in nashville, illinois thanks. former miami dolphins player apparently lived up to the team's nickname. the coast guard says rob conrad swam nine miles to shore after falling out of a fishing boat near palm beach, florida, saturday. he last played professional football ten years ago. incredible survival story there. 8:06 right now. let's get another check of the weather and go outside with a chilly al roker. >> that's right. we've got all of our friends hanging out here. i've got to show you, these two girls have the best coat. they look -- you look like the abominable snow girls in technicolor. >> thank you. >> those are beautiful coats. >> thank you. >> you have snow in your mouth.

i hate when that happens. this system will move through pretty quickly, dropping one to three inches of snow. that's our tower cam from the top of the rock. boston hasn't gotten in there yet. you're an hour away before it's all over. one to three inches and then it's done. we're watching a bigger snow storm and ice storm out of texas this weekend. sunshine in the pacific northwest. that's good news for them. that's what's going on around the co good morning i'm bill henley, a bit of snow this morning but this afternoon the sun will be out an the wind will be blowing. winds gusting to 35 miles per hour. it will be warmer than it was all day yesterday. tomorrow it will be colder bitter cold 22 in the achb. sunshine on saturday will fade sunday. sunday afternoon, 32 degrees and a potential for wintery mix on monday and more of the same for

wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. >> really large flake. >> huge snow flakes coming down. >> it's just about over. >> all right. thank you. coming up next on trending, you're so vain. what your selfie habit may say about your personality. who will tina and amy tango with this time? what star also rule the red carpet? and carson? >> chef tom colicchio, new health trend called bone broth. we'll make this and how about -- >> more olive oil. >> we'll explain after this.

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the all-new volkswagen golf starting at $17,995. there's an award winning golf for everyone. we are back at 8:12. when it comes to food trends kale and quinoa they're so last year. what's the hot new thing? al told me. it's bone broth. >> bone broth. >> bone broth. it's become a bona fide craze. get it? with fans gushing over its health benefits. is it any different from the stock your grandma used to make? that's what i wondered. i said let's call an expert. >> who did you get? >> chef tom colicchio. >> he's here anyways. >> how are you? >> good. >> bone broth does not sound that appetizing. >> it's absolutely delicious.

this comes from a buddy of mine who started a little out of the back -- restaurant. there are lines out the door for us. >> why now? >> is it served just plain like that? >> he also serves it with chili oil or ginger oil. the health benefits are amazing. >> what are the health benefits? >> it's packed with amino acid magnesium. you can get all these nutrients and supplements but it's more digestible. >> it smells like soup. >> that's all it is soup. >> what's the difference between broth and stock? >> this is with bone. >> is it hard to make? >> it takes time. it's a very slow long process to gradually pull that out. >> if you want to make it at home, you've got big bones right there? >> buy some bones. water. add vinegar or tomato little acid and a little vegetable, carrot. that can happen at the very end. >> carrots and vegetables would

you go more of the whiskey route or vodka? >> you know there could be -- >> everything is a hot topic. >> everything. >> great recipe in "the new york times," go "new york times" cooking cooking, they've got a really good recipe. >> it's really great and perfect for -- >> a day like today. >> you have a cold like me it's good. >> no broth for you! >> best bone broth i've ever had. you're coming back to talk about pasta. >> see you. you've taken selfies. >> you do? >> you take them with people. not just yourself. >> no no no. >> a new study has looked at the mind of the selfie addict. it finds out men -- by the way, they only focused on men. they found they were more likely to be narscissists. >> oh! >> shocker. >> when you see those guys doing

selfies with their bare chest, i can see. >> why that correlation just to men? >> i don't know. that's what they studied. >> interesting. >> i agree with you. it probably -- >> men take more selfies than women, that study found. >> i'm moving over to belfies. i'll explain that later. >> what's a belfie? >> one of your behind. >> they have belfie sticks. >> that doesn't sound right. >> how does it go like a back scratcher? >> i don't have one yet. >> that's tomorrow's trending. >> tamron will demonstrate. >> no i will not. side by side photos of parents and their kids around the same age. >> i love that. >> it will make you do a double take as you look at the resemblances. isn't that amazing? >> so cute. >> i love looking at these picture. >> that's incredible. >> later in life you can start to look different, obviously but at that certain age there's that resemblance. we have some of our own photos.

we'll start with mr. matt lauer and his son, jack. >> oh, my gosh! >> so so alike. >> i love matt's little alfalfa. >> tamron. >> two of my nieces who -- that's me in the middle. >> yep. >> that's my niece, laela and gianna. >> natalie. >> natalie and her mom around the same age. >> no, my mom is much younger in that picture. >> but we've seen home video of your mom. >> exactly. >> beautiful. >> my gosh. >> like winnie from the wonder years. >> right? >> savannah. >> well this is the cheeks thing. my mom on the left me in the middle and vale on the right. mostly the cheeks situation. oh and that's a picture of me 6 weeks old and vale 6 weeks old. >> i think we've got me and my dad. maybe not. >> you look a lot alike. you really do. identical. >> i wish you had that haircut.

>> i'm on my way. >> change your hair a little bit. >> bieber comb over and al and nicky, too. take a look. >> handsome boy. >> you always say that's my boy. >> two handsome boys right there. >> that is what's trending today. up next the golden globes glitz, glamour. everything you can expect. we're back with a prev >> announcer: golden globes on "today" is brought to you by volkswagen tdi clean diesel. >> snowing here sunny there. we can't wait to head west this weekend before the golden

globes. build as the hottest party of the year because they can all drink at this ceremony. joe fryer is already on the red carpet at beverly hills. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. a couple of days from now this place will be packed with celebrities. this is the first major award show of the season. what makes it so special? movie stars and tv stars all together inside the jam-packed beverly hilton ball room. the a-list appetizer of the award season. >> there's an air of spontaneity about it. it doesn't feel as formal and stuffy as the oscars can. >> reporter: the hosts are once again tina fey and amy poehler. >> this is our third time. how are we going to keep it fresh? >> we're not. >> we give them no restrictions at all. we don't even see their script until the day before. >> reporter: hollywood foreign press association votes on the winners, the rest of us get to

judge the fashions. >> we really see the celebs be a bit more experimental. >> reporter: walking this year's red carpet jennifer aniston, matthew mcconaughey reese witherspoon and 29-time nominee meryl streep. perhaps no celebrities will generate more camera flashes than george and amal clooney. >> we're going to see the new mr. and mrs. clooney for the first time at a hollywood industry event and i think it will just be a big night all around. >> as for the trophies -- >> i'm broke. >> "birdman" leads all movies with seven nominations. >> are you guys ready to have some fun? >> yeah! >> yeah! >> early favorite was "boyhood" shot with the same actors over 12 years. >> if you care about hee at all please just go. >> reporter: "the theory of everything," "the imitation game" "foxcatcher" and "selma."

>> it cannot wait. >> there's no real front-runner. >> reporter: the night's stunners could come from online streaming services and old-school channels. >> nominating and anoiting as the winner new shows to kind of bring attention to them. >> reporter: after all, what's a party without a few surprises? george clooney will receive the cecil b. demeillo award. he missed last year's awards but that did not stop tina and amy targeting him during their monologue monologue. i think rch is excited to see what will happen when all three are in the same room. >> and amal clooney. >> meredith is hosting countdown to the globes at 10:00, 9:00 central time. >> we'll be live from the red

carpet sunday night, hosting the arrival special, 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific time. >> sticking around monday on "today" with a full wrap-up of the winners, fashions parties and so much more. carson? millions are vowing to lose weight in the year 2015. there's an easy way to start cutting the fat and calories. that's learning the secrets hidden on restaurant menus. health editor with o, the oprah magazine. >> thanks for having me. >> at least once a week dine out. a lot of secrets are hidden on that menu. >> they are. >> what are you looking for? >> they start top left right to the top right, cut down to the middle go bottom left to bottom right and restaurants know that. they put the foods they think you want onion rings, burgers, pastas. that will get called out, really highlighted. on the right side your salads where you're least likely to

look. >> as you're perusing the menu bread comes to the table. olive oil often is accompanied with the bread but you should maybe go back and ask for the butter which seems weird to me. >> one study found if you're going to have one or two slices of bread you'll consume 19% less calories from fat when you use the butter instead of the olive oil. >> go for the butter? >> only when you're going to have a few slices of bread. >> trigger words that you should be looking for. a word like marinated i would say can i not have the marinade? you're saying that might be a good one. >> a ton of menus, and they found marinaded conveys about 60 fewer calories than one that doesn't have that label. skip things as you probably know crispy smothered, fried. usually that means 130 more calories. >> those are the things you want but shouldn't go for. >> exactly. >> talk to your waiter. ask him what the chef has back there, put the menu down and see if there's a healthier option

that you might be interested in. >> absolutely. if you see something that's fried and you want it baked or broiled, just ask. usually they're good at accommodating a healthier option. >> good to have you here. >> thanks. weight loss fitness and much more with our "start today" experts joy bauer, jean chatzky, jill martin and jenna wolfe. answering your questions on our facebook page. the first one from judy. she says when trying to lose weight what is a good calorie intake? i know it depends on weight and exercise but i need some help figuring that out. joy, you're up. >> a really good ballpark range is 1200 to 1600 calories. that tends to be the sweet spot when it comes to losing weight for most women. if you're super hungry and you're losing at a great rate up the calories. if it's slower than you like go

down toward the 1200 range. 1200 to 1600 calories should be fantastic. >> next up michelle never worked out before. joined a gym. where do i start? >> always start with walking. it's easy on the joints. you can do it absolutely anywhere. take advantage of the treadmill. work on distance incline. get yourself comfortable. this person also said michelle is training for a 5k. once you feel comfortable, go outside, feel it's safe jog for 30 seconds, walk for a minute. jog for 30 walk for a minute until you can jog for 30 walk for 30. >> that is great advice. amy asks this. single and bought my own home last year. would love financial advice for savings and retirement while still having spending money. jean? >> it's a great question. here is what you want to do. save before you spend. 401(k) or something else at work try to get that to the point where you're saving 10%.

everything else is essentially spending money. if you want to have more to spend focus on lowering those regular monthly bills. that will free up some cash. >> one more here -- actually we don't have -- jill? >> i know. >> so give us some free advice. >> okay. here we go. that's a broad topic. we only wear 30% of what's in our closet so it's time to cut 70%, like hoda kotb did. if she can do it you can do it. you can see her closet transformation. >> there you go. lifestyle expert of course. thank you, all. keep them coming facebook page and our experts will keep answering your questions at today.com. carson? >> hello, everybody. hello. look who is here. mied into gesy ed into my goodness. we talked about bone broth.

good friday morning i'm tracy davidson let's get your "first alert" forecast. we're starting with light snow a dusting in some pots. cape may is waiting for snow clouds on the beach. it is falling in delaware and farther to the north of new jersey. the temperatures are holding at 27 degrees in philadelphia, the wind is blowing so it feels colder outside but that same wind will blow the clouds out of here. sunshine and warming into the 30s this afternoon. >> get the latest forecast

alerts, and advisories on your tablet or smart phone, down hoed our app for free. now a update on the fatal accident we are following. yes with t is right near route 33. that portion of the road has been closed the scene is just beyond this curve. the traffic has been stuck for hours, some are getting by very slowly. this is westbound at morgan hill road. all traffic is still being sent off of 78 so it is technically shut down. police are looking for a gunman that shot into a vehicle and hit the victim three times. the violence temperatures from an unpaid debt we'll have another local update in 25 minutes. get the latest with the nbc 10 app.

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good morning again to you. >> reporter: savannah good morning. we're trying to connect all the dots. things are moving very quickly here. hostage situation in paris, second of two. this is at a kosher grocery store. as many as two people may have been killed. not confirmed. a lot of police activity. they've been racing past our location. this is all taking place about 15 minutes from where we are. apparently a gunman who may be in some way linked to the two brothers who are engaged in that other standoff right now, two brothers believed responsible for the attack on the newspaper two days ago. the attacker here in paris at this grocery store is believed to be the shooter in a case we didn't think was related until just a few hours ago. it was the shooting of a police woman in paris or south of paris yesterday that was considered a separate event. now these are beginning to be linked. possibly this hostage taker knew the brothers, may have been part of the same jihadi network.

we're continuing to put all the piece together. >> rapidly unfolding situation. let's turn to nbc correspondent richard engel. he is near where the police have these two suspects from wednesday's attacked cornered. what's the latest there? >> reporter: savannah behind me you can see a school in this town very close to charles de gaulle airport. students are barricaded inside that school between 12 and 16 years old. they are holed up in the cafeteria. a possible evacuation by security forces might take place, we are told. this is all taking place less than one mile from that industrial park where the two brothers who are suspected of carrying out two days ago that attack on the satirical newspaper have now been surrounded by police. helicopters have landed near the location. there are report that is counter attack team commandos are

stationed, positioned to launch an assault. local officials say they are doing everything they can, however, to prevent the brothers from killing at least one hostage they are holding here. >> richard, you'll stand by as will lester with these rapidly unfolding developments in and around paris this morning. thank you. let's get a check of the weather now with al. >> let's show you what we've got going on. we'll look ahead toward the weekend. we've got snow moving through the northeast in new england. what we'll be watching through the week and this big story will be this system coming out of texas. icy mix with rain as moisture comes in over the colder air. teens and 20s as you get into the day saturday. sunday a fairly quick mover. icy mix with snow to the north. band of ice and mixed precipitation stretching from mid missouri on into ohio. rain into the gulf coast. showers in the pacific northwest. this will move into the northeast and midatlantic states

monday making the morning commute a good morning i'm bill henley, a bit of snow this morning but this afternoon the sun will be out and the winds will be gusting up to 35 miles per hour. it will be warmer than it was all day yesterday. it will be bitter cold tomorrow 22 in the afternoon. sunshine on saturday will fade on sunday. sunday after32 and then a potential for wintery mix on monday and the same for wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al thank you so much. the dichlt vergent series has hit books. "today's" contributing editor, jenna bush hager got to pay visit to the set. >> if our tour of the set is any

indication this movie has it all, hot actors action and a little romance. >> i got it. >> i know you do. >> in the world of young adult sci-fi novels turned movies dark horse trilogy known as "diverge enter" has staked its claim, raking in a whopping $150 million in its debut. >> this is the pit. >> reporter: for millions of fans clamoring for more it was only natural to get the stars back together leading the way as heroine beatrice. >> she's in a fight or flight situation, she'll fight regardless of whether she'll survive or not. >> reporter: action-packed battle of good versus evil a society at war with itself after theo james plays her love interest. >> we start off really where we left off. it's kind of all systems go from there. from the first minute you're go

going. >> i know exactly who you are. >> reporter: far from your typical happy hollywood ending -- >> it's time we fight back. >> reporter: this duo is on the run and reeling. your character is dealing with major grief in this film. would you say it's a little darker than the first? >> absolutely. the book is much darker than the first book. and i think in this movie, when we find trice, she's dealing with the guilt of having shot one of her best friends, having lost both of her parents, ballet relationship and figure out what the next step is in order to bring peace back to a civilization that's sort of become corrupt. >> reporter: there's a youthful energy on set, with a cast of young adults making movies for young adults based on books read by a then 21-year-old. >> i was refusing to shower and making that logical leap from here to there is ridiculous. i was hoping some day someone

would want to read it and that was pretty much it. >> reporter: the young actors went through a boot camp for the first physically grueling installment. this go round was no different. what did you do to prepare for this film? >> hit the gym. >> we had to go, get back to the gym. definitely. >> yeah. >> you do other things in between and the characters have different physicalities. so you change physically and you kind of have to get back in shape. >> reporter: working with hollywood heavy weights like kate winslet, naomi watts has them flexing their hollywood muscles, too. >> i'm not going to fight you. >> of course you're not. >> reporter: it is a young adult novel but it reaches an audience far beyond the young demographic. there's an essence which is a little more mature which compliments the themes in the book really well. >> this is sort of the center of town. >> no exception to a cast mature beyond their years, 20-year-old

rising star gave me a behind-the-scenes tour. what's it like to walk in on a set like this every day? >> you walk in and feel like you're part of something big and important. >> reporter: is there a youthful feel? >> especially. it's like coming back to summer camp after you already made your friends. unfortunately some of our friends couldn't come back because -- >> reporter: they've died? >> yeah because they've died. but now we're closer than just the core group of us who were together. i got to go to work at a ridiculously amazing set like this and then just act. >> reporter: not a bad life. >> it's pretty cool. >> reporter: that's a wrap. >> so i am now the envy of a lot of tweens out there. >> do you know how many people would like to trade places? >> i felt myself like a young tween. is that strange?

>> no, just more psychologically, right? who is headed to the super bowl? winners of our season-long "together we make football" series they'll be revealed. first this is "today" on nbc. release a devastating avalanche

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we're back now at 8:41. this morning, the culmination of our series "together we make football." >> one group is heading to the super bowl. nbc's josh elliott reveals the winner. >> boron high is the smallest school playing 11-man football in the entire state of california. but this little town in the middle of the mojave desert is about to get some really big news. >> who's coming? >> they sound more pumped than us. i don't think anybody's coming.

>> got the whole town out. how are you guys doing? >> he is here. >> no it's not. >> boron bobcats. >> yeah it is! . oh yeah! >> what's up? good to see you guys. it is great to be back here in boron. on this field that brings this community together this town has inspired so many including me. and that's why i'm back. and i'm back with some news. boron bobcats, you did it. you won. you guys are going to the super bowl! you're going to the super bowl! you guys are going to the super bowl!

>> christian osterhuis lost his mother and father in the span of three years. what began with his coach inviting him over for meals has become much more. >> christian has to be one of the strongest kids that i've ever met. nothing will replace the loss of his family. but he has a home. >> christian now lives with coach roberts' family and their remarkable journey will now continue at the super bowl. >> how is everyone doing? >> oh, man. how is my favorite family? high five on everybody. >> back to oklahoma. you're my favorite family. you know that. >> yes. >> and america loves you. will four tickets do you well

for the super bowl? >> we could use those. >> what about eight? >> what? what? >> yeah! >> oh, my god! holy cow. >> oh, my gosh. >> you guys are going, right? >> i'm like shaking right now. >> you guys are going. your heart, your love your compassion touched america. what you guys have brought to this wonderful young man, who is going to be a world leader one day -- >> that's right. god's got big plans for him. >> i wouldn't be the person i am today if it weren't for this family and now i'm part of it. >> this is the way it's supposed to be. it's what life is all about. it really is. to see everyone come out and support them it's a great story. >> come on guys. come on up. >> people around the nation are going to know who boron is that's incredible.

it's exactly what the town deserves. >> the game of football was so much more than just that. an outside source of love coming in when i needed it. it was family. >> prime time hanging out. >> and they're going to the super bowl. >> you can see more on that special. super bowl coverage football america on february 1st. >> by the way, catch nfl playoff action tomorrow on nbc. the ravens and patriots. >> ooh. >> great game. up next top chef's tom colicchio shares his go-to pasta. >> time to eat. >> first this is "today" on nbc.

your fancy apron. we're back now at 8:47.

on today's kitchen, tom colicchio is the host judge and top producer of a new show called "best new restaurant," premiering on our sister network bravo. always good to hang out with mr. tom colicchio. he lent me -- >> and you broke it. >> japanese denyim something or other. >> middle button here. >> it's like a guitar. there's too many parts to this thing. >> this boiling water is -- >> before we get to the meal let's talk about the show. >> it's chef against chef. entire restaurants against entire restaurants. >> 16 restaurants to start out with. >> i go and do a brief interview. we open the doors and send 30 people in all at once and turn the cameras on. pretty good to see what happens. some mom and pop restaurants, and so it's a good -- >> you have been doing this for a while. are you ever surprised when you get into some of these eating

environments and people producing some of these meals like there's really great things happening? >> there's amazing talents out there. mom and pop operation, and this kid is cooking with -- >> how much salt are you going to put in there? >> garlic parmesan turkey ham, another smoked pork butt here. i actually like -- it collapses on to itself. >> why do you like this meal in particular? >> one-pot meal. most people think when the chef goes home i cook a big fancy meal. i have two little kids at home. i need to get dinner on the table in two minutes flat. we have a couple of pots on the stove here --

>> you have three different pastas. >> this tends to cook a little longer. get the water going. this pasta takes 12 minutes. let it cook. i just do a quick little chop on the broccoli. steam from this is fogging them up. pretty small. now what happens, after the pasta -- pretend this is that same one pot. cooking eight minutes or so, you dump in the broccoli. >> don't strain the pasta first? >> no. it needs to cook. broccoli pasta, garlic will all cook around the same time. that's going. then this pot here now has been going a little longer. this pasta has been cooking for 12 minutes. >> eight minutes total? broccoli goes in halfway through? >> we still need another four five minutes and that's this here? >> right. >> we have our ham. it's already cooked. but it's room temp now. we strain this. >> this is just a strainer. what we want to do is save some pasta water. >> why do you want that water? >> it's really really

important. strain this out. i have the water here. the water is actually an ingredient we need to use that. will make the sauce. we strain this. >> keep the water? >> keep it over here. now you have your pasta water, your pasta. still keep this on. hit it with olive oil. >> certainly will. >> good amount of parmesan cheese. >> uh-huh. >> cracked pepper. >> subout out the ham for other meats? >> or leave it vegetarian. that's it. one pot. the whole thing is done. that's it. it's real simple. >> you cooked that so fast. we have 14 minutes left on live tv. how did you pull that off, tom? >> you helped. >> what do you serve this with? little white wine? >> even red wine. >> you have the meat veggies. >> it's all in here. >> one pot. it takes maybe five minutes prep

time. and some additional parmesan cheese. >> can i have a bite of that? what else is going on with you? there's rumor about you in miami. >> beach craft. >> i've been read inging up on you. >> here, you can have this. >> thank you. >> in the one hotel -- what kind of vibe -- when you start a clean palate to start a restaurant what are you thinking about? >> the environment. with where are we? what do people want in miami? lighter food healthier food. >> right. >> we actually built this enormous grill. so minimal fat, lot of seafood. little different than anything i've done before. calling it beach craft, obviously, craft restaurants, my restaurant group. but we're on the beach. opening hopefully the first of march. >> catch the series premiere of "best new restaurant" wednesday january 21st on brauvo. we're back in a moment.

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i have to say it's a very sad day around here. two familiar faces to us are leaving. retiring. you guys have been with us, i say collectively 60 years. all your colleagues are clapping for you.

>> do you know how long rick's commute is to get to work? >> how long? >> three hours each way. >> for 30 years. >> that's commitment. >> he was 26 when he started. >> i'm 34 now. the commute added 30 years. >> you guys have seen it all. how does it feel like? this is your last day. >> hard to believe it actually. it still hasn't hit me yet. but it's going to be nice not setting the clock in the morning. >> yeah. >> are you saying it's going to be weird when you're both here monday? >> we'll be outside, waving. >> this is what we'll miss the most all of you. the

good morning i'm tracy davidson. it is another cold day. let's get to bill henley with a update. >> we're still tracking snow but it is past center city. the skies are starting to brighten up. the temperatures will be

climbing, it's not bad right now compared to where we were yesterday. the wind is with us that will stay flowing through the day, 17 miles per hour in philadelphia makes it feel like 14. one degree the windchill in the pocono mown towns. sunshine will warm us into the 30s later today. funeral was services today for shane montgomery. his body was pulled from the river. happening today you might hear or see military jets tlieing around the airplane no worry it's just training. they will be doing training exercises. they start today and finish

tomorrow. corcoran has been arrested for roughing up and detaining a man. also today, the sentence for a man who hit and killed a woman while drunk driving. police say she saved her husband's life by pushing him out of the way of the van. get your latest news and weather with the nbc10 app. now back to "the today show."

>> 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. >> and welcome to "today" on this friday morning, january 9th, 2015. i'm natalie morales along with al roker, tamron hall. willie continues on assignment. we are reporting and beginning to learn more about these two separate situations in france, stemming from the terror attack earlier this week at the satirical publication charlie hedbo. lester holt is there live. what can you tell us? >> reporter: police chase and

shooting that culminated in a hostage taking 20 miles northeast of the city out near charles de gaulle airport, undetermined amount of hostages being held in a printing facility in an industrial area. at the same time -- actually a few hours later we heard of another hostage taking another shooting. this one here in paris itself at a kosher grocery store. there had been some reports of casualties. we can't confirm those. what we can confirm, though from the prosecutor's office is these two cases are related. in the standoff 20 miles from here those are believed to be the shooters from wednesday's terror attack. now authorities believe that those two men knew the man who instigated the hostage taking here in paris and, in fact he may have been responsible for a shooting south of here yesterday that killed a female police officer. i know it's a lot of moving parts. we're trying to grab on to t all morning long we've been hearing what you're hearing behind me now, sounds of sirens rushing to

that neighborhood in paris where the standoff is going on. we don't know how many hostages are there. it is the morning before sabbath and a lot of people would be in that store, that kosher store, buying groceries. we know that police have been looking for two people in connection with that police shooting from yesterday. but all we know is of one right now in that grocery store, apparently holding hostages. that's the situation here. a lot of moving parts here. very dramatic, as people think that hopefully all of this will come to some sort of end, hopefully a peaceful and safe end before too long. natalie? >> lester holt in paris. over to charles de gaulle airport. richard engel is near the scene of that standoff. what's going on there? >> reporter: we are now in a small village very close to charles de gaulle airport.

as lester said there are two separate but apparently related hostage taking situations groups of militants in this village, two brothers who had been on the loose for about two days. this morning they entered this village. they were spotted by police around 9:00 am. they engaged in a gunfight with police. these two brothers who had been on the run, who had been wanted barricaded themselves inside a printing house. they are believed to be holding at least the owner of the printing house hostage, perhaps members of his family and employees as well. there are commandos here on standby, helicopters have been brought into the area. there's a large number of security forces surrounding the area and some schools have been evacuated. behind me is a school. there are about 100 students barricaded inside holed up in

the cafeteria, awaiting evacuation. >> richard engel near charles de gaulle. we'll continue to monitor that situation in paris. very tense day yet again. speaking of tense, bill cosby was performing the second of three comedy concerts in canada last night he was in london ontario. it was interesting. there were a lot of protesters outside. and then during the concert, we have some video of a heckler interrupting the concert. take a look. >> no no stop! >> at another point in the show an audience member tweeted that cosby had stopped a woman who was leaving her seat. she was in the front row. she said she was going to get a drink and offered to get him one and allegedly bill cosby said no adding you have to be careful drinking around me. >> a lot of people have tweeted -- >> kind of shocking. >> the audience gasped at the

joke then a number of them applauded. so obviously -- >> trying to poke fun at the situation. >> yeah. >> but it's not a situation you really should poke fun at. >> want to poke fun at. >> people accused him of raping several women. >> never been charged and attorneys deny the allegations. >> still it's kind of -- i'm sure his attorneys are shaking their heads, in poor taste. >> he has not given any interviews maybe that's his way of deflecting. can you imagine how uncomfortable it is for the audience those who decided to go. you had people who said i paid $100 for the tickets. i'm going even though i have some reservation. to your point, he has not been charged with a crime. there's heckling tonight. >> supposedly tonight there will be a larger contingent within the venue. >> his last show. >> on a lighter note -- >> as they say in our business. >> we need to have a little fun

because it is the friday before the golden globes. we're all looking forward to tina fey and amy poehler. it's their third time and final time they say. >> no please don't say that. >> i'm hoping they can be convinced. >> you never know. >> you never know. >> you've all been watching the movies. >> we get a chance to watch -- >> we're pretty lucky. >> we talked about those films. let's face it, george clooney and amal first major red carpet appearance will happen. >> wow! >> on sunday in all their beautifulness. i don't know which one is more beautiful than the other. >> wow! >> he is being honored with the cecil b. demaillo award. and what tina and amy will say about george. last year he wasn't there. he is known as the practical joker as well. he has something i bet, up his sleeve. >> when worlds collide. >> it's going to be fun. of course there's a lot to talk about, with the sony hacking scandal. >> but there's a major thing to talk about. sorry. thank you, jerry. >> what's that?

>> i have a present for you. >> for us? for him? >> you'll know when you see t i would give it to you, but it's especially custom made for. >> you custom made? >> like glinda the good witch. i'll serve this upon you. >> ah. >> i heard on the street because the streets are talking, that you wanted a selfie stick. you are the king of the celebrity selfie. >> this is fun. >> we pulled our coins together. believe it or not -- this is a true story. sest selfie stick, natalie, apparently is the biggest gift. >> yeah. >> it was sold out. young brittany in the orange room -- >> young brittany. >> we called in favors. >> i thought this was in the back. >> no no no. if you put this on ebay you would probably get like 500% markup on it. not kidding you. >> that's nice. >> which arm did you have surgery? >> on my left but i usually shoot with my --

>> do you have a technique with the celebrities on the red carpet now that you have your selfie stick? >> i beg. >> can't you just pop in now with the long stick? >> many are dying to see al roker, jennifer lawrence she's like al al! you can count on that. >> we shall see. great, thank you. >> the other idea you sign it maybe we can auction it off for charity. that's the selfie stick you used -- >> because i'm sure many people want this. >> it's going to make history. >> history? really? >> i think big. >> we have lowered the bar for history. >> doesn't take much al around here. >> listen a girl can dream. i'm just trying to be happy on this snowy day. something that actually -- speaking of things that -- i don't know. i don't even know what category this falls under. fedex employees who kind of mess up on the job. >> delivery. >> delivery. >> not just fedex. >> there are good delivery people. >> most of them.

>> most people are good. but that's not what we're talking about. >> right. >> i believe most people in this world are good people. >> but we don't put them on tv. >> but this one. fedex driver has been suspended after being accused -- i stress the word accused, but you'll see the tape -- of taking two puppies from a houston family's home apparently caught on surveillance video. >> oh, my gosh! >> i know. as i say most people are good but, dot, dot, dot. the driver tried putting 6-month-old bulldogs inside his truck truck. here is what little savannah carea told the news about her missing dog zbles put both puppies in his car and then he just went somewhere with the puppies. >> okay. now see what i'm saying? that's why i was so mad. i looked at this interview four times. this guy had a chance -- this is the person and these allegations

are true little sheila the puppy, escaped like something out of a movie. he ran back and got her and then somehow the puppies were abandon abandoned on the side of the street. so the family and the dogs have been reunited. puppies were found 20 miles from the home. we contacted fedex out of fairness and they said we are relieved that the pets are now safe with their owners. we are taking this incident very seriously and continue to work closely with authorities investigating this matter. pending the completion of this investigation, the driver will not be providing service on behalf of fedex. maybe he thought the dogs were homeless. >> they were on the street it looked like right? >> they were on the front porch according to what i read. maybe he thought the dogs were misplaced and he was saving them. i don't know. >> but they had a collar. >> why did they end up 20 miles away. >> perry mason get on the case. >> old school. perry mason. very impressive. >> that story. can you imagine? where my dogs?

>> fedex guy. >> most homes have surveillance cameras now. you do see a lot more of that. >> one more thing for you. >> what have you got? >> facebook friday. turtle power. not the ninja turtles. three brothers from minnesota created a 12-foot tall snow turtle. look at the time lapse. >> finding nemo. >> took 300 hours to build it. it's crush. and this is the time lapse. what do you think, mr. roker? >> that's impressive. that is impressive. >> cool. >> you're in the middle of it, dude! you're riding it. >> and it lights up. >> do we have enough snow to do that on the plaza? >> no we don't, dude! not enough time. >> maybe up in boston. >> from "finding nemo." i love that movie. i love crush. good news is that we've got a little bit of a warm-up, 10 to 20 degrees warmer now than they were 24 hours ago especially as

you head through the south. another area of cold air, almost 40 degrees below normal back through the plains. that makes its way in here late tonight on through tomorrow and into saturday afternoon. but then we moderate a bit. there it is now from boston hartford, light snow hanging out there. even in new york city. look at hartford lots of snow. lake-effect snow will be kicking in around the great lakes, especially the eastern great lakes coming up -- ooh, man, saturday into sunday. talking three feet of snow good morning i'm bill henley, a bit of snow this morning, but this around the sun will be out and the wind will be blowing, gusting to 35 miles per hour. it will be warmer than it was all day yesterday. tomorrow bitter cold.

14 in the morning, 22 in the afternoon. sunday afternoon, 32 degrees a potential for a wintery mix on monday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al thanks. coming up next where some of the biggest stars are born. >> like george clooney? >> not the clo ♪ behold, the subway steak egg white and cheese: start your day with the most beautiful breakfast this side of daybreak. the toasty flatbread foundation will smooth out morning's ups and downs. the juicy, sizzly steak is stacked high enough to see well over any morning fog left in that noggin of yours - plus it's loaded with protein-packed egg whites, melty cheese and whatever else you love, like jalapeños or spinach. the subway steak egg white & cheese is as great as the sunrise itself. subway. eat fresh.

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so powerful. >> one of the most powerful images of the week and those words "not afraid." it says so much. this was taken a few days ago in paris. it's a gathering, all these people coming out to show their support and solidarity for the victims of the tragedy that went on this week in paris at the satiriccal french magazine charlie hedbo. it's so moving and horrific week there. there. >> a country in mourning and coming together. a thousand holding signs like this or posting je suis charlie and standing together as a country. >> really powerful. another gorgeous picture in a different way. >> wow! >> 6,000 light years away. >> stunning. >> this is my favorite thing. you are looking at stars being born. >> cool. >> released by nasa this week because the hubble telescope

turns 25 this year in april. 20 years ago they released an image not as good as this one of the same thing. but what we're really looking at is stars being born color creation and emerging from the dust and gas they come from. it's just so cool. and now it's so much better technology we're able to get a clearer photo. >> good desktop background. >> definitely. beautiful. it's stunning. let's take a look at this incredible photo that was taken of this plane getting awfully close to that volcano. >> i find this picture a little terrifying. >> yeah. >> it's beautiful and also absolutely maybe my worst nightmare. pilot taking some sight seers very very close to lava, coming from a val volcano. maybe even crazier, the pictures

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temperatures start to climb. >> get advisories through your smart phone or tablet by down loading our new app for free. what is mess still on i-78 westbound. still closed in north hampton county. the traffic that was stuck behind the accident is now getting by. you see the burned out van there behind a tractor trailer. the person in the van died. they're still investigating. police are looking for a suspect in a shooting. aumpss say a man shot into a vehicle hitting a man three times and that man is in guarded season. they say an unpaid debt prompted the shooting. a carbon monoxide alert this morning. they blame a malfunctioning

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welcome back on this friday morning, january 9th 2015. i'm natalie morales along with al and tamron. willie continues on assignment. we'll explain the workout clothes in a minute. >> you have on workout clothes? >> yeah we're going to work out together. to get buff. >> you should be in the segment to get buff. >> not wearing that outfit. >> tamron doing a pushup. >> we're going to show you how. >> speaking of working out, what do you do when your home team loses by like a lot? >> get a lot of beer. >> and continues losing? >> shots of alcohol. >> you show up and support them though? >> yes. it's your team. >> you're not a fair weather fan? >> i hope not. >> you'll be there in the stands. >> so will they but -- >> take a look at these knicks

fans. >> wow! >> the gong show. >> at least the seats aren't empty. they're there. the paper bags. now we see who they are. the knicks have not had a good season. they've actually lost 14 straight as of last night. >> it's not 15. >> i loveerived in chicago. the cubs. >> the white sox. >> you have to hang with your team and you paid good money for those seats. >> yeah. >> you do pay a lot for those seats. other sports news incredible survival story we were talking about earlier this morning. former miami dolphins star rod conrad survived a boating accident in the ocean wednesday night by swimming nine miles to shore. conrad fell from his boat while fishing alone off the coast and the coast guard said he was in the water for 10 to 12 hours

swimming nine miles. >> i read that story, i thought it was unbelievable. >> unbelievable. >> he he made it. obviously he's in great physical condition. >> the played football a couple of years ago. >> he played professional football. >> he kept up. some don't but obviously, he did. thank goodness. >> absolutely he did. that's why he made it. >> i could swim a mile now but wow! >> i have trouble getting out of the tub. >> check of the weather, mr. roker? >> see, that's an image that you didn't even want to think about. >> that's why we moved on. >> as i work out that will be the image in my head you getting out of a tub. lake-effect snow getting all setup. by tomorrow afternoon, evening, these bands of snow that just keep coming off the lake. and so here's what we're going to be looking at over the next 36 hours. generally speaking we're talking about 9 to 12 inches of snow

between buffalo and bradford. take a look at this we are looking at a heavier amount. i mean really heavy amounts, up between watertown and syracuse. could be up to two to three feet of snow as we continue to track that. also we're watching a storm system developing out of texas. sunday morning it's ice from cincinnati back into arkansas. then by sunday evening, ice and snow from st. louis, chicago, cleveland. just to the north of boston. look at monday morning. big problem. icing from boston new york washington. don't think there will be airport delays? it will be a mess. cincinnati as well. heavier snow to the north. monday morning is going to be a commute nightmare. that's what's going good morning i'm bill henley. a bit of snow this morning but afternoon the sun will be out and the wind will be gone. it will be warmer than it was all day yesterday. tomorrow it will be colder.

bitter cold. 14 in the morning, 22 in the afternoon. sunshine on saturday will fade on sunday. sunday afternoon, 32 degrees and a potential for a wintery mix on monday and mor of the same for wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >> announcer: "today's" health is brought to you by alzheimer's association. know the ten warning signs of alzheimer's. learn more at alz.org/ten signs. >> okay. with a new year under way, many of us have resolved to make 2015 a healthier year. so women's health magazine dedicated its first issue of the year to health and fitness trends they say can change our lives. >> they even asked us how we wanted to kick up our health game in 2015. i said i wanted to eat more of a paleo diet and also try to limit my drinking during the week. it's not going so well this week. al said he was aiming to get to bed earlier, because he's not

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fans on the series saying -- >> or afraid of buttoning his shirt all the way. >> i fear i'll get murdered. what? like john lennon by one of the mad fans of the premiere. that's a dark turn. i wasn't expecting that. i'm a father now and a husband. i don't want to die yet. looking at these photos there, he enjoys being the gorgeous lead. i'm not sure. i did not expect that. >> wow! >> there are a lot of crazy fans. >> yeah but you don't assume that. >> he should look at the fact it's quite an honor. obviously, he's concerned about his safety. >> role of the lifetime. >> fans love the book. >> think boss jamie. >> come on jamie. yeah. we're here for. >> you fifty shades of happy. singer apologizing for her

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>> good morning. >> this kind of miami vice meets scarface in espanol? >> exactly that's what it is. that kind of era, "scarface" and this whole thing that happened in miami psychdel eic drugs were fading. then my character is fiction. >> what does your character do? >> i kill people all the time. >> wow! have you met dark natalie? >> i know. you know you and i -- >> we're like sisters here latina sisters. >> yes. it's a beautiful character that becomes really tough because she was born in the wrong place but then she has to survive. it's amazing. i have a lot of fun. i love to be back to telemundo. they dare to produce these kind

of roles and it's not a -- it's like a hybrid between a tv series. it's a really fun. i love alcohol. i get to do all my stunts. >> there's a set in miami. we have a quiz for you ladies really quickly. take a look at this picture. can you name the characters that these actors are portraying? >> sonny and tubbs. >> in spanish, another name. >> james "sonny" crockett and philip michael thomas as tubs. name the miami quarterback. >> dan marino. >> 13. >> very good. >> and gloria estefan was in a band. what's the name of the band? >> miami sound machine! >> this is "today" on nbc. everybody wins!

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good morning i'm chris cato it's 9:56. time for your "first alert" forecast. >> there is not much snow left we're seeing breaks of sunshine. this is the pocono mountains from cam elelback.

28 trees, starting to climb. 29 in atlantic city. plenty of clouds overhead that will be thinning out, say goodbye to the snow. interstate 78 being shown here. a tractor trailer and van accident this morning. police say the person in the van died. the vehicles moving were stuck behind the accident and are now getting buy. recovery efforts this morning for a worker that was apparently killed in a silo collapse in bucks county. emergency crews say there is no way he could have survived. funeral services will start in just a few minutes for shane montgomery. the young man who went out was pulled out of the river. they say it appears he fell in

and drowned. we'll have another update for you in about 25 minutes. get the latest on our nbc 10 news app. i'm chris cato have a great day.

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>> this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. >> we come on the air this morning we've got a west coast special edition of "today" and breaking news out of paris. two hostage situations going on right now in the wake of that deadly terror attack at the offices of a newspaper in paris earlier this week. the first standoff is happening a few miles north of the airport in paris, the suspected gunmen in wednesday's attack on the newspaper right now cornered, holed up inside a printing house, a small factory, where reports are they took at least one hostage overnight. they have been talking to police this morning, and have told them they are willing to, quote, die

as martyrs. meantime, there is a second standoff, this is happening at a kosher grocery market in paris. it appears the person responsible for this is linked in some way to the brothers responsible for the wednesday attack. five people are reportedly being held hostage by the gun moon inside that score who as we said appears to know the brothers accused in wednesday's massacre. a lot of moving pieces this morning. in a moment we're going to richard engel. he has some on the situation with the brothers north of paris near the airport. but we'll start in paris with lester holt and the scene at that grocery store. good morning. bring us up to date. >> reporter: savannah, a lot going on. a few hours after we heard of the hostage taking outside this city that word came of this hostage taking and shooting at a kosher grocery store on the eastern edge of paris itself. there are some unconfirmed reports of casualties.

the person who is believed to have taken these hostages is a man identified as ahead coulibaly, said to be a friend and associate of said and cherif kouachi who are accused in the attack on wednesday, the offices of the newspaper. there is a linkage. prosecutors are drawing. we don't know the extent of communications that anti-terror forces had in either of these cases with the hostage takers. you can imagine the scene. there are schools that have been locked down in the area. the wail of sirens filled the streets all day long, ratcheting up unsrnty, a day after the prime minister here warned that the fear of future attacks. again it sounds they have two suspects in wednesday's attack cornered outside the city, and then another man, apparently linked to them, also is a suspect in the killing of a police officer, a southern

suburb yesterday, that person also holed up, again holding hostages right now. >> lester, stand by as i turn to richard engel. he is at the scene north of the paris airport outside the city there where the brothers suspected of wednesday's massacre have been surrounded, cornered by police. richard, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. behind me right now security forces have been brought in to evacuate around 100 students who barricaded themselves in their school. that evacuation is take place right now. things developed here just as children were going to school around 9:00 this morning. police who had set up a drag net all across the country in this village which is not far from the charles de gaulle international airport, spotted the brothers, quickly there was a gun fight, reports that one of the police officers was injured in that gun fight. and as it was unfolding, the two

brothers decided to barricade themselves in a local business. this is taking place about a mile from here in an industrial section of this village. as the two brothers barricaded themselves in this business they took the business owner hostage and potentially some of its employees and some of his family members. we're told at least one hostage is still inside. there is now a massive security cordon set up around this village and the surrounding village. helicopters have been brought in and it is possible once these children are evacuated that we could see military activity. but all french officials are saying for now it's that they are trying to contain the situation and protect the lives of the villagers and the hostages. >> stand by. this is coming to a conclusion after house-to-house search in some of the suburbs and woodsy areas outside of paris. we have a former senior fbi official here with me in new

york and we've got michael sheehan sheehan, associate secretary of defense for special operations both are nbc news analysts. good morning to you. where to begin, don, i guess let's talk about the brothers holed up in this printing press with at least one hostage. telling negotiators we're willing to die as martyrs. how do you see this ending and what are the authorities there doing now to make sure it's peaceful? >> so many things going on. we heard reports of a hostage was released. if that's true that's a good thing because that hostage can provide valuable intelligence to the officers that may be trying to plan an attack, figure out how many could be holed up in there, what the layout is, what the mind-set is of these attackers. at the same time you've got the volatile situation in the market that appears to be tied together. and then the other thing that's going on right now that's extremely important that is outside of the tactical operation, is the intelligence operation. to try to figure out are there more people affiliated with

these guys? is there a support network? i mean, so many things are going on. >> let's turn to michael on that. the kouachi brothers were known to french authorities, french authorities, known that they were with jihadi organizations, one of them served time in prison, the other we learned trained in -- with al qaeda in yemen, one of the most operational branches of al qaeda. how do you take those pieces together and look at what we're seeing now happening in paris? >> savannah, clearly these two individuals that in fact the newspaper are very well trained and well thought through this attack. they had contact with al qaeda in yemen, which specifically designated the newspaper and editor there as targets because of their attacks against the prophet muhammad. they had clear connections with al qaeda, conducted a very professional terrorist operation

against that site, the newspaper. the other grocery store operation, there are linkages, personal linkages between the two brothers and the perpetrator there. whether or not this was a spontaneous reaction to the initial attack or was part of a preplanned multiple attack scenario we don't know. now we do have multiple scenarios which has been a nightmare scenario for counterterrorism officials in europe and the united states since 9/11, and now wey see it unfolding in front of our eyes. >> by the way, the french president said that recently in recent weeks that the french authorities had stopped and thwarted other plots and here we are having these two plots unfold including the soft target, this kosher market being attacked right now. if the authorities are talking to the two brothers inside that factory, what would that negotiation be like? what are the authorities trying to do in a situation like this? >> they are obviously trying to

end this peacefully, get them to release the hostages and give up. it appears that's probably not in the mind-set of these guys. what is more likely happening they want to string this thing along to attract more media attention, because that's one of the goals of the terrorist operation is get the media. for every minute this is on the air and they are getting attention it's a mini victory. >> true. michael, of course, terrorism is as much about publicity as it is bullets and bombs. we mentioned these are at least as far as the kouachi brothers known to the french authorities, a lot of people are going to look hard saying why weren't they under better surveillance, why wasn't there notice that this might be planned. >> clearly, the french will have their own internal investigation what broke down and enabled this to happen. similar to what we did after 9/11. and there will be time to make that analysis. i think the french security forces are going to be embarrassed. right now, they need to try to contain this and see if there are other people either linked

to these folks or copy cats that may be inspired to take action. so in france right now they want to bring this to a close as soon as they can without jeopardizing the safety of those innocents at both locations. they need to get this under control because as don said, minute by minute they are getting tremendous publicity out of this and energizing their base of other radicals around the world. >> if both of you will stand by i want to go back to bill neely who also is at the scene north of the paris airport where the two brothers are holed up. what do you have for us? >> reporter: good morning, we're six or seven hours into the siege here, and the situation remains the same in that these two brothers are completely surrounded by french anti-terror police and we still believe that they are holding one hostage. what is am withing clear is that the two incidents really are linked, both right now and in the past. it appears that the three gunmen

that we know about were part of one radical cell ten years ago. they were trying to recruit people to go to iraq ten years ago. the man who is in the jewish supermarket at the minute, 33 years old, he was a friend of cherif kouachi, one of the two brothers who is in the factory very close to me. they were committed followers of another terrorist, so this is if you like, the reawakening of a terror cell from ten years ago. and it's an absolutely extraordinary situation after an unprecedented massacre. we now have two unprecedented and simultaneous hostage situations involving three gunmen and remember, one other named woman who the french police say is probably armed and dangerous, who is we don't know where and the french police

don't know where she is either. quite extraordinary. >> released pictures, actually of coulibaly and this woman to be on the lookout for these. as you mentioned it's believed that amedy is inside the market now and some authorities say he also is likely the person behind the killing of a french police woman yesterday. there are a lot of moving piece this is morning. our correspondents will stand by on the scene. stay with nbc news and nbcnews.com for the latest on this still unfolding situation. the organization deals with child abuse abuse. then i'll be at albertson's with my stuff from 11:00 to 1:30 and that is at north higgin boulevard in phoenix. i would love to see everybody. >> there is always a line -- whenever kath brings her stuff, the people line up for miles. >> that stuff is good. >> that stuff is good.

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how much do you trust your partner? there is three optional answers. trust is the most important. >> the most important. there are some people, do you really have a reason not to trust your partner? i have several clients bringing in past relationships and things that happened to them in their childhood into their relationship. so do you really have a reason not to trust your partner? >> if the person says i'm different now, i used to be a cheater, but now i'm reformed. >> if you're my partner and you said that to me i said you know what i accept it you have to move on or else get out of the relationship because you're not trusting, it is going to end anyway. you're checking his phone, her phone, following them that's not a way to live your life. >> good question. question two. have you discussed your future -- >> we talked about this. >> we had spencer pratt and heidi montag didn't know if they wanted to have children or not. >> people come to me and say we're not on the same page. if you're not on the same page and you're different, that's good. i like chinese you like indian

we meet halfway. i want to go to ballet you want to go to the game we'll meet halfway. religion and children is imperative to get out first couple of months. you don't want to have kids you want to raise your kids jewish -- >> money too, how to deal with money or not important? >> i'll tell you something. if somebody comes to you, i met my husband, he didn't have money, today we're standing on top of the world, love is not about money. how you >> but how you deal with it. >> i'm a spender, he's not. you can work that out. >> dealing with conflict. some people say they never fight. >> oh baloney. can you imagine? the best part of breaking up is making up. people who don't fight don't have a real relationship. it is how you handle those fights. hold on to it do you not talk for months do you keep bringing it up years later or let it go and say, honey, i understand, i'm not giving in i'm not going to apologize, i understand why you're coming from. and you move forward. >> got to look at the website to take the quiz. >> i like this one. how many times are you

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good morning. i'm vai sikahema. bundle up if you are headed outdoors. let's get our forecast from bill henley. >> i think they are listening to you. they are bundled up. sunshine in the pocono

mountains. temperatures have started to climb. it's still plenty cold especially with the wind blowing. it's a live view from camelback. the snow is fizzling quickly. where he done with the snow. the temperatures held back by this wind. 14 miles an hour in philadelphia. that makes it feel like 17 degrees in the city 15 in allentown and 18 in trenton. a blustery day. the clouds will thin out. we will see more and more sunshine this afternoon. afternoon readings just above freezing. we have a traffic update for you. interstate 78 westbound has just reopened in williams township. it had been closed for hours after a van and tractor-trailer collided earlier this morning. a person in the van died. the cars that were stuck behind the accident were the only ones getting by during the investigation. we got word the highway is back open. an update on the search for a suspect in a shooting near the philadelphia mills mall. police tell nbc 10 the shooting

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we're back with more of "today" on this try day friday. jenna bush hager is here helping me out while kathie lee takes some vacationing time. >> if it is time to change things up we have some inexpensive help. >> here to show you how to perk up your place with a little paint is interior design erer lindsey langdon. color can change a room completely makes you feel better. >> unbelievable. paint is one of the most inexpensive and amazing ways to transform your room. >> if you're tired of the white walls, you say accent walls, i'm scared of them -- >> don't be scared. the trick is sometimes people don't want to paint the entire room. choose one wall that has a focal point, like your sofa or your

bed is on it. and paint it a bold color. it is super easy. i can paint an accent wall in about 2 1/2 hours. >> that's huge. >> the other thing that is great is it is only about a gallon of paint, maybe 38 bucks. >> we have photos of what we're talking about. >> so here you can see too, i love a rich dark color. but you're going to do that first make sure it is a flat finish. then it gives you that velvety look. you also want to make sure you get something up on the wall. >> you say you need to hang things over the -- >> you have to. otherwise, it is just a big dark wall. but it works with different styles. it can be contemporary. it can be traditional. so -- >> that's good. >> yeah. >> that's good. >> see how much it changes the vibe. >> sure does. >> changes the look of the furniture already in there. >> okay. >> that's a good quick thing. the other thing is if you're a little bit scared to tackle the entire wall, the inside back of a book case. >> that's what we may do.

we may do that. >> that's a great way -- you can see how the accessories pop. yeah, yeah. >> if you want anything less than that -- >> less than that one thing i love is stripes on a wall. and this is fun. what -- >> what we do here you can do it yourself. >> that's amazing. >> i don't trust myself. go on. >> you can do this. the key is good painters tape. so what i'm going to do is -- we're doing eight inch stripes, black and white. do this in a smaller room a foyer, a powder room not in a big room. >> a nursery maybe. >> exactly. so what we have got is a line here that was drawn with a level, and a pencil. and so now what we're going to do -- >> go hoda. >> put the tape on that so you can see where the b is that's the black. this is our black stripe. >> i worry i wouldn't get it straight. >> i know. >> but you use a big level and then you match the line as you're going down. >> got it. >> this stuff is frog tape.

it is awesome. what you want to do is when you're actually painting it the key is just remember see how uneven this looks. it is because it is two inch tape. so that's going to help you remember what is the one -- let's see -- that looks therapeutic. >> it is so awesome. the key to with this paint or the actual tape is it has got this, like glue adhesive stuff so when you rip it off, it looks good. >> do you rip it off -- >> after it drys. the other thing is do not -- do not judge the way it looks when the tape is on. it looks horrible. >> can i rip it off to see a difference? >> yes you can. >> you can. >> how do you -- >> is it messy? >> never mind. malfunction. >> these are really fun little sample pots. in the hardware store, you're nervous about color, got to get it up it is about three bucks and it covers 16 square feet of

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>> we were all surprised. not in a negative way, but the first one was such a big runaway hit. >> sure. >> we realized it was a good movie. and we hoped for people to see it in the movie theaters, but the fact that it just blew out of proportion and took a life of its own, and just became such a big success and struck a chord with people at the time. and then i thought how do you mack a make a sequel what do you do? they came up with a really good idea, which liam and i both got taken in the second one. and then in the third one, i thought, now we're really done. it's over. and so nobody gets physically taken other than their lives are taken. >> spoiler alert. you die in this movie. >> i die in the movie. but it is okay. it is the last one. somebody had to take the hit and i was the better person and i took it. >> you're the catalyst for all the action. >> all the action. that propels the entire story

forward. he gets blamed for the murder. >> mm-hmm. there is great chemistry among the group. what was it like working with this group over and over? seems like a nice bunch. >> it is great when you get to do it. over the years, i've been so privileged, the x men with hugh jackman and the whole game for eight movies or something with all of us together. and now with "taken 3" films, to repeat a role initially i would have -- i would have said i don't know i would get bored, but you can grow with your part. when you revisit it a couple of years later, you go i've changed, my character has changed too. that's okay. we can add some nuances or different character qualities or whatever. >> beautiful. >> i know. >> beautiful cheekbones. >> you're like scared. >> stare, ating at me. >> what else do you want to do? you've done action films and

dark films. comedy? >> i've done comedy. a little movie called "love and sex" that came out years ago, and more of that would really be great. i love doing comedy. so much fun. and i wrote and directed a movie, i want to do more of that. >> great. >> so yeah just i love the business so much i feel so lucky that i get to go to work and do something i love to do and someone pays me for it. >> we have a couple of seconds. >> we want to play a quick game. >> okay. >> spin it. spin the bottle and i'm going to choose -- okay. i'll choose over here. >> okay. and here -- there it is. here is the question. >> okay. >> you can eat like a model -- >> chocolate. >> that's right. you can't eat like a model all the time what is your one cheat food and when do you eat it? >> chocolate. >> always? >> all the time. >> a little though. don't eat tons of it. >> tons. but i found 100% chocolate, it

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all right, leggings have become a staple in most wardrobes these days mainly because they're really comfy. >> but they're not just for yoga and running errands. you can wear them with other pieces for almost any occasion. >> here with the chic looks for work and play is one of our style experts, the lovely and wonderful author janay luciano. >> i love that introduction. >> how are you? >> replay that over and over

again. >> this is cool. athletic wear you expect it at the gym, but we live in it often, don't sfwhe. >> it has been huge this past year with all the celebrities, kate hudson carrie underwood, beyonce coming out with fitness lines and running around in them. i thought we all want versatility, why not dress the looks up? >> our first lovely lady is a college student who goes from work to class, straight to her internship. this is the workout gear. how can she zhuszh this up? >> i gave her a nice office look. she's in the traditional boot cut yoga pants that look great. >> they do look great. >> they're from land's end, they have shaping and control. i'm adding this little chic tweed jacket really easy fix. there you go. and then a nice pearl necklace. >> oh hi. >> it looks like you're wearing a suit. >> right? and we switched out the shoes. we're just not showing that. >> that is terrific. so great. >> okay.

thank you. >> thank you. >> now we have alesha a 52-year-old mom and three teenagers who just finished writing her first novel. >> absolutely. >> go girl. >> we wanted to give her a really nice dinner look really upscale look. i found these ballerina leggings from yoga smoga. these are actually made with a special dye so they're darker than most. you know the see through ones we hate that you avoid that she has a tank with a built in bra, which is great. she doesn't have to change the undergarments. i'm just adding this great gold detailing jacket for under $50. heels and a clutch. >> this is to go to a fancy meal. >> absolutely. and she's ready to go out to dinner. >> that's cute. >> i'm shocked you can do that and it looks like that. >> adorable. >> that is awesome. >> thank you. alina is next. 37-year-old stay at home mom of two boys. after yoga class, she needs head straight to the pta meeting and that ain't easy. >> absolutely. she needs classic and versatile

items like these comfy gray yoga pants from overstock.com. i added this button down with the belt. it has a little bit of a longer threatening to it you don't see the top. you know how the yoga pants have the band? it doesn't look like yoga pants anymore and i added a nice fitted jacket for her to throw on. >> adorable. >> she's on her way. >> you look ready to roll to school. >> funny. when you do see the before and afters side by side -- >> look at the difference. >> you look at night and day. >> i love the layered -- the layering pieces you can add to your wardrobe. every woman has a button down or a blazer. these are important. >> thank you. >> now we have jennifer. >> jennifer is here. >> a realtor who sneaks in yoga classes, which i love this between showing her homes and meeting new clients. >> absolutely. >> what should she do? >> printed leggings are a huge trend this year. they can find a pair that suits them. i choose these muted black cheetah pair from marshalls.

fun take on the go. and then again with the built in bra. she doesn't have to change the undergarments. >> look at her. look at you doing this on tv. >> here we go. because she's going from the gym to the house, versatility this is the three-way poncho from suzanne somers. >> under $20. >> you can wear it three different ways. she can make it look different. and then adding a belt to give her a little shape, a little more -- >> chunky booties and she's good to go. >> thank you jennifer. >> last we have ashanti. >> fashion stylist, goes to the gym straight from wardrobe fittings. she has the yoga she has the basic shell on. what should she add? >> i like these cute skirted leggings. something different. not the same old thing. these are from calvin klein performance. and adding, layering another piece and adding the cute puffer vest makes a casual look like anything but boring.

she's running around and she's looking cool together. >> you do look so cute. >> i wear that kind of stuff all the time. >> janay, thank you. ladies, thank you, guys all so much. >> thank you guys. >> we'll be back with more of "today" right here on nbc.

alec baldwin's life is expecting again. >> 70-year-old michael douglas has an 11-year-old and 14-year-old. >> is it okay or not okay to have an older dad? here is what kathie lee and i had to say about it. >> my husband is an older father. and my kids adore him and are grateful he's still with them. since he's retired, he had far more time with them he had than with his first family. it has been a blessing. >> it is okay if you're a loving dad. who cares how old you are?

>> it is true. i agree. >> jenna, thank you for helping. heard a rumor you're coming back again next week. we'll see you then. >> i can't wait. >> bye, everybody.

right now at 11:00, snowfall early this morning throughout the area. nbc 10 caught the flakes flying. we are seeing a break from the frigid temperatures. still very cold conditions for skiers in the poconos. a live look at camelback in tannersville pa. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast. a little warmer but still cold enough to make snow. >> yeah and cold enough to make you feel cold because the wind is up there. and it's going to continue to gust during the day. the snow is gone. we're starting to see some breaks in the clouds getting thinner by the minute. so we're going to