cold temperatures today. >> all right. thank you. we'll see you for local updates in about 25 minutes. if you have to go to school or work you can check in with us on the nbc app. have a good one. . good morning. frozen. as the blizzard slams parts of the northeast, life is at a stand still for tens of millions. streets empty, airports closed. boston getting the brunt of it up to two feet expected by this afternoon, while new york city dodges a bullet and our team is scattered far and wide across the region this tuesday, january 27th 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of "today," the blizzard of 2015 with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone.

welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. can you believe we walked to work in this? wow! >> to say we got lucky in new york city is an under statement compared to what could have been. we got about six inches? >> out on long island they are getting pounded and parts of new england it is coming down. upwards of two feet of snow. >> i talked to my family. we live further out east and they're getting a lot of snow. a foot and a half on the ground and still coming down. >> your wife call and said please come home with a shovel. >> she changed the looks. >> it's serious in a lot of places. states of emergency declared in eight states up to maine. >> one of the impacts is air travel. the backlog is just getting huge. more than 4500 today. >> in massachusetts the national guard has been activated. 500 members deployed to clear

roadways and operate shelters there. dylan is driving around boston and has a unique look at the area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i certainly do. i worked in boston for six years and this is about as powerful of a storm as i have seen. i'm in the comfort of a vehicle that is fully equipped to show you all different views around us so we don't have to be outside. take a look at the view out of the front of the blue mobile here. we have heavy blowing drifting snow blowing all night long creating white out conditions. we have seen wind gusts up near 79 miles per hour. we have a foot and a half of snow already in parts of southeastern massachusetts. we had serious coastal flooding prompting evacuations with high tide earlier this morning. the worst part is these

blizzard-like conditions are expected to last all day long. the blizzard of 2015 begins. with more than 35 million people in its path from maryland to maine, it is bringing to a relative stand still. the snow is measured in feet, not inches. not as bad as predicted in new york. saving the hardest punch for new england. up across a 250 mile swath of the northeast, they exercised caution. the commuter railroads were shut down along with the new york city subway and buses. >> let's get hunkered down and go through the storm. we are tough and have been through plenty of things before. >> it could mean a $300 fine for violators and nearly 7,000 flights were canceled.

the only thing was flying is food off the shelves. they stocked up on supplies. >> people fighting for things. it was crazy. >> new york city's mayor asked to check on neighbors in need. >> you don't know if you will save someone's life because you took the time to check in on them. >> crews cut power lines to prevent fires. as the blizzard bore down people shared experiences from the frustrating to the fun using social media. as the hours passed and the snow keeps falling, advice from a man who has seen his share of storms. >> stay in the house. get out of the snow and let the snow people do their thing. >> reporter: here is the blue mobile from the outside. we are a roving satellite truck signalling up to the satellite above. we are trying to stay away from downtown boston. when you get into the buildings, we lose our signal. we are driving over a bridge

where the winds are whipping across the bridge. we will give you a tour of this vehicle and show you how we stay safe and what we are trying to bring you. >> we will check back in thank you. >> jim cantore is braving the elements in boston as well. good morning to you. >> reporter: it started snowing heavily after midnight and has not stopped. you can see that the city of boston has done a nice job in the commons to keep up with the snow we had, but it accumulated in other places. you can see from this yard stick we are at about ten inches on the ground and it continues to come down. the city is shut down. logan airport to mass transit to highways. nobody is going anywhere. that's the way it's going to be for a good part of the afternoon. boston 20 plus before all is said and done. >> what are we looking at for the rest of the day? >> snow bands into philadelphia

right now. heavy activity there. blizzard warnings in effect for connecticut all the way up into maine where they have winter storm warnings for new york city. the next 24 hours. as we look at the system you can see we have the snow from hartford and providence and it is not done yet by any stretch of the imagination. another five to six inches of snow for connecticut and rhode island over the next 12 hours. the system pushes on up towards new england and snowfall rates two to three inches and white out conditions and coastal flooding and next high tide is four to five as we get into this afternoon. the snow will remain blowing. subzero wind chills will be a factor. look at the wind gusts. new york city and jfk over 39 miles per hour.

49 miles per hour at vineyard haven. provincetown 68 miles per hour. we are forecasting to stay strong through the afternoon and into tonight and on into early wednesday morning. the snow still an issue. this is additional on top of what's already fallen. around portland two feet of snow. from boston to bangor about 12 inches or more still about to fall. with all that wind there will be low visibilities and blizzard-like conditions over at least the next six hours. >> thank you very much. marty walsh is the mayor of boston and joins us by phone. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you today? >> fine. as luck would have it your city is in the bull's-eye. what are you dealing with now? >> 700 feet following the main arteries in boston and they are

passible right now as far as emergency vehicles and keeping the street open. we will be on secondary roads and we have a good night, but the main bulk is hitting right now. >> i know that amtrak canceled trains up and down the corridor. the airport is shut down although maybe not closed. mass transit at a stand still. what are you telling the residents in terms of when they may be able to get out? >> not until later tonight or maybe tonight or tomorrow. we are asking people to stay put and check on their neighbors as they go out there and start shoveling. it's too early for that and not much places you can go. we have a police department who is taking nurses and doctors to work the best we can. we have our fire departments putting additional staff on and ambulances on for medical emergencies and we are asking people to stay in their homes

today and ride it out. >> on this tuesday, you should be knee deep in super bowl party preparations but instead it's snow. leave us with a final prediction this sunday. >> i feel really good about our placement. you have tom brady as a quarterback and bill belichick, you can't go wrong. i hope we are able to turn around the last couple of super bowls and get a victory again. patriots win by one. >> our thoughts are with you and the people of boston. thank you so much. >> all right, my friend thank you. >> long island really getting hit. jeff good morning. what's the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the blizzard warning lifted for new york city but remains in effect for suffolk county long island. the blowing sideways snow we have been dealing with all night. plows on the road is about all

you are seeing. let me swing the camera around. a travel ban is in effect and people are actually following it. we have been up all night. i will walk over this way. we have been up all night and i have seen about one to two cars in the past seven hours i have been driving around. look how high savannah the snow is here. i'm about 6 feet tall. if you walk into the real snow this is somebody's front yard. i hope they don't mind. we are knee deep and it is coming down several more inches expected. people are comenot coming out of their homes yet. >> thank you. >> if he trespasses he can at least bring a shovel. this storm ground air travel and 7700 flights in and out of the northeast have been canceled. the ripple effect reaching

across the country. tom costello is at la guardia here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: can you believe this? this is la guardia airport and it is a ghost town. they shut down la guardia and newark and jfk for the storm. the impact is not so great. 4500 flights canceled today on top of the 3,000 yesterday or so. nothing right now. nothing is moving. on the ground of what is normally a bustling airport, the ramps and runways are largely desserted. at jfk, hundreds are stranded after being stuck on the ramp on the plane for hours. among them alexis dehasse. >> we then got ushered back into the area of the terminal and just left really. >> thousands of flights on the northeast canceled. from pittsburgh -- >> i would rather be in the

south. >> gina was trying to get to germany. >> swiss air canceled all of their flights. we booked with united but we didn't finish checking in. >>. >> a ghost town by dinner town. the concourses locked up. not a single person trying to check in. >> with a third of the nation's transiting through new york airspace the delays and cancellations have been rippling. in los angeles we found kevin donaldson trying to get back to new york. >> i got about an hour's sleep between the internet looking for cancellations and trying to get out of here. >> no dies. take a look at this time lapse of air traffic monday and thinning out over the day and empty as night fell. the storm even shut down much of amtrak service, the northeast corridor is closed down. on the roads, snow plows have been trying to stay ahead of the storm.

the message the same from pennsylvania to maine. >> i can't stress this part enough. please stay off the roads. >> this morning a huge section of the country is quite simply frozen in place. >> i just checked. it's not just the northeast, but also chicago and atlanta and toronto. all these other major airports that feed into the northeast. if your flight was canceled you are not going to get the airlines putting you up in a hotel because it's mother nature. you will be responsible for the hotel and your food and everything else. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you very much. >> not very often you see what we saw. looking like a ghost town. jenna bush haeger is outside. what do you see? >> reporter: hi guys. i'm standing in the middle of fifth avenue the city that never sleeps. it's pretty sleepy this morning. we have seen about a dozen cars and city workers, but that's it. fifth avenue is filled with

commuters and skill kids trying to get to school. part of me wants to do a snow angel and the other part wants to get a warm cup of coffee. with the travel intact these cars risque fine driving, but seems like because we didn't get as much snow they are doing it anyway. still freezing i have to say. it's eerie that this city is so quiet. >> jenna, by the way, i might have beat you to the punch on that fifth avenue snow angel. i may have video proof that we will show you in a while. >> you can go ahead and do it. >> did you get in a snow fight? what about a snow fight? >> we beat you to that. >> i said natalie hold my hand and let's walk together and she threw a snowball right in my face and started tackling. >> missed an opportunity. >> first snowball fight of the year.

>> did this thing jog a little bit to the east? >> we didn't see the development we were hoping for earlier or thought we would get. what is interesting is the national weather service upgraded their computers and the software and unlike in previous years where we both talked about the european model, the american models performed a little bit better than the european model and the american models saw less snow for the new york area. hats off to our friends at the national weather service. they are on the way to achieving parody among the awards. >> all right, al thank you. up in portland maine, let's see the scene up there. >> he's getting a microphone adjustment there. >> there he is. hi john. good morning.

>> i don't think he can hear you. >> reporter: we are in portland maine. the chief of the storm is here. the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip the past two hours and winds have picked up and the governor declared a state of emergency. the schools are closed and there is a parking ban into wednesday in much of this region as the snow plows get through. businesses closed and government offices closed. they say it's going to keep snowing at this rate about two inches an hour all day long. it was not expected to taper off until later tonight after sundown and not stop completely until sometime wednesday. total accumulation about 18 inches or upwards. the one bright spot if there is one is the peak of the storm is coming at low tide so that the

coastal erosion of the flooding will not be as serious to the south in boston. there will be minor flooding and erosion, but not nearly as bad as the three-feet surge they are seeing in cape cod and boston. the storm intensified and expected to be here all day long. back to you. >> cold written all over your face. thank you. >> let's get mr. roker's take on a local forecast. >> around the rest of the country, we are looking at temperatures that will stay chilly in the northeast. look out west. temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees above normal. we will detail that coming ♪♪ the adventures you've been imagining. the heroes you've been admiring. the worlds you've been dreaming of. the thrills you've been craving. the moments you've been missing.

the vacation you've been looking for is here. come and take it. universal orlando resort. good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. light snow overnight. that's all we're going to see. along with temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday. another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday, but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8 degrees. just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. >> carson got one of the last flights out. tamron is filling in in the orange room. >> natalie got in as well.

you were divert and made it in. >> diverted from jfk and we are here. >> the snowfalls and we are hearing from you on social media. you have inundated us with pictures and videos of your commute and being stuck. all kinds of things. 260,000 tweets have coming in using #blizzard of 2015. it is the top trending for hours now. we decided to share our commute with you. this was my commute earlier today. these poor gentlemen, this is what they were doing this morning as i was taking a selfie. you guys shared with us as well. swipe it this way. i haven't been here in a long time. this is natalie and savannah walking. >> in happier times. >> happy times definitely. things went a little crazy when -- here we go. take a listen.

here we go. >> i would never do that to you. >> but i would. >> i love the slip in of bombo genesis. >> my new favorite word. >> this is hoda if you recognize her in this shot. i'm not sure what was going on. >> i'm at the intersection of new york city. write it down. amazing. >> amazing, indeed. mr. lauer, you mentioned earlier you decided to take the snow angel route to work. let's see it. >> this is one of the few times where i can get down in the middle of fifth avenue and do snow angels. it's still a half mile that way. >> i thought you had skis with you and i thought you would take the ski route down. this morning, you have what you are doing. use the hash tag. my neck of the woods.

show us what you are doing clothed, i don't want any of that. it's too cold for that. my neck of the woods aw us what you are doing. >> speaking of closed your snow outfit is there. >> i was expecting two feet of snow. i walked out ready to ski. thank you very much. we will have more on this storm straight ahead and first on a tuesday morning. this is today on nbc.

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me to lead the life that i want to live. it's 6:26. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. the snow warning has been lifted. let's get our first alert forecast now from meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> good morning vai. we're still seeing an accumulating snowfall over much of new jersey including cape may it's snowy scene now. just a few hours ago, it was completely dry. it extends up along the coast and into bucks county. light snow is falling in philadelphia. we'll see on-and-off accumulating snowfall for the immediate i-95 corridor but steady snow will continue through the morning in new

jersey. the temperature, it's cold. 27 degrees in philadelphia. light snow falling this morning. tapers off with gusty winds remaining this afternoon. >> thank you, bill. let's get a check on traffic on area roads. jillian mele. >> good morning, vai. all things considered, thes are pretty good. you head north and east, that's where we see the problems. this is in shall front, bucks county. toms river portions of new jersey it is pretty messy and snow covered. i cement out information on mass transit on my twitter page. >> thank you jill. we'll have another update in about 25 minutes. you can always get the latest on our news app. we'll see you back in about a half hour.

7:30 on a tuesday, 27th day of january, 2015. parts of the northeast at a stand still as this blizzard batters the region. that's portland maine on a snowy morning. >> up north, that's the top story. new york city spared the worst and the storm is raging in boston. two feet of snow expected there. hurricane force winds on new york's long island. gusts with the latest on the conditions throughout the region straight ahead. >> the patriots's owner is going on offense over deflate gate. the team's opening news

conference robert kraft said he will owe his staff an apology is the investigation does not uncover any wrong-doing. >> facebook and instagram suffered a massive outage affecting customers in the u.s. and australia. the disruption was not the result of a third party attack. you mentioned the the super bowl. savannah and al will be there on friday. you have a big role in the pregame show on sunday. >> i doll my football analysis. we have a lot of xs and o's. it's his presuper bowl interview. we will get his thoughts on the game and the scandals plaguing the nfl. we will look forward to that before the super bowl. we will show all of it on monday morning. >> let's get more on the blizzard of 2015. dylan drier is about four hours to the northeast in the city of boston.

good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. i am outside of the blue mobile the vehicle that allows us to transport any of the signal to you. we have a satellite dish protected by this bubble and what it's doing, it found the satellite in front of us. it's lining up with that and however we turn this thing is on a pivot so it can follow the satellite. if we go inside it is fully equipped with all sorts of cameras to give you different views of the storm and you don't have to go outside in it. we have the camera to you and tell you everything that's going on. let's look outside. this is the view from the front of the blue mobile. and the wind has been gusting. we have a camera on the roof. we have the water and the waves

have been high. we have had the issue and the view over my shoulder here where you can see the radar. i can follow this and they have the heaviest snow moving through boston. we are getting a break and this will fill in as the storm is expected to stick around for pretty much the entire day. that is the blue mobile. we will show you firsthand what is occurring with this storm since everybody is told to stay off the roads and stay safe. matt? >> thank you very much. appreciate it. stay safe yourself. >> parts of long island are taking the brunt of this storm. good morning again. you can see the vast amount of

snow they got. here we are. this is how much snow they actually got. if there is any saving grace here very little of it. it's not the thick wet snow. when you shovel it it's powdery. here's another good example of how much snow they got. look at the snow it accumulated right on top just overnight. it's going like this for several hours. the streets here are completely desolate. coming up we have an all new rossen report for you. a special edition. rossen to the rescue. we are digging people out this morning and check in on the elderly. all coming up in a few moments. >> the weather channel sand champion is a you few blocks away from central park. good morning to you. we are about 40 or 50 miles

away. we have light snow and light winds. let me show you last night. the heaviest snow burst between about midnight and 2:00 in the morning. it was a solid hit of snow. gusty winds at about 35 miles per hour. there was a travel ban. you couldn't drive and get food delivery across manhattan. that was worthwhile. let me show you what it looks like today. i will walk out here to the middle of the street and this is straight down to the pavement. really good job on getting rid of that 6.2 inches of snow. i also have to say we had road taxis and traffic moving by. there is a police precinct right below us and the police officers are going when are they going to lift the travel ban in new york city. the governor is talking and the mayor is not scheduled to talk until about 11:30 and no word on

when that might be lifted. we should probably get that up and rolling and get the city rolling. this is a 6.2 inch snowfall. al? >> plenty of good shopping behind you. sam. >> absolutely. if it were open. what do you need? a sweater? what do you need? >> sam, thanks so much. appreciate it. hq on the weather channel right now. you have been sending us your video and pictures. #blizzardof2015. luke is stuck there. look at this. this is from oh, my goff. a car falling into a sinkhole. not good news. not a nice way to start your day. the snow is hanging out. current wind gusts, jfk and new york city 31 miles per hour. wind gusts in provincetown 55 miles per hour. right now hardford is 17 and

feels like 1. that cold air is in here and a look at what we have got as far as snowfall amounts. this weather has fallen and this will be down east maine about 18 to 24 inches of snow. we will be watching that as the winds and blizars continue for at least the next 12 hours ar i'm meteorologist bill henley. light snow overnight. that's all we're going to see this morning into early this afternoon along with gusting winds which will keep our temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday. another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday. but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8:00 degrees. just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day.

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>> back at 7:43 with more on the blizzard. new york governor andrew cuomo lifted the travel ban in new york city and nassau county to the east. it is a mess further east in suffolk county where nbc's jeff rossen is. good morning again. >> matt good morning. hard to believe, but right now i am standing in somebody's driveway. hard to tell if you didn't look

all the way back and see the cars buried. it's like that all over this area. i have covered storms for a lot of years. we are always out the next day interviewing people who are shoving and plowing themselves out. i know a lot of people are opening their eyes saying how in the world am i going to shovel this? this morning we are doing something different, guys. we hired our own private plow and we will send them to get the cars out. we have been all over the place today. overnight paying it forward. overnight as the snow fell sideways. >> we made our move. # nothing bad, it's all good. i have a surprise for you. >> we are not busting bad guys. >> how would you like me to plow your driveway?

>> yes! woo-hoo! we are so happy. >> i will even shovel your walkway. will you bring me hot chocolate. >> of course. we have the best hot chocolate. >> to help us we had robert from expectations snow plowing. >> this house on the corner. >> you got it. >> a busy day for you. >> we will be plowing for the next three days. >> we surprised this neighbor. >> i'm still shocked. i didn't expect this in the middle of a blizzard. >> and his neighbor. you serious? >> i'm dead serious. >> yea! i like that. we have a deal. >> we keep plowing people out. for the best price ever. free. >> all done here. >> all done here. next house. >> after clearing dozens of homes, we head towards the

highway. does anyone need help there? >> this is the main road? >> yes. >> i don't think there stranded cars out here. >> look around. it's desolate. >> i covered a lot of storms and there is nobody on the road. people have taken the travel warning seriously and stayed home. >> this is the first time they have done that. everyone has taken it seriously. >> we turn back on to the side streets and when i approached this home another first. >> jeff rossen from nbc news. >> they are more concerned about their elderly neighbor. >> the house down there, there is a senior in there. that would be nice. >> we will check on the senior citizen and make sure she is okay. >> got to love the blizzard bonding. my producer and i tried to find her house. >> the second one. >> we finally find her. >> your neighbors wanted us to check on you. >> i'm doing fine.

>> you are all right? >> that's margaret. she is almost 80 and lives alone. can i salt your walkway. >> if you want to go right ahead. >> i would love to. >> we get to work shoveling her walkway. the snow is wet and heavy. we are a full-service operation. yes, we brought salt to melt the ice. >> thank you very much! it's so kind of you. my neighbors will think an elf came in the middle of the night. >> i love it. >> well thank you, i really appreciate it. >> our pleasure on this busy blizzard morning. >> back to a live picture, back at work. we are not finished here yet. we have more shoveling to do. erica in our control room wants me to go to her house. the answer is no. we will drop off a bag of this salt. >> all right, jeff.

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good morning. i'm chris cato. the travel ban has now been lifted for all of new jersey. that's out of play now. let's get a first alert forecast with brittney shipp. >> we're still seeing snow coming down. the heavy snow stays pretty much to the north and east of us. still facing snow as you wake up. as we take a look at where the heavier snow is it's closer to millville. throughout the rest of the day we'll see snow coming down for the rest of your morning hours. a weather advisory for philadelphia does spire by noon but we should see snow lingering past that time. then we're going to be dealing with strong wind gusts. up to 40 miles per hour throughout the shore for the rest of today. chris?

air travel is still affected. you can track the snow let's remind you, through the nbc 10 first app. you can get alerts straight to your phone or tablet. as i mentioned, snow travel still affected. they're continuing clear runways or taxi ways for when flights do resume. a lot of them are not flying today. hundreds have been canceled. if you have a flight coming in or you have one scheduled, you'll need to call. that's 1-800-gate. watch your on-and-off ramps, the sides of your roads, even secondary. closer to center city roads are pretty dees sent. >> i'm chris cato. we'll be back with another update in about 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc app. have a great morning.

>> coming up hit hard. the northeast comes to a stand still as the blizzard drops more than a foot of snow hunkering down at home and embracing the snow day. ♪ it snowed so much last night ♪ >> plus back street's back. a documentary about their ups and downs has the classic boy band back in the spotlight. we will talk about it with them live. are you ready for football food? we will help you get a jump-start on this tuesday, january 27th 2015.

good morning. welcome back to today. the 27th of january. a chilly day with a great crowd out here. just a little crowd. it's a special day, my mom's birthday. happy birthday mom. >> many happy returns. meanwhile, thank you guys for sticking it out. we have shawn mendez fans back here too. let's check in with dylan drier who is driving around the city

of boston. how is it looking? >> not good. it hasn't changed. the storm has been changing all night and forecast to rage all day with white out conditions. we are in the blue mobile named for the correspondent, david bloom. look at the cameras out in front. you can see the white out conditions. surprisingly we have seen people walking across the bridge and people have places to go. across massachusetts we have seen up to 18 inches of snow down on cape cod and even more than that in areas. we had wind gusts up to 79 miles per hour. as we continue over the next several hours, the snow continues to pile up to 2 1/2 feet and coastal flooding is a

major concern. unfortunately it is going to get worse before it gets better. >> this storm is having an impact across the country. thousands of flights canceled because of the storm. most airports shut down. tom, good morning again. >> it's a ghost town. not a single person here at la guardia. shut down. newark airport same story. jfk airport, hundreds of people stuck overnight because their flights were canceled mostly to europe. they spent the night camped out on the floor there in the terminal. 4500 flights canceled 15% of the total for the country. the ripple effect is going to and is extending across the country. chicago, denver l.a. houston and dallas. all of the cities affected

because all of new york's airports are shut down. nothing is moving in the air. it may take 24 to 48 hours to get back up and running again. >> thank you. >> turning jenna bush haeger would be dangerous because she would spend a fortune. all the stores are closed and it is a bit desserted. where are you now? >> i'm in time square which can be dangerous because of the fun. i am here with someone commuting to work. she normally commutes this is carrie. she commutes from long island. obviously you spent the night in a hotel. >> right there. >> you are walking to work? >> yes. you hoping everything opens up? how are you planning to get home? >> on a hope and a prayer. >> i will probably stay at the hotel one more night. >> even if the railroad opens? >> she is late we made her

late. there tons of people commuting the same way we did, by foot. the travel ban has been lift and we see more cars. subways hopefully are next. it's back to life here in time square. >> thank you very much. al? >> they did a good job. we didn't get as much as we were expecting here in new york city. there 6,000 miles of streets here and it cost $1 million per inch to get the snow off the streets. that's a big deal. as far as your weather today, snowfall amounts, 24 inches and islip 21 inches. la guardia with 11 inches and as you get to new england, those amounts will be greater. you can see we have snow that is generated from the east end of long island up into boston and maine as well.

we will continue to watch this. we will see it pushing through and dropping more snow especially down east maine. again with the winds up to 50 to 60 miles per hour blizzard conditions will be a big problem. let's get caught up on the rest of the news back inside to natalie. >> the fbi said they broke up a russian spy ring here in the city. one suspect was in court on monday. the two others are diplomats who left the country. they say the trio gathered intelligence and tried to recruit residents of russian origin to work with them. they started after the 20 attorney arrest of a female russian spy and her colleagues. >> two bodies that have not been identified belonging to a missing georgia couple.

the vehicle was found submerged in a body of water. he and his wife were last heard from on friday. they left the atlanta area to meet a man about buying a vintage car. relatives reported them missing. 28-year-old ronnie adrian jay towns has been arrested in connection with the case. frightening moments on monday at city hall in new hope minnesota. two police officers were shot and a suspect was killed outside council chambers. >> a resolution authorizing the purchase -- >> get down. get down. everyone get down. stay down. >> a frightening scene there. two new police officers had just been sworn in. they walked out the door and they were confronted by a man with a gun who started firing. other officers returned fire and killed the suspect. the two officers are said to be in good condition. the owner of the new england

patriots challenged monday as his team arrived for sunday's super bowl. peter alexander is in glendale arizona. good morning. >> welcome to the greatest football show on earth. five days to the super bowl and i'm already hoarse. they were disappointed in the way they handled deflate gate and declares his team's innocence. he turned the tables on the nfl with this demand if his team is cleared of wrong-doing. >> i would expect and hope the league would apologize to our entire team and in particular coach belichick and tom brady for what they had to endure this past week. >> the patriotingss focused on their first super bowl ring in ten years. >> the deflate gate conversy took a twist.

with the report claiming the nfl zeroed in on a locker room attendant who has been interviewed. surveillance video shows them taking footballs from the locker room after they were inspected into another room. before bringing them out on the field. they have not confirmed the report. the league's investigator broke his silence responding that no one should draw conclusions about the sequence of interviews indicating the investigation is proceeding and will take at least several more weeks. one major step still to come interviewing tom brady. he said he expected the nfl wouldn't interview him until after the super bowl. >> we worked hard at this point and this is no time to slow down. >> the questions he has answered like during last week's news conference had an effect on the three-time super bowl champion. >> i personalized a lot of

things that i thought was all about me and my feelings got hurt. i moved past it. it's not serving me. >> how is this for another distraction. the fire alarm sound and plenty were woken up. no fire. everybody is safe. an anomaly. natalie. >> i hope they get some sleep before the big game. peter alexander, thanks. let's get another check of the weather good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. light snow overnight and light snow. that's all we're going to see into early this afternoon along with gusty winds which will keep our temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday. another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8

degrees. just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day. >> coming up on trending, a teacher who has his students dancing through the hall ways with a case of uptown funk. >> the backstreet boys are opening up about life and one of the most popular boy bands of all time. and savannah? >> guess who does not have fair weather fans. shawn mendez is here. there people who are dying to see him. you are from canada. this weather is not so bad. >> it's freezing out here. these guys are crazy. i can't believe they are here. hi. >> shawn mendez will perform live for us. first these messages. yep. this is the one. can we go for a test drive? oh sure, i'll be right back. thanks. leather, running boards... carmax quality certified low, no-haggle price 5-day money back guarantee ... that's great... and, a roof rack for the kayak! we don't have a kayak. we could get a kayak.

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best interest and will defend itself against baseless claims. philipps is the third most successful idol according to forbes earn being $5 million behind carrie underwood and kelly clarkson. you are wrapped up in that show and they do sign a contract for a long time. he apparently is not happy with the terms and conditions. >> i guess he doesn't need their help at this point. >> they're think without the show he wouldn't be where he is. >> he signed a contract. >> right. >> it to the judge situation. now a pair of educators finding creative ways to engage their students. a principal using the hit song to announce the two words every kid loves to hear. snow day. >>. ♪ school is closed ♪ ♪ school is closed ♪ ♪ because the snow is too

deep ♪ ♪ school is closed ♪ ♪ you can stay in bed and sleep ♪ ♪ >> something tells me that principal has been waiting by the forecast. when are we going to get a snow day? well done. >> he should be in kathie lee's next musical. good job. >> good singer. here's the dallas teacher who recruited his students with a dance routine all set to that catchy song uptown funk. don't believe me? watch? ♪

>> he's got moves! sis pant called this a great example of what can happen when students trust their teachers. you can find both videos in full at today.com. i love this song. >> it's a great song. >> bruno mars in the video is just great. >> we don't do enough dance routines on the show. >> yes, we do. >> let's call the teacher and the principal and get them in and make an end of winter video. that's how long it will take us to get it together. >> that's what's trending today. let's continue with the week long countdown to the super bowl and another new commercial you are seeing first here on "today." >> go daddy known for edgy ads is no different. it features adorable puppies. they admit this is not your typical hall mark ad.

it's sure to get people talking. it's buddy! i'm so glad you made it home. i just sold you on this website i built with go daddy. ship him out! >> get your domain and website all in one place at godaddy.com. >> me no liky. that's so mean. >> i hope we protected wrangler from seeing that. >> it hurts your eyes. >> i don't know how people will feel about that. >> all of our faces when we think of that ad -- >> i'm sure they treated the puppy right shooting it. >> they had to. >> no puppies were harmed. >> what will they say? >> talk about the commercial for

go daddy. >> that's right. let's not use that. >> bring back danica patrick. >> it's not just the commercials. we want to remind you al and i are going to arizona and we will host the show monday morning from the stadium. >> what knew the least of it. >> arizona made it. maybe we can have an extended seminar on the cactus plants of arizona. you are super fun. >> you can talk about the weather. >> it's a double stadium. >> that's right. >> coming up the backstreet boys know what it's like to perform at the super bowl. >> they sing the anthem in 2001. long before one direction and five seconds of summer they were the biggest boy band in the world. first, back street's winding roads with smooth vocals and catchy dance moves, they were an inevitable pop sensation.

after they roared on to the scene more than two decades ago, they lit up charts and hearts. their first nine albums debuted on billboard's top ten. now recognize as one of the best selling boy bands in history. they have gone gold and platinum in 46 countries and sold 130 million records worldwide. >> what do you do when you are a full-grown man in a boy band. >> they an unpredictable share of twists and turns as recounted in the documentary. >> i'm not afraid of you anymore. >> the bond can't be broken. with enduring popularity and fans back street is back. and the backstreet boys are nick carter and brian la tele aj richardson. great to see you.

>> good morning. thanks for having us. >> i love your hat. that looks super good. how is it? l.a.? >> we couldn't be with you personally but we are here in spirit. >> i kind of feel compelled to sing do you want to build a snowman? >> we are touched by the sentiment. you all look fantastic. i was watching it last night and it was surprising in the sense that this was not one of the glossy white washes. it's not an advertising vehicle. this is a raw and truthful story about what all of you went through together. how important was it for you to be honest and transparent about it? >> i think it has been super important for all of us to be as real and open as we can be. backstreet boys are never about covering up. we share with the world what happens.

you go through voice trials with me. i have been diagnosed with what's called vocal tension when the muscles and the tension around my vocal cords causing me to cut my airwaves off. it's pretty complicated, but you have to watch the documentary to check it out. we all share ups and downs, trials and tripulations and that makes us stronger as a group. >> there is a lot of fun in this. was it cool to go back and revisit the old stomping grounds and remember the glory days? >> it was. >> i think it was a body experience. we have known each other for almost 22 years. i think we pretty much thought we knew everything about each other, but we learned a lot more by going to our hometowns and getting a chance to go to kevin and brian's stomping grounds in kentucky and seeing where nick grew up in tampa.

it brought us closer as a group. over 20 years now. >> you think about the road you traveled. there is a quote that said we were the biggest boy band in the world and what do you do when you grow up and you are still part of that band? what is it like to grow up in the spotlight. nick you were the youngest one and still are although tomorrow is your birthday. >> i will always be the youngest. it was tough. aj and i definitely had rough roads along the way. you kind of discover that in the movie as well and see the things we have gone through and talk about those things as well. we reveal a side of ourselves that no one has seen before. not saying that we have been guarded, but we are in a boy band man band so to speak. there is a lot of things that.

>> if you had advice to get into one direction, what would it be? >> they don't need much advice. they are doing quite well. stay on your own path. that's what i think has been a testament to us for over 20 years besides the awesome fans. we stuck to doing what we love to do. great pop music and having fun and loving what we do. >> it's great to see you guys. great to see you as well. i know you will be back in the next hour. it looks good as the backstreet boys show on friday will be available on demand and itunes as well. over to you. >> thanks very much. another popular performer, 16-year-old shawn

good morning. i'm rosemary conors. just a few minutes before 8:30. good news. the travel pan has been lifted now for all of new jersey. let's get right to the first alert forecast. >> we've seen a steady snowfall but it's been a lot lighter that originally forecast. take a closer look outside right now. low hanging cloud. still snowing in philadelphia. here's the bigger picture, heaviest snow bands moving into parts of boston and also new york. for our area we're seeing snow from philadelphia to the i-95 corridor and also into parts of trenton, atlantic city as well but if you're closer to lancaster county and reading, barely seeing snow coming down.

same thing for newcastle county. as we head into today we'll focus on the jersey shore because we'll see the wind gusts closer to 40 miles per hour as we head into the rest of today. that's going to cause blowing snow so you do want to be careful if you're driving those areas, take it easy and a full forecast coming up. >> jillian miele is watching the conditions on the road neighborhood by neighborhood. >> reporter: good morning, rosemary. the majors around center city philadelphia pretty good. accident right near broad street a vehicle that spun out of control. lane restrictions there. this is what it is looking like in portions of new jersey. very snowy conditions out there. you have to slow down and take your time. delaware roads looking pretty good. >> thank you, jillian. rosemary connors. the travel ban has been lifted for new jersey and remember can you get the latest weather with the nbc 10 news weather app. have a good one. 'cause you know it's a fresh pot.

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>> we are back at 8:30 on this tuesday morning, the 27th day of january, 2015. still people gathered here in the plaza. the snow seems to pick up a little bit, the tail end of things. >> a little backwash if you will. >> backwash. that sounds appetizing. >> delicious. as we bask in the backwash we have a great thing going on.

shawn mentes the 16-year-old singing sensation here live in the studio to give us a performance coming up. >> what sounds better on a day like today than a good hot steaming bowl of chili? >> i love it. >> nice. >> this could be for dinner tonight or for the super bowl tomorrow or on sunday. it's going to be good. >> also kate gosselin is here and we will talk to her about her family and time on celebrity apprentice. >> if you are planning to pop the question on valentine's day, you can do it on the plaza. share your love story on today.com. we will pe ruse the love online and get a chance. i love this. a plaza full of proposals. >> like lollapalooza. >> proposal palosa. >> go to today.com and share

your love. >> the latest on the storm mr. roker? >> let's check in on the backwash. it is warm out west. look at that. big ridge of high pressure dominating. look at the temperatures. denver is 71. 24 degrees above normal. look at kansas city. we are looking at 78 degrees. that is toasty. it will remain fairly warm over the next couple of days. we have a little bit of a clip they're will be coming out from canada bringing snow. cleveland into new york city. mid-atlantic state friday morning. this is not going to dump a ton of snow but it's adding insult to injury. salt in the good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. light snow overnight and light snow. that's all we're going to see this morning into early this afternoon. along with gusty winds which

will keep our temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear. down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday. another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8 degrees. just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. >> enough said. there you go. let's go back inside. >> all right, al. thank you so much. it's a landmark event happening today. 70 years since the liberation of auschwitz and they are honoring the victims at the site. bill neely is there with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. from the site of the largest mass murder the world has ever seen the survivors, many of them american are here now

remembering the more than one million people killed here most of them jews. this camp was liberated exactly 70 years ago today, but the survivors still are not free of their memories. there were no flowers here when auschwitz was a death camp. no heads of state came then. but they are here today to stand with the survivors. dozens of whom came from america. their pain is raw. most were here as teenagers. they return as old men. still astonished they survived. >> the fact that maybe we will survive to see the victory over evil. >> the spirit we have in us and the belief that some day we will go through this. >> they survived the horrors and the brutal winters of the death

camp. even after 70 years it's hard to grasp what happened here. many jews who arrived at this spot were gassed within an hour and burned. the ashes of more than a medical yon of them lie scattered all-around here. gina was inside the gas chamber at auschwitz, but it didn't work. >> i said no way. we are in a gas chamber. >> for most auschwitz was the end of the line which is where today's ceremony takes place. film director steven spielberg among the guests. but all eyes today are on the survivors. >> there close to 300 here but it is a dwindling group year by year. most of them are in their 90s. the message from here is strong indeed. we must keep alive the memory and the story of what happened

here. so it can never happen again. from auschwitz, back to you in new york. >> bill neely, thank you so much. it's so important to take a moment and pause and remember. it breaks your heart. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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genuinely surprised. why? >> i was genuinely surprised because it was very clear throughout the task that the girls were not working well together and they never came back with our props. i was there by myself and there was a jewish holiday he was observing which was fine. i was there trying to pick up the pieces. it really was evident that we left and obviously a lot of times the project manager is fired, but i was truly -- i felt like i sat there for ten minutes staring at them in slow motion. i wouldn't believe it. >> the project you were supposed to create about trump national corral his pride and joy in florida, he said you didn't capture the luxury. do you agree now that you look back? >> i don't agree to be honest. in that situation, you deal in life with what you have at hand. i did the best i could.

maybe clearly they didn't like our results as much as the other team. >> you have an extensive reality resume obviously. do you think it helped you at all. it didn't prevent you from being fired, but did it change your view? >> it probably should have but i am real on and off camera. i get a lot of flack for that. i under estimated, yes, it's tv but i under estimated the drama versus real life hard at work. >> drama wins most times. let's talk about kate plus eight. you are being very honest as you said about the struggles you are having at home as a single mom. you even talked about the fact that you had health conditions and you think they are related to the stress. how are you doing now? >> i think i reached those years

that i have been warned about. it's really -- the rubber meets the road where it's eight against one. they are 10 and 14. the voices are loud and the opinions are loud. they band together against me and i just hope that the things that i have instilled in them that will come out the other side okay. >> a tough patch and you will get through it. >>. >> the teen years are nothing to laugh about. it's for real. the kids want what they want and have opinions yet at the same time i am okay with showing that. parents across america are saying yep, i'm there. yep, you have a couple more but i'm there and i'm doing it. the important lesson is to hold firm and put into them the good beliefs and morals and values that i have always stuck to. we will all be okay. >> keep your fingers crossed.

good to see you, kate. >> thank you. absolutely. >> right here on nbc. up next game on. we are whipping up super bowl snacks that happen to be perfect for a day like this. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

>> be back at 8:44 and game on. what to surf and we will feature the most crowd pleasing dishes as you explore the game. >> we will have the tally, the you tube sensation. laura, good morning. this is simple. in theory you have not had these ingredients in your pantry. you can do it today.

>> the great thing about chili, you use what you have. you can use ground beef or turkey or chicken or black beans or whatever you want. >> you have sausage and beef this morning. you could use turkey. >> you could use all turkey or ground beef only or just sausage. it's up to you. i like for a good hearty chili, i think a combination of both is good. you have the lean ground beef but fat from the sausage gives you the flavor. it smells really good. she is working and you are not. >> i'm stirring my heart out while you talk. >> you are just browning beautifully by the way. sausage and ground beef. >> look what i have done. >> look at you. >> can i put it in there? >> yes. peppers, jalapeno onion and garlic. you want to cook it for a good seven or eight minutes.

you want the veggies to cook down and develop good color. color equals flavor and it's always free. color equals free flavor. >> when you think about it. >> you can add your spices. this is what i love. my favorite blends. i love doing good chili powder and a smoked chili. a little bit of brown sugar. this balances the tomatoes and everything together. the heat and cumin and a pinch of o reg no. give had to that a good stir. shimmy over to this side. >> i will shimmy right here. >> give that a stir and let it cook for a few minutes and let them develop their flavor. you you will add in tomato paste. not a lot. a couple of tea spoons. >> i'm not a huge baneean fan.

can you skip it? >> these are kidney beans and you can use black beans or chick pea s. whatever you want. bulk it up. then a little bit of red wine. you could use beer if you want. i always happen to have red wine on hand because i cook a lot of sauce. >> then once you let that cook out, you add in the beef stock and the diced tomatoes. juice and everything. this will simmer for hours. >> those are from a can? >> yeah. the beans went in. >> great. no chili for me. >> sorry about that. you let that cook for hours. you need good guac. >> a the love people don't like getting the pit out. >> pick a good ripe beautiful

avocado. you should be able to press it. it gives it a little dip to it. it shouldn't be hard. a lot of people do the knife method which terrifies me. i don't do that. i give it a gentle squeeze and take a teaspoon and pop it uh. scoop out the avocado. >> since we are running out of time talk about what we put in. >> cilantro, jalapenos. onions and a punch of salt. >> let's get instant gratification. >> of course. we have chili topped off with cheese sour cream, salsa. i like to serve it over rice but i have corn muffins over there that would do. then cakey brownies to top it off. >> the guacamole is so good.

>> thank you so much for having me. >> you can get the recipes and more snack ideas on today.com. up next, a live performance from shawn mendes. first, this is "today" on nbc.

>> we are back with billboard's first vine star shawn mentes. his first single hit on itunes less than an hour. good morning and fis to have you here. you have been making fun of us because we call this a snowstorm. >> this is just winter. >> no question about it. >> you have a big announcement. >> the debut album is coming up on itunes next monday on preorder. >> if that's any indication. >> i can't wait to see the reaction. >> can you put into perspective what happened to you the last year or so? >> i don't know how to. it just has been a dream that doesn't end. i am still in my dream. >> do you start to look down the road and how you keep this going for five and ten years.

>> it's all about being genuine and creating music. >> your fans have been lining up. >> they are crazy. >> they walked 50 blocks to listen to you and have a chance to meet you. they are happy about the news of the album. what are you going to perform? >> life of the party. >> ladies and gentlemen, shawn mendes. ♪ it seems like there is nobody there ♪ ♪ so when it gets ♪ ♪ we don't care what the people say ♪ ♪ when you don't take no ♪ ♪ i love it when you do what you want because you just said so ♪

♪ we don't care what the people say ♪ ♪ we don't have to be ordinary ♪ ♪ make your best mistakes ♪ ♪ we don't have the time to be sorry ♪ ♪ baby be the life of the party ♪ ♪ take your shot and it might be scary ♪ ♪ hearts are going to break ♪ ♪ we don't have the time to be sorry ♪ ♪ baby be the life of the party ♪ ♪ together we can just let go pretend like there is no one else here that we know ♪ ♪ we don't care what the people say ♪ ♪ we don't have to be ordinary and make your best mistakes ♪ ♪ we don't have the time to be

sorry. take your shot it might be scary. ♪ ♪ certificatehearts are going to break ♪ ♪ baby be the life of the party ♪ ♪ out tonight, there is no one standing in your way ♪ ♪ we don't care what the people say, no we don't care what the people say ♪ ♪ we don't have to be ordinary ♪ ♪ make your best mistakes ♪ ♪ we don't have the time to be sorry ♪ ♪ so baby be the life of the party ♪ ♪ i'm telling you to take your shot ♪ ♪ it might be scary ♪

♪ hearts are going to break ♪ ♪ we don't have the time to be sorry ♪ ♪ so baby be the life of the party ♪ >> shawn mendes thank you very much. the album is handwritten coming out on april 28th. congratulations and thanks for being here in the storm. we will be back with much more but first your local news and weather.

good morning. i'm rosemary connors. it's 8:56 on this tuesday. let's get right to the first alert forecast as we're looking at the system that's been pushing through the system. >> snow coming down still in the area so if you're leaving your house take it easy.

we are seeing snow-covered roads. we'll deal with the wind as we head into the rest of the day and pushing into the afternoon, especially closer to the shore where wind gusts will get up to 40 miles per hour. it's going to blow the snow around and know is still coming down throughout the region especially in parts of burlington county and south jersey and closer to lancaster county starting to see a little bit more thing there. you can see the brunt of the system is pushing heavy snow bands into boston and stretching down to the north of new york and as we head into the rest of today our temperatures will range between 28 and 31 degrees. gusty winds expected and snow will start to taper off as we head into the early afternoon. rosemary? >> thanks. jillian has a check of the roads and mass transit. >> some of new jersey transit is up and running. the new jersey transit river lines is up and running. crews are monitoring the situation to get more running up throughout the day. around the city of philadelphia the roads look wet. still slippery but appear to be wet. worse in new jersey.

a live look at 295 out near i-95 very slippery and in delaware the roads are decent. this is a live look at route 1 right near the dover toll plaza. >> crews at philadelphia international airport are continuing to work to clear runways so that everything is ready to go when the airlines resume normal flight operations. hundreds of flights have been cancelled for today. if you have to check on a flight call 1-800-phl-gate. i'm rosemary connors. now back to the "today" show. another update in another 25 minutes.

>> welcome to a snowy edition of the take. they were weeping from the cold because of shawn mentes's performance. how was the show in. >> it was beautiful. >> we are going to see more of him in this hour. you want to stick around. hang out with us. >> the tears are going to freeze. >> this is the first snow you have seen? >> not your first snow?

>> let's talk about what's happening. here in new york city not as bad as we expected. streets of clear and traffic is moving. this is a major storm. >> as you just go out about 50 miles east there places that got upwards of 26 inches of snow or more. go to the north and connecticut and rhode island into new england and parts of massachusetts and now maine really getting socked. they are still states of emergency in effect for the new england states right now. they have got really hours to go before this is over for them. >> we really didn't know what we were going to get. it was predicted to be massive. that's why the city took all the precautions. >> that was a good thing that they erred on the side of caution so there were no problems. the streets were cleared.

worcester, mass almost 25 inches of snow. islip almost 21. boston 14 inches and it's still snowing there. almost eight inches in central park. >> central park was even closed. i lived here eight years and i never heard of that. >> it's one of the things where the good news is for new england, we know this was going to happen. for this area here it didn't quite live up to what we thought, but good news is nobody got hurt. >> i was hoping if are a good old big snowstorm. >> i'm not buying that. i had on snow boots and miss natalie had on high heels. >> this is completely fine out here. it's plowed and salted. >> you are hoping for a snowstorm in five-inch heels. >> it's good to get plowed and salted. on that note -- thank you!

love you. you guys actually all walked into work. >> we did walk in. not in these shoes. we walked in and what did you do? >> i came into work late last night to stay in a hotel. stay with me. it was closer to work so we wouldn't have to come. the images were incredible. the subways shut down at 11:00. i came in at 10:00 or something. >> that was the last train? >> empty subway car. that's a sight you thought you would never see. looking down park avenue it was an incredible sight. just snow. no people or cars. you could have your run of the place. >> i bragged about having three whole chickens and being prepared. i forgot to get ziploc bags and i had to run to the grocery

store and get my tupperware. they had one busted tubber wear. >> that's not nothing. >> you were out. i took the travel ban and decided to make the hotel here. we were walking to work and decided to have a snow play. a snow fight. take a look. >> i would never do that to you. >> unless you did it first. >> yep. i dusted her right in the face. i call it a snow facial. you flew in from miami and i was stunned your flight made it in. what did the boys say? were they worried? >> thank goodness. we got so lucky that thomas roberts and i were on the same flight. we had fun on the flight. we got ducky.

they did say that. fortunately. >> sorry. >> and so we were talking earlier. in the middle of the fifth avenue making a snow angel. let's see a video. >> in new york city where i can get in the middle of fifth avenue and do snow angels. >> the snowboarding. >> the skiing. >> the countdown at the super bowl. weather doesn't matter. it's in the dome. what does matter the super bowl commercials. some are getting leaked out and kim kardashian never fails to impress and capture our attention. she teamed up with t mobile. take a lock at kim's commercial.

>> hi i'm kim. each month millions of gigs of unused data are taken back by wireless companies. tragic. data you pay for that can be used to see my make up and my backhand and my outfits and my vacations and my outfits. sadly, all lost. please, help save the data. >> that's good. that awareness. >> and her outfits. and my outfits. >> already a controversy over one ad. natalie does not like it. i'm with her, but she can't stand it. it's a go daddy ad. take a look.

it's buddy. i'm so glad you made it home. because i just sold you on this website i built with go daddy. ship him out! >> get your domain and website all in one place at godaddy.com. >> it's so mean. >> so wrong. >> that's so mean and the second time i thought it's mean. >> like budweiser with the clydesdale. >> i know. it's just cruel. >> go daddy knows it. >> danica patrick is the go to. >> i love her too. she is awesome. already. here's an idea which may come in handy or not. the biggest show here in a minute. obviously during the blizzards, there is usually a baby boom nine months from now. right now. people are having fun. all you people. >> we're on. having problems. >> get ready for the boom.

getting started. here's an idea i think, a stupid idea if you ask me. a swiss company is now offering to create one-of-a-kind baby name for you at this whopping price tag. $31,000. the company, i can't even pronounce the name of the company so they are going to name it. a swedish company. >> is this real? it sounds like an onion. apparently it --ry reach the out to them and it takes 100 hours based on the sound and the rhythm. we asked them. we wanted them to create some names for us to get an idea of what they would come up with. it takes 100 man hours to create the name. it takes a lot of work. >> john travolta will do it for

half that. >> for free. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> this is ridiculous. who got this story. which one of you came up with this? there you go. >> they had 12 translators who speak different languages. how they create the names. the sound and the rhythm of the first name and uniqueness of the new name and appearance and design of the font. you have your own font? >> this is ridiculous. >> historical and family background. come on. >> this is the bunch line of the joke. why do you ask? >> that's unreal. >> that's an interesting story. i love kiera knightly. she did an interview with elle in the uk. she said the spelling of her name. keira. she was supposed to be kiera after a russian ice skater that

her mom loved the name. she ended up misspelling it on the registry and her father was like wait a minute, they spelled it the wrong way. >> she got it from this. >> i didn't know her name was misspelled. >> it's beautiful. when i was thinking about baby names and if i were to have a girl keira was one with the way she spells it. >> the weather will continue for friends in new england. blizzard warnings are in effect for long island and connecticut and rhode island and eastern massachusetts and parts of new hampshire and maine. it will hang in there for another 24 hours especially. here you go from east port to islip. hurricane warnings and watches. blizzard warnings in effect.

friends have been sending in to #blizzardof2015. that will probably be natalie. you are one of those people. >> i don't run in this stuff. i will not. >> my neck of the woods. we are not going to ship you out. you stay here. that's right. you watch this thing get itself together. another several inches of snow. down east maine, another good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henly. light snow overnight and light snow. that's all we're going to see this morning into early this afternoon. along with gusty winds which will keep our temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s, and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear. down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday. another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday

but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8 degrees and just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. >> how excite being this next story. he played outrageous characters over the years. # i'm personally partial to tony. martin short is here. >> what's happening? i made it through the snow. what a journey. >> i don't know how. martin is next.

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friend who is anxiously awaiting opening night and as they like to say, hilarity ensues. martin short is on stage. good to see you. >> ladies? >> you were so fantastic. i got to see it this past weekend. you didn't want to do this. what changed your mind? >> i was hesitant that there was enough time. i only get ten days in december to rehearse it. i was going to take my kids to jamaica and i wasn't going to cancel that. i had dinner in october with mike. he said you are doing the play? i said i'm not sure. he said you are doing the play and i will tell you why. it's a perfect world for you and very few times the stars lineup. i was like yes, sir. you get that call and you don't turn it down. >> stockard channing to name a

few. it's been updated and the reference is in the play. it changes week to week and month to month. >> that's right. that makes it fun. >> the play is so much fun. we are in tuxedos and it takes place at a party waiting for the "new york times" review. >> do you ever want to get the real review to friends when they say -- >> i think that sometimes even good reviews will be dangerous. he moved his arm in that emotional way to reach the glass. you won't avoid that but you

have to read the review. >> are you okay? what could they have said? it will be worse than you imagine. >> it's burden to keep them out of your brain. >> looking for the memoire it was so open. we thought about being a social worker. >> i was. >> i was going to be a doctor until i realized i didn't care about science. i was just a fan of the tv show quincy. it gave me more time and i left as an actor. >> 1972 production of god spell. you and eugene levy. >> andrea martin. he came in and he looked like a

maitre'd in a spaceship. he said i don't know about her, but who is that guy playing a piano like no one in this world can play. he made a musical director. it was amazing. >> i want to ask you about something. you can confirm or deny. you and steve martin and tom hanks have a joint colonoscopy. >> not every year. >> you have to go every year. >> three times. we go to steve's house and we -- it is catered with broth and jello. it's true. who knew there would be one bathroom. >> how does that come up? >> all i know is around midnight. it's one bathroom like day 15 of a carnival cruise.

>> we will be talking to the backstreet boys. >> it's a segue. i'm good at segues. how long are you there? >> until march 29th. go now. >> see it now. >> come to new york and see the show. it's great to have you here. >> did you meet tamron hall? >> yes. absolutely. >> she is part of that colonoscopy group. >> i would watch. i would. >> whoa! >> oh, my gosh. >> sorry you had to hear that. >> i think we are taking a team. we'll be right back.

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tomorrow is yours to claim. ♪the sun'll come out, tomorrow.... ♪ kellogg's. see you at breakfast™. it's 9:26. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. good morning. this is video in from atlantic city. the roads still very much covered with snow. a lot people waking up this morning pleasantly surprised to find our area did not get hit as hard as expect the. let's head over now to first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. let's take a live picture of cape may, and we did see snowfall coming down in that region too. already seen snow plows come through. roads in better condition and jillian will explain more about that. still coming down in atlantic city stretching up to toms river and most of burlington county.

spotty snow showers moving into allentown right around the i-95 corridor. the heaviest amounts with the system still in boston and into parts of new york. as we head into the rest of today, temperatures very cold. only 27 degrees in philadelphia with our wind speeds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. feels like it's in the teens for the entire area so bundle up before you head out. >> a check on traffic with a look at area roads with jillian miele. >> brittney mentioned tomgs river and you can see the snow flakes falling. slippery snowy conditions out there in portions of our area. a live look closer to the southern points of the jersey beaches, and you can see the roads there looking pretty wet so it's very different depending on where you're waking up and traveling in pennsylvania and they are looking pretty decent. a look at the pass in chester county. for the most part it's pretty clear there. >> another weather update in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10

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welcome back to today. it is tuesday morning, january 27th 2015. new york city getting back to life right now and everybody is eating for good reason. we have a super bowl snack racket. a little january madness, maybe. it's a survey. more than one in four say the super bowl should be a national holiday. more than two in five would sign a petition. >> and recover sunday? >> we have two of some of the many super bowl favorites. we have a spinach dip and a

seven-layer dip. we have been chowing on it. what do you prefer? >> of the two of these, going head to head i love the seven-layer dip. >> i like whatever this is. the spinach. this is a good recipe. >> some other matchup, wings and buffalo chicken dip versus onion dip. salsa versus hummus queso and subsandwiches. chili versus sliders. nachos versus pigs in blankets. >> why can't they all be winners. >> i love chili. a bowl of chili. >> right now. listen, dude. it's tough out here for a dip. >> for me it's guac. >> i like wings. spicy wings. or queso. >> nachos but not those

overloaded ones. real chetter and scallions. >> you are very specific. >> and every one has to be covered. >> i like to layer it. chips, cheese chips, cheese and then melt it. >> we once had a battle. you like cheder and i like velveeta. >> check out the brackets. we will follow them and have each food every day around this time? >> i like it. >> come on. >> bigs in a blanket. >> we love to eat it. >> pastry and hot dogs together. goulden's must around. a big ridge of high pressure. dealing with the massive storm. record warmth for today. denver is going to be 71. 47 in des moines.

even at 71. >> adding insult to injury. making its way across chicago. snow developing in the afternoon. friday morning and snow in new york city. pennsylvania new england. seriously? come on. the producer is making good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. light snow overnight and light snow. that's all we're going to see this morning into early this afternoon, along with gusty winds which will keep our temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s and deliver much colder air tomorrow morning. skies will clear. down to 15 degrees to start with on wednesday and another cold morning on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday but behind it it turns even colder saturday morning. we'll start the day at 8

degrees. just 22 in the afternoon. have a great day. >> you can't get all seven layers at once. >> it just breaks up. >> you basically need a spoon or a knife that goes in. it takes a core sample. >> to get all the flavors. >> all seven. >> a very scientific approach. >> you have a plunger like that and on to the big dip. >> hey, this is with us right now. you can weigh in on this. >> martin short's favorite band. >> more than 130 million records sold. that's an incredible number. not long after their debut in 1996 that the backstreet boys became a worldwide sensation. >> they're stuck together and back street is back. we have nick aj and kevin.

they couldn't get into new york with the storm so they are in los angeles joining us live. it's much earlier there. how are you doing? >> great. >> good. >> great to have you back. you guys have been together now for two decades. i imagine you all know everything about one another at this point. >> pretty much. >> so so. >> we'll see. >> why do you think you lasted so long, 20 years? >> we love what we do. we genuinely care about each other and our well being. we have amazing fans all over the world. >> we love our music. >> was there ever a point where you guys thought about busting up and saying enough done? >> sure absolutely. there were times. >> all of us. even kevin took a break. >> i left the group for 6 and a

half 7 years. >> that was the 20th anniversary for us and it fell into place. >> the documentary backstreet boys, show them what you're made of. what will your fans learn about you. they know every detail of your livings. what will they learn about you? >> they will know there is a deeper layer to us. like the seven-layer dip. >> well done. >> it's not easy. never has been. they will see all those things in the public eye or the things we have gone through on the surface and now you get a chance to see what caused those things to happen. it's not easy. >> what's not easy is a quiz from the today's take team.

that's how we roll. >> the good thing is there no wrong or right answers. the rules are give us an answer and be honest. don't hold anything back. are you ready? who is never on time? gilbert? >> kevin. kevin it is. who is the messiest. >> nick. >> this is too easy. >> my wife hates it. >> best sense of humor? >> me probably. >> i would say brian. >> best dancer. >> that's me. >> me. >> me. >> me too. >> who snores the most? >> back in the days. >> i sleep with my mouth open. it is what it is. >> great to know you guys

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. >> shawn mendes has over 2.5 million followers on instagram and twitter. he rose to fame with a six-second video. he posted a cover of justin bieber's as long as you love me on vine. he wasn't looking for followers, but teaching himself how to play guitar. 3.6 million followers later, shawn is realizing all he needed was six seconds of fame. he has been dubbed music's first

vine star covering everyone from the script to megan trainer. quickly signed to the roars and life of the party less than an hour after the release, becoming the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 on the hot 100 list. the unstoppable list of the 25 most influential teams. headed on tour with taylor swift, the debut album on the way. >> welcome. >> thanks guys. how are you? >> we are out on the plaza and we turn around and it's just crying young women because you are here. is that crazy for you to build from a-second vine in your back yard to people crying for you in new york city? >> absolutely. especially when the roads are shut down. i don't know how they got here.

>> it's been an amazing road. >> you are on tour with taylor swift and your tour is sold out as well. >> within seconds. >> yeah. very excited. now that you are all saying this to me and it's up in front of me, it's crazy. i can't believe it. >> you are blushing. awe. what do your fans expect? what kind of music? >> it's -- it's coming on april 28th. it's very me. it's very genuine and song writing is something i have come to love. i worked very hard on this album. to mix up things that happened to me to situations with my friends to the experiences and turn them to stories and songs and i'm really excited. i'm nervous to see how the reaction will be. i never have been more proud of a big thing like this. i'm excited. >> that's an interesting approach that you are touring

with taylor and she writes about her and puts it out there. that's a sign of a good songwriter when you are ready to expose your vulnerable points. >> the hardest part of being a 16-year-old is you don't have much to write about. >> yes, you do! >> it's awesome to take other people's experiences and stories and it's fun. like writing a story, but creating a song out of it. it's fun. >> you got your start in a sense on vine. it won't be sitting if you could do a vine with us. >> i could do that. >> we know your code. >> i made them remember the code just in case. >> meet us on the street and we will tell you shawn's code. hold on hold on. >> can you sing during this vine? >> we have to yell something. those are the best ones. so what are we going to say? debut album handwritten.

is that cool? so on three. one, two, three. debut album handwritten! woo! >> what kind of following will we get? >> i don't know. i have to tag you all. do you all have vine accounts? >> i will have to create one. >> give us your tongue twisters. >> i have it here. just put your pinky and bite on it. go yee he he. yee he ghee. he he he. >> why are we biting our fingers? >> i promise i do this. i promise. >> you have a song coming up in

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can't help but chew. >> time now for my tuesday trick. we are talking about shape wear. that's the things we put under our clothing. under our sweaters dresses and even our jeans. it is my obsession. that's why we are talking about it. we pulled melissa garcia to get a few tricks of the trade. there many kinds of shape wear. which area i focus on the most. the bottom line is a lot of women ask how you get the right fit. >> the west way is to get fit by an expert. so many women are wearing the wrong sizes. >> i worked at a link ray store

in the past. >> models are first up. we have elisa who is wearing total shape wear. this mannequin has no shape and elisa has it going on. >> she just had a baby and looks amazing. this is great. this is the way i feel like it's moving. it has the shape wear built into the dress. this is from white house black market. it is attached and ready. >> the dress is the shape wear? >> how easy is that? it makes it so simple. this was a great option. >> let's show caroline's before picture. do we have it? there is caroline before. the issue here is caroline's bra. this is her after. and these jeans. >> the bra and the jeans were the issue. she has a beautiful figure. she put her in these great spanx jeans. now spanx makes jeans. >> they have an extra layer of

spandex within them. >> they still give you a cool look. i am obsessed with always finding the right bra. we are at 32 d. this shape changes with the bra. >> you are totally right. >> this is from spanx. it gets rid of the back fat. that's an issue for so many people. >> quickly here if you don't have the curves you want in the back -- >> this is the booty bra. it lifts you up and makes you perky. it doesn't at volume. it works. thank you so much. >> we will be back after this. this is "today" on nbc. check out my twitter feed.

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just about 10:00. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. still light snow falling in parts of our area. let's get our first alert forecast from glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> good morning, vai. windy and cold throughout the area. we can show you our live pictures. look at the flags going because the wind is gusting over 25 miles an hour in parts of the area. you can see the big storm is

still hammering new england, and it's still covering much of the state of new jersey and parts of pennsylvania and delaware. most of the snow is light, but it is a little bit heavier in mercer county and burlington county upper bucks county places that had the biggest accumulations in our area. the visibility tells us that. you can see as we go into new jersey mt. holly especially. less than a mile visibility. pretty substantial snow, and the temperatures are in the 20s so there is some snow sticking with that. >> all right. thank you, glenn. let's get a check on traffic. volume doesn't seem to be the issue today. it's the road conditions. >> got that right. especially in portions of new jersey, vai. take a look. a look at the new jersey turnpike near i-95. don't want to be driving, messy in portions of new jersey. keep that in mind. bucks county this is a live look and the roads look wet. still expect them to be slippery though and that's 76 near south street and that is clear.

>> thank you. >> another update in 25 minutes. you can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc news 10 weather app. back to the "today" show.

from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's "boozeday tuesday," january 27th, 2015. kathie lee in the sunshine. jenna bush hager and i roughing it in the middle of a colossal blizzard. >> it is a huge -- >> blizzard! >> this blizzard knocked our socks off. >> here's the funny thing about the blizzard of 2015. so we were ready. >> yes. >> and it was supposed to be one

of the biggest storms in the city. >> people were glued to zftv. >> the storm jogged to the right. it jogged 20 30 miles to the right. it's so funny how a little twerk can change everything. long island, boston all of those places maine, they all got socked. i woke up this morning. they told us we had to walk to work because there were no cars no taxis, no nothing. here's my morning commute. >> okay. >> the worst thing about my commute is i've never stood in the middle of an intersection and seen this busy new york city intersection. oh, my god. i'm on a 360 cam. anyway. where am i? 57th and ninth. walking in the street. so weird. >> that is so weird. >> it's a little eerie. >> how was your commute? >> my commute.

i spent the night in a hotel in midtown because they said no way you'll get here. i took mila out to pete henry when he got home from work. >> did she love the snow? >> she loved it until it fell in her eyes. trying to teach her about the element, that's snow. she had so much fun. i came to the hotel -- >> this isn't her first snow? >> probably one of the first big storms she'll remember. i woke up in the middle of the night. i looked out the window like a little kid -- nothing. >> it was like this. you look outside, it was like this. >> i also thought a blizzard meant that the sky would be filled with snow and twirls. i looked out nothing. i was like -- >> we're hot. let's look at matt.

he had some fun while coming to work. >> this is one of those few times in new york city where i can get down in the middle of fifth avenue and do snow angels. >> it's hot. >> matt lauer laid down in the street matt lauer germophobe where there's gum -- >> i'm surprised he didn't bathe in a bath of lysol. >> i've coughed into my own hand sometimes and he went eww! he didn't want me to get germs anywhere. >> the big show today, we have a lot of people -- joel mchale who was supposed to fly in and be

here didn't make his flight. so he's going to do a remote. molly sims -- >> she made it. >> who somehow also came from los angeles who got on the flight and made it, she's got a great book. she made it not only did she make it the woman made it and she's pregnant. >> he's eight months pregnant, joel! >> i can't wait to talk to joel mchale and asked him what flight he was supposed to be on. shawn mendes is here one of the hottest music artists. he has 2.5 million twitter followers. when i walked out this morning, there were girls who had spent the night outside and one young girl had slept in the snow -- >> by the way, at that time they thought it was going to be a huge blizzard and they still waited. >> run your fingers through your hair. one school principal let his

people know there was a snow day at school. let's look. ♪ school is closed because the snow's too deep ♪ ♪ school is closed school is closed ♪ ♪ you can stay in bed and sleep ♪ >> i love this guy! >> his name is matt glendening. >> don't you remember that feeling of being a little kid and knowing that you didn't have school? >> looking out the curtains. >> like i did in the middle of the night. but i had to wake up at 5:00 in the morning and walk to work. you know who likes those type of announcements as much as the students? that man himself, the teachers. when i was a teacher, oh, my gosh, the feeling of being able to have a snow day and just organize your closet or do whatever it is you so choose -- the nerd in me read a book.

>> you're crazy. there's a really fun teacher at a high school in dallas. he loved one of my favorite songs and the song is "uptown funk" by bruno mars. check out the dance routine. this is one camera shot. let's take a look. ♪ ♪ >> can we do the dance? >> keep going. >> it continues. >> you've got the whole school going. >> don't you love teachers like that that make school so much fun? >> i had a teacher names mrs. rosebrock. and she somehow transformed our class, she had a way -- she would dress up some days have people go out into the yard and

write what a geranium looked like. what kind of teacher were you? >> i miss teaching, i have to say. one of the things we did was teach vocabulary through rap. >> give me a little. >> of course now i can't remember. i hope my kids can better than their own teacher. >> so phillip phillips is making a bold move going against "american idol" actually suing them. he calls the contract that he has with them oppressive. and basically he's claiming with the california labor commission he filed that lawsuit, basically saying they're taking a lot of his money, a lot of his commission, he's restricted to a certain agency that he can work with -- >> when you are on the show you sign a deal where you have to go through their agency.

>> yes. and it's a question of how many albums do you have to put out -- we're not 100% sure. >> they sake 40%. which is a lot. >> he says i'm very grateful for the opportunities provided to me through "american idol" but i feel i have not been able to conduct my career in the way that i'm comfortable with. he had to pay a lot to management he had to perform at an "idol" sponsored event for free. we've been waiting for this video to come up. "the bachelor". >> that was the great thing about the snow day. henry couldn't tell me to turn it off. >> it was so awesome. so this, again krunyou know chris, the farmer guy. chris' sisters got into the act. and they were going to select among the group who they thought would be the best. they chose a girl named jade.

we're like, who is jade? jade was the one. >> and she was cute. >> jillian who won a date with chris, this is what she did the whole time she was on her date. >> i got a sponsorship out of it -- >> she never, ever, ever stopped talking. she kept talking and talking and talking. >> and it wasn't like she was asking him questions about himself in any way or form. she talked about herself the entire time. >> don't do that. people do that. >> do you know which one she is? she's the black box girl. >> how sad! >> what is behind the black box? >> every time she's on, they show that black box. >> i wonder what it is. >> i myself would not want to be in a bikini that much -- >> we have to talk about ashley. she's the one that looks like kim kardashian. she finally revealed she's a virgin. take a look at how this went

down. >> forget innocence. i have never even had a real boyfriend before. i actually am a virgin. >> so first of all she was making out with him the whole time. but she told him he was a virgin and he was turned off. crazy, apparently, is okay. he was confronted with why he keeps inviting back the crazy girls, the ones who are half naked and drunk and all that. women, if you've ever wondered why does a man love a crazy woman -- chris finally explained it. >> we've been waiting. >> it's just been rose rose rose. and i want to know where you're coming from. just been wondering. and i just wanted to ask. >> caitlin has a lot of

different -- i see the caitlin caitlin -- obviously if you like her -- i don't see -- i don't look at caitlin like being some really -- i'm not rewarding inappropriate behavior by giving roses to people. >> there you have it. >> finally! i know exactly what he means. he is clear as can be. >> now we understand. thank god he cleared that up. that's why men like trashy-ish seeming girls. >> you know what he means. we have a big show, we have molly sims who is with us. she's the one who got on the plane. wi we also have joel mchale. he's the one who missed the plane. we'll talk with joel mchale -- >> there he is!

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sparkle®. the bright way to clean. well well well joel mchale couldn't make it to new york because of epic snow. but molly sims made it. so the comedian and actor is joining us from a much warmer climate remotely. >> he's been a busy guy, missing flights and having sold-out comedy shows. nice movie career. in his spare time he hosts "the soup" on e! >> and we know he loves to poke fun at us. we couldn't escape being a joke. >> hoda kotb revealed on the "today" show her boyfriend. now that you've revealed his secret his enemies will try to get to him through you.

>> hey, joel! >> hello. >> joel first of all, welcome. and you know we love you. >> i love you dearly. and i'm pretty upset about this shifman business. >> were you hoping to move in there on hoda? is that what you're saying? >> well listen, kathie -- >> i'm jenna. >> i would like her to be a sister wife. >> you already have a wife and kids. let me ask you one quick question about travel. explain to us how the very very pregnant molly sims made it here from l.a. and you couldn't. >> well united is offering free pregnant flights right now and she's got right on. i tried using a pillow. no they canceled -- i was flying with the backstreet boys on their private crop duster and they canceled it.

>> we're so happy to know "the soup" continues. that's a fan favorite around here. what season are you guys in now? >> we are in our 29th season. we are much like herpes. we never go away. >> maybe it better that you stayed in l.a., a little safer. but also "community," yahoo!'s picked it up -- >> i'm back on the network that canceled "community." it's wonderful to be back, by the way. yes, yahoo! swooped in like a knight in shining armor and they're now paying for the show. we're going to be on their kind of version of netflix called yahoo! screen. and they actually get this increased the budget. i know it sounds insane but that's what happened. it's been great. we've got tremendous talent on the show now. >> we know you're a huge seahawks fan. and we understand you're

actually going to arizona. >> yes! >> are you going to do your show from the super bowl site? >> we are going to do "the soup" from there on friday. not from the super bowl but we rented literally a dirt lot. i think it's next to a walmart and we're shooting it outside and you can see the stadium in the background. >> so are you going to go in and watch the game or be an outdoors sort of stalker-ish? >> well, if they'll let me in. there's a couple of restraining orders against some of the players on me. i'm just very excited about richard sherman and russell wilson. they don't let me near them. but, yes, on sunday i will be at the game with my wife. and i will be very -- i'm more excited than i am about the birth of my children. >> joel, before you go, you're teaming up with fitbit and it's a great charity project you're doing. give us a quick headline on that. >> thank you for asking. this is a fitbit and it's a

great charity thing. i know a lot of you have let yourselves go after the resolutions, especially with now you're all stuck in your apartments with the snow. but if you get a fitbit it keeps track of all your calories. if you go online and sign up for every calorie you burn that translates to meals for the homeless. there's a great charity called feeding america. for every calorie you burn just by walking around -- i'm burning calories right now, that helps feed hungry americans. you go to fitbit.com/fitforfood. and you're already giving. >> we should point out joel is a paid spokesperson for fitbit. thanks for coming to see us -- >> thank you for not coming but we wish you were here. >> i was really scared. i'm a lot better. i've got this. congrats on your new boyfriend,

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♪ beautiful. deb voigt is one of the world's most celebrated artists and internationally renowned opera singers who's shared the stage with greats like luciano pavarotti. >> and she's a cancer survivor. hi debby. >> i'm so excited to be here. >> in the very beginning, music was always a calling for you, didn't you think so? >> it was. from the time i was a little girl, i was spinning around the living room singing "my fair lady." from a very young age, i knew that music was my path. that it ended up being opera was

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to be met. >> sometimes when you have something like gastric bypass you think, my problems are solved. but that's not the case. >> it's really not. gastric bypass is a tool. it's just a method of which you can deal with a problem and then get onto the emotional stuff underneath. >> you call yourself a down-to-earth diva. opera singers were kind of the original divas. what's your most diva moment? >> the only one that comes -- i remember falling on a stage and saying an expletive. >> please read an excerpt. with the good energy of quaker oats. it's how we help keep go-getters like you going and getting. one bite at a time.

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we're back with more on "boozeday tuesday." here in new york jenna bush hague ser fillinger is filling in for kathie lee. >> with us the very beautiful and pregnant molly sims who you probably know as a former "sports illustrated" and victoria's secret model as well as an actress. >> and molly is an author a youtube star and she's sharing her supermodel tips and tricks online and in her new book called "the everyday supermodel my beauty fashion and wellness secrets made simple." molly! >> listen to this, joel! >> i got the last flight.

>> and? >> i made it. they canceled the 8:00 a.m. but when i got here we were circling and they were like we're not going to be able to land. i was like no no no i'll be in pittsburgh or somewhere else. and then we got here and i was like, it will take us three hours to get into the city. >> did it really take to get three hours to get in? >> 3 1/2 hours. and then i was like, i'm going to the grocery store. i went to whole foods and it was two hours -- >> the only thing molly forgot -- she brings everything. the only thing she forgot is -- >> i'm wearing hoda's shoes. >> you're a very good stylist. >> tell us what we're talking about. >> this book is about challenging yourself, respecting yourself. i'm not going to turn you into a

supermodel. but i give you great tips. if you go out, you can have chocolate, you can have things, just remember, three bites. >> how big are the bites is the question? >> my thing is low-fat hot chocolate. i have one or two a night now that i'm pregnant. but it's low calorie. >> what do you do? skim milk? >> skim milk. jeans, never use a scale. >> why not? >> when i was modeling i became obsessive about it with five pounds, two pounds, three pounds. a pair of jeans, i promise you, it works and it doesn't get you so upset -- >> don't you feel like when you work out, you may gain weight -- >> water. the one thing that -- do not say diet. do not say, i'm going to cut something out. >> you can eat whatever want just small -- >> in small, organic, whole -- watch the low-calorie, fat-free.

i know you think this is crazy -- >> what are you doing? >> you can wear a garbage bag and the main thing, you have to sweat. and this makes you sweat. do the treadmill and i did it because i had to lose 80 pounds. >> you wore a hefty bag? >> why did you have to lose 80 pounds, after having the baby? >> i gained so much weight. i swear, it works. >> what else? >> stretch bands. >> people love these. >> these are so good. you can travel with them. there's no excuse. it's hard, it's great. >> and they come in different colors. >> exactly. >> and you can do it with the arms or not. >> beauty -- >> your hair always looks so good. this is the beach waver, you can do the barrel like this -- >> it doesn't have the thing where you -- >> it does.

>> it's easier to wrap it around? >> either. this is great. because it does this. >> i want that. >> i'm going to demonstrate quickly. it's really easy. >> you push a button? how do you get it off? >> then my hair would be stuck. remember, one inch. guys, don't laugh. >> what is this? >> this is eye gloss -- lip gloss on my eyes. >> why? >> close your eyes. >> what is happening? what have you done? >> it gives her that little extra shine? >> on the cheekbone, too. >> you look like a supermodel. >> just like this, dab, dab, dab. it works, people. >> look at molly!

>> okay. it's all about a white shirt. invest in the investment pieces your white shirt, skirt, great pair of heels. but you don't just wear it out -- >> tuck it in. i'm wearing that necklace. layer. >> and don't go to the grocery store in your yoga pants. this is a french look. the blue and white stripe with your jeans and always people -- >> always wear shades. >> look at you. don't you want to be molly? i want to be molly so bad. you guys please immediately go to the bookstore or on amazon and order molly's book. he's about to hit the road with taylor swift but not before he takes our stage. >> new music from shawn mendes.

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we are back "today's" kitchen with jeff goldman whose creations are nothing short of pure artistry. >> they're incredible and almost look too good to eat, although we should try. jeff wants you to have your cake and eat it too. >> he's sharing his expertise on the food network series premiering next month called "kid baking championship." and speaking of children you're working with us today. >> i am, i am.

>> these cake in a jar ideas are so hot. it's such a hot and trendy thing. >> and you can put it in your pocket, put it in your purse, keep it in your car. it's the best cake -- a slice of cake, you can't bring it anywhere, you know? >> like a kids' birthday party and that's the party favor. >> that's so smart. >> help us out. >> you guys are going to compete. you each have a jar. you have buttercream and cake circles cut up. go buttercream, cake and whatever you want. >> is there a time limit? >> go! get it in there. you're already losing. i said buttercream first. air makes the cake trydry out. >> you're scaring me! >> get another one in there.

>> you don't have nearly enough cake. get it in there. oh, my god. >> what do you mean? i'm putting some oreos. >> why do you have a kink in your -- >> done, done, done! game over. done! >> let's see them. put them right here. >> mine is so much more colorful. >> i think time was up. >> take a look. >> judge fairly. >> i have to tell you, ladies -- >> i know who he's going to pick. >> here's the thing. jenna has a great ratio of candy to cake to buttercream. >> this is a lot of buttercream, hoda. >> do you know me? >> i do i do. >> that's the way i like it. >> what are you trying to say?

>> i think what i'm trying to say is the winner is jenna. >> yes! >> there's more. >> you win your choice of cake jars and then hoda gets the leftover. >> amazing, thank you. >> you want to do something else? >> yes! >> this is so much fun for kids to do at a party themselves. such a great idea. >> it's a great activity. and then give it. >> see this little guy? we're on tv, right? >> we're trying to make that? >> you're going to make that. >> so intimidating. >> it's not intimidating. >> we have all the pieces -- >> i made all the pieces. look at the pieces and realize when you're making a sculpture, it's just a series of spheres. >> what about the stuff -- >> don't worry about that just yet. this is your body. take the big ball. you take your finger, put it in the water. then you're going to wet the

little edge just like this. then stick them on. just like that. >> and the water will make the fondit stick to the legs. two arms, two legs. >> it looks sticky. >> well, you have to get -- the sugar gets sucked up by the moisture. looks kind of like a cone shape -- >> cone-head. mine definitely doesn't look like yours. >> look. you're mangling it. >> what do you mean? i'm doing it -- >> you guys are not giving the time -- >> we know what we're doing! >> i'm almost done. >> i'm almost done, too. >> look at me. look at mine! look at mine! he's so cute. he looks so cute. >> and guess what catch jeff on his new show on the food network. >> look at ours!

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the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> he is the youngest artist ever to hit the top 25 on billboard's top 100 list. >> he was named one of "time" magazine's most influential teens. >> and is one of mtv's artists to watch. >> and he's about to go on tour with taylor swift. >> here he is performing a song off his album called "a little too much."

♪ ♪ she would not show he was afraid ♪ ♪ but being and feeling alone was too much to face ♪ ♪ though everyone said that she was strong ♪ ♪ what they didn't know is that she could barely carry on ♪ ♪ said that she knew she would be okay ♪ so she didn't let it get in her way ♪ ♪ sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪ ♪ but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up ♪ ♪ and you don't have to be afraid because we're all the same ♪ ♪ and we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪

♪ she would always tell herself she could do this ♪ ♪ she would use no help it would be just fine ♪ ♪ but when it got hard she would lose her focus ♪ ♪ so take my hand and we'll be all right ♪ ♪ said she knew she would be okay ♪ ♪ so she didn't let it get in her way ♪ ♪ sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪ ♪ but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up ♪ ♪ and you don't have to be afraid because we're all the same ♪ ♪ and we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪

♪ a little too much ♪ ♪ a little too much ♪ ♪ sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪ ♪ but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up ♪ ♪ and you don't have to be afraid because we're all the same ♪ ♪ and we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪ ♪ yeah sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪ ♪ but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up ♪ ♪ and you don't have to be afraid because we're all the the same ♪ ♪ and we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much ♪

>> that's shawn mendes. we're back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

. we have a big show tomorrow. former bachelor sean lowe will be with us. >> and jill martin will show you how to make money by selling some of your old stuff. >> and the 20-something new yorker who's a bridesmaid for hire. whatever. have a great "boozeday tuesday." see you for winesday wednesday!