news, weather and traffic on the nbc 10 app. >> "today" show starts right now. have a great day. thanks for watching. good morning. unprecedented event. donald trump and hillary clinton set to go head to head on the debate stage for the first time tonight. a record 100 million expected to tune in. for what will be an epic clash of politics and personalities. can trump prove he's fit for the job? can clinton show she's trustworthy? this morning the top aides from both camps weigh in. breaking overnight, evacuations under way in the midwest as rain swollen rivers spill over their banks. thousands of homes at risk. floodwaters set to rise even higher. and remembering the king. golf icon arnold palmer has died at the age of 87. a legend who brought the game to the masses with his go for broke

style and winning personality. a fan base so strong, they came to be known as arnie's army, and tributes are pouring in today, monday september 26th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on a monday morning. that was tough news to wake up to this morning, one of my not only golfing icons and idols but idols in general, arnold palmer dying. >> he did so much for the game and we are going to look back with a lot of affection in just a couple of minutes. >> we certainly will, but we want to get right to the state of the race, 43 days to go until the election as we said the stage is set for tonight's first presidential debate. hillary clinton and donald trump facing off over at hofstra university on long island, the moderator "nbc nightly news" anchor lester holt.

and the stakes could not be higher. look at this, brand new bloomberg politics poll just out this morning. here is what it shows, clinton and trump tied at 46% among likely voters nationwide. >> the audience expected to be massive, up to 100 million viewers might tune in. that will rival the super bowl, it would easily surpass the 80 million for the highest rated presidential debate ever, jimmy carter and ronald reagan's showdown back in 1980. we have every angle of the debate covered. we will talk to the campaign managers on both sides. let's begin with peter alexander at the debate site. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt and savannah. good morning to you. finally the first debate. in effect this is the job interview for these two candidates. the commission on presidential debates on sunday determining that hillary clinton will get the first question tonight. you can't overstate the importance of these debates. a third of voters tell nbc news that the debates will be very

important in determining who gets their support. tonight the showdown, what's likely to be the most watched presidential debate ever. with the candidates neck and neck in the polls both campaigns expressing confidence. >> when the lights are bright like they are now she brings the a plus game to the table. she's going to be very, very good tomorrow night. >> and he is like the babe ruth of debating, he shows up and swings and does a great job. >> for hillary clinton and donald trump differing pre debate strategy, trump less conventional, brainstorming with advisors, aides convinced he is best when he doesn't overprepare. >> he is being himself and that's what we all want. >> reporter: clinton's prep more structured including a realtime mock debate saturday night, 90 minutes without a break even starting at 9:00 p.m., playing trump felipe reinus a clat testify new yorker. both contenders studying their opponents' past debate performances. >> they know my record, they

know me, they know that i say what i believe and i will do it. >> we can't be the stupid country anymore. we are laughed at all over the world. >> reporter: during the day sunday the candidates taking a break from debate prep meeting separately with benjamin netanyahu, both pledging to defend israel's security. for trump his 12th but his first one-on-one. every word under the microscope and for good reason. "politico" finding both candidates prone to stretch the truth. over five days clinton made eight erroneous statements most of them when addressing her own mistakes, but over the same period trump who gave more speeches and interviews made 87 erroneous statements. trump in an interview sunday asked whether his controversial charitable foundation followed the law. >> well, i hope so. i mean, my lawyers do it. >> reporter: before taking the stage both sides already feuding over the audience.

outspoken trump critic billionaire mark cuban accepting an invitation from the clinton campaign, trump responding warning he might invite gennifer flowers who had an affair with governor bill clinton. the clinton camp pouncing. >> you saw his reaction which is to do his favorite sport, dive into the sewer and go for a swin. >> gennifer flowers will not be attending the debate tomorrow night. >> reporter: back live now in setting the scene we want to show you the stage. you can see the two podiums, they are matching. hillary clinton will be on the right, donald trump on the left. in fact, his is a little bit taller than hers to offset a 10 inch height differential between the two, there are seats for about a thousand audience members in this room. for all the critical things these two candidates have had to say about each other over the course of the last 18 or so months, they haven't said any of them face-to-face. in fact, aides on both sides

tell me they believe the last night that these two had any real interaction in person was 11 years ago at trump's wedding to melania. >> peter alexander, thank you. trump has never debated one-on-one while clinton is a seasoned debater. robby mook clinton's campaign manager joined us earlier this morning. we began by asking if he is feeling confident. >> well, first of all, even seasoned debaters are not used to debating donald trump. this is a different debate than we have ever had before. i don't see this so much as winning and losing, but more about how these candidates have an opportunity to present to the american people whether they are prepared to be president of the united states. all that we are asking from donald trump is that he stick with the facts, that he give clear plans and that he have a command of the issues. that's how we think that the candidates should be judged. that's how they've been judged in the past. what we don't want to have is some sort of double standard where donald trump can get the most improved award but hillary

clinton is getting judged on the fine points of policy. >> both of these candidates have proven that they can land a punch and the polls are very clear these are the two most unpopular candidates in presidential campaign history. so my question to you is hillary clinton thinking about tonight in terms of bringing trump down a notch or two again or do you feel like the work she needs to do is really about building herself up and addressing some of these deficits she has, for example, with trustworthiness. >> i'm glad you asked that question. because hillary recognizes she does need to earn the voters' trust. i think tonight is a great opportunity for her to do that. we want this to be about the issues, we want both candidates to explain their plans to the american people. we saw at the convention when hillary had the opportunity to talk about not just the things she's going to do but her long history, how this campaign is part of a longer mission to help kids and families, she does really well. we are looking forward to that. that's why we don't want donald trump's lies and distortions to be a distraction. we are hoping that those can get

checked so that hillary can focus her time on what she wants to do. >> what are her rules of engagement? what have you laid out in the debate prep in terms of getting personal and getting negative? we know that mr. trump has been willing to go there over the last year or year and a half. what are her rules of engagement? >> well, again, it just depends on what donald trump shows up to the debate and we just don't know that. that's where hillary is going to have to make calls minute by minute. >> is she willing to throw the first punch? >> her focus in in debate as i said is to prove to the american people she can make a real difference in their life, to talk about the things she wants to do as president. what i'm concerned about is donald trump has so far not presented real plans. he hasn't taken clear positions and he has run a very negative campaign. so -- and, look, donald trump is an experienced reality show entertainer so he may decide that this is a chance to show those chops. that's his choice. but we want hillary to have as much time as possible to talk about how she's going to make a

difference. >> robby mook, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> our conversation a bit earlier. let's turn to his counterpart with the trump pain kellyanne conway with us now. good morning on a long day for everybody involved. >> it's a fun day. >> you heard what robby mook just had to say. they are concerned that trump will be graded on a curve. people talk about how he benefits from low expectations. do you agree or do you think he's being underestimated tonight? >> robbie and i are living in parallel universes. donald trump has been criticized all weekend long. i think that the clinton campaign has clearly been talking to the media for a week now saying it's your job to make sure that donald trump is checked -- fact checked in realtime. i'm just surprised the campaign manager would try to lower expectations that dramatically for his own candidate. look, they know that campaign debates are not hillary clinton's sweet spot. yes, she is experienced at doing them but the experience hasn't necessarily been beneficial. i've been asking voters can you

name anything from a debate that you have seen from hillary clinton that moved you or that you remember and they can't. she's been in 34 of them. >> robbie has talked about their strategy will depend on which donald trump will show up tonight. it is the aggressor the guy who has been willing in the past to hurl insults or is it going to be the more drumpd, the reigned in candidate that we have seen on occasion, not that often, but on occasion. >> donald trump is his own person. he has been in business for many years, matt, and he will answer the question as they're asked. i mean, he has a right to defend himself. >> which do you think will work best in this debate? >> i don't see there are two versions of donald trump. he is not going to be robotic and scripted which hillary clinton is and that's a problem in debates like this. people want to see a future commander and chief and president of the united states who is nimble and resilient and can answer questions that haven't been preprogrammed in their head through all this

secretive debate prep and mock debates but somebody who can assess the situation, weigh the consequences and options and make a firm decision. that's why he's in the lead. that's why in your own commander in chief forum he got many more questions than secretary clinton got because her answers are so lengthy his are concise. >> they have plenty of time tonight. >> trump has shown and demonstrated a willingness to go there in terms of bill clinton's past inn if i had else, even dabbled in it with a tweet suggesting maybe i will invite gennifer flowers -- >> why did he do that, savannah? he did it because they invited mark cuban, which is fine, but then they tried to make it some sort of controversial invite. >> even -- okay. fine. they invited billionaire mark cuban, a political viral. >> who very recently supported donald trump. >> i guess my question is you are a pollster, you are somebody who appears to have his ear and is able to be persuasive to him, have you said, do you know, what don't go there?

it's not your best look. >> i won't discuss private conversations but i will tell you that we were just putting the clinton campaign on notice that if they want to detract from what this debate is meant to be which is a conversation between the two candidates that would be president, giving their policy prescriptions to the voters who expect and deserve in your own nbc polling they say the economy, terrorism, healthcare, corruption in government, education, all very important to them. and i do disagree with my colleague robby mook who i respect but i disagree when he says that donald trump hasn't put forth plans. he is at rallies every single day talking about policies and just the last month probably 15 different issues he has been out there talking about the issues. she's running these negative ads about him right now where she can take that ad money a quarter of a billion dollars being spent by her campaign and super pacs she could say here is my view on obama, here is my view on education, she's not. >> as he's about to amp up his spending are you going to tell me how that all those ads that he's about to pay for are going

to be position testify positive ads? >> they are going to be very positive policy ads where you see him interacting with folks and he puts forth what his policies are. his new child care tax credit policy. >> they are not going to be negative ads. >> he will counterpunch if he needs to but not to the extent she has. basically hillary clinton's entire campaign is an anti-trump screen. look at her ads and how they're spending her money. they promised to become more uplifting, aspirational and optimistic, we just haven't seen it. >> the battle is tonight. thanks for being here. >> we will have a lot more on what's ahead in a few moments. lester holt moderating, chuck todd will be there tonight for our coverage on nbc, starts at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pa. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> we have had some real flooding to talk about in iowa. let's show you. this is -- this is cedar falls, iowa and manchester. look at the flooding. just continues. the rivers overrunning their banks, the rain has stopped,

thankfully, but the flooding has not. and so sandbagging operations are in full swing. this is cedar rapids and you can see folks trying to stem the tide, but right now it is a losing battle, but hopefully the weather will cooperate. you can see clear skies right now in much of iowa, however, we do have this cold front pushing through. that's going to be bringing more heavy rain, stretching from the great lakes all the way down into the midsection of the country and moving into the northeast. the great lakes are going to stay wet around this upper level low, plus we may see another system develop along the coast in the midweek. we need the rain in the mid-atlantic states and the northeast. upwards of 4 inches possible by friday. we're going to get to your local forecast coming my mother passed 2003, but she always told me i don't care if you turn out to be a great athlete or whatever but, you need to make sure you get your college degree. sometimes i call the house, just to hear her voice. (phone ringing)

answering machine: hi, leave a message after the beep. (beep) hey mom, this is larry. i just want to let you know that uh, i fulfilled the promise that you held me to. love you. (beep) good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clear skies and a cool start this morning with low humidity. a really nice start to the day. we will warm into the 70s this afternoon. as the day geese on, you'll see more and more clouds for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. high clouds, rain doesn't arrive until late this evening and overnight tonight. partly so mostly sunny skies for new jersey, 74 in trenton. at the shore, mostly sunny skies and low 70s this afternoon. sunshine to start with in delaware, then clouds arrive during the afternoon. have a great day. and that's your latest weather. >> all ri >> all right, al. thank you very much. now to some sad news overnight. arnold palmer one of the most popular athletes of all time has

died. the golf legend credited with revolutionizing the game he loved on his way to becoming an icon. >> in his electric way charging golf once and for all of american sporting life. >> a less than classic swing, a charming personality and hollywood good looks, together they helped make arnold palmer golf's first superstar. palmer burst through black and white tv sets in the 1950s, his colorful personality and go for broke style helped change golf from a game of elites to one for the masses. to fans he was simply arnie and they were arnie's army. >> he made golf cool, he made golf attractive, he made it exciting. they were a perfect marriage. arnold palmer and television ushering golf into the mainstream. >> palmer paved the way for today's golfers like tiger woods who tweeted overnight, it's hard to imagine golf without you or

anyone more important to the game than the king. arnold palmer grew up in pennsylvania. in 1999 he told me his dad, a country club greenskeeper turned pro, taught him the game. >> i can see it right now. i mean, i can really see it and feel his hands, his hands were much the same as mine. and fairly strong. when he put my hands on the club the first time he looked at me just as i'm looking at you and he said, now, boy, that's the way you grip a golf club. just keep them there. >> that grip brought palmer 62 pga titles including seven pagers. >> arnold palmer an incredible putt. >> in 1960 his come from behind victory at the u.s. open over two other legends ben hogan and jack nicklaus still considered one of the greatest moments in sports history. overnight his long time friend nicklaus saying, around was someone who was a pioneer in his sport. he took the game from one level

to a higher level virtually by himself. >> his many contributions to sport and america. >> palmer also transcended golf, winning the presidential medal of freedom in 2004, comparing golf grips with then president george w. bush. later palmer became just as well known for his pursuits off the course. he popular rised a drink known as the arnold palmer, half tea, half lemonade, and he created a multi-million dollar business empire designing and building golf courses around the world. his iconic status going far, far beyond the game. >> arnold palmer had that it factor and it was combustible. he was a star. >> overnight president obama tweeted, here is to the king, who was as extraordinary on the links as he was generous to others. thanks for the memories, arnold. >> i thank god for the game of golf and what it has meant to me. >> thank god for arnold palmer. we are joined by bob costas of

nbc sports. good morning to you. >> hey, matt. hi, savannah. >> there was jones, there was hogan, snead, there were a lot of other great golfers, but he had impact maybe like none other. why? >> no, i think your obit said it all. i was just about to cite those same three guys, jones, hogan and snead who had preceded him, but he is the first golf superstar of the television era. and he had that magnetism that kelly referred to in the piece that almost burst through the television screen. and to a lot of people golf was kind of an elite country club sport whereas arnie was a man of the people. arnie's army was just regular people. you could still see those mannerisms hitching up the pants and going for broke. there was a little bit of kevin costner's roy mick a voi character in tin can you please in him. sometimes he would get himself in trouble by taking a daring shot but other times he would be

able to charge from behind. whether he won or lost, the army was always with him. he won seven majors as you mentioned, he might have won 10 or 11, he lost the u.s. open three times in playoffs. he won four masters but he lost another one on the last hole when he double bogied it and lost by a single stroke, but that only endeared him in an odd way to the people who followed him because he was that kind of guy who just went for it. >> bob, i mean, you quote the statistics, very impressive i might add, but it seems like his legacy is what he did for the game itself in terms of, as you mentioned, broadening the appeal and bringing it to the masses. >> no question about it. statistics cannot capture the essence of what some athletes are about. and arnold palmer falls into that category. it's the impact that he had and the time where he came along. a period of time in the late '50s and early '60s when

television was emerging and golf on television was becoming popular. he was the nickname was true, he was the king. eventually jack nicklaus overtook him by every statistical measure but arnie impact on golf was tremendous. i would also add this, i knew him but not well because i didn't cover that much golf, but every time i encountered him, not surprisingly, he was gentlemanly and gracious. i heard this story so many times, matt, from sports writers who grew up to be famous or others who maybe not so much, but i heard the same story independently over and over. i was a young sports writer somebody would say for the east hoboken gazette and i was the last person waiting in the locker room to interview him, waiting for hours and hours, and he was patient with me, he remembered my name, the next time he saw me he remembered my name, he had time for the biggest and the smallest and that's what i think endeared him to people. >> i think you're right, bob.

playing golf with him when he walked up a fairway with me and put his arm around my shoulder, that was it. you could check me out right there. i had made it. it was fantastic. bob, thanks for your memories. we appreciate it. >> thank you, matt. coming up, we will get back to politics and ask the question how much can one debate really swing an election? the high stakes riding on clinton and trump's showdown tonight. and on rossen reports are your kids lunches as healthy as they could be? are their back packs way too heavy? your guide to make sure the school year is a success, but first this is "today" on nbc. playing the new million in an instant gamethan with top prizes of a million bucks? winning. on the spot. (cheers) play million in an instant from the pennsylvania lottery. and you could win... on the spot! keep on scratchin'

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nbc 10 news starts now. good gomorning, i'm vai sikahema. no shortage of sunshine in the first full week of fall. let's get to meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> plenty of sunshine, it's been up for about half an hour. the temperatures are about at their coolest during the day. the sun is low in the sky. we're still losing more energy at this hour than gaining from it. 44 degrees in the suburbs. lehigh valley is 42. 49 degrees in delaware while it's 54 in philadelphia. some cool spots but it's going to be a quick warmup with sunshine this morning. exton is 45 degrees, 43 in elroy and bedminster is down to 42 degrees right now. looking for mid-70s with sunshine fading later today. vai? >> thank you, bill. let's get a check on the morning

commute with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter francesca ruscio. >> everyone is seeing sun glare. 295 at route 38, travel is in the green. not a whole lot of reports offer problems to make mention of. 95 avenue, cottman avenue, southbound delays from woodhaven to the vine, still stacked, delays of 35 minutes. first responders gather in wilmington to pay tribute to two firefighters who died in the line of duty. they lost their lives saturday when the floor of a burning row home collapsed. at 8:30 their bodies will be picked up at the state medical examiner's office and taken to their respective funeral homes. jack markell will meet with government leaders in chile to discuss import business for the port of wilmington.ç i'm vai sikahema, always get the latest news and weather at the nbc 10 app.

♪ 7:30 on this monday morning. it's a lovely fall day. feels like fall. great crowd on rockefeller plaza. arnold palmer one of the most popular athletes of all time has died, known as the king he helped bring the game of golf into the mainstream. he won more than 90 tournaments including seven majors during his career. palmer was 87 years old. and the baseball world is mourning the loss of josé fernandes a star pitcher for the miami marlins, the 24-year-old and two others were killed early sunday when their boat hit a jetty at high speed off miami beach. the marlins canceled their game on sunday while tributes and

moments of silence were held across the rest of the major leagues. and the big story of the morni morning, politics, all eyes on hofstra university on new york's long island, the first presidential debate between hillary clinton and donald trump gets under way. the candidates each took time on sunday to meet with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. today's campaign moment offers proof that no detail is too small. prince, the podiums the candidates will use, hillary clinton's is about 10 inches shorter than donald trump because of their size difference. wabc reporter rita cosby tweeting this up close photo showing the two podiums are very different sizes, the idea who help make the candidates look more proportional for tv viewers. what she had st else should you be looking out for? hallie jackson far that for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning from here at hofstra. here is the three things that you're going to want to watch

for tonight. first, for donald trump, can he persuade voters that he has the temperament to be commander in chief? that is one of his biggest negatives with the american people. so if he can prove that he can look presidential behind that podium, it could help him. as for hillary clinton, given that she has struggled when it comes to trustworthiness can she show that she is honest and likeable and third if hillary clinton skgt under trump's skin how about the notoriously unpredictable candidate react? >> this is a make or break night that could rival some of the biggest debate moments. remember nixon sweaty in 1960, then in 1988 there was that lloyd benson slam against dan quail, senator you are no jack den key and in 2000 al gore's sighing earned him condescending for seeming condescending. through it all a major night. tonight will be trump's 12th debate, his first one-on-one, it will be clinton's 39th, but

neither has experienced anything like this. an estimated 100 million people tuning in, two podiums, one night for the history books. >> hallie jackson, thanks. nicolle wallace is here with her take on the debate. good morning. >> good morning. >> i don't remember a build up for a debate like this ever, but we haven't seen a campaign like this ever. so before we get to what each has to do to come away with a win, what are the stakes on this one debate? >> they are enormous. and we've sat here morning after morning talking about the roller coaster ride that the whole country has been on this year. i mean, this is like that one where they start at the top and drop precipitously and leave their stomach up there. this is going to bring this race down to earth and crystallize in a lot of people's mind -- we talk about the choice but no one has ever seen the choice. this will be the two on the same stage being asked questions by the same person in the same moment. >> it seems like people are anticipating this epic showdown and everybody is itching for

this big fight. point of packet for both of these candidates neither comes in with a halo over hearn head. >> truer words. >> both have work to do in terms of making an affirmative case for themselves. do you think we will see that tonight? >> listen, i think there's so much talk about the knockout punch. these are punchers, these are fighters, they both prevailed in their primaries because they ultimately knocked out their opponent. no one questions their ability to deliver a slug above or below the belt, frankly, especially in donald trump's case. what they need to do is work on their own problems. for him that's this question of presidential nature, presidential temperament. he needs to show, i think, some remorse about some of the more outrageous statements and insults. for her it's not -- it's not that she needs to show that she can be trusted. i don't know how you even do that in 90 minutes. she needs to show that she can grow and address her own questions about whether or not she bristles when she's questioned, whether or not she can be more revealing, whether she can break down this notion

that she is always secretive. >> you've worked on campaigns in the past and been through debate prep. how nerve-racking this morning? >> i mean, people talk about election day being the day that you can't look at food. this is the single worst kind of day as a candidate or a staffer because you have zero control. you know, you've done all your preparation, you've -- you know, you've thought of every scenario. actually senator mccain debated then senator obama at hofstra, i spent the day, you know, going from avoiding reporters' calls, no offense, to, you know, feeling like we had done everything we could, but it really is -- it draws the sort of numbers that it draws because anything can happen. >> it's going to be the longest 14 hours in history between now and then. nicolle, thank you. as we mentioned you can watch the debate on nbc tonight. we will have a full crap up tomorrow including a full interview with tim cane.

let us turn to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> guys, we start here in the northeast with some really frosty temperatures, frost and freeze warnings, but you look out west where the jet stream is way up to the north and we've got high temperatures, low humidity, red flag warnings and heat advisories. san santa anna winds in the south, fire danger a bigs possibility for one day. look at how temperatures cool down, wednesday 71 in san francisco, fresno goes from good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clear skies and a cool start this morning with low humidity. a really nice start to the day. we will warm into the 70s this afternoon. as the day goes on, you'll see more and more clouds for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. high clouds, rain doesn't arrive until late this evening and overnight tonight. partly to mostly sunny skies for new jersey, 74 in trenton. at the shore, mostly sunny skies and low 70s this afternoon.

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information? what's your mom's phone number? >> i don't know. >> don't worry, it's the rossen reports back to school checklist. step right up, kids, come on up. >> and we're covering it all. first up, those big backpacks. >> more books in them causing more injuries, neck, back, shoulders, knees even. 14,000 injuries a year. that's almost 80 for every single school day. >> and experts say backpacks should be no more than 10 to 15% of your child's body weight. that means for a 50 pound kid that's no more than 7 1/2 pounds. but just look at these numbers. >> do you think this is heavy? >> yes. >> it feels heavy. let's weigh it. 16 pounds. your backpack weighs 16 pounds. >> my mom says i'm not -- i'm not supposed to carry it because it's too heavy. >> after kid. >> 19 pounds. does that feel heavy on you? >> yeah. >> most of them hauling around

too much weight. >> 20 pounds on your back. >> it's these textbooks, here is another textbook, two binders. hold on. another binder. >> do you have to take all this home with you every day? >> i just wanted to be prepared. >> it's always good to be prepared. maybe leave some of it at school then you don't have to walk around with as much on your back. >> all right. >> done. see you, buddy. one of the things weighing them down, their lunchbox. experts say what's in there could be hurting them, too. >> hi, guys. >> hi. i want you to grab your lunch boxes out of your backpacks and put them on this table for me. >> doctors say children should have less than 25 grams of added sugar per day. >> okay. so we've opened up all the lunch boxes here, we are not saying whose is whose. >> 24 grams of sugar. almost everything that you need in one meal. this one 19. this juice, 16 grams of sugar. this one lunchbox has more than 50 grams with all of this food

in it. >> that's double the entire day's intake in this lunchbox. >> exactly. >> did you see anything here you like. >> i did find a good one. i love this one. we have a burrito that's homemade, apples, peppers, we've got fruit and nuts, we have water and we even have a little treat. >> so there is a little piece of chocolate in there. >> a little bit. that's fine. >> kids want snacks. >> i want a snack, too. >> just don't break the bank on sugar. >> exactly. >> the biggest lesson of the day, something kids could need walking to to and from school, their parents' emergency contact information. we found a kid who do know it. >> what's your home phone number? >> 301- >> is she right, mom. >> she's right. >> nailed it. nice job. >> but most don't. >> what's your home phone number? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? that's okay. mom will remind you later, okay? >> what's your home address? >> i don't know. >> do you know mommy's phone number? >> i don't know. >> for all of us parents an

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nbc 10 news starts now. good morning, i'm vai sikahema. we're about four minutes before 8:00. let's get our first alert neighborhood forecast with meteorologist bill henley. good morning, bill. >> good morning, vai. a beautiful start, lots of sunshine. still cool outside. 50s in the city, 40s for the suburbs and the lehigh valley. and with sunshine over frawley stadium in delaware, the temperatures have started to warm up. 59 degrees at 9:00. the forecast is for 71 degrees at noontime today. clouds will be increasing later this afternoon. enjoy the sunshine this morning. eventually those clouds will give us showers, those won't come until tonight. vai? >> thank çyou, bill. let's get a check on traffic with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter francesca ruscio. looks like 95 is really heating up. >> absolutely. 95 around bridge street, exit . 27. you're seeing the result of a lot of delays. traveling from wood haven to the

vine, it's going to be about 34 minutes. major backups on 95 this morning. we're watching an accident in greater philadelphia. more on this when i come back. >> see you then. happening today in montgomery county, the horsham council meets to take the next step to a deal with contaminated water. tonight's public meeting at the community center is expected to draw a big crowd. the council along with water and sewer authority will update people on the progress of the short-term cleanup plan and they may discuss a long-term plan as well. tests have found water in the area is contaminated with chemicals from nearby military bases. in delaware county, concerns over a gas pipeline will be the focus of tonight's middletown township council meeting. the council will vote on whether to allow sunoco logistics to lay pipe on partials of land. it's the final step they need to run the pipe all the way across the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i'm vai sikahema. now back to the "today" show. have a great day. see you at the bottom the hour.

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coming up, the stage is set. donald trump and hillary clinton get ready to face off in the most highly anticipated presidential debate in decades. the candidates neck and neck in the polls. so what will each need to do? we're live at the debate site. plus, royal road trip. >> thank you for welcoming us so warmly. >> prince william, kate and their kids head north of the border as their trip to canada makes headlines around the world. and is it a boy or a girl? >> i think savannah is having a boy. >> a bouncing baby boy. >> a little girl. >> i think savannah is having

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2016. we have an enormous pre debate crowd out on the plaza. >> i know. this crowd is crazy. i love that. >> we have who will tide people behind us here. alabama fans. coming up her voice it as recognizable as she is, the great kristin chenoweth is here for a special live performance. >> first we have to get to a check of the mornings top stories including the big debate tonight. so it's time for the news at 8:00. and this is andrea mitchell at hofstra university where donald trump and hillary clinton are facing off tonight for the biggest debate of their lives. donald trump and hillary clinton after months of sparring from afar, but training for the heavyweight political bout in strikingly different ways, aside from both meeting separately with prime minister netanyahu

trump the outsider and political novice is huddling with advisors, getting help from long time friend roger ailes, holding freewheeling sessions with chris christie and rudy guiliani. >> he's being himself and that's exactly what we all want. >> reporter: trump's game plan to take clinton on over her family's foundation, iraq, syria and benghazi and those e-mails. >> hillary clinton's casual relationship with the truth is well known to americans. >> reporter: while trump appeared at several rallies in recent days, clinton has spent several days huddled in a nearby hotel holding mock debates, she even held a realtime dress rehearsal saturday night. 90 minutes without a break. playing trump, clinton's long time former aid philippe reines, a scrapper new yorker. clinton's game plan to challenge trump on his business deals and praise for vladimir putin. >> you are going to see the need to answer some unanswered questions about those ties,

whether it's the ties to russia or unanswered questions about tax returns. >> reporter: but also hoping to answer voters' concerns about her honesty and likability. >> hillary has recognized she has a lot of work to do to earn people's trust. >> reporter: both sides engaging in pre debate mind games, like clinton inviting trump viral mark cuban to sit in the front row, and trump upping the ante tweeting he might invite gennifer flowers. >> you saw his reaction which is to do his favorite sport which is to dive in the sewer and go for a swim. >> reporter: mike pence says that won't happen. >> she is trying to distract attraction, her campaign trying to play games with front row seats and donald trump is not about that. >> reporter: explosive issues tonight are likely to include gender and race. donald trump's latest comments about the birther controversy and of course the clinton e-mails. back to you. >> thank you very much. a little something for everyone tonight. you can watch it right here on

nbc live, lester holt will moderate. that's tonight, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time. and now to the ongoing protests in charlotte, north carolina, over that deadly police shooting. overnight the mayor lifted an emergency curfew that was put in place after last week's incident, but emotions are still running high following the weekend release of videos of that shooting. nbc's gabe gutierrez has been on this story from the start. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. there were a few peaceful protests overnight but now charlotte is now trying to get back to normal after its most difficult week in recent memory. this after police released new videos over the weekend but the question still remains, was keith scott holding a gun? this morning fewer protesters but the outrage remains high in charlotte after the police shooting death of keith lamont scott. >> don't matter what color your skin is they cannot do this to people. >> reporter: earlier under a

massive police presence off the field demonstrators kneeling during the national anthem at the carolina panthers home game sunday, star quarterback cam newton wearing a martin luther king t-shirt during warm ups. charlotte still under a state of emergency as the community picks apart three videos of the shooting. >> don't do it. >> reporter: in this police dash cam footage two officers can be seen with guns pointed at scott who is inside the white suv. body camera video shows a universitied police officer trying to use his baton to break the passenger window. scott gets out, back back wards hands at his side, four shots ring out. police say they were looking for another man when scott parked next to them, rolled marijuana into a blunt and held up a gun. investigators say they found scott's dna and fingerprints on a loaded weapon at the scene, he was also wearing this ankle holster, a freeze frame appears to show what could be a holster.

>> based on the totality of what we see he absolutely was in possession of a handgun. >> he has no weapon. don't shoot him. >> reporter: none of the roaredings show scott pointing a weapon at officers. >> we are left with far more questions than we have answers. >> reporter: this morning lawyers for scott's family say the videos are inconclusive and no matter how long scott took to get out of that car they say he did not deserve to die. savannah. >> gabe gutierrez in charlotte, thank you. coming up, we're going to talk about a big debate sparked by president obama. and then 25 years later we have a baby from one of the most iconic album covers is today. coming up on "today" william and kate are in [ "on the road again," by willie nelson ] ♪ on the road again [ rear alert sounds ] [ music stops ] ♪ just can't wait to get on the road again ♪ [ front assist sounds ] [ music stops ] [ girl laughs ] ♪ on the road again ♪ like a band of gypsies we go down the highway ♪ [ beetle horn honks ]

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we're back. this is a first of the duke and duchess of cambridge, their first trip overseas as a family of four. >> they arrived in canada and are quickly taking that country by storm. keir simmons is in vancouver. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. one of the focuses of this trip is young people and particularly importantly the mental health challenges many of them face in this tough, tough world, but one of the focuses, too, for the duke and duchess of cambridge

are two young people. last time they came here they were newly married, the prime minister of canada telling them it's one thing to fly when you are on your own, it's quite another thing as every parent knows to fly with young children. a rare glimpse of prince william, kate and their children together. kate carrying princess charlotte now 16 months and apparently teething while three-year-old prince george walking from the plane. the duke and duchess usually shield their children from public occasions and it had been a long flight. canada's prime minister failing to get a high-five. william encouraging his son, only mom managing to get a smile. >> catherine, george, charlotte and i are very pleased to be here. thank you for welcoming us so warmly. >> reporter: the family suffering unwanted publicity back home, a man arrested in the uk after reports that kate's sister pippa's i cloud was hacked, her photos stolen.

even royal phone numbers could be compromised reports say. kate carrying on, flying to vancouver, this time without the children. kate reportedly says george and charlotte were super excited about flying here to canada. i guess they figured the kids weren't quite ready. william promising to pass on a gift. >> he will love this. >> reporter: while simply meeting a princess an exciting moment for one little girl. >> she smells so good. >> reporter: and how did she smell? >> like flowers. >> reporter: later the couple met vulnerable parents in the city's downtown east side. >> it's a huge burden. >> reporter: this year they launched a charity helping young people with mental health issues. >> your children are amazing. >> reporter: duke and duchess connecting with canadians including the country's young prime minister and his wife. two glamorous couples sharing

the stage, though the royal children stole the show. and today they head to the rain forest, guys, the weather is unpredictable, it may be a difficult trip so hopefully they're getting well needed rest but being parents of course the other possibility is that charlotte has been up for hours and george is running around like a three-year-old does. >> three-year-old with jet lag. keir, thank you very much. no you to other stories that are trending today. what may be president obama's most controversial position yet. he was on cnn last night on anthony bourdain's show who asked him a question and it seemed like the president knew what he was getting into, he said that was fraught with peril. >> is catch up on a hotdog ever acceptable. >> no. i mean that. that's one of those things -- let me put this this way, it's not acceptable past the age of eight. >> my daughter is eight and she put ketchup on eggs the other day and i didn't know what good parenting called for at this point. >> an intervention.

i think you've just got to say, do you know what, that's not acceptable. i'm sorry. >> okay. if that isn't a man not running for reelection i don't know what it is. how do you dis ketchup. >> a guy who knows his hotdogs. >> oh, no. no. i consider the hotdog a vehicle for ketchup. >> i'm with you. >> this might be the greatest platform. >> the eggs i get. >> it should be golden spicy brown mustard. >> do you want a little? >> you pour ketchup like you pour your wine, heavy. >> ketchup seems like -- this is a hotdog. >> no. >> that is a mistake. >> all right. i mean, really you can't go wrong. >> this is a cold hotdog. >> then i'm going to save my calories. >> here is a problem -- >> you have a hotdog in your mouth. >> should have rethought this one. >> i'm back. let's talk about a photo being shared all over social media at a campaign event in orlando

hillary clinton greeted the crowd with a wave. she was met with a telling sign of the times. >> wow. >> rather than receiving waves in return she saw a large crowd with her backs turned towards her because they are all trying to take a selfie. one user put together then and now photos showing the difference a decade makes. ten years ago before the age of selfies mrs. clinton was greeted with actual faces and hand shakes. now she sees nothing but what we would say around here elbows and you know whats. the smart phones on and the back of people's heads. >> sometimes we go by and we are like, hi. >> you saw when the pope was here, they took their eyes off a lens you could see the pope in front of you. >> that's right. remember when the pope was walking down the church aisle and i spilled a tick tack. >> anyway, it's not christmas,

not a holiday but many students getting a pretty nice gift and it comes in the form of three words, good-bye to homework. this morning the "associated press" is taking a look at what is apparently a growing trend of schools banning homework. educators are saying they want to leave kids with more time to play, read and sleep. one principal said they are just kids, they are pretty young and they just put in a full day shift at work so we don't believe in adding more to their day. we also feel we are squashing their other passions and interest in learning. opponents do say homework is good, it reinforces what kids learn during the day. >> i think reading when you read at night i think that's a good thing. i'm for the rest of it. >> i think a little homework. >> moderation. >> we remember being able to do your homework and still have time to go out and play. >> doing about an hour. they're giving kids three, four hours of homework a night. pop start. >> we're going to start with a music milestone. this is the 25th anniversary of never mind, the ground breaking

album from nirvana, it gave us classic grunge sounds. another iconic part of that album was the cover. that baby is all grown-up, his name is spencer, he's 25 and just recreated the photo on the anniversary. spencer telling the new york post he wanted to do the reshoot naked but the photographer thought it would be weird so he wore his trunks. amy schumer was at the mets game and when she he had e. ended up on the kiss cam she made sure to cover her bases. she gives her dad a nice kiss on the cheek and then goes for it with her boyfriend ben. she said she always wanted to be on that kiss cam so she made the most of it. she shared this photo showing herself enjoining the game. >> nice. finally ellen degeneres looks like she might be back to her old tricks. >> henry was here and he did readings for myself and for

porsche and he did readings for a lot of big celebrities, he did matt lauer and this was what happened on the "today" show. >> i don't understand the process to be perfectly honest with you. >> that's okay. i will explain t i found in this practice that sometimes holding on to an object you will actually make a stronger connection with a particular person. let's see what this is. this is actually -- >> it's phenomenal to me. i spent a lot of time doing that. >> i feel like i have to explain this. that's a real thing it's called a shiny heinie, a natural product. >> clean downstairs. >> exactly. you know. you must like shiny heinie. >> that's a shiny heinie. i never even heard of that. >> that's not to detract what what's happening. >> yes, matt lauer. >> that's your pop start. good luck. >> i said bud light.

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see more and more clouds for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. high clouds. rain doesn't arrive until late this evening and overnight tonight. partly to mostly sunny skies for new jersey, 74 in trenton. at the shore, mostly sunny skies and the low 70s this afternoon. sunshine to start with in delaware and then clouds arrive during the afternoon. have a great day. and that's your latest late weather. matt. >> all right, al, thank you very much. fitness trackers are more popular an ever. there is a whole new use for this wearable technology. nbc's joe lin katz is here. >> we track our sleep, heart rate, steps and now silicon valley taking on another major task, helping women get pregnant. from counting steps and staircases to heart rates and calories, wearable tech is on the wrists of nearly 40 million americans and now that tech is entering the bedroom to help women get pregnant. a new device making waves is ava, a smart band worn on the wrist to track when a woman's

body has the best shot at making a baby. >> how does it work? >> it's actually really easy, you just wear it during the night, put it on before you go to sleep and wearing it during your sleep and in the morning you look at your phone. we are so used to technology everywhere around us, can call a cab and track your steps but we want to apply this in a meaningful area. >> it is fda regulated and tracks nine physiological factors including body temperature and pulse. doctors monitored 41 women who wore the bracelet as they slept and say they were able to identify a woman's fer tile days with nearly 90% accuracy. 34-year-old lauren is an early user of the device and companion app. she and her husband andrew hope to have a little one soon. >> we try and do all these things right. it makes me feel a little bit more empowered and a little bit more in control of this process. >> 20% of women in the united states now have their first child after the age of 35 and of

those couples having children later, about one-third have fertility problems. popular apps like glow, ovia and clue track ovulation, another new device called know when uses a saliva test to track a woman's most fer tile days. >> some doctors warn a fertility wearable to be a spontaneity killer and put more pressure on couples. >> whether or not you are using an app or some sort of technology when you're trying to conceive you are obsessed. it's all you think about. whether you want to empower yourself with knowledge of your body is your individual choice. for me i want to know. >> reporter: but ava still new and the results are limited. >> what's exciting about ava is it will actually allow a predictive opportunity to let a woman know that the next few days will be your more fer tile days. it may not necessarily contribute an advantage aside from the fact that it's

noninvasive. >> she believes the data is for more than just conceiving. >> i think understanding your body is beneficial in this process. i think that's really good for the woman and i think it's also good for the couple. so hopefully it happens soon. >> i love you. >> fingers crossed. >> yeah, fingers crossed. >> now, the ava fertility bracelet is about $200 but there's concern about the security of all that data. what happens to it, the companies we've talked to say they're working overtime to protect that data but we know nothing is ever fully secure. so be aware of that if you get one of these. >> especially now. >> it could be a real convenience for a lot of women. >> definitely. the more you know, i guess. >> thank you very much. just ahead, a tasty way to save some money. alton brown kicks off "today" food discount dinners, that's right after these messages, your local news and a look at your local forecast.

good morning, i'm vai sikahema. it is just about 8:30, let's get right to you first-alert forecast with bill henley. good morning, bill. good morning. it's nice and chilly this morning. we are looking at the upper 50s. 48 in the king of prussia area. by 2:00, we'll be warmer with mostly cloudy skies. the clouds increasing ahead of showers due in tonight. before the showers get here, we'll warm into the 70s this afternoon. typical for autumn. vai? bill, thank you. right now first responders are gathering in wilmington to salute two firefighters who die in the line of duty. we'll give you a life look outside the state medical examiner's office where the

bodies of the two fallen heroes will be picked up and taken to their respective homes. you can see the first responders there, police and firefighters. they are officers making their way to the procession. lieutenant christopher leach and senior firefighter jerry pickes lost their lives in the midst of a collapse. four other firefighters were hurt. they are looking for the cause of the fire. we'll bring you the live picture and bring you the update as we get it. i'm vai sikahema. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. of course, you can get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. we'll send it back to the "today" show. have a great day. we'll see you at the top of the hour. ♪

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8:30 now. we have a great morning out here on our plaza. charlie has joined. always good to have him out here. good morning, everybody. >> coming up, we love it when kristin chenoweth stops by, we will talk to her about her broadway show, new album and she will perform live for us in the studio. and then we have celebrity chef alton brown here, he is

busy whipping up a cheap dinner for your week knight schedule. and then how to guess a baby's gender. what a woman eats, how she's carrying, we will put them to the test and then the big reveal, savannah will tell us if she's having a boy or a girl. >> the best way to test the theory is try to out. first let's get a check of the weather. >> i have to show this picture of matt. this is spectacular. just fill in the caption. >> what had you said to me right before that picture was taken. >> i didn't say anything, but you said, what was i thinking? >> that makes sense. >> all right. let's show you what you've got for your weather coming up for the week ahead. it's going to start off a stormy week in the eastern half of the u.s. with plenty of sunshine through the plains, then as we get toward the latter of the part of the week much needed heavy rain on the mid-atlantic states into the northeast, stays sunny out west, finally cools

down. toward the end of the week we have more rain. temperaturewise much above normal temperatures out west, cooler than normal down around texas and the great lakes, continues that way toward the mid part of the week, the heat continues out west and then by the latter part of the week cooler in the northeast, mid-atlantic states above normal through the good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. clear skies and a cool start this morning with low humidity. a really nice start to the day. we'll warm into the 70s this afternoon, but as the day goes on, you'll see more and more clouds for philadelphia and the lehigh valley, high clouds. rain doesn't arrive until late this evening until overnight tonight. partly sunny skies for new jersey, 74 in trenton. low 70s this afternoon. sunshine to start with in delaware. then clouds arrive during the afternoon. have a great day. charlie having some fome fuh some friends over here. and don't forget anytime you

need that weather you go to the weather channel on cable and check out your forecast. m this is world ftp awareness week, that is a serious form of dementia affecting people in the middle-aged area. don knew house lost his wife suzy to that disease, his brother sy was recently diagnosed with ftd as well and don is here along with dr. red huey assistant professor of psychology and neurology at columbia university. good morning. >> good morning. >> your wife, i believe, was diagnosed in 2003, is that correct. >> that's correct. >> she passed away last year, what were the symptoms she was dealing with at the time of her diagnosis? >> at the time of her diagnosis she was having language problems. she had trouble understanding speech and she had trouble speaking. >> and then over the decade, the next 10 or 12 years, what was the decline like? >> she lost her ability to speak

completely and she could not understand speech. she also had behavioral problems, she became aggressive and finally she lost the ability to care for herself and she was wheel bound -- wheelchair bound. >> doctor, i think a lot of people have heard of alzheimer's disease, but much fewer or many fewer have heard of ftd. what are the similarities and what are the differences? >> they are both similar in the sense that they are dementing disorders, disorders that progressively affect thinking and behavior, but they are different in two very important ways, one is that while alzheimer's disease is a disease of the elderly, the older you get the higher your risk of getting it, frontal temporal dementia is a disease of middle age, the peak age is between 45 and 65. another important difference between the two is that in alzheimer's disease it is a disease of memory, ftd their

memories are usually pretty good, it manifests as changes in language as mr. new house said or behavioral or moat or changes. >> where do we stand research-wise in terms of finding a possible cure because there no cure at the moment. >> well, it's an exciting time. we don't at the moments have any treatments, but we have a wonderful patient organization aftd which was partnered with individuals like mr. newhouse and government organizations to fund a research plan to develop treatments. one thing that all of us very much want to advance is awareness around part of the reason for that is that it is frequently misdiagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or alzheimer's disease. the reason for that is people don't think of dementia affecting younger people and they think dementia equals memory which is not always the case. >> i mentioned your brother sy has been diagnosed how is he doing? >> he's doing very badly.

he has lost most ability to people and understand speech and he also has motion problems. he needs either a wheelchair or walker and somebody to help him walk. >> i'm sorry to hear that. i know you're doing an awful lot to raise money and awareness and we appreciate that. >> we are doing that. >> thank you both. >> thank you. >> for more information on ftd go to our website today.com. still ahead we're revealing the gender of savannah's baby, but first this is "today" on nbc. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios, this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in, i know it's in, it's in but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that's going to let me see what you're seeing.

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tell me about the book. >> the book is a culinary self portrait. it is the every day food that i cook every day for -- if you were to come to my house and have breakfast, lunch and dinner this is what you would be having. >> we're doing a chicken pick cat at that recipe. >> it's a well-known dish, it is pounded out chicken or veal with a -- finished with a sauce with lemon juice and capers but i make mine cheaper and i use chicken thighs instead. they are the perfect thing for this dish because actually they provide a lot more flavor and they stand up to pounding a lot more than chicken breast. nobody actually likes chicken breast, that's my theory. >> we do it because we think it's leaner, that's why we pick chicken breast. >> the difference between the breast and thigh is actually not that much and in the end once the dish is put together there is a lot more satisfaction here, but the big thing is in order to build the sauce properly you have to have flour embedded into the timmen so i put my inside of

a freezer bag and pound it. this is a part of what picata is about. that's go to tend rise the chicken, give more surface area for browning and embed it with flour which is going to build the sauce. >> is that a boneless thigh? >> i bone mine myself. when it comes time to do the cooking a little oil in a very hot pan and a little butter. a lot of people think that the oil will keep the butter from burning, that's not really true, it's more about flavor and about not having as much of the milk solids from the butter. to brown this kind of thing you really want to keep the pan constantly moving. i usually do this in bunches, three pieces at a time, you keep it moving over high heat. americans are afraid of cooking with high heat but it develops a lot of flavor. after 90 seconds you flip them and they end up looking like this. since this is television we are going to magically cover that up

and pretend that it never happened. what we end up with is the ground thighs, take those out, same pan, add eight ounces of mushrooms, three tablespoons of capers. >> i love capers. >> pickled flower bud from a mediterranean plant. once those are browns the chicken goes back in. >> can i show our tasters down stairs. we have a discerning palate. >> hoda asked for ketchup. >> that's fine if you buy the book. >> i don't want ketchup for this. the lemon is perfect. >> this is important, this is a braised dish which is like a stew, we need to tender rise and build a sauce. i have chicken broth with white wine. that is going to work with the flour that was already on the chicken to make a sauce, about seven minutes later this is what we've got. >> it's beautiful. >> we have -- it's very rich. >> and you do get kind of a creamy looking sauce.

>> you can finish that with butter if you wanted to but i don't. number one, i think that this is enough sauce. to me sauce that's on the plate at the end of the day is not worth anything. i like it to be right on top of the meat and clinging to it. >> i love it. >> this is what we end up with, that can be served on rice or pasta or nothing at all to be really honest. hit it with a little parsley and that looks like a dinner party for 4 bucks. >> it really does. alton brown, thank you so much. >> you should eat some. use the big fork. >> and i will mention all the reese piece are on today.com. i have to get some shrooms in there. >> mushrooms are really cheap and add a meaty flavor so i can actually cut back on the chicken, add more mushrooms and you get that umami that savory flavor. you are pregnant, you will eat anything. >> that's not true. >> they told me you were like eating these twingees out in the hall. does the baby really need that?

>> you're coming back next hour. >> i am going to make another dish which is going to be my chicken parm shawn meet balls. can you really guess by looking at someone boy or a girl? >> boy. >> we will test out that theory and a lot more and i will go ahead and tell you what i'm having but first this is "today" on nbc. this is amazing.

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all right. we're back. it's 8:45 with expecting "today." this morning the question lots of people have been asking since i revealed. >> one last look. >> baby number two is on the way. take a look. >> back in june i made a big announcement. >> are you pregnant? >> well, yeah, i am pregnant. >> but what's the gender of the baby? everybody has a theory. >> you're definitely having a boy because you look beautiful and girls steal your beauty when you're pregnant. >> i've heard the more sick you are the more likely it's a boy

so i think it's a girl, then. >> i think savannah is having a boy because i desperately want to teach him how to play golf and her husband doesn't play golf. >> i think savannah is having a -- because she told me. >> i have about a 100% track record in guessing the gender of "today" show babies of my co-hosts. so i think savannah is having a bouncing baby boy. >> savannah is having a boy. >> savannah is going to have a little girl. >> boy. >> oh. >> she's carrying is differently. >> she does look different. >> she's been watching football and head butting people. >> i will just go with another girl just to be different. we'll see. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> never mind the super stigs what about the science. >> we asked dr. natalie azar. >> if you crave sweets it's a girl. >> no. if you're more nauseous it's a boy. >> no. >> if you sleep on your left side you're having a boy. >> no. >> what about carrying high, carrying low. >> also no. >> what about carrying straight

out front as opposed to wide? >> no. >> still even she couldn't resist. >> that leaves me to my next question, what do you think i'm having? >> i think you're having a boy? in the end we crowd sourced it. >> who thinks i'm having a girl? >> okay. and who thinks i'm having a boy? >> wow. okay. sounds like i'm having a boy. >> what is it? >> so in my hands i have a blue shake and a pink shake. >> okay. >> would you like to do the honors? >> okay. you guys, i didn't really want to make a big deal of this or anything about what it was going to be, but -- oh, my gosh, what is that? >> it's a boy! >> yes. [ applause ]

>> we popped for a plane? that's pretty good. >> we're having a boy. >> the masses were right. >> i know they said there is no science to it -- >> congratulations. >> thanks. >> i have to say to matt excellent secret keeping. >> thank you. >> we are so excited. >> what's his name? >> i'm not telling that. that i'm definitely not telling. >> since everybody would have an opinion. >> that's right. you have to keep it to yourself. we are so excited. >> do we take the pink shoe off there. >> eat the pink shoe. >> what did mike say about a boy? >> he is so excited. he's like, let me talk to my son. he is like, attention, son, you know -- >> it's so exciting. we feel beyond blessed to get to have a baby and to get to have a boy and a girl. >> did you explain it. >> she says baby brother. that was one of the reasons we found out this time. i thought it's already enough

upheaval for a little girl to have to have a new baby, we have to tell you what kind of baby. so baby brother is on his way. >> if you would be to kind as to consider having one more boy we would have a four-some. >> hotel uterus is closed. >> that's making news. >> why don't you just write the headline for the post. >> coming up next a live performance from emmy and tony winner kristin chenoweth. but first this is "today." c'mon in, pop pop! happy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. brilinta reduced the chance of another heart attack. or dying from one. it worked better than plavix.

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i think this is because this is some of the music that i cut my teeth on. in oklahoma we had dolly par ton and randy travis but my parents were playing count basy and gershwin and coal porter. now in my 40s singing it feels different than in my 20s. >> i think when you watch her sing you're always emotional but these in particular seem to strike a chord with you like no other before. >> we sing because we can't speak it anymore is what i always tell my young students. that's truth and i'm singing because i've lived, you know, i've lived and that's a good thing. >> and you have a new show my love letter to broadway. >> it's going to be on broadway in november so everybody should come. it's just me. and maybe the baby. >> exactly. >> but my uterus is open. that's the line of the day. >> what are you going to say for us. >> i'm going to sing one of my

favorites "smile." >> kristin chenoweth. ♪ smile though your heart is aching ♪ ♪ smile even though it's breaking ♪ ♪ when there are clouds in the sky you'll get by ♪ ♪ if you smile through your tears and sorrow ♪ ♪ smile and maybe tomorrow ♪ you'll see the sun come shining through ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ light up your face with

gladness ♪ ♪ hide every trace of sadness ♪ although a tear may be ever so near ♪ ♪ that's the time you must keep on trying ♪ ♪ smile, what's the use in crying ♪ ♪ you'll find that life still worthwhile ♪ ♪ if you just smile ♪ ♪

♪ light up your face with gladness ♪ ♪ hide every trace of sadness ♪ although a tear may be ever so near ♪ ♪ that's the time you must keep on trying ♪ ♪ smile, what's the use in crying ♪ ♪ you'll find that life still worthwhile if you just smile ♪ [ applause ] >> oh, my gosh. we are a ball of mush over here. you should have seen the lovy eyes we're taking to kristin.

>> have a blessed day today. >> better time. enjoy. and, again, the album is "the art of elegance." we're back after these messages, your local news and weather. gorpgod morning, i'm tracy davidson. let's get the morning forecast with bill henley. >> a blue sky with a few fair weather clouds. we'll see a lot of sunshine this morning. and temperatures are starting to warm up. we'll wind up in the 70s this afternoon. it's just in the low 60s in philadelphia. still 50s for the lehigh valley and the suburbs. delaware at 57 degrees. there were temperatures that

were in the 40s for this morning, we still have a few of them. and chestnut hill in the upper 40s at this hour. 70s with clouds building later today. rain holds off until later tonight. tracy? all right, bill. on the roads there's a multi-vehicle accident in hatfield. let's get the latest on that with the first-alert traffic reporter with francesca ruscio. >> what we know about this accident, not one, not two but five vehicles. we have been watching this accident for the earliest of the morning hours. and so far it's still piling up on 76 this morning. this is near montgomery drive. we are working through delays as well as sun glare. tracy? happening right now, skyforce 10 is live in wilmington where first responders are finding two firefighters who die in the line of duty. they are leaving the medical

examiner's office and being taken to funeral homes. christopher leach and gary rickes died. this morning the fire chief tweeted thfour others are in critical condition. both candidates are died at 46% nationally in a two-way race heading into the first debate. nbc 10 is your news headquarters with special coverage beginning at 4:00 this afternoon.

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this morning on "today's" take kate mckinnon brings the laughs to the big screen in mastermind. and then bad santa is coming to town. plus chicken parm balls with alton brown. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, in the "today's" take, with al roker, tamron hall and billy bush. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza into welcome to "today" on this monday morning, september 26th, 2016. billy bush, al, tamron and away we go. i think we were trending about 75% to 25% in favor of the boy.

savannah guthrie announced boy. you thought girl. how did you know? >> i just did. >> you have a great track record with picking. >> the ladies on the show i have 100%. >> do you look at the position of the tummy? >> just comes to me. >> i don't think any of that works. >> with deborah everybody said she was having a boy and i said girl. >> were you surprised? >> no. >> not at all. >> the flying of it's a boy. >> that was impressive. >> it was supposed to happen last week but they had to shut down the air space because of the u.n. so we pushed it to this week. now the whole city knows. >> she is not revealing the name. smart to do so. >> no good can come of that. >> congratulations to savannah. tamron hosting the global citizens festival over the weekend, rihanna, metallica, kendrick lamar. >> laila was there.

i host it had with our buddy willie geist, we hung out all night long. >> how long was it? >> our call time was when talk shows get there. >> deep. >> 1:00, i didn't leave until i was 11:00. i was hosted a birthday birthday the night before and the guests didn't leave until 4:00 a.m. >> leelah texted me and said, dad, there are so many old people here. >> oh. >> and i said, why? she said this group metallica, there are so many old people. >> laila was my favorite not of your children but one of my favorites. i love courtney because she feeds me. let me tell you something, metallica, i was ready to put my leather jacket on. i never felt so emotionally expected to hard rock in my life. >> why? >> this he killed it. when you are file the vibration of guitar going through your soul.

i can appreciate any kind of music and i'm a sucker for a rock star but i was -- oh, i was like shredding. you should have seen me. >> wow. >> i know, my hair -- >> they haven't lost their edge. i saw guns and roses at coachella and i was like, okay. >> they all look like they pump iron and kendrick lamar of all of the acts -- and rihanna was incredible. he had the crowd on their feet. it was amazing. global citizens festival is to bring awareness to extreme poverty throughout the world making our world leaders commit to campaigns, action, to eradicate diseases. you know, help girls who are the victims of violence around the world. while it's a fun time it is of course a remarkable opportunity to partner with nbc and msnbc. thank you for showing up for the old people's night at central park, laila. >> i went over the weekend i spoke in sioux city, iowa, for

catholic schools there and then the next morning got up sunday, yesterday morning, got up early to fly home. i flew through chicago. i had this view off the side of the plane that was just un -- do we have that video? >> i think we have -- take a look at this. >> that's your video from an iphone? >> that's my video from an iphone. >> beautiful. >> flying into chicago. it was like the sky was on fire. it was unbelievable. >> what was causing this? >> it's just the sunrise. >> oh. i was like what is causing this? >> almost like nothing to interrupt the drank quilt of that moment. >> except then i landed in o'hair and i run into my nemesis. >> you have a nemesis. >> mike tirrico, he was on his way to do sunday night football night in america. >> twins. >> and i hear this voice. al. al. would not be denied. >> but i knew once i got home i would be welcomed into the boss some of my family and we made a

dinner together. >> i saw that. >> we made sunday night dinner. nicki helped me crush the captain church for this captain church seared tuna, lee lay sautéed the eggplant, deborah made the salad and i finished it off with the kale and that was dinner at our house. the taste of tirrico has been removed. >> the sweetness of family life. >> by the way, you are a control freak in the kitchen. >> i am. >> to let them in at all is a beautiful thing. >> i needed their psychic energy because of my themiy nemesis. >> does he know he is your nemesis? >> he knows. he is my newman. >> if tirrico were here he would be discussing with us the passing of the legendary arnold palmer, it's the last thing i read before going to bed last night which was painful as a golfer but also as a guy who opened up the game to everybody and the drink. when i'm not going to have a beer or glass of wine, arnold

palmer is like the default drink. >> it's perfect for everything. >> it is so good. >> by the way, he said it was three-quarters ice td tea, one quarter lemonade. >> is it still a arnold palmer if you put vodka in it? >> i don't know. >> like on the golf course after you're done, i don't play golf -- >> i go right to a cold beer. here is something you'll like, he met his wife winnie, three days later she was 19 years old they got married, ee loaned and nobody on her side of the family showed up, all the palmers were there but none of winnie's family was there because they said she made a mistake, forget it, he is the wrong guy and sure enough he was the right guy they were married until she died in 1999, he was a good man. the king they called him because he was the every man. >> i'm ignorant to golf and the history of golf. when i started reading about him, that's when someone transcends the sport and you

read about their life and legacy. you know good people when you read about them. he was just magical what he did for the sport. >> at least in my lifetime he was the first athlete who was a global brand. >> oh, yeah. >> to the point growing up in queens there was an arnold palmer dry cleaning establishment. >> really? >> he had a chain of dry cleaners. >> he was a huge businessman, oh, yeah. >> brilliant. tonight is the night and we are going to be watching of course you will, probably, too, the debate is taking place at hofstra university in hempstead, new york, it's a 90 minute format, it's donald versus hillary, they will be 15 minute pods, six of them moderated by lester, it's a dead heat right now, according to bloomberg politics 46 each. it's dead tied. do you think, tamron, that large or significant numbers of people will be moved or could be moved or has everybody made up their minds? >> by all accounts the swing of

this race has been unprecedented, hillary clinton hillary clinton was up double digits in colorado, the democrats decided not to invest, her campaign said we are out of colorado, we are going to win, it's blue, she is only up like two points there. the swings have been incredible. tonight is supposed to be about temperament, about experience and about specifics and that's why the conventional wisdom is that donald trump won't be that aggressive character that we saw in the primaries, but that's always the conflict because that's the individual that straight shooter as his supporters believe he is that's what they love. so who is going to show up? what personality of donald trump will show up? >> he has thin skin, though. i think if she pokes him, pokes the bear even a little bit or he perceives that she's he can poking the bear i think he's going to fall away. >> that into irs into the temperamentment trap. >> she should be poking the bear. >> i think she should be -- what do i know? i'm the weather guy. >> you are a voter. >> i think she should be pushing

who she is and why you should vote for her. i think people already know donald trump and, you know, they've got to make that decision. >> which is interesting when we say that. i live in this cable news world, you think that everyone watches every poll all day but in reality 100 million people estimated to watch this tonight and potentially a majority of them just tuning in, which these numbers mist guy me. cable news ratings are up, all of the blogs are up, we are seeing a resonance of this conversation on the political race, but, i don't know, there are -- >> my money is on lester holt. >> listen, he is solid as a rock. >> lester is in a tough position, every moderator to me it seems they lose, everybody jumps on the moderator including the candidates. >> the commission in charge of the debates came out clearly yesterday with a letter, they have made the rounds saying that the role of the moderator is not to be a fact checker. they don't want the moderator to be the third candidate and this is what the debate commission is

saying. i'm with al. i think, you know, lester holt is solid as a rock and i think anybody who will be immune to -- 50% of the people are going to hate what you do no matter what because they have perceive you to be biased. >> and he's going to bring his bass. >> if all fails he will break out the bass. up next we will tell you what made an entire crowd turn their back on hillary clinton. oh, boy. and from "ghostbusters" to the comedy master minds kate minute kin nonis here, still glowing from the emmy win. you know she will feel secure in your dentures...

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all told take your selfies. >> really? >> i've been on the campaign trail. the odds are not -- i think they were told -- >> that's a good point. >> we have all been on the campaign trail. the odds of all of those -- >> not me. i have avoided it. >> look, they have her on that box so that everyone can get their selfie. >> you're absolutely right. because they've also got -- >> it makes it not such a good story, though. if they just turned -- >> i think they did it all on their own. >> they did on their own. >> i love it. >> the other photo -- >> this photo, it just -- i actually taerd up when i saw it. over the weekend the grand opening of the african-american museum in washington, d.c. which was a phenomenal occasion but this picture went viral. michelle obama giving the most tender hug to former president george w. bush who was at saturday's museum at african-american culture in d.c. with everything that's going on in the world and what we could

potentially see tonight with the debates, from charlotte to just everything, to see that -- can we put it up one more time. >> their families are very close. >> they are. >> they have a very close relationship. >> the campaign i'm beds say that michelle obama has a genuine affection for president bush and he has -- they just seemed to bond because their spouses are on the other side, laura bush and president obama on the other side but they just have this connection. >> the protocol puts them together but of course -- >> it's just a photo that we can see more of. >> absolutely. >> political discord. >> it finds us. >> how about this. you can't get enough of loyal royals blowing off prime ministers. >> it's actually a trend that continues. >> from a hug to a dis. >> little george gets off the plane, lands north of the border in canada, prime minister trudeau looking to connect with the little fella, maybe a good photo op. high-five. >> not so much. >> low five. >> no thanks. >> now about anything. >> and drew dough does it right, they tell you when you meet a

little kid you have to go down low but he is like i'm a royal. >> this kid is growing up every day twice as fast as every other kid. >> he is a three-year-old coming off a plane jet lagged. i am not a show pony. >> high-five? >> to perform? to do tricks, to make you laugh? no. >> where are those little goldfish things, give me a snack, anything. he is so sweet. let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. and we've got heavy rain down through texas making its way all the way up into the great lakes. we're going to be watching this system. we need the rain in the mid-atlantic and northeast. we are going to get those storms coming in later this afternoon into this evening and then pushes on through, but we will also be looking at a lot of wet weather through the great lakes. rainfall amounts upwards of 4 inches in parts of the mid-atlantic and then we may see a little something developing off the mid-atlantic coast as well which keeps it wet right on into the good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley.

clear skies and a cool start this morning with low humidity. a really nice start to the day. we'll warm into the 70s this afternoon. but as the day goes on, you'll see more and more clouds for philadelphia, the suburbs and the lehigh valley. high clouds. rain doesn't arrive until late this evening and overnight tonight. partly to mostly sunny skies for new jersey. 747 at the shore, mostly lower 70s this afternoon. clouds will arrive during the afternoon. have a great day. we're not going to be browning meatballs right now. we are on the air live right now, alton. we're on right now. >> we are on right now. here we are. >> we are doing a little tease. you are going to be helping us make a warm hearty dinner for a cool fall evening. >> or breakfast breakfast or lu >> chicken parmesan meatballs [ distorted voice ] progressive claims to show people their competitors' rates alongside their direct rate to save you money. but what's really going on? when played backwards at 1/8th speed

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this morning on "today" food a filling meal the whole family will love. celebrity chef alton brown is here. an easy recipe straight from the pages of a new book that is very personal this time, "every day cook" this time it's personal. >> that's my book. >> this is what you eat every day. >> not every day. weekly. >> when you're home. >> this is my home cooking. this is what i actually do. >> everybody is excited about this recipe. >> i love chicken parmesan and i love meatballs is why not make them all into one thing and it's incredibly simple. i was hoping that you would help me do some of the work. >> i will. >> one of the things that i do is i make an herb oil every week that's got everything from basil to rosemary to thyme, i warm it up and drain it into jars and base a lot of my cooking on

that. this is a chicken meatball, a pound and a half of chicken, three ounces of parmesan, two and a half ounces of pa in. co bread crumbs and dried herbs, a little salt, a little garlic powder, a little oil and one egg and i'm just going to grab one of these if that's okay. using your bare hands, sir, i would like for you to start mixing that together. >> okay. you know, your hands are the best tool for doing this. a lot of people don't like messing with chicken like this so they can use a potato masher but i think they would be missing something. i have some strained out here because the flavor base in this oil is what we're going to use to build the rest of the dish. one of the things that a lot of folks don't like to do or don't understand is how you go about breading this kind of meatball. what i'm going to do, i already have some made. you keep making them.

golf ball size. i'm going to get these on a panned and bread them or try to bread them. i'm going to use a little more of the panco bread couple and more of the parmesan and dump right on top of them. i have oil getting hot here. there we go. when i do this a literally put the pan down and shake it in a circular motion until basically all of the bread crumb is gone and it will make a little while. >> the meatballs go away, later. that's some stuff on your expensive shirt. >> that's all right. >> a lot of people try to pack it on with their hands. it doesn't work. that looks -- you are doing a very good job there. >> that's why you're alton brown and i'm al roker. >> which means i can't do the weather. >> okay. >> the thing about browning meatballs is you don't try to turn them too early. you let them sit for a while so

that they get a little firm on the outside. >> don't be a frown of the brown. >> overpacking the pan is a big deal, too. i want them to be able to move around. every few minutes give them a little shake. that's all you have to do. but if they start sticking one of the best tools you can have in the kitchen, this fish turner. uz how it's flexible, all you have to do is flip them over. once the meatballs are done they go into two tablespoons of the oil plus a pint of your favorite spaghetti sauce, 4 ounces of mozzarella goes on top, 400 degree album. scoot out, roker. throw me a towel. and in about ten minutes we get something that looks -- move that towel. so much towels in this kitchen. go. >> all right. >> boom, boom, boom. >> cheese, put it on a roll, eat it with kale salad, you are

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it is 9:26, i'm tracy davidson. we'll get a look at neighborhood forecast with meteorologist bill henley. bill? the cool temperatures are starting to climb, still in the 50s in the lehigh valley. easton, just a few scattered clouds right now. clouds will be increasing later today, but we'll first warm into the 70s. no sign of rain until tonight. before then, lots of sunshine, 75 degrees in philadelphia. 70s for the suburbs, the lehigh valley, new jersey and delaware, too. all right, bill, thanks. now we'll check the road with first-alert traffic reporter francesca ruscio. >> we are at the intersection here of whitpain road.

we are seeing multiple delays there in montgomery county. an accident along the boulevard on the northbound side. what i know so far is this accident is starting to clear out, but yet it trails behind some pretty crazy delays because they were watching the accident earlier. so that is what's happening at the boulevard right now. a live shot of the vine street expressway at 24th street. traveling towards the schuylkill, we are seeing westbound delays as of right now. tracy? happening right now skyforce 10 is live in wilmington on its way to one of the funeral homes where one of two firefighters who died the line of duty, their bodies will be taken this morning leaving the medical examiner's office, being taken lieutenant christopher leach and senior firefighter jerry fickes died on saturday fighting a row home fire. two other firefighters are still in the hospital this morning. the fire chief tweeted they are still in stable condition. nbc 10's monique braxton will

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fell very, very, very, very, very, very, very deeply in love and then he died. >> it's clearly not the man sitting next to you. >> no. >> with the bangs and everything. >> i know. >> what year is this? this is 1980 -- >> that's a good question. >> tom brokaw in it as a young man. >> i think it's in the '90s it's sort of a nebulous time period that harkens back to the beautiful jeans of the '90s. were those fun to wear. i mean, i was up in those and they were up in me. >> they are back in style in year. >> uh-huh. >> except for you, you are not wearing it. >> and you are with zach g galifianakis. he had hillary clinton between

two ferns. >> we are all adults and can share her. >> did you see zach intervening your doppelganger. >> i'm not down with tpp. >> you are supposed to say, yeah, you know me. like the hip hop group. >> don't tell me what to say. >> fine. lose. >> well, this has been a lot of fun, mrs. clinton, we should stay in touch. what's the best way to reach you? e-mail. >> look at her face. >> she killed it. she was great. >> she's got -- she's got a wonderful -- she's a very good comedian. when she came on the show we did a sketch together and she read it the first time and we looked at each other like, oh, my god, she's really funny. >> she's nailing it. >> the clip of it. hold up. >> that's what we do. >> where will you be watching tonight, kate? i know you're watching. "snl" debuts saturday night this will be central -- >> saturday night first show so

we're watching tonight in the office as a group. >> really? >> this is our work. this is the work of being an american citizen and so we're going to do it together in the office. >> a good party. >> hopefully there will be popcorn, maybe pizza. i don't know. i don't dare dream. >> will you be in character as hillary the whole time as you watch reacting to hillary as hillary? >> whenever i do watch her i do repeat all the sentences she says, so, yes, there will be some of that. >> wow. >> that's great. >> please snap chat that or something so we can see it. >> i don't have snap chat. >> you are not social at all? >> you'll see it on the show on saturday. >> oh. >> the ultimate sketch. >> october 1st, "snl," watch it. going to be a good show, guys. >> you're in this master minds is very funny, i didn't know it was a true story or maybe i did, it was a long time ago because when tom brokaw came in, this is a fargo heist by a driver for $17 million.

>> yes. >> i didn't know that actually happened. we turned it into a wild comedy, we have kristin wig in there who is your sole sister when it comes to socially awkward characters. >> the best. she is the funniest woman alive. >> the outtakes on the dvd must be sold separately. >> we did get to see a scene together and let's say there was a lot of toothpaste in my face. >> toothpaste or something else? >> in actuality it was toothpaste and it got in my eyes. >> you know how to tease the movie, "snl." >> would you make a good criminal do you think? >> i would not. i did steal a roll of duct tape once. >> what was the occasion? >> duct. >> i was angry about -- i was angry at the pharmacy about something which i can't say, but i did -- i took a roll of duct tape. >> was this recently? >> no, this was ten years ago. >> you were angry at a pharmacy and you took the duct -- -- >> i will show them.

>> all statute of limitations has expired because i have just said it on tv. so i have to go return a roll of duct tape. excuse me. >> kate mckinnon, ladies and gentlemen, the movie "harder minds". >> what did you do with the duct tape? >> i use it. >> on what? >> my ducts. what else? >> my ducts. >> if it was any hold outs that thought it was duck, it was duct instead of duck, it's duct. >> i love your pronunciation. spot on. >> congratulations on the emmy. >> thank you. al -- >> you seemed stunned and shocked. >> stunned does not begin to cover it. i was truly -- i do not have any memories of that moment. i blacked -- >> this is the first time i'm seeing this. >> really? this is the first time? >> yeah. i don't want to watch myself cry. why would i do that? it was so shocking and so emotional and i just -- i

blacked out. i don't remember what i said. >> well, then, roll it back. you said some wonderful things. >> we will get you a dvd of it. >> thank you. i'd love to know. >> you can duct tape it up to the wall. >> you are not on social media. >> i did hear about that. i did hear that they made a shout out. so shout out to them as well. >> to hillary clinton. >> my special girl. >> by the way not only kate but you have jason sed can i say, kristin wig. >> leslie joe ens. >> it's a packed -- it's so funny. and the director jared hess is one of the funniest guys alive and it was great. it was a great time. what more can you ask for? >> "master minds" opens on friday. the season premiere of "snl" october 1st. >> watch that back to back. do your friday night, do your saturday night and have fun. up next, bad santa back in town. i catch up with billy bob

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what? >> willie, it's me, thurman. rrpg for the sequel brett kelly. >> thurman murman is a lot of the same that he was, he has changed a little bit but for the most part he is still very -- a very, very special boy. >> i'm 21, officially a man. >> you're 21 already? that's creepy. >> brad, you know, plays thurman murman. he looks exactly the same. i've never seen anything like this in my lifetime. >> and joining the cast oscar winning actress cathy baits playing billy bob's long lost mom sunny. >> what's it been 15 years. >> mom. >> i had seen "bad santa" years ago and ironically i saw it again before i knew that i would be invited to play billy bob's mom. it's one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. i said sign me up, i'm ready. >> i'm assuming that mom has

colorful language, let's say. >> since now that i know sunny really well i've started to rewrite some of the dialogue to make it more colorful. >> so you added to it. >> of course i did. >> bless your heart. cheap little [ bleep ]. >> another welcome addition christina hendricks as diane, a love interest. >> is there a romance between billy and diane. >> romance is an interesting word for it. >> i'm a good girl but sometimes i need to be bad. >> i guess everything is in the eye of the beholder let's be honest it's not romantic. it's naughty. >> it's foughty. >> 'tis the season to be naughty. here is hoping i made the nice list. and "bad santa" 2 hitting theaters on november 23rd. let's see, any winterlike weather out there, christmaslike? not really. we have wet weather along the eastern seaboard, out west stays

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food allergies among kids is becoming increasingly common in the last decade but new evidence suggests given children two of the most highly allergenic foods peanuts and eggs early on can reduce their risk of developing allergies to those foods later in life. we brought in nbc news medical contributor dr. natalie azar. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's break down what the study says, how do we change the timeline or what is the suggestion? >> tamron, basically what the study showed it was a meta-analysis which means it looked at and reviewed 146 studies of over 200,000 kids and found that there was a decreased risk of developing egg and nut allergies if those foods were

introduced earlier on in life. now, what does that mean exactly? >> define. >> earlier on in life for nut products it's 4 months to 11 months and eggs it's between 4 and 6 months. it's important to put this study into context. the background here is that from about 1999 to 2009 there was a doubling of food allergies, everyone you know has a child with a food allergies. >> peanut allergies. >> exactly. interestingly this coincided with the recommendation from the american academy of pediatrics in 2000 that we should limit the exposure to allergenic foods in our kids, same thing when i had a baby in 2005 i was not supposed to give him peanuts until age one or two. >> now the study bucks that. >> right. but then as we found out the allergies were doubling rather than being reduced so the aap changed the recommendation in 2008 to say we should start introducing these foods earlier. >> before we talk about the

foods what about kids who fall in that higher risk, i have a lot of friends whose kids are high risk. >> what does high risk mean? it is an infant that has a first degree relative, a parent or sibling who has a history of eczema, asthma, food allergy or allergic rhinitis or hay fever. those are the kids at higher list. this meta-analysis included low risk kids and also high risk kids. we can't tease out exactly to say if your child is high risk it's safe to do it and i think the take home message for parents is this, if you've had a child since 2008, you've probably already been told by your healthcare provider that it's okay to introduce these highly allergenic foods, we will put a graphic up of what that comprises. the take home is important, if you think your child is at high risk, meaning your other child has a history of peanut allergy it's probably okay -- we want you to start introducing these foods earlier but perhaps and you the guidance of why you are

healthcare professional don't just do it right at home. >> to remind parents the foods are milk, eggs, fish, peanuts, soy nuts, wheat. if you're giving kids the eggs what do you do? >> most experts would say eggs have more than one allergen, probably it's the egg white more than the yolk but practically speaking you can't separate the egg white from the egg yolk so you have to assume it's the whole egg. >> when you're doing this consult with your pediatrician, your child's doctor, but in the end if you are a parent and want to give a little something what should you immediately start looking for? >> an allergic reaction to a food can sometimes occur a few minutes after exposure, it could be hives, it could be difficulty breathing, gi symptoms, right, it's a food allergy so they may have an upset stomach, abdominal pain, nausea, but it can also occur a couple hours after the exposure. >> really? >> and the thing that's

interesting about it is just if you have had a mild reaction the first time it doesn't automatically mean that you will have a mild reaction the next time, it could be a more severe reaction. if you think your child had as had a reaction to a food i would not rechallenge them at home without first consulting an allergist and your pediatrician. >> fascinating information. >> very interesting. >> thank you so much. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. for senate, katie mcginty will stand up to the big oil polluters. she'll work to protect our air and water and make us a leader in clean energy jobs. and millionaire pat toomey? he's for the big oil polluters. toomey voted to protect twenty-four billion dollars in tax breaks for oil companies.

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