>> have a great day. good morning. breaking news, harvey roars ashore for the third time, with even more torrential rain. a deluge in beaumont, texas. an unprecedented foot in a night, two feet in a day. a sixth day of misery, pushing residents to their breaking points. >> not knowing what to do and there's not a way to really get out. >> president trump there, surveying the damage, trying to reassure the region. >> it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. >> harvey's wrath, reaching epic proportions. a dire situation expected to get even worse, today, wednesday, august 30th, 2017.

from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today: the impact of hurricane harvey." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." so glad to have you on a wednesday morning. craig is in for matt once again. >> hard to believe that hurricane harvey won't go away. another busy morning. let's get right to the latest on harvey. the tropical storm back on land after making its third landfall early this morning. just west of cameron, louisiana. >> more than 51 inches of rain has fallen in parts of southeast texas. it's still coming down hard. and places like beaumont, texas, this morning. that region seeing a year's worth of rain in a few days. the most ever recorded in the continental united states from a tropical event. >> the official death toll this morning from the storm has risen to at least nine, with an

undetermined number of people still missing. >> an overnight curfew having to be enforced in houston, amid reports that some people are posing as police officers and going door-to-door to lure residents out so they can rob them. our team of correspondents is covering every aspect of the storm. let's start with stephanie gosk. she's in cleveland, texas, just north of houston. what is the scene there? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. well, so much rain has fallen so quickly in east texas, there's concerns that the flooding here will be even worse than in houston. we tried to get from houston to beaumont. getting out of the city was difficult. getting to beaumont proved impossible. all along the way, roadblocks and rescues. overnight, catastrophic flooding, leaving residents in eastern texas, fighting for their lives against an incredible amount of water that

fell fast. 12 inches of rain in 6 hours. now, just 26 inches total in one day. one of the hardest hit, beaumont, texas. population 100,000. a young mother lost her life in beaumont when she accidentally drove into high water. she was swept away when she got out of the car. but somehow, police say, she managed to save her child. >> apparently the infant was clinging to her in the water. they began to do life-saving measures. were not successful. they weren't able to resuscitate her, the baby, however, we're told, was alert and conscious. >> reporter: the water rose quickly in places. families watched it come in and knew it was time to get out. >> it was probably eight feet away from the house yesterday evening, about 5:00. and this is what has happened. >> reporter: traveling towards beaumont, the road forus ended

in plum grove, texas. >> this is the east fork of the river. >> reporter: how often does it look like this? >> i've been in the department for ten years. i've never seen it this bad. >> going to houston. i came here to my parents. >> reporter: you left houston to come here to be safe? >> yes. >> reporter: and the storm just followed you. also hit hard by harvey, di dickinson. families rounded up valuables. no time for suitcases. no time to wait. >> we're trying to get everything we can before it continues on. >> reporter: to give you an idea of how perilous the situation is, that fire chief in plum grove told us on monday afternoon, they set up a shelter and piled people into it. monday night, the shelter itself flooded. they had to scramble and find something else on higher ground to save those people. savannah, back to you. >> all right. stephanie gosk, thank you. stephanie was trying to get to beaumont, texas, and found it impossible to do so. right now with us on the phone,

we have becky ames with us. she's the mayor of beaumont. how would you describe the situation right now? >> it's nothing i've ever seen before. i've lived in this area my entire life. we're seeing things we've never seen, as you heard earlier from the fire chief. every, single body of water around us is at capacity and overflowing. and the rain is coming down. >> i know you're about 90 miles outside of houston. houston knew the storm was on the way. do you feel like the folks in beaumont were able to get out early enough or take the proper precautions? >> this storm, i was the mayor during hurricane ike. the team i'm working with right now is basically the same team. and also, hurricane rita, i was involved in that, as well. and it was a totally different type storm.

this -- we could track rita and ike to a certain degree. but this storm was so widespread. as you know, it hit corpus christi, texas, first. and that's quite a ways from here. there was no way to know we would have this type of devastation. that was not projected in any way, shape or form. >> mayor, what's the situation now? do you have people stranded in their houses, unable to get out? do you have sufficient resources and rescuers? >> well, we have -- as y'all stated earlier, this has been going on since friday. our emergency operations center has been stood up since last wednesday. so, we've been rescuing people for several days now. i think our surrounding areas last night, like port arthur, texas, and some of those areas got hit harder last night. where ours has been several

days. as far as our staff, our first responders, our emergency operation center, we are doing very, very well. it's going very smoothly. obviously, we can't control what's happening. but we're dealing with it. and that's kind of what we're known to do here in beaumont, texas. >> and quickly, mayor, one of the most heartbreaking stories we've heard, is this mom in your town, who was swept away. but her little 3-year-old was able to survive, clinging to her mom. do you have an update on how the little girl is doing this morning? >> i understand the little girl is doing well. i did not know this at the time, but i was at the emergency center when the rescue was going on. and we were talking to the first respond responders. and i found out later -- i'm an administrator of the hospital, as well. she was an employee of one of our campuses nearby.

so, it's devastating in two ways. very, very sad. she was just -- anyone would have done the same thing that she did, when you see water like that. it really looks like glass, hard to tell. and she thought she was stepping on to a street. she was going to walk to a nearby business. and her -- i guess her foot went into the canal, instead of hitting solid ground. but it's a very sald situation. i'm sure when day breaks and it's light here, we'll have more horrible situations. it's pretty bad out there. especially in the smaller cities surrounding us. >> i know her baby was saved by holding on to her. >> she was. and the first responders worked on both of them for a very, very long time. and we're -- you know, it's horrible that this happened. but if there's any light in it,

the baby is going to survive. >> beaumont mayor, becky ames. our best to you and everyone in your community. >> well, we've been through a lot. and we will pull together. and our -- our city of beaumont staff employees, everybody department, is doing a phenomenal job. >> thank you for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. the strain of all this historic rain is pushing reservoirs, dams and levees to the brink. gabe gutierrez is there with that story. good morning to you. >> reporter: the rain may have stopped. but look at all this rushing water. rivers are rising. now, spilling into neighborhoods like these, along buffalo bayou. we expect more boat rescues today. houston's mayor has instituted

an overnight curfew, after several were impersonating police officers. and the death toll can climb. even though the worst of harvey has passed, the danger is far from over in this crippled city. rescues still under way around the clock. >> got a baby here. got a baby. >> reporter: children hoisted to safety. long-time residents grateful to be alive. >> we're by ourselves. we live alone. and he's a diabetic. >> reporter: this morning, the number of water rescues, 18,000. at least 17,000 evacuees are packed into shelters. overnight, more of them open, including the massive nrg center. while the rain has tapered off, swollen rivers are rising. >> we're not done with the flooding, even if the skies are clear. >> reporter: a pair of reservoirs that protect downtown overflowed, prompting fears that more neighborhoods along a main

bayou would flood. south of the city, a warning on twitter that a levee was breeched, surging people to get out now. houston's police chief choking back tears for one of his own. >> couldn't find him. and once our dive team got there, it was too treacherous to go under and look for him. >> reporter: sergeant steve perez drowned in raging floodwaters as he went to help others. he leaves behind a wife and two children. the chief expects the death toll to climb, once the water recedes and they can look at the destruction. firefighters and neighbors forming a human chain to help annie smith get through floodwaters and get to the hospital on time to deliver a healthy baby girl. harvey, now truly historic, shattering the u.s. record for rainfall during a tropical storm. parts of the houston area recorded more than 51 inches of rain, topping the previous high

of 48 inches, set almost 40 years ago. in harris county, a trillion gallons of rain has fell in over two days. waving a texas flag, president trump and the first lady visited corpus christi, where harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane five days ago. >> this is historic, it's epic, what happened. but it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. >> reporter: some charged the president by never mentioning those displaced by the hurricane. and instead, touting the size of the crowd that came to see him. >> thank you, everybody. what a crowd. what a turnout. >> reporter: while some parts of houston are drying out, other neighborhoods like this one are in danger. this water is largely due to the water being released from the two reservoirs floating downstream. now, there is a bit of welcome news for houston's recovery. the airport is set to reopen

today. bush airport, tomorrow. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. what does the forecast look like? >> the heavy rain is falling across eastern texas. look at beaumont, in the heavier bands of rain, as the storm made landfall. it has winds up to 45 miles per hour. but it will weaken as now it's moving over land. it is going to become a tropical depression, as it moves through arkansas. then, it will bring heavy rain through parts of tennessee. want to focus on beaumont. there's staggering amounts of rain. look at this. in the last 30 hours, we picked up more than 26 1/2 inches of rain. putting storm totals to 43.67 inches. now, we're looking at an additional, perhaps, four to six inches in that area. and then, the threat moves into louisiana, where seven to ten

inches of rain is possible. the rain will not let up. >> relentless. dylan, thank you. parts of louisiana are now in harvey's crosshairs, inclu including new orleans, 12 years after hurricane katrina. blake mccoy is there. blake, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. this is one of the giant pumping stations that surround the city of new orleans, working to keep water from flooding the streets. they've been running through the night and so far holding up well. residents have been sandbagging in preparation for this storm. schools and government offices were closed yesterday to give them more time. as you mentioned, harvey is coming 12 years almost to the day that katrina made landfall in this city, devastating new orleans. those images are seared in the minds of people here forever. since then, billions of dollars have been spent to improve the infrastructure here. but even still, the pumps are prone to failure. earlier this month, some of the pumps failed during heavy rain. this morning, an improved

forecast for the city of new orleans, has people breathing a sigh of relief. at one point, we were expecting ten inches. that's been downgraded to about five inches of new orleans. these pumps can keep up with that. for a storm that's brought little good news, the folks here in new orleans are feeling thankful this morning. >> exhaling, indeed. blake mccoy in new orleans. thank you. an untold number of people are trapped in their homes at this hour. this morning, u.s. navy helicopters are joining the search and rescue operations. nbc's national correspondent, miguel almaguer has that part of the story. >> reporter: there's been 13,000 rescues since the storm hit. many of the most dangerous, the most precarious has been air operations. on monday, the helicopters pulled 200 people, including pets. they released video to us of air operations yesterday. these can be dangerous and

precarious situations, flying close to power lines, cell phone towers and other obstructions. the crews going to rooftops and pulling people to safety. not just the navy, the coast guard, the fire department, the sheriff's department, all up in the air. it's an aerial ballet where they have rescued thousands of people. they're being used as spotters to keep a close eye on reservoirs, levees and bridges and other infrastructure. as the storm moves closer to louisiana, they, too, may be in the air, moving their air operations in that direction, as well. savannah, back to you. >> thank goodness for them, too. miguel, thank you. we'll have more on harvey's impact and what's to come throughout the morning. a lot more to get to this morning, including new defiance from kim jong-un. brushing aside warnings from the trump administration, he is vowing to press ahead with more nuclear tests, following this

week's launch of a ballistic missile over japan. richard engel is in seoul, south korea for us. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is the first time president trump has faced crises simultaneously, at home and abroad. north korea, with typical bombast, said the latest missile test was just the start of its effort to confront imperialist american forces. overnight, new threats from north korea, where state media says the leader, kim jong-un was so satisfied with the latest missile launch over japan, that he's determined to carry out more. the regime renewing threats against the u.s. territory of guam, home to a key u.s. military facility, calling it an advanced base for invasion. which north korea needs to, quote, contain. north korea has previously threatened to fire missiles near guam but has so far held off.

president trump, again warning, all options are on the table. but offering no specifics on how the u.s. may respond. >> we'll see. we'll see. >> reporter: in a rare readout from the normally tight-lipped secretary of state, a spokesman said rex tillerson spoke with his south korean and japanese counterparts to increase pressure on north korea and show its repeated violations of u.n. security council resolutions will result in condemnation and isolation. the u.n. held an emergency security council meeting tuesday, where there was plenty of condemnation. >> we are all denouncing north korea's outrageous act against another u.n. member state, japan. >> reporter: but so far, no new actions or sanctions against north korea have been authorized. in south korea, today, u.s. troops are preparing for the worst. >> there you go. >> reporter: testing the readiness of patriot anti-missile batteries. >> it's truly the first line of

defense for the u.s. forces here. >> reporter: part of annual war games here that inpufuriate pyongyang, and show that u.s. troops in south korea are more than ready to defend themselves. the readiness drills takes place here, that north korea finds so provocative, are scheduled to wrap up tomorrow. savannah, craig, back to you. let's get a check of our weather from dylan. >> we are watching the rain moving through louisiana and up into tennessee and kentucky, too. the high surf advisories along ♪

good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. clouds are out of here and temperatures warming to the 70s. that's cool for this time of year. normal high is 83. up to 78 degrees. a lot of sunshine for the suburbs. humidity falls during the day. sunny skies in new jersey up to 78 degrees. up to 74 degrees at the shore. sunny skies ask comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and delaware in the 70s. have a great day. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan. just ahead, pastor joel osteen opens his houston megachurch as a shelter. but did he wait too long to do it? he's with us to respond to some of the criticism he's facing this morning. also, using your phone to change the way you see the world.

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so you can get back to living the good life. live claritin clear with claritin-d. 7:26. good wednesday morning. i'm tracy davidson. let's get a look outside with meteorologist bill henley. he has most accurate neighborhood forecast. beautiful day ahead. dry air blowing in the air. see it's nice and sunny. the temperatures will be warming. we're in the 50s and 60s right now. very low 60s in philadelphia. 60 degrees. in new jersey, 61. turnersville, 60 in pemberton. warming to upper 70s this afternoon. nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington watching the roads for your ride to work. >> watching the blue route right now. starting to move through conshohocken see a little bit of delay and sun glare too. most part you can get where you got to go. typical delays there. newark watching the crash that we're starting to see bigger

delays on 95 southbound side. just near 896. see that delay. backing up with lane restrictions approaching the accident scene. in bucks county, ben salem county died in burning home overnight. firefighters tell us they tried to get into save them is, but couldn't get past the wall of flames. appears to be an accident started by a candle. power outage in the area last night. nbc 10 and telemundo hosting a hurricane relief drive to help harvey victims tomorrow. call, text, or go to nbc.com to donate. another update in 25 minutes. join us weekday mornings from 4-7:00 a.m. i'm tracy davidson. today show continues in just a couple of minutes. thanks for watching. have a great day.

and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it's 7:30, a wednesday morning. that is a scene that is all-too familiar and repeated on streets all over houston and southeast texas. the water just not stopping. still raining, in many cities. the flooding emergency far from over. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie, alongside craig melvin, in for matt and hoda. we've been talking about harvey, making landfall the first time last friday. and now, for a third time, overnight. >> the governor saying the folks there have to get used to a new normal in and around houston. we want to get to today's headlines, starting, of course, with harvey. >> it's rained harder in

beaumont in the last 24 hours than it did in houston. >> harvey brings its flash flooding east as the water rises. people seeking refuge from the storm. >> this is normally a busy six-lane road. this morning, it is impassablim. it's a lake. trump traveling to texas to show support. >> this is historic. but it happened in texas. and texas can handle anything. a new threat from north korea, once again targeting guam. rogue leaders looking to contain that rogue regime. uber officially named a new ceo as the justice department looks into whether the popular ride sharing company was involved in illegal overseas bribery. >> this is the latest headache for uber's rapidly expanding

global business. and make yourself at home. the tampa bay race do their best to make the astros feel at home, handing their field over and showing what true sportsmanship is all about. >> good to see orange behind that astros dugout. >> today, august 30th, 2017. and back to our storm average. a story that gained traction, interest online, azhs harvey slammed texas and louisiana. pastor joel osteen was refusing to open his megachurch's doors to the flood victims in houston. we're going to talk to pastor osteen about that in a moment. first, let's get to jacob rascon who is at lakewood church this morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. the pastor's first public response, was to ask the followers on twitter in prayer. but many said you can do better.

this morning, joel osteen's lakewood church is open for business. >> there you go, sugar. do you need a towel? >> reporter: taking in harvey evacuees and truck loads of donations after facing a storm of criticism. the 16,000-seat megachurch, now owned by the celebrity televangelist, followed by thousands of people. when harvey slammed into texas, pastor joel offered prayers, but little else. and social media pounced. open your church as a shelter, one person wrote. provide food and clothing, please. a fellow pastor tweeting, you have a huge obligation to show the love of christ at this moment. open the doors. the church said the building was inaccessible due to flooding. others responded with their own, less dramatic pictures from

outside the venue. a spokesperson telling "the washington post," this is crazy. people saying we have locked the church. the church has been opened from the beginning but is not designated as a shutter. amid the backlash, osteen tweeting, victoria and i care deeply about our fellow houstonians. later giving this explanation to kprc. >> we were waiting for the right time. really, lakewood is always open. we didn't necessarily have staff here the night that it flooded out here. >> reporter: now, volunteers are flocking to the megachurch, packing donations. who is giving this stuff? >> the neighbors in the area. that's it. >> reporter: what is behind me, just a taste of the response. and 300 people are sleeping upstairs that came in from the storm. we talked to some of them yesterday. i don't know if they realize really where they were or the controversy. they say they were just happy to have a place to stay. guys, back to you.

>> jacob rascon, thank you so much. pastor joel osteen is with us this morning. thank you for getting up early with us. >> great to be with you all. >> by now, you're familiar with the criticism that the church has faced. and i guess my question is to you, why did the church wait until yesterday to start taking in people? >> well, our church -- our church doors have always been open. in fact, we took people in when the water started to recede, a day after the big storm hit. we worked closely with the city, four miles down the road, the city established its biggest shelter with room for thousands, with beds, with kitchen supplies, with everything they need. security. they didn't need us as a shelter right then. we coordinate with them all the time. if we needed to be a shelter, we would have certainly been a shelter right when they first asked. but once they filled up, never dreaming we had this many

displaced people, they asked us to become a shelter. and we said we would love to be a shelter. that's what lakewood is all about. the notion we would turn people away or weren't here for the city, is as far as can be. >> it sounds like you think the criticism is unfounded and a bit silly. but you put out a statement on monday. in that statement, you said, in part, we are prepared to shelter people once the cities and county shelters reach capacity. i think a lot of people read that or heard that and thought, why wouldn't house of worship open its doors immediately, initially, even perhaps before some of the other shelters? >> we're all about helping people. this is what the churches and our church is all about. i don't know if it's unfounded. i think if people were here, they would realize, there were safety issues. this building had flooded before. we were being precaution. the city didn't ask us to become a shelter then. >> do you sort of wish you could have a redo on the last few

days? it has been a p.r. nightmare for you guys. what would you have done differently? >> i'm sure we'd done something differently. but the fact is, i don't know if we would have opened any sooner. again, there were safety issues. i think sometimes, you know, somehow social media can be powerful and can create false narrative. if you're sitting in another state and you're not here, my niece was stranded across the street from this building, nowhere to go. this building was one foot from flooding. if we didn't have our floodgates, it would have flooded. it is easy to say, there's a big building. we don't have volunteers and staff that could get here. we are about helping the city. if they would have asked us to become a shelter early on, we would have been prepared and ready to help. thank god we can do it now and help the city. >> were you surprised how ferocious the response can be on social media. were you surprised at how that

reaction played out? >> you know, i didn't -- i guess i would say yes. but i don't pay much attention to it. i've never read one negative thing. and so, i let the team tells me, there's a big thing. the main thing is, social media doesn't run our life. we orun our ministry. everybody that is making a difference, is going to have critics. if you're sitting somewhere not in this situation, think of the story if we would have housed a bunch of evacuees and the building flooded. we try to use the best wisdom we can. we've been here for 60 years to help this city and be a blessing to others. that's what we're going to continue to do, long after the media and everything has died down. we'll be here for five years from now, helping these people. we feel good about who we are and what we're doing. >> in a word, what do you need? what can people do to help? >> well, you know, we need funds. there's the red cross and different areas -- different

avenues you can give to. today, we'll be taking in supplies. baby foods, medical supplies. we're a distribution center. people are dropping off by the thousands all kinds of supplies. we feed the different shelters around the city. the city setting up a command post here, as well. now, we need prayer and support. any way you can make a difference. >> pastor joel osteen, thank you for taking a few minutes with us this morning. >> thank you so much. god bless. >> all right. dylan, let's get another check on the weather in texas and beyond. >> yes. and in texas, you know, so many records were broken with this storm. and take a look at the rain we have right now. it is falling across beaumont, texas. heavy bands of rain. the storm is not moving quickly. that's why more rain is going to pivot around this system and continue to bring more rain to eastern texas. it is moving 45 -- winds are at 45 miles per hour. these are the records i'm talking about.

the most rainfall from a tropical cyclone in texas, was amelia. in louisiana, allison in 2001. in this area, we've picked up 40 to 50 inches. and 51.88 inches. now, this is the tropical cyclone that is the most rain to the lower 48. we're certainly dealing with several records with this storm mstem andore rain is still good morning. meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. rain is long gone. temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon. cool for this time of year. the normal high in philadelphia is 83. we'll be up to 78 degrees. a lot of sunshine for the suburbs, but the humidity falls during the day. sunny skies in new jersey. up to 78 degrees. few clouds at the shore moving out up to 74 degrees this afternoon. sunny skies and comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and delaware in the 70s. have a great day. >> and you can f find your full

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, harvey's wrath. the storm makes landfall yet again, bringing a new round of flash flooding, evacuations and record-breaking rainfall. >> i've been in this department for ten years. i've never seen it this bad. shelters filling up quickly, as a massive search and rescue operation remains under way across that region. plus, speaking out. maria menounos speaks out since being diagnosed with a brain tumor. moving forward since surgery. and diet dilemma. dr. oz on when you eat nearly as important as what you eat. the tips that everyone needs to

know today, august 30th, 2017. >> who do you want to say hi to? >> my kindergarten kiddos at woodland, arizona. >> stay strong, houston. ♪ >> what are you celebrating? >> my 9th birthday on "today." >> what brings you to the plaza? >> celebrating our fifth anniversary. >> you have to meet flo and betty. >> celebrating 85. >> i love the look, ladies. yeah. i'll say. >> she knows how to party. >> welcome back to "today." good crowd out there. we'll sigh heay hello in a few moments. let's get right to the news at 8:00 this morning. harvey made landfall again overnight and is slamming beaumont, texas. that's near the louisiana

border. gabe gutierrez joins us from houston, where the rain has tapered off but deadly floodwaters remain. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, yes. even though the rain has stopped here, you see all this rushing water. the concern is, today, that more water will flow from the city's bayous into neighborhoods like these. we expect to see many more boat rescues. as you mentioned, craig, the breaking news overnight, that harvey making landfall again, near cameron, louisiana. and the town of beaumont, texas, is being hit hard. 24 inches of rain in 24 hours. a mother was swept away while trying to save her young daughter. the child survived. but again, a heartbreaking situation there. throughout the state, there have been more than 18,000 water rescues. more than 17,000 people are packed into emergency shelters here in houston. they opened a few more overnight, including the massive nrg center, expected to hold up to 10,000 people. also here in houston, a

heartbreaking strtragedy. one of the confirmed victims of the storm -- there's nine so far. one of them is sergeant steve perez of the houston police department. the police chief choked back tears as he described one of his swept away on sunday, as he was trying to drive to work and was swept away by the floodwaters. a heartbreaking situation here. and the mayor of houston has imposed an overnight curfew, among scattered reports of looting and armed robbers impersonating police officers. in houston, we expect the waters to keep rising. craig? >> gabe gutierrez, for us this morning. thank you. another big story in politics. defense secretary james mattis has placed a freeze on the president's controversial decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military. nbc's peter alexander is at the

white house with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. the president's tweets made his position very clear, calling for a ban on transgender troops. but james mattis is weighing in for the first time, announcing the pentagon will take a closer look at this issue before it takes any action. this morning, defense secretary james mattis putting the brakes on president trump's ban on transgender troops. mattis announcing they can keep serving in the military until a team of experts can study the issue. once the report's finished, mattis said he will give his opinion to the president. they are looking how to discharge troops in the military. the president's initial ban caught much of the military brass by surprise. critic attacking the ban as discrimination. the president defending his move to reverse the obama-era policy.

>> it's been a complicated issue for the military. been a confusing issue for the military. i'm doing the military a great favor. >> reporter: just days ago, mattis rallied troops overseas. >> just hold the line until our country gets back to understanding and respecting each other and showing it, being friendly to one another. >> reporter: on hitting pause on that transgender ban, secretary mattis explained his priority is readiness, writing, our focus must be what's best for the combat effectiveness. for the moment, for those troops, the future is still unclear. >> peter alexander at the white house. thank you. now, to some dramatic video of a runaway bus right here in new york city. you can see the driver get out and walk around the front of the empty bus there. moments later, the bus starts to

roll backwards. the driver tries to jump through the window. when that wasndoesn't work, he to the passenger door. he gets pinned by the light pole. he suffered a broken arm and a broken leg. it crashes into a cemetery fence down the street. it is believed he failed to secure the emergency brake before he got out. >> going to be rough shape there. hoda kotb, with a "morning boost" that reminds me of sister hood of the traveling pants. >> donetta came across her wedding gown. he posted a picture of this on instagram. she said i'm going to give this to a bride for free. first up, arianna pro wore it last month to renew her vows.

then, she sent it to valerie fitzgerald in omaha, saying she lives paycheck to paycheck. about a dozen women are in line to wear that gown. donetta is no stranger to hardship. a few years ago, they were living out of her car and struggling to get a business off the ground. that is a perfect pay-it-forward moment. >> i love that idea. i hope that inspires a lot of people. >> just the boost we needed on this wednesday. much more ahead on "today." "pop start" coming up. george clooney opening up about what it is like to be the dad of twins. and we're going to catch up live interview since removing a brain tumor. and dr. oz will talk about eating at night. and quads on the quad. the wade brothers with their first classes

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but there's an article in "the washington post" this morning and it got us talking. here's the question. when is it safe to start leaving kids home alone? we're talking about no adult supervision. okay? now, what do you guys think? when you were kids, when did your -- >> that's the best. >> what did your parents -- >> oh, yeah. >> left you alone? >> oh, yeah. i was probably 6. >> no. >> my mother right now is cringing. >> that's not true. >> oh, yeah. i was a responsible 6. >> who was old center. >> older? >> my dad worked third shift. my mom had to stay late sometimes. >> you were by yourself. you handled it. >> i didn't burn the house down. >> savannah guthrie, tell us. >> we didn't get left home alone a lot. by the time it happened, we were in high school and shouldn't have been left home alone. there might have been a kegger or two. >> yesterday it was the cigarettes. today, the kegger. >> i didn't bring up cigarettes.

>> i can't remember. you don't remember having parties at your house when your parents were gone? >> dylan dreyer, how about you? >> i have older brothers. five and seven years older than me. if i was home alone, it's because they were there. >> what about you? >> my parents are strict because they're immigrants from egypt. you don't leave the house. we were shut-ins. my mom was telling me, she was on a subway or metro, and there were two young kids, 11 and 12, on the subway alone together. >> i see that a lot. >> she couldn't believe that was permitted. >> a lot of new york city kids are self-sufficient. >> i want to clear this up. i may have been 7 or 8. >> oh. >> but -- >> you were probably like 13 or 14. >> look how you turned out. >> what is the bottom line? >> here's the advise from expert. they said, make sure your child can contact a neighbor in case of an emergency.

and ease kids into it gradually. go to the grocery store and come back. different levels of maturity for different ages. there was a point. >> and don't leave teens home alone. >> i don't know. how about "pop start". >> you want me to do it or hoda? >> i don't know. she did it well. >> she did. let's begin with george clooney. the actor opened up about fatherhood and how life has changed since he welcomed twins. clooney joked, i just have to clean the barf off of my tux. it used to be my barf. now, it's the twins' barf. he praised his wife for being a pro. i didn't think at 56, i would be the parent after twins. don't make plans. you have to just enjoy the ride. now, to jerry seinfeld. the trailer for the comedian's highly-anticipated netflix special was just released. it doesn't disappoint. it offers a nostalgic look back at the beginning of his career and his childhood.

take a look. >> a young comedian making his first appearance on "the tonight show. would you welcome him, please, jerry seinfeld. >> my parents, they didn't know our names. they were ignorant. we grew up like wild dogs in the '60s. no helmets. no seat belts. no restraints. >> the hour-long standup show is titled "jerry before seinfeld." he shares home videos and takes a trip to his childhood house. the special hits netflix on september 19th. and michael phelps, the star olympian and his wife, nicole, are expecting their second child. the couple announced the news on instagram, writing number two on the way. so excited. this means boomer gets to be a big brother. look how excited he is. this came from boomer's instagr instagram, with the caption, so excited to see what momma is having. congratulations to the phelps family.

>> number two on the way, could mean a lot of things. >> they instagram that. "daly click" for you. all right. let's get to this one. a great wedding reception entrance can get the party started. and this duo found a way to make theirs memorable. the best man was getting in position for the maid of honor's grand entrance. start running towards him and, down they go. thankfully -- no one was hurt. the only real injury was to their egos. they got up and walked it off. >> taking bets how many shots they had before that. >> oh, boy. ouch. >> since it was a wedding, everyone's got a camera. we'll see that over and over. >> they probably had all angles. good for them. thanks for trying. how about the weather? >> let's get back to the weather here. and of course, tracking harvey. and still heavy, heavy rain, moving through beaumont, texas.

45-mile-per-hour winds right now. moving north, nine miles per hour. it is going to maintain strength for a tropical storm a little while longer. then, downgrades to a tropical depression. looking at how much rain we've picked up since friday. areas outside of houston picked up 32 inches of rain. some areas over 42 inches of rain. let's total it all up. 21 trillion gallons of train has fallen from this storm. and to put that into perspective, that's the volume of water that flows over nigra false in one year. an incredible amount of rainfall. we have flash flood watches and warnings. those extend into tennessee hecause of t good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. the rain is long gone and the temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon. that's cool for this time of year. the normal high in philadelphia is 83.

we'll be up to 78 degrees. lut lots of sunshine for the suburbs but the humidity falls through the day. a few clouds at the shore will be moving out, up to 74 degrees this afternoon. sunny skies and comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and the 70s. have a great day. and that's your latest forecast. savannah? >> dylan, thank you so much. for 15 years, maria menounos has been a fixture in entertainment news and a familiar face "today." nearly three months ago sheshgs had surgery to remove a brain tumor right behind her right eye. at the same time, caring for her mother, who was diagnosed with aggressive stage 4 brain cancer. we're going to talk to lmaria i a moment. first, a bit more of what she's been through in the last year. for maria menounos, life has been a perpetual juggling act. actress, author. >> so excited to be here.

>> reporter: host of shows from "e! news" to "access hollywood." her close relationships with her family and partner of 19 years, kevin undergar ro, a respite fr her professional life. but her mother litsa was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that john mccain has and senator ted kennedy died from in 2009. she talked to megyn kelly about when she learned the news. >> i wish you gave this to me. i have the will to beat this stuff. and she doesn't. and careful what you wish for. >> reporter: just six months after her mother's diagnosis, a cruel twist of fate. maria herself began experiencing headaches and busine s ans and . she was slurring her spech and having trouble reading the

teleprompter. she had a brain tumor. and on her birthday, she had that tumor removed. >> where the tumor was affected my balance. and that's what making me woozy and dizzy. >> reporter: the tumor was benign. there's a 6% chance of recurrence. for now, maria's focus on her own recovery and her mother's. >> i just hope that we can make her one of the long-term survivors. 'cause i'm worried about her. that's all i want. god, if i have to give everything up, just make sure she's okay. that's all i want. nobody wants to lose their mom. >> hi, maria. good morning. good to see your beautiful face. >> thanks. good to see yours. >> how are you doing? how is your mom doing? >> we're both doing well. we just celebrated my mom -- this past weekend, in connecticut. we had a big party for her. we called it her one year

celebration of life party. >> one year since her diagnosis. >> since her diagnosis. had family and friends gather at her home in connecticut. my cousin, being a funny one. we had a really nice time. you know, it's a process. and right now, she's stable and doing well. but there's definitely a lot of things that go with it. it's an emotional ride, savannah. >> and you, not just because of how deeply you care for her baa because of what you yourself have been through. we were just walking over here. you said, i still have to watch and make sure i, you know, am not too wobbly. do you have physical symptoms still from the surgery? >> yeah. they're getting better and better. each week, you see differences. i still have a hard time chewing on my right side because it was on my right side. it affected the nerve that controls all of your face. so, chewing here, my jaw is not

right yet. little things. i can get dizzy moving my head side-to-side. sometimes it looks like i've been in a car accident. i just shift carefully. overall, i feel so lucky to be functioning and to be almost normal and to not have cancer. >> and your prognosis, i know, is really good. there's high, high hopes that this is it. and they got just about all of it. thank you, god. it's interesting to see how much you have changed. i have known you a few years now. and it seems like this has given you a whole new outlook on life. >> it's funny. the family was like, maria's so quiet. i'm calmer, i think, because i see things so differently now. i think being still is so important. i think that's why meditation is so great for people because it creates a little time of stillness in their lives. for me, having so much time and so much stillness, i've been able to look back at everything.

and i did see this all as a gift. i did shift everything into positives throughout this whole journey. and i think that's really important. we're all going to have really hard times in life. it's how we respond. how we react, how we shift to see the good. out of every bad thing, something good comes, if you see it, if you open your mind to it. >> and something good has come. i know your fiance, kevin, is here. you've been engaged for a year. been together 19 years. this is where the rubber meets the road and you find out what someone is made of, when you go through something difficult lik >> and it sounds like he has stepped up to the plate in a huge way. >> you scared me. i thought like he was about to marry me here all of a sudden. >> wait a minute. we do do weddings here. i'm just kidding. we wouldn't do that. you have to plan. >> i had that feeling. is this happening again? he proposed to me on howard

stern. i had a heart attack inside. he's been unbelievable. the man has not left my side. he's helping me take care of my mom and my dad. and keeping us all strong. when i first met him. by day three he was telling me how he helped his dad with his cancer. and i was like, he's a caretaker. done. this is the guy. what did i know at 19 about having a caretaker? but look, he's done everything i could have dreamed of. and i love you, boo. >> you got a good one. we're out of time. i know you're hoping to start a family. keep us posted on that, too. >> thank you. >> no wedding, but it could be arranged. kevin, are you in? >> you scared me. >> great to see you. thank you so much. we'll head over to craig. >> all right, savannah. good to see you, maria. just ahead, our man, dr. oz, is here, and back with a solutions to a diet problem a

lot of us face, eating after dark. the night owls. 8 oo:26, good morning, i'm tracy davidson. "first alert" meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast. bill? >> a beautiful morning, beautiful afternoon, we'll warm into the 70s but it's still cool right now. 56 degrees in philadelphia. king of prussia, 68 degrees by 11:00. and then into the middle 70s at 2:00. the temperature will be going up. we've got a nice northwesterly wind blowing. that's going to keep the humidity throw through the day today. >> nbc10 traffic reporter, jessica boyington is about to head out to the roads. >> tracy, here's the vine around 24th street. this is headed to the schuylkill. you can see that down here from

the schuylkill expressway all the way to 95 right here. heading eastbound to 95 really slow. also still watching an overturned tractor trailer on the new jersey turnpike, northbound side, exit 3, 168. take 295 as an alternate. tracy, back to you. we have new video of a man police say is responsible for slashing more than 50 tires on emergency vehicles and police cars in camden county. investigators believe he went on a tire slashing spree in summerdale. 13 vehicles were hit including nine police cruisers. philadelphia jim kenney has declared philadelphia soul world champions day. over the weekend, city lhall wil host a rally at news. you can stay updated with nbc10 free news and weather app. thanks for watching.

♪ good morning. good morning. >> it's 8:30, now. it's wednesday morning. it's the 30th of august. 2017. and it's already feeling a bit like fall out on our plaza. so glad to have everybody here. craig's in for matt. it's good to have miss dylan back. you guys working so hard, you and lester all weekend. >> we had a wonderful crew. taking care of as much as we could take care of. >> you were terrific, too, dylan. it's time to look at our

beautiful faces in our crowd and pick out special ones. everybody's special. everybody's special. but i don't know if there's anyone more special than flo and betty. flo and betty, what are you celebrating? >> 85. >> they're 85 years old. we won't fell a soul. would you like everyone to wish you happy birthday? >> sure. >> on three, guys. flo and betty. happy birthday. one, two, three. happy birthday, flo and betty. [ cheers and applause ] sassy and sexy, all right? thanks for coming to spend your birthday with us. don't you want to hang with them? >> yes, i do. ladies. >> i love those hats. i love those hats. coming up, more flo and betty. but also dr. oz. dr. oz is here with diet dilemma cures. how to tell and cope if you're a night owl eater. including why he says -- what you should be doing before you eat. excuse me. yes. then, we're going to check

in with the remarkable wade quadruplets. these are the four brothers who are all at yale together. and they're taking the ivy league by storm. it's going to be fun. >> i love that. and martha's here. slow cooker at the ready. three, easy ways to make some delicious chicken dinners. i love that slow kcooker. let's get a check of the weather. >> across the country, we have rain off the coast of new england. with spotty showers and clouds. dry back through the midwest. looking at high fire danger out west. it's been dry. temperatures cooler than they have been lately. hot in the southwest, though, with scattered thunderstorms. we're looking at highs in the 80s and below average in the northeast. temperatures only in the 7. that0s's good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. the rain is long gone and the temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon. that's cool for this time of year.

the normal high in philadelphia is 83. we'll be up to 78 degrees. lots of sunshine for the suburbs but the humidity falls through the day. sunny skies in new jersey up to 78 degrees. a few clouds at the shore will be moving out, up to 74 degrees this afternoon. sunny skies and comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and delaware, in the 70s. have a great day. >> it's not quite 85. but another birthday on the plaza. how old are you? let me guess. 9? >> mm-hmm. >> where are you from? >> virginia. >> thank you for celebrating your birthday with us. you should go hang out with flo and betty. >> thank you. when it comes to dieting, there's one thing we know for certain, one size does not fit all. figuring out how, when and why you eat, can help start you down the right track. dr. oz is back with more on how to tackle your eating personality. good to see you. first of all, this survey that

we put online, 45,000 people -- more than 45,000 people have weighed in so far. most folks, yesterday, we figured out were so-called plate cleaners. >> yep. >> tonight, we talk about night owls. 30% of the folks say they're night owls. what is a night eater? >> on the quiz, it's examining where you are in your life and how you cope with stress. you can have thin people who are night owls and heavy people who are night owls. same for plate cleaners and grazers. the 30% of people who find themselves there, can restrict themselves during the day because they're on a diet. and all of a sudden, they run into dinner time. and they finish off not just what's on their dinner plate, and by the time, the evening is done, they're cuddled up with a bowl of ice cream and have been a catastrophe for three hours. >> a dietary dilemma is what? >> you're doing the right things. you're perfect until 7:00 at night. once you start eating, your

hormones take you down. you can take your personality type and use it to your benefit, as opposed to making it hurt you. >> what should these folks be doing? >> they should take a page from the grazers. get up in the morning. people who are night owls, they don't have time to eat. they're busy. you don't have to eat a big meal. an egg works. take it in the bag with you. not a lot of food. >> any kind of yogurt? >> i like 2% yogurt. you want protein. protein all day long, helps with the hormones a little bit. eat before you eat. >> eat before you eat? >> your mom would say, craig, don't eat that. dinner's in half an hour. you want people eating a half hour before dinner. here's why. you have two hormones that control your hunger. one is growling, makes your stomach growl.

and you have lepton, telling you to stop eating. they are misbehaving if you starve yourself. in half an hour, you have had three meals, if you're like me. because you're overeaten and you've blown your diet, you go through the evening. >> what should the nighttime eaters be doing for dessert? >> you want something sweet. that's something a personality type desires. instead of having the ice cream i mentioned earlier, frozen pears. put the pear in the freezer. it gives you the cold feeling in your mouth. frozen strawberries. grapes are fantastic. something that's not sweet to finish it. get the sweet toaste out of you mouth. green tea or light colored tea. >> there's a lot of myths when it comes tonight time eating. true/false quiz to dispel some

of the myths. here's the first question, if you will. it's okay to eat after 7:00 p.m. if it's healthy? true or false? i would say that would be true. >> it happens to be true. but here's the catch. not so much when you finish your last meal. it's how many hours until you get the first meal in the morning? we want about 12 hours. it's an effective way to lose weight. from the moment you finish dinner, at 9:00 at night, give yourself 12 hours to let your metabolism calm down. all of these personality types, the reason this quiz is so popular, it helps you move your metabolism in the right direction. >> here's the second question. true or false, save all daily calories for night and have a large dinner and dessert? >> wrong, false. one of the biggest mistakes. we know now that your metabolism in the morning and the evening are different. this takes us to the third question, which is important for folks to understand. this may be the secret to it all. one of the biggest insights.

it's best to eat high calorie foods early in the day. big study done. looking at women. real people. if you gave the same number of calories to people, but had them eat in the morning, versus the evening, they lost 2 1/2 times more weight. it's not so much what you're eating and how much of it? it's what time you're eating. eat your calories now, early. your metabolism is ready to go. you have rhythms that put you to sleep. your intestines want to go to sleep, as well. we sabotage ourselves by doing that. >> we always learn something from you. thank you so much for that. of course, you can see more of dr. oz every day on "the dr. oz show." check your local listings. up next, the freshmen taking yale by storm. with the wade quadruplets exclusively on their first day of college. first this, is "today" on nbc.

♪ [ cheers and applause ] we are back. it's 8:40. we got the latest on a remarkable group of guys whose journey we have been following for a while. >> we're talking about the wade quadruplets. they did exceptionally well in high school. and they joined us to reveal they were going to the same ivy league college here on "today." that's a good assignment, thomas. >> these guys are fun. the boys we focus on right now, they made worldwide headlines, the wade brothers, last spring, when they were all accepted into harvard, yale and a bunch of prestigious schools. they decided on yale. and this is the first day of their freshman year there. wake up, guys. it's time to go to class. it's a true right of passage when a child leaves for college. and for the wade family, it's happening four times over. so, there's no sibling rivalry? >> there is. >> reporter: they're quadruplet

brothers, born minutes apart. >> zach. >> nigel. >> aaron. >> nick. >> reporter: we met them in spral, when they got offers from 49 colleges, including harvard, yale, duke and stanford. >> we never expected to have as many amazing opportunities they have. >> reporter: they chose to stick together and decided with its friendly vibe and enticing financial aid package, yale university was the pick. >> the sense to me, it was unlike any other. >> reporter: at home in ohio. >> how many pairs of shorts are you taking? >> reporter: they packed and prepped. >> we're not taking that. that's a little too small for us. >> reporter: and headed to new haven, connecticut, where we caught up with them on campus. how much have you seen each other since you've been here? >> we see each other in passing. >> reporter: do you nod and stay hello? >> just head down. >> we'll acknowledge each other. >> we'll wave. >> reporter: you see, they're close here. but not too close.

>> you can see, i've started hanging things in my closet here. >> this is my bed. a nice view over the street. >> reporter: for the first time ever, the guys are living apart. each one in a different residence hall. nick, you think you have the best dorm, right? >> i don't think, i know. >> reporter: you know? >> yes. >> reporter: these fun-loving ohio overachievers, are taking different academic roads. do you know where the class halls are? >> we'll find that out. >> on the schedule for this weekend. we'll figure that out. >> reporter: nigel is pursuing neuroscience. aaron, artificial intelligence. zach is planning on chemical engineering. and nick, international relations. i'm going to play a game of most likely. >> okay. >> reporter: most likely to oversleep and miss class? >> nick. >> zach. >> i get up early every weekend. >> reporter: most likely to answer or start the group text? >> aaron. >> aaron. >> reporter: most likely to misplace their dormroom key first? >> nigel. >> nigel. >> reporter: most likely to be

the biggest heartbreaker on campus? >> nick. >> nick. >> reporter: their proud parents, kim and darren wade, are now empty-nesters. >> they have each other. there's a unit here. i feel good about it. >> i'm just happy they're out, man. dude. the goal was to get them out. if they're in an ivy league school, that's just icing on the cake. >> yes. >> meeting with the deans of colleges tonight. >> going to have lunch with friends. >> we are a support group for each other if we need to be, we also came to yale to find our own personalities and groups. >> reporter: four brothers with four different dreams. but one unbreakable bond. could you imagine if all four of you weren't together on the same campus? >> honestly, at this point, kind of no because we have already like integrated into the yale community, as individuals but also, as brothers. so, i'm actually glad to have that. looking back, i'm glad we decided to go to the same place.

>> such great guys. i got to walk around campus with them. it's fun to see how people are interacting with them. people know them. they were eager to come up and meet them. and this is the second set of quads to go to yale since 2010. but they were great. we gave the boys ramen noodles. that's what every freshman needs. and some "today" show hats. but the ramen noodles, they were excited about that. >> do they ever fight? >> that's why we played most likely. the most funny one was who is most likely to wear the same outfit to class two days in a row and not care? and zach was busted on that. when i asked dad about that, it would be zach. but it would be nigel, too, because he will forget. he will forget. >> dad is like, i want them gone. >> dad was great. we were co-miss rate iing. i was using my powder puff.

hey, dad. let's cool down a little bit. >> that's a good story. >> they were fantastic. coming up, the flavorful and fool-proof way of cooking chicken three ways with martha stewart. first this, is "today" on nbc.

this morning on "today food," the one and only martha stewart is back. her new book, "martha stewart slow cooker." it's backed with flavorful and fool-proof recipes. chicken three ways. >> slow cookers are having a resurgence. >> what do you like about the slow cooker? >> i like to save time to do other things. this is a good way to put a meal at the ready. and you just cook it while you go to work. you can do these -- i think all of the dishes in eight hours on slow. and if you want to speed it up,

you can do it on high at four hours. >> let's get started. >> not all just dump and cover and turn on. >> that's what i do. >> we want to increase the flavor of your food. this chicken -- these are chicken legs, which are browned with a little salt and pepper in the brailoiler first. and then, you butt everything in here. >> this is chicken with 20 cloves of garlic. now, 20 cloves of garlic. >> seems like a lot. >> it seems like a lot. but slow cooker intensifies the flavor. the original recipe we tried had 40 cloes of garlic. too much. have you ever peeled a garlic with two bowls? >> i can't say i have. you make sure the bowls are the same size. you -- do this. >> you do this. and you'll see. hopefully it will work.

the garlic cloves are peeled. >> no way. >> we'll do a whole segment on that. >> is this a magic segment? >> that is it. put your 20 cloves of garlic in there. >> that's a pro tip. >> you can run around the house. the kids love it. they love it. it's magic. >> what's the biggest mistake that folks make when using the slow cooker? >> they forget that food should have texture, flavor, kcolor. our slow cooker recipes, you can do entrees like this but all kinds of desserts. you can do soups. you can poach. you can steam. japanese custard. so good in the slow cooker. hello. >> hi, martha. >> this is the sandwich area. >> beautiful. you would never know it was a slow cooker. >> what are we making? >> first, the mariqua.

a finely diced onion and pepper. and then, brown on top of the stove. this is a good slow cooker to get because it's on top of the stove. and you put it in here. a spicy buffalo chicken sandwich. your chicken goes to here. >> these are cooked already, right? >> again, you can saute them right in the slow cooker on top of the stove. >> then, you start adding the good stuff. >> then, you make your spicy mixture, right in. >> the worcestershire goes in. >> hot sauce. pepper sauce. mustard. and you turn that on. four hours on high. and don't forget, the molasses. very important. molasses and the mustard. and then, cook that for four hours or eight hours, high or low. and then, take the chicken out. shred it with a fork. cook this down a little bit

more. >> on top of the stove. >> am i putting this back in here? >> if you wish. and then, this is the final product here? >> and remember what dr. oz said. eat it for breakfast. it's breakfast time. >> you want to try a bite? >> absolutely. >> use pickled vegetables. this is so good. and all this -- all your carbs, eat that before dinner. >> yeah. that's what dr. oz said. eat it for breakfast. >> dr. oz and then, a cooking segment right after. this one is all in the slow cooker. you don't have to do prep ahead of time. this is a tex mex chicken and beans. i like using dried beans. they're less expensive. they're tastier than canned beans. i don't like opening cans very much. i use the dried beans, which i had boiled ahead of time. >> why do we do that?

>> to soften them. you have your chicken thighs. the pinto beans. >> i noticed they're not browned. >> everything is done right in the slow cooker. you don't have to brown these. this particular dish is more in the old-fashioned way of slow cooking. add chipotle chilchili, and tablespoons of flour to thicken up the sauce. red peppers and red onions. >> i've been chopping these diligently. >> doing a beautiful job. this is on low for eight hours. this morning you put it on. tonight, the kids have dinner. >> that's easy, martha. >> here's what it looks like. and serve it with jalapeno peppers, cilantro, if you like. sour cream. >> watch out for the peppers. >> don't for get. >> that looks good. >> tell dr. oz.

thank you so much. >> and some tortilla sltrips. >> if you want the recipe, go to today.com/food. first, this is "today" on nbc. cancer is smart. it pushes us. we push back. challenging conventional thinking. finding smarter solutions. that's what makes cancer treatment centers of america one of the leaders in precision cancer treatment. using tools like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy to bring more options to our patients. cancer treatment centers of america. we're not just fighting cancer any more. we're outsmarting it. visit cancercenter.com/outsmart to learn more.

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this morning on "today's take," cain you believe it. da dean cain is here. and elle fanning, how she is making the leap into her new project. and a huge announcement that will steal your breath away. you don't even be able to deal. all that and more coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning, august 30th, 2017. we're listening to "neon," by thomas a thomas hayes. i'm happy to be here with jenna and dean cain. al is off. >> welcome back.

>> it's great to be back. as i was coming back, i couldn't help but have this feeling of guilt because i get to -- we cover the story. and it's so important -- the reason why we have to go to these stories is to get the word out, to see how people are affected, to hopefully raise money to help people. and the more they know, the more they're invested in the story and the more they want to help. and i hit a point when i have to come home. i have this part of my job, as well. >> and your family. >> and my family. there's so many people who don't have a home to go to. but their spirits were so high. we were staying at one hotel that was powered by a generator. they were giving meals. there was one guy -- have you been to this town? and i said, no. we haven't gotten there yet. he said, if you know if my home, can you let me know? here, have a warm lunch. >> he was helping you. >> there was one time i was

walking out of the hotel. and i'm trying to get from point "a" to point "b." and a car pulls up, can i give you a ride? you're a texas girl. and i think you could have predicted that that people would come out to help each other. >> texans are a special breed. there's a compassion there. that's the thing that the actex, too. when i first took henry, somebody heard we were going on a road trip. and they brought us a thing of doughnuts and baked goods. and henry said, did they just bring us free muffins? there is a compassion there. i can't imagine what it's like to come back, too. some things may seem frivolous, too. >> that's so true. even just wheeling my bag. i'm just happy i have a bag to bring home. and i have a warm home to come home to. it was emotional being there. and it was also from a meet

logical perspective, incredible to see, the rain not stop. you would wake up the next morning and you would still see the floodwaters and the rain was just coming down in sheets. just unbelievable how much rain and water these people had to handle. you drive through these neighborhoods. and some neighborhoods look like that. and you hit a dry patch and another neighborhood would be under water. >> i have friends that live in houston and my family. an it is street by street. some friends have been affected, had to evacuate in the middle of the night with babies. and some have been spared. been luckier. it's really hard to see that, street-by-street. and it's hard for those that aren't affected, too. there's a sense of guilt. but i will say, one of the things that you posted on twitter last night that i loved, is the sun peeking through. right when you were -- >> right before our live shot for "nightly news."

and the sun just came out in full force. and it's -- you look up at the sky. and it's almost like, you know, there's a bigger power watching down. and eventually, everything is going to be okay. and everybody will get through it. it will be hard. and my tweet, i went on to say, may god give these people strength because they're going to need it. >> i think we have to keep talking about them and praying for them and covering them. i don't think this is the last time you're in houston. >> the big thing will happen. everybody will focus on it. and it goes away. it's interesting what you said about feeling guilty. that's one of the things that struck me. a lot of the soldiers when they come back from being in battle in different places, there's that survivor's guilt or the guilt of being back home when all that stuff is going on and they're needed there. that's a hard thing to deal with. it's interesting you have that smaller bit. you had to come home. and i find it really amazing.

and as tragic as it is, all of the wonderful stories and the helping. at the end, the sun comes out. that's a brilliant -- a brilliant thing. >> exactly. >> you know who is happy you're home? calvin. >> i haven't seen him yet. i got back at 3:00 this morning. i didn't want the wake him. you don't want to sleep a sleeping baby. my husband was like, give him a hug. i can't wait to get home to see him. >> i would have done the hug. >> you should leave early. >> i know. i got to go. >> my son's 17. i've been here for a week. i miss him badly already. >> that doesn't get easier. >> he's a man. >> i don't think my parents would say they missed me at 17. they would let me go. >> a little -- i've seen some pictures of you from throwback. >> 17-year-old girls are tough. >> they're mean. >> i remember those 17-year-old girls. they wouldn't talk to us

15-year-olds. that's for sure. only the older guys. that's what it seems to be. >> yeah. >> you had mila this morning. >> mila is waking up earlier and earlier. and she said, mommy, can i please go to work? and she said, i have to go -- i have taken her before. that's giving her the forbidden fruit. she's tasted the ice cream. she got her air and makeup done. i really want to come. sorry, mila. the elevator doors were closing. and she was going, stay with me, mommy. >> i'm still at the point where, this is much harder on me than calvin. calvin has no idea what's going on. >> still asleep. >> at that age. >> people said that along. how could it get worse? it does. >> it gets worse. and it never stops. >> great to know at 17, it doesn't get any better. >> speaking of rude 17-year-olds -- >> yes. >> buzzfeed put together a fun list of habits and posted a

question whether or not they're rude. let's see. >> we play rude or not. rude or not. >> rude or not rude. >> there we go. >> that's the most creative we can come up with today. >> it's early. >> we should be more creative. is it rude or not rude to respond within a message within a day. >> not respond. >> to respond, rude. >> like a text message? >> yeah. i'm so bad with it. my problem is, i see something on the run. and i'm like, okay, i'll get back to it. and i forget. >> honestly, it's not like you're doing anything. >> on purpose. >> you're not busy. >> yeah. sometimes i don't -- >> it's not on purpose. not malicious. >> i don't want to write back too quick. i don't want them to think i'm just sitting here. >> i usually forget. and i'm sorry to a couple of people i responded to. savannah flags e-mails. >> that's too complicated. >> i will reply and save it in

my drafts. >> you think it is rude, maybe, not responding. >> i like to be responsive. it's hard. >> fair enough. rude or not rude, to double-dip? >> it's not rude if queso is involved. >> you have to. >> i'm okay with double-dipping. >> i like to double-dip. my mom despises it. i double-dip just to annoy her. >> rude or not rude to not hold the door open for somebody? >> that's rude. >> i am chivalrous. >> yesterday -- i don't know if you did this. i was walking ahead of you. and i opened the door and you're like, let me get this. he's a gentleman. >> it was beat into me. >> rude or not rude to hold the elevator for someone, when they are running to catch it. >> if they're running and you see them -- >> eye contact. >> if there's eye contact, i feel like you have to. >> what if somebody goes, hold

it. >> i couldn't get it. >> what if it's your 3-year-old daughter and the door is slamming on her? >> that's not rude. >> is it rude or not rude to get your daughter's age wrong? she's 4. >> i have to admit, i have snuck into the elevator and hope nobody saw it was open. and you know they're waiting. don't get in. don't get in. and then, it closes. i'm rude. >> it takes a ten seconds for yourself. >> rude or not rude to unplug someone else's charger. >> that's rude. >> where would you be in that case? >> at the airport? >> i do that often. yeah. i don't think of it at home. >> yeah. all right. that was fun. >> that was it? >> that's all we have time for. ahead, a huge announcement you don't want to miss. >> what's the deal with in announcement? >> deal with this announcement

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♪ okay. we are back with more of "today's take" and our guest co-host, dean cain. >> a huge announcement. >> tomorrow's show is going to be huge. >> what is it going to be? >> it is going to be huge. we're doing an entire hour of steals a "steals & deals" for fall. >> if you have been meaning to buy anything for back-to-school, hot tech, fall fashion or things for your home, tune in tomorrow. >> and by the way, these deals are so huge -- >> huge. >> so huge, in fact, inside, this beautiful piggy bank -- dylan and i don't like this idea. >> i like it. it's exciting. >> the total amount of possible savings. >> we're going to crack open the

piggy bank. >> i don't think these will protect us. >> they will protect our eyes. >> ready? i'm not going to miss. look at that. >> by the way, aren't you glad i moved? >> i wasn't aiming at you, jenna. >> they're on my lap. >> look at the shards. i feel like -- >> my gosh. >> at this point, they're trying to kill us. >> just wound you. here's how much you would save tomorrow. who is going to read it? >> i will. $5,130 worth of savings. >> plus -- >> plus what? oh, plus. >> even more than $5,130. >> plus a couple -- >> that was fun. i'm kidding. you have the glasses on. look at these shards. >> tune in tomorrow and save a lot of money. that's it. >> this is the thing, every day -- every day, there's a new day. you know what i'm saying? >> national this day. >> and i like it when it's about

food. something you can consume. today, we're celebrating the very quirky holiday of national slinky day. >> who hasn't eaten a slinky? >> eaten a -- >> we have a lot of slinkies? including that one, the gold one. >> 14 carat gold. >> is it really? >> really for the person who has everything. >> does it feel heavy? >> if i was friends with beyonce -- >> i think of "ace ventura 2." >> i like the shrink justilinky. >> one of my favorite movies. the second one is better than the first. debate. our plaza producer, kevin, is having fun on the stairs. >> it's got to be the right stairs. >> stairs are hard.

they're weird. >> oh. >> no. they've been practicing. >> isabel's are getting stuck. with the camera rolling. >> there you go, isabella. >> i live in a small new york city apartment. we don't have stairs. i don't know if calvin will enjoy the joy of a slinky. >> i think you will find somebody in new york city. >> i think this went over swimmingly. do you feel smarter after talk about the slinky. >> i feel a little smarter. i'm going to keep this one. >> right in here. all right. >> so, imagine -- that's it? we're not going to imagine anything? imagine i got out of here with this 14 karat gold. >> i don't think it's 14 karat gold. >> it is. the bite test. >> okay. >> yep. >> it's real. >> gold. let's look at the weather

going on across the country. we are still tracking harvey. believe it or not. it is a slow-moving system, it is still bringing rain to the beaumont area, which has seen so much rain in the last 30 hours alo alone. picked up nearly 30 inches of rain in that time. we're going to see this weaken to a tropical depression. we could see four to six inches of rain. in eastern texas, we're looking at four to five inches of rainfall. in the last 30 hours, 26.79 inches of rain. almost four of that fell in one hour. the total of 43.6 inches of rain. we could see flooding up into central parts of louis good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. the rain is long gone and the temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon. that's cool for this time of year. the normal high in philadelphia is 83. we'll be up to 78 degrees.

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break it down. >> break it down, she will. move over, carbs. a study is saying not to replace fat incatake with casherbs. >> many of us have been growing weary with advice, be careful with the saturated fat, that we replace it with carbohydrates. it's not a healthier choice. complex carbohydrates, that's fruits and vegetables. simple carbohydrates, a no-no. better things to snack on in the evening, healthy fats, right? your mono, unsaturated fats. avocado, salmon, nuts in particular. on the theme of olive oil. >> speaking of. >> this is an interesting study. if i ask you, what is healthier, dark chocolate or white

chocolate? >> dark chocolate. >> they compared two groups of diets or dpimpbt kind of chocolate intake. one was dark chocolate that was infused with extra virgin olive oil. and another chocolate that has red apple that has anti-ox deox and anti-inflammatory in it. the people that have chocolate with extra virgin olive oil was better than the red apple. this is not necessarily news flash. extra virgin olive oil. but here's the interesting thing, how can you get chocolate -- you can't. >> pour it on top of your chocolate. >> have a little piece of dark chocolate. put extra virgin olive oil on everything. >> cook with it. >> is it better when it's not heated up? >> and i just said cook with it. that's not right. >> exactly. >> you can cook with it. you're -- >> better not heated. >> right. >> now, we're talking dads?

>> dads getting older. the average age of dads in the united states, has increased by 3 1/2 years. that means going from 27 1/2 to 31, on average. are there implicatiomplications? >> i was 33. >> there is research there might be chromosomal abnormalities. and there's advantages. economic stability. more wisdom. more stable households. this is not necessarily a medical take-home for us. but i think it's interesting and goes along with increasing maternal age in this country. >> let's get to this quickly. >> our last one. social media. very important. we all use social media. lots of instagram traffic. people looking for cosmetic surgeons. the majority of posts for advertising things like procedures, like liposuction and things like that, are not board-certified plastic surgeons. do your due diligence when you

go on the websites to find out who is doing the procedures. >> that seems like common sense. thanks so much, dr. natalie. >> he's fantastic. coming up, elle fanning is popping into our studio to tell us about her movie "leap," after us about her movie "leap," after this. open your eyes to the city mini shadow palettes, new from maybelline new york. our purest color pigments inspired by the city. from concrete runway to rooftop bronzes. the city mini shadow palettes. make it happen. ♪ maybelline new york make it happen. how'd we rethink light yogurt? kicked out artificial sweeteners, added real fruit, and made it 90 calories. new light and fit greek nonfat yogurt with zero artificial sweeteners. you'll go from "mmm" to "wow."

9:26. good morning, everyone, i'm ted greenberg. and we have a nice looking wednesday. fs fgs meteorology bill henley is here with the forecast. bill. >> definitely, don't need your umbrellas today. the clouds have moved out. we're warming into the 60s. 65 degrees in delaware. sunshine, warming to 70 degrees and middle 70s this afternoon. northwesterly winds, there's dry air that's coming in for the clouds and the rain that we had yesterday. upper 70s this afternoon, turns a bit warmer with a chance of a late day shower. >> "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington checking out problems on 422.

>> right, ted. we're watching 422 right around route 29. another accident here, suv, a truck in front of it. we have police activity. but all is getting by, that's off to the shoulder. and another accident, overturned tractor trailer. exit 3. earlier we were seeing really big delays moving by the scene. and your alternate, 295, that now, 295 is your alternate. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. here's a look at that scene of that overturned tractor trailer that jessica was just talking about. you see it looks like lumber all over the ground here. new jersey state police hasn't said if anyone was injured or how long it will take to clean up that mess. members of the new jersey national guard will head for texas to help with cleanup of harvey. made up eight guardsmen accompanied by two black hawk

helicopters. i'm ted greenberg. more of the "today" show is coming your way next. hope you have a great wednesday.

♪ for more than 15 years, we've watched as elle fanning has transformed from child actress to hollywood star. from her break-out role as ol lis in the sci-fi thriller "super 8," produced by steven spielberg. to playing princess aurora, in "maleficent," that brought in $750 million worldwide. and proving her range knows no bounds, playing in the crime drama "live by night." now, she joins us to talk about her animated film, leap, as elle stars as the orphan named felic felicie, who has one dream to go to paris and becoming a ballerina. let's take a look.

>> i'm felicie. >> felifelicie. >> no. i'm friendly. and my name is camille. >> okay. i'm nora. but everyone calls menor nora. that's the name that goes with my face. you should warm up. >> warm up? >> oh. that's so cute. elle, good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you so much. >> that had to be a satisfying "this is your life" portrayal. >> right. >> "this is your life" not supposed to have it at 19 years old. what a wide and varying career at 19. >> it's funny hearing your voice come out of a little character. oh, that's me. >> what was it like when you first heard your voice coming out of this particular character? >> gosh, i was really -- i worked on it for quite a while.

years in the process. i was there for the beginning, before she was even drawn or exactly -- before her outfits. or exactly what she was going to look like. it was really neat to get to be there at the start from the beginning, in a way, all do it together and create this world. >> did you have a say in all that and who she became? >> what they would do -- they would show me things. it would be exciting each time i would go to the studio and have the next session. they would have new clips to show me or a drawing. they would record my face while i was doing the faceover. >> that's so weird. >> the motion capture. >> it wasn't necessarily like motion capture. but still, they would use the facial expressions and the monitoris manorisms and i was like, i do that. >> you had picture and voice-to-picture? or were you doing the voices

first and they were putting the v picture together? >> i did the voice first. they created around that. some of the other people, they came in later. they would do it to the picture. yeah. it's great that way because you have freedom to -- you can go as slow or as fast -- as much as you want. and they adapted to my voice, which was nice. >> what's the hardest part about doing voiceovers? i feel like the grunts and the -- trying to do all that stuff. >> the grunts. >> i think you have to not be shy about it. also, you do get -- you can't help but get a little self-conscious. you're in there. and you're like, well, i have to make this crazy sound. and you don't have your face or your eyes or anything to rely on. it all has to be through your voice. you just have to let the guard down a little bit and go for it and be wild. >> can you do one for us? >> i'm like, yeah, with this one, there were a lot of grunts.

she's dancing in the film a lot. so, it was -- or dizziness from twirling. you have to use -- >> use your voice. >> use your voice for that. >> this is not your first rodeo. you recorded something a long time ago. we have a little clip. >> yeah. >> with your sister. >> i saw him. between, you say i saw him. >> okay. >> she's a lot like me. >> of course, she wears her hair in pig tails and she loves to be with me. >> you know what i do? when you tell me to stay there, i kept there long. >> oh, my gosh. >> are you -- >> i've seen that clip before. people always talk about that. >> yeah. >> and we love doing that. that was when we had to -- we dubbed it so we were watching the picture, while we were doing it. >> that was really fun. >> thank you so much.

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move over, beach reads. it's time to curl up on a chair for some fall fiction. >> if you're in the market for a page-turner, you're in look. >> the must-read books with isaac fitzgerald. >> how are we doing, guys? time for fall reads. >> we have a lot to get to. and kevin, our plaza producer, also serving as librarian. >> yes. >> my mother is a librarian. i'm not sure if she would like that portrayal. very stereotyping a little. >> real dwlaglasses. >> real glasses. >> extra take. >> let's get to the first book.

tom hanks, "uncommon type." >> it's a collection of short stories. he had a short story published in 2014. this is his collection. it's about the american dream. each one touches on different ways. there's a veteran. there's an immigrant. really literary stories. works of fiction coming from tom hanks. the man really can do it all. thread throughout is his love of typewrit typewriters. tom hanks had an app. it's free. it's a typewriter app. he loves typewriters. >> did he type this on a typewrite center. >> you would have to ask tom. but i would not be surprised if he did. and it's a fantastic collection. would be recommending it if it wasn't from one of the greatest stars on the planet. >> yeah. >> good. >> i would read that, for sure. >> then, young -- >> there you go. >> young adult fiction. really exciting. >> yes. >> something by john green, who

i love. >> and john green is back. this is fantastic because it's his first book since the smash hit, "the fault in our stars. ". >> which is for adults, too. >> you'll cry. >> on an airplane, though. >> me, too. >> and i sobbed. my neighbor was like, what's wrong? it's just the book. >> you can't read and cry. that's the problem. it's hard. >> you can. >> you can't see. >> yes, you can. >> with this book, john green, it talks about a young woman. she is 16 years old. and she's trying to solve the mystery of a missing fugitive billionaire. she's dealing with mental illness. and tom green has mentioned himself, that a lot of his own experiences with mental illness come through in this book. it's a deeply personal book. there's "star wars" fan fiction and reptiles and friendship. >> are there tears? >> yeah.

it's still john green. done. >> next one. "manhattan beach" by jennifer egan. >> huge fan. >> this is the book to beat this fall. >> you're getting it already. >> i'm getting you the next one. seriously. jennifer egan, pulitzer prize winner. highly anticipated -- anticipated is the word for most of these books. but this book, it's about a young woman who is a driver in world war ii era new york. she's fixing ships. it's a dangerous job. but it's also a noir mystery. she is looking into her missing father. there's so much about old timey new york. it's historical fiction. literary fiction. >> yes. i can't wait. >> i love how not excited about books you are. >> i get a little fired up. >> seriously. >> this is -- >> my man. >> anna faris, "unqualified." >> this is the same title of her very particular and funny podcast, exactly. there is some memoir in this.

there's some advice in this. it's about love. but it's also about career. and she is just so brave in this book, how she talks about imposter syndrome. she talks about becoming popular in hollywood. and the brave face she has to put on. and also, it's hilarious. it's also this beautiful blend, this mix of heartfelt advice. but really, really hilarious stories from her experience. the forward was by chris property. >> okay. >> obviously, something has happened recently with them. >> right. but they -- they're working through it together. and that's what this shows me. this is a person who has really good life advice. that's why i love it. it's wonderful. >> are you in? >> and the last author is one of my favorites. i adore her. >> yes. jazz jesmyn ward. this takes place in mississippi. this is a book, if you love the south, it's about family. and it's a drug-addicted mother,

who is taking her children because the father is getting out of prison. it's this drive across mississippi. but it's beautiful and it's ugly. it is powerful and mythical. but it is based in realism. this is a work -- i mean this, is jesmyn ward at the top of her game. i'm so excited about this book. >> i nope you have more than one copy. >> so many books. >> there's one other book. >> hey. >> it's a surprise. >> oh, my gosh. >> why don't you tell us about this book. >> i haven't seen it yet. >> really? >> you haven't held a copy of this yet? >> no. >> you are now. >> i haven't seen it. >> well, tell everybody what it is. >> well, my sister and i wrote a book together. it's been a lot of work and a lot of fun. i don't know why i'm crying. >> keep going. >> i'm surprised and turning red. thank you for surprising me. >> of course. >> here, let's take a look. you can see the cover of the book. because jenna's crying. >> you know when you haven't

held something? >> i have a book. and the first time you hold it is a magical experience. i didn't know we were doing it to you. >> isaac is crying, too. look at this. >> a little bit, that's airing something that shouldn't be aired. and this is exciting. and my sister and i worked hard on it. >> does it talk about the time in the white house? >> it talks about everything. my grandparents who are from midland, texas. my mom's parents. people will go, you're so normal. that's a strange thing to say. we've had extraordinary life through very normal circumstances. it talks about love and loss. i'm really proud of it. vulnerable and nervous. >> look at the books. laughter and tears. all of them are such great reads. >> so many surpr is good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. the clouds are out of here. the rain is long gone and the temperatures will be warming into the 70s this afternoon.

that's cool for this time of year. the normal high in philadelphia is 83. we'll be up to 78 degrees. lots of sunshine for the suburbs but the humidity falls through the day. sunny skies in new jersey up to 78 degrees. a few clouds at the shore will be moving out, up to 74 degrees this afternoon. sunny skies and comfortable conditions for the lehigh valley and delaware, in the 70s. have a great day. coming up, we're heading into the kitchen to say good-bye to summer but hello to lasagna. after this. parodontax, the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums. for healthy gums, and strong teeth. leave bleeding gums behind. with parodontax toothpaste. ♪

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>> chicken italian sausage, lemons, goat cheese, mozzarella. it's lighter and then, i add cheese. the problem, the enemy of a good lasagna with zucchini is moisture. i put some salt on her. and it sweats out. >> that's beading -- >> it's going to pull. here's a three-step process here. you want to continue to dab those. then, what you'll do, a little olive oil. this is the second step of it. >> okay. >> a little bit of pepper. and you throw these on the grill. that's going to add a smoky flavor. and it will pull out some of the moisture. >> how long do you drill it for? >> a minute, two minutes. they're going to bake ultimately. you want to pull out the moisture. this is what they're going to look like. done. you have the sauce. you're going to put them overnight in the fridge, if you can do that. you doin't have to, but it will

help. red peppers, garlic and onions. chicken sausage has already been browned. you'll throw that in. >> looks good. >> going to have tomato paste. i'm going to let you dump this in. that's can of tomatoes. >> i'll let dean take you to the next step. >> we're here already. >> 12 to 16 minutes, you want to get all of the moisture out. you're going to let it cook down. this is ricottricotta, sitting for an hour, to get the moisture out. sitting there, just draining. goat cheese is going to add some tang, extra flavor. going to add these eggs in. parmesan, fresh herbs, lemon. >> you prepare that nicer than i do. >> then, we're here. this is the base. we're going to overlap the zucchini. you want to have a good foundation. this is what it will look like when dean is done mixing it up.

>> a long way to go. wow, that looks great. >> a layer. and do this three times. i'm going to pass it off to you and you can smooth it out. >> there you go. >> then, you take fresh mo mozzarel mozzarella. 40 minutes, 375. >> head to today.com/food for more. this is "today" on nbc.

thank you for being here. >> thanks for feeding me. this is great. >> are you back tomorrow? >> he's back. all week long. guess what. kathie lee and hoda is n

>> announcer: nbc10 news starts now. 9:56, good morning, everyone, i'm ted greenberg. and we have lots of sunshine for our wednesday. "first alert" meteorologist bill henley is here with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. hi, bill. >> yeah, we sure do. it's a beautiful day. lots of sunshine, humidity is low. temperatures climbing, 53 degrees in new jersey. lehigh valley seeing a few scattered fair weather clouds. no rain here. seeing no rain today. but we will see the temperatures climb into the middle 70s. that's this afternoon.

topping out in upper 70s today. sunshine today, a few showers late tomorrow. >> bill, thank you. "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington has her eyes on the slowdown on the schuylkill. >> yeah, it's mostly affecting the eastbound travel. taking out lanes up ahead, just crawling past the scene, you see we're at a 44-minute drive time from the blue route to the vine. typically, this time, it's almost approaching 10:00, we see that typically be a 20-minute trip. and also an overturned tractor trailer on the new jersey turnpike, northbound, 163. back to you. in bucks county we now know the names of a couple killed in a bensalem fire overnight. 89-year-old albert saventi and his wife 86-year-old aileen. firefighters could not get past the wall of flames. the fire chief tells us, it appears to be an accident

started by a candle. there was a power outage in that area overnight. the "today" show coming your way next. we're back with another update in 25 minutes. have a great day.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and drew, what are you doing here? >> just putting together a special show, we're getting it together. i've got my to do list. you've got your wine, prompter's ready. uh-oh. >> come and show a little chest hair. >>