ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. this morning on today's take. we get to skate with a pair of hockey legends. and quick comfort food you can whip up in minutes. all that and more coming up now. >> from nbc news this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall.

i'm willie along with tamron and natalie. al is on assignment. >> this is one of kanye's stronger coming out with new album that was called swish. he changed it. if you are anywhere near social media yesterday the most epic twitter war between kanye west, wiz kalifa and wrapped up by amber rose you know -- willie was tweeting live. >> i was hitting refresh. then i jump over and go back and forth. >> that is how i found out about it. i was like what is going on? just tears. kanye had a 17 point plan of why he is offended by kalifa.

the kardashians -- bottom line is i have decided twitter is just for people warring now. that is where you go to -- >> after all of that it was misunderstood a tweet that he thought was about his wife that wasn't about his wife. it went on for like two hours and was like my bad. >> and ends with him saying i'm sorry. then you said i'm all for peace and love. >> that is why i pick the -- >> so funny. >> very entertaining. >> if you want facebook yey did you see something like 6,000 likes. >>. >> just lots of love and fun on our show. >> dylan is standing by the hit button. >> get a hit for five minutes. >> 48017. >> close to 50,000.

>> this one you guys broke yesterday. >> just to remind you to mark the launch of our page. we are giving away 25 prizes in 25 days. today's prize is a big one. microsoft surface 3 tablet. you can hide that and put it as a christmas gift later. >> go to facebook.com/todaystake. gently used. you have until 5:00 p.m. eastern time. then right after this show at 10:00 a.m. i am going to be on facebook and i'm told this is our first facebook chat adam is looking at me raising his brows because the deal is you can ask me anything. i've signed a contract that says if your question is selected --

answer anything you ask me. >> you reserve the right to answer all the questions. >> if i reserve the right then that means i'm not answering it. i have extra layers of deodorant on. >> we have all done it. >> did you agree to answer anything? >> well done. >> we are almost surpassing 51. >> yesterday somebody won a trip to new york skbrmpt the we announce the winners on monday. i will be answering anything about willie. >> i'm getting on that computer. the big story tonight in politics and the country is the republican debate in des moines iowa. iowa caucuses just four days away. on monday we have nbc news wall street journal poll.

at 32%, ted cruz at 25%. marco rubio jumping up to 18 points. donald trump is getting a little separation there. rubio is the guy to watch in iowa and new hampshire. let's flip over to the democratic side. we have a dead heat within the margin of error. hillary clinton 48%, bernie sanders at 45%. mark o'malley at 3% unchanged from the last poll. the story tonight is donald trump's refusal to show up at this debate. he will do a parallel event at drake university right up the road. he will be at 9:00 eastern time which is precisely when the debate starts surrounded by veterans and hopes to raise a lot of money instead of showing up to the debate which is hosted by fox which he says has treated

he was on last night with bill o'reilly sflmpt >> they want to know you. >> you are not giving them the opportunity. >> i'm not walking away. >> you are walking away. would you do me a favor -- >> i bought you so many vanilla milk shakes you owe me. will you just consider, think about it. i might come back, forgive, go forward, answer the questions, look out for the folks. just want you to consider it. >> even though you and i had an agreement that you wouldn't ask me that which we did, i will therefore forget that you asked me that. but it's not up to me, bill. >> what is going on?

grown men, one a prestigious commentator, very successful, one a presidential candidate and it comes down to you know you bought me milk shakes. i kept thinking if two women were on television basing the presidential debate on milk shakes -- do you know the things that would be said? >> one milk shake, two straws. o'reilly and trump. >> there is a meme for that. >> the long straw. >> the curly one. >> like lock eyed. >> if it weren't so serious it would be funny. >> it is comical at this point. it really is. >> amazing that donald says he is not going to be there. a lot of people wondering -- >> definitely not going there. in 2011 donald trump in better

kelly sat down for an interview. he was trying to put together a debate, a republican debate in candidate whose wouldn't commit he is talking to megyn kelly. >> do you think you are a better moderator than i am? >> i can never beat you. you have done a great job, by the way, and i mean it. >> isn't that ironic. >> i think it is megyn kelly drop the mic. put that on the loop. >> when that resurfaced yesterday i was like that right there. >> if you feel since then she has not treated him well. >> she is allowed to drop the mic on what he said or she can just buy him a milk shake. >> that solves everything. >> who drinks vanilla milk

>> i love vanilla but i put chocolate on it. >> old school vanilla. french vanilla is delicious. >> how can you knock a vanilla milk shake? >> i love america. that's why. >> america likes chocolate. crazy hit in an nhl game. not something wetypically see. calgary defenseman dennis wideman cross-checks the linesman. linesman is skating backwards heading to the bench. he says it was unintentional. he was looking down and looked up and didn't have time to get out of the way. he wasn't penalized during the game. you can be sure about the review. >> it looks like he is skating towards the ref. you don't know where his eyes are.

is he looking down? he had just gotten knocked senseless. >> what about the part where he does this? >> watch that moment. i don't know if it continuon. he sits down on the bench and then watch his face. >> he might be a great guy, a great player. he pushed him. >> if he did that on purpose he is not very smart. >> you can be a smart person and have a bad moment out of anger. forward. >> i don't think anyone is that professional sports. >> we saw a player trip a guy. he is probably a smart guy but had a dumb moment. you got checked last night.

andy cohen. asked about the biggest anger disagreement on set. >> you had a disagreement. >> maybe over the temperature in the studio. >> willie likes it like an ice box. >> does willie have a say? >> apparently because it is like 12 degrees in there. >> is there a thermostat? >> the floor director says lower the temperature. >> would you take a pole dancing class with willie geist on tv? >> again? >> we did. matt with public with our pole dancing. it's an exercising class. >> i missed that. >> it is something we do on our own time. two guys pole dancing. >> two guys with vanilla milk shakes and two poles and one straw. i haven't hit the facebook button in a while. i want to see how much it jumps.

>> keep working that button. if you are on the facebook page for today's take i have a facebook page so give me a couple of likes, too. might as well throw myself out there, too. i will go back to the weather. we have heavier rain moving into the miami area. we could see strong storms today. this frontal system has been stalled and did cause severe weather yesterday finally on the move. watch out for the potential of strong storms with damaging amy: good morning central florida, i am amy sweezey. once our cold fronts like their tonight, we will be much cooler

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the seventh year in a row. let's get a check on the weather. >> we have a little clipper system moving through the great lakes. this will produce some light snow and trigger lake effect snow and will accumulate. you can see the banding does start to set up once you have colder winds. mostly light amounts as we go through the afternoon today and then on thursday later tonight we are going to see the storm continuing to move into the northeast. a lot of precipitation with it just sizzled out. as far as snowfall totals two to four inches. isolated higher amou amy: good morning central florida, i am amy sweezey. once our cold fronts like their tonight, we will be much cooler

lo >> and that's your latest forecast. today our special series chill out we are talking winter health. >> nbc's medical contributor is here to help us sort out fact and fiction when it co to common winter myths and old wives tales. good morning. >> we are going to hit it running. number one, cold air gives you a cold? >> false. >> good job. common misconception. especially the whole idea of make sure your head is covered

only about 10% of your body heat is lost through your head. ie idea where it has to do with surface area. it is not that the head is exposed but how much skin is exposed. >> are we wasting money on hats? >> one of the issues is that more viruses and more colds circulate in the winter time so people tend to get sick more frequently in winter but has nothing to do with the cold temperature. exercising in the cold is good for you, true or false? >> false. >> any weather is good for you. >> that is really the answer. so it is definitely not bad for you. you? >> because i don't like it. >> i didn't think that would be answer. the answer is that any place you exercise inside or outside is good for you. there is an idea that maybe exercising outside because you

warm when you can burn more calories and exert more energy. >> it does hurt going down. asthma. you can ha aller in the winter true or false? >> people are inside. you can get dust mites, mold. we know people in the spring and summer are exposed to pollen but there are indoor allergies. >> absolutely. you can take them all year round. >> number four and i gave this answer. you can't get this wrong. you lose most body heat through your head. were you listening? >> false. >> so my apologies. >> it has nothing to do with the fact that the head is exposed. it has to do with the amount of

for argument sake that you went out with a hat, a scarf and gloves and your underwear you would be colder than if you had your head uncovered because your legs are exposed. >> has nothing to do with catching a cold. cold. >> a weird riddle. flu? >> no. >> i thought you got the flu virus put in you? >> it is an inactivated dead virus. you cannot get the flu from the flu shot. look at you guys. they are giving you dead virus protein that your body has a reaction to. >> that sickness is a vaccine reaction. reactions. >> i'm getting another opinion on this, with all due respect. segment.

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>> too many to think about one in particular. i always remember my first nhl goal was on my mom's birthday. i always remember. >> if you live in the new york area june of 1994 is a time that will live in history for all the right reasons. that game seven, 28 saves. what do you remember about that time? >> of all the cups i won new york was my finest moment. mark as six, i have one. it's a great hockey town, great sports town. memories of the all-star game in '94 here in new york. we had so much going on. it was 10 below 0. that whole year was magical and unbelievable teammates. >> this year what do you expect of the competition? >> i am looking forward to it. i was doing something for one of

edmonton. the town is so excited about the all-star game. i know they will put on a good show. the format i think everybody is anticipating. a lot of thrills for the players. >> skill now every year athletes are better, stronger and more skilled. this will showcase how good these guys are. >> we will showcase -- >> we might want to go to commercial break right now. >> blades of glory 2 coming up. >> you and mark messier on a break away. >> look at that skill. >> there we go.

>> just keep going. >> yeah! >> come on. keep going! >> forehand, backhand. >> did she go down? you all right? >> how do you get up? >> were you celebrating? >> i think part of hockey is toughness. >> lucky you are not between the pipes there. >> we have a big nhl weekend coming up.

an honor to share the ice with you gentlemen. thank you so much. >> we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >> thank you so much.

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