from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller so glad you're with us today for thirsty ursday, the first day of -- hold your breath, september. is that crazy? >> it's too crazy.crazy. >> it makes you want to spend your summer differently than you did, just not waste any of the time you wasted. >> right. this is the new song "make me." ? ?

residency after her performance at the vmas and she'll be hitting the stage -- not for us, but from vegas. >> a special performance for us on the air. >> you know what i'm saying. >> by the way, she did that thing with natalie where they were both surfing. >> yeah. >> i've got to tell you, britney looks awesome. >> she does. >> really great and had fun with her kids and that stuff. >> we were so surprised because natalie is one of the greatest athletes. >> natalie does everything anything. it was kind of awesome every now and then. >> two ladies will take center stage and they'll reveal their ambush makeover and bobbi thomas will be giving us a lot of lip when she tells us the hottest hues for your pout. >> my mom said i don't wear bright lipstick, and look at the

brooks and dunn. come on, cooks. i don't sing or something like that. >> no. >> you said, i'll sing. >> i might get you to sing. >> i'm taking you to louisiana this morning and we'll have some beignets. >> all right. all right. >> come on! some b-- >> hoda, i'mie on late night with seth myers last night and of course i talked about my favorite person. take a look. >> i had this happen to me in the past where i see costars on television out in public together. makes me so happy. >> yeah. >> one time saw jennifer aniston and courteney cox having dinner together.

>> people always expect to see us out together. we're very very good friends. we work together on the show. we hang out at lunch. i go to her house. we have slumber parties. it's not weird, all right? but whenever i'm alone, people are like this, oh my god, where is she? >> no. we're not married. when i was in rio, the big question was where is kathie lee? i said she is out drinking somewhere else, just not with me. >> she is drinking somewhere. >> and i'd usually be with her. >> you looked beautiful. i love that dress every time you wear it, i really do. >> so bad. you are so -- >> we're laughing now but we were crying the other day when we first saw this. this is a florida state football player who did what we all

kindness makes a big impact. >> this little boy's name is beau. he has autism. often he eats by himself in the cafeteria. other kids don't want to sit with him. a friend of hers said did you see this picture on facebook? your son is eating with this guy named travis rudolph. he's a football player from fsu. they were and he ate lunch with this young boy. and he saw beau eating by himself and said may i eat with you? the mom said when she saw the picture she burst too tears because she said in her posting sometime she's almost glad that her child has autism because maybe he's unaware that he is being isolated. she said but she saw this picture and she saw on this particular day that the little boy did not have to eat alone.

for him to have shared this kind witness my son. >> that makes me cry. >> she said it will not soon be forgotten. if i have kids at that school and i saw that, i'd go, why weren't you sitting with him? that's where you were supposed to be sitting. i'd want a darn good answer for that. it starts with parents. you teach your kid how to be generous and thoughtful and there were always kids who were isolated. >> of course. >> and other kids are -- you're almost afraid to go over and be with that other kid because you feel like it's almost contagious like no one will like me either. it's a very scary thing. you're right, more kids need to say i'm going over there. >> give them permission to as a

should be doing. why do you care what mean kids think? >> that young man, travis, god bless him. >> so britney because talking about dating. >> she was. he says that she remember this: prepare. this is life-threatening. i don't want to put anyone's life at risk, and i don't want to put any rescuer's life at risk. here's the things that are going to happen. we're going to have significant storm surge. as much as eightee three to five feet, but as much

bend. it russ county -- citrus county, levy county, dixie county, taylor county, wakulla and franklin. that storm surge by itself is life-threatening. we're going to have significant winds, 70-75 mile-an-hour winds. we're going to have significant power lines down. we're going to have a lot of downed we're going to have significant rain, 5-10 inches of rape, but depends -- of rain, but depending on where the bands are, 20 inches of rain. we are going to have flooding. we're going to have storm surge, wind, rain, we're going to have flooding. all of this together and parts of it by itself are

tornadoes in central and north florida. some counties, a portion of the county has mandatory evacuations. but only a portion of the county. those are franklin, wakulla, taylor, dixie and levy. a portion of those counties, a portion, have mandatory, mandatory evacuations. frank lib, wakulla, taylor, di three counties have voluntary evacuations, a portion of the county voluntary evacuations, walton, jefferson and gulf. if you have any question about whether you're in an evacuation zone, call your emergency management office, call your sheriff. you can go to floridadisaster.org/publicmappin g.

you can find it out there, or you can go to 850-921-0217. 850-921-0217. and it's floridadisaster.org/publicmappin g. take the evacuation seriously. think of the storm surge. potential of eight feet of storm surge. the information we'll there'll be more information that will be coming i out. coming out. just remember this, we cannot rescue you in the middle of a storm. you're responsible as we go through this storm. we will do everything we can to help you prepare, but you are responsible. once, once we can send first responders safely to help you, we will. but hopefully, if everyone's

u don't know when you're going to lose power. we could be out of power for days, we could be out of power for weeks in some places. charge your cell phone. you should be getting on your cell phone these emergency information. if your cell phone is dead, you cannot get it. so charge your cell phone and keep your cell phone charged. you have lose power. today i closed the state offices at noon. that was to allow state workers the opportunity to prepare. more than 20 counties have now closed their schools. be you have any questions -- if you have any questions about school closures, call your superintendent's office. i did a state of emergency in 51

the goal is when we do those, it's a way for everyone, makes it easier for everybody to work together, the locals, the state and federal all to work together. now, this is going to happen today, we're going to have landfall right after midnight. you still have time to prepare. what should you be doing? now, if you want to go to flgetaplan.com. but think about this, of water, three days of food. if you need medicine, make sure you have it. you have no idea if you'll be able to get it after the storm hits. have batteries, have a battery-powered radio. you have no idea if you're going to lose power. if you need to go to a shelter, go now. don't wait. if you or a family member might need a special needs shelter,

if you need a pet shelter, find out and go now. take care of your neighbors. if we all work together, we'll come out of this storm/hurricane in good shape. we have already mobilized some of our units, some of our units are already ready in our national guard, and we have already pre-positioned assets. we have 6,000 members of our national guard ready to moze national guard. our utilities have already pre-positioned assets, and they have, they have joint operating agreements where they share in a time of emergency across state lines, all over the country. we have great utilities in our state, and they're going to do everything they can. but it all depends on how much flooding we have, how much storm surge we have, how many power lines are down, how many trees are down. that will determine how fast they can bring our electricity back up.

conservation commission has special operations forces. they have search and rescue teams. they have boats. they're ready. but remember this: they cannot rescue you during a storm. they cannot rescue you during a storm. you have to be prepared. i've been talking to local elected leaders, i've been talking to sheriffs today. if you have a question, they are very focused on your safety. call them. call your sheriff's call your emergency management teams. call your mayor's office be if be you have any questions about anything happening locally. once the storms happen, we're going to have a lot of water. we're going to have blooded roads. don't -- flooded roads. don't drive into water. don't think your car can make it or your truck can make it. don't drive into it. don't touch a downed power line. call your utility as soon as you see it.

i don't want to see anybody harmed because of driving in standing water or touching a power line. think about all your neighbors. protect each other. we have a great state. we care about each other. if you know anybody that has a need, call them. find out what they need. go to their door. make sure they're prepared. remember, we have shelters open across the state. if you think you need to go to a shelter, don't wait, go now. as you know, we are dealing with trying to prevent any increase in the number of cases of zika we have in the state, and you've heard the message with zika, we want no standing water. well, we're going to have some standing water as soon as this happens. so it's incumbent upon all of us as soon as the storm passes, as soon as we can safely get rid of standing water, do it. do it at your house, do it at your business, do it at places where you visit.

progress we've made with regard to zika, we've got to be very diligent as soon as the storm's over and we can safely get rid of standing water. in a few minutes, i'll be going to the wakulla county emergency operations center at the sheriff's office, meeting with local emergency individuals, and i'll be helping residents there prepare. bottom line, it's life-threatening. we're going to see a big storm surge. we're going to see a lot of rain. we're going to see we're going to see downed power lines. we're going to see -- there's going to be a lot of risk if we don't do our job. everybody needs to be prepared. we are blessed, we have the best emergency management teams in the country. we have a great national guard, but you have got to take this seriously. i'll be glad to answer any questions anybody has. >> governor, on the subject of

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kylie jenner's lip kit sold out. that inspired a trend. beauty brands are about the lip kits. this 2 turning on your lips with shine. naomi campbell and all of the other celebrities are not only glossing but glittering their lips. >> look at this! i mean it's great for red carpet. >> it doesn't come off? >> what? >> i have to say, i'm blownaway. i'm testing it. >> we always like a close-up of -- the crew loves it. >> the crew loves it. >> come on in, anthony. >> the glitter does get in your teeth a little bit. >> my big heart is what they love about me. when you get one of these kits, if you can, they sell out in seconds. they keep rereleasing them at sephora. this tl is red glitter or nude set can you do. just like you. >> let me try the nude. >> try the nude.

vinyl gloss that makes your lips look wet. >> what do do you? >> leave that on. then you use the brush or finger to apply the glitter. beauty editors and celebrities -- >> i like the nude. >> where is your glitter. >> right here. >> where is kat's gliter? >> i know she'll like this. she'll like a gold shimmer. >> careful. >> really? >> yeah. i know you. >> who cares? >> that's pretty. >> that's not bad. >> it's not bad. fu i like it. >> another kit that is a really cool concept, we heard about contouring on our faces. but lip ton touring is coming back. and this is a very highly anticipated lip kit from benefits that's coming out the first of october. we have a first peek. and it's a two tone lip bar. similar to others. inside the same lip bar you'll see two different colors. what that is meant to do is help line your lips similar to if you have a liner pencil at home.

pout. sarah already has ridiculous gorgeous lips. >> she does. >> i want to show you on her it looks natural. it doesn't look overly lined. what i love about the lip bar is that sometimes when you use the pencil, people don't blend it in enough. >> you shouldn't see the line. >> you shouldn't see the line. >> you have told ho it right. >> exactly. >> you thought this through, hody. i'm proud of you. last but not least, i'm so excited. the lipstick queen came up with the yfd a smokey lip kit. you heard of smokey eyes. but smokey lips, a cool concept. you get one of the two very pretty base colors. and this sheer black. don't let it scare you. i'm obsessed with. this you can see the different effects here. but a here is black that has hant of gold it in. and what that does is when you take a regular lip color -- i know we're running out of time. >> we have to go. it makes it deeper.

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singer/songwriter kicks brooks. and now kicks is making sweet music in the kitchen. so our today foot team called him up and asked him to call the dessert from the new pages. cooking it with kicks. the art of celebrating and the fun of outdoor cooking. >> what don't you do? >> it's going to be fun. >> hello. >> hey, just trying to have a good time. >> hard time keeping a job. >> you also have a hard time keeping your voice. >> what >> all right. we're making bis kets. >> have you always loved to cook though? >> yeah. it comes with louisiana. it's just something you grow up doing. >> where in louisiana are you from? >> i'm in shreveport. >> i spent some time in new orleans before i went to nashville. >> of course you did. >> they seem like they're hard, but there are not that many ingredients. >> they're easy. if you've been to the french market and had them down, there

this is sort of an easier way. easier home way. it is sort of like making donuts is great for the kids or whatever. you want to do something fun, it's a little more of a waffle batter kind of approach. it works really well. yeah. so, yeah, we're going to put mill income he milk in here with our eggs. we have a couple eggs. naught other stuff in there. that's sugar. >> you're doing good. >> baking soda. baking powder. a little >> get that contrast. hoda, how about you dump that flour in here for me? >> you got it. >> hoda is cooking! >> she's doing it! >> she's doing it! >> so much fun. so good. >> you're hired. >> she can stir really well. >> all right. here we go, we have that, so close. then we have this i love it. so then you get the grease up to 360. classic grease temperature.

>> can you use peanut. classic is cotton seed oil. any vegetable oil works. >> you're going to dump this in here. it kind of come out like this. >> watch out, hoda. >> if you go right on top of it like that, then just go down a little bit. see that come up there? makes a little ball like this. >> how long does it have to fry? >> you just see, it will -- you don't want to puthe each other. you know, the fun thing about this is if you have kids at home, can you make shoestring ones. look at. this look at. that. >> kids love that boil. make sure they know what they're doing. >> i didn't - you're cooking wih your kids, be really careful. >> you have to let it cook. >> all right. >> comes out like. this. >> it come out like. this and then powdered sugar is the famous thing if you've ever

so we're going to sprinkle this. >> you do that when they're warm? >> yeah. kind of stick to them. you fwhee? powder sugar, it's going to make a mess anyway. we're going to have fun with. that. >> all right. hoed yashgs you' hoda, you're the sweet tooth. >> what about me? i want in on that. >> oh, my god. >> delicious. >> come show us how to do this. so you know, i'm a western louisianan. w there actually born in shreveport. the peach capital of the world. there are a lot of fun things can you do with peaches. grilling them is one of the good things. cut this in half. i know, be careful. >> be careful, honey. >> don't try this at home. split that open like. that. >> hoda has a bad history with knives. >> she does? >> yes. >> so you throw them on the grill? >> we have some here like that. >> sugar on them or stick them on there? >> sugar here.

>> that's delicious. >> it doesn't take long. >> it's a good season for peach this is year. remember they were bad last year. they're good this year. >> get this e-mail, sign up for today's food newsletter or text food at 668 of 66. >> that's right. >> or get his book. you have a cookbook. >> i try. get some wine. get some cookbook. >> from one louisiana native to another, britney spears gives us' peefs her heart after this. what are you doing up? mom said i could have a midnight snack. it's not even midnight, it's ten forty-three. well, let's have a ten forty-three snack. quietly, though. okay. yeah. mmmm. shhhh. the family favorite. yoplait. what do you call yogurt that comes in amazing flavors and packs 6 grams of protein per serving?

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wards, she's back in vegas performing her show "piece of me." >> last night before the show, she put on a special performance just for us. guess who is lucky enough to be there. who? >> natalie morales. >> here is britney spears with do you want to come over? ? you say you're alone telling me you can't sleep because of your mattress do you wanna come over do you wanna come over ? ? let me rub your back you can set limitations honey if you want we can get out

? do you wanna come over ? ? because nobody should be alone if they don't have to be nobody should be alone if they don't have to be ? ? nobody should abalone if they don't have to be should abalone if they don't have to be ? ? whatever you want whatever you need ? ? i'll do it i'll do it ? ? whatever whatever you need ? ? i'll do it i'll do it wanna come over ? ? i could get into that kissing and touching ? ? or we could be good and do next to nothing ? ? do you wanna come hoefr do you wanna come over ? ? cause all i want is what you want and all you want is me ?

want and all i want is you ? ? cause nobody should be alone if they don't have to be ? ? nobody should be alone if they don't have to be ? ? nobody should abalone if they don't have to be ? ? should be alone if they don't have to be ? ? whatever you w ? i'll do it i'll do it ? ? whatever you want whatever you need ? ? i'll do it i'll do it ? ? whatever you want whatever you need ? ? do you wanna come over come over ? ? because all i want is what you want

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