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what ailes is saying about them. and party of the century. millions of cubs fans expected to fill the streets of chicago for a massive parade celebrating their historic world series win. but -- will a man long tormented for adding to the team's curse be there? he's speaking out for the first time in years "today," friday, november 4th, 2016. ? >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. a tale of two moods. okay? i'm in chicago. you got people waiting 108 years to party and blow off some steam. they'll get to do that for the cubs today. but what about those numbers on the election? >> the rest of the country waiting four more days just for this to be over.

americans find themselves repulsed by the 2016 campaign. sorry, folks, that's where we have to start today. four days until the election. here is the state of the race. the candidates busy in the homestretch, each hitting three states. stop me if you've heard this before -- trump in new hampshire, pennsylvania and ohio, clinton in pennsylvania and ohio, as well as michigan. battleground states all. >> new nbc news/"wall street journal" marist poll shows donald trump retaining a nine-point advantage in texas, hillary clinton has made a big recent push, and trump is ahead by just a point in georgia. >> meantime, clinton's top aide, huma abedin, headlined a fund-raiser in washington, d.c. last night, her first appearance on behalf of the clinton campaign since the fbi announced it was looking into e-mails found on her estranged husband's laptop. let us begin our decision 2016 coverage with peter alexander in hershey, pennsylvania. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt and savannah,

trump chipping away at hillary clinton's advantages, in some key battleground states, the clinton campaign is really trying to shore up its support in traditionally democratic states, places like michigan and pennsylvania. but new this morning, a top trump aide tells me that donald trump will hit ten states over the next three days from nevada to new hampshire. >> how many of you have already voted? >> reporter: dueling rallies in north carolina, a state that in four days could help decide this tightening race. >> friends here tonight. >> reporter: trump courting the state's strong military community, appearing on stage with medal of honor recipients, praising their service. >> they're so much more brave than me. i wouldn't have done what they did. i'm brave in other ways. i'm brave -- i'm financially brave. big deal, right? >> thank you all. >> reporter: miles away, clinton getting a boost from former rival bernie sanders. >> and i've got to say, too, this election's been a lot more fun now that we're on the same

unrelenting. trump and clinton accusing each other of being unfit to serve. >> completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous. >> she has no right to be running. you know that. >> reporter: trump slamming clinton for the fbi review of newly discovered e-mails on an aide's computer. >> if she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis. >> reporter: clinton arguing trump's message is emboldening >> he retweets white supremacists and spreads racially tinged conspiracy theories. >> reporter: in a radio interview, trump's son eric tore into kkk grand wizard david duke who now backs trump agreeing with the show's host who says duke deserves a "bullet in the head." >> if i said exactly what you said, i'd get killed for it. but i think i'll say it anyway. this guy does deserve a bullet. these aren't good people.

clinton while poking fun at the republican nominee. >> somebody who gets fired up and riled up about a "saturday night live" skit is not somebody you want to trust with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: trump, unimpressed. >> from the campaigner in chief, obama. this guy does nothing but campaign. >> reporter: in the philadelphia suburbs, ma lab ya trump making her solo debut vowing as first >> our culture has gotten too mean and too rough. especially to children and teenagers. >> reporter: but clinton is trying to capitalize on trump's history of insults in a new attack ad. >> i'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured. okay? you got to see this guy. i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> reporter: the nastiness reaching a crescendo heading

last night, huma abedin, clinton's long-time aide, stepped out in a high-profile way for the first time publicly since james comey the fbi director announced the review into her e-mails. chased down by paparazzi before a charity event in washington, d.c. >> hi, huma, how are you? >> just to highlight the tightness of this race in these final days, the clinton campaign is now announcing that president obama and first clinton for an election eve rally in philadelphia. matt and savannah, on monday night. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. let's turn to chuck todd. he's going to break down the must-win states for both campaigns. i know you have the lay of the land right there. you see two paths for donald trump. tell us about it. >> one thing to point out, right now our battleground map currently has clinton over 270. there is enough blue states here that we think she can withstand

he sweeps battlegrounds, give him all of those nebraska electoral votes. new hampshire short. he has to flip one of these rustbelt states. maybe it is wisconsin. that would put him over. of course a pennsylvania would put him over. but what happens if she pulls off north carolina which a lot of people think. then you see here, as you saw even with pennsylvania, we've got to flip something else. even win maybe even a colorado which we've seen. it is tough. the biggest thing for trump, he's got to figure out how to break through the big blue wall, wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan. he's making it close in all three places but this is where that has to happen. >> that rustbelt strategy is always what they said. >> chuck, come on over and join our conversation. chuck says he has to flip a blue state. if you were scheduling him and

where is the best shot? >> the problem is he's not ahead in any of those states and he's not tied in any of the states with enough electoral votes to get him above 270 or to get him to 270. it is a hail mary strategy. i guess you spread the time. it is a good thing he said he doesn't need a lot of sleep and his schedule reflects that. he is in all of them. >> what about hillary clinton? what is her strategy over the next couple of days? i know it's basically get out the vote, get out the vote. but also hope for a wikileaks fr she is -- they've decided to close hard negative. as you see. every ad. they've trying to remind everybody about every negative thing trump has said, especially to african-american audiences, hispanic audiences. yesterday she brought examples of people, they would introduce her to say donald trump essentially discriminated against me. in front of an program audience, it was an program woman.

she brought an hispanic woman. i kind of think she ought to do something like, i know a lot of you have some trust issues with me -- but. and i don't think they're going to do that. >> we gave you homework assignments and we were asking what you thought each candidate should do if you were hired by the campaign. >> highly unlikely. >> what is your best piece of advice for the donald trump campaign? >> his mentality when he goes to these big rallies is to rt show he thinks they've waited in line for. it is generous as a politician but he into edz to shorten up that stump speech and focus like a laser. >> i think simply continue to let kellyanne keep his iphone or android. the other thing i would say, show a little bit of humility. i think there are some voters out there that want to know that he actually feels a little bit of remorse for some of the harsh things he said.

she's closing this way, maybe actually say the words "i'm sorry." >> i think a lot of people are saying, okay, only four days to go. but what happens after that? let's look at these numbers that may give us a strong hint of that. 8 in 10 americans say the campaign has left them disgusted or repulsed. how about these numbers? when it comes to donald trump supporters, only 6 in 10 say they'll accept the results of the election if he loses, and only 40% say they think their votes will be accurately counted. where does that leave us in the year to come? >> it leaves us in a place we've never been before. listen, all politics being very personal. i am in a family divided with trump supporters and clinton supporters. the healing i think will begin in every community and every household. but i have never seen numbers like that. i saw something that 70% of people think that the election will be rigged. that means a lot of democrats who think by foreign power and a

are grappling with how the actual election is being tabulated. >> can i be the schoolmarm here? you didn't do your hillary clinton homework. >> so hillary has to make sure that the turnout in the operation that obama pioneered and perfected turns out for her. that's why you see the president, mrs. obama on the trail to sort of activate that. then she has to get through a bombshell-free weekend. >> i just think, i smell a two-minute ad. that big, long closing ad, her to camera. look, she's got trust issues. you nobody -- she's not going to fix them with an ad but look the american people in the eye and say, look, i get it. i know you have some issues with me, but i promise "x." makes an ethics play. do something. she's not doing anything to actually respond to those concerns. >> long few days ahead of us,

played a major role in this election. nbc news has learned u.s. officials are now taking unprecedented steps to prevent the possibility of more on election day itself. here's nbc senior legal and investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: as americans focus on the razor-tight presidential race between hillary clinton and donald trump, u.s. officials tell nbc news the government has its eyes on potential threats to election day security. according to multiple sources, the unprecedented effort to protect the country against cyber attacks aimed at sowing confusion as americans head to the polls. current and former officials say an attack on critical infrastructure, including the u.s. power grid, is 1 of the 3 worst case scenarios on the list of concerns. one highly placed intelligence source tells nbc news -- your vote is safe. you just might not have any lights. also on the list, a large-scale

internet goes down. or, a cyber attack aimed at disabling communications and transportation in swing states. but intelligence sources in a senior obama national security official tells nbc news they believe a more likely scenario would involve hackers from russia or somewhere else using social media for an 11th hour document dump of false information, implicating one of the candidates with no time for while multiple intelligence officials say they have no specific warning about an election day attack, they consider last month's massive and sophisticated internet disruption a possible dry run for inspiration for another attack. for "today," cynthia mcfadden, nbc news. intelligence sources tell nbc news that through diplomatic and back channels, the u.s. has communicated to russia how seriously any cyber attack would

one of the country's most prestigious colleges. harvard university has suspended its men's soccer team for the rest of the season because of sexual comments about members of the women's team. the move came after lawyers found an explicit scouting report on the women's team that included lewd remarks about the players. harvard's president called those comments appalling. the first place men's team will forfeit its remaining games and will skip the ncaa tournament. now to a a woman missing for more than two months found alive chained inside a storage container. this morning, there is an urgent search under way for more potential victims. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the very latest on this. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the search of that massive property is set to resume later this morning as the suspect is scheduled to face a judge at this detention center later today. this terrifying mystery only now

>> reporter: this morning after a harrowing two-month ordeal, 30-year-old kayla brown is free. friends and family calling her rescue a miracle. missing since august, along with hercharlie carver, authorities found brown chained up in a padlocked storage container. >> it was very emotional, to say the least, when she was found. especially when she was chained like a dog. she had a chain around her neck. >> reporter: found on a roughly the size of a school bus, 30 feet long by 50 feet wide by 10 feet high, according to police. brown told investigators about four bodies she believes are buried on the property triggering a massive search. >> we're trying to make sure that we don't have a serial killer on our hands. this very possibly could be what we have. >> reporter: authorities found weapons, ammunition and a car they say belongs to brown's boyfriend. so far, no bodies.

the property, a registered sex offender. investigators believe brown and he may have been acquainted. brown and carver reportedly had dinner august 29th at their apartment. the next day friends received texts from her. two days later they stopped coming. after several weeks, mysterious postings began to appear on carver's facebook page suggesting the couple was fine. but their families believe those were fake. this morning, the stunning discovery still sinking and i can go see her and hug her and tell her how much i love her. >> reporter: the sheriff says that coalhep will be charged with kidnapping and possibly other charges. expected to be arraigned later today. the power is back on at the pares hotel and casino in las vegas after a massive power outage forced thousands of guests to evacuate the hotel on thursday. a main electrical line was

hotel. that prevented the back-up generators from kicking in. 11 people were trapped in elevators but eventually rescued. about 3,000 guests were sent to neighboring hotels until they were allowed to return to their rooms this morning. look who is back from his epic travels. hi! did you have a good time? >> unbelievable. still when i think about it. to see history was just really an honor. guess what? the party still parade. i'm guessing there is not one kid who is going to be in school today. everybody is going to be downtown kicking off at wrigley field at 10:00 a.m. 54 degrees, some sun and clouds, mild afternoon, a high of 59. it is going to be spectacular. just part of a building heat dome that's going to continue to spread from the southwest with temperatures in the 80s in vegas, st. louis in the 60s, atlanta, you're going to be in the 70s as well. look at next week, the beginning of next week.

charlotte, in the low 70s. memphis, same thing. dallas and denver as well. awfully toasty through much of awfully toasty through much of the country on in to next technology is useful. awfully toasty through much of the country on in to next i just bought a book. and while i was telling you about the book, i downloaded a song. oh, and full disclosure, when we were just chatting about that song thing, someone arranged a date. guilty. the point is, life is digital. so, carmax, created a site where you can reserve a car online. come in when it's convenient, your car will be waiting. just another thing to make buying a car reads this tweet that i just posted. oh, that appears to be trending. lol. the expect temps to run above average. the average for today ready to 80. overnight tonight is when a cold front comes through.

the cooler 66 degrees for your overnight low. breezy appeared a little cooler for tomorrow. actually chicago public school kids were already off today. so it worked out. but for all the surrounding communities, i'm sure. >> happy it is nice weather, too. it is going to be a great one. >> this was in the cards. it was meant to be. >> in the stars, you might say. al, thank you. cleveland feel about that? >> i don't think i have new england . fox news anchor megyn kelly opening up with stunning accusations against former boss roger ailes and how he is responding. and fans of chicago cubs gearing up for this morning's world series victory parade 108 years in the making. we'll take you there live.

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you have made it to friday. it's a beautiful morning. look at the camera in brandon, 63 degrees. temperature wise lakeland 63, 59 in north port. hour by hour we go out of the 60s, up to about 78 at noon, a few passesing clouds only a 10% rain chance, 83 around 4 p.m. a cold front comes through tonight, it's going to be breezy not much that cooler on saturday, 80 degrees but don't forget saturday night to fall back so you get that extra hour of sleep. on sunday temperatures will be around 82 degrees an nice and pleasant.

as well. how's traffic? well, we're taking a look at the roadways and we still have an accident working waters avenue at country way boulevard. so be on the look out for that. it's slow and go 275 coming off the howard frankland bridge up towards kennedy you start to hit the brakes a little bit but about a 12 minutes commute across the howard frankland bridge north bounds. heading into pinellas fantastic. different story at fowler avenue, very heavy.

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it's 7:30. it's friday morning, 4th of november, 2016. great crowd in rockefeller plaza. chilly morning and we are all ready we'll get outside in a little while. inside studio 1a, here are the headlines this morning. officials in baltimore now say the driver of a school bus involved in a deadly crash with a commuter bus should not have been behind the wheel. his commercial license had been suspended two months ago. five people were killed in that crash. no children, luckily, were on the school bus at the time of the accident. with just four days to go, hillary clinton and donald trump are pulling out all the stops on

north carolina last night, joined by former rival bernie sanders and pop star pharrell williams. trump had a rally in north carolina on thursday while his wife made a rare campaign appearance in pennsylvania. >> we have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other. >> trump said if she becomes first lady, she'll be an advocate for women and children and work toig bullying. here is "today's" campaign moment. its latest cover, "time" magazine tapping into voter frustration. shows trump and clinton with a simple message -- "the end is near." of course that's capable of multiple interpretations which i think is the point. >> exactly. meanwhile, the end of the curse is here for chicago. this morning that city is throwing a massive parade to honor the cubs' historic world series championship. it begins, where else, at iconic

ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. the famed marquee here at wrigley field has displayed just one message since the cubs recorded that final out the other night -- world series champions. now this great fan base that's waited so very long is about to cut loose. a day to let it soak in, a lifetime to treasure. the chicago cubs and their legion of unwavering fans producing a noise. ? go cubs go ? ? go cubs go ? ? >> reporter: after a century of improbability finally became reality. >> i'm full-on crying just because -- you know, cubs world series. you know. we won. since 1908. >> reporter: world series champions at last. >> i'm so happy because they didn't win in 108 years. >> it's surreal. it's so special. >> reporter: president obama, a

manager joe maddon with congratulations. all across chicago, pride for the cubs. >> they won. we got it. >> reporter: on buildings, on t-shirts, on the lions at the art institute. it is a celebration for the ages, one many weren't able to see for themselves so relatives brought the party to them. >> everyone was just in a great mood. i think everybody was just walking around giddy. >> reporter: the hom returned to chicago hours after picking up some hard-earned hardware. weary, but still stout to show off the goods. world series mvp ben zobrist who knocked in the go-ahead run signed autographs. >> i think it was really cool. >> reporter: next up, a parade. >> will be a parade that 108 years have waited for. >> reporter: a chance for a grateful group to say thank you

give up, never give in attitude is so very welcome. >> top four night of my life, for sure. >> great story for baseball, great story for chicago. >> reporter: here, there and everywhere. the chicago river is getting all spruced up for the big party as well today, it is going to be dyed cubbie blue later today. the parade gets under way here at through downtown and end in a big rally. >> ron, thank you. there is another angle to this win and this celebration. let's go to carson in the orange room with that. >> that other angle here. go back to the city of chicago. lot off people wondering whether they'll see infamous cubs fan steve bart man come out from hiding. back in 2003, the infamous play when bart man interfered with

to the cubs' 108-year world series drought. bart man there looking very dejected after of the play. he hasn't granted an interview since that notorious day but a spokesperson says bart man is overjoyed at the win. when asked if bart man can be expected to show up at the parade, he said the one thing steve and i talked about, if the cubs were to win he did not want to be a or the organization. regardless of whether bart man resurfaces, cubs fan coming to his support. steve bart man! it's over man, come out of the shadows. the cubs are world champs. >> this win has been a long time coming for chicago cubs fan. but you can imagine it has been more like an eternity for steve bart man. >> when did that happen? >> 13 years ago. >> that's a long time to be in the wilderness.

we've got some interesting video to show you. let's take a look. just outside of phoenix, little haboob action making its way in. storms firing up all that dust. driving becoming a bit of a hazard. we could see more of that again today. torrential downpours, big problems. stretching from texas all the way into the southwest. we've got a big upper-level low that's developing, and as it does, we're going to look for those showers and thunderstorms. when we are talking about some three inches -- which doesn't sound like a like -- we're also going to be talking about mountain snows as well as this all continues. amounts look like this. generally one to three inches. you could especially see some of that flash flooding. rest of the country, while the heavy rain continues in the southwest, high surf southern california. gorgeous day through the midsection of the country.

>> that's what's going on. now let's take a look at what's happening on sunday. it's a good one. oh, yeah! as the oakland raiders will be hosting the broncos. i'm fired up for this game. partly cloudy in the coliseum. partly cloudy and mild. 66 degrees on the best night of

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>> reporter: megyn kelly's book "settle for more" is out in less than two weeks. but now new excerpts first appearing thursday in radaronline, it says ailes offered career here in exchange for sexual favors on multiple occasions. he would engage in a kind of cat-and-mouse game with me, veering between onniously inappropriate sexually charged comments -- for and how he'd like to see me in them -- and legitimate professional advice. according to the excerpts, ailes tried to kiss her several times. when kelly says she refused his advances, she writes, "he asked me an ominous question. when is your contract up?" and then for the third time, he tried to kiss me. in july, writer gabe sherman reported that kelly told investigators hired by fox that she was sexually harassed by

to address these allegations for the first time. >> reporter: since july, ailes has denied that he harassed kelly, a denial his lawyer echoed thursday, pointing out kelly's own words praising ailes in an interview last year. >> i really care about roger and he's been nothing but good to me. >> reporter: ailes left fox news abruptly in july just weeks after former anchor gretchen carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against allegations, and two months later fox agreed to pay carlson a $20 million settlement. >> the lawsuit really broke the dam, the wall of silence that had existed inside fox news. >> reporter: kelly writes, she was approached to defend ailes several times and refused. there was no way i was going to lie to protect him. the book's release comes after high-profile confrontations between kelly and trump and his campaign over trump's treatment

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your phone. you may use it to follow the campaigns and the candidates, but you can't actually vote with it despite new fake ads you might be seeing pop up online. it sounds too good to be true because -- it is. instead of heading to a polling place or mailing in a ballot, just text your vote instead. like this tweet recommends. encouraging hillary clinton supporters to "vote from home" by texting a number provided. problem is -- option. non-existent. though that's not stopping some from spreading the bogus rumor online. >> the internet obviously is a tremendous communications mechanism for democracy but it is also a place to amplify anything we didn't like in our democracy to begin with, which includes rumors, lies and dirty politics. >> reporter: twitter has suspended at least one user who promoted these text to vote tweets.

have ties to the donald trump campaign. that operative, donald stone, tells nbc he never posted the images and that he is not responsible for this people. those tweets introduced as evidence of possible voter miss chief in an ongoing legal battle between the dnc and the rnc. the clinton campaign says it's proactively monitoring issues individuals might face while voting with its social media accounts and a trump spokesperson tells nbc of the text to votewe didn't anything involving our campaign" adding their singular focus is turning out voters to support mr. trump. the backdrop to all of this, mr. trump's complaints to a rigged system calling on supporters to watch for fraud at the polls. >> this is a rigged election. >> it is a rigged system. >> it is a rigged election. >> reporter: now in the middle of all that, some pouncing with dirty tricks. so what should you do? remember, if someone asks you to vote by phone -- you can't.

about your polling place isn't fake. and don't provide any sensitive information about voter registration unless you're sure who you're talking to, like someone from the board of elections. the bottom line, so far voters staying savvy, staying away from voting scams. >> when it comes to the votes already cast this year we can say there's been a whole lot more hype about the threat of a rigged election than evidence that there is any problem with rigging so far. >> talk this campaign about a rigged system, a new poll shows 3 in 4 registered voters say they will probably accept the official election results as legitimate, even if the person they're voting for doesn't end up the winner. should note though, more clinton voters than trump voters say they feel that way. >> 3 in 4, but still 25% saying -- >> the opposite. >> all right. hallie, thank you very much. still ahead, michael jackson's son, prince, getting emotional during a very rare

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today. 66 degrees, temperatures running a little cooler than this time yesterday, 55 in zephyrhills, 64 in bartow and a few spotty areas of fog especially in brooksville and some light haze in the broken done area. so it's above average and generally clear out of head of cold fronted that will come through later today. i just left in a 10% rain chance. but behind the front starting overnight and into tomorrow morning the breezes passes clouds. it should be pleasant. pleasant on sunday at 82. because of the time change the sun will come up an hour earlier starting sunday and all of next week. certainly not a pretty drive right here. it looks like la, any ways 275 southbound you're starting to hit the brakes.

to hillsborough avenue. travel time about 30 minutes. keep that in mind. let's move over and talk about i-4, had an earlier crash from i-57 down into the junction. let's take another look at our cameras 275 and i-h very slow and go right around the 301 exit. you're really hitting the brakes. congestion but nonetheless very slow. also a little bit slow coming off the howard frankland bridge rig this is mike's office. if he doesn't show up, he doesn't get paid. too often marco rubio didn't show up and failed us when he did. i am patrick murphy. to get things done, you've got to show up. you've got to work together. whether it's protecting social security and women's health care or growing the economy, we've got to start solving problems instead of pointing fingers. i am patrick murphy and i approve this message

it is 8:00 on "today." coming up, the end is near. with just four days to go, donald trump and hillary clinton rev up their campaigns for a final weekend push across finish line. >> she has no right to be running. you know that. no right. >> we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous. >> as national polls tighten, what are the key states to win for each candidate? plus, signed, sealed, delivered. >> my "today original," good old-fashioned journals and notecards taking us back to a

paper and a pen to say thank you. >> we team up with shinola to design our very own product inspired by a lost art with an eye toward helping others in the future. and why you may not really need to wash out your coffee mug again, "today," friday, november 4th, 2016. >> from minneapolis to the big apple, we're here for the "today" show! woo! >> good morning, west palm beach, florida! >> good morning, nashville! woo! >> all the way from baltimore to celebrate my 57th birthday! woo!

we're back now, 8:00 on friday morning. it is the 4th day of november, 2016. is this a school holiday or something? we have a big crowd out here today. >> it is crazy out here! it's loud. not only is it loud, i would say it is magical out here. if you wonder why all the screams are happening, it is not for us. it is the cast of beast." they're here to give us a sneak peek at the highly anticipated new movie from the mind of j.k. rowling. our crowd, they're waving wands. >> i've got to get one of those wands. i like those. first on this friday morning, here is a look at your "news at 8." i'm peter alexander on the campaign trail ahead of donald trump's rally in hershey, pennsylvania. trump according to latest polls,

it is a much closer race in georgia. but as he begins to chip away at some of hillary clinton's advantages in some key battlegrounds, a top trump aide this morning tells me trump is going to be going on offense over the course of this final weekend hitting ten separate states in three days. a republican analyst describing that this morning as a hail mary pass for trump. but his closing argument is clear, accusing hillary clinton of being corrupt and saying that she is simply >> honestly? she has no right to be running. you know that. no right. if she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis that would cripple the operations of our government. >> reporter: this morning a top trump aide tells me highlighting the fact that hillary clinton is campaigning in pennsylvania today and again on election eve that that simply demonstrates

that they might lose the bluest of blue states. now to my colleague, kristen welker, who is with the clinton campaign three hours away in pittsburgh. >> reporter: peter, good morning. with polls getting tighter, secretary clinton's strategy today aimed to solidify support in some of the states where she already has a lead. she starts her day here in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. she's going to talk about the economy, aiming to energize women voters, and also african-american voters who have been slow to turn out for early voti states. she's raising eyebrows with her second stop, that's michigan, a reliably blue state. some democrats asking if she's worried about losing that state. her campaign denying that, saying it is merely an attempt to solidify that important state where she suffered an upset with bernie sanders during the primary. now she appeared last night in another key battleground state with bernie sanders and superstar pharrell and she sharpened her attacks against

can't sleep, that their stomachs are bothering them, they have headaches. and i think that's an important signal, because this is a big decision. >> reporter: new polls do show warning signs for both candidates. let's start with a new poll out in wisconsin which shows clinton ahead by six points. she has a four to five-point lead in recent polls here in pennsylvania but very narrow leads in florida and north carolina. donald trump is up georgia. secretary clinton ends her day in one of the biggest battleground states, ohio. she'll be joined by superstar jay-z. matt? savannah? >> kristen, thank you so much. a program note -- our election day coverage begins right here on "today" next tuesday morning. special prime time coverage starting up at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. that's 4:00 pacific. and you want to tune in wednesday morning for all the results, reaction and analysis.

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mug for several days like some mold and little critters could grow. >> you don't even have to rinse it with water? nothing? >> if you drink black coffee. how hard is it to walk to the bathroom, rinse with water and put it back on your desk? >> i'm just saying, i work in an office -- >> you didn't just rinse it out with water? >> i've used a dirty cup. >> you like this story? >> first of all, i don't use cream so it is okay. but i am a big coffee drinker. my daughter who is very rinse the coffee cup. that's so gross. now i can refer her to this story. >> maria, i knew i loved you. i love you. let's go around the table on this one. what makes you most anxious? >> dirty coffee cups. >> my children. >> kids. >> sickness for your sids? >> sitting in next to you. >> we've known each other for a

help. hypochondriacs among us. a new study says imagining an illness can actually give you a real illness. researchers in norway finding those obsessive thoughts are linked to a 73% higher risk of heart disease. >> that makes sense. >> we've got to start thinking about good things. not about being sick every day. you ever want something so badly, you say a little prayer to god, you give me this, i'll start going to church, i won't cu imagine how hard cubs and indians fans were praying for victory. now we've got a champ and one church in illinois is saying, okay, cubs fans, time to hold up your end of the bargain. check out this sign. it is really cute. central baptist church of springfield says on facebook -- fyi -- if you made any promises, service starts 8:35 sunday morning. >> a priest with a sense of humor. fantastic. in a few days, this country

a day that means a lot to a lot of people. i've circled it on my calendar for months. not the election. it is the birthday of maria shriver. maria's birthday coming up. you want to take back the nasty things you said about me? >> does it have my name on it? >> it does! >> this is why you had your pastry bag >> that's so sweet. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday, maria. cheers. >> speech! >> you want to take a sniff? >> that's good. i'm actually really touched. >> happy birthday. >> how about "popstart!" in honor of maria's birthday? >> i'll save the bubbly for

because that could be bad. michael jackson's son, prince, opening up in a rare interview talking to the "l.a. times" about starting his own career and the skills he didn't inherit from his famous father. prince telling the paper he cannot sing or dance like michael but he loves producing the music saying i can never be separated from my father. set that big of an example and i don't really have a problem with that. i'm proud to have his name and to be his son. prince also saying michael once offered him this bit of career advice -- trust no one. >> wow. next, the quits. quinten tarantino saying that he plans to stop making feature films after number ten. so far he has released just eight. after that tarantino says his attitude will be, drop the mike, boom, tell everybody, match that "bleep." there you go. finally ryan reynolds and what he said that got him into a little bit of trouble with his wife, blake lively.

very, very private couple so they hadn't released the details about that birth until this week when ryan let it slip on national television that the new baby is indeed a make it up to wife? with milk and cookies. blake posting this photos. "the way i know that ryan got himself into trouble." her favorite cookies. remember that, fellas. that's your "popstart!." happy birthd! al, let's get the weather? >> let's do that. shall we? we've got a busy weekend looking ahead. we are watching wet weather making its way into the pacific northwest. more heavy rain from texas into the southwest where we may see some flooding. we'll watch that as well. afternoon. highs, nice and toasty. 70s and 80s through the southwest. 80s through the gulf coast. temperatures throughout much of the country above normal with the exception of the northeast and new england.

cool, 50 degrees. by the end of the race it is going to be in the mid 50s with a light breeze. should be delightful. that's what's g i do expect temperatures to run a little above average. the average for today actually just dropped to 80 but we're still going to hit 83 this afternoon. overnight tonight that's when a cold front comes through so not necessarily that cooler 66 degrees for low, breezy, a little cooler tomorrow 80 degrees, 82 on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? all right, al. thank you. now to a new installment of "today's original" where we work with companies to create new products and to raise money for good causes. as you will recall, al cooked up a new shake shack burger, the roker burger. i got it design a shirt for the yoga brand spiritual gangster.

right? you are on your phones and computers all the time. you also know i live in an analog world still. i still like to write my dates in a print calendar and i like to write handwritten thank you notes as opposed to texts and e-mails. so with that in mind i teamed up with a detroit company to create my "today's original." >> reporter: my "today original," good old-fashioned journals and notecards taking us back to a time of civility when people actually took out a you. i partnered with shinola in detroit because i like comeback stories. shinola helped create more jobs in a city once driven by the auto industry. but detroit fell on hard times, and is now seeing a resurgence. >> this is an area that looks to be dying at one point in time, and now we're breathing. >> reporter: a comeback story that includes students like these at the detroit edison

key part of the next generation of success stories. the money from the sale of my products will go to this charter school where some of the children are even homeless. they were the driving force behind creating my "today original." >> we've laid out some working samples. part of this is that it is personal to you. >> i'd love to kind of remind people about the joy of actually holding on to something that doesn't ring or beep or send you a to notecards to paper journals to linen journals. >> i love that. my calendar now i have one week on double page. >> i like unlined, too. that's nice. >> that's my closet. you just came up with my closet at home right there. i live that color pallet. >> reporter: three months later my "today original" was in the os

first stop, the leather room where passport holders and watch straps are cut, assembled and stitched. >> we have one of the first ones off the line. so each product will be stamped with the number 20 to signify 20 years at the "today" show. >> that is so nice of you. thank you. >> we thought maybe you want to take a stab at embossing the first one. >> is it difficult? ky mess it up? i don't want to mess up the first one. you have a guys there so you know it is already there? all right? ky do it? hands out. >> nice! >> i really love that. >> we'll be going to watches next. we'll suit up because it is a clean room. >> so i am now prepared for the clean room. >> we are. >> okay. complete with the logo on the back. >> looking sharp. >> i just want you to know, al and savannah are already making fun of us. >> reporter: this get-up prevents even the slightest bit of dust from interfering with motion making. >> all the tiny parts that make

that's rhonda. >> yaba dabba doo! >> what's that mean? >> good time. >> how are you? nice to see you guys. >> they go off and have a brontosaur brontosaurus burger and that's it? >> detroit had been beaten up pretty badly, and i know you guys wanted to be part of the rebuilding of detroit. >> we cam future. we wanted to be in a place where we could have an impact. so certainly jobs were something first and foremost that we wanted to create in a city that needed it. >> reporter: shinola is known for craftsmanship. watches, passport holders, journals, date books, and thank you notes finally come together. >> hello, sir. how are you? >> should i be blindfolded or something? >> no, no, no. welcome to the work room. >> wow.

stores. >> we have these journals. >> comes in the navy and the grey. >> i've always kept an actual physical calendar. this i love. why don't we write a note and i'll thank people for their help in this cause. >> that is something that we could include in all the products. >> let's never forget the personal touch. thanks for helping. >> reporter: a thank you from me to you because every time you buy a product, the money will go towards scholarships at the detroit edison public sch academy. these kids are the seeds from which detroit will grow again. >> hey! what a great pleasure to see you all! >> greetings, matt! thank you and have a great day! >> very nice. >> we are so grateful for your visit today. we heard about you. we heard that you don't necessarily go with the texting and the instagraming.

note. >> dear matt lauer, first, i would like to thank you for taking time from your busy schedule. >> thank you for being willing to give the profits from your product to our scholarship fund. your kindness has proved that you are selfless and you truly care about our community. >> i'm one of these believers that if you still write someone a little note -- when is the last time anybody went to the mailbox and found a letter that was addressed to you? isn't it a special feeling? i can't tell you how much this me today. bye-bye! >> that was beautiful! >> i love that school. i'll tell you about that in a second. my shinola thank you notes, journals, date books, passport holders and watch straps are available now. again, the proceeds go to a great cause. scholarships for kids at the detroit edison public school

they're also for sale at the shop at nbc studios here in 30 rock. i'm going to go over there after the show and meet some people. and, we have something for each of you. a journal with your initials on it. >> cute! >> thank you very much. >> i guess that's mine. >> i love your color palette. you actually match it now. >> perfect timing for christmas. to be able to help this school. from the phones and the computers and get back into writing things down. >> can we talk about how adorable those kids were at the school? you had a ball. >> that cheer. >> adorable. >> you know what else was adorable? >> what? >> just that hair net and you were worried about your hair getting all over everything. so cute. >> thanks for bringing that back. by the way, if you use these products, we want to see how you're doing it. post your photos using the hashtag lauer notes.

creation from j.k. rowling's wizarding world. we're catching up with the cast of "fantastic beasts and where to find them."

good friday morning.

it's crisp out. >> a cold front is going to come through tonight but it's beautiful out. we're cooler than yesterday, 56 in zephyrhills, a little bit of light fog up in brooksville. this front comes through tonight, i'm not expecting much rain with it and it's not going to be that much cooler tomorrow but breezy with lower humidity, then next week staying in the low 80s and don't forget we fall back. 275, bit slow and go. but definitely getting much better out there. let's go ahead and take a live look. looks a bit different here i-4 around hillsborough avenue here by 301 not too bad and moving overlooking much better 275 southbound. back to you. a 71-year old man accused of driving drunk then hitting and killing a mother and injuring a sheriffs department will go before a judge this afternoon.

charles lewis is in jail. investigators explained he confessed and claimed he hit something but just didn't stop.

8:30 now on a friday, it is november 4th, 2016. what an adorable crowd we have on o we're so happy to have them. i got tangled up. look at this! i'm sorry. i'm just here with my new best friend. >> coming up, we've got a group that's adding to some of the excitement around here this morning. we're talking about the cast of fantastic beasts and where to find them. lot of people looking forward to

j.k. rowling. eddie redmayne and the cast will be here for a sneak peek. >> matt! >> happy birthday! >> maria's look -- >> i swear, i said i wasn't going to do it this time. matt, you do it to me every time. >> well! man! >> let's make sure we tell people what you mean by that. all right? >> this is the enthusiasm when we watch the raiders take on the broncos and the nfc match-up, sunday night.

we've got food help happening from the woman behind the dude dip. we'll get to that in a minute. >> i'm sorry, there's just so much joy going on. happy birthday, sweetie pie. it is a busy, busy weekend. heavy rain in the pacific northwest, unseasonably warm in the plains. look for sunshine along the eastern seaboard. for sunday -- sunday -- warm through the mississippi river valley, more rain from texas into the mid plains. as we look the election day forecast looks good in the northeast, great lakes, mid-atlantic states. down in the south, temperatures and weather a little on the wet side as you get through the mid mississippi river valley. as we move out west, no big problems. a few showers in the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around

>> thank you very much, al. now an update to no shave today which is well under way. throughout november we're going to be growing out our beards. some of us, this is just day four. also our mustaches to raise awareness for men's health. 6 out of every 10 men have not talked about prostate cancer or getting screenings with their doctors. nearly 60% of men only go to

symptoms rather than preventati preventatively. we'd love to track your progress as well throughout the month to raise awareness for the important cause using the #noshavetoday. carson, thank you so much. harry potter fans certainly have reason to smile this morning. cast of the new movie "fantastic beasts and where to find them" is right here. now this is set 70 years before harry's time at hogwarts when newt scamander sets a host of creatures loose in new york 1920. along the way newt makes some rather interesting friends. >> i really don't have a

>> let's do a little of this. ? >> here are the movie's stars. oscar winner eddie redmayne, katherine >> i need that trick for my kitchen. a show of hands, mo waswho was y potter fan before being in this project? i heard you even auditioned for one of the early roles. >> that is true. when i was at college i auditioned to play tom riddle and it was -- i don't think the real costume director was there. but the seventh assistant was

i wasn't very successful. >> it worked out. >> it definitely did. this is so exciting because it comes from the mind of j.k. rowling and all of us harry potter aficionados will recognize the title of the textbook in the original harry potter movie with "the fantastic beasts and where to find them" which is one of the books the kids studies. but there was no plot. so it opens it up. don't you think? >> yeah. it was so exciting to get to read the script because nobody knew anything about it except for maybe a few actors a first people to read it. >> does anyone feel any amount of intimidation that the hopes and dreams of harry potter fans are resting on your collective shoulders? >> what are you talking about? >> no, you are right. we all felt like when we were making it the people behind this made all the films. so we all felt so -- they made us feel so secure while we were making it.

pressure? >> now i'm like freaking you out. how was it for you? you are the no-mag for us. you're the american, not a muggle. you don't have wizarding powers. how do you fit into this group? >> oh, man. you ever read or seen mid summer night's dream? >> yes! >> you know the bottom character? just like a regular dude? but he gets to go into the love with tatania, you know, and he gets changed along the way. gets to play with the fairies and he gets to play with the wizards and then by the end, he kind of thinks, man, maybe this is where i was supposed to be. you know? >> and your character, newt scamander. he comes over, he has his magical briefcase. he's been going around the world

beasts. >> he has been traveling around the world studying and finding these extraordinary creatures and a lot of them live in his case so it has a kind of mary poppins like quality to it. but he arrives in new york and it sets a lot of things in motion. in some ways it is like the catalyst into a bigger story of proper -- back into the potter world of good versus evil. there is a sort of epic scale to it that he triggers. >> epic effects and just the sweep of all of this. a lot of times we have actors come here and they'll talk about like, oh, i had to train for this or i did these stunts. as i understand it, at least for the three of you, you had to do some wand work. can we talk about wanding. is it really difficult? >> they've got wand elbow. >> who got wand elbow? was that from like flicking it? >> i think it is doing the same action over and over all day.

elbow. it's right in there. >> but if feels kind of good because it makes it feel like you were giving it your all. >> you practice at home with the wand? >> oh, yeah. i basically just walked around the house all the time. my wand work would never give me a bad elbow. wanding is very easy. not practical. >> we better wrap this segment. i should say, congratulations to you. i know you and your wife have a new little one. little miss iris. how is she? >> she's doing incredibly well. she's heaven. we're very lucky. >> we're so happy for you. great to see all of you. i know we will see you a lot because there will be more sequels in this, we hope. >> good luck.

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back now at 8:42 with more of our "brain power today" series and the question wt no jokes. special anchor maria shriver is here with a look inside the male brain. good morning. >> no jokes, right? okay. no jokes. good morning, the truth is men and women's brains are far more alike than they are different. that's true. far more alike. but there are in fact small differences that may have a big effect on men's behavior. >> this is about work! >> no. this isn't about work. this is about us getting closer

men's brains aren't always on the same page as women's. >> we have the same thoughts a little bit. i think men are more calm, quiet, reserved. >> i feel like men are not very organized in general compared to women. we don't like to plan ahead. >> those small differences in our brains can have the two sexes acting quite differently. >> reporter: in a new book, a psychiatrist goes inside the male brain to help explain some typil very quickly and then, though, shuts it down very quickly behind the masculinity. >> i don't think emotion was a word i used growing up. >> reporter: michael is part of a support group for men. study shows male brains often are wired to be emotional fixers in relationships. >> sits

fix it when he is feeling uncomfortable emotions. these things can really cause conflicts in relationships because she feels not heard by him and thinks he's just running over her. >> well, some things can't be fixed. one thing i learned in this work, we talk about well, why don't we just sit with them. >> sit with not being able to fix. >> sit with whatever it is. whatever the feelings are. see what comes up. >> reporter: during pregnancy, a lot comes up for men as well. call it the doting daddy brain. >> his testosterone startso down and his parenting hormone starts to go up. by the time the baby is born, he's already being primed, also, to be a parent. >> reporter: but too often, she says, men get pushed out of quality time with their newborns. >> when my daughter was born, i could feel my want to really connect with her. i was feeling angry at my partner because i feel like i wasn't given the space to kind of spend time.

moms -- leave dad alone with baby. >> studies have actually shown that children that get more attention from their fathers in their first five years of life actually have better reading scores in school. >> reporter: and as men enter their golden years, hormones in their brains fluctuate just like women's. >> they end up having a little more oxitocin, the cuddle hormone. lots of older men say that they really enjoy cuddling more. >> with m think to be far more expressive and physically affectionate with him than i ever could with my own children. >> reporter: but drops in their testosterone also leave older men vulnerable to mood swings. in fact, our new state of men 2016 survey found nearly half of men feel more depressed than they admit to people. the mankind project helps men learn how to share their feelings.

it was safe enough to let that armor go, and doing that i could somehow become more of a man myself. >> wow. that i was reading this script earlier going check, check. i identify with all of that. >> and so many women don't understand that. because men don't communicate that. so i'm hopeful that that piece, or understanding that men's brains are a lot like ours but there are also differences and that will >> and my cuddle hormones are going crazy right now. >> you want to cuddle! >> maria, thank you. by the way, thank those men you interviewed. >> i was going to say that but you cut right into my tag. >> because it was going past without you doing it. >> you interrupted me. the man kind project. find out a lot more about it at today.com. >> my cuddle hormones just

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we're back now, 8:49 with "today loves football food." getting ready for sunday night's game between the denver broncos and oakland rrs from serena wolf, author of "the dude diet." this is tough because you are taking traditional snack food and dude food and making it healthier. >> exactly. dude diet, the realistic and approachable healthy lifestyle for people who want to look better and feel hotter without giving up all the awesome foods they love. >> have you noticed i've been poking into the kitchen all morning? i love flank steak. >> these are the key players.

t t tomatillos. i love a flank steak, it is a little bit leaner so you can eat more of it. >> you can slice it nice and thin. talk to me about marinating. >> we'll marinate it real quickly. pour these into the bowl. a little olive oil and lime juice. garlic and cumin. then just give this a little whisk. pour it right into a ziploc over your flank steak. if you are at home, we would zip that up, get as much air out as possible. swish it around. marinate that at room temperature. you don't have to put it in the fridge. leave it out for 20 minutes. >> how do you get the husks off these things? >> have you seen a tomatillo before? you can just peel this off with your hands. they sell them in most

you need to rinse these really, really well. it is sort of a hybrid tomato with a little bit of citrus in it. >> we have our tasters downstairs. >> this is going to come down to the raiders defense, they've ranked 31st. >> okay, dude. >> should be a raiders win. >> we have some tomatillos sliced. under the broiler for four, five minutes a side. they come and charred. that brings out the flavor. then pop these into the food processor with -- then over here, dump this cilantro, jalapeno, garlic, salt. >> how long do you pulse that? >> it is going to be pretty quick actually. just let it go until it is nice and smooth like this. comes out looking like that. it is nice and creamy from the avocado. it is really high in

marinating. this is already seasoned with salt and pepper. put that right on the grill. that will cook for four or five minutes. >> how does this taste, guys? >> really great. >> the fries are terrific. >> so you sliced it up nice and thin. >> slice it up nice and thin. then just bring this over here. we serve it with the you can put this on a taco. oven baked fries so they're healthier. you have homemade sriracha there, ketchup kicked up with hot sauce. >> how are you voting for? denver or oakland? >> i'm going to have to go with denver. >> you just angered carson. >> second-best steak i've had in a long time.

the recipes are on our website. watch the raiders host the broncos sunday night. coverage begins at 7:00 eastern time. we're back in a employment. this is "today" on nbc. bob buesing... on the record. he sues tax payers to cover the outrageous cost of a lavish courthouse. buesing files forclosures on homes critical to seniors. his law firm is accused of running up costs on a school district at the expense of our kids. trailing in the polls, buesing attacks dana young. for things she never did.

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>> i said hello, willie. >> sunday we'll be just two days from the election. we'll break down the states and numbers to watch with chuck todd and nicolle wallace. then pop star common on issues of race and injustice in america. >> i'm thinking the work you do outside music, people could call you a modern day civil rights leader. would you be happy with that label right now? >> well, i definitely wan the work. i don't know if i've earned that title yet. i would like to be that, but i feel i got some ways to go. but i'm going to do the work, i'm going to do it. >> common, so smart, so fun to talk to. had a lot to say about what's happening in the country right now. he has a new album called "black america again." he'll be performing in the next hour this morning. heard him rehearsing earlier. cool. very cool. >> i love all your profiles you

your heroes? >> yeah. it is fun. you also get to spend more thyme wi time with them. you get to spend more than you do with an interview. we'll have common coming up. and harry connick jr. >> heartthrob. >> he is. putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner's not ready i go through the roof. grab 'em by the p****". when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything.

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good friday morning. we're kicking off a cooler weekend >> we are, it's not going to drop the temperatures significantly. today it's a beautiful look in tampa, 66 degrees, temperatures started out cool 70 already in tampa. right now we're 4 degrees cooley at this point in plant city, and afternoon high today 83. i can see the veterans expressway looks pretty good we have a collision out in pinellas 49th street tying up some lanes but a great drive on 275. back to you. nearly 2-dozen animals taken from a pasco county home in a hoarding case will be up for

the home. officials say the woman who owned them was overwhelmed and find for not having their shots up to date. this morning on "today's take," it had to be him. harry connick jr. co-hosting again. and "freebie friday." just wait until you see the fabulous prizes you could win at brain teaser that could win you a trip to new york. all that coming up right now. >> annncer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" for a friday morning. it is november 4th, 2016. i'm al, along with tamron. the one, the only, harry connick jr. so great, because normally i'm

you know how i can tell that i like you? because when i saw you this morning, i had such a nice feeling in my heart because i've known you for so many years. i saw you sitting there, i said oh, al's here today. >> is that what you said? >> i did. it is good to see you. >> yesterday i was making dinner after i had gotten home, turned on channel 5 here in new york and watched your show just in time for back it up. >> now whenever i see harry i instantly back it up. see you? >> people are sending in videos of themselves backing it up. i'm backing it up. >> i guess we should explain this. or not. just leave it out there. figure it out. >> love that. >> it's on your show. speaking of which, you've got something kind of fun going on tonight. these tiny houses are all the rage. people are downsizing. you've teamed up with shark vacuums which is great because that doesn't suck -- >> see? that's why i missed al so much.

he's not getting away with it either. >> you are going to spend the night in a tiny house. >> i am so excited. i'm going to be on the street right in front of the intrepid in new york city. i'm going to be in there all night long. i'm having a house party. my band and going to be there. i'm going to spend the night by myself in the house. >> what are the dimensions? >> small. >> you're like 6'0" tall? >> i'm 6'1". i haven't been in the house yet but i've been doing a lot of >> why do you want to do this? >> because i figured david blaine can do it, go into times square and be in a block of ice? i'm going to one-up him. sleep in a tiny house. deal with it! >> so can we drive by? >> yeah. >> it's on wheels. we should drive by the middle of the night. >> i'll wake up in rutherford. something like that. guys?

that will be fun. don't laugh. >> just the whole idea. >> i wouldn't wake up either. i got seasick one time on my tour bus going across the north sea in the bottom of a ship. i didn't wake up. they put my tour bus on the bottom of a ship in a thunderstorm. the bus drove on to the ship. everybody got off the bus, forgot i was in the back. i woke up in the belly of a slip in the thunderstorm. it was the weirdest thing. you can tell me about tiny house and i would not knownt woke up in rutherford. >> the band forgot you. >> pretty much. >> that's crazy. so we're back now. we had a fun time. i got to tell you -- listen, i was rooting for the indians. worked there for five years. but if anybody had to win the world series, so thrilled that the cubs did it. it was -- and we had this almost planes, trains and automobiles thing. we were in cleveland for the game seven, which was just insane. then had to fly to chicago. but we couldn't get in to

bad so we landed in milwaukee. then drove -- >> drove to -- >> though we had fast drivers. then came home. but, man. it was unbelievable being out there hanging out. >> what was it like hanging with bill murray. >> bill was ahead of me one row. when you go to a game with bill murray, bill murray's there with everybody. he's handing out m & ms. he's letting you have some that video nachos. for example, i've never had this bourbon called fireball. >> you have? >> no, i don't drink but i know all about fireball. apparently apparently it is very good. >> it's a cinnamon infused -- >> look at you. >> then i had 108-year-old port at harry caray's. >> perspective for people at home, he's no hoda and kathie lee when it comes to drinking.

>> no. >> but you really don't drink. >> no. >> what got into you? >> you're in the spirit. when you're tired you think i'll do anything. wow, a port? great. rubbing alcohol? this is fantastic. >> what did you like? the port or fireball did. >> i think the port. it was very nice. very nice. >> did you . >> you did a great job. >> got the parade at 11:00 central, 10:00 a.m. eastern. we brought something for you. this is, thanks to our friends at mlb, brought you guys the world championship hats. >> that's sweet! >> oh, my goodness! >> al, was it one of those events like super bowls and all major sporting events, you think you're going to remember them forever. but that one really seems like -- >> because it was the game seven -- to me, listen.

seven like this. it's a game seven where you had these two iconic teams that had this history of not winning. you had extra innings, and you had a rain delay. it was just -- we said, as long as it doesn't go into extra innings, the game will be okay. of course, it went into extra innings. >> these are awesome gifts. thank you so much! i love this. you have a hat clause or something? you didn't put your on. >> i love hats >> you're one of those griz. >> guys. >> put that hat in your tiny house. >> no, i'm going to put it on ebay. >> you got this great thing going on. you're on "today's take." it's "harry's take." >> so people -- i'm so flattered that people ask me to sing my songs. i thought it would be nice on my show to sing songs that i've never sung before.

other than mine from any era. we got so many requests from the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s but one request stuck out. it was sir mix a lot's "baby got back." i think we have a clip. i did it in a different way ? i like big butts and i cannot lie ? ? you other brothers can't deny an itty-bitty waist and a round thing in your face ? you get sprung ? ? you want to pull up tough cause you notice that butt was

hooked and i cannot stop staring ? ? i i like big butts ? >> classic. >> yes. yes. >> fantastic. >> that's a classic. >> i feel they should sing that at weddings. >> they don't write lyrics like that anymore. >> they say that is the great they just don't sing them like that. that's what it is. >> what's going on with the empire state building? >> did you see my instagram? >> i did not. i missed it. i missed it. i'm sorry. >> yesterday. that's me at the empire state building. what's so awesome about it, no one -- no journalist has ever been allowed that far up. i was -- yeah. >> where are you? >> this is the dome where the antenna are.

we ha we're going to air it next week. >> were you terrified? >> no. when the -- >> when the ape came there. >> they let me in this area where only construction workers get to sign. i was essentially at 105 stories up tethered just by a string. >> would you do that, al? >> i would. height but i've climbed up the george washington bridge and helped change the light bulb. >> how far was that? >> i think it was 30 stories. but you are walking along that cable. that's only like a foot wide. >> well, this was incredible. it was 105, 106 stories up. we'll show you what happened when we got up there. aside of my bear grylls, i went out in the wild with bear grylls -- >> you should climb to the top

dog or something. >> that sounds like a classic lyric in itself. ? climb up to my tiny house ? ear worms. that's when you get a song stuck in your head. yesterday nick lachey was here from 98 degrees and that song ? give me just one night ? >> is that the choreography? >> i sang that all day including on top of the empire state building. a new study identifies three similarities in songs. upbeat, similar to other popular songs, and big up and down leaps in notes. these are the things that make them stick in your head. for example, this song. ? strangers waiting up and down the boulevard ? >> do you think it get stuck in your head maybe because it gets -- you hear it all the time? >> yeah. >> i think that's why it gets stuck in your head. because you hear that song -- it's just one of the best rock songs ever.

this one i love. here we go. ? la la la la ? ? la la la la ? >> you don't know this one either? >> you know that tune. >> no. i know the next one. number one. gaga ooh-la-la. >> see that won't stick in my head. >> what sticks in your head, al? >> uh, "go cubs go." i've heard its simple and repetitive and it just gets in there. >> what's your ear worm? is. >> i like "lean on me." repetitive. i do that on harry's take today. >> all right. one song we soon won't be able to get out of our head, "all i want for christmas is you" the one song that made mariah carey

keyboard all on her own. >> this is not an ear worm. i just love "o holy night." >> "hark the herald angels sing." >> see, mine is mariah carey. >> that's such a famous song. that's been around for a while. >> i'm getting my tree this weekend. i did hot pick last year, purple the year before and lavender. so i got to get my tree. is it too early? >> our stage manager, >> fine. coming up, harry and i have been going back and forth, ladies and gentlemen, on this major point of etiquette. on the last few dies days we have not been seeing eye to eye. >> because he's taller. >> i've got more hair. >> that's true. al is going to chime in. if you are going through a revolving door, does the man go first or the woman? the answer after this. and it's freeb"freebie friday." wait until you see what we have for you this friday.

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harry, you said? >> this is what i think. i know that there may be some emily post etiquette rule that contradicts my thought, but here's the technique of it. you never walk into a building in front of a woman under any circumstances. so if there is a revolving door and i'm with jill, i start the movement of the door, i let jill go in first, and then i go after her. the only time i would ever go before her in a revolving door is if i'm it might be raining, you have to see what's going on. that is the only time. but if we're going into a building together, i'll get the motion started. it is an antiquated theory to assume that a woman doesn't have the strength to push the door open. >> so you're saying you push it, then i would slide in -- >> you don't have to slide. i make sure that you have enough room. i control the motion. >> as it were. >> as it were! >> what do you say? >> i say you both go in together. >> yeah!

ago on the "today" show and the rule was that the man goes first. we reached out to emily post institute which you knew. they said men traditionally enter a revolving door first if it wasn't moving. but women went first if it was already in motion. this is old etiquette. based on the notion -- >> that's right. it's antiquated. that's antiquated. the man needs to get it going. then the woman goes through. unless you're going outside. you never want to have the woman >> when you are walking with your wife on the street. you're on the outside. >> on the street side. >> why are you on the street side? >> because in the old days there was stuff in the gutters and stuff. the splashing. >> in the bed, do you sleep at the side of the bed closest to the door or do you put your wife closest to the door? >> this is a case where my wife -- anything she wants. so she wants -- wherever she wants to sleep, she's cool. how about walking up the stairs? i'm always behind you. coming down the steps, i'm

front of you walking down but not behind you walking up. >> but if you slip and fall, i'll catch you. >> you're such a gentleman! >> as we go to our local stations for weather, don't forget, daylight savings time, fall back. set your clocks back. >> i don't get it. >> check your batteries and smok io the average for today just dropped to 80 but we're going to still hit 83 this afternoon, overnight tonight is when a cold front comes through so not necessarily the cooler 66 degrees for your overnight low. tomorrow 80 degrees, 82 on sunday. >> that's your latest weather.

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good morning. we have our friday forecast. >> beautiful blue sky this morning, very comfortable. here's a look from the auto mall in polk county. long range forecast still waiting on this front. relatively warm above average today with a 10% rain chance as the front comes

dropping the humidity so that most of next week staying comfortable in the low 80s former texas governor rick perry will campaign in tampa today for donald trump. he will visit 2 offices in tampa. you remember he was a republican presidential candidate early in the 2016 election cycle but later dropped out and endorsed donald trump. . >> a man pulled up exposed himself. the incidents happened between july and october. he is from hillsborough county. this morning he's being held on a $4,000 bond. more headlines on our website wfla.com and another

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so we ask... mr. buesing, will you do anything to win? anything? to beat this woman. from mind blowing magic to impressive illusions, our next guest is the mastermind behind some of tricks. guess what? he's also a master puzzle maker often writing "the new york times" cross word puzzle. for the last two seasons he's worked with the team behind all those puzzles, secret codes and tattoos on nbc's hit show "blind spot." david is here today with some challenging puzzles for us and a chance for you to win a trip to new york. david, good to see you.

magic? now you see me was literally mind-blowing. people thought a lot of that stuff was done with cgi. and it wasn't. >> some was, some wasn't but it started with the director and writers. i worked with a great creative team. it was a wonderful collaborative effort to come up with all that stuff. if you want to learn how to rob a bank, we can talk after the show. >> what about -- okay. "blindspot." the puzzles, the work your way backward? >> the writers and creator has come up with the long game. we did start at the beginning with those tattoos and the puzzles that are embedded there. week to week sometimes we figure out what the crime of the week is and we work backwards. it is a puzzle for us to figure it all out. >> you've got some puzzles. you've got a bunch. we'll answer them in the form of these cross words but these are all presidents. >> yes.

is a former president of the united states. here's the first one. >> president james garfield. >> president garfield. >> i was so nervous. >> garfield goes here because it is the only one that's eight letters. the next one -- what movie is this? billy -- james madison. >> so >> we took it out. >> here's the next one. >> i feel so stupid! >> who is this? >> mary tyler moore. president tyler. >> our tenth president, john tyler. >> next! >> oh. stewart, mr. smith -- >> goes to washington. >> yes. washington is going to be

behind you? >> next. this one's so hard. tom hanks plays a congressman. he has a war. >> i forget the name of the movie. >> charlie -- >> charlie wilson. >> yes! very good! >> on it! on it! on it! >> you inspired me. >> that one was so hard. sorry. but i needed to put it in there. who is this friendly aardvark? >> arthur! >> yes! >> i get a point for >> this next one is so hard so my apologies. >> oh. >> that's -- >> drill bit is the first part. president zachary -- >> taylor! >> drill bit taylor! yes. >> zachary taylor. >> i'm so glad i know how to play the piano. >> i needed that for a very special reason. >> president adams.

we have the assassination of lincoln. jesse james. >> james. >> this is crazy. >> crazy. >> robert -- four letters -- >> taft! >> cover ford. that's so hard but we're going to end strong here with jim carrey. >> truman! >> yeah! >> back it up, back it up, back it up. it is about finishing. >> gentlemen, there was a secret answer this whole time. i have to show you. i constructed this puzzle so that the intersection here, these nine letters have significance and i'm going to circle those and these nine

>> that's not the only puzzle david's got for us. we are launching a "blindspot" puzzle test. david has created a complicated challenging puzzle just for you. >> if you solve the puzzles correctly you'll have a chance to win a trip for two to new york city to go on a set visit to nbc's "blindspot." here is the first puzzle. can you solve it? >> it is going to be on our website, today.com/blindspot puzzle. don't give it away. >> i know it! >> don't give it away. >> i know wednesday nights at 8:00, 7:00 central. >> let's do this together. next, thanksgiving treats you'll love. our chefs are cooking up butternut squash after these messages. messages. they're ri (announcer vo) the new pixel phone by google. only on verizon. okay, google, show me korean restaurants in boulder. (google assistant) i found a few places. (announcer vo) the only network than can power the first phone with the new google assistant,

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restaurants and home of the new world series champs. good morning. >> we're making sort of a play on a squash bruschetta. celery root is one of those vegetables. >> there is our grid. bacon, butternut squash, cheese, peppers. >> i think that the celery is one of those you see at the grocery store like what do you do with that? what do i do with different. a little bit of butter and oil to help it roast in the oven. we would just season as we go. this is what ends up coming out of the oven 15 to 20 minutes later. it is all nice and just tender. but not mushy. then add in some raisins for a little bit of sweet. some pistachios for a little bit of crunch. some sugar for a little bit more sweet. capers for some saltiness and a little bit of vinegar. kind of playing off a nice sweet and sour.

whipped feta. >> could you substitute something like a ricotta? >> sure. just a little ricotta schmeared on top. it is a nice way to have butternut squash as a snack when your guests come over. >> beautiful. >> looking good! >> a soup. >> yes. the biggest thing people have at thanksgiving. the unique thing about this is the spices. star anise, clove, peppercorn. tie this in a knot. some people buy it cubed, a time saver. or we can just chop it up into quarter-inch slices. i have some shallots warming up. you want to seed that for me? we don't have time on the

the one who won the world series. sharing is caring. shallots, butternut squash. the chicken brought. this cooks down for about 25 minutes. most importantly, clove and star anise is very strong but you want to take it out right beforehand and get your imme immersion blender. >> what's great, this is dairy-free. >> don't worry, doing. >> harry, throw yourself in front of tamron. >> most importantly, garnish. >> i'm out. i'll be back. >> tamron hall's dress provided by butternut. >> honey! come back! >> you can put them in little cups for hors d'oeuvres. >> this is really good.

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>> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. there are a lot of ways you can describe common. is he an academy award, golden globe and grammy award sinning singer, songwriter, producer and actor. >> common has 3 of the 4 legs of the coveted he got. maybe he will hit broadway soon. i'm going it maybe he'll take home the coveted tony one day. he could do it. >> for now he's out with one of his most powerful albums yet titled "black america." his 11th. good morning. last time you were here you were in your acting role in "selma." >> i feel like this is a continuation of "selma" and glory because those are songs,

society and social issues and black america. it is surely about uplifting people and bringing what black culture is to the forefront. not just the protests, but the joy, the love, the spirituality, your god and us. just creating that equality. that's what the music is. >> it is great. common was on my show the other day. we had such a great time. what i learned most about you because i know you publicly -- but when i got a chance to hang with this guy, you are a rr it was nice spending time with you. >> the album is fantastic. take it away. >> yes. thank you. ? freedom freedom come ? ? hold on won't be long ? ? suddenly the southern trees we

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? won't be long ? ? hold on hold on ? >> woo! that's so powerful. thank you so much, common. make sure you get his new album. we are back. this is "today" on nbc.

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>> hello there. >> and i'm jerry penacoli. nice to have you here today. you picked a good day to tune in. >> you sure did. >> we've got a very special first guest. >> yes, he's returning to "daytime" 10 years after he was first sitting on the couch with me. you have seen our first guest on stage and on screen. he's best known, of course, for his role as j. peterman on the nbc sitcom "seinfeld." >> but he has done so much more since then. he also hosted the popular tv game show, family feud. and he fox trotted his way to