from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee g 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody, it's thirsty thursday. it's november 10th. that is "faith" by stevie wonder and ariana grande. isn't that a funny combo? let's listen for one second. ? i got faith ? >> i got faith. come on. >> look who's liking it.

darling daughter making her acting debut in a new hallmark movie i hear. >> congratulations. >> look at their smiles. and their eyes. >> wait, look. >> she got the blue eyes though. i don't know. >> father, right? >> gorgeous. >> all right, that's enough of that. we'll see you guys in a little bit. are you coming over to talk with us? >> yes. >> '80s darling molly ringwald. >> you >> star of 16 candles and breakfast club, all grown up and a mom of three. another classic 1980s film she's bringing back to life. >> her role may surprise you in that. it's thursday. that means louis and jill are on the plaza to pick our ambush makeover ladies. they've been getting primped and pampered with transformed beautiful new looks.

jeff mauro and gavin kaysen. >> did he just eat a sweet potato? >> they're going to show us how to impress your guests on thanksgiving with show-stopping sides. >> all right, so lori and bella, so tell us about that hallmark movie. >> it's a christmas movie, it's on this saturday night. >> is it a whole like six weeks of christmas, every day on hallmark? >> it's christmas every weekend, every night on the hallmark channel right now, it's a countdown to christmas, bute >> you play a talk show host? >> i play a talk show host. >> what do you play, sweetie? >> i play just a girl in a small town who helps her. >> who loves christmas. >> who wants to be a talk show host. >> you're like so many other women out there. thousands of them. dreaming. our job. >> bella. >> and some day you get 'em, good for you. >> well, we wish you best of luck, bella. >> have you always wanted to be

started to love it more. >> i tried to discourage her. >> merry christmas to you both. >> we love you guys. >> that will be on the hallmark channel, 8:00. >> 7:00 central this saturday night. >> with that fabulous bill abbott, yes, yes. >> love bill abbott, love him, he's our guy. >> take care. >> bye, guys. >> so modern family's julie bowen, or is it bowen, addresses her rumored feud -- aren't they always rumored, with sofia verg see two female co-stars together sharing the spotlight, they assume it's a cat fight. anyway, julie was on "ellen" yesterday and ellen was saying it's unusual that everybody seems to get along on that show. this was julie's response to that. >> it's a great cat and everybody really likes each other. >> we genuinely do. every now and then i get a caller, an e-mail, that says so-and-so trash mag will be running a story that you and this week it was that you are

you're jealous of her fame. i e-mail her last night and then we talk and i'm, like, what should i say? because we're friends. she goes, please, just borrow my blouse so i'm borrowing her blouse. >> i don't know why they just assume. we don't hear about it as much with men, you know, that they're not getting along. i just -- i love coming to work every day knowing i'm going to be w >> i signed for this job for one year. >> and how many years has it been? >> yes. >> because of my hoda woman and everybody here that i love so much. you become a family. not you. no, no. all of you. amazing group of people. >> producers say one of the things they get asked the most about us is are they really friends, like off the show, are they really friends. >> i know. >> it's so funny because for us it's like natural, it's like breathing of course and everybody else wonders is this one hour pretend and then when you get off --

>> not me. >> huh-uh. >> no thank you. >> all right, so -- >> megan markell, you know who she is? >> isn't she harry's -- >> harry's new love interest. beautiful girl. >> and kate middleton. >> yes. >> she's adorable. she's on the show "suits" in case you wonder how we know her. >> they were seen wearing the same dress. >> let's see. >> why are we talking about it? >> because it's important. >> what? >> well, one's a long version. >> it's the same cut but one's long and one's sh furstenberg dress. >> it's beautiful, it looks great either way. >> kate could wear it either way and so could -- >> look at this skirt. this megan markell, she can wear anything. >> the palace is confirming she and harry are a couple. >> i think that's fantastic. i wish people would leave them alone and just let them. >> yeah, there are people who are apparently being very cruel to her on social media and the

biracial? >> yeah, i mean -- >> so what. >> aren't we in 2016. >> hello, i thought we were. that's ridiculous. but love will overtake everything, right? >> yes, it does, yes, indeed. >> so there's a study, oh, another study, women have better memories than men, did you know that? >> i don't know if it's true. >> it's online, the journal of menopause, so it must be true. >> there's a journal of menopause? >> there is he's been married three time, i've been through menopause three times. >> by the way, you have an incredible memory. >> so far. >> my memory's horrible but yours is really good. ? >> what is it? oh, no. ? so it's the last ? ? we will remain ?

? whatever we ? all right, that's enough, i'm getting old. been through menopause three times. >> that is funny. >> yeah. >> they found women between the ages of 45 to 55 found they outperformed men. however, after menno paushgs women experienced more forgetfulness and brain fog. what? >> it's all about your hormones. you know. yeah. >> we have a new trend. >> babs is still singing. >> we hav it's called long hair. is donna still here? >> come on out. >> so harper's bazaar says there's an ultralong hair making a mark on the fashion world that women like the kardashians and our own donna. >> and more tisha adams long before anybody else, right. >> i feel like i need to do this look. >> yeah. >> now turn around. >> so are they wearing wigs or wearing extensions? >> i think they're extensions. >> you were hoping this would be

fantasy. >> hey, guys, donna said fantasy. >> oh, yeah. >> all right, you look beautiful, we love you, thank you. >> i don't know. think it -- >> it reminds me of morticia adams. >> we originally wanted to do dark lipstick but we thought it was too much. >> how about old school for i-hoda? let's take it back. let's take it way back. hit it. it's called "take your time, do it right." ? take your time do it right ? ? we can do it baby ? ? do it tonight ? ? baby we can do it ? ? take the time ? ? do it right ? >> are they talking about what i think they're talking about? >> it's whatever you imagine. yeah, yeah. >> we, okay. ? we can do it baby ?

>> it's a lot more than that. that's the chorus. i gave you the chorus. you say give me the chorus, i deliver. see, this is the part i like. horns. you got to have a horn section in a good song. we want to give a big shout-out to some auction winners who actually paid money to see our show. >> dane and jennifer here? >> dane and jennifer are here. they paid good money. >> why? >> they paid good money to see us. we're happy to thank you so much. >> lady, thank you for coming. they were at the derek jeter foundation dinner and they're terrific ladies. ladies, thanks again. >> you can find all of i-hoda's stuff, why you'd want it anyway, on apple music. hoda is on her radio station sirius on monday and wednesday and you can even listen to our show on sirius on 108 i think. >> you're going to be very busy. >> the third annual greenwich restaurant week begins tomorrow but the festivities kick off

house starting at 6:00 p.m. tonight with my stuff for an exclusive opening night cocktail party. it's going to be fun. we're going to be pairing my stuff with some signature dishes and lots of other local restaurants are participating. >> that will be fun. >> it goes all weekend long. >> it's a beautiful event. get ready for our amazing ambush makeovers reveal. >> and counting down to thanksgiving with some souper sides that will make your meal -- oh, it's going to take it to a >> i'm feeling. >> what's with the mustache? >> what's with the mustache? >> a ? go paperless, don't stress, girl ? ? i got the discounts that you need ? ? safe driver ? ? accident-free ? ? everybody put your flaps in the air for me ? ? go paperless, don't stress, girl ? ? i got the discounts that you need ? ? safe driver ? ? accident-free ? ? everybody put your flaps in the air for me ?

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chef and own earn of spoon and table. >> stable. >> yes, i'm already winning this batle. >> what is the name of your restaurant? >> spoon and stable. like where the horses go. >> that makes sense. >> all right, go on. >> and from chicago, illinois, congratulations by the way on your cup. >> thank you, thank you, my pleasure. >> jeff mauro is the executive chef pork and mindy's. >> it's mork. >> can we start over? >> we'll start wth >> i'm making my soon to be famous maple bacon sweet potato chips, all right, it's all often baked. fun way to present this traditional flavor of sweet potato. we're going to use a mandolin. have you ever used a mandolin here? >> yeah, they're great. >> hoda, maybe not. >> no, not for me. >> you always want to look at the mandolin. you don't want to be like, someone grab the phone, what's on fire, right. so you get these beautiful

tails. baking sheet here. get it, like fish scales. then some melted butter. straight right from the cow. and then some maple syrup. so easy. we were going to whisk it together. right? with a medium sized whisk. not a giant whisk. >> why is medium -- >> i don't know. that's definitely -- and then we're going to paint it liberally. right. we're going to get crazy with surface exposed -- >> without messing it up though because it's a thing of beauty. >> just pour it. >> pour it on and boom, all right. >> now what? >> season it, salt and pepper, right, boom, we're going to bake it high heat, about 425 for 20 minutes. >> boom. >> and then we have it beautiful like this. and we got my famous pork and mindy's pig candy here and we're going to sprinkle that on top and you're going to get that kind of crunch from some toasted

i encourage you to serve this at the table and you can kind of peel a little bit off and get -- >> like a little nacho. >> that's so good. >> that's delicious. >> but healthy. pretty healthy. >> no carbs. >> what are we making here? >> the opposite healthy. creamy spinach with fried cheese curds. >> oh, my gosh. >> saute garlic. add a little >> that always cooks down to almost nothing. >> i know. >> you're the chef. >> i need some salt and pepper in there. >> he got it. >> there's your pepper. >> oh, that's good too. >> put that in your pocket, we'll save that for later. we took that down and it wilts to this. >> that was a room full of spinach earlier. >> the whole studio was filled. this is some cream, shall lotsh garlic, bay leaf. >> can you substitute like low

>> sorry, i thought i'd ask. >> it's a good try. >> yeah, i appreciate that. >> okay. >> so then we're going to put this over a double boiler. >> yeah. >> we're going to add some egg yolks. >> okay. >> yeah, keep going there. don't burn it there, chef, huh? >> i'm trying not to. >> appreciate that. whisk that up. a medium size whisk. in minnesota, we like to go a little bit bigger. there we go. and then we have -- thank you, thank you. and then we're going to fry thes we bread it. traditional breading method, egg, flour, bread crumbses. >> what are cheese curds? what kind of cheese do you use? >> just cow's milk. >> just cheese. there's no name. >> the pure et form. >> just cheese. >> fine, why do i even care? >> we can call it something fancy. >> thank you. >> cheese curds.

that. >> this is going to clog a few arteries. >> here you go, here you go. >> i've had this -- i've had this dish at spoon and table and it's unbelievable. it's one of my favorite restaurants in the country. >> for all of these thanksgiving dishes, today.com/food. november 23rd, we're having a prethanksgiving celebration on the plaza, it's going to be huge, 30 chef, so you don't want m take a look at the befores. these ladies are in for a little style shock when we debut their ambush makeovers. >> do you hear buzzing? bobby's here with new tools. right after this. ? ?you don't own me? ?don't try to change me in any way? ?oh? ?don't tell me what to do?

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we're back on this thirsty thursday and we're about to show you two unbelievable transformation because it's time for ambush makeover. two lucky ladies were plucked given head to toe new looks. >> courtesy our beloved "today" contributors from the licari cutler salon louis licari, la, la, la. and our golden girl. >> yes, we love her. >> how was it today? >> pretty sweet today. you know, again we had plenty of signs. the ambush i can only say is growing and growing. and more and more people come here specifically on this day to

>> it's their whole modus operandi. >> yes, it is. >> who we got? >> linda jane, 52 years old from washington. married two kids in their 20s. she's been going through a difficult time. she's taking care of some sick family members. she was recently laid off from her job in manufacturing. so her cousin had a great idea to try to get ambushed this morning. let's take a listen to her story. >> i know your so excited but this is also so important for tell me why. >> she deserves a makeover. she lost her job. she needs a makeover. today's the day. >> you're starting a new chapter with us. >> yes, i am. >> we can do whatever we want. >> yes, you can. yes. i need to look fabulous so i can go on interviews and try to get a really great job. >> good for her. >> she's here with her friend sherry who said she ran ten blocks and changed to make sure she looked good for this moment with the blindfold on. please keep your blindfold on

all right, linda, let's see the new you. oh, yeah. >> come on, girl. >> are you ready? >> ready. >> take often the blindfold. check out your girl. >> you look amazing! i love it. you deserve this. >> are you ready, sweet girl? >> you are gorgeous. >> right here. >> deep breath and go. >> look at her oh, my god. >> you look sassy. >> wow. >> it's awesome. >> i think she likes it. >> beautiful. >> i think i like it. >> louis, tell us about it. >> okay, i think we've -- yes, exactly. that's a great haircut. it's so chic. works with her face. it just frames it. it's beautiful. i love the side swept bangs. and the color.

strawberry. she had highlights. highlights were great. and you did a fantastic job i'm sure. but what i did is i just wanted to make her a little brighter. also notice what it does to her eye color. they pop. >> your eyes are popping. >> i love it. >> she said she's so blessed she got chosen today. >> she deserves this. >> it's sort of antiquated you have to wear a full suit to a job interview so i wanted to and match. the top is from chicos and from talbots. >> our second lady is 53 from so of fosuffolk, virginia. she has three kids. she's a retired plane controller. before that she was a 911 dispatcher where she met her husband who is a police officer.

>> you really begged us for this one and we want this for you. why do you want this so badly? >> i haven't had a haircut in a long time. i really want a makeover. a new look. new clothes. i pretty much live in jeans and t-shirts and i want to update that. >> are you guys ready to see a whole new look? >> and she is here with that husband of 30 years, allen. keep that blindfold on, allen. so let's take one last look at mary lynn before. and bri wow. >> wowzer. >> gorgeous. >> all right. >> you ready, allen? >> i'm ready. >> all right, take a look at your bride. >> oh, wow. fantastic. you look great. >> you gonna make it another 30? >> i'm hoping to. >> why don't you turn around, see what he's looking at. you look so pretty.

>> who is that? >> that is mary ann. >> yes, it is. >> you look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so pretty. >> look again, go ahead. >> oh, my goodness. >> it's just an hour show, it's fine. >> one more time. >> so she did. >> okay, what we did is i lightened your hair. and then i added the soft, soft minimal highlights around front. again, your eyes pop. allison gave you this great layered haircut that shows off your face so it doesn't just hang. which is a major mistake so many people make. this lifts and almost like a mini facelift. >> so pretty. >> it's so, so pretty. >> love it, love it. >> thank you so much. >> jill what about the outfit? >> from chicos. we wanted to be able to dress up jeans because you only wear

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how many could that possibly be? >> i know, when i first got the call it didn't seem possible. i mean, it was a movie that i loved so much. shirley mcclane has an absolutely flawless, flawless performance. but you know, she was 50 years old we she got the academy award for it which meant she was about 48, 49 and i'm 48 so -- >> it works out. >> yeah. >> did you love that movie? >> i loved it so much. >> i remember crying so hard in the if you want to let the floodgates open. >> yeah, exactly. our play, it'ser in be er never as a play before. our play is a combination between the james brooks screenplay and the larry mcmertry book. >> is that pressure because shirley mcclane played that role before you? >> i would say there's a fair amount of pressure because it was such an incredible amount of performance. i saw it a bunch when i was a teenager and made the choice not to watch it again because it

single choice that she made. >> but you know because you're an actress and you've been in many films you get a chance to do it a ton of times when you do it in the film but you don't get another chance on the stage, your performance is what it is in that moment. >> you have a lot of days to explore and try different things. i'm really trying to find my own way into the character and make her a little different. she's a little bit more like the aurora in the book. and, you know, i put a lot of myself and people i know -- >> are you what year? >> it does take place from the late '70s into the early '80s. there's loss a span of time. we don't go 30 years. we go about ten years. >> you're a mom of three. >> i am. >> your oldest is a teenager. has your teenager seen any of your movies? do you think it's wheeeird when they're watching? >> my teenager ma dilt ta has seen "the breakfast club."

hughes films. she likes them. we did a piece for "this american life" about me showing matilda "the breakfast club" because it was significant for me to show it to her. it was the one i kept holding back. >> why? >> i thing it was really important to me and i was afraid she wasn't going to like it. it really mattered to me. she loved it. >> how much we want our children's -- not applause but -- >> approval. >> approval. what did you say? >> you go from wanting your approval. >> what did she say when she watched it? >> she loved it. she really connected to it. she connected to it in a way i didn't quite expect. it still speaks to teenager because all those issues still exist. >> they still exist. >> we're so glad you came to see us. it's going to be exciting. >> "terms of endearment." she's going to be appearing live in that show at the 59th, east 59th street theater.

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good day. we're following events in washington this afternoon. president-elect donald trump at the white house meeting face-to-face with president obama. here's a picture we just got from that meeting, a symbolic moments in the process of handing overpower from one president to another. i'm joined by nbc's kristen, first to you. do we know the substance of the meeting? >> reporter: we are getting some headlines. president obama sees this as a moment to set the tone for a smooth transition. he told trump today, we will do everything we can to help you succeed. i am told he wanted to answer questions, wanted to talk about some of the challenges between campaigning versus governing. the mood here among staffers is bleak. the president's message to them, it's time to move forward.

what sorts of decisions have to be made? >> mostly about his administration, the cabinet and what happens over the next six weeks prior to the inaugural. president-elect trump commented that this meeting lasted longer than scheduled, which is did. they talked about foreign and domestic policy and the president-elect says he's looking forward to more meetings with president obama. >> chuck todd is joining us now. do you think this meeting was as awkward as i am curious to see if we learn and did donald trump at least, you know, offer any sort of remorse on sort of some of the criticism, vice versa, was there any of that, i don't know. but that will be a curiosity. >> here is the tape now just a few minutes ago from the oval office. >> i just had an opportunity to

it was wide-ranging. we talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the white house. we talked about foreign policy, we talked about domestic policy and, as i said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president-elect is successful. and i by the, i think interests, in president-elect trump's wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces and i believe that it is important for all of us, regardless of party and regardless of political

together, work together to deal with the many challenges that we face. and in the meantime, michelle has had a chance to greet the incoming first lady and we had an excellent conversation with her as well and we want to make sure that they feel welcome as they prepare to make this transition. and most of all, i want to president-elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed, then the country succeeds. please. >> well, thank you very much, president obama. this was a meeting that was going to last for maybe 10 or 15 minutes and we were just going to get to know each other. we had never met each other. i have great respect.

hour and a half and it could have, as far as i'm concerned, it could have gone for a lot longer. we really -- we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. i very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. he explained some of the difficulties, some of the hi the really great things that have been achieved. so, mr. president, it was a great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. >> thank you, sir. thank you, everybody. we are not going to be taking any questions. thank you, guys. thank you. >> it's always the last one z come on, guys.

let's go. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you, guys. >> don't know if you caught that, but president obama offering a few tips to president-elect trump about the press corps at the end of these photo ops but that occurred a few minutes ago and on tape the first face-to-face meeting as donald trump had pointed out that the two had never met, talking about policy issues and about a transition. let's go back now to nbc's chuck todd who is watching with us. chuck, the incoming president will be able t stroke of a pen some of the executive actions of president obama. do you think some of the discussion is don't do that or consider this before you do that? >> i think there was some of that and also the chief of staff denis mcdonough was showing around the organizational head of the trump campaign and will be involved in some form or another. but look, president obama on day

orders that undid some things that he could do that president bush put in and there will be that on president trump's first day. that's almost like a standard procedure from president to president, particularly when we change parties. but i'm guessing that a lot of this had to do with, look, the trump folks weren't preparing for this either, as you recall, lester. they were -- they didn't think they were going to be in this position so they are having to get up to speed pretty quickly on how to the post- 9/11 world, the presidential transition is more difficult and more important than ever, particularly seamlessness you need when it comes to this battle on dealing with domestic and foreign terrorism. >> back to kristen welker, you know the president has told his staff to get on board and move on with this transition. what does it mean practically? do trump folks start coming to the white house?

what are the mechanics of a transition? >> reporter: that's right. president-elect will start to receive intelligence briefings. they will be meeting with staffers here on a regular basis from now through the inauguration. you heard president obama talk about the fact that former president george w. bush really set the tone for a smooth transition and he wants to essentially do exactly what his predecessor did to make sure that this transition is seamless. i thought it was importance of getting counsel from president obama, moving forward. remember, this is someone's who has never served in office before so president obama determined to make sure that this goes smoothly. lester? >> and chuck, very quickly, we've talked about things are personal between the two of them. no signs certainly in that photo op of personal, hard feelings. >> no. and president obama, this is a very genuine thing for him on the transition. because it was an

transition between george bush and barack obama. on a policy front, remember, barack obama's election was a ful ful full-fledge repudiation. president obama doesn't want to be accused of undermining the incoming administration so i think this is genuine. >> chuck, thank you very much. we know president-elect trump will have meetings with republican leadership on capitol hill later today. we'll have full coverage, of course, on "nbc nightly news." for now, york. good day, everyone.turkey. >> that's hoda's. >> that's your dessert. >> good-bye little turkey. good-bye. >> to learn how turkey compares to other holiday meats. >> and should you delete your ex on social media?

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