from nbc news, this is "today", with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. we hope you had a great weekend. it's fun day monday. it is october 26th. that is lost and found, story of hoda's life, by ellie golding. >> you know a lot of stuff. >> i found you a scrunchy this

morning for you. it's a great show today. if you missed all of the scoops, we have it for you, including how some fun is being had with adele's new song "hello", as well as news of a secret engagement. >> some of elvis's songs have been rediscovered and pricilla presley is here to sing along in the kitchen. >> and beth stern is here, she was joined by james denton. the hero dog awards on the hallmark channel. and she's brought a bunch of those award-winning cutis. >> how was your weekend? >> you and i both went down on different days to maryland to visit our families, yours in virginia. and anytimeki see my mom of course and my sister and her husband. and my niece.

my niece when she was firstborn. i would go out of my way to fly home just so i could smell her. you know. that's the way i feel about my aaron, who i call sheki. this was him having a little lunch on friday, i think. >> ooh! >> it gets really good. it gets really good. i thought he was having a little movement, but that wasn't the case. [ laughter ] >> he mimics everything. now this is the good part. i come in for a close up. >> mm! >> oh. oh. >> bite your hand, bite your hand. >> i spent a day and an of ha there, and he never, ever cried. that's him going eeee. that's all he does. we went friday night to a

restaurant i hadn't been to in years. and they had totally redone it. being in malibu was beautiful. we had a great night. >> he is so cute. i got to see my little niece this weekend. i took the train to virginia. and one of the things everyone loves to do is they both have soccer games, okay? so we went, first we went to both of their games, we got to see hannah and ella both play. this is one thing i learned about when a preschooler is playing soccer, like ella. what you don't do when they're playing is yell out their name. >> oh. >> have you -- >> because i'm like, ella, and they all stop, and they're like this, hi. all the kindergartners do that. like when someone says their name, scotty! hi. >> don't yell out people's names. >> but we had a great time. his wife colleen, my mom, we

went to this cool diner called silver -- what's it called? silver diner. i don't know. it's awesome. we hung out there and had a fun time. >> and you were on the way home with chris christie. >> did you hear the scandal? he got on and started talking. >> people get really, really angry. >> he figured it out. he was told and graciously left from what i was told. >> i was sitting in my car. i like the quiet car. i was in the car next to it. and i was like, oh, my gosh. there's chris christie. and there he is with a strawberry shake. and apparently he left the quiet car, apologized and went to the one you could talk. people get really offended. >> compared to some of the things going on in the world -- >> don't talk in the quiet car. photo. she wrote in branson this weekend and saw outside the

house, i put my hands there years ago. >> this is another token female. >> there were a whole bunch of menace as i remember. maybe two token women. >> if you don't have anything to be for this halloween weekend. >> whatever. >> we have a big halloween show on friday. if you don't know what your costume is going to be, you can be us. look at kath. >> look at hodi. >> these apparently are the only think allowed on the site. there are no other ones. >> even if you want to be willie? >> you can't be willie. you can only be you or wrangler. >> i think that's discrimination of the worse kind. >> whatever. >> if you do dress up as us for halloween, please post a picture on our facebook page. >> here's what mandy and nicole did. they'recelebrate

>> all you have to do is wear a dress and carry a glass of wine. >> do you live in your leggings? there's a woman named jamie ran dofl who is over leggings. >> take a look. >> ladies, it's pretty much legging weather. i love legging weather. i don't care if you don't like leggings. don't judge me. they are comfortable. they don't cut into you. they're always the right length. so many people like to use leggings as britches and pants, pants. that ain't how they're supposed to be wore. if you can't wear a shirt that covers your tail so i can't tell that you've got some aztecs on, you don't need to be wearing them. that's rule number one. if they're too tight that i can see that you've got a tattoo on your leg, they're too tight. they ain't to be wore period. that's called pantyhose, honey. pantyhose.

nobody wants to see anything going up in anybody's parts that you have. i assure you. bedroom. it don't need to be running around town. it's awful. don't do it. you're welcome. [ laughter ] >> let's go out with her. she's fun. >> i love her. >> but let's not wear leggin's. >> i don't want to see your tattoos. >> unless you're 22 years old. >> unless you have a long sweater. she's genius. i love her. >> there's a new barbie ad. barbie's having a little trouble in the marketplace. they've got a new ad on the mattel youtube channel that's getting a lot of attention. >> i'll be your professor today. and i will be talking about the brain. good morning, everyone. i'm your new coach. my name is maddie, nice to meet you. i had the most fantastic day in

the office. you'll never believe what happened. i got that new business i wanted. >> up like a unicorn. >> higher, higher. >> i've been to new york, transylvania, pennsylvania. we can think and do lots of stuff with our brains. now, does anybody know how big the brain is? anyone? cynthia. very good. >> it's cute. >> it is cute. >> i don't know how many barbies you're going to sell with that, but the little girls are fine actresses. >> that was cute. american airlines are going to try something new. they say instead of just, you know how there's first class and coach. >> there's two sometimes?

and they're talking about introducing a new class called no-frills. >> meaning nothing. >> which means coach. >> picture coach now picture less than coach, whatever that is. >> they're not exactly explaining what that is. we've reached out, but they've declined to release more details. pillows. you usually have to buy snacks unless you get pretzels. >> you don't get drinks. >> you get someone reclining in your lap. >> what about the entertainment center. >> sometimes you have a tv screen, but sometimes you don't. >> we're waiting to see. that's why i thought we should wait until we knew exactly what they meant. >> we could speculate. >> we could look at elizabeth hurley in a bikini. >> think of yourself in a bathing suit. now look at elizabeth hurley. >> that's depressing. she's 50 years old. she captioned it mellow in yellow. >> are you kidding? >> yeah.

>> she has abs. >> she was here two weeks ago. she looked teeny. but she's always been. she's a model. that's her job. >> i know, but she had a baby, didn't she? >> yes, little damian. >> two days ago. boy, she dropped the weight fast. if you love reese witherspoon and legally blond, she said she wants to make a third film. >> see said i think we're ready to see elle and see what she's up to. she has her own production company. >> oh, my god, the bend and snap. this is the best part. turn it up. i love to hear it. >> oh, my god. >> bend and snap. a little less bend, a little more snap. >> like this? >> oh, yeah. >> snap. >> i want to see them in the line.

can you do it. >> oh! they were all together. doing the bend and snap. all right. anyway, so they say maybe in this new one she'll be a supreme court judge or running for office or something like that. >> she should be a supreme court judge. that would be great. days of our lives fans, come on down to the plaza tomorrow to help us celebrate the 50th anniversary. >> you can get the attention. the cast is going to be here signing autographs and all kinds of surprises planned. stay where are you to find out what our favorite things will be today. >> this is a dress barn dress, and it's available and some part of the profits go to breast cancer. go online. >> beautiful. get ready for the king like you've never heard hiv him before. >> priscilla presley shares some of the hits with a brand-new sound coming up right after this r this

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left us almost 40 years ago, but he will always be the king of rock and roll. >> his music, voice and legacy have lived on. thanks in part to his wife brazil priscilla presley. >> if i can dream, elvis presley with the royal philharmonic wow. that's saying a lot. >> it's something he would have loved to have done. absolutely. >> you get so many requests, i would imagine to do things with elvis' songs. what made you say yes to this particular project? >> this is something he would have loved to do. this is his dna. this is if he would have hadded full control of his catalog he would have done this for sure. >> you wrote that the only place he had a full sound bite was in vegas. >> the biggest compliment was

when orchestra leader, the big showrooms, came to him a year and a half ago, and he said priscilla, we have an idea. i have this idea of doing elvis with a big orchestra, and i said oh, doing it. >> his vocal from the other arrangements, it's amazing what they can do and embellishment. >> with the style. and lush. >> tell us where you recorded it. >> at the abbey road studio. >> i know you probably love all the songs, but american trilogy, >> yes. >> why? >> i found that song. i listened to it. i was drive on sunset boulevard in l.a. and i went oh, my god, this is him. it's everything that he believed in, as far as his, how he felt about his maker, how he felt states.

>> he was a spiritual guy, >> yes. >> we can't hear it. oh, lord hallelujah >> the orchestra was so respectful. when they came in, it's a job for them, and a lot of famous people go to abbey road stood yoes as we all know. and when they started performing with his undeniable magnificent voice, they come out of there with so much respect for him and really, not just the music but him. because on the master, these are original tracks on the masters. there wasn't one flaw in his voice. not one flaw. >> and they didn't have a way to fix that stuff back then. >> no. >> when you hear him sing. when you hear his voice, what

>> i have so many mixed feelings. of course a lot of the songs were very personal. i know what he went through on certain song choices. i know the battles that he had with his record label and of course i've been to the studios with him on one of the best recordings that he did in memphis. so every song has a different meaning for me. it's just an american trilogy was one of those. >> your daughter's making music, too, right? >> my daughter's writing another album. and my son-in-law's in a band and is doing very well. >> dna, baby, it really is. >> and your kids like the new record? >> my daughter wrote me and said mom, it's so beautiful. it really is touching. the song choices are songs that he loved. and, again, this is embellishing, and he loved drama. and the whole idea of this, too was elvis wasn't just rock and roll. >> oh, gosh, no. >> he was not. and a will the of his

frustration is people put him in that category. in this album it's very diverse. and he would love the drama, and like i said, the bigness. and this issive going him the freedom to have done what he wanted. >> he's smiling down on you. >> and someone said what is elvis doing right now? he's smiling. there's a big smile on his face. if your phone rings with the caller i.d., we're about to dial up the fan of the week. be mine tonight ht your clever moves won't stop the cold and flu. but disinfecting with lysol can. because lysol wipes and spray are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. including those that can make you sick. for a healthy home this cold and flu season...

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>> 15 seconds to get the answer right. >> last week, some fuss was made over a change to hoda, her hair. did she, she knows it, dye it orange, change her part or did she have long, blond extensions that look really goofy. [ ding ] vacation. you and craig >> hopefully. >> are going to chicago where you'll stay at the luxurious gwen hotel collection in chicago. >> you'll receive a prohibition cocktail experience. and all of it is thanks to the la gwen hotel. >> is craig going with you? >> yes, craig is going with me. >> it's good to see you two getting along. >> thank you so much. we love you. >> bye, tanya.

breaking the internet. plus, we celebrate america's very furry heroes after your local news.

it's fun day monday. we're back with all the hollywood news you can possibly stomach. >> we're caught up and tinseltown's pop goes the week.com. >> there's only one name everyone's saying this weekend. >> adele. >> "hello" came out on friday. already 70 million views on her

she's probably going to have the highest first-week sales. probably going to beat florida. >> why is she using a flip phone? see, she's using a flip phone. >> there's one way to dramatically hang up, with a flip phone. the director spoke out and said it's anti-narrative to use a smartphone. then he suddenly noticed, oh, that's a flip phone. he doesn't put modern phones or modern cars in his video. the internet blows up. and there are mashups. you remember another song called "hello", by none other than lionel richie, and there's also this mashup. hello

is it me you're looking for >> there's another mashup with justin bieber. sensations. great song. >> how do they keep it quiet studio? >> i know. [ laughter ] >> that's the justin bieber song that came out. so when adele says "sorry", in her song it goes back to justin bieber's "sorry." >> can we talk about pharrell? >> there's a copyright infringement lawsuit over the song "blurred lines." there's accusation from marvin gaye's song that this sounds kind of like the 1977 song. we're going to show you clips from the deposition. when he was doing press for the

ies for the songs and didn't deny it. let's listen to the two clips. >> when i give interviews, i tell whatever i want to say to help sell records. with all due respect, i was high and drunk every time i did an interview last year. >> he also -- >> ooh. >> so he also was asked during the interview, do you consider yourself an honest person, and he said no. >> that's honest. >> that's honest. no. but does that mean we can believe anything he says on the deposition? i don't know. the jury awarded the estate over $5 million. >> and bumped it down. >> it was originally over $7 million. now it's $5.3 million. they say the deposition speaks for itself, and robin thicke and pharrell say they plan to appeal.

wants to get back on "the voice." >> first, it comes out he's been engaged for about a year. it turns out they've been engaged for about a year. they had seen a ring in a jewelry store, ended up buying it and hid it among recording equipment. said hey, will you go grab that? she found the ring and now they're engaged. >> can you tell us why he was kicked off? >> there was accusations that he had put ecstasy in a woman's drink and other things had happened. >> thanks for bringing it up, hoda. we wanted to hear about love and happiness. >> that is something that he still disputes, and obviously, they disagree on that story. >> is he going to be back on "the voice"? >> i don't see the "voice", happening anytime soon. >> but a wedding.

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we love this story. hollywood's rolling out of red carpet for some of the country's biggest heroes. >> it's the hero dog awards on the hallmark channel, which we love. one of the incredible canines can detect epileptic seizures before they happen. another saved a policeman from being shot. and only one can be this years top dog. >> here is the co-host, beth

>> it is right in your alley. >> we have dogs in our life who we think are heroes. these dogs are extraordinary. they're going to be portrayed and shown this friday night on hallmark channel. there's not going to be a dry eye in the house. >> tell us about harley. >> talk about the winner! winner! >> hello! >> did we give it away? >> well, harley spent ten years living in a small cage in a puppy mill. his eye was lost because his cage was cleaned with a power washer, and he wasn't removed from the cage. >> oh, dear god. >> those years took their toll on him emotionally. but the story isn't unique. it's the story of hundreds of thousands of puppy mill dogs. since then, though, he has a campaign called harley to the rescue.

he has gone on rescues and saved over 500 dogs from puppy mills and raised over $500,000. >> we're going to scoot on down. >> we have axle. >> axle saved my life. i got hurt in iraq and i got axle after i got home. he was two days away from being put down. i was on over 30 medications. with his help, he saved my life and my family's life. he wouldn't be here talking to you guys without him. >>. >> oh. >> richard nash and hudson. >> what a beautiful color he is. >> thank you. hudson and his two siblings were found at two weeks old. his paws were cut off, and they were nailed to the railroad tracks. he became one of the first dogs in new york state to get a prosthetic leg. and now we are a therapy dog team. >> hospitals, nursing homes, children's hospitals.

>> and then we have christina and chara. >> this is chara, and she is essentially my hearing dog. she alerts me to certain sounds with a doorbell, baby cry. however, her remarkable skill isn't actually that. it is the fact that she can pick up my the distonic episodes. i know whether to get medicine and get safe. but if it wasn't for her, i actually would have lost my son. she was able to tell me that he had stopped breathing. >> oh, my gosh. >> how amazing. >> we need kleenex. >> when you watch on friday night, get your tissues. >> chris and my friend dax. >> this is canine dax. a patrol k-9 for about six years. two years ago we were searching for a suspect that was barricaded in an attic that we didn't know was armed. he was armed with a shotgun and texting his lawyer that he was going to kill any police that

came up. we didn't know that at the time. but because k-9 dax went up first i gave me enough time to close the distance to bite the suspect and i wouldn't be here without him. >> look at that face. >> keith and glory. amazing dog. >> glory is actually an arson dog. what we do is after a fire's out, she can go sniff trace evidence and we use it to build a case to put people behind bars. we use her for public education in schools. obviously, you can see she's very mellow. >> very mellow. >> and the hero rambo. >> rambo's the official mascot for our organization. and we support retired working dog, whether they're law enforcement, we help pay for the medical care, because the government doesn't take care of them in retirement. >> he often goes to nursing homes and children's schools, and we educate the public on

>> all heroes. >> watch the hallmark channel. it airs this friday on the hallmark channel. get your kleenex. the two new joy fit club members who have dropped nearly 500 pounds combined.

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. all right, if you've been having trouble losing weight or keeping it off, get ready for inspiration. >> our two newest members of the joy fit club have lost more than 500 pounds together. >> so first up, we have 32-year-old steve beau from taylor, wisconsin. and he was always a big guy. that was his thing. he never thought about it. but he was describing to me growing up, he never ate a slice of pizza.

he'd never have a cup of cereal. he'd eat the entire box. that was just who he was. one day he stepped on the scale and was 542 pounds. >> not healthy. >> then he thought, you know what, it's not okay. so he just, under the radar, didn't tell anybody. just started watching his food. he's also a spreadsheet guy. set up excel spreadsheets and weigh himself and keep track every single week. this guy is about to walk out here. he has lost over 300 pounds. more than half his weight and will knock your socks off. in this picture, he is 542 pounds. >> yes, we're ready. >> steve! >> come out. >> he's in his old overalls. >> oh, my gosh! >> drop your pants! >> oh, my gosh! steve! way to go! >> thank you. >> you look awesome. how long did it take you to drop it all? >> i actually started last august and started by eating a

little bit differently, i always like to joke and say instead of having five shaking i only had two. then labor day weekend is when i went hard core in diet and exercise. >> and you have energy and sleep well? >> i have a surprise for steve. just to put your weight loss in perspective, check out in corncobs how much you've lost. >> he's a farmer. he'll appreciate that. >> that's 12 cases of corn on >> that's a visual. >> good job! >> stay right there. who's next? >> next up we have 57-year-old diane stone from germantown, maryland. and she always had a very healthy relationship with food, never had a weight issue, until when she was 13 years old her father passed away from a fatal heart attack. and that's when the emotional eating started. she used food to numb her

young adult she hit 310 pound pounds. the thing about diane, she has lost and gained a considerable amount of weight. this time it stuck because she worked on the emotional eating. >> so before, she is 310 pounds. >> see that picture. >> she's going to walk out half her size, 155. >> what? >> well, well, well. >> what? >> how beautiful are you? >> wow! >> how do you feel? >> i feel better than i look, for sure. >> wow. you must feel amazing. >> how long did it take to you do it? >> well, this last time, because i'd lost 100 and gained part of it back. it took me about ten months. >> were you exercising also? >> yes, i do a workout called t-tap. i've got a workout called hoe-down, because i battle depression. >> happy hoe-downs, i like that.

>> it's very simple. it's like this and like this. it's much harder than it looks. >> why not. >> we're so happy. and we're so happy for both you congratulations. two good reasons to stick around. >> our favorite things are next. but first, this is "today", on

all right, it's time for our favorite things, and mine is kind of both of our favorite things. bobby thomas is launching a new line called whoosh. >> imagine if somebody said it

here's your makeup. look how it works. you open it and open it. >> everything you need. >> and different palettes for different looks. >> look at this. you see the close up on the tight on this. it's mascara. you bump it for the corners, thank you! >> bobby's got a whole thing. i think it's going to be a hit. and she is launching it this thursday on hsn. >> for sneak previews go to bobby.com. mine is a liquid leather jacket. it's $179, but hoda, you have it too. you cannot believe that it's not leather. it's so light. >> can't you wash it? >> it's washable. clara sun woo.com. >> get both of them. >> it comes in black too. we're celebrating 50

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