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on "snl." hot and cold, a sharp contrast in temperatures dividing the country. winter-like out west, summer-like in the east. expect to be 75 here in new york rockefeller center christmas tree arrives. and aloha. al has made his way to hawaii to check off the first of all 50 states on his epic rokerthon 2 adventure today, friday, november 6th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this the "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. we've got willie in for matt. kind of the middle of the night hawaiian moves down. he is ready for rokerthon 2. hawaiian shirt. we know that about al roker. would i say i'm jealous of the weather here but it's 75 degrees across the east coast. >> we've got a little hawaii here this morning. more on that in a moment, but

we'll begin with the newest fallout this morning over the downed russian plane in egypt. this is a crash that now has u.s. officials ready to make changes to security procedures here. this morning. let's start with nbc's tom costello. tom, good morning. what can you tell us. >> safe in a, good morning. as you know, the white house announced yesterday that in the wake of the metrojet crash it was reviewing security and really reviewing it at overseas airports for flights in bound. in total overseas 275 airports have agreements with how they work with the tsa and united states to enhance and ensure that the security is up and operational and in compliance with tsa regulations. what we're hearing is a handful of airports and those in the middle east will likely receive a mandate and/or a strong recommendation from the united states government, from the tsa, working in concert with the airlines and foreign governments that they need to be doing a bit more, stepping up security in

we're talking about enhanced random screenings, possibly enhances screenings of passengers, of luggage and cargo, and what the brits have interesting. the brits have been saying, especially to those passengers in sharm el sheikh, can you fly out but not your luggage on the same plane. i don't see that with the united states recommendations for the regions. here in the united states, no dramatic changes to the security posture. there's a possibility of roar man dom screening, more swabbing of the hands, looking for any indications of explosive residues and more canine teams in the airports. nothing overt. mostly this is a deterrent to dissquared anyone who might be persuaded or enticed by isis and by that particular incident overseas. most of this effort will be focused on overseas airports, people flying to the united states. savannah? >> all right. tom costello, a lot of soul searching in the wake of that

crash. >> and as investigation into that crash moves forward thousands of tourists left stranded in egypt for nearly a week are finally able to head home. correspondent bill neely has made his way to sharm el sheikh this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. many of the emergency flights to evacuate tourists from this airport have been suspend the this morning, and egypt won't say why. but a clear rift is growing between britain and the u.s. on one side who think a bomb caused this crash and egypt and russia on the other who say it's too early to tell. 20,000 british tourists trying to get out, but there's a twist. british tourists are leaving, but it's handbagage only. no checked bags, suggesting british officials fear a bomb was smuggled into the hold of the doomed russian plane at this airport, a suspicion the president shares. >> there is a possibility that

we're taking that very >> reporter: this airport has been scrutinized closely. investigators questioning security workers and seizing video. egypt says this is one of the safest airports in the world, checked regularly by western experts who they say found no gaps in security this year and gave it the all clear. but british tourists say they paid $30 to a guard to avoid long lines and some security checks. >> no point did my luggage go through, you know, any scanner. >> reporter: fear is the russian plane was vulnerable to attack. the airbus was on the ground here for just an hour. in that time cleaners, caterers and baggage handlers were in it or beside t.police and maintenance crews had access to the plane with minimal checks, in pitch darkness before it took off, exploding around 20 minutes later. we still don't know the plane

photos from the ground show holes punched through the fuselage but from what? we still don't know what evidence there is of terrorism. intelligence officials picked up chatter from isis supporters suggesting an attack but only after it crashed. twice. and facts on the ground are proving hard to find. now we should stress no hard evidence of a bomb has been found, and no one is ruling out the possibility that a technical fault caused this crash, but concern is growing, and the pressure on the investigators is growing, too. savannah? >> all right, bill neely, thank you so much. meantime, a lot of morning. republican candidates chris christie and mike huckabee bumped from the main stage at next debate as front-runner ben carson is facing some new scrutiny this morning and donald trump courts more controversy.

alexander is across the street outside 30 rock where trump is set to host "snl" tomorrow night. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. this tomorrow night is where the campaigns meet comedy, and in this case controversy as well. there's already a protest rally scheduled ahead of trump's appearance tomorrow night, trump becoming the latest not a long line of presidential candidates to take their turn on the stage in studio h8 even though two more republicans have been demoted from the main debate stage. >> he said i could be his running mate. trump's vp. >> reporter: after "saturday night live" the next gop showdown is tuesday's debate where the official primetime lineup is getting smaller, down to eight. front-runners ben carson and trump are still center stage, but this time mike huckabee and chris christie missed the cut. exiled to the earlier undercard debate. week. >> and we're talking about fantasy football? can we stop. >> reporter: now tweeting it

doesn't matter the stage. give me a podium, and i'll be there to talk about real issues. meanwhile, carson is coming under new scrutiny for views of history defending these past egypt. >> my own personal theory is that joseph built the pyramids in order to store grain. >> reporter: in fact, historians say egyptians built the pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs. carson defending his 17-year-old claim with nbc's chris jansing. >> i think that's a possible built. >> reporter: scientifically plausible? >> a plausible explanation. it's a personal belief because i happen to believe a lot of things that you might not believe because i believe in the bible. >> reporter: from the pharaohs to the founding fathers in a facebook post wednesday, carson defend his lack of political experience claiming every signer of the declaration of independence had no elected office experience. not true. thomas jefferson, john adams and ben bring lynn, among others, been elected to colonial assemblies. carson's complain later revising

the post to say the signers had no federal office experience, and new this morning carson is targeting young voters, launching a radio ad complete with a rap. >> freedom is not free and we must fight for it every day. >> if we want to get america back on track, we gotta vote ben carson a mast of fact. >> reporter: as for that protest rally tomorrow night, it's being held by latino groups still angry about donald trump's comments about undocumented mexican immigrants. they are going to start tomorrow night at trump towers several blocks away before marching right here to 30 rock. savannah and willie, back to you. >> all right. peter alexander across the street from us, thank you. another republican hopeful, jeb bush, is having to answer new questions this morning about his brother's presidency, this in the wake of former president george h.w. bush with surprising criticism in a new book of the men who advised his son. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on this. andrea, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. well, just as jeb bush is trying to reboot his struggling presidential campaign, he has to

new comments about his brother george w. bush's white house, exposing a family rift after decades of silence. more a fallout this morning after george h.w. bush's stunning candor, telling his biographer jon meacham that his son, the president, got bad advice from his most trusted advisers. in the book bush 41 calls secretary donald rumsfeld an arrogant fellow and rumsfeld fired back telling nbc news that bush 41 is getting up in years and misjudges bush 43, when i found made his own decisions. >> well, that's very regrettable to say something like that. one thing about bush 41 is as time passes we appreciate him more and more >> reporter: two have a history. asked in a 2013 documentary whether it was dick cheney who administration -- >> i don't think george w.

>> reporter: and in the new biography "destiny in pour" the elder bush didn't spare criticism for his own secretary of defense including dick cheney an irish-blank. >> had much worse said about me. >> reporter: cheney on fox even recommended the book. >> i saw my role as being as tough and aggressive as needed to be to carry out the president's policy. >> reporter: george w. bush in a statement said i am proud to have served with dick cheney and donald rujs felled. >> my brother is a big boy. >> reporter: caught in the middle, jeb bush, trying to become the third bush president, telling nbc's kasie hunt. >> a lot of people who love different narrative. george would say this is -- this was under my watch. i was commander in chief. >> reporter: now, although rumsfeld said that the elder bush's comments were because of his advancing years, in fact he made those comments years and years ago, repeated them and then only recently when the author jon meacham came to him and asked him if he wanted to

wouldn't change a thing. willie and savannah. >> family dynamics playing out on a presidential stage. >> reporter: you bet. >> and i yeah, thank you. >> to the democrats now, three of the white house hopefuls will take the stage in south carolina, front-runner hillary clinton change bernie sanders and martin o'malley for a presidential forum on msnbc and last night clinton made another stop on the late night talk show circuit sitting down with jimmy kimmel and she said if she had to face her former husband bill clinton in an election guess what, she would come out on top. >> i think you've got to the have that kind of confidence if you in this arena trying to be president so if i were going to run against him, would i win? yeah. >> wow. >> secretary clinton says that if she becomes president she's sure not title bill would have. she suggested first dude, first mate or perhaps first gentleman. >> president clinton is a little competitive. you think they might talk about that over dinner to explain why he would beat her state to state. >> could be a long weekend for them. now to some more stunning

developments for them this morning in that case we've been following. the illinois police officer who staged his own suicide to look like a police shooting. authorities now say he may have tried to hire someone to kill a local official. nbc's john yang is on top of all of the developments from fox john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we're taking a look this morning at 264 pages of gliniewicz's personnel record. inside, new details about troubling incidents from his 30-year career as a police officer. just when you thought you'd heard all the twists in the story of lieutenant charles j. gliniewicz, more of the officer's murky past is surfacing this morning, new details from gliniewicz's personnel file obtained thursday night listing numerous complaints fellow officers made against him, including inappropriate sexual behavior, using his squad car for a family

the explorers youth program operate department vehicles, but authorities say it was a series of financial misdeeds that led gliniewicz to take even more drastic steps. >> it's very unsettling. >> reporter: investigators say he may have wanted to rub out >> reporter: >> no surprise he would go to great lengths to keep his criminal activities secret. >> the third party, she told us that it was for -- he had contacted her to reach out to the high level ranking motorcycle gang member for a hit. >> reporter: gang member denied any involvement, and investigators consider the matter closed. they say gliniewicz feared marrin was going to expose his seven-year looting. youth police explorer program he ran. on august 31st gliniewicz texted

inventory of explorer central in a financial report. the next morning, marrin said, gliniewicz e-mailed her promising to provide her information by 1:00 p.m. instead at 8:09 a.m. fellow officers found him in dead in what investigators now say it was a carefully staged suicide. >> send everybody you possibly can. officer is down. >> reporter: this morning the investigation deepens into a case some say has turned a hero cop into a village villain. by the way, that youth program, it looks, will not be a victim of this incident. two officers have come forward to keep that youth program running. savannah, willie. >> a little bit of good news amidst all of this. john yang, good morning. >> all right. we sent al on his way in thursday. this morning he's in officially hawaii to officially launch rokerthon 2, marathon of all weather o'er, all 50 states in one we be. al, are you ready.

are you gassed up? let's do this. >> i'm ready. we're at the royal hawaiian luxury collection resort, the royal hawaiian, and it is beautiful here in waikiki. of course, we've got 50 states to go, and i'm telling you we are really jazzed to do it, but let's get you started. first of all, the weather in hawaii. boy, doesn't get number better than this, although it's going to be pretty nice where everybody else is in new york. look at those temperatures. going to get up into the 80s today, so that's pretty nice. however, as we go to the contiguous 48 states, look at difference. we've got frost and freeze warnings from california all the way into kansas. look at these temperatures. going to see these temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees below average and then as you get into the east, look at high temperatures. getting up into the 70s, record breakers, but that front will move through and that's going to bring temperatures down on saturday and even colder on sunday.

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breezy at times >> if you want to find out where we're coming to your state, check out today.com/rokerthon, and you can also help donate. we're helping to feed the hungry. feeding america. donate. so we are really excited about this, guys. back to you. >> al, we're excited for you. again, you look good in the hawaiian shirt and the tiki torches, the sustaining is set. cannot wait. we're learning more about the young man in ohio missing for 13 years who inadvertently helped solve his own disappearance. nbc's stephanie gosk hats late on that remarkable story. stef, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. julian hernandez's mother for that period of time never gave up hope, even as hundreds of false leads led to disappointment after disappointment. now mother and son have a chance

to start making up for a lot of lost time. julian hernandez was on a missing children's list for more than a decade. authorities guessing what he might look like. alabama investigators following every dead end lead. >> it was never close. it was a cold case. every time we got a tip, we followed up on it. every time we got a lead, we followed up on it, and they didn't pan out. so the case was never closed. >> reporter: today his father bobby hernandez sits in an ohio jail, accused of abducting his own son. >> speculation at this time is that maybe that was bobby hernandez who was calling in the tips to try to divert the investigation. >> reporter: julian disappeared in 2002 from his alabama home. his parents were unmarried, and his father quickly became a suspect. but father and son slipped away some 600 miles to cleveland and assumed false names. police say julian had no idea who he really was. >> 12, 13 years without knowing

he was a victim of a crime and that someone was out there looking for him. >> reporter: a high school senior and good student, julian was applying to colleges when the prosecutor says he ran into problems with his social security number. school officials and the 18-year-old put the pieces together and discovered julian's true identity. bobby hernandez was arrested. >> i think he understands the gravity of the situation, and i think he'll fully cooperate to resolve it the best way we can. >> reporter: a spokesperson for julian's mother writes in a statement our family was overjoyed this week to locate julian and learn that he is safe. the alabama prosecutor says mother and son have spoken, planning the next steps before a long-awaited reunion. a month ago a user believed to be julian learned des posted a note on reddit asking for help solving his own disappearance. he said his father asked multiple times during his

him if he discovered he committed a serious crime. the user wrote that he still loves his father. guys, nbc has not been able to independently verify that post. >> an incredible story, imagine solving your own disappearance. >> and imagine the shock of finding out as well. >> emotionically the complication dealing with going forward. >> stef, thank you so much. in other news this morning arc terminally ill "star wars" fan whose dying wish was to see the upcoming new movie had his dream come true. 32-year-old daniel fleetwood cancer and worried he wouldn't see "the force awakens" that comes out next month. his wife ashley started a social media campaign and even mash hamill was showing the support and on facebook it was announced his wish was grant the. j.j. abrams let them watch an unedited version of the movie at their home and fleetwood thanked, quote, all the amazing

people that made that happen. >> amaze. coming up, john ramsey opening up about the headline making murder of his daughter jonbenet. the regret and scrutiny the family has face for two decades. and in rossen reports, dogs sol vic disturbing cases sniffinging out hidden electronics that officers can't

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route 1 in saugus. nice day. jeremy, is it going to be a record-setting temperature we'll see today? >> jeremy:. i think so. we'll go for it. 63 in boston. plymouth at 64. the record is 73. i think the city gets to 74. 71 to 76. breeze yes and even humid. tomorrow not as warm. upper 50s. sunday mostly sunny skies, low 50s. >> jadiann: the man accused of raping several women on the esplanade in south bend is set to be arraigned today. the 29-year-old is accused in four different attacks between 2006 and 2010. doane, a former uber driver, plead guilty the raping another woman last month and was sentenced to at least ten years in prison. the f.b.i. is pulling for clues in an unsolved murder. in manchester, investigators searched neighborhood using metal detectors on thursday. 62-year-old denise roberts was shot and killed while she was out taking a walk back in august. so far in arrests have been made in that case. now back to the "today show" in new york after two minutes of

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7:30 on this friday morning, it's the 6th of november, 2015. rokerthon. not just you. we're going to hit the upper 70s and it still looks a lot like christmas because there she is. is tree a she? >> sure. >> the rockefeller christmas tree on her way. we'll welcome her to the plaza coming up in just a few moments. that's for sure. >> absolutely. >> having any trouble getting into the christmas spired because it's 75 degrees outside. >> also because it's november 6th. >> yes.

>> we'll meet the tree in just a few minutes and first a quick check of the headlines. in the wake of the downed russian plane heightened security measures will be taking place. police thoroughly inspecting every vehicle before it enters the property. the democratic presidential candidates are heading to south carolina tonight. you can see that forum hon msnbc, and we've learned that next week's primetime republican debate is going to feature fewer candidates. chris christie and mike huckabee both failed to make the cut for the main debate stage. >> and severe weather ripped through parts of the south on thursday. this was the scene in fort worth, texas, as a suspected tornado ripped the roof off of a building. >> wow, quite an image there. we'll start this half hour with a case that's fascinated the country for 19 years, the murder of jonbenet ramsey. her father is now speaking out about the difficult allegations he and his family faced through

nbc's jacob roscon reports. >> reporter: found strangled in the basement in her family's home in boulder, colorado a day after christmas jonbenet ramsey's murder would become an obsession and speculation surrounding her parents john and patsy. >> i did not kill my daughter jonbenet. >> i did not have anything to do with it. >> reporter: even their 9-year-old son burt became the subject of tabloid rumors. in an interview on barbara walters presents "american scandals" this week john ramsey opened up about how he tried to protect burke. >> friends would say how could we help and the next time you go in the supermarket and when you see our child's cover on the front ask them to remove it. a lot of them did that >> reporter: investigation into the murder is no longer active, the ramsey parents cleared in 2008 but that was a mistake selling said the current

compromised. the exoneration gave the impression that the evidence was clear and unequivocal which it is not. jonbenet's dad said the real killer is out there somewhere. >> out there dead or in prison. >> reporter: the family would death. john moved his family and quit his job. burke has never spoken publicly about the case and patsy died in 2006 from ovarian cancer. now buried next to her daughter. looking back, john says, he has his regrets. >> when something really trajics happens in your life, put your life in park and give your checkbook to a trusted friend. avoid making any big decisions. >> reporter: jonbenet would have been 25 years this, and her story lives on as long as her unspeakable murder remains unsolved. for "today," jacob rascon, nbc news, los angeles. >> we're just talking, it's amazing almost two decades later and we still don't have a clear answer on what happened.

>> no, and a lot of people still fascinated by that case for sure. let us check in with al in hawaii this morning, first step on his openic rokerthon adventure. al, aloha. >> aloha, guys. and, boy, did i get a royal hawaiian welcome yesterday when i arrived. i mean, my gosh. i couldn't have been greeted any more royally, although they did go a little crazy with the leis, go back or go home and that's what we like to say in hawaii. actually we don't say -- actually they don't say that. i say that. not a lot of fun in texas where we showed you the video where severe weather happened. there's more on the way, unfortunately. take a look this. strong cold front is going to be pushing east, and as it does it is going to be bringing in possibly heavy storms from nashville, tennessee thorks shreveport, louisiana between now and tomorrow.

2 inches and heaviest rain from southeastern texas into northwestern georgia, and some folks could see up to 3 to 4 inches of rain. we're here at royal mai-tai bar. it's noontime somewhere. what do you have for me? >> a royal hawaiian mai-tai, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, an umbrella drink is always a good thing. >> al. >> mmm. that's what's going on around the country. >> go ahead, al. no, no, do the around the country and your neck of the woods. >> that's what he's doing is around the country. >> that's what's going on around the country. did y >> jeremy: good morning. for the day, a mix of clouds and sunshine. temps between 71 and 76. the record in boston is 73. i think this afternoon around 74. worcester, your record is 70. you should get there low 70s.

here you go. back in 1959, the city had a high of 7 3. that will fall today. tomorrow, clouds, breezy, cooler and sunday, mostly sunny skies. seasonal. temps on sunday, low 50s. patriots' game looking great. breezy at times during the game. . >> that's your latest weather. rokerthon continues. hey, are you available to come to new york to help the gang? >> let's go make some mai-tais. >> he's coming back to new york. >> we were just discussing amongst ourselves we're not entirely sure you're awake right now. >> or zoner. >> i'm awake, baby. oh, i'm awake. this right here is the breakfast of champions. >> it is. remember, 50 whole states you've got to get through. pace yourself. >> pace yourself, al. pace yourself. >> what 50 states, what do you mean? >> now, look at this. we've got tracker outside on our plaza for rokerthon 2, how many

reading it right he's almost at 5,000 miles. >> that explains everything. >> by the end of this roker is going to say i've been to all 52 states! all right. we'll check in with you in just a bit. >> all right, al. just ahead this morning, brace yourselves, we'll attempt what m.i.t. researchers say is the toughest tongue twister ever. >> all right, and next a fascinating new rossen reports. >> hi, good morning. i'm jeff rossen. coming up, we've all seen the police dogs that can sniff out drugs and bombs and this police dog bear is really unique. the special scent he can sniff out that's helping to put child predators behind bars. we're putting him to the test

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police are now letting them loose on suspected child predators, searching their homes for hidden hard drives, child porn and the dogs are being used in several high-profile cases, so how do they do it, and can they really find everything? this morning you're about to see them in action. meet bear, a playful 2 1/2-year-old black ran, a rescue dog. >> that's a good boy. >> but he isn't just the family pet. he's also a highly skilled crime fighter, one of just four dogs in the country who can sniff out electronics. bear even helping to bring down subway pitch man jarred fogle. >> the search and jared's home included bringing in this canine. >> reporter: he found devices crime scene dekesitivity originally missed. fogle pled guilty to child porn charges and will be sentenced late they are month. how does this work? >> electronic devices emit a chemical signature or an odor. >> reporter: even when my

personal laptop, for example, is off, you're saying it's still emitting an odor. >> it is. >> reporter: if i hid stuff inside this house, my ipad, laptop, they will find it. >> reporter: we're inside our house and all by ourselves. and i have a pile of electronic equipment including my personal laptop, my personal iphone, hard drive here, an ipat, a couple of sd cards. would you find this in your camera at home and also a thumb drive so let's start hiding things. we'll start here in the dining rook. going to pick the rug up and put this card down right there. run up the stairs here, and i'm thinking we take this thumb drive and put it right under this couch cushion. i think we'll take this hard drive in the wall unit. how about right here, underneath all these games. okay. here's the laundry room, take my personal laptop and put it right between the washer and dryer. while i keep waiting for hiding places bear and his handler are waiting outside in an suv and

have no idea where i am inside. once everything is hidden we set bear loose. >> let's go to work. >> reporter: just steps in the front door he's already smelling around the dining room. come on. checking the curtains and the furniture before zoning in on the rug. >> show me. bear lays down the signal he's found something and then he goes right for it. >> just found an sd card hidden unit net a carpet and now bear is bolting upstairs. he checks around the sofa, shoving husband nose under the cushion wagging his tail, a hit. >> wedged underneath the arm rest was a thumb drive down here. >> come here. but at book shelf bear gets confuses. >> appears to be hitting on the actual sony playstation here. i'm not seeing anything else hidden there. >> reporter: and then ripping apart these board games. he's close and gets. >> in here is a u.s. b external hard drive. >> reporter: in the laundry room bear quickly uncovers my laptop

and is now running to the bedroom where i hid even more. >> show me. >> reporter: incredibly he finds this sd card i hid inside the piano and find and ipad in the laundry basket. >> good boy. >> reporter: but there's still one item left. i hid my personal iphone. will he find, that too? >> wedged between the books here is a cell phone. >> reporter: all my electronics now in police custody. if i was a real suspect i'd be busted. >> this is critical, especially when you're talking the smaller devices that a lot of search teams will actually miss so this is what we use to put bad guys in jail. >> reporter: bear really is incredible. it took about a year to train him how to do this, and police departments across the country, they are taking notice. there are dogs in training right now learning how to sniff out electronics, and they will be deployed nationwide. guys, these dogs could be coming to a police force near you. >> that is just amazing. >> so fascinating. >> always amaze what had these dogs can use. police departments use them and

fire departments use them to catch arsonists, an incredible weapon in these crimes. >> exactly. >> very, very cool. >> jeff, thank you very much. coming up, do you sleep on decision? why we're now hearing that might not be the best idea. >> okay. next, how you can join al on his record-setting rokerthon adventure.

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back at 7:50, dylan has moved further from this desk to get to the original room and really dive into rokerthon. >> yes, to talk about how far away al has gotten. he's about as far away as can you get right now, and he has made it all the way down to hawaii. we can finally check this one off the map. we've got a long way to go. head to today.com to follow along with our live roker tracker. >> did hawaii move under texas, overnight? >> well, it's like alaska is not really there either. >> we're looking at it the like a map. >> are these fun bit emojis they created on the app, a free app and put in their characters that you can add to rokerthon so savannah you're going on a road trip and willie you're taking a little selfie in front of the sign and sheinelle you're under the umbrella and i put myself into all of them, and i want to

have you mate an at bit moji with al and al. >> i already have my own bit-moji, so, yes, i have me with myself so it's very confusing. >> it is confusing, especially when it's 1 a.m. this. >> and i've had more than one mai-tai, and we're now at 2:00, almost at 3:00, 3:00 a.m. >> thought you were at three mai-tais. moving right along. >> all right, dylan, thank you. coming up, what make shelton and gwen stefani have planned after they reveal they are together. >> wow, and the arrival of the if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...isn't it time to let the... ...real you shine... introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement

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>> jadiann: 7:57. right now. traffic news. what you're looking at here is our first look with you of an accident that has closed down all lanes of the sagamore bridge this morning. a truck carrying cranberries crashed head on with another car. you see extensive damage there. and the cranberries spread all over the roadway. crews are working to clean that up and get the road reopened. once again shut down in both directions. we'll stay on top of the story and bring you update on air and online. get the latest on 7news on twitter, as well. as for the weather, what could be nicer?

november, j.r., and possibly record-breaking temps. >> jeremy: correct. the city at 64. plymouth 65. you saw the pictures, low clouds and fog near the canal. aldz of clouds there. for us, record warmth. for us, the record in the city is 73. i think we'll get to 74. today. >> jadiann: enjoy the rest of your morn, everybody. the "today show" is coming up

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, sleep on it? does taking the night to think about a problem actually lead to making better decisions? the surprising new research. and happy birthday, wrangler. our puppy with a purpose is turning 1. we'll celebrate and look back on his exciting first year. plus, getting in the holiday spirit. the magnificent rockefeller center christmas tree arrives on our plaza today, friday,

>> we came to see wrongler for his birthday. >> we're here for wrangler's birthday. have a great day. >> tucson loves you. >> left the kids at home. >> first trip to new york! >> you all right, savannah? >> it is 8:00 on "today." we are doing something we do every year, and it's fun every time. we're rolling in with this year's rockefeller center christmas tree. >> this tradition never gets old, does it? we ring in the holiday season, and santa is on our sleigh with us this morning, and in honor of rokerthon and these unseasonably warm temperatures you're dressed for hawaii. >> aloha, new york. >> that's the way to bring in a christmas tree. >> santa is here. we've got the tree, this is from gardner, new york. eventually this tree will be right here on the platza where

we're pulling in. l.e.d. lights. >> more stats for you, a norway spruce, 78 feet tall. it weighs ten tons and it will have the beautiful swarovski star up top as it has for years. >> and millions of people surrounding the tree during the holiday season. >> and one giant christmas tree stand that willie has gotten out of the closet. >> keep upstairs for all season and we're excited. >> and as we roll in, a nice crowd here that we can wave to. [ cheers and applause ] >> we're just getting set and we'll send it over to sheinelle who has the news. we are see your head from this awesome vantage point. what's going on. u.s. officials are reviewing security at foreign airports as suspicion grows that a bomb placed in the cargo hold might have brought down a russian jet linener egypt last saturday.

took off maintenance crews, caterers and baggage loaders all had access to the plane with minimal checks, and some british tourists say they paid $30 to a guard to avoid some security checks. on thursday president obama says he thinks there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board. so far no hard evidence has been found. >> a widespread sexting scandal involving a high school in canyon city. students were taking and sending nude photos and trading them like baseball card. of the 1,000 kids attending the high school a third were involved, including half of the school's football team prompting canyon city to forfeit their final game of the season this season. a desperate attempt to save the life of a baby girl dying leukemia may have led british researchers to the next big breakthrough fighting cancer and nbc's keir simmons joins from us london with the details. keir, good morning. >> reporter: it's called genetic edit being and it will be

controversial for some people but when doctors here at london's hospital faced a life-or-death situation, they tried it on a little girl with stunning results. just months ago baby leila was dying of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and doctors had given up and leila's parents did not. >> we want to know we tried everything for her. >> reporter: so doctors agreed to try out an experimental immunocell therapy which had never been used outside the lab. with special permission from the british government and the hospital ethics committee, the result, astounding her parents. >> i took the gamble and this is her today standing, laughing, and i'm just thankful. it's a miracle. >> reporter: and her doctors elated. >> these cells appear to have worked incredibly well for her. it does mean we have a new weapon. >> reporter: in the body special cells called t-cell are designed to seek out and fight infection and cancer and they can't always recognize leukemia cells which are effectively hidden from

using the new technology god genome editing they re-tweaked the genes of a t-cell so they would only reject the leukemia cells and not be rejected by lla's body. three months on she's free of cancer. >> we may need to do some proper studies to learn just how good they are. >> reporter: and while for baby leila's life's colorful adventures are just beginning. it's important to note it's way too early that this could reverse cancer in all patients. you heard cancer saying leila is a really strong little girl. sheinelle. >> so encouraging. back to savannah and willie, guys. thanks so much. coming up on trending forget saying it five times. can we do it even once. we'll attempt what some are calling the world's most difficult tongue twister. >> and you've been toying with us all morning. >> and on "pop start" gwen stefani and blake shelton's first appearance as a couple.

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we are back. it is 8 nchlgtsd 10. time for what's trending today. fair to say we've all faced tough decisions in our life. >> certainly. >> problems and an issue you're thinking about and you'll say i'll sleep on it. >> absolutely. >> i do all the time. >> do you think it works? >> i do. >> i do, too. >> we're all in agreement. >> research from harvard says we are wrong. once again experts found the extra time in the only does help you with your decision can actually make deciding more quickler. research shows your first impression is usually the best one so the theory is don't sleep on it. >> you know in your heart before you go to bed what you're going to do and you wake up and feel refreshed and then confirm it. >> like a test, always go with the first answer. >> is that how you got through school? >> it works.

calm and make a centered decision. >> you're stinl channeling pharrell. >> harvard disagrees, sheinelle jones. video of the day from a pair of frequent flyers, but they didn't want to fly on the plane. what you're looking at there is two guys scoring next to a daredevil? jet packs and cruised along a jumbo jet at 4,000 feet in the air and the city of dubai serving as a beautiful backdrop and part of a marketing campaign for emirate airlines. >> second time in the week that we've shown cool footage that featured the emirates plane. it's a market stunt and they are doing their job. that looks amazing. >> and jet packs are a thing. feel like there's been several stories about jet packs. >> the future is here. >> would you ever get in one? >> i don't know. not too high. >> yeah, not too high. >> hover right here. >> exactly. >> she didn't even like being on that truck. that too high.

do you know what sunday is? it's a national holiday. >> okay. >> it's actually an international holiday, international tongue twister day so to celebrate we want to know can you master what they are calling the world's toughest tongue twister, this according to some more experts who are smarter this time from m.i.t. >> these guys. >> here it is. it's not a sentence just a series of words. okay. who wants >> why don't you start this. >> say it fast. >> read it, okay. pad kid poured kurd pulled cod. >> nailed it. >> nice. >> you didn't say it that fast. >> pat kid poured kurd -- >> pad -- pad kid poured kurd pulled cod. >> okay. i didn't think -- >> pad kid poured kurd pulled cod. >> how but? >> pad kid poured kurd pulled cod. >> how about this one. a box of biscuits, a box of mix the biscuits and a biscuit mixer. >> what? >> i can't remember that more than anything else, i don't even remember. >> when you say, dylan. >> do this one, you tested this

>> go ahead can you to toy boat three times face. >> toy boat. >> i blew it. boat. >> it's hard, right? >> it's tough. >> dylan, you try this last one. all you, dylan. >> i wish to wash my irish wrist watch. >> we found one, guys. >> she failed. >> i risch to wash my irish wristwatch. >> we got her, we got her. >> we did. >> i posted more these at today.com. check them ow. the world has gone completely nuts over adele's new song "hello" but the next toddler has the best reaction. it happens fast so we'll play it twice. check it out hello >> hi. it's me hello

>> that is adele's youngest fan, 1-year-old jilal melting our hearts and melding the internet. >> i'm in love with that little child, how cute. now to some big news from coldplay and are gwen and blake working together on a new song? dylan has our gossiping pop start. >> isn't it hard to talk after you've been doing tongue twisters. first to coldplay. this morning the band released a brand new song from its upcoming album "a head full of dreams" and the song is called "adventure of a lifetime." you're listening to it now, a real catchy song like all their songs. their seventh album but could it be the last. in an interview with the bbc chris martin said the way we look at it like the last harry potter book, not to say there might not be another one some day but this is the colleagues of something. >> whoa. have to go back and listen to all the other songs. anne hathaway, recently nominated for a people's choice award with other big names and chose to celebrate them all with a twist, an instagram high

school photos of the other women in her category and favorite action movie actress. there's mel can a mccarthy in the top left, obviously sandra bullock, scarlet johansson and meryl streep all who look the same and i'm pretty sure that i have the sweatshirt that scarlett is wearing, my high school go too. and finally music's new it couple, news so big that carson had to take off. blake shelton and gwen stefani and word from "people" magazine that they are planning to team up on a new song. >> the rumors sent us all into a tailspin. >> i didn't know. >> i didn't think blake could get a girl as hot as gwen, to be honest. real didn't. he's a goofy cowboy and she eats queen of cool. >> there were signs. >> you're so dumb. >> like the flirting. >> you have extreme personality disorder where one minute -- >> that made my day. >> the pictures, the pda. all my love

>> and then came the confirmation from both singers' both representatives, gwen's rep saying gwen and make are longtime friends who have very recently started date and now they are the most talked about duo around. >> i think everyone right now is just like huh, like, whoa. i think that's the main reaction and everyone is kind of letting play out. >> it can't be true because there's no way blake could ever score a girl like that. >> but it is true and we can't seem to get enough. in headlines, on social media. >> let's get serious here. >> watching the romance play out on nbc's "the voice" where they both work together as coaches. >> gwen stefani. >> they were both recently involved in high-profile divorces, shelton from country superstar miranda lambert and stefani from lead singer of bush gavin rossdale and now leaning on each other for support. last month the queen of cool debuted a heard break ballad

>> and the cowboy of country singing all about the things he's gonna do in his new single. because i'm digging on hitting on you tonight >> and new reports say these two are working on a country ball lad together. >> i think gwen and blake are both going to get a ton more attention and there's a high curiosity factor and everyone is really, really curious to see what they are going to do next, how it will affect their music. >> and because this is what we do, people have been figuring out ways to combine gwen and make's names like brangelina or bennifee how about -- >> it doesn't work. >> and now to al in hawaii for rokerthon 2. >> in our promo for rokerthon. we have the goat sweetheart and

she will get to about 200 pounds. right now nine months. she's been trying to eat my shirt or this fantastic cake replica of the royal hawaiian. we have -- every place we go in every state we are going to plant the "today" show rokerthon flag so we're going to plant flag today in the cake. there it is, ready to go, and we've got some nice folks. you guys are from delaware, from rehoboth beach, very nice. there you go. >> let's show you your weather for rehoboth and every place in between. we're looking at showers in the pacific northwest today. you can see along the radar we've got that wet weather along that front that's going to bring the big change to the east with temperatures awfully toasty today in the eastern half of the country. some record breaking temperatures and behind it much cooler weather and we've got frost and freeze warnings throughout the rookies and far

cali >> jeremy: good morning. for the day, a mix of clouds and sunshine. temps between 71 and 76. the record in boston is 73. i think this afternoon around 74. worcester, your record is 70. you should get there low 70s. here you go. back in 1959, the city had a high of 7 3. that will fall today. tomorrow, clouds, breezy, cooler and sunday, mostly sunny skies. seasonal. temps on sunday, low 50s. patriots' game looking great. >> all right. well, every now and then the guys back in new york get my all right. we know this weekend you're waiting for just one day, that's right, the best day of the week, america." it's a good one. we've got the eagles taking on the cowboys. ooh, baby. it's a domed stadium but you're

doing some tailgating in gorgeous weather. fair skies and temperatures nice and cool in the 50s. that's going to be a good one sunday night "football night in america." it's going to be baaaaaad. >> this "sunday night football" weather is brought to be by mobile, only by verizon. >> all right, guys. back to you. for the ladies i've got cake here. we've got some really hot beef cake coming up. >> i can't believe you -- you're supposed to get loopy on the 48th state. >> so entertaining though. >> no, we're starting early, baby. >> rokerthon. >> wow.

>> where is he on to. friends with. me, baby. >> all right. we'll see you in a minute if you're still standing. >> let's get back to that beautiful norway spruce and the plaza. >> good morning. the tree is already here. the tree didn't have to travel far, from gardner, new york, just 80 miles north of 30 rock, and for the past 60 years it's been a unifying force for four generations of the remark able able family. everyone has a family tree and some more literal than others and that's certainly the case for albert and his longtime partner nancy. >> quite a history, you know. it's been in the family for years. >> we moved here in '57. i was 4, and my father used to trim the top of it.

norway spruce, it was the yard. >> snip the tree so it wouldn't fork out and divide up and it would get nice and high. years ago it was down to the ground and used to go down there and hide because it was pretty dense. >> reporter: his two sons, now grown men themselves, moved back on to the property where the mighty spruce served as a constant reminder of their childhood. did you climb it? >> always went in and out. >> all the sap all over our clothes. >> all my memory. you don't realize it's here and such a big thing. >> reporter: as tree has grown, so has the family, and now their children play around it. >> i've had some good memories running around it and playing with it, hiding. >> reporter: you going to miss it? >> yeah. >> reporter: but 5-year-old abigail always saw more. >> it looks like a big christmas tree. >> reporter: as the the holidays came and went the decorations remained inside the house. never any lights in the tree? >> we thought about it but it was too big.

>> reporter: big indeed, 78 feet tall, and now more than they can handle. >> kind of took over the whole yard, and so then i looked around and found out that rockefeller center might want the tree. >> reporter: their online submission caught the astep of the rockefeller center head gardener and now the massive evergreen that oversaw four generations. >> like watching over us. >> reporter: will soon become america's tree. >> i'll have to plant something else to watch over the grandkids. >> reporter: when you look up at the tree, nancy, had a do you >> i'll miss it. it's beautiful. it's a really beautiful tree. i think it's perfect. >> reporter: and the grandkids? >> we're going to think that it's someone else's. >> that it used to be here. >> reporter: how will that make you feel? >> happy. >> a half million people will stop and advice thought tree and rockefeller plaza between now and the end of the year. we should also note that the family is going to show up, all here for the big rockefeller

center tree-lighting in december. >> nice. >> a lot more viewers than up in gardner. >> yes, than the entire population. >> that's right. >> all dressed up soon. glad you mentioned the tree lighting. we'll do it again this year. it is december 2nd, matt, al, natalie and i will host. this is the christmas tree lighting. a lot of music and fun and, of course, our beautiful tree december 2nd right here on nbc. >> always a fun night. love it. >> good to see you. thanks, guys. coming up, a live

>> jadiann: we continue to follow breaking news. on the cape, all lanes are now open on the sagamore bridge this morning following a head-on cranberries. we're toll one person suffered serious injuries. the other driver involved was not hurt. crews spent about two hours working to clear that scene. you can expect back-ups in the area for a while. again, all lanes are now open on the sagamore bridge. and jeremy reiner now has a check of the forecast. good morning, jeremy. >> jeremy: jadiann, mostly sunny skies. there are locations with mostly cloudy skies. overall a mix of clouds and sunshine. 60s this morning. record warmth with temperatures

the record in boston is 7 3. i think we'll finish around 74 in boston. tomorrow not as humid or as warm but a nice weekend. >> jadiann: thank you so much. also this morning the man accused of raping several women on the esplanade and in south boston will be arraigned today. 29-year-old alejandro done is accused in four attacks between 2006 and 2010. done, a former uber driver, plead guilty to raping another woman last month and was sentenced to at least ten years in prison. the mbta selling some old murals for thousands of dollars. they used to hang in the old government center "t" stop. the pricest mural was of a greene line train. it was auctioned for more than $10,000. all right. "today in new england" returns at 9:00, everyone. hope you can come become and see who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth

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coming upping wrangler is turning 1, and we're getting ready to celebrate in a big way. >> we'll have a party for him. >> yes. >> multi-platinum grammy nominee sara bareilles is here with us. >> and matt sat down with the other bend men of "spectre." >> the movie was amazing. this movie is incredible. do we dare go back to al roker based on what we've seen so far. al is in hawaii for rokerthon 2. hey, al. >> guys, i just want to, first of all, back here we've got hawaiian fire dancers, t.c. and bungi doing their thing. look at this. wow. you talk about a little heartburn, okay. oh, by the way, we've go the at trivia question. going to do each trivia for each state we're n.hawaii is the only state that grows and exports this. not this, but a crop that is fantastic with breakfast.

we'll answer that on the other side. look at them go. whoa! yes! t.c., bungi, man, feel the fire here at royal hawaiian. let's see what is going on as far as the forecast is concerned. rokerthon moves on from alaska. a chance of rain and snow in anchorage so we'll be watching that. let's look at your weekend outlook. wet weather in the southeastern atlantic states and down into the gulf coast with heavy rain. heavy rain in the pacific northwest on saturday and plenty of sunshine in the plains. on sunday mountain snows in the pacific northwest with wet weather. wet weather confined to the southeast and the gulf coast. i should say parts of florida. sunshine through the northeast and windy in the plains.

man, oh, yeah! t.c. and pungi. bam, that's what i'm talking about #rokerthon. >> jeremy: good morning. for the day, a mix of clouds and sunshine. temps between 71 and 76. the record in boston is 73. i think this afternoon around 74. worcester, your record is 70. you should get there low 70s. here you go. back in 1959, the city had a high of 7 3. that will fall today. tomorrow, clouds, breezy, cooler and sunday, mostly sunny skies. seasonal. temps on sunday, low 50s. patriots' game looking great. breezy at times during the game. >> hey guys, don't forget go to today.com/rokerthon to get the itinerary and to donate to feeding america. $1, they can provide 11 meals. we want to raise a lot of money to help feed the hungry in this country. wow, man.

oh, by the way, guys, do you know what's the only thing that they grow here in hawaii and export, the only state in the union that they do that? >> based on your behavior this morning i have a few guesses, al, but go ahead and tell us. >> i think pineapple. >> coffee. >> that's what everybody thinks. >> hawaiian coffee. >> the goes great with breakfast too. >> good stuff. had a couple cups already. >> we've noticed. a thank you very much. tomorrow is a big day for our buddy wrangler. it's his 1st birthday. >> we've partnered with guiding eyes to raise and socialize ranger until he's ready for formal guide dog training. his first year has been about excite excitement and add ventures and gotten a lot of treats. >> at 2 months old wrangler dashed on to our set and straight into our hearts. >> oh. >> wrangler quickly made himself at home hanging with celebrities

>> hi, honey. >> wrangler, gronk. and his many fans out on the plaza. >> we love you, wrangler! >> starring in super bowl commercials and even trying his hand at modeling. >> so chic, wrangler really wears it well. our puppy with a purpose has grown up right in front of our weighs weighing in at a whopping 60 pounds now. wrangler is almost fully frontal zone but never too big to play with his best buddy. but this dog's life isn't all play time and treats. with the help of his puppy raiser saxon eastman wrangler is putting in the hard work it takes to become a guide dog. >> down. >> learning new skills. >> such a good dog. >> and taking on new experiences and always rising to the occasion. his next big challenge, getting ready for a full-time guide dog training this spring. >> wrangler's doing really well, mastering all the basic skills

at this point and he's working on applying them to realtive situations. i why high hopes for his future as a guide dog. >> such a cool year to look back upon. wrangler's birthday would not be complete without a message from his special friend. >> hey, wrangler, it's chrissie. i'm wishing you a happy, happy, happy 1st birthday. i follow your twitter and instagrams, miss you so much and i'm here in l.a. and watched you get so big and i miss cuddling your little tiny baby face, but you're a big boy now and i can't wait to see you again when i visit new york. i'll see you soon. happy birthday. >> not bad, a birthday wish from chrissy teigen who loved wrangler so much she was actually in with him in his little house and three of wrangler's joining us from the same letter. we've got willis, wrigley and warner joining their brother wrangler this morning. >> so cute.

wrangler, without further adieu, happy birthday, buddy. here's your cake. >> a puppy cake. >> and his brothers get a slice, too. >> happy birthday, big guy. guiding eyes for the blind is launching the wrangler scholarship really cool. $50,000 to graduate a guide dog team and guiding eyes never charges people. they are hoping to raise $400,000 by the end of the year so they can give eight people on the wait list the exceptional dogs they deserve. for information on how to donate, text the word wrangler, w-r-a-n-g-l-e-r to 41444 or go to wranglerscholarship.com. messaging and data rates may apply. also have the link at today.com. >> got all that. if you can't get enough of wrangler, a limited edition, get this, wrangler plush toy which

dylan is modeling, it's going on sale today at the nbc store. >> for humans. >> so cute. >> and the net proceeds will if to guiding eyes for the blind to wrangler. >> so one more time, happy birthday, wrangler. all right. coming up next, the men going toe to toe with daniel craig in the new bond movie "spectre," but, first, this is "today" on nbc. welcome, to the simply orange tour. this is our plant. these are our workers. and this, is upper management. but what you won't find around here, is any freezing, flavoring, or concentrating.

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ralph fiennes. >> i feel like these are two suious, serious actors and so nice where the bond franchise is caliber. don't you feel like a very serious actor? >> we're very serious. but there was a time when bond films were more frivolous, wouldn't you say, and now they are getting actors like you? >> i think he brings the smarts to it. >> you were in "sky fall." this is your first bond movie. is this a situation where you weren't sure or is it where did i sign? >> i said seriously and thought, well, if ralph can do it i can do it. >> daniel craig is an experienced bond. >> he's on a different level of seriousness. >> he's got a lot of intensity to the role. i feel like he's given a new

>> it t should change with the actor, the character develops and evolves and the -- i always say the character doesn't have a choice. he needs to stick to his actor so, of course, you know, something new. >> see, that's just what a serious actor would say. that's what i mean. >> but daniel has grown in fact in this. he's already incredibly convincing, his physicality, sort of visceral commitment to the part was really strong but in this film there's a lightness and some of the old bondian humor is back in there. >> i really liked that and appreciated that. by the way, not a small feat. you're playing "m." and people loved judi dench. >> you like judi. >> we love her. heels. >> i wanted the high heels, and, in fact, in a couple of scenes. >> exactly. >> little teaser. >> that's where the seriousness really interferes.

>> you think? >> you're not going to try to tell me he's misunderstood and has multiple layers, right? he's mysterious and mean. >> that's all, you know, i should think a matter of interpretation, but -- but, yes, in this -- in this specific case i concede that it's the villain. i avoid the "v" word normally and in this case it's the villain and multi-layered, i should hope so. we all are whether we want to or not and it makes it a little more interesting and a little more serious. >> it is a little more serious. let's end where we began, gentlemen, great to be you, thank you so much. the movie is really fun. "spectre" out today in theaters and in imax. coming up next sara bareilles per forms live in for the girl scout meeting... for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! p

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anything like i used to be although it's true i was never attention sweet sensor i still remember that girl she's imperfect but she tries she is good but she lies she is hard on herself she is broken and won't ask for help she is messy but she's kind she is glowing most of the time she is also mixed up and picked in a beautiful pie

she is gone but she used to be mine and it's not what i asked for sometimes life just slips in through a back door and carves out the person and makes you believe it's all true and now i've got you and you're not what i asked for if i'm honest, i know i would give it all back for a chance to start over and rewrite an ending or two for the girl that i knew enough who get hurt but who learns

how to toughen up when she's bruised and gets used by a man who can't love and then she'll get stuck and be scared of the life that's inside her growing stronger each day till it finally reminds her to fight just a little to bring back the fire in her eyes that's been gone but it used to be mine used to be mine

time she is all of this mix up and baked in a beautiful pie she is gone, but she used to be mine >> what a voice. sara bareilles, thank you. again the at bum is "what's inside, songs from waitress" and sara will be back a little later this morning with more music. up next, a remarkable story football and friendship that

we're back at 8:52. time for the ongoing series with the nfl "together we make football. ". >> the such a great story. takes us back to world war ii and eight high school teammates from a school in south texas, graduated early and enlisted together in the marines. >> 4wo, four, six, eight, they are all there. >> in 1943, eight teammates from tiny weslaco, texas, joined the marines and were shipped off to

separate units in the pacific. while on leave, doc clerkler's chance encounter with his best friend harlan block led to a promise. >> he said, hey, would you do me a favor. i want you to give this wring to my mother, and he said i may not be coming back. >> harlon block is the marine kneeling in front as the stars and stripes are raised are over iwo jima in 1945. six days after the iconic photo was taken, he was killed in action. the memorial in arlington is not our country's only iwo jima monument. the original is here on the campus of the marine military academy next to the little town in south texas where doc and harlon played football. >> when the young men are on the football field, they can see that monument, and it represents to them the courage they should

example that they need to set for others. >> it's a reminder to us as football players and as cadets in the academy of what great things we're capable of. >> when he returned from the war, doc intended to keep his promise to harlon. >> his mother was my second mother. she kind of didn't want to talk to me. she said i do not want to be reminded. you better keep it. harlon was only the one of our group that got killed in that business. >> doc wore that ring every day to keep harlon's memory alive. in 2010 he donated it to the academy as a reminder that valor counts and friendship never dies.

that two people can have. >> a football team is a brotherhood. this ring kind of symbolizes that, too. they went through friday night war. >> of the eight football players the last survivor. he was a high school principal. he's still married to his college sweetheart, and he stayed in south texas his entire life, never far from where his best friend rests in the shadow of the great monument. >> harlon was my buddy. don't know why that i made it. sometimes you don't know how to feel. >> glen cleckler and his teammates originally picked up the recruiting flyer to use as a cover for skipping schools to go to the movies and the principal saw them with the flyer and accelerated their graduation so they could join us as soon as possible. a lifetime of friendship captured in a beautiful story.

and he's still here to tell us which is really special. >> representing that special group of eight men. and speaking of football in texas, catch the cowboys taking on the eagles sunday night right here on nbc. >> we've got a few moments left. are we going to check in with al do. we have the courage to check in with al? >> he's still standing. >> al, hi. >> we've had a great time here. we're going to be coming back at 9:00 here from the royal hawaiian and then this weekend we'll be in anchorage. we move to missoula, to california, to nevada, just to name a few states. it all gets rolling.

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