good morning. breaking right now, hostage situation. gunmen storm a popular western hotel in the african country of mali capturing at least 150 people inside the radisson. several people killed amid gunfire and explosions. a crisis still unfolding at this hour. new lead. overnight a third body found in the french apartment where the suspected mastermind of the paris attacks was killed, and chilling video now showing the moment a female jawedist blew herself up. just ahead, isis issuing new threats against the white house, and the fbi reveals it's

could be inspired to carry out attacks right here in the u.s. and backlash. republican front-runner donald trump under fire this morning after voicing support for a controversial plan to require all muslims in america to register on a government database. >> i would certainly implement, that absolutely. >> critics are comparing that idea to what happened in nazi germany as the president threatened a veto of cook' tough new measure on syrian refugees 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." it's friday morning. we've got willie here for matt and a really busy news day. once again terror is our top story. there's a hostage situation unfolding right now mali's capital. this is after gunmen attacked a radisson hotel that is popular

with foreigners. we know that president obama who is in malaysia right now on separate travel has been briefed by his national security adviser on this situation, and, of course, this is all happening one week after those attacks in paris. we want to get right to nbc's ron mott following developments. ron, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. details are still thin at this hour but here's what we know. the hotel is on lockdown. some hostages have reportedly been freed. the malian military is on scene and setting up a security perimeter around the hotel and may have already entered and the u.s. embassy is telling its staff and all americans in the area to shelter in place. nbc news has learned at least 150 people were taken hostage today at the radisson blu hotel in mali's capital bamaco, according to a hotel spokesperson. according to reports, there are at least ten gunmen and at least three people have been kill. on its website the hotel said 140 guests and 30 employees were locked in a room by hostage-takers. it is unknown whether any americans are among those being

held. it's also unclear which terrorist group is behind today's attack, the latest of them in a series of them this year in central and northern mali. in august at least 12 people were killed during another attack on a hotel used by united nations staff. this one about 400 miles northeast of the capital. french forces backed up the malian military in ending that assault which lasted 24 hours. now, according to the "new york times," the gunmen asked hostages if they could reside a declaration of muslim faith. those who could reportedly were let grow. mali has grown increase ingly volatile in the past couple of years as civil unrest has spread with its mick militants gaining a foothold in that region. president obama was briefed by national security adviser susan rice and told his team to keep him apprised of his developments and we can also tell you there were two airlines who are crew members in that hotel, one a turkish airlines, some of their crew were able to escape the hotel so this is still a very unfolding situation this in mali this morning. savannah is.

eye on it this morning, thank you. we want to bring in richard engel engel, nbc's chief foreign correspondent. good morning to you. ron just touched on the backdrop of mali. what strikes you about this attack? >> reporter: well, there are many different islamist groups that operate in mali. in 2013 an al qaeda-backed group that was operating in northern mali almost took over the country, and that prompt the the french military to launch an invasion, and just yesterday french president hollande was praising french troops for restoring order in mali and trying to draw the islamists back. there was supposed to be peace talks to begin a at this very hotel between the islamists and government faxes and a variety of other factions in the nation. mali has seen problems with islamist groups in the past. not just isis, al qaeda included, so this may be in some way related to that. >> all right. a lot going on. richard engel, thank you very much

place exactly one week after the attacks in pairs. overnight french officials revealed that a third body was found in the apartment raid that killed the alleged ring leader. while here at home the fbi says it's on alert for potential copycats. we've got it all covered beginning with nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely in paris. bill, good morning. willie. it is exactly a week since the world war ii. they are not marking it formally here in any way. authorities don't want to dignify what isis has done, and as you say from the rubble of that police assault on an isis found. in the debris of an apartment hit by 5,000 bullets, forensic teams found the remains of a third person, a woman. it's not known who she was or whether she, too, blew herself up. this woman did, hasna aitboulahcen, her handbag and

friends say she loved life, loved to party and that she was brainwashed. her final recorded words, telling police the man she's with is not her boyfriend. and this is the moment she detonated her suicide vest in video obtained by abc news. police say it almost destroyed the apartment. her mother and brother were led away by police from the paris home she left just three weeks ago after showing no sign of being radicalized the. she was with abdelhamid abaaoud. he was identified by dna, the ring leader of the massacres who evaded police across europe. >> it's a good thing they found him. >> reporter: there's no satisfaction for the grieving parents of natalie laurent killed at the concert hall. it means nothing, her mother told me. my daughter is dead. for french police, the killing of abaaoud is a success, but the fact that he was able to get on

from syria without being stopped by any european country is an intelligence sfal you're. we have to waken up, said one french minister as europe met to discuss the crisis today. >> we cannot say today that this is an end. we think we're just in the middle of the storm. >> reporter: isis have threatened more attacks on italy and washington in a video called paris before rome. after the unthinkable here, it's a threat no one can ignore. and police have now recovered cctv footage of that ring leader abaaoud as attacks were taking place. he was filmed at a metro station in central paris, so the man who organized the attacks also clearly directed them from the ground. willie, savannah. >> so much has happened, so much has changed just in the space of a week. bill neely in paris, thank you. >> and with isis now threatening attacks on the united states, security and intelligence

on heightened alert. the director of the fbi says his agents are keeping a close eye on dozens of people they fear could be inspired by the terror group to try to do something like what happened in pairs. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams in washington with that. pete, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the fbi says what it's most worried about is home grown extremists, people in the u.s. responding to isis recruiters on social media and willing to carry out attacks here at home. the fbi's top priority is keeping watch on people in the u.s. who have shown signs that they might be interested in carrying out an isis-inspired attack here. the fbi director puts the number of such cases at dozens. intelligence officials say it's about 50. >> that is very hard work, but we are very fortunate to have the help of our state and local partners around the country. >> reporter: fbi director says despite the relentless isis propaganda videos, the latest including a threat to attack white house, he sees no sign of any credible threat here of a paris-style or any kind of

terror attack. >> isil and its supporters put out all kinds of brand propaganda like video or magazines and that's not credible intelligence. threats. >> reporter: comey for the first time gave an estimate of the number of people believed to have gone from the u.s. to syria associated with isis and then come back to the u.s. that number, he said, is in the teens, a huge contrast to the estimated 5,000 people from western europe who have been to syria and back overwhelming european efforts to track them all. but that figure has some in congress saying the u.s. must do more to screen travelers from european countries who don't need a visa to come to the u.s. >> regarding the visa waiver program this, program is important to the business community and the tourism industry, and i have supported it, but i also believe it is the soft underbelly of our national security policies. >> reporter: fbi director comey

said he's seen no indication attempted to come to the u.s. from overseas in the past days >> all right. pete williams in washington, thanks. let's turn to shawn henry who served as assistant director of the fbi and now with crowdstrike. good morning. in light of what happened in paris what, changes for the fbi? presumably they have their eyes on a bunch of individuals. do they change what they are doing now to kind of say, hey, we are watching you? >> they absolutely do. while the fbi may be passively following people involved in investigations, people this they know are sympathetic to the jihadi cause and pose a threat here to the united states, on the heels of what we saw in paris they will be more aggressive and be more proactive and go out and shake the bushes. there's issues where people are aspirational and may cause harm operational. the fbi can't wait for somebody to become operation a. they have they are under investigation.

track more closely or sursfal more closely, looking at social media, wire tapping? how do they find this group. >> a whole range of things that put somebody up as a priority. it's who is moving closer to becoming operationalle? are they talking about obtaining weapons? is their rhetoric becoming much more vient? are they associated with others who maybe have traveled overseas? the fbi wants to make sure they are focusing on highest priorities and the reality is there are too many of these people and they don't have all the resources. they have to use their best intelligence to focus you. >> talked a lot about the part that the public has in this in reporting anything that seems out of order or suspicious. i'm thinking about this female suicide bomber in france who not that long ago had a totally different life, was not devout, was out partying, according to reports and then one day she shows up and she's suddenly changed. is that the kind of thing people should be reporting in. savannah. what it goes to show you can't profile who a suicide attacker is or a terrorist might be.

for this anomalous behavior, someone making violent statements, their behavior has they are looking to associate with others or they are talking in a much more violent way or, again, seeking to go out and obtain weapons or something of that nature. constantly. those are the people who are coming up on the priority list focused on. >> i think a week ago when we first saw these attacks in paris, a lot of americans' reaction was my goodness, if it can happen there it can happen in any city here in the united what should the american people glean from listening to the fbi director yesterday? is something like this coming down pike for the united states? >> what the american people need to know is absolutely there is a risk, but be aware. be alert, don't be afraid. >> shawn henry, always good to talk to you, thank you. >> hand now to the fierce political debate going on over syrian refugees enteringled united states. defying the president the house voted on thursday overwhelmingly to impose stringent new screening rules while on the campaign trail donald trump is

national database to register all muslims living here in the u.s. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is covering the political piece of that this morning. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. americans clearly have real fears after the paris attacks. doesn't matter which party you belong, to but on the topic of syrian refugees, it is republicans on the campaign trail who have really gone on the offensive with some of the toughest language yet. in the fight over syrian refugees, more fearmongering and heated rhetoric. >> we can't take them. we can't take them. >> reporter: donald trump cheered on by supporters in iowa thursday night, telling nbc news he'd support a government database to track muslims living in this country. systems beyond database. we should have a lot of systems. i would certainly implement that, absolutely. >> reporter: later trump ignored a follow-up question. >> mr. trump, why would a muslim database not be the same thing as requiring jews to register in nazi germany?

>> i'm with nbc news. >> is there a difference between requiring muslims to register and jews? >> reporter: in alabama calling for tough screening ben carson compared some refugees to mad dogs. >> if there's a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you're probably not going to assume something good about that dog and you're probably going to put your children out of the way. >> reporter: criticized for those remarks, carson criticized reporters. >> so what is the news media do? carson says the syrians are like rabid dogs. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: on capitol hill 47 house democrats joined republicans defying the president's veto threat passing a bill that would jut the door on refugees coming to the u.s. from syria and iraq, setting an impossible bar requiring the nation's top three security officials at fbi, homeland security and national intelligence, personally certify that each refugee is not a

threat before they are allowed in. >> it's a security test, not a religious test. >> reporter: on its instagram page, the white house blast the out images of desperate young refugees, unveiling her aggressive strategy to defeat isis, hillary clinton attacked the uproar. >> that is just not who we are. >> reporter: and new this morning, the results from the latest nbc news survey monkey online poll taken after the paris attacks, here what they are, among republicans trump remains firmly in the lead. he's at 28%, but you can see ben carson, had the biggest drop falling into a tie for second now at 18% with senator ted cruz, cruz grabbing some of carson evangelical support. marco rube o'at 11% and jeb bush well behind. on the democratic side hillary clinton still holding the lead just shy of 50%, but note this, bernie sanders posted his highest level of support in our polls yet at 33%. savannah, willie. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you so much.

look al zott some of the numbers on the refugee issues. of the 69,000 refugees who have enter the 12,000, about 18%, are from iraq and about 1,600, less than 3%, are syrian. >> and that syrian number could grow next year as president obama remains committed to his plan to accept at least 10,000 more syrian refugees. >> new this morning, nearly 30 years after his arrest, convicted spy jonathan pollard has been released from a federal prison in north carolina. >> the former u.s. navy intelligence officer was caught selling classified documents to israel in 19885. the case, one of the most contentious issues between the u.s. and israel over the past three decades. pollard is now 61 years old. he'll be on probation for at least five years and won't be able to least u.s. during that time. a spirit airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing last night due to a bomb threat. passenger took this cell phone video of a man being taken into custody and hauled off that plane. >> the flight from ft. lauderdale to minneapolis was in the air for 15 minutes when the crew was forced to turn

the plane was taken to an isolated area at the airport and swept for explosives. nothing was found. officials say two men are being interviewed by police and the fbi. >> busy morning here. how is it in the weather department? anything shakeing? >> some snow. >> really. >> you want to see some video of snow. it happened in fargo, north dakota this. happened yesterday, blowing snow at that. reduces visibility, especially miles per hour. not a lot of snow but enough to make the roads slippery and the overpasses were a little bit ice. temperatures have been very cold and it doesn't look like much here, but this will turn into the first big snow storm for the midwest, including chicago as we go into this weekend, especially tonight and tomorrow morning. right now we're seeing a steady snow from rapid city, south dakota, stretching into northeastern parts of nebraska and there are winter weather advisories in yellow and winter storm warnings across parts of iowa into northern illinois and also central wisconsin. michigan is under a winter storm watch.

here's an area of low pressure. it will approach chicago and will start as rain as we go into tonight and the tomorrow morning and then it ends as some snow and that's where we'll see most of our accumulation and gusty winds could reduce visibility as well and then lifts north and rain showers through erie pennsylvania. how much snow will we see? go north of chicago and that's where we could end up with eight to ten inches of snow and south of chicago lesser amounts and right in chicago itself we should see about 2 to 5 inches and this pink area right in here is where we're looking at our highest totals because it should start and say as snow. elsewhere across the country, eastern half looking good. temperatures slightly cooler the first fridge with a keurig brewing system.

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7:30 now. it's friday morning. 209th of november, 2015, and we've got another busy news morning. the brazen attack on a radisson hotel popular with westerners is unfolding in mali's capital. >> gunmen storming the hotel, opening fire, and initially taking at least 170 people hostage. nbc's ron mott with us once again. what's the latest here in. >> willie and savannah, we're just learning that france is sending in its military police to the scene here. we don't know their estimated time of arrival. the malian military is already on scene. they have secured the outside of the hotel. they have gone inside.

have made contact with the hostage-takers at this point. we can tell you also in the last few minutes francois hollande, the president of france, issued a statement. he had some remarks to say and said in this hotel are important people from various nationalities. mali will have our support in solidarity and the french people in mali need to turn to the french embassy for help and any other citizens need to be careful. president obama, as we reported earlier in this hour, has been briefed on this situation by the national security adviser susan rice and told the team to keep him apprised of developments. we can tell you as of this moment that the death toll, confirmed death toll, is three. there have been a number of people who have escaped, including a couple of crews from airlines, turkish airlines and air france, air france saying all 12 of its crew escaped, and they are all safe, and i do believe they are cancelling flights out of there for the time being. so that's the latest at this hour. still, apparently unfolding, still more than 100 people being held hostage at this radisson in

the capital of mali. guys, back to you. >> ron mott on this story for us, thanks. >> more on the attacks in paris and more emerging on the woman who blew herself up as police closed in on the alleged ring leader of last week's attack. nbc's keir simmons is following that part of the attack for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. how does a young woman who crew up in a western capital like paris become a suicide bomber? neighbors are saying she had a troubled childhood, and it's even difficult to understand, they say, how she turned to islam. she was a party girl with a penchant for cowboy hats, friends say, photos like this one, on kind by dailymail.com show the female suicide bomber hasna aitboulahcen and one said

the 26-year-old smoked marijuana and she appeared a month ago joking she wasn't committed to religion, doing this for a laugh and becoming a jihadist and police in belgium say she posted this video to social media and she was born six miles from the saint-denis apartments where she blew herself up in a police raid wednesday morning. a neighbor captured her chilling exchange with french officers in the final seconds of her life. >> reporter: man they were searching for was her cousin, so-called ring leader of the paris attacks, abdelhamid abaaoud who authorities believe recruited aitboulahcen to isis, the same as he did his 13-year-old brother. authorities are not certain of the full scope of their relationship. thursday police searched her mother's home in a paris suburb, leaving with at least three bags

of evidence. that a woman would kill herself in the name of jihad shocked everyone and in saint-denis, one of the suicide bombers in nigeria was an 11-year-old girl and it was so-called black widows who killed 40 commuters on the moss cometro in 010 and a female suicide bomber in 1991, even assassinated the prime minister of india. ant picture emerging of jihadists who operate like gang members with women drawn in by family members or boyfriends. willie and savannah, one said the boyfriends ask more like pimps seducing women to isis with false promises. >> keir simmons with that part of the story. >> fascinating. >> let's turn now to dylan ant weather.

>> and it's going to start feeling like fall everywhere across the eastern half of the country, even stretching all the way down into the southeast. by the time we go through this weekend the we've got this the cold air surging down from the north. look how chilly it is through casper, wyoming. saturday the colder air works into areas like chicago and kansas city. that's why we'll see any rain turn over to snow and we could see, again, several inches of snow in the midwest. then on sunday temperatures in atlanta drop all the way down to a high of 52 degrees but it takes until monday before it starts to work its way into new york city. by monday we should see a high of only 45 degrees. seven degrees below average. today again we're watching lighter snow through the northern plains and it >> jeremy: good morning. done with the rain in boston. winding down south shore over next hour. now we focus on getting the sunshine in here. a nice, mild day. temperatures this morning in the upper 50s this morning. and then this afternoon, they'll hang out in the middle 50s. much cooler later on this evening. tomorrow mix of clouds and

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wants to know about it. >> hear that buzz. it's what may be the first million drone christmas. retailers are gearing up and now so is the government. the faa looking to rein in a wild west in the sky where everything flies leading drone lovers to wonder what comes next. >> give me a list of five things that the government does well, you know. they are going to screw it up. >> and we've been self-regulating for years safely. >> you're always going to have a guy that does something stupid. >> stupid usually means close calls. pilots report 100 close calls each month usually around airports. now the government wants to register drones just like helicopters and airplanes. >> register will help us enforce the rules against those who operate unsafely by allowing the faa to identify the operators of unmanned aircraft. >> reporter: unmanned drones like the one that crashed into the white house lawn careen into crowded event and last week sliced through the seattle heel.

>> almost like an automobile that commits a crime. you know, we want to know whose car that was that fled the scene and caused a problem. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> in maryland authorities intercepted this drone set to sail over prison walls packed with hot important okay affirmative action even a handgun. with some drones big enough to lift a whole person, others as smart as a smartphone and many homemade the faa says there's time for action. >> certainly a great deal of concern about an unmanned aircraft, winding up in the engine of an aircraft. >> and are drones taking off too fast to be held down by red tape? >> i think the education needs to be in place to educate people on how to use it better. not necessarily regulate every single piece of machinery. >> reporter: and could registration backfire creating a black market. >> like getting your hands on a gun, same kind of a deal. is it heavy-handed government or common sense regulation amid the first attempt to at the same

time wild west of the skies. yeah, the faa's drone task force made up of representatives of the industry, government, airline pilots, that's due to present its recommendations as soon as today right before the big black friday rush. back to you. how to register your drone, go to faa.gov. don't pay somebody to do it for you. it won't be that difficult. >> glad you kept control of that drone. worried it might get away from you. >> got a little close. >> it's on my list, know you've got them around your house, a big gift this season. >> it is, and also a big problem. seems like tom is doing a story every other day about issues with drones. >> the price has gone down so it makes it more appealing for people who want to buy one. >> that's right. coming up, an entire airport terminal just for celebrities. we'll tell you where that could happen. >> i might have a guess where that might happen. and facebook's new plan to help your break-up a little easier to take, okay, right after th hey! how are you? the game? you'll see.

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we're back on a friday morning with a new plan to fix an issue, shall we say, that a lot of people have faced on facebook and sheinelle is in the original room with that. >> yes, an issue. when we think of facebook, we think of friend and a place to share big moment in life and, unfortunately, break-ups are big moments, too, so facebook is now testing a tool to help manage the aftermath of changing the whole relationship status.

see of your former flame whether in their post or they like something, for example, you can limit what you see of your ex and can control what they see about you, perhaps helpful if you're moving on a little faster than expected and it will help you untag yourself from some or all of those pictures you have together. maybe you don't want people to see that. this is funny. julie calls this the digital equivalent of darting into an alley to avoid running into your ex, guilty of that. unfortunately, facebook can't help you with self-control. there's nothing keeping you from searching your ex's page and going directly to it, so here's the deal. we asked our viewers how often do you visit an exx' page on social media? 73% say never. >> lying. >> 27% say regularly. that means that you guys have done it. >> oh, my gosh. i can facebook stalk with the best of them.

>> tamron. get the polygraph out, everybody. >> come on. i have never, never done it. >> i have no interest. >> what? >> think about it. 20 years ago you weren't able -- i don't know, but i've never done it. 73%, i'm with them. >> more than curiosity, right in the. >> this is about us, exactly, exactly. we'll discuss it in therapy. >> sheinelle, thank you for surfacing this. >> coming up, the faa proves the first genetically modified salmon grows tries as fast for i love you. love you too. one minute. hi. hi dad. we need to do this, yes.

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acela. take off. >> this is 7 news. now. >> nancy: approaching 8:00 on this friday morning as we take a live look outside. dry now after all the rain this morning. here's jeremy rhiner with a check of our forecast. >> jeremy: nancy, most towns between half an inch of beneficial rain. you'll have a couple hours of rain on the cape. mild air right now, upper 50s to around 60. developing sunshine through the day. and even this afternoon, temps will be mild. temps this afternoon mid-50s. >> nancy: our top stories this morn, the body of two-year-old bella bond has now been released to her biological father for burial. her body was found in plastic

bag on deer island over the summer. it took investigators month to identify her. bella's mother and her boyfriend are now charged in her debt. also police investigating an apparent hit list that was discovered at seekonk high school. officers say two students created a list of names of people that they intended to hurt or kill. that list was discovered on thursday. parents say they were notified and police also adding there is no threat to students. i'm nancy chen. we're back in 25 minutes with another update.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, safe to eat in the fda approved genetically engineered salmon that could be coming to your local supermarket. the latest on the backlash and what you need to know. >> plus, hoda strikes again. >> are you kidding me? hoda! >> hoda takes an unseth suspecting birthday girl for a wild ride. >> oh, my gosh. >> with surprises at every stop. and a feast to remember. the countdown to thanksgiving begins as we whip up delicious fall dishes your family will love today, friday, november

>> it's our birthday from tennessee! >> celebrating 60 in nyc. >> from mississippi, celebrating our 9th birthday on "today"! >> good morning, hole wood! >> hi to all our family in st. louis and cleveland. go browns! >> and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." beautiful friday morning out here on our plaza. i don't even think you need a coat. >> look at you. >> i might be a little sorry i didn't wear a coat. okay. you were right, dylan, should have listened to the weather forecaster. matt has the morning off. >> very brave this morning. >> you're not wearing a coat. >> great crowd out here on the mazza.

a lot of news to get to. let's go inside to tamron for a check of today's top store i. good morning, everyone. terrorists have been holding hostages overnight inside a radisson hotel in mali, a popular destination with westerners at hotels. nbc's ron mott is following developments from london. ron, good morning. what can you tell us. >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. dramatic scenes inside and outside this radisson hotel in the capital city of bamaco. we can tell you that it is still ongoing and the information coming in is still rather conflicting. what we know is there are at least three people who have been killed. there are reports that that number may be at this hour three times as many. we can tell you also that the hostages may have come in one vehicle, that they may only number between two and four people and that they may have breached security at this hotel by driving a vehicle bearing diplomatic plates and once inside witnesses say they were screaming allahu akbar and then ran into the hotel and started collecting hostages. at one point the hotel confirmed there were 270 people taken

hostage and then a number of them were let go after the gunmen asked if they could rekritd a muslim islamic declaration and a number of people were able to escape the hotel. we can tell you an air france crew of 12 has escaped a hotel and they for security reasons had been moved to a different floor in this hotel and perhaps at this point they have been the official target of all of this, we still don't know. president obama has been briefed on all of this. tamron. >> ron, thank you very much. the body of a second woman has been found in the building where french commandos killed the leader of last friday's paris massacre and abc news has obtained video of a moment when another woman inside detonated her suicide vest during wednesday's siege. officials are still hunting for an accomplice who was mistakenly allowed to leave france. at an emergency meeting of european ministers this morning, france urged quick action to beef up borders. the director of the fbi says there are no known connections between the paris attackers and

james comey also says that despite isis propaganda videos threatening the white house and new york city, he sees no sign of a credible threat. however, comey says the fbi has stepped up its surveillance of dozens of potential home grown terrorists who might be inspired by isis social media to carry out copycat attacks. the former subway spokesman jarred fogle was sentenced to 5 years in prison for dealing in child pornography and paying underage girls for sex. the 38-year-old father of two wept as he told the court in indianapolis thursday that he had become addicted to pornography and alcohol. fogle became an advertising pitchman for subway after he lost more than 200 pounds by eating its sandwiches. a competitive kayaker is reconsidering from a broken tailbone and fractured vertebrae after a rescue that was caught on camera. take a look at this. kayaker nick fielder was thrown

from his boat during a race in north carolina and frightening one of the train volunteers posted along the riff. jumped over the capsized kayak to grap fieldler and pull him to safety. that part of the course is so treacherous they call it the gorilla rapids. you hear the people cheering that rescue. that is terrifying. >> what an effort by that rescuer, head lock into the river. >> oh, my gosh. >> tamron, thank you. now to a first from the fda and it's causing controversy this morning. >> after years of review the agency has ruled that genetically modified salmon are now safe to eat, but not everyone is convinced. here's nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: this is what they call aquaadvantage salmon, genetically engineered in hatchries these fish grow twice as fast as farm salmon and now it will be the first genetally altered animal to hit dinner

the fda saying they are safe to eat given the all clear to sell in supermarkets. about. we need alternative sources healthy and fresh food other than wild fish caught from our oceans, and this presents a very attractive alternative into using genes from different species of fish to grow the sal mont fda says there's no health risk for consumers, but dietician keri glassman urges cautioned. >> i don't recommend eating genetically modified foods. we don't have long-term studies about what that may do to our food supply and health. >> reporter: they say the fish could harm the environment if wild. right now when sold the fda would not require the salmon to be abled genetically engineered, but they have issued guidelines do so. >> there's still unanswered questions about human health impacts.

should be able to pick and choose what they are buying and feeding their families. >> reporter: many americans already eat genetically modified food, but this is a first for an mass. the takeaway, say experts, ask questions. find out if your salmon is wild, farmed or down the road it's genetically altered. stores like whole foods and trader joe's have already declared they won't carry genetically modified fish. this morning it's still unclear when the aquaadvantage salmon will reach market or if consumers will be eager to buy. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> we all the same reaction watching that. at very least you should label it so people know what they are eating and make their own decision. >> educate us on how many calories are in starbucks, why not have it on anything else. >> just imagine being in a restaurant and asks how is the frakenfish tonight in the. >> not very appealing. >> no, it isn't. coming up next, "pop start" and big "american idol" news r.simon, randy and paula

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their phones and have all their information information. >> do you tell them? >> they know now. >> out you mention the key with a diary. could i look my diary when i was little but i was only riding. i wasn't accessing. >> a diary is not dangerous. i have a friend -- she says to her kids when i drop you off on the worst corner in a big city at 2:00 a.m. and leave you alone and i'm not going to sent you out on to the internet without watching what you're doing. >> good point. >> i'm going to borrow that line in ten years. >> and the diaries, stranger can't get into your diary, but this is a dangerous weapon and we know that every day. we report on it so why not to your point protect your child. >> we want to know what the viewers said d.a survey the. 80% of the parents said it is okay to secretly install control apps without your kids' knowledge. kids were not surveyed for that. >> 100 kids disagree. >> all right. how about this one. air travel, of course, can be a real headache but it's about to get a lot easier in los angeles, as long as you're a world famous

l.a.x., the city's international airport got approve to open a special celebrity terminals, movie stars, famous athletes and if you've got a bunch of money laying around get to arrive in style away from the public and pratzy. the government, at least 1,500 per trip. l.a.x. says the new terminal will benefit everyone because it keeps the rest of us, the regular people away from that media circus that comes with a kardashian going through the airport. >> this is how you determine who calls the paparazzi because now the people choose not to take the private terminal they know. >> now that they know, there's one place that celebrities are. isn't that a tmz magnet. >> actually stream lines the process. >> exactly. >> i think we're all going to like this next story. feast your eyes, the world's second largest diamond was just discovered in botswana. >> oh, goodness.

>> a stone with 1,100 carats. this is actually the largest diamond found in more than 100 years, and if you had into this sort of thing, it's been a pretty big month for diamond collectors. just last week the so-called blue diamond was bought by a billionaire in hong kong spending $48 million. that set an auction record and he gave that and another pink diamond to, wait for it, his 7-year-old daughter. >> and she can wear it and play it had we are dolls. >> a do you do for sweet 16? >> what do do if you're the person who proposes one day? >> can't go to zale's after that one, that's a problem. so few sure things in life but one thing for certain, you put together a bunch of cute furry animals and video it's going viral so no surprise that the next commercial was just declared the most shared ad of all time robinhood and little john running through the forest

trees and trying to get away contemplating nothing but escaping and finally making it out oh, golly, what a day >> that's an ad for google android, it came out earlier this year, been shared across social media. more than 6.4 million times. >> i think we said ah 15 times watching it. >> okay, that one's cute. >> got me with the little puppy. >> the chicago with the duck or cat. >> that's cute. >> we're like what animal is that? >> i could watch that all day. >> cute. >> now to new "american idol" confessions. >> "american idol" in january, the show will launch its 15th and final season and so say good-bye it will bring back all of its judges, past and present throughout the entire season. that means the original trio of simon, paula and randy as well

season ten, steven tyler and nicki and mariah. at this point it's a matter of figuring out had a to do with everybody. next, gwen stefani dishing to ellen about her romance with blake shelton. she says she's having a lot of fun on "the voice" and ellen had a photo to prove it. >> i did not know this about him because i didn't even know who he was before i was on the show. >> before what? >> before i was on "the voice" i never heard of him before. he literally is a musical jukebox and knows everything about music, crazy. >> and he's a good kisser or no? >> wow. >> you're so awesome. . >> didn't fall for that. not answering that one. that episode airs today. ellen's show is famous for two things, her dancing and scaring celebrities and to celebrate her

2,000th episode ellen put together a montage of all the teams she startled the stars. central. you have to be nervous and scared, i mean, right? >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> scary movies. >> >> oh, that's it. i'm not coming on your show again. >> oh, my god. what the [ bleep ]. >> we curse and we stay in place. i like everybody's reaction. ellen estimates that she's scared len sis more than 120 times. >> she takes after me with the frog, remember that? absolutely terrifying. i'm still recovering from it. >> she finds that weakness.

>> oh, my gosh. >> i'm terrified of frogs. google is insane. >> sheinelle, thank you very much. dylan, you've got the weather. >> yes, and we're taking a look at weekend forecast which for the eastern part of the country looks all right, but we are going to see the chance of some snowy weather, especially back through the midwest and right up through here tonight into saturday morning, including chicago. might start as rain and chicago should end up with 1 to 5 inches of snow and higher amounts as we head through the western suburbs. on sunday as the colder air settles in, 20s and 30s, you're going to have some lake-effect snow develop, especially across northeastern, ohio and ashtabula and lake erie and the rest of the country on sunday actually looks okay. the southeast, a few scattered shows and temperatures only in the 40s and 50s so below average temperatures will start to work into the area so it is going to be a little bit tricky,

>> jeremy: good morning. done with the rain in boston. winding down south shore over next hour. now we focus on getting the sunshine in here. a nice, mild day. temperatures this morning in the upper 50s this morning. and then this afternoon, they'll hang out in the middle 50s. much cooler later on this evening. tomorrow mix of clouds and sunshine. cool, upper 40s. sunday, morning sprinkles. otherwise a lot of clouds. developing wind on sunday afternoon. looking into next week. a lot of travel. no storminess next week. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. now to our special series of spreading kindness make your today head, aees party crash. >> he she is been busy all week starting on a cruise ship by giving one fan nearly a heart attack for her birthday. >> and hoda surprised a bride at the altar and officiated the ceremony. hoda, what could be next? >> today i deliver a baby. no, i surprised this morning a

fan right here in our own backyard, the sweetest sweetest lady from ohio in new york celebrating her 60th birthday, and i got to go along for the ride. you may be wondering why i'm sitting shotgun in a super stretch limo. pathetically attempting to disguise my voice. >> well, it's all part of a master plan to give one special fan the ride of her life. >> are you kidding me? >> vicki is the nicest person you would ever meet. she is always doing things for other people. >> a loving wife and devoted mother of two. >> that's it. >> vicki koogler is also a home economics teacher who spent the last 36 years inspiring her kids to dream a little bigger. >> and she alone was the first person that ever pushed me into the right direction.

>> and here is that tough kid today. >> this is fan. >> a chef in ohio who says he owes it all to vicki. >> getting ready. >> vicki's family asked us to help her celebrate her 60th birthday. she thinks she's meeting them in new york for a weekend away. >> vicki is the biggest fan of the "today" show. you would think she was one of the co-hosts because she talks along with hoda and kathie lee. >> i've never seen her with a crown. >> hi, my name is abbey. what's your name. >> hi, vic irk, i'm abbey. >> though i just sound like a weird southern hoda there is hope. vicki won't be able to see me from your seat in the limo, but we'll see her since our covert ops crew has rigged cameras all over her surprise limo. >> how are you? >> here's milton, our real driver. i'll be playing the role of his assistant. >> hey, vic irk, my name is hoda, how are you? >> you said hoda.

>> i said hoda. >> i said hoda. >> minor details. with our chase team in place we are on the move to pick up the kooglers at their hotel. >> you're going to introduce me as your trainee, right? >> all vicki mows is hubby mark has a few things plans. >> going to freak a little. >> the whole thing. >> she's going to freak. >> mark's wired for sound and will act as our accomplice on the inside. >> vicki is like in the bottom of a coal mine without a light about this whole weekend. >> oh, my god, are you kidding? >> hello. >> hi. >> i'm milton, i'll be your chauffeur for today and i've got an assistant with me, abbey, hope you don't mind. >> hi, y'all, hi. >> is your assistant always with you? >> first day on the job. >> i'm just learning. >> that's nice that you're helping her. >> is it somebody's birthday? >> yeah, yeah. >> well, it's gonna be mine tomorrow.

>> well, happy birthday. >> thanks. >> i could get used to this. >> we'll drive you around all day long. >> i've managed to keep my identity under wraps for long enough. >> when you talk about a bucket list for vicki, vicki's jaw is going to drop. >> are you kidding me? hoda. oh, my gosh. what are you doing? >> i was your limo driver. >> no! >> i was abbey in the front seat. >> you're kidding me. >> happy birthday! >> little does vicki know we stopped at saks fifth avenue. let's go shopping where vicki, a shoe junky is heading to a shoe floor so big it has its own zip code and is going home with any pair she wants. my gosh. >> she's in heaven. >> when you die this is where

>> hello. >> >>. >> the original one with the fringe, that's a cool one. pair. >> can i borrow them. >> do they come in a 10. >> pack them up. >> after you, birthday girl. >> and next stop, another item on vicki's bucket list, afternoon tea at -- >> the plaza hotel, come on, girl. ladies and gentlemen, your lunch is served. and now the biggest surprise yet, a student she hasn't seen in more than 20 years. we flew him in from ohio. >> hi. so, anyone, the chef wanted to come and say hello. >> hi. are you kidding me? >> absolutely. >> will. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> will was one of my former students, hoda. oh, my gosh. >> she took an unruly rotten kid

and turned him into a chef, and i love you for that. >> oh, wow. >> for our last surprise we tell vicki no trip to new york is complete without a view of the city or better yet -- this -- weekend. >> the royal plaza suite. at over 4,000 square feet it's one of the most exquisite hotel rooms in the world. >> she makes other people better around her and there's no person that could possibly deserve this more than vicki. >> yeah. >> to 60 more, baby. >> yeah. >> enjoy. >> anyway, a fun week with all these people. >> so great. >> gosh what, a fun job the i wish i could do that forever. >> everyone who sees you immediately hugs you. like you are their best friend. hoda. >> it was really a lot of fun, a fun week. >> thought they were surprised

love the outfit. >> the i have a large melon. calendar. i think we've got an idea there. >> and that accent was cute. >> great job. >> awesome. >> great job this week. >> so good. coming up, how to make simple inexpensive meet the new, 3rd generation nest learning thermostat. it's proven to save energy. and you could get a $100 rebate from your energy company.

>> nancy: we're here on 8:27 on your friday with breaking news developing out of the town of hamilton north of the city. that's where state police say they're assisting in a search for a missing two-year-old child who was last seen at around 3:00 a.m. according to the "globe," state police are using helicopters and dogs to try to find the girl. we have crews headed to the scene. we'll continue to give you updates throughout the morning as we get more information. also here today, an apartment building in brightton going up in flames overnight. this happened on champney street in brighton's oak square neighborhood. you see flames shooting out of the window. 11 people were forced out but luckily no one was hurt. and man assaulted in boston's

south end now fighting for his life. the attack happened in the area of washington and east lennox streets after midnight. boston ems says he was taken to boston medical center. so far police haven't said if they've made any arrests in that case. it's been a rainy morning, but it looks like things will clear out a bit later. here's jeremy reiner. >> rain over for the city of boston. now that rain is working down the south shore. it will clear the south shore and cape over the next hour or so. we'll focus on getting the sunshine back here momentarily. already sunny size metro west. temperatures upper 50s, nice, mild day. temps this afternoon in the mid-50s. >> nancy: jeremy, thanks so much. more extended weather and your headlines coming your way in

8:30 now on this friday morning. it's the 0th of november, 2015. a little bit of a chill in the air, but still pretty out here. nice fall day here in new york city, and we are getting ready for the holiday. you've got thanksgiving next week. you've got the rockefeller center christmas tree. getting it all gussied up. the big tree lighting on december 2nd. hope you tune in for that. >> such a nice time around here, thanksgiving, parade, right into the holiday. it's great. speaking of the holidays about to turn a seasonal treat pumpkin into some delicious treats and definitely will want to try out

these recipes for thanksgiving. >> think, plus you can spot a scam e-mail? >> i feel like i could. >> don't be too sure about that. we'll put a test out there to see if you can coming up and teach you how to protect your private information pause we'll all be doing a lot of online shopping. that's where i do most of mine. >> speaking from experience, tamron. let's head inside to sheinelle. >> with the hustle and bustle of the holiday season it's important to support your local community and small businesses. here's what andy cohen has to say. businesses. i think they are the fabric of what makes new york city and our country great. i love the village den which is

village, and it just is really homey, and the same waiters have been working there for years and years and years. i absolutely love it. >> so we want you to join in online and share a positive review for a small business you love using the #shopsmall. >> thanks, sheinelle. a great crowd out here on the plaza. i'm loving all the great jackets. where are you girls from in. >> missouri. >> you having fun in new york. >> yeah. >> the weather is perfect and a the weekend. everyone wants to know what's going on for thanksgiving. an early look at your forecast, not so great across the rockies and northern plains. looks like we'll see some snow start to work in with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. we've got some rain through the upper midwest down into texas. we could see some strong storms on thanksgiving day through kansas into hockey hockey and into north central texas. also look at that snow working its way into nebraska and even

friday, big travel day, too. we're looking for kind of a maas mess right through the middle of the country. temperatures should warm into the upper 50s to lower 6s and does look okay for themationy's than >> jeremy: good morning. done with the rain in boston. next hour. sunshine in here. a nice, mild day. temperatures this morning in the upper 50s this morning. and then this afternoon, they'll hang out in the middle 50s. much cooler later on this evening. tomorrow mix of clouds and sunshine. cool, upper 40s. sunday, morning sprinkles. otherwise a lot of clouds. developing wind on sunday afternoon. looking into next week. a lot of travel. no storminess next week. >> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> all right, dylan, thank you so much. our no-shave today is in full effect and being worn on all the

faces of the men around here and we're raising issues. program. >> there's only one of us, missing carson and matt and al. the cleveland clinic is renowned for care of our bodies and now it's getting attention for our ground breaking treatment of our mind with a program that basically is boot camp for the brain. here at famed cleveland clinic, doctors want you to think of your brain like you do your body, as something that needs to be exercised, toned and maintained. remember the game memory? in a minute they will put me to the test and then show me how to improve. that's what they do at clinic's brain health and wellness program where small groups gather every other week working out their minds with mental games and test. after a series of health problems 67-year-old bill and his wife worried he had lost a step so they signed up with an eye to their future. >> at some point we're going to stop work and we should have some things in our back pocket

preventive measures to curb any game loss. >> the program includes specially designed board games and, yes, druc circles. doctors said focus of the rhythm of the drum helps the brain. participants also learn that the right foods can make the food stronger. nutritionist kristen kirkpatrick says that list includes nuts, yogurt and you'll be glad to know wine and chocolate, in moderation. she also wants us to keep an eye out for colorful fruits and vegetables. >> color serves everything because in the plant world color represents high anti-oxidants and things that we though will decrease inflammation. >> the entire program is the brainchild of dr. rex an sukol. >> i'm riveted and fascinated to preventive medicine. >> it was my turn to try. the program's occupational therapist asked me to remember ten things as he read them

cotton ball, pickle, computer, tree, solar panel, handkerchief, horse, laundry soap, car and song. >> how did i do. >> cotton ball, pickle, song, laundry soap, solar panel, that's all i've got at the moment. >> michael taught me a technique called the memory palace, an association strategy where the patient attaches each object on a list to a familiar place in their lives. my memory palace was my new york apartment. i mentally walked through my home and placed each item into a room. in the span of just a couple of minutes i had the list memorized forward and back wards. >> in your closet you have -- >> sglong in the washer drier you have a -- >> car. >> in your daughter's bedroom. >> laundry soap. >> son's bedroom there's a horse. >> in your dining room handkerchief. >> ex-length. >> and kitchen.

>> solar sglanl in your master bedroom. >> tree. >> living room, computer. >> in your hall, pickle. >> and in your door. >> cotton ball. >> congratulations. >> you did it. >> no, did you it. >> welcome to my memory palace. >> amazing. the doctor who you saw in the piece there said there are simple things you can do at home to help challenge your mind and she suggests standing on one foot when you brush your teeth. that improves balance and concentration and says if you eyes good. for the time you're brushing your teeth. >> i thought you were going to say no feet. >> i thought she was going to say floss. >> it's a remarkable place, not for people already experiencing comment yeah, for young people who want to keep their minds sharp or feel like in their family they have alzheimer's or something else and head it off. >> almost like exercising your brain a little bit. >> a workout for your braintree same way you would work out your body. don't forget, we want to see

share them with the the #noshavetoday and go to the rsvp for the big shavoff live on the plaza. >> your beard is looking good. >> don't patronize me. >> they have eyebrow pencils that they can fill it in. >> you suggesting i need that. >> like a little bank robber. >> dylan, save more about that. >> coming up next, no phishing. how to avoid falling for the bait of scammers online. but, first, this is "today" on

we are back at 8:40, if you're being scammed online do you think you'd know it, more than 150 million so-called fbiing e-mails are sent each day trying to trick you into revealing personal information.

how do you protect yourself? jean chatzky is here with more. i guess the phishers will do it. >> 882,000 will work with their identifying information, personal detail as well as money. these are companies that you mention with everything that makes people susceptible. >> you get an e-mail and you think it looks legit. you puts one on the screen. let look at this one right here. looks like it's coming from amazon. what do you think? >> i mean, it looks like this is amazon's logo, confirm your -- i would probably look to see what does the actual e-mail say. >> that's exactly what you want to do. you want to make sure that you know the logos this. logo is a little bit off. also, follow the e-mail. that's going to amazon.net. >> i could see falling for amazon.net so be really careful that you make sure that you are looking at e-mails and that you

you're online be very careful not to share too many identifying information, too many details on your social networks because the phishers are incorporating your details into their pitches and makes us more susceptible because we sound more real. >> feels more real. >> give us another example here. tell us if it's a real or a fake. >> this one is coming up. this one is from paypa supposedly. what do you think? >> this looks big-time fake. >> it is big-time fake. >> and it is big-time fake because of all the typos and spelling and grammatically. unable misspelled. >> seems generic,@service.com. >> to look at text of the message, it's imperative to update your information or your account will be disabled. a thinly veiled threat. any time they are pushing you to take action walk away and if you

need to get in touch with paypal you go to their website and get in touch with them that way? just so people understand as we move to our next one, if you click on these links sometimes that's it, you've got this malware installed and they can watch everything you're doing. >> right. >> and you'll see an example of that here, so this one is coming from home depot. they ask you to open this link to see full information about your order. >> i would say no. but i have to say if i had order something from home depot i might fall for it. >> and they might know that you ordered something from home depot. the problem is you open a link, it could put malware or a virus on your computer and they can be watching and gather access to your computer that way. be very, very careful and they are offering you something really good. hey, you won a contempt hey, we've got a free gift for you. any time it sounds like something you probably don't deserve, don't be greedy. >> okay. just don't click on those links

>> absolutely. >> the and have a phishing quiz. >> more on e-mail scams and the affirmative action quiz. go to today.com and check it out. coming up next, one mom's tough love for a teen on the wrong path, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. if you told us that simply was the most perfect orange juice in the world, gosh, we wouldn't know what to say... except the customer

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go from milk to amazing >> we love 8:46 with our ongoing series with the nfl "together we make football." >> they say it takes a tough man to play offensive line in the nfl, but in the case of san diego chargers guard orlando franklin the secret to his succession has been a tough mom. this story starts in toronto with a boy named orlando, his mom and a promise. >> june 10, 2003. dear mom. i love football, and i want to play all the time so i, orlando

franklin, promise to change. >> i remember sticking a key in this socket right here and it shocked me. i remember turning this on. got in a lot of trouble for that. i was a product of my environment. i probably had ten childhood friend and out of the ten probably seven of them had been arrested. >> at 15 orlando was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. his mother took a brave but risky stance. >> i got arrested on a friday, got bail on a monday and this wonderful lady right here is not coming to get me. >> yes. that's called tough love. i believe in tough love, because he knows that i'm here and i can go steal car and my mom would come get me monday, no problem. well, he's going to go steal a car every day. >> about five weeks goes by and she shows up. she finally sits me down and she's just like what do you want to do with your life? that's when we wrote the letter. >> i promise to stop getting in trouble and do better in school,

and i will do everything i can to go to college and play football. your son, orlando. >> his mother moved the family to florida to help fulfill his dream. orlando turned his life around, got a college scholarship and is now an offensive lineman for the san diego chargers. that letter changed everything. >> orlando really shows that you don't have to give up. it gives kids up here hope. >> i think about it each and every week, like what she sacrificed and how different my life could have went. >> there's a lot of y'all. 83 good. >> he launched the orlando franklin foundation for underprivileged and at-risk children. >> good. >> what's going on? >> and every year he returns to toronto as a mentor for his former youth league. >> i've been in trouble. i've been through everything. i'm here to assure you guys no matter what the person is telling you, you can be successful, you can make it. i've got to introduce you to the

reason why i'm in the nfl, this is my mom right here, sylvia. >> hi, guys. >> let me get a real thunder roll out for you, one, two, three. >> roll, thunder, roll. >> sylvia still has that letter for orlando. when orlando played in the super bowl a few years ago she brought it along as a reminder of just how far her son was come. >> love that. >> isn't thee great. >> now you understand why the mom. >> exactly. two first place teams playing on sunday night, the arizona cardinals and cincinnati bengals battling on "sunday negotiate football" right here hon nbc. >> meals and deals. how to turn inexpensive canned pumpkin into the ultimate thanksgiving treat. tell you about it, about, first,

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1z back at 8:51 with "today food" with our countdown to thanksgiving. less than a week to go, folks. if you're head together store to stock up, lots you can do with simple and cheap pumpkin. you're a proponent of canned pumpkin. you're going to show us how to do it. >> totally a proponent. everyone says i make my own.

make at home, i'm promising you, and it's so's. all you need is a can opener. >> like that. >> these are our ingredients. >> another interesting ingredient, aside from the pumpkin is we have mashed potato flakes. >> why? she's crazy. >> it makes it soft and tender and moist. everybody's favorite word, and interalso use instant yeast which allows you to put the yeast straight into -- usually you have to make it nice and wet and get it bubblingy. you can add this straight into the dry ingredient, whisk, whisk, whisk, that's all you have to do before you add it to the wet. >> dry ingredients first. >> i whipped that together and the instant yeast can go straight into the dry, eggs and milk and maple syrup for sweetness, right, and this is a pumpkin dough that is so lovely that you can use it all year round. not one of those things that is so holiday-oriented that you think -- >> it's not super pumpkiny, not overpowering. >> not overpowering. >> all right.

here i like to whisk this a little bit before you add the dry. here's a trick. if you works carefully pour that on the parchment, into the middle. >> i will shu you a trick. >> don't feel uncomfortable. >> sorry. >> it's unorthodox. >> it is. >> so what you do is lift this and make a little spout. >> and that's much better, easier to handle. >> because i usually get half the hour on my body so this is a lovely way of doing it. >> unless you need powder and go for it. >> that's illegal what i just did. let it go for a little bit to produce gluten and then you add butter. if you add the butter too fast it will coat the flour. flour tends to bloat. >> i do, too. have that in common with butter.

first and add the butter so it doesn't bloat the flour. otherwise fat coats everything. >> room temperature. >> nice an in -- nice and incorporated. >> then cover it and let it the double its size. >> i would say our gang is downstairs getting a sneak preview. >> yeah. >> amazing. >> you're interrupting us. >> this is heavenly. >> still haven't seen the whole knife and fork thing. >> doesn't matter as long as we're eating it. >> getting a lot of good reviews here. >> delicious. >> what are you doing with this dough? >> i use my fingers because you can feel how lovely the dough is. i love to fondle my dough. >> learning a lot about you. >> well, you know. and i roll it into a rough rectangle about 14 x 18. sometimes i do have a ruler there because i'm anal

then you'll take the butter and you're going to smear all that butter? smear it, go for it. >> hold it. >> this seems is up fun. >> it's a happy thing. >> really is. >> i like to put this much butter on my toast in the morning. >> and it's really the best glue ever. >> okay. >> so then we have some brown sugar and cinnamon and a little bit of salt over here that we mix up, and that will be the topping, and you can put fruit, raisins. why be so healthy when you can add sugar and cinnamon? >> exactly. >> i'm with you on that, my friend. >> okay. >> and is that smeared enough. >> that's a lovely smear. >> and you would sprinkle all this lovely stuff on here and we would spread it out and then roll it up. >> this is what i want to see you. >> i start the at the very edge first, call it my practice fold

and tighter. roll it up. use the palm of our hands. >> show us the finished product because we only have a few seconds left. >> did you bake this? >> this is done and baked and what i like to do is have my icing in a ziploc bag so i can do lovely swirls. this dough is so great, can make doughnuts out of it and dinner rolls, whoopee pies, not just for pumpkin pie. >> all from a can. >> all from a can. >> find all of our alternate

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