>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. hope you had a lovely, lovely weekend. that is kelly clarkson. >> love her. we have a great show for you today. we have some of the big moments at the american musac awards last night. it was the reason blake tweeted gwen stefani.

young woman who turned her inspiring idea into a small business that's helping lift spirits of women along the way. susie welch has her story. i like having her with us. she's a class act, so smart. >> you hear about fathers and daughters, today we have a mother and son singing duo. madison ward and the mama bear. >> i can't wait to hear that. >> very first album, number one on amount tiff new lternative new artist chart. >> how was your weekend? >> my kids are at home, so it was filled with that. every year, past six years or so my friend pat wexler, a dermatologist. she's a great woman. she always has a table there.

bernadette there. there's meredith -- meryl streep and her daughter mamie. it was so much fun, first of all, to be sitting at a table with them. our good friend bernadette peters. all of a sudden i brought my stuff with me. i brought rose, white, red blend. stuff. i won't say the name. we're in the middle of lunch. meryl streep, probably the world's greatest actress goes like this to me. pointing. i go, what? the rose? i said, what, the red? i said, listen you speak languages just talk to me in one of them and i'll get you what you want. chocolate. nobody thinks that's funny? she wanted the chocolate.

but then again maybe i'm losing it. >> the world's greatest actress. chocolate. >> she already had the other stuff. it was lovely, lovely -- that is an amazing organization. the event raised $1.2 million. it provides like 187,000 nutritious meals for home bound elderly new yorkers. they used to get a meal -- the government. they got nothing on weekends. nothing on holidays. nothing. so gayle green, who was the food editor for "new york times" years ago started it with another great chef. i can't remember his name. forgive me, i'm trying to remember. >> it's been a busy weekend. >> it's national now. find a way to feed a home bound person. >> i want to wish happy birthday to my brother who turned 50 50rks years old. the guy is a crazy steelers fan. adam turned 50. there was a big surprise party at his house.

my mom is there, you can see the back of his head. everyone was thrilled. my brother is a huge steelers fan. that's his jersey. on the back it says old man but he says oldman. as a surprise i had franco harris, who is such a huge, huge football player for the steelers. >> a good guy. >> i set up a secret call. i said adam, you have a caller on the line. he said, hello. franco harris the pittsburgh steelers started singing happy birthday to you you knew it was his voice. he talked about his love of the steelers. then i conferenced in my brother's best friend malcolm. malcolm, who talks nonstop couldn't say one word. >> a fan, too? >> except should i call you mr. harris. that's all they do is dress in black and gold, so it was a really fun birthday. >> good. >> and then i was off to miami.

miami down there. >> she never rests. >> it was also nascar. it was the big -- jeff gordon's very last race. i hadn't been to a big nascar thing like that. >> very noisy. >> it's crazy. >> you can't even hear. if you're not prepared for it, it's shocking. >> it was also pouring rain, which i didn't know. but you know what they do at nascar when it rains. >> put ponchos on. >> and they dance. >> and they drink. >> they crank up music. they crank up music and they dance. i've got to tell you, it was so -- it ended up being such fun. you know me, i hate a wet day. >> you knew you were going to get on a plane and go home. >> then i got to do the -- what do they say, drivers -- >> used to be gentlemen, now danica. >> get to watch on tv.

>> drivers, start your engines. >> okay. so that was it. that was it. there was one other -- you got to ride around the track. i had no idea the track is like sideways when you're riding up. anyway, jeff came in sixth, but it was kind of nice for him to have his last race. i want to give a shout out to this other guy. tim mcgraw happened to be at this thing. we took a picture. look behind the picture. that's master sergeant greg barker. i promised him we would say his name on tv. anyway, kyle busch did win his first sprint cup series so congrats to him. >> one of those kind of days. her beautiful daughters and friends of hers visiting. >> hi, kiddos. i wonder if they were staying up late watching amas. >> they started at 8:00 which i appreciated.

it. >> jennifer lopez started the show. keep in mind she's 46. oh, my gosh. okay. first of all, that's an awesome song. i love that she went to all the medley of supersonics. >> she did? it's like a big extravaganza to me. we've got more of the ama coming up on our buzz. what else is going on? >> adele was on "snl." >> she disappears for four years and now we can't get enough adele. >> love her. she was on to promote her new album "25." so she did this -- she had the song "hello" everybody loves. is this the "snl" sketch? okay. there's an "snl" sketch where a family is having these kind of family arguments people have over thanksgiving dinner. >> certain things you should never discuss because it rarely goes well. >> politics. >> religion. >> this is how they cleared it up. take a look.

ben carson. >> you are such a -- on the outside at least i can see sunshine i'm sorry for breaking your heart but clearly sets you apart >> just watch the beginning. it's really funny. when everything gets tense and everyone starts singing "hello". >> but no one is talking about matthew. everyone is talking about adele. >> i know. anyway, it was good. >> so there's a special of hers on nbc. that's a concert from radio city. kate middleton every time she shows up. >> looks better. >> such a beautiful girl. >> anyway, she was spotted wearing a different kind of

look at her. >> oh, my gosh. don't you want to be her? look at that. >> i want to be her age. >> she's glamorously rock climbing. she always looks like she's having fun, doesn't she? >> they seem to have such an authentic, genuine relationship. >> are those leggings? >> yes, leggings and a red jacket. >> kelly clarkson released a new video of her song "piece by piece." we were just playing. features moms and daughters. she also has her own adorable river rose. >> she makes a special cameo. never break her heart restore my faith make them be kind father should be great so not much a man is kind and a father

>> oh. >> oh, my god. just keep showing it. >> she's beautiful. child. >> a boy. >> great, great, great. >> we want to talk about our favorite things. you know our beautiful jill martin around here. every time jill tells me -- our beautiful jill martin showed me this product a while ago. she said, kathy, this is one of tried. >> what is it? >> it's called pure argon milk by jose maran. >> i like jose. >> it's just. >> what do you do with it. >> didn't she give you some, too. >> no, i don't think so. >> it looks like milk and you put it on your bare skin. >> you put it on before your makeup? >> and at night. it's not greasy at all. it's really -- it makes a difference. it's velvety. >> what's yours?

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sophia vergara and joe mang nello, nell nell -- mangiello and they got married on the breakers.l' and so many guest s s, but what is interesting is is that sophia instagramed the entire wedding weekend. 44 instagram s s. >> and it was sort of like the friend from work who you would look at a couple of pictures, but then they showed you too many pictures. >> and it was an indoor wedding, right? >> yes. and the night before they had a great rehearsal party where joe serenaded her with of mine" from guns and roses. there it is.

video that one of the guests put up, and i don't know if he is singing well, and i don't care, because it is a a great gesture. >> and the ama's 1 direction did very well. >> yes, they have won best musical group and it is the first time they have won it twice twice, and the fit rst time it has happened. happened. >> and nicki minaj, and some think she was giving the stink eye to j.lo while she was performing. performing. >> and jennifer ao co anna kon aconda, and the question is if she was h tnhu eu and she said that she was watching herself in the monitor and then looking over at the

nothing to b tak e taken out of it. >> and now when i look at it, it is not the stink eye. >> and if nicki minaj has a problem with you, she is going to be telling you, a and it is not going to be a cranky resting face. >> and all of the performances were amazing. >> yes, and the whole battle of the booty, and it is not going to happen. >> and gwen stefani had on an interesting outfit. it is called pants less. there there was a lot of skin top red carpet. >> and you wonder about that, because it is so many cutouts that it is not interesting, and it used to be when somebody did something risque, but now nobody has anything on. >> right. >> back the classy. >> and gwen stefani sang her song, "i used to love you. i "

>> and he tweet ed ed out his u support for her because he could not be there. and it is awkward when the person you are dating is singing about your ex. >> and celine dion. >> she sang a beautiful song. >> yeah, beautiful images of paris there. >> and jay leto introduced her because his band had played at the bataclan there, and so he talk t d talked about that. >> a lot of the k bands play there, yes. >> and so, thank you, jay. >> picking up the ringing phone? it could be us, but maybe not.

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have to dvr our show, she is like me and loves over to the top nail polish and franklin graham. >> and they love us so much that they gave each other our book. that is crazy. >> and now, you have to answer this question correctly to win. are you ready? >> yes. >> after we "give it away" at the end of the show on tuesdays what does kathie lee like the to do to hoda? braid her hair, give her a massage or play spanky tuesday. >> oh, look! they are doing it, too. >> you do it, too. >> why am i killing myself. you do to a fabulous regular vacation, and you and a guest and it ha has to be melanie, and

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the base of the eyeliner and the mascara as well in our blender. but you have to start from scratch. >> reporter: and that she did from starting in the kitchen and wiping out the savings for capital. >> i don't come from a lot of money, and i used my savings and that is why i have a full-time job. >> how much was it? >> $50,000. >> and then she had her first sale, and thrive was more than investment. it is a way of giving back. >> i was inspired to give back ity, and from the very beginning i knew that from every product purchased one would be given to a woman going through cancer. >> reporter: the inspiration came when her friend chrissy la mond was diagnosed with sarcoma, and sadly she died a year after she was ill.

she thrived through the whole experience and that is part of why our name is thrive, because every person deserves to the thrive and wants to thrive. >> reporter: at age 19, gaylon was diagnosed with the same aggressive form of cancer a that took christy ie's life. like most people battling the disease, chemotherapy took a toll on how she viewed herself. >> i didn't expect that losing my hair would have such a impact. i knew it would happen, but i never knew it would have such an impact on how i felt. so to get the lashes was a gift. >> reporter: it is lashes that are with a adhesive whether or not you have natural lashes. and now, with her kans

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you don't have to buy thing s to s to necessarily get it so use a couple ntt din height. >> but you don't want to block your view of the people across the table, a . >> right. and you can dismantle, and then you will have a variance. cake stands are great, and you can use them for stacking, and these are the simple ramkins are from crate and barrel and you cabinet already. so you have a ramkin and a teacup, and put it on top, and use a glue dot to prevent an accent, and then of course greenery which makes everything fabulous. flowers. >> no, you don't need another so this idea is that you have to get the fresh herbs for the

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>> and stemware? >> that is crate and barrel and so affordable and easy to get. really pretty. >> how do we fold these? >> and this s is the clutch napkin, and the final product. okay. so n each take one. >> good try, hoda. >> all right. oh, lord. >> and cut it in half like this, the long way, and then the en tre lope top, and one corner down, great, and the other corner down, and catch up, hoda. xl actually bored. >> and then fold it up and over. okay. maybe it is -- simple. >> and the kids' table. >> make it feel special for the kids, and the goblets that are

can have a gel marker to set their thwn, then of course, the cute letters is that if they are older, theau tr name together. >> very cute. >> thank you. >> happy thanksgiving. >> you, too. >> and from dinner to family to family music. >> and a performance by mother and unwrap the tempting layers

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it is not often that you find a mom who shares her son's taste in music. but ruth and madison ward are no ordinary mother and son. >> they blend folk and soul and they are known in the music world as madison ward and the mama bear. >> now they have their new album "skeleton crew" which debuts number one on the alternative artist chart. was it a thrill? >> yes. >> and a surprise?

>> and the touring together must be fun. and the tour bus coming a along? we have a good time. >> a what are you going the play for us? i " >> all right. take it away. here they are. i have a songplay wherever i am until the people are gone i just need a place to go so i don't sleep on the log but last night i slept in a big yellow taxi

i was many in the back seat of gold that is the story i told even though my hands were cold i froze even though my jacket was on slip a couple of nickels my way my way and let my lips pay and now you are fixing the pan and everything is cheap and now i'm sleep manage -- sleep manage the taxi last night i slept in a big yellow taxi my imagination told me that i was sleeping in gold

and even though my hands were closed i was cold even e though my jacket on was ooh ooh ah even though my hand s s were closed i froze even though my jacket was closed maybe i call it a night yes, i know i gave it but my money can't go because it is the city lights survive last night i slept in a big

my imagination told me i was in the back seat of gold that is the story i told closed i froze even though my jacket was closed last night i slept in a big yellow taxi my image nation told me i was sleeping in gold and even though my hands were closed i froze even though my jacket was closed >> yes! yes! >> yes! madison ward and the mama bear.

>> thank wrote you so much. >> happy anniversary and your husband, 31. >> and tomorrow go to food.com and ruth is going to share one of her thanksgiving recipes. >> i fwhaet is good. >> and now, to the make someone's holiday brighter when

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it is known as the merriest time of the year, but there are many families and children who could use a lot of help to make their holidays bright. >> so we are kicking off the 22nd annual toy drive with one of the generous doe it possible, american girl. >> everybody loves it. and this is wade oplen, vice president of retail. >> hi, wade. >> so pleased to be here. >> and who do you? >> our girl of the year, and

and sharing and being together, and here we are to talk about the toy drive with you and we are donating over $500,000 to you in dolls and books. >> there is something that everybody can relate to. we have a bunch of beautiful kids in front of us, and why is it important to give back? >> we want to have girls of strong character and creating the community. >> that is why i loved it when uearp >h is why it is so important important that we give up. >> thank you, ladies, and hap thanksgiving. that is awesome. >> if you'd like to donate stop by the plaza next week, and you can also go the klgandhoda.com. look, ruth and phil are here.

>> and elvis duran is >> alleged kidnapper of a two-year-old in hamilton facing a judge. her family sending a message to the community. we are live. >> an animal shelter in paxton going up in flames overnight. volunteers work to save few animals that survived. >> new witnesses in a danvers murder trial. they are called to testify. >> the game looks cold but dry.