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good morning. the hottest ticket in town. hamilton and we have one of the stars. stars. from nbc news this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. >> welcome to "today" on thursday, february 18, 2016.
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al and tamron out on assignment. ryan eggold filling in. >> al-ron. >> this is your jam. >> this is if you need a little pick me up and need to dance in your underwear in the morning this is the song. >> is that what you do to get ready? >> inside scoop on how you prepare for a morning like today. >> underwear dancing. >> i love it. >> you're a strange man. that is why we love you. >> let's talk a little powerball. remember the big pot $1.58 billion. three groups won. now we have another group in florida, a couple who won
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jackpot. maureen smith and david took the $327 million lump sum and kept the big win a secret from their family and friends. >> i lost like ten pounds. a lot of pacing at night. >> i'm afraid it will make me less because i will be worried. >> everyone was saying you are from beach do you know who won? no. >> when i arrived late for work. >> really don't know yet. i want to get a massage.
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>> every day of their life sdprmpt . >> she is a homemaker who sells avon. she says she very rarely playathize plays the lottery. >> keeping that secret all these weeks. your family, your friends they know you live in the area and asking you. i wouldn't be able to sit on that. i would be bursting at the scenes. >> i would just be screaming. >> no sleep. he lost ten pounds. >> that's a good diet. get all that money, lose ten pounds. >> all it takes. we know the two winners. there is one more in california that has not come forward. >> chino hills, california. >> we need new friends. the first thing i saw when
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it's vintage from san francisco? >> so this is a good topic for you. the wall street journal has an article today. the question is should a man's shoes and belt always match? as a lady we sort of -- i don't wear a lot of belts but when i do i think i tend to match them to my shoes. >> i don't think you have to. do whatever you want. do what feels good. i usually do. in my civilian life i don't really care. >> you don't wear pants. >> i never wear belts. >> are belts outdated? >> i think so. a lot of costume designers -- >> why are you looking at my
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>> pants are very slim and really fits you. >> that's the thing. >> it's not like you have the big shirt. >> you will see that a lot of red carpets and stuff you see guys with a good fitted pant and not a belt. >> i think we are moving towards nudity as a society. >> to answer the question the wall street journal people polled say 70% say you should match your shoes to belt. 30% say no. fashion experts say as long as they are in the same family tone wise as well as same sensibility. you wouldn't wear a western belt necessarily with tennis shoes. >> i'm on your plan. throw the pants away. >> wow. >> this is really spiraling out of control.
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we are going deep on the topic. for yes tweet us with #matchymatchy. >> perfectly matched like the belt to the shoes. sharp. very nice. i approve. well done. >> for no #rulebreaker. i do have matching belt and shoes. i don't think it is a requirement. live your life. you have major drama tonight. what episode are we in? >> i want to say 16. >> just made that up. >> pulled that one out of thin air. >> so tom's life apparently hanging in the balance for tonight's episode.
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>> white male, approximately 30 years old. >> what did he do? >> you know this guy? >>ot really. >> your friend's friend is in a lot of trouble. police are send degree tect ing detectives. >> i missed that. >> that's hard to do. i was in bed all day. it was terrific. >> with a bag over your face. couldn't tell what i was doing. >> can you give context to that? >> trying to be a father and wants to get married but unskilled in the ways of being a man and human being. so it falls back on his sort of past, what he does best to get money together to try thoowork it out and it doesn't really work out well for him. >> gets shot.
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place but he has a lot to learn. >> keeps escalating. >> cliff hanger? >> it's a lot. it's great. i'm excited. >> black list airs tonight 9:00/8:00 central. pick your time zone. >> 15th episode. you were really close. >> want to watch your episode? >> sometimes. some i do and some i don't. when you are so closely involved in the production it is usually like hard to stay objective. >> we are going to talk more with eva longoria. >> good to be here. we are tracking major warm weather across much of the country. records are in jeopardy of falling later on.
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you can see warm weather extends from canadian to mexican border. so many enjoying the warmup. here are records for this day. 74 in wichita. today's predicted high temperature 79 degrees. as you head into texas 80s in february. these are records in amarillo. 86 your forecast high temperature in amarillo. 87 degrees in roswell. the heat expanding throughout the rest of the week. getting into it on the east coast. these are the next three days. dallas 81 tomorrow 78 as we head into the weekend. going to take longer for atlanta. you see temperatures in the 60s today. near 70 by saturday and head into the northeast we need this after the coldest february day since 1963. last weekend, this weekend back >> chris: good t >> good thursday morning, everyone. mostly sunny skies. a cooler day and a bit of a
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temperatures in the upper 20s in the worcester hills and more in the city of boston. clouds across the cape and snow showers this evening. cold tonight for the rest of us. 9 in the suburbs. 1-20 in the city of boston. breezy on saturday, and temperatures overall in the upper 40s near 50 over the weekend. a couple of early snow showers on monday. and that is your thursday forecast. earlier this week we asked you to share some of your wildest first concert looks. i showed everybody a picture of me. this is 14 went to my first concert, spandal ballet. this is a reminder that we want viewers to send in a picture. you can win a chance to be flown
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now eva longoria is back. >> spanish soap opera, the star of the show within a show who is a bit of a disaster. >> >> oh, no. what did we do last night? >> i don't remember. i woke up on your kitchen counter, got dressed and went to the gym. >> how are you not hungover? >> i'm very young. i'm going down. catch me. >> did you catch me? >> good morning. >> one thing i love about the show beyond the fact -- i love that you seem to be willing to do anything. >> always. i love physical comedy. every time i did it in house wives which was a small amount of time the fans loved it. this is the first time i get to
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every week i would go home with like a tweaked shoulder, bruise on my knee. i was committed. >> you guys came along and did it right. >> tell me about the love letter "telenovela" i love the wind machine and stairs and camera movements. i was always a big fan. i was on the young and the restless. so we were like what a great comedy. it would be funny even if we were in a dentist office. the fact that we are trying to make it within this show is probably what is really unique and special about it. >> i remember seeing the first promos for the show. you talk about the wind machine. this show is going to be good. >> when i was murdering somebody
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was a wind machine on me. >> i don't know if you know this but i was in a telenovela myself. i went to columbia. i got a little clip because it is all about -- i want you to judge my acting talents. >> here we go. that's how it is done. >> the slap and the whole thing and hair pulling.
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that. >> i like the cut away of the horse, too. >> she taught me how to soap opera fight. >> i was amazed. you know this they work like 14 hour days. >> you work long days here in hollywood. they do an episode a day. we take like five days. >> you think you would have me on? >> yes. >> we talked about the lip sync. >> look at this.
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this. my love letter to nicki minaj. i loved it. >> wait. it gets better. >> you didn't show when i was like humping the ground. christina aguilera comes out because this is all about the guest stars coming out and when hayden was singing and there comes christina aguilera. i was like i lost but i danced my butt off. my butt had fallen off. >> you got the belt. >> i did get the belt. >> she is sticking around. we have one more life as spokesbox is great. people love me for saving them over half a grand when they switch to progressive. so i'm dabbling in new ventures. it was board-game night with the dalai lama. great guy. terrible player. go paperless don't stress, girl
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longoria. we are dividing into teams of two for friendly competition. >> the losing team against me. >> see who gets the most ping-pong balls to the other one with only a spoon in our mouths. >> i'm not sure how this will work. >> when you play a ball game but not this one. >> we do all of these sill a games minute to win it games. and no talent needed. >> you ready? >> i'm so ready. >> well -- >> you guys -- >> no hands. no hands. no cheating. >> all right.
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>> she's good. >> drop it. go, willie, go! come on. make up for that. >> you guys suck. >> this is bogus. >> don't make me laugh. >> delicate. delicate. >> i'm exhausted already. >> i got this. i got this. >> that was my bad. >> there we go.
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>> good morning everyone. heading into the weekend a great day to spend outside. tomorrow temperatures about 25 degrees above average. 72 in st. louis. the only exception northwest stormy with rain and mountain snow. saturday that warm weather expands into the northeast. 62 for new york city. look how quiet it is across the nation. no major storms on saturday. a little windy but dry. 86 in phoenix. sunday rain returns. light showers from texas through ohio valley and still warm in the northeast. temperatures >> good thursday morning, everyone. mostly sunny skies. a cooler day and a bit of a breeze throughout the day with temperatures in the upper 20s in the worcester hills and more in the city of boston. more clouds across the cape and snow showers this evening. cold tonight for the rest of us.
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18-20 in the city of boston. breezy on saturday, and temperatures overall in the upper 40s near 50 over the
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on monday. jefferson. she had a remarkable life after he died. >> she lived to be 97 years old and established the first private orphanage in new york city which is an ongoing foundation social service program. they do a lot of good. >> extraordinary woman. how do i get tickets? i'll get you a ticket. >> what is the most fun part about doing this show? >> it varys. i have been with it for almost two years now. you try to find new ways in every night. i think for me it is like those little back stage moments where you just have a little fun back stage before you have to rush on. it is a great spot.
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moments you guys just had a back stage moment at the grammy's. getting the award. what was that like for you to be a part of that? you guys did your performance live here from new york while it is being broadcast on the grammy's. >> it was nice that we were in our own theater and felt like our hometown version of the grammy's. it was great because we had a live audience there of friends and family. and they would radio in what was happening in l.a. we couldn't see what was happening. we could hear what was going on. right before they announced that we won we were like doing the set and jamming back stage. it was great. >> are you guys aware? you are working so hard, are you aware of what is happening with the show outside of the theater in terms of how excited people are, the phenomenon happening? >> yes.
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i think i don't see a lot of it because i'm in the theater for so many days a week. but just thinking about people's kids getting so into it. amgs like 5 to 10. they are totally into it. the album willie's kids are king along. >> they do the rap battle 6 and 8 years old. they have hamilton and jefferson rapping about state's rights. >> by the time they are 12 they are more well versed in history than i was by 19. >> asking questions about the guys and going online and talking about history. it's amazing. sglits rr really encouraged people to take a look back and learn the facts in history that we may have forgotten sblmpt . >> we remember these people are real people. they are not status. they are not painting, people
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and made mistakes and had success. >> it's a pilot program right now but it's teaching artist program where cast are acting as teaching artists. we are working with some of the kids in the community. so the master classes creating their own work. it's a lot of fun. >> good for you. we are so happy for you and for the success of the show. everything people say about it is true and accolades are well deserved. congratulations. >> hamilton is on broadway. known from diy network now here to show us simple upgrades to increase value of your home i was out in the dining room, you know, meeting the residents and i had a gentleman stop me and ask me if i made his dinner. he had lost his wife recently, but i didn't know that. he made a remark to me about not sure he wanted to be there anymore, but he said something to me that has stuck with me to this day. think i want to stick around a while and that really meant something to me.
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so my kids don't have to forage, got two jobs to pay a mortgage, and i've also got a brain. life's short, talk is cheap. i'll be working while you sleep. still don't think i've got a brain? you think a resume's enough? who'll step up when things get tough? don't you want that kind of brain? a degree is a degree. you're gonna want someone like me. but only if you have a brain. if you have gone through a home renovation you probably wondered how much money you are going to get back from upgrades. >> here to help you increase the
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breaking the bank is host of income properties. >> good morning. >> thanks for being here with us. >> we are going to play a game of high and low with fixtures we see if we can guess what is on the higher end and lower end. >> a few comparable products. heads. >> you don't have to spend as much money. >> return on investment. you want to find a balance. you want good quality but you don't want to pay top dollar. >> you adding value to your home. everything here is good quality. >> don't copy me. >> no cheating. >> here we go. this is a hard one. this one is tough. >> i think i'm going with that. >> i'm going backwards now. >> see how we do here.
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you have one more to go. >> you forgot. >> are you doing a home reno? >> it's not going well, obviously. >> maybe we can help you. >> you guys did pretty well. >> both correct here. you are looking at a price differential around $65 here and $100 for this light fixture. significant cost savings. 35%. >> to the eye not that much different. >> this one has a little bit of bling. this is perhaps a little more masculine. >> again, low. somebody guessed low. i doent thug you guessed at all. >> you did a good job. $90 and $130. shower heads you guys are mixed up here. >> i'm the orange.
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>> you are wrong again. here we go. 25 bucks, 45 bucks. big difference in price there. >> so now let's talk about when you want to cover ugly things. >> ways to disguise it. >> some of this is diy and some of it is about making sure you add value. people are asking how do i cover radiant heat in my home. it is not a very sightly thing. here is something you can get online starting at about $65 up to a few hundred dollars. it is all metal but they can be fit to size depending on what you have. here is something less than $50. you can buy these grills precut at the hardware store. we have two of them. this is just a dresser of drawers. we have taken out the drawers and put the screens on it and
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is lots of air flow and you can slide it in and across there. you can see this is an old dresser. >> this is another really great idea if you want to add an accent wall in your home. this is a pretty inexpensive way to do it. >> people are asking about feature walls all the time. the idea of wood up on the walls has become trendier and more popular. a lot of people want reclaimed or barn door which can be expensive, bulky and full of bugs. a lot of people don't think about that. there are bugs in my house. >> pretty much. >> you have a rodent problem. >> thanks a lot. we have been doing this for a few years now. there are many different options. what you are looking at is a vinyl tile. this is a vinyl strip, peel and stick.
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the author of "decide". great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> we know why you are an expert on these topics. how do you define this? >> burnout is a word we seem to use when we get the feeling that we have been working too much for the things we have to do in life and are not spending time with things we want to do in life. when i say have to my definition is you don't do the activity it will find you. it will be brought to your attention like paying the bills. you don't have to pay your bills but if you didn't it would find you. taking out the trash, doing laundry. too much time with those things creates the feeling that we seem to call burnout. then we have the want tos in life. that is different for everybody things like learning a new language, getting a master's degree or degree or going for a run, going to a movie, things we
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these things would make our lives better. too much time with those things we have to do and not time with things we want to do creates burnout. >> how do we straesz a good work life balance where we are not handling things we need to handle in our real lives but also be able to dare to dream a little bit and conquer the things that are on our bucket list. >> the bucket list is there to dream. when you have been working so hard and you say i just don't feel like anything is getting any better, it has been years since i feel like things have moved. and this can inspire some great feelings. you don't think burnout has benefits to it. when you think about what it has inspired in us it is body and mind's way of saying it is time for you to acquire new skills, gain new experience, set a goal and achieve it. time for progress and movement and advancement. time for momentum.
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it you can end up in a rut, depressed. if you act on it it can be a great point of opportunity for us to make a great decision. >> you said you want to mark your calendar with improvement tasks. that is time for things that you are dreaming about doing. >> the have tos can fill your day. the want tos are where we want to spend time. we put them on the calendar. when they are on the calendar that brings structure to the way we make decisions. then we defend it because you know the want tos. and now you accomplish it and achieve it. now you can go back to have tos with a sense of i see them for what they contribute. >> so much to talk about. we are just getting started. we will have you back for more.
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