i said, "don't say anything!" oh god! (laughs) 'cause now like, this is the cliffhanger, so we don't know if he loves you. what's gonna happen if he doesn't? >> this morning on "today's take," andy grammer is here so keep your head up as we kick off your workweek. then, a big bang on the big screen with merrill stream and hugh grant and a homemade twist on takeou all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on this monday morning. the 1st day of august, 2016. can you believe we're in august? summer is flying by. >> can't think that way. >> it's good. august is good. we love you, august.

i'm tamron along with dylan and jenna. willie and al are nowhere to be found. haven't seen them in a couple days. eventually they will pop back up. our morning jam "honey i'm good" by andy grammer kicking off the week with a fun concert on our plaza. he'll come inside and talk to us and he's going to does he have to pick the questions? >> we're not announcing anything big around here. >> don't look at me. >> are you engaged? >> i was not getting engaged. i was hanging out but not telling you with who. i did run into -- >> she was hanging out with -- >> knock it off, girls. this is what happens when co-hosts come. they out all of your personal life. i was at the beach with people

beach. deer. >> i saw you post this on instagram. where were you? >> an undisclosed location. >> what state? >> new york state. >> deer on the beach? >> we were sitting there. i had a few drinks of soda. and i had my dog with me. i hear her and then i hear a slow roar of people going oh my god what is that? we look over and the deer just walk past. i have on a swimsuit so i can't show the selfie. >> you know you want to? >> i can't show that. >> i went all rio. >> no, i didn't. >> it's so different than the mom suit. the rio suit. >> nevertheless the deer and someone wrote what kind of witch

people on the beach said they had never seen it before either. it was crazy. >> bittersweet. >> i feel like we should ask the -- >> if i was a deer and it was 95 degrees, i would be on the beach. >> let me dip my toe in. you had a fun vacation. >> it was a staycation. my in-laws went out of town and we watched the puppy for a week. never did my hair it was the best. it was nice to get out of the city. >> when you golf around your stomach -- >> i don't know if it's because i'm having a little boy or what but my golf game is on point. >> they say you have a better sense of gravity. >> when you a boy? >> no. being pregnant in general keeps you more balanced. >> guys with beer bellies, they

i feel like i can -- the problem is i don't have golf maternity clothes so my pants were just open. they don't button anymore. >> maybe you should wear a thong. >> they come in handy. >> on the golf course. >> that's a great idea. stay tuned for next week. >> i have a preview for your weekend coming up. this is what we do every sunday night. we have family dance last night we tried to introduce the girls to great musicians after "frozen." >> that does not look like dance party. >> look at that smile. >> look at those eyes. >> she loves it. >> that's how they dance. >> those are good moves. >> what song was playing?

>> that's not the highest quality. looks like there's bacteria growing on the camera. >> what was the song of the weekend for your crew? >> we do every other person chooses. mila chooses "frozen." and "we didn't start the but speaking of music, guess who turns 35 today? mtv. they began this day in 1981. only one day before dylan dreyer began. >> i began tomorrow in 1981. >> her birthday is tomorrow. in honor of it, mtv is launching classic mtv shows and music. at noon they'll air the original

first video we remember it. "we didn't kill the radio star." it was the very first music video ever shown on mtv. >> i love music videos. >> my favorite mtv era was when they just played music. you would sneak in to watch racy new videos. >> i fell in love with bowie. >> madonna "living on a prayer." >> those were classics. what are your favorites? >> i lovemusi of course. i'm ten years older than both of you. i like music. this is forming who i am today.

fanatic and i loved "run house." i did transition from music to the shows. i like some of "the real early on. >> what were your shows? >> it wasn't on mtv for long. i loved "my so-called life." >> was it on mtv? >> i think it started on abc and reruns went over to mtv. drama at its finest. >> dye my hair to look like angela chase with red cokool-ai. it was staining of the bathroom counter. >> ever died your hair can kool-aid? >> no. >> of course. you want a punk rock look.

red would show up. >> it made it -- if you leave it on forever and then it would look like highlights. frosted. you know what else something cool, we'll transition. do we have permission to show it? we had attorney working in the background to make sure we could air this. a cool surprise that's gone viral. drivers were pulled over in virginia heat this weekend but they didn't get pulled over. officer says beep beep. you think, okay, i have to talk my way out of this in my imaginary car. >> are you familiar with 1039?

a hot day without an ice cream cone. so we're just making sure that everybody is following the laws today and driving with ice cream. i'm officer warner. this is the chief of police. we want to make sure you were in compliance. >> just made my day. she's, like, all right, how am i going to get out of this ticket? we salute them. >> so nervous and then getting a surprise. >> and when it's ice cream -- >> what else do we have? >> speaking of food, from ice cream to pizza, let's move onto pizza now. lebron james posted a photo of his pizza order on facebook. he had 16 toppings.

have one. >> that only has three toppings. >> keep going. >> shredded mozzarella, parmesan cheese, grilled chicken, turkey meatballs, banana peppers, fresh basil, garlic, green bell peppers, red onions, spinach, sea salt, oregano, he did post it with a caption don't order when starving. >> this is blake pizza. >> this is just pizza because we can. >> i won't complain. >> save me a piece. i'll do weather and be right back. >> we'll save it for you and the

let's look at the weather over the country. over the weekend, flooding near maryland where six inches of rain fell in two hour's time. it's the storm system that moved through. this morning we're looking at the chance of storms to redevelop and if some of those storms happen over the areas that were hard hit over the weekend, we could see more flooding. that's why we do have flash flood watches across eastern pennsylvania and parts of new ey louis this morning and more heavy rain is likely to move back in later on today. this area of low pressure is continuing to move offshore but it still keeps things unsettled through the day today. as we go into this afternoon, more showers and more storms to pop up. not every town will get one but we are looking at just those scattered showers. keep an eye to the sky if you are out and about today. we could see an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain in the mid-atlantic region. elsewhere, we could end up with

>> danielle: good morning. happy monday. it's an overcast, muggy start to the day. we'll watch for scattered showers and that heavier moisture that moves >> scattered showers, and some of that moisture is pushing off for this morning. 73 in boston, and mid 70s on the cape as well. you'll need the umbrella through early tomorrow morning and drying out on wednesday and thursday, and that's when the temperatures warm up as well. low to mid 70s today andid thursday, into the 90s on friday. >> that's your latest forecast. >> thanks, dylan. >> up next, honey he's so good. pop star andy grammer. there he is. been entertaining the crowd all morning long. >> we're having pizza. we're 100% doing pizza. >> eating pizza and doing whatever else you request. send in your tweets.

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yorkness, they were sweet and sincere. >> i will tell you, that song i was singing for the rest of the month. >> rest of the year. >> i can't stop. your songs get stuck in my head. >> even with "fresh eyes" i listen to it a lot when i'm trying to do a mix so right now that's in my head. you listen to it all day every

year hopefully. >> we have something to look forward to. >> i got a lot of stuff. may play new stuff on tour. >> don't go anywhere. andy has another song for us and will dipping into the fishbowl. if you could have a superpower, what would it be? coming up next.

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hulk hogan. anyway. >> if you could be an olympian, what sport would you play? >> sinkrynchronized swimming. they have the best outfits. >> what song gets you pumped up? >> these >> "don't let me down." >> i feel like we need to know more about you. >> if you had one free day to do anything what you wanted, what would you do? because i'm on tour so much, i would be home with my french ba bulldog and my wife. >> glad you said wife. >> i come in the door and go straight to her, she's, like,

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total 2,850 calories if you're counting. that's more than a person is supposed to eat in a whole day. the lucky winner of saturday's $487 million powerball jackpot remains a mystery. it was sold in new hampshire. the winning numbers in case you were that person, 11, 17, 21, 23, 32 with powerball number of 5 and box office with $60 million in ticket sales. "star trek beyond" fell to 24 million and "bad moms" was third. let's get the weather which is far more structured. dylan is here with her jumpsuit on. >> the humidity is going to be high in some areas. it will spawn thunderstorms especially back through missouri

we'll see more redevelop. unsettled across the southeast as we start off the week. by the middle of the week, still looking at monsoonal moisture in the southwest. spotty showers and storms across the eastern third of the country. later in the week those will fill out more and still looking >> still looking at rain and thunderstorms, over the course of the week, and you can see strong storms, gusty winds temp this week move into the plains by the end of the week it moves into the northeast where it is going to be cloudier because of the rain that's going to be below normal in the southwest and the northwest looks fantastic. lots of sunshine. >> good morning, happy monday to you. it is an overcast, muggy start for the day. >> scattered showers, and some of that moisture is pushing off for this morning.

you'll need the umbrella through early tomorrow morning and drying out on wednesday and thursday, and that's when the temperatures warm up as well. 7 on 7 forecast, low to mid 70s today and mid 70s tomorrow too. thursday, into the 90s on >> that's your latest forecast. for the past nine nears, simon helberg has kept us in stitches as one of the proud nerds on "the big bang theory." >> pianist in "florence foster jenkins." >> the only problem is she can't sing. take a look. >> from time to time she can be a little flat. >> flat? >> a tad. just a tad.

flatness and he's the leading voice coach in the city. >> it defies medical science. >> simon, you're not talking about meryl streep. >> i'm a winner. what a talent. i just love watching myself. >> you must have laughed every time you heard it. >> i i guess they called in me to try to flush out this absurd man. he's a wisp of a man. these are real people. sometimes life is stranger than fiction. >> this was brought on because you're a trained pianist. >> say the word. you made it. every time. >> it's like an instrument. >> your heart breaks.

called pianist. >> subtitle. >> yes. i think that's the french name for the film. i am a trained pianist. >> a player of the piano. >> a player, yes. they brought me on to not just to act. and they didn't care about the acting part as much as the piano. i bluff because i play. i don't play i wasn't that cool. >> how old were you when you started to play? >> ten. >> did you ever want to quit? i was a pianist myself for about three weeks. >> you all succeeded in saying the word by the way. that's the hardest part about being a piano player is the word. i stuck with it. i played jazz and i played rock stuff. >> you were a cool pianist. .

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people think you can use cold water. you need to shock it. >> stop the cooking process. a great time saving technique is use water you boiled for your veggies. i like canola oil. it's heart healthy. ginger and garlic. it flavors the oil and makes the dish delicious. roast chicken here. rotisserie chicken and red bell pepper adds a pop of color and is loaded with vitamin c which i love. we add mushrooms, a great antioxidant. add those carrots. it adds a nice crunch. >> how long do you do stir fry total? >> three minutes here. we move over here. >> blanched vegetables complete. >> get those muscles going. put those in here.

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if switching to eliquis is right for you. >> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> here we go. get off the sofa and get ready to dance. >> andy grammer has a new song out. >> first on our "good to be alive." ? ? i've been grinding so long been trying this for years ? ? and i got nothing to show just climbing this rope right here ? ? and if there's a man upstairs he kept bring meg rain ? ? but i've been sending up

hallelujah ? ? i've been waiting for this moment all of my life ? ? now all my dreams are kroming true ? ? i've been waiting for this moment ? ? and it's good to be alive right about now ? ? good, good, good, good to be alive right about now ? ? right about now ? ? hallelujah let that bass line move you ? ? it's good to be alive right about now ? ? i kept moving on and now i'm moving up ? ? damn, i'm feeling blessed with all this love ?

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee glitchford and hoda kotb live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. hello. hope you had a great weekend. it's funday monday. first day of august. and honey i'm good because andy grammar is my guest cohost today. welcome, welcome. >> so sweet to be here. >> you've already sprung for your sparkling water. >> we played a lot of music already. >> you did. >> i've been excited about this. me and hoda has spent a lot of time together and we're already besties, and we needed time. >> we needed bonding time.