good morning. death toll rises. at least 247 killed in that powerful earthquake in central italy. residents desperately trying to dig out more survivors where their bare hands. moments like this one bringing hope. fighting words. donald trump goes after hillary clinton questioning her true intentions when it comes to minority voters. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. >> this as she dismisses claims that clinton foundation donors were given special access to her when she was secretary of state. >> what trump has said is ridiculous. my work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces.

a dramatic new outbreak of twisters in the midwest. one taking down this starbucks in indiana as customers were seeking shelter. incredibly, everybody got out alive "today," thursday, august 25th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. it's thursday. nice to have you with us. two big weather stories this morning. >> al is about to join us. he's keeping an eye on those tornadoes that you talked about. then he has that storm he's looking at down in the tropics. >> let's go right to this overnight investigation into the devastating earthquake in italy. as we just mentioned, the death toll jumped dramatically overnight. officials now say at least 247

being slowed by hundreds of aftershocks that have shaken that region. one area of focus in amatrice where a hotel is expected to have dozens of guests trapped inside. >> let's get to nbc correspondent bill neely in that hard hit town this morning. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. there are now thousands of rescuers here in all of the other small towns hoping for a miracle. amid all of the death and destruction here, some of which you can see behind me, there have been moments of hope and of joy. from the rubble, a small voice. rescuers find a little girl trapped in the ruins. come on, julia, they urge her and then pull her out. julia is bewildered but alive

amazingly, uninjured. beautiful girl they shout. nearby, a little boy is carried away after 12 hours buried in a collapsed house. life amidst so much death in the broken town of amatrice that woke this morning to aftershocks and a rising death toll from a massive quake that struck tuesday as everyone they worked overnight to pull people out but mostly it's bodies. just visible under the concrete, an 18-year-old woman. her daughter killed. a rescuer telling her to stay calm. amatrice was hardest hit reduced to dust by a quake felt 100 miles away in rome. >> nothing there anymore.

town that's shaking still. they're going through the rubble here by hand trying to match the bodies they found with the possessions here to more easily identify them but mostly they're using these earth movers. it is now a case more of recovery than of rescue. this was amatrice before and after. an historic town nearly every building now cracked or destroyed. many fearing more buildings would collapse. it's a small place where everyone knows everyone and where they all know the death toll will rise again. the rescuers admit they don't actually know the exact number of missing because there were hundreds of tourists here as well as the locals. they are working amid aftershocks. there was one this morning. 4.7 on the richter scale. that's enough to bring down fragile buildings.

aftershocks so the danger here is still very real. matt, savannah? >> indeed dangerous work there as well. bill neely, thank you. meanwhile, here at home the cleanup is under way in the midwest where a series of tornadoes caused substantial damage. you can see one of them lifting up and destroying a building in ohio. parts of indiana also very hard hit. nbc's tammy the damage. >> the starbucks behind me complete completely flattened except for the restroom where customers and employees were hiding. mother nature's wrath caught on cell phone video in indiana. >> my gosh. starbucks just got blown over. >> reporter: a tornado taking

still inside. and then relief. >> everybody got out okay. >> three or four of us work together and got the doors off and got them off. >> reporter: eight tornadoes confirmed in the state. the intense storm system bringing loud cracks of thunder and spawning massive funnel clouds that left behind a twisted path of devastation. george pena took shelter in his bathroom as his home collapsed around him. >> i quick and not very painful. >> reporter: he made it out unarmed but his neighborhood is nearly destroyed. >> thankful my kids weren't here. >> reporter: late wednesday indiana governor and republican vice presidential nominee mike pence left the campaign trail and headed home. >> we'll be here as long as we need to be. >> reporter: this morning a familiar heartbreak. a community again picking up the pieces. a residential neighborhood

damage. this neighborhood was also hit by a series of tornadoes that came through here three years ago. we're told about 22,000 people are still without power this morning. matt and savannah? >> thanks very much. >> we have that going on in the midwest and in the tropics some areas of disturbance. >> you also heard they always say the bathroom best place to be if you can't get to a basement. that's good news. as you did mention, savannah, we're watching the tropics. we're not worried about that. investigation area 99-l we expect this to become a tropical system over the next several days. chance of formation is 50% in the next 48 hours. 80% in five days. somewhere along this area, the five-day formation zone and models are now coming more into alignment. through saturday in better agreement over the bahamas between the european and the u.s. model and then sunday both cross southern florida.

bring heavy rain, the european model is a little more aggressive makes this a stronger storm. probably a category 1 hurricane. whereas the u.s. model keeps it more of a tropical storm. look at the rainfall amounts. water temperature at 90 degrees. that means there could be intensification and where the rainfall amounts are anywhere from 5 to locally 10 inches in southern florida. so we're going to continue to track this. again, right now we're watching these models. they are coming closer and >> all right, al. thank you very much. the death toll is rising this morning from a terror attack on the american university in kabul, afghanistan. gunmen storming the campus leading to an hour's long siege there. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. students are attending funerals for their classmates this morning. at least 13 people killed. six of them students and a

and full bright scholar. the law professor was planning to return to the u.s. for his ph.d. instead he was killed in a terrifying nine-hour siege. students barricading themselves in classrooms. some desperately calling family members. >> she was worrying and crying and telling me please pray for me because maybe this is my last time that i talk to you. >> reporter: two attackers firing at will. >> just shooting through rooms and >> reporter: the target the sprawling american university in kabul. a car bomb and then two men with grenades and guns stormed in. >> we didn't think it was safe so therefore we jumped from the second floor. >> reporter: afghan forces responded. u.s. forces were there to advise. >> the security situation inside afghanistan is still one that's concerning. >> reporter: earlier this month in kabul, two professors, an american and australian, were

security in the city is getting worse and the war now 15 years since the u.s. invaded is intensifying again. this morning in kabul, more than 100 students trapped inside for hours were finally freed. police say the two gunmen were killed. no claim of responsibility yet. it could have been either the taliban or isis. this morning at least three people are still in the hospital in serious condition and for now the university is closed. matt, savannah? >> te let's talk about the presidential race in this country. hillary clinton is now firing back at that report claiming her work as secretary of state was influenced by her family's charity. both sides covered this morning become with nbc's andrea mitchell. andrea, good morning to you. >> good morning. hillary clinton planning to go on offense against donald trump today as her husband joins in in strongly defending the clinton foundation from trump's charges of pay for play.

ceo tim cook late wednesday calling into cnn defending the clinton foundation from donald trump's attacks. >> what trump has said is ridiculous. my work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces. i made policy decisions based on what i thought was right to keep americans safe. >> clinton ducking a question about whether colin powell really advised her to use a private e-mail acknowledging her past answers about e-mails have gotten her into trouble. >> i've been asked many, many questions in the past year about e-mails. and what i've learned is that when i try to explain what happened, it can sound like i'm trying to excuse what i did. and there are no excuses. >> stibill clinton in campaign e promising he'll stop raising money for the foundation and

contributions in his wife is elected. >> i made it clear if she becomes president we'll have to do more than we did when she was secretary of state because if you make a mistake as president you can't. >> clinton planning to accuse trump of right wing conspiracy theory. accused president obama of importing more hating muslims. clinton's message today will be that donald trump's new attempt to pivot toward moderation for the general election is a head fake telling those all-important suburban swing voters trump's republican party is still too extreme for you. matt and savannah? >> all right. andrea, thank you very much.

for hillary clinton during a wednesday rally in mississippi. he called her a bigot. this morning the question did trump make a major reversal on his campaign promise to deport every undocumented immigrant? nbc's hallie jackson following all of it from trump tower. >> reporter: good morning to you. hillary clinton firing back at that bigot line you mentioned that wasn't off the cuff. trump and his team scripting it. the gop nominee is set to meet here at trump tower with gop afca leaders as he waves a dramatic change to his toughest immigration positions. it's one of donald trump's most amped up attack yet. >> hillary clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes. >> reporter: the reaction of this woman behind trump going viral. watch. >> hillary clinton is a bigot.

>> clinton in a phone interview on cnn previewing how she'll respond in reno today. >> donald trump has shown us who he is. we ought to believe him. he's taking a hate movement mainstream. >> calling trump -- >> someone who is very much peddling bigotry and prejudice and paranoia. >> a surprise guest making cameo. >> if i was an american citizen, i wouldn't vote for hillary clinton if you paid me. in fact, i wouldn't vote for hillary clinton if she paid me. >> the sentiment behind brexit, anger with the status quo similar to what many say fueled trump's rise here but he's been accused of racism abroad

trieses to court minority voters and trump's message on immigration changing again. a year ago this is what he told chuck todd about deporting families of undocumented immigrants. >> we'll keep the families together. we have to keep the families together. >> you're going to keep them together -- >> they have to go. >> they have to pay taxes. there's no amnesty as such. we work with them. i've had very strong people come up to me and they've said, mr. trump, i love you but to take a person that's been here for 15 or 20 the family out, it's so tough, mr. trump. i have it all the time. >> at a town hall trump getting advice from the audience. who does not want them thrown out? >> if it sounds murky, he's promising clarity. the candidate saying he'll reveal details of a flushed out immigration policy in a speech in the next week and a half to two weeks. >> hallie jackson at trump towers. thank you.

leader kim jong-un says the u.s. mainland is in striking distance after a test fire of a ballistic missile. kim was shown miling ae smilin hugging officials after watching from an observation deck calling it the greatest success that puts the country in the front of nuclear power. the south korean government says the launch of technical progress in the north's missile program. the world's was damaged on wednesday during a rough landing on a test flight in england. it's a hybrid blimp, helicopter and airplane and the developer is trying to figure out what caused this 302-foot aircraft to nosedive as it came in for a landing. the front of the flight deck sustained damage. the crew was fine. it can stay aloft for days at a time and could be used for surveillance, communications and even passenger travel but

star hope solo has been suspended for six months from the u.s. women's national team. after losing to sweden at the olympics, the goalkeeper called the swedish team a bunch of cowards. in his decision the president of the u.s. soccer federation labeled solo's comments unacceptable and counter to the organization's principles. solo said she's saddened by that decision. let's get a check of the weather nowy you're busy. >> we could see severe storms in the same area we saw yesterday expecting from illinois through indiana on into ohio. two areas of severe weather today from oklahoma and kansas on into northern ohio and parts of eastern indiana. we could see some main threats of damaging winds, isolated tornado risk. very, very slight.

>> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. we have more clouds and showers to the west of us. more clouds into the mix this afternoon. warm and breezy day, mid-80s to near 90. we're increasing the humanity again, as well. overnight tonight, an isolated shower. there will be a couple spotty showers and storms rumbling on through tomorrow. i do expect more dry hours than on friday. plenty of dryness over the weekend. saturday and sunday, less humid. near 80 at the coa

guys? >> al, thank you very much. still to come, how washington is taking aim at the skyrocketing cost of life saving epipens and wait until you hear who the father of the company's well paid ceo is. can you tell the difference between an expensive outfit and one that came from an outlet store on our new "rossen reports," how to dress for success without breaking the bank. first on a thursday morning,

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chris? >> chris: sunny skies once again, amaka, over the city of boston. 68 degrees. not as cool in the suburbs as the past couple mornings, but a comfortable start, mid to upper 60s. showers to the west of us. a lot of that will make it in today. we'll get some clouds out of it. a couple showers acrosswestern earn new england. 85 to 90 degrees. a couple isolated storms on friday. >> amaka: police are searching for the suspect who killed a 15-year-old boy in wedford. investigators say the boy was housing projects. he collapsed and died at his home. a 22 year old and 16 year old were also hurt. they're expected to survive. and office centers lawrence are looking for the person who shot a woman in the head. according to the "eagle-tribune," the shooting happened on freeman court wednesday evening. the woman was taken to lawrence general hospital. her condition is not known.

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we're back now. 7:30 on a thursday morning. it's the 25th of august, 2016. in a day our concert will be taken over by dnce concert series. we're live streaming. it will be like you are on the plaza. you can learn more about that by going to today.com. >> looking forward to that. let's turn to the news this morning. here are headlines. the death toll from that powerful earthquake in italy climbed overnight to at least 247 people. the damage is so extensive in

are struggling even to arrive there. but amid the rubble, there have been some moments of hope like this one. a 10-year-old girl pulled out alive to cheers and a big hug. >> state of emergency in effect for parts of indiana after an outbreak of powerful tornadoes in the midwest. buildings and homes were leveled just north of indianapolis. remarkably, only one minor injury was reported. indiana governor and republican vice presidential candidate mike pence left the he's touring the damage today. and donald trump going after the african-american and latino vote by claiming democrats have done little to improve the lives of minorities. at a rally last night, trump called hillary clinton a bigot. clinton plans to respond today during a campaign appearance in nevada. also this morning, backlash is growing against the pharmaceutical company that dramatically raised prices on life saving epipens while at the same time hiking its executive

gone too far. and we're now learning its ceo is the daughter of a u.s. senator. nbc's tom costello is in washington with more. good morning. >> in just the last few minutes, the ceo is suggesting she'll cut the price for certain customers. as we reported, her total compensation skyrocketed while the price pharmacies have to pay for the epipen went from $90 to $600 from school clinics to capitol hill, a growing chorus of anger directed at mylan pharmaceuticals and its ceo for raising the price of the life saving epipen by 575% over the last ten years. hillary clinton and bernie sanders tweeting outrage and others wrote to mylan requesting

prices. >> this price gauging, there's no other term for it, is morally bankrupt. >> reporter: the epipen used by millions of children. in ten years, the price has gone from $90 to $600. this week mylan told nbc news the price change reflects better important product features and value the product provide afford it. >> it's a crapshoot. do you spend the money and hope you don't need it or do you go without it and pray to god that you don't need it. >> that's what you have to sit down with them and say this is life saving. you need to figure out a way to buy this because if something happens to your child -- it probably won't happen but if it does, they need this medicine right away.

she's the daughter of senator joe manchin. >> pharmaceutical companies that try to portray themselves as the inventors of life saving medication do damage to their reputation by being greedy and jacking up prices. >> under pressure in the last few minutes the company announcing its reducing patient cost increasing the program for uninsured and underinsured. >> tom of tcostello, thank you much. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> interesting temperature extremes right now. in the southeast we have a big dome of high pressure bringing up that warm air. you can see temperatures over the next several days into the latter part of the week will stay warm. by tomorrow, 92 in new york.

cincinnati will hit 90 degrees. as we make our way into the plains, the jet stream dips down and look at omaha, friday, tomorrow 73. 73 on saturday in fargo. 88 in dodge city. out west, look at this. seattle tomorrow, you're going to be at 91. medford, flirting with 100 degrees. reno, a high of 88 degrees. rest of the country today we do have a slight risk of strong storms in the mid plains and also in the upper midwest. heavy where they do not need them as >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. waking up to mostly sunny skies. we have more clouds and showers to the west of us. more clouds into the mix this afternoon. warm and breezy day, mid-80s to near 90. we're increasing the humanity again, as well. overnight tonight, an isolated shower. there will be a couple spotty showers and storms rumbling on through tomorrow.

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to pants to the suit to the shirt to tie is banana republic. the question is this from the regular banana store or the less expensive outlet? i'll show you in just a moment. it's hard to tell, right? many of us buying new clothes for the new season and guess what? you don't need to break the bank to impress your friends and co-workers. don't believe me? just watch this and judge for yourself. it's almost fall. back to work. updating our wardrobes hitting all of the big brand names and it can get expensive paying full price at these stores but at the outlet, experts say you can get almost the exact same look for much less. >> can the average person tell the difference? >> for the naked eye between retail and outlet, they can't tell. >> ali scott is a professional stylist. >> we have two outfits on this

is from retail. one was $206 and one was $111 so almost half the price. i want you to tell me which one you think is the retail store. >> by the looks of it, it looks the same to me. i'm struggling. this one feels more structured. this one heavier. i'm going with this one being the inexpensive one. >> >> i couldn't tell the difference between the expensive outfit and the cheaper one. kathryn here went to j. crew outlet store and bought this outfit head to toe. it cost $289. over here went to j. crew regular store and bought this outfit head to toe but hers is a lot more expensive. $660. more than double. the question is will people on

difference? we're about to see. a few people actually get it right. >> more expensive is on the left. >> but most get it wrong. that's the cheaper one by more than double. >> that's more expensive. >> the one on the right. >> i would say on the right. really? could have fooled me. >> we did. >> this woman 360 degree view. you want them to turn around? >> yes. >> turn around for the lady. >> i think this one more expensive. >> okay. what about accessories. these coach wallets are almost identical. both are real. one is from the regular store price tag $272. and this one is from the coach outlet. price tag $107. less than half.

one right. >> the brown one. >> i would have to guess and say the brown one. >> nope. >> looking at the details. the one on the right. >> you look detail on that one. >> i like the detail. i like the zipper. it makes a difference to me. going with the right and i'm sticking with it. >> guess what? wrong. you like the cheaper one. >> does that mean i can have it? >> in fact, from the outfits to the accessories, most get it wrong. what's the moral of the story here? >> buy what youik doesn't really matter. >> you look right to them and tell them. >> it doesn't matter. don't buy more expensive stuff. buy what you like. >> it does beg the question why is expensive stuff more expensive? experts say stitching is better. usually get higher quality fabric and if you look more closely, get right up on it and weird with your co-workers you can see colors are more textured. >> let's get weird. >> as matt often does. the stuff in the outlets doesn't

come in. we don't want you to think we forgot the men. this is moy py producer josh. we're going to stand side by side. >> do a 360. just kidding. >> one is $920 and one is less than $400. i have a guess. >> tie shirt, shoes. >> we did touch test earlier. okay. do you want to go first? >> i think this is the more expensive >> i agree. >> you both think this is the more expensive one. no. josh is wearing the cheaper one. >> it's a softness thing. a better fabric. >> his shoes are really nice. everything. you don't have to break the bank. >> you surprise me. we thought we had this made. >> you look better in it josh. you really do. >> who wore it better? >> josh. >> you worked in a men's clothing store for a while. that's embarrassing. >> jeff, josh, thank you very much.

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of racist and sexist tweets. celebrities are coming to jones' defense. #istandwithleslie is trending online. this one from ellen. leslie, you are beautiful and talented and bring laughter into a world that desperately needs it. you are also my friend and i support you. actress gabby sidibae wrote i don't know why people are so hateful toward leslie. she's talented and wonderful. why are people awful. leslie hasn't spoke out about this recent attack. celebrities who tweeted out countless people that leslie jones will never meet have gotten online to support her. it is absolutely sad because she's such a nice person. >> it is sad. tamron, thank you very much. still to come, jessica alba will be here. actress, entrepreneur, mother. we'll talk to her about juggling those many passions. >> what does charlie do after

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temple landing housing project wednesday. a 22 year old and a 16 year old were also hurt and are expected to survive. and a man is seriously injured after a mange rollover crash in merrimack, new hampshire. it happened on the evidence -- everett turnpike late last night. police say the man was ejected from the car after he lost control, hitting a barrier and a wall. no word on massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, a movie star and a mogul. jessica alba stops by studio 1a to talk about movie, motherhood and running a billion dollar company. and a day in the dog's life. after he's done making us smile, see where the real work happens. our cameras follow charlie for an inside look at what it takes to train a service dog. and the boss is back. how bruce springsteen's epic concert is rewriting the record

>> we're two teachers enjoying the last days of summer. >> i waited 60 years to be here. >> you're going to be a big sister because mommy is having another baby. >> we are here to win our guinea pigs want to welcome charlie to the "today" show! >> good morning, everybody. it's 8:00 on "today." beautiful day out on our plaza. awesome to have such a good crowd. it's a great day to surge into a giant pit of balls looking for one elusive gold ball.

to put in perspective. >> this is going for gold contest. $25,000 prize up for grabs. >> it's been a bit of a tough week for our contestants. on wednesday grace gave it a valiant effort, but she could not find that gold ball either. so all of our play verse been great sports, now someone else is getting a chance. >> okay. so let's find out, where's gina from virginia? come on, gina, come on over. she's so excited. >> come on in here. good. >> feeling good? >> so excited. >> we're going to ramp that up more. guess what? it's our fourth day so we're going to play with four players. we're bringing back all of our contestants of the week. we've got grant. meg and grace.

that's right. so we're going to watch the final four go for the gold in just a little bit. >> this is so exciting. >> get ready. you can get tips from your pals. get some strategy. >> they're excited. >> we'll get to these guys in just a moment. first, time for the news at 8:00. we begin this thursday morning with the devastating earthquake in central italy. i'm bill neely in the worst hit o are digging through rubble like this looking for survivors. there are thousands of rescuers here in amatrice and in surroundsi surrounding towns hoping for a miracle. amid the moments of destruction and death, there have been moments of joy. from the rubble, a small voice rescuers find a little girl trapped in the ruins.

julia is bewildered but alive clinging to her rescuers amazingly uninjured. nearby, a little boy is carried away after 12 hours buried in collapsed house. life amid so much death in the broken town of amatrice that woke to death toll. they worked to pull people out but mostly it's bodies. they're going through the rubble here by hand trying to match the bodies they found with possessions here to more easily identify them. but mostly, they're using these earth movers. it is now a case here more of recovery than of rescue. an historic town nearly every building now cracked or destroyed.

where they all know the death toll will rise again. the rescuers admit they don't actually know how many people are missing. there were hundreds of tourists here as well as the locals and working amid aftershocks. there have been hundreds. enough to bring down fragile buildings. they know this death toll could rise. there could be real danger still to come. back to you, matt. il more than 100 students were freed overnight following a deadly terror siege at the american university of afghanistan. at least 12 people including seven students were killed when heavily armed militants attacked that school wednesday night. dozens were wounded. afghan security forces stormed the campus ending that standoff. u.s. special forces were there as advisers. no group has claimed responsibility but suspicion is falling on the taliban.

emergency shelter in indiana where tornadoes destroyed homes and businesses on wednesday night. cell phone video showed a starbucks coffee shop collapsing. there were people inside at the time. all of them were rescued. across the state at least 15 people were hurt and in ohio, funnel clouds ripped apart farm buildings and mobile homes. there were no serious injuries there. uprooted trees knocked down power lines and blocked roads as well. coming up next, it's not kind of attention. wait until you check out his tricked out ride. >> i love this guy. on "pop start" no hair no problem. dua

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we live in this age of overscheduled kids. little league, dance classes, chess club. that kind of thing. what's the cardinal rule for parenting? you can't quit. you have to stick it out. you start it, you stick with it. an expert is telling "the wall street journal" maybe not. sometimes calling it quits could be a good thing. here are the reasons. it allows kids to practice making decisions while the stakes are low. quitting one activity does allow another area and it can relieve tension between parents and kids. >> bingo. >> i think it's okay to stay on occasion you can quit and the reason is because it encourages kids to try things they wouldn't normally try. if you say you're going to try it but no way you're getting out of it. you have to stay with it. kids are going to stay in their comfort zone and never try something new. >> what if they say you're going to have piano lessons and now we

>> now you can buy a cheap keyboard. it gives kids a chance to try different things. >> if they don't like it, they have to have an out. >> stick with it for six months. >> the one rule is if it's a team sport and you'll hurt the team by quitting, then you have to stick it out. >> that's a fair rule. >> katie ledecky ruled the pool in rio and back at home she brought her athletic talents to the pitcher's mound at last night's national game. of course she had to extra weight so she passed off her five medals one at a time to right fielder bryce harper. how was her arm? anything she can't do? that's a strike right there. she has been practicing she told us. the star swimmer attracted sponsors but she's turning them down. an estimated $5 million worth of potential endorsements.

college experience. she wants to swim at the amateur level at college. she said it was not a difficult decision. >> we love her. >> reason number 9 trillion to love katie. now an example of truth in advertising. this is matt's favorite story of the day. this is a plumber from canada. friendly looking guy. this is how he perfectly advertises his business. that is his truck. >> that is spectacular. right? would you not call that plumber. >> get them on the phone. so clever. >> that's trending. how about pop start? >> let's get you to bruce springsteen. this is why he's the boss. bruce broke a record this week at metlife stadium. the singer performed his longest

for his lengthy performances but this one takes the cake. he gets the crowd going for 3 hours 52 minutes and 1 seconds. bruce performed longer only once before. that was if finland. are you ready for this? it was 4 hours and 6 minutes. at a bruce concert it feels like minutes. hang there all day. now to dwayne johnson. he has a leading role in "fast & the first choice to play hob. the role was originally written for tommy lee jones. >> that would have been different. >> revealed during a facebook chat that during production someone said they would love to see him work with dwayne. the rest is history. we're totally in love with this adorable video dwayne posted playing with his daughter,

he wrote the joyce of being home with my family and playing one of our favorite games, slap daddy's head so i can't see his big, scary face. video is cute. and john krasinski telling enews after dating his wife she asked if he ever saw "devil prada." he admits he saw it 75 times. >> 76. >> it keeps going. >> that's not true, is it? >> yeah. i might have been lying. it might be over a hundred. >> he willed her to him just watching the movie. >> we'll ask him the story when we talk in a second about why he saw it the first time which i think was a bit of a mistake, is that true? >> you did your research. >> we'll talk to john in just a

>> let's turn from "pop start" to a check of the weather. >> weather is brought to you by camping world. get one stop shopping for everything rv at your nearby camping world rv supercenter. >> our 8:00 update is in now as we track the tropics. we do have a category 1 storm with gaston but what we are watching is investigation area 99-l. right now a chance of formation to a trol 50% in the next 48 hours. 80% in the next five days along this zone. you can see models are becoming better in agreement. european and u.s. model. by saturday in the bahamas. by sunday it's somewhere along southern florida with an increasing threat for heavy rain. the european model strengthened this more. why? there's a lot more warm water. water temperatures in the gulf at about 90. both models track it up the west coast of florida.

european model. rainfall either way we're looking at a lot of rain anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain especially along the western coast of florida. >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. waking up to mostly sunny skies. we have more clouds and showers to the west of us. more clouds into the mix this afternoon. warm and breezy day, mid-80s to near 90. we're increasing the humanity again, as well. shower. there will be a couple spotty showers and storms rumbling on through tomorrow. i do expect more dry hours than on friday. plenty of dryness over the weekend. saturday and sunday, less humid. near >> don't forget you can catch us if you head out the door. take us with you. >> good idea. by the way, you have an exclusive first look at a new toy. it's an important toy. >> it is.

administration launching a new generation of satellites that will upgrade the weather data we bring to you. think of when you had dialup compared to your new high-speed broadband. we got an exclusive look when we went down to florida to check it out. 4:30 this morning there was a lot more of this beach. the storm is still a dangerous storm. >> are you pours. now more than ever, we see an increase in extreme weather. with the forecast constantly calling for improved technology, noaa has a plan more than ten years in the making. in november, the agency launches the next generation of weather satellites known as goes r. dubbed a game changer in weather forecasting, it will monitor the either in real time for the

warnings. it was built in colorado and shipped to just outside cape canaveral florida where a crew unwrapped it carefully like a great birthday present. i was lucky enough to receive an invitation for an exclusive first look. before i could get a peek, i had to go through serious decontamination procedures. >> we don't want any particles, hair, skin cells, dust. >> you don't have to worry about hair. >> it's very clean for matt lauer. a so-called bunny suit, air showers and rubber gloves may seem like overkill but the oil from one fingerprint could potentially ruin the highly sensitive instruments. properly wrapped i was allowed to enter the clean room. >> welcome to goes r. >> how does this help us forecast more accurately?

white to high d television. you can do a scan of a major tornado outbreak. >> the satellite will scan the earth five times faster at four times the image resolution while also detecting lightning. once the goes r satellite is in orbit and functional, in six months it will send back more weather data than all u.s. weather satellites combined in the last 41 years. in other words, a cutting edge way to happening in your neck of the woods. for the average person watching this at home, what does that mean for them? >> someone worried about a tornado outbreak, this will give them a few more minutes warning and more precision. it's not just more warning. it will happen this street and that town not that town. >> once launched goes r will undergo six months of testing. we expect it to be up and running for next year's hurricane season. >> i haven't seen you this

this puts us on top of the food chain when it comes to weather satellites around the world. nobody has anything like this. >> very cool. thank you very much. let's go over to savannah. >> all right. thank you. we're so happy to have actress, entrepreneur and mom jessica alba here fitting us into her busy schedule this morning. she's starring in the new movie called "mechanic: resurrection." good morning to you. >> good morning to you too. >> action roots. >> i started off my career doing a tv show called "dark angels" with james cameron. i did lots of stunt training and lots of action and i really haven't been able to use that part of my skill set in a really long time. so when i was offered the opportunity to do this movie with jason, who i'm a huge fan of. >> he's a cult hero. >> his action movies are always the best.

so, yeah, i jumped at the opportunity and also, you know, being able to see the female lead and not just be in distress. it's a love story and normally you don't see that in jason's movies. >> did you have to get in shape and learn to fight and all that? >> i learned a bunch of different disciplines in martial arts. and it basically just take your opponent down basically with anything that's around as quickly as possible and then you get out of the situation. it's brutal. it's fast to the point and it was fun to do because my day-to-day is at an office usually. and not going in and kicking some butt.

locations. thailand, which i am officially jealous. if you shoot another movie in thailand -- >> you are so invited. for me it was a dream job. i got to do action. i got to be in a movie with jason which i wanted to do and we shot in thailand and the water is gorgeous. it's teal and it's really beautiful. >> you talked about your day job. you are quite the business woman. "forbes" value your company at $1.7 billion. you are not one of these celebrities who puts her name with a company and then see you later. i hear you're in that office every day. >> i'm part of the day-to-day. i founded the company and my involvement in the company is when i take a product to market,

i'll work with consumer insights team and identify that we have strict honest standards in the formulations but that it can compete with conventional products. you want it to perform like everything else but with cleaner, better for you ingredients and i work with a supply chain to make sure we have packaging that will go with it. it will be compatible and then we do consumer testing and then i wor bring it out so we're working with ulta beauty in all stores ak across the country and we're an e-commerce brand as well so i work with the online team. >> it's grown in five years. there's great parts of that. a downside is you do face lawsuits. people probably heard of a couple of them. one of them has to do with the sunscreen and people were seeing pictures online does the sunscreen really work?

that? >> you know, obviously we want our customers to have the best experience with our brand but if an organization wants to bring awareness to their cause, i am an easy target and our brand is an easy target obviously because i get the different kind of attention than other brands would. so it's just sort of what happens. if anyone does research understands and our customers ar and understand the integrity of our products. we stand by our ingredients. the effectiveness of the products and we're pretty optimistic that we're going to win every case. >> there's a couple of them that are class-action lawsuits. one that has to do with laundry detergent. one with baby formula. do you feel like you are more of a target not just because it's a big company but because your name is on it? >> of course.

spotlight on my cause and there's no easier way than someone who is like me. it's just a headline really. when you look into any of it, they are baseless. no merit behind any of it. >> some people will say where there's smoke there must be fire. you say your products are safe? >> they're amazing. and what's incredible is if anything it gives our customers an opportunity to speakut tremendously over the last 4 1/2 years, and we really hit a note with the millennials. they want safe, effective products. they want them to be affordable. beautiful design. and the convenience that we can be delivered to their home. they just love it. so we have had a really positive effect on so many people's lives. it's a dream come true. that's all i wanted. >> i have to let you go. you have two darling girls.

businesswoman, actress, entrepreneur. we'll see. >> i just want them to be happy. >> thank you so much. good to have you here.

>> this is 7news now. >> sarah: good thursday morning, everybody. it's 8:27. take a live look at the braintree split. let's send it over the chris lambert now with more on your forecast. >> chris: another sunny start, sarah. low 70s common. humidity coming up a bit today. some clouds working in from the west. those showers likelyin before they get here. a bit of a breeze, as well. southwesterly wind at times gusting 20 to 30mph. seven-day forecast featuring a few spotty showers and storms on friday. still some dry hours out there, as well. heat building in. low 90s. back into the 80s for the weekend. >> sarah: officers in lawrence are looking for a person who shot a woman in the head. according to the "eagle-tribune," the shooting happened on freeman court wednesday evening. the woman was taken to lawrence general hospital. her condition is not known at this time.

person and a dog in dorchester. it happened early this morning on mcclellan street. police have the area taped off while they investigate. we're told the shooting may be related to a fielgtd that was broken up earlier. at least 35 people are displaced after a massive fire breaks out in lawrence. five homes were damaged, two completely destroyed. the fire chief tells us that the call originally came in as an explosion behind a vacant building. two firefighters were treated for minor injuries. "today in new england" returns at 9:00. we hope to see you then. brian dreamed of flying to san francisco and pitching a startup idea. but with the jetblue card, he got there faster than expected. brian company. >>so you have no idea whatsoever? brian company.

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8:30 on a thursday morning. it is the 25th day of august. this time tomorrow we'll be enjoying some music. dnce will take over the plaza for a live summer concert and that should be fun. >> how do you spell dnce? >> this morning we have work to do. time four is here. we have gina.

they're going for the gold in our gigantic ball pit. will they be able to find that elusive golden ball that's worth $25,000? are you guys ready? >> all right. >> we want to see someone win today. i'll put 30 second on the clock. >> you know it's a shame, meg has lost her enthusiasm. >> we have such great contestants. 30 seconds on the clock. set. go. >> all right. >> there's strength in numbers. we would like to see the gold ball. >> i don't see it. >> come on. >> they're still looking. >> it doesn't appear there's

grace! wow! all right! yes! >> my goodness. >> congratulations. >> that's gina. gina, you got it. >> come on. >> gina. >> come out. >> she got it. unbelievable. >> come on over here. >> come on over. be we all -- by the way you did an epic dive back into the balls when you did it. it was awesome. >> there you go. nice job. >> we put your name on the check for $25,000. but wait there's more. because this was a wonderful event and because you all came

a gift card. so thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> wow. amazed. >> this has been so much fun. i want to thank my friend, kathy. she's my teammate. we're splitting the money. >> wow. >> we came as a team. >> wow. >> if you win, we're going to split the money. >> that's fantastic. >> but now i changed my mind. no. kidding. there's yours and there's yours. >> come on over. >> all right. still to come in this half hour, looks like charlie made a new friend. we'll talk to john krasinski about multitasking in his new movie the "hollars." >> we're so excited.

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>> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. waking up to mostly sunny skies. we have more clouds and showers to the west of us. more clouds into the mix this afternoon. warm and breezy day, mid-80s to near 90. we're increasing the humanity again, as well. overnight tonight, an isolated shower. there will be a couple spotty showers and storms rumbling on through tomorrow. i do expect more dry hours than on friday. plenty of dryness over saturday and sunday, less humid. near >> that's your latest weather. gina with her partner. they are splitting the 25g. i love it. >> very nice. or you could go thirdsies. >> john krasinski here to talk

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this is very upsetting to me. >> i said somewhat dysfunctional, it's very dysfunctional. how are you? >> great. are you jet lagged from rio? >> just one hour. i'm back in the swing. you were attached to this project six or seven years ago as an actor. how did you come to take control of it? >> about four years laterhe financeeer said i can't make it happen. after thinking about it for a second, i thought i had to do it. these movies are the type of movies i used to love that aren't being made anymore. i fell in love with it. i decided to take it on myself. to be honest the first call i made was martin. >> the casting is critical because there has to be that feel that these people could actually be part of the family. you seem to have gotten that

i think the other thing is you can't cast people who are going to do caricatures. for me family movies can even if manipulati manipulative. it's so honest and real and people trying their best, which is everybody. i come from a very loving tight knit beautiful family and yet at the end of reading this script i thought that's my family. there's something that everybody can relate to about this family. >> you managed to do something else which is incredibly difficult in movie making. mom is sick. not just sick with a cold. she has a brain tumor. there are sad, emotional moments but you bring out humor in the midst of those moments. that's not easy. >> jim wrote every detail in this script. unbelievable. he makes hairpin turns between drama and comedy unlike anything i read and those are real life.

can't prepare for good. life happens to you. i was a kid that laughed in church. i felt like that energy was so weird and yet that's the energy that's in this movie. >> it's universal because we can all identify with it. no situation is totally sad and no situation is totally happy. >> absolutely. >> you said something earlier in the orange room that i'm going to hold you to. you said you have seen "devil wears prada" over 100 times. that's nearly impossible. >> i saw before i met emily. what you get on camera is a confession that i was her stalker and i somehow pulled off a wedding. >> explain how you saw it the first time. you and a buddy were going to see "superman" or something. >> i don't know how you heard this story. we went into a movie. i think it was sold out. so we said this movie i heard is good. it has word devil in it. masculine.

movies i had ever seen. i was wiping away tears. it's good. it's okay. i'm going to see it twice today. >> when you met emily, did you tell her that? >> not the first date. first date was about trying to look tough and impress her. i think it was really about a week or two into dating she popped by my house to say hi. she was in between meetings. i was watching it because it on tv. she opened the door. i flicked the channel so fast i think she thought i was watching something inappropriate. >> you had that movie on a loop. it all worked out. >> it all worked out. >> congratulations on the "hollars." good to see you. coming up next, charlie is more than a pretty face. we'll find out what our new puppy gets to do after he leaves

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>> charlie is about to fall asleep. we've been having so much fun getting to know our new puppy. you are a puddle of mush. >> i'm so in love. >> you love him so much. >> what does charlie d our show is done. our cameras followed him home. >> get a charlie fix. when the show ends and cameras turn off, the real work begins. charlie heads home to long island with his puppy raiser olivia for a full day of training. big brother cowboy meets them at the door. then it's time to get down to business.

and all play. >> down. good boy. look at you. >> we want to make sure everything is positive and light and fun. everything is a game. it keeps him engaged with me versus everything that's going on in his environment. >> sometimes it's hard not to get distracted. in the beginning, charlie's training is all about exploring things like sound. >> all of these objects are made of different material and make different sound. you can see different motion and feel different things against their body. >> and touch -- >> it's a great opportunity to build his confidence with different surfaces whether there's grates on the ground like in new york city or manhole covers.

important charlie gets used to wheelchairs and walkers too. >> he has a different visual frame than we do so it looks different to his level than it does to ours. we want to make sure that he's comfortable with it. >> then it's time to practice putting on the uniform. >> we want the association with the puppy coat to be as positive as possible so that they are really excited when they get to wear it and go out to work. >> in the end all that learning makes a >> he makes the cutest little noise. >> that was me. he's so sweet. we are just inhaling this. >> we're all learning each other's baby talk. >> we're back in a moment.

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>> announcer: "today's" back to school is sponsored by kohl's. >> and charlie is technically in school as well. that's why he has his vest on. he's working hard. we love seeing the back-to-school photos. people share this time of year. we asked sponsor kohl's to put

here we go. the first one is from tanya's daughter who wants to be a puppy doctor when she grows up. i know a cute puppy. and michelle's son is ready to take on the third grade. head to today.com to learn how you can post your kohl's partnership picture and adopt a classroom.org and help teachers get essentials they need to back to school. >> let me sleep. >> tamron, thank you. >> how about some special celebrations. >> you bet. we want to show everyone who is on our smucker's jars today. first up, happy 100th birthday to richard collins. this denver broncos fan is from aurora, colorado. served in the army during world war ii. we thank you for your service, sir. happy birthday.

rumor has it she makes the best devilled eggs you ever had and william is 100 years old from st. augustine florida. boston red sox fan and loves to volunteer with veterans organizations. want to wish a happy 100th birthday to lillian ortloff. she created the certificate for the olympic games. and betty is celebrating 100 years. happy 100th birthday to albert. lives in the same home he built himself over 60 years ago and a very happy 100th birthday to the national park service. would you believe we have 413 national parks here in the united states? all of them beautiful and great

parks and congratulations on 100 years. >> happy birthday. >> we love those parks. love them. >> what do you have coming up next hour? >> we have chelsea handler in the house. hold onto your baby. >> back to school snack packs. >> banana sushi.

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well. a race against time in italy. crews desperately searching for survivors after that devastating earthquake. and a campaign trail winding through new england again. where donald trump will be today. temperatures today will be warming up well into the 80s today. will we see any rain in the forecast. details ahead. >> anchor: all this norman: that's a lot of vitamins there, harold. harold: oh, i'm stocking up before kelly ayotte gets her way on medicare. norman: what do you mean? harold: well, she wants to privatize medicare, am that'll cost families big time. norman: uhhh... the vitamins? harold: gotta keep my family strong because ayotte also wants to raise the medicare eligibility age. norman: ohhh... i think maybe i'll pick up a few too. narrator: tell kelly ayotte: oppose medicare privatization.

breaking news, an overnight fire destroying homes and sending people out on the street. what some neighbors heard just before those flames broke out. and in new bedford, a teenager killed. police now searching for a stabbing suspect. and flipped over on the side of the road, a man thrown from his car after losing control in new hampshire. >> announcer: this is today in new england. >> good morning time in for christa. >> sarah: i am sarah french. all of your top stories but chris lambert with a start of your forecast. comfortable start. mid-70s common range across the area. wind is out of the southwest. that southwest wind is active today, occasionally gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. sustained right now at 14 miles per hour in boston. you get that strong enough