from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller >> hello, everybody. it's booze day tuesday, august 30th. that's ready, set, roll by chase ride. >> he's going to be with us in a little bit. do you have a friend who is wearing two necklaces and they are all tangled up. >> i can't fix it. >> i think you're going the wrong way. >> no. >> all right. >> during commercial break i'll get that for you. >> okay. he is here. come a long way from his tv stint on "survivor."

and kenny chesney and is going to sing our favorite country rock anthem. >> that's what we need. >> we need an anthem. >> any creditors innur backyard been digging holes? we've got the solution from our man lou manfredini. ? he's got a name that rhymes with -- ? >> you're going to have to wait. >> we're running out of dinis. >> we have a new one. >> tell, tell, tell. >> in the commercial break. >> okay. cake, is it possible without the guilt? >> it is. >> junk food turns into joy food and with joy bauer. >> mac & cheese? >> you're going to love it. it's a goody. >> okay. a royal pain before she landed her gig on "the night shift." lovely actress jill flip will stop by for some fun a little later, and before we do anything we have --

>> today is national marshmallow day. this is a major smor. there's a layer of marshmallow and layer of chocolate and to dip we have graham crackers. it's like oh, my god. >> in a skillet. >> get in it. >> look at the bottom. >> i want to lick it. >> look at the bottom, look what's happening. >> oh, look at that. looks gross to me. you go for it. >> how could this look gross to anybody? >> oh, >> if it was cheese on top i love it, but i don't like marshmallows. i'm sorry. i know an awful lot of people do. >> this is a dipping s'more. >> kath, look at that chocolate. that doesn't do it for you? >> no, we didn't. >> it is a sad day and we

huma. >> huma abedin. >> and her husband anthony weiner have separated. he's the ex-congressman who was caught up in another -- his third sexting scandal. >> yeah. this is one of those things. we saw it in the paper yesterday, and it was confirmed, and -- and then she announced yesterday that she was filing -- she's separating from him. this is one of those things that you guys remember in 2011, he was caught the first time, and -- and -- >> that was a year after they were married in 2010, >> and caught again, and this will be the third time that he has been caught this way. >> in other words, his behavior has not changed. this is the third time he's been discovered, but who knows. >> it's so funny about when you -- when you trust somebody and i think everybody is in a relationship and they have broken that trust and they forgive them and they try and that's hard. >> well, that's your choice. >> right. you make that choice, especially when they have children and they have a 4-year-old son. >> and then when a person does it a second time or a third

i think everyone can relate on some small level to -- to what it must be like for her at this poi point. >> and she's going through a whole bunch of other things in her life as well. going through everything. been called to testify a great deal about the e-mails, and she's also recently been in the papers a lot because of some talk about -- she's going through a lot of hard stuff right now. >> this whole -- this whole incident that happened that's been in the papers and >> like what a lot of -- when it comes to a trust issue that's broken, it's like what do you do? >> don't you think because of the little boy in the picture, hoda? i mean, you know, to do something like that with your 4-year-old child, whatever age your child, is right next to you and be part of it was what you and i said yesterday, before he discussed it publicly, we said that's going to be the deal-breaker. >> i know, and the idea that you're making a decision at that time. >> right. >> in that moment, you are taking a picture of your kid and

picture you've chosen your urge or whatever it is over your child. >> yeah. >> like you've made that choice in that moment. >> tremendous act of selfishness because you're only thinking of what you want right now and not who it's going to hurt. >> this is her quote. after a long and painful consideration and work on my marriage i've made the decision to separate from my husband. anthony and i remain devoted to doing what is best for our son who is the light of our lives. >> right. yeah, you do. i'm sure she -- i don't know. i can't say i'm sure. i know what i did. i stayed little people do not deserve big people problems. >> yeah. >> and we give them to them all the time, and, you know, you just -- you make that decision. i said to my kids as they were growing up, almost all the time. you know, you guys and i, we all have the same -- we're all alike in that. we're all one decision away from a disaster. one bad decision that can destroy your life, and so think about it, what you're going to do before you do it. >> yeah, you're right.

the day before that incident. >> it was so weird. just talking about that. he was on the show in rio with us talking and laughing before the whole incident happened hand you almost wish you had a crystal ball and you could say look, tomorrow, everything is going to go south. your endorsements, your career, all that stuff. >> yeah. >> so take a minute because you don't know what's ahead. you think that you're just -- you know, it's just another day. >> yeah. >> does make you think about that. can we do a hat's off to a woman to aan she was on that "american ninja warrior" and did something that no woman has ever done. she became the first female contestant to complete stage one of this course and seemed to do it with ease. >> look at this. >> hold on. hold on. >> i mean, look at her. look at the pace she's going. >> oh, my gosh. >> she's on. >> they are all rooting for her.

up! >> the interet? about to blow. >> oh, my goodness. >> she's going to make history! >> oh, my gosh. that was so exciting. >> you can see that she knows her stuff. a stunt woman which is just awesome. >> first time a woman. >> and seemed to be having fun. like you think there would be a gritty face, like a lot of joy. >> i said before, you know, wouldn't -- couldn't -- i need -- any of the final five do that, probably not because she's not tall enough. >> can't jump over that. >> you know what, maybe they could when you're watching. >> wouldn't it be fun to see. >> see them leap through the air. >> seems like there's nothing they can't do. anyway, maybe they can be on "dancing with the stars." >> one of them will be on and season 23 is going to be on. here has olympic gymnast laurie hernandez is going to be performing. we love her and so is ryan lockety. >> ryan lochte. >> he can redeem himself with this maybe if he shows a lot of charm and some humility. people like to forgive.

about. marcia from the brady bunch is going to be on, maureen mccormick, oh, my gosh. >> rapper vanilla ice, reba. >> oh, no. >> that's mary will you henner. >> former texas of governor and presidential nominee ricky perry. have him as ricky. rick perry. >> likes to be called rick we he's dancing. >> and mary lu henner. >> wasn't she already on it? professional dancer. >> what? >> her mother owned a dancing studio and ran a dancing studio. mary lu grew up living in the dance studio. >> sorry, marcia. >> don't you mean marcia, marcia, marcia. okay. wait. i wondered because i've been looking for this sound bite. i thought i remembered hearing it, and someone said they never said on the brady bunch marcia, marcia, marcia. >> but apparently they did.

>> that's all i hear, i hear how great marcia is at this or how wonderful did that. marcia, marcia, marcia. >> you'll never guess what. i got a call from the school and just been made editor of the school newspaper. >> that's fine, honey. >> marcia, marcia, marcia. >> were you a marcia? >> no. >> i was jan. i was jan. i had glasses and was always left out. i was ja look at you now. >> all righty. we want to say -- we want to say how sad we are and also want to send our love to gene wilder family. his beautiful wife karen. he passed away due to complications stemming from alzheimer's disease. 83 years old. he brought so much joy for so many years and so many fantastic performances. starred in classic mel brooks comedies like "blazing saddles" and "young frankenstein" which

he's most identified with is your favorite. >> "willy wonka and the chocolate factory." i think it was one of those that as a kid it made you so happy. you actually believed you could be there, like the way that it was told. we're saying we always wondered like if that was a broadway show and has never been, should be. got all the music. >> and all the heart. >> all the heart. >> anyway. i -- we were -- i was dear friends with gone and his wife karen, but i did know them and we had to get together with them was last summer, and i invited them for lunch and his wife was so sweet saying he has good days and bad days and can i let you know as we get closer and the day before she called and said he's not going to be able to make it. the man was so kind. >> yeah. >> a living legend. >> right. >> and what you noticed when you were with him is how gentle he was, how modest. never talked about him level. >> wow.

family and -- and i feel grateful that, you know, i've got the touch and the genius for a little bit. >> he was so much fun, really was. >> okay. we've just scratched the surface, and that's a hint because we're still going to give it away. >> mm-hmm. and never slip on your staircase again. lou's got some life-changing home products that will help you

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we're back on this brain teaser tuesday, and before the break we gave you this riddle. >> what's unusual about the following words? revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser and uneven. so what's the answer. >> i don't know. >> the answer is if you take the place it at the end it will spell the same word backwards. >> oh. >> who had time to figure that out. >> there's a word for that. >> palindr ho me isn't that. >> not backward. >> onomatopoeia is when something is sounds like it's written. >> palindrome should be backwards and forwards without moving a letter. we're not that smart. >> the not every day.

"today" nutritionist joy bauer has outdone herself. took two of your favorite comfort foods mac & cheese and chocolate cake and transformed them from comfort food to joy food. >> yes, i did. countless submissions and challenges for mark & cheese. this one comes from sharon in florida and if you get it in a restaurant because of the big mound of white starch and the full fat and cheese and cream and portion that portion will but we're going to do something that's pretty phenomenal and i got creative. here are the ingredients. a lot of traditional stuff for the sauce, the milk and reduced fat cheese, a little parmesan, but instead of the noodles, i'm going to be using spaghetti squash. >> you do that a lot. >> make that substitution. >> so what you're going to first do is either bake your spaghetti squash, nuclear it in the microwave and save yourself some time. love to do that or put it in the oven for about 45 minutes, and

it cool, and you just make your noodle strands. >> scrape it right out. >> scrape it right out. >> that looks easy. >> the longer you bake it or nuke, i think it is. >> a lot of people have trouble cutting it, and all you need to do is put it in the mike wave and soften it. and then you put it back in and nuke it. >> you'll blot the top to get the moisture out becausehe make the creamy indulgent sauce you don't want it to get watered down. >> okay. >> now we're going to make the sauce. we have in here half a cup of milk. i'm using non-fat to cut calories. use any kind of milk. >> not yet with that. we're going to put in some soy sauce, put in some hot sauce, a little bit of onion powder. we're -- >> those things don't add calories, do they? >> a little bit of butter. >> that adds the flavor. >> not the butter yet. >> sorry. >> having a bad day. >> this is about a quarter cup

corn starch, but you can also use any flour to thicken it up. now you can put your cheese in, hoda. >> thank you, joy. >> and we've got to add a little butter so there's just a tablespoon. >> whoops. >> ready, here we go. >> not the whole thing. >> exactly. this is going to thicken up nicely. let's believe it's nice and thick after a couple of minutes and here we have it. we're now going to put it in the sauce, in with our squash. >> and you put it back in the shell and cook it up. >> and then i'm using the shell as a vessel. so let's do all of this. >> i'll give kath a taste so we can move hon. >> one thing that's very important. >> the cake which hoda really cares about. >> topping this with broccoli parmesan breadcrumbs. pulses broccoli florets with a little bit of parmesan and you pop this into the oven, 37 a

370 calories for a hardy portion. >> 370, that's nothing. >> what do you think? >> that's really, really good. very good. >> mm-hmm. >> two up. >> real comfort food. >> got to go to chocolate. >> saved all the calories and we have room for dessert this. comes from nancy in new york city. she said, joy, make me a lightened up lava cake. chocolate lava cake, typically 550 calories. >> wow. >> we're going to make one serving for 150 calories. typical ingredients but iad of oil i'm using applesauce. >> that's all you change. >> mix it all up. >> two tablespoons of a whole wheat white flour and now we'll add in a tablespoon of sugar and a tablespoon of cocoa powder and a little bit of baking powder and a pinch of sauce. >> and we'll try it while you mix. >> hoda, this one is a non-dairy and that one -- >> i like this one. >> go for it. >> i know. >> now i have it. >> i'm putting in a little bit of applesauce.

milk and some vanilla, and all you're going to do you is mix this up here. here's the batter over here. i spray the mug. you put this into the mug. >> nuke. >> nuke is for 120. >> you did it. >> two more carrots. >> this is lava, light pudding right inside. >> all right, easy. way to go, baby. did it again. >> awesome. now for a taste of country mixed with rock 'n' roll. >> chase wright performs his newest hit live. >> and the d ? ?night ? and off you go, ? ? ? and off you go, ? ? ? and off you go, ? for every step, every stride, every start, begin strong with the lasting energy

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>> not going to be easy for her. >> here. i'm going to use these. they are time-released so if we crush them they absorb faster. >> do you always carry that around on >> all right, there he is, tom brady getting ready to address the media. >> we'll see. >> reporter: are you telling us -- >> no, i don't, in case someone else is in this situation in the future, i don't want to give away all of my --

injury, you're just going to sit out and watch? >> i'm pretty positive. so i'm going to use these days in the best way i possibly can. so i'm going to try to get ready and do everything i can so i can be at my best when come back and play in october. i'm trying to just, you know, find different ways to be positive. it is what it is at this point. so we'll >> it's not ideal, tom, but you will have access to alex. how important is that? >> well, it's nice of him. >> there were some questions though. the pa, when i asked the pa, they said they did not know. his knowledge of you, is that

together for over 12 years now. so he's one of my best friends. so we're just -- we do what we always do. use all of these days in the best way that's possible to stay prepared and stay sharp. i have ideas of what i need to do. and based on what we have had, and the limited playing time that i've had. so my goal is to come back and behe just like every year, every off-season, i'm going to do the best i can do in these next however many days, 30 days or so, to do the same thing. for practice, i have to look at all of these days of practice to get better, access to the fields, and throwing my receivers. using those days the best way that i can. just like i always would. i got hopefully another

friday. and then you know, try to do the best i can the next month. i wish that i had played the game, i love playing practice, i love playing preseason games, regular season games, postseason games, thinking about football, and it's just the way it is. so i'll be, you know, that part, i think will be watching those games in september, but i'll find ways to preoccupy my mind. >> before the sites game, trying to stay loose here, so if you want to head over -- at 6:00 a.m. >> nice, i appreciate it, good to know. >> reporter: you're kind of like the emotional leader. and now that you're gone, that

>> well, we have had a lot of great leaders on this team, and the veterans, we have a lot of really good players, really good leaders, and i think we have always done a good job of cultivating guys to step in and fill the void. so i think we'll to do great job with that. between our coaches and players, we have a lot of great leaders, and i'm very confident in that. so we'll go out there and play with a lot of like we always do. it will be tough to watch, and fun to watch in some ways. to see what it looks like when you're not there. because it's a different perspective. and hopefully i can use that perspective and come back with better perspective. saying wow, maybe i noticed some things i wouldn't have seen had i been there, you know? so that's kind of what i'm going to try to do. >> did you do that in '08,

how much will you draw upon '08 in the first four weeks? >> that was tough because i was going through so much at that time physically, it was hard to -- there is no way i could really, after the surgery, and dealing with what i was dealing with, it's hard to think about a lot of other things, because it was so intense with just what i was going through. so i think it will be a little different. >> reporter:, did you approach your job in being a leader -type person,. [ unintelligible ] establishing a presence. >> well, we always -- that was a long time ago.

was right out of college, guys that you're competing with, but still good friends, brian griese, who has been a good friend. and jason capsner, and drew henson, we're all friends, and we play ping pong and pool together. but there was a healthy competition on the field too. we all wanted to play, and at quarterback, play. you get fresh out of college, and withdrew, it was the same way. all the time, play golf together, i would be at his house for dinner. >> reporter: [ unintelligible ]. >> okay, we interrupt, we had just a little bit of trouble with that signal, with that news conference that we've been listening into.

little bit about that four-game suspension that he decided not to appeal. and he talked about the fact that it's going to be difficult to sit back and watch those four games being played in early september and october, but he's going to try to find ways to occupy himself. >> and suspension officially begins on saturday. so this is likely the final time that we'll talk to tom brady before he starts serving that four-game he hopes to play thursday night, the preseason finale when they take on the new york giants. typically, you would not have your starter, tom brady out there for the final preseason game, you don't want to risk the injuries, but with him sitting out four games, he wants to get on the field before he takes that break that he doesn't want to take, but whether he plays or not is in the hands of bill

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