good morning. breaking overnight. the 14-year-old suspect in that terrifying elementary school shooting in north carolina questioned by police. the the murder of his father. >> it's just a lie. a lie to protect him. >> the results are in. today's poll of voters say hillary clinton won as sources within the trump campaign now tell nbc news he will prepare more for the next one, possibly bringing in a debate consultant. their next showdown in nine days. justice denied arc mother who accused her former boyfriend

distraught when a judge issues this verdict. >> the defendant is found not guilty. >> dividing a community, reopening old wounds, was the murderer just set free or was an innocent man falsely accused? this morning, we will talk to the man at the center of it all. and he's back -- ? former football star tim tebow hit a home run pitch of professional baseball, sparking a whole new wave of tebow mania on this september 29, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. we have breaking news. it's the search for a motive in that school shooting in south

suspected of fatally shooting his father at home and opening fire at an elementary school play ground two, students, one six-years-old and a teacher were wounded. gabe gutierrez is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, i don't have night the suspected gunman was questioned at length. we will hear incredible stories of survival and heroism. a volunteer fire fighter took the suspect down and teachers who prevented him from getting de this morning, a desperate search for a motive after shots rang out at recess. >> townville school board, a shooting. >> reporter: a 14-year-old opened fire wounding two students and a teacher. the unarmed fire fighter stepped in and tackled him. >> we've got a gun on the playground. we got to keep everyone from here. >> reporter: they say he shot

grandmother in tears. >> she could not make out what he was saying. he was crying and upset. >> reporter: the young gunman had driven up near the parking lot, gotten out, walked towards the school and started shooting. the superintendent says one class was at recess a. teacher megan hollensworth was hit in the shoulder. she and other students walked inside and closed the door. >> courage. i mean, these teachers and staff members lov they put their lives on the line to protect them. >> reporter: this morning, a six-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in the leg. a teacher and another student who were injured were treated an released. >> what do investigators think of the motive? >> we really don't have any information like that. >> this community shaken, as terrified parents scramble to pick up their kids. her daughter is in kinder gart zbhn she told me she went to the bathroom and prayed she didn't

i don't even want her to go to school now. >> reporter: police have not identified the 14-year-old suspected gunman. it's unclear what connection, if any, he had to the school. classes here remain cancelled for the rest of the week. authorities are crediting active shooter drills they have practiced beforehand with saving live, matt. savannah. >> thank you very much. let us turn to politic, with 40 days to the election. hillarcl day in i, what everything e encouraging people to cast their ballots as early voting begins in the hawkeye state. donald trump has a visit to new hampshire. his fifth visit there, by the way, clinton was there wednesday. our latest survey monkey poll has clinton emerging as the winner of the first debate. 52% of likely voters said she won. 21% going with trump. 26% saying neither candidate won.

peter alexander begins our decision 2016 coverage. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah, good morning to you. there are conflicting opinions within the trump campaign this morning whether le needs a reset before the next debate. programs as telling the polls and the pundit he is lashing out at bill and hillary clinton. also new this morning, for the leader third party candidate, you want to see this. another major blunder. ? >> reporter: donald trump again attacking hillary clin health and stamina, referring to this moment at the 9/11 ceremony earlier this month. >> all those days off, then she can't make it to her car. roichlt later on position news, a pivotal moment about whether he paid federal tacks. >> they showed he didn't pay federal income tax. >> that makes me smart. i think that's a lot of people say that's the thinking i want running this nation. >> reporter: multiple sources

one calling his performance a disaster. another insisting saying he will do mock debates and may get professional coaching. trump, himself, remains unfazed, telling katy tur it's hard to be so happy when we're doing so well. bernie sanders is courting yundz young voters. >> it is imperative we elect hillary clinton as our next president. >> the next 40 days will determine the next 40 >> reporter: clinton energized mill littlians that remain largely luke warm about her. her lead with millennials evice president rate issed. both president obama and the first lady offering this warning. >> the stakes are far too high to take that chance. too high. remember, it's not about voting for the perfect candidate. >> few don't vote, that's a vote

candidate who's got no chance to win, that's a vote for trump. >> meantime, third party candidate gary johnson in the spotlight once again for all the wrong reasons. after struggling to name a foreign leader he admires at town hall. >> who is your fate foreign leader? anywhere in the continent, any country. name one foreign leader that you respect and look up to. anybody. >> i likezy simone any continent, canada, mexico, europe, asia, south america. affect, make the a foreign leader that you respect. >> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment in the former president. >> anybody in the world. >> i know. i know. >> anybody. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain freeze. >> who is your fate party get

any foreign leader. >> merkel. >> okay. fine. >> angela merkel, of course the german chancellor. also new, the arizona republic is reporting it's receiving death threats and countless endorsements for hillary clinton. the first time the paper has supported a democrat for president in 126 years. matt. savannah. >> all right. peteral shander. thank you. >> kornacki. he has the top line, 52% think hillary wovenl an important group swung for her may be decisive. >> it's the overall number. we talk about key voting blocks, one is white women with college degrees, suburban women. this is a group of republicans are traditionally with donald trump running behind hillary clinton. think of that the group. 66% of them said hillary clinton

this is the group he's got to make inroads and he got clobbered with them. >> there has to be a reason there. we talked a lot about donald trump's personality and his temperament when that group was asked about those two key features what did they say? >> check this out that question of temperament has haunted donald trump. bake this down. republican women said they were fine with donald trump's temperament. look at this, independent women 80% four donald trump doesn't have after watching that debate the temperament to be president, obviously overwhelming among democrats, independent. these can be fate numbers politically. >> we know where he had work cut out for him. hillary clinton has work cut out with young voters. >> hillary clinton back in new hampshire yesterday. why does he bring out bernie sanders?

strongest and hillary clinton's weakest. this was across all democratic primaries. he clobbered her 71 to 28 among voters under 30. ironically if you are hillary clinton, your best weapon, the senior citizens. >> another interesting thing in the polls. even if people thought one side or the other one, most said it didn't change their mind. >> that's another thing. we are a polaized country. >> only a few said it changed their mind a bit. next we will talk to some moms to decide that election. let's talk about a major defeat for the current president. for the first time, congress has voted to override one of president obama's vetos. a bill that allows 9/11 families to sue saudi arabia. nbc's andrea mitchell is at the white house with more on this, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the vote in both houses was bipartisan and overwhelming,

warnings that it could lead to a national security threat for u.s. personnel deployed overseas. this morning, they are taut touting a major victory. >> on this vote the ayes are 97. the nays are one. >> reporter: they are overriding his veto of a bill that allows victims to sue saudi arabia over the 2001 terrorist attacks. >> it's about the truth and justice. those are what we have been fighting for over a decades, terry strata lost her husband three days after september 11th. she has been insisting they have been giving saudi support to the terrorists. now she wants to bring them to a judge. finding no proof the saudi government was involved. >> i think it's a mistake. i understand how it happened. >> reporter: president obama

could dispose u.s. diplomats to retaliation overseas. >> sometimes you have to do what's hard and, frankly, i wish congress here had done what's hard. >> reporter: his argue echoed by america's top spy. >> foreign governments are going to start to pass similar type legislation that will haul the united states into court i don't have seas even for the most frivolous of allegations. >> reporter: even chuck a sponsor of the bill is dismissing those concerns. saying it allows foreign governments not individuals to sue. >> reporter: the detractors is not strong. in fact, it's flimsy. >> reporter: the administration is facing opposition for both hillary clinton and donald trump. the two rivals finding common ground in support of a legislation. still the veto override, pitting the ma'am liss of the 9/11 victims to the white house. josh earnest slamming members of

single most embarrassing thing that the u.s. senate has done possibly since 1983. those comments criticized by terry strata. >> how petty can you be. this is congress at its best. this is democracy at its best. >> josh earnest was referring to a bill that ronald reagan opposed in his first time. 33 years ago. yesterday the veto override is a stinging defeat for mr. obama. especially because it came at the hands democrats, including hillary clinton. matt, savannah. >> andrea mitchell at the white house, thank you. the embattled ceo of wells fargo is nation another grilg over accounts opened without customer only in or consent. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. wells fargo ceo john stump is speaking for the first time here today on capitol hill after his

back along with his bonus and the questions are expected to be tough. this morning more trouble brewing for wells fargo as the ceo john touch's future hangs in the balance. >> have you resigned as ceo or chairman of wells fargo? the board owe glow have you resigned? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: stump will appear on capitol hill. >> i think a number of violated here. our business in government is to make sure not just the bank but the individuals who are responsible are held accountable to the full extent of the law. >> reporter: in california the state treasureer suspending government business with wells fargo for at least one year, potentially costing the bank millions of dollars. >> how can my office continue to entrust the public's money to an organization that has shown such little regard for regions of california to a place of his

care. >> reporter: one day after wells fargo revoked $41 million of the ceo's compensation pack annual along with his 2016 bonus. earlier this month, wells fargo admitted it created two million accounts taking customers on with improper fees. >> i had 15 accounts at once. it was very frustrating. these are accounts i never opened. >> inside the bank the board of directors now launching an independent investigation, during which the paid a salary. >> a lot are answers, incomplete. he didn't have a lot of answer. so the american people want to know how did this happen? >> reporter: the ceo is not expected to resign this morning on capitol hill. he is expected to stay close to his script from his senate banking hearing he had last week. here's a wrivengl -- wrinkle. they represented a person from

in campaign donations from wells fargo. he is slated to lead off the questioning today. >> all right. on a rainy washington today, thank you. hundreds of fans joined the miami marlins players on wednesday for an emotional good-bye to jose fernz, their ace pitcher who died in a boating accident. teammates surrounded the hersur. they headed to a local church for a church for a private viewing. a private funeral will be held tomorrow. a teammate said of hernandez, he was something special. a personality that cannot be replaced. >> in the meantime, talking about the weather and the storm that will impact the coast for a few days. i think we heard a little of it in washington. >> you really could. right in that area. they are in the bulls eye, in fact, remember this scene in july, ellicot, maryland, cars

ready to deal with more heavy rain again today. their folks are sandbagging, getting set. you are also looking at heavy rain down in north carolina right now. in fact, we got flash flood mrnlthss in parts of central north carolina. as we go to the radar, you can see what's going on t. flash flood emergency, the flash flood warnings, flash flood watches and warnings also in effe this is a long lasting duration. we got this upper level low. literally an atmospheric river, tons of moisture off the atlantic. so we will have consecutive days of heavy rain that bulls eye going to be in parts of western and northern virginia, west virginia and stretching into the northeast. it is going to be a real circle. we need the rain in the nest. but this area is going to be

>> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. a cool and breezy start. we have breaks of sunshine this morning especially away from southeastern mass, that will be the case through the day with the brightest conditions north and west. the cloudiest down across plymouth, bristol county and the cape and the islands. could even have a patch or two of drizzle down that way. temperatures this afternoon ranging from the upper 50s to near 60 at the coast. mid-60s across worcester county and up into the merrimack

next half hour, we will look at tropical storm mathieu. >> wow. >> why are you looking at me? >> yes. all right. al, thank you. just ahead, we will talk about a murder case that has ripped the small town apart. we'll take you inside a dramatic day in court. then passengers behaving badly. a disturbing ride in air rage cases, first, this i

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that wind coming in off the water at 16mph. an enjoyable start to the morning. nice, fresh, fall-like feel in place. boston north and west, even a few towns south of boston have seen breaks of sun. cloud cover across the cape and the islands. back through buzzards bay. it will be brightest north and west of town. temperatures in the 60s. >> christa: all right. headlines now, and police are searching for clues after a woman was found in a ravine on the side of the road in weymouth. fire officials pulled her out of that ravine last night after investigators say she was located. the woman was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. seekonk police are looking for two men and a woman suspected of breaking into storage units in the town. officers say they believe the suspects were spotted in a red truck, possibly a dodge dakota. they're asking you be on the lookout. we're back with another updat ?

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7:30 now on a thursday morning. the 29th of september, 2016. smiling faces outside even though it's kind of dreary here in the northeast and going to be week or so. >> i think we were describing it as blah a. little bit blah. let's go to the headlines overnight. an arrest was made in a frightening kidnapping in los angeles. you see a man driving the victim out of a store and shoving her into a car. she escaped a few hours later. police were able to catch up with the suspect. they took him into custody late last night. >> mourners are paying respect

simone perez. this morning his body is lying in state outside israel's parliament building t. funeral is tomorrow in jerusalem. president obama will lead the u.s. delegation. >> our first nbc news survey monkey poll since monday's debate is out this moveng. ear are the results. 52% of likely voters said hillary clinton won the night. 21% said trump, 26% said neither candidate won. >> that brings us to today's campaign moment t. long wait is almost ov this coming weekend after a recent cast shakeup, the crew is finally revealing who is going to play donald trump. that's right, alec baldwin will take on donald trump opposite

>> now, to a verdict in a murder case that has attracted national headlines. the college soccer coach on trial. craig mel zin, good morning to you. >> good morning, "dateline" has been covering this story for years. he was strategied in 2011. her ex-boyfriend was eventually charged with a crime and send sent a tailspin. it influenced the local election. but mick hillary t. man accused of that crime was acquitted wednesday in an emotional courtroom t. tension in the courtroom undeniable. >> the defendant, arnold nicholas hillary is found not guilty. >> a judge acquiting him of second degree murder in the 2011 strangulation of garrett philips. >> he was exxon rated t. defendant is released.

but the boy's relatives inconsolable. after the verdict, they turned off audio in the courtroom. according to witnesses, garrett's uncle was heard shouting, karma will get you. hillary's ex-girlfriend and mother in tears. >> they're devastated, obviously, extremely upset. >> at the time of the killing, hillary was the head soccer coach at clarkson university. he met cyrus while she was working as a she maintained hillary killed her son saying she blamed him for the breakup? >> for whatever reason he did not like my son. he was a problem for him. >> >> reporter: hillary was not charged until three years later. observers say was a key factor in the local election for district attorney.

told myself justice for garrett's son is a good thing. >> kid, i need justice. >> reporter: at the trial, prosecutors played security video showing what they say is garrett riding on his rip stick with hillary waiting nearby, turning on his headlights, allegedly following garrett home. hillary always maintained his innocence, he says he was at the school to watch a soccer game and did not follow garrett. his daughter saying with her at the time of the murder. no physical evidence like dna or fingerprints connected him to the crime t. judge's verdict, not guilty. >> and they have been, don't get me wrong, but the fight is my family and i have been living underneath this cloud and the focus right now is to start putting this in the rear view mirror and try to reestablish some sort of normalcy.

rights lawsuit against him and the police department. hillary was deposed in a civil suit two years after the murder and the prosecution used that deposition in the criminal trial against him. it didn't work t. civil case is still pending. >> a fascinating story, craig. as you mentioned, "dateline" has been covering a. twur >> let's take a turn with mr. roker with a check of the weather. >> that's right. it's a rare time where you can talk about tropical storm mathew. as you can see right now. >> the haboob. >> that's right. south of southeast of san juan, puerto rico. mathew's moving west at 16 miles per hour.

on into week. it heads up towards cuba by tuesday morning as a category 1 storm and then after that, all bets are off, we have to confront to watch this. the rest of the country, gully watchers, the west coast looks fantastic. airport delays will be a big problem. boston, new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and look for more heavy rain down in f >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. a cool and breezy start. we have breaks of sunshine this morning especially away from southeastern mass, that will be the case through the day with the brightest conditions north and west. the cloudiest down across plymouth, bristol county and the cape and the islands. could even have a patch or two of drizzle down that way. temperatures this afternoon ranging from the upper 50s to near 60 at the coast. mid-60s across worcester county and up into the merrimack valley.

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violent not only on the ground but at altitude. >> hey, ho. >> reporter: from an on board fight at lax to a drunk passenger assaulting a flight attendant in charlotte. >> sit down, sit down. enough. put your hand up! >> reporter: to a s.w.a.t. raid in toronto. >> hand up, hand up! >> reporter: to airport after airport after airport. >> i'll get it for you. >> reporter: bad behavior on the ground and in the become a serious problem. an international airlines groups reporting 1500 in 2015, nearly 11,000 cases world wide, one for every 1200 flights cussing, screaming, spiting. even urinating and refusing to obey flight attendants. 11% of cases got physical last year. nearly a quarter involved drugs or alcohol. >> it's exhausting at times to deescalate conflicts every

it's also become a bigger part of our job, there are fewer of us on board. >> part of the problem, more passengers, less space. just like a ski resort, the effects of alcohol are magnified at altitude. >> i don't think people are really aware of that one drink is going to clobber them twice as bad. >> reporter: at 35,000 feet the stakes for everyone on board are very high. >> normally i tell the lead flight attendant, you into ed to inform them they need to sit down and compl o divert and we will press champblgs. >> reporter: the penalty for interfering with a flight crew up to $25,000 in fines and 20 years in prison. >> sit down. sit down! >> reporter: and the shame of making national tv. we talked about that fine, up to $25,000. 20 years in prison. >> that seems to have helped in decreasing the level of air rage in the united states.

listen to this, we have a serious incident every three days or so. meanwhile, globally, this was a global survey the situation the incidents are on the rise. guys, back to you. >> tom, thanks for clearing that up. coming up, miley cyrus, talk show host with music superstar had to say about taking over for ellen. >> okay. and carson has the swing that might just be fueling a ne awards are great. but i'm more than just a trophy. i'm moving forward...

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>> this is 7 news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. 7:57. here's chris lambert with a check of your forecast. >> chris: cool and breezy start. in and out of the clouds in boston. more clouds backing in on off the ocean. mix of sun and clouds through the day. that's for sure work temperatures running into the upper 50s to low 60s. mid-60s where it's brightest north and west up through 495, merrimack valley and southern new hampshire. showers more widespread by tomorrow afternoon. continuing friday night, saturday, a couple leftover on sunday but saturday the weather should be okay. >> christa: police searching for clues after a woman was found in a ravine on the side of the road in weymouth. fire officials pulled her out of the woods last night after investigators say she called for help.

and right mao police in quincy are searching for a robber on the run. investigators say that he rob marched kent on standish avenue wednesday morning. right now detectives are looking at surveillance video to try the find clues on the suspect and his where abtds. and we're back in about 25 minutes. now back to the "today show."

they say, coming up, dream vacation turned tragic. two sisters from minnesota found dead inside their luxury resort off the coast of affect. what investigators are sayin mysterious deaths. and as good as it gets a. new report says that right now is the lightest you will be all year, why we should enjoy it while it lasts. and then theroux's thriller. >> you and i both know what you are capable of. >> justin theroux is here to talk about his highly anticipated movie. and a whole lot more, thursday,

>> i have been watching the "today" show since the beginning and i'm finally here. >> it's great to be on the "today" show. >> it's great to be in the big appl apple. >> teachers from ohio. we love "today." >> hi, mom and dad, >> all the way from tennessee! >> it's 8:00 on "today." good morning, everybody, thursday, september 29th. all right. now it's feeling like fall. maybe fallened a little touch of winter. we have our thoughts. by the way, earth wind and fire. >> this week, american top 40

number 20 on the countdown. >> i love him. good call. >> this guy is like the quadruple threat. he does it all, he's a writer, a screen writer, director, actor. he's one of the stars of the new movie "the girl on the train." worry going to talk to him ability that. >> i can't wait. >> a super nice guy. >> super easy to make dinners. it's as easy as getting takeout. morning, here is the "new day." >> reporter: i'm kristen welker at the airport in west chester. hillary clinton will depart from here and head to iowa later today, the latest survey monkey online poll shows 52% of likely voters say secretary clinton won the debate this morning, trump remains defiant. donald trump sharpening his attacks against hillary clinton

wednesday. >> etching you need to know about hillary clinton can be understood with that simple phrase -- follow the money! >> reporter: some newest allegations aimed at regaining momentum after a rocky debate monday that one trump source called a disaster. his aides now pushing for more traditional proep racing. on fox news, trump trying to change the narrative. >> i really love the experience. i had a great time. i think you stay polls weren't scnt >> reporter: our latest online poll shows clinton won the debate and 27% of women say their opinion of trump actually got worse. those opinions fueled by his criticism of elisa machado for gaining weighing. trump doubling down. >> i saved her job. because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight. >> reporter: a claim that was

morning, "vanity fair" is reviveing more controversial comments. a 2013 tv interview in which trump criticizes a then pregnant kim kardashian. >> she's got an little bit large. i don't think you should dress like you weigh 126 pound. >> reporter: they unleash a full court press. mobilizing young voters in new hampshire by bernie sanders. >> reporter: i am asking all of yo t there bernie's campaign ennereyesed so many young people. >> reporter: michelle obama in pennsylvania getting personal about trump's birtherrism conspiracy theory regarding president obama. >> hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately designed to undermine his presidency. >> reporter: now the trump team this morning signaling that they are going to increase their personal attacks against the

later today. secretary clinton will try to energize her core supporters by talking about women and families when she heads to iowa. >> kristen, thank you very much. the vacation of a lifetime has ended in tragedy for two american sisters. their stunned family in minnesota didn't know what happened. lucie cavanaugh is following this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning this is a destination most of us will dream of they had their royal honeymoon with will and kate. it's a tragedy that's left one minnesota family desperate for answers. it was supposed to be a dream vacation to a tropical paradise. just 900 miles off africa's east coast. staying at a $2,000 a night villa nestled in the hills.

ever. six days later, she and her 42-year-old sister robin were found dead a. spokesman for the hotel group told nbc news the pair was discovered when an employee of the hotel tried to wake them t. cause of death, still unknown t. minister of tourism telling us this morning. >> as the minister of tourism, we get sensitive when anything like this hams. people come on holiday not to lose a life. >> reporter: now relatives are affiliate that the family is still very much in shock. they're working with the embassy and local authorities to find out what in the world happened. the sisters, no strangers to adventure, remembered as kind, generous, loving, and incredibly compassionate. and, guy, we know that the mother and brother are now in the space shuttle. the american embassy is involved, as well as local

results of the autopsy which may shed some light on just what happened to these two women. matt, savannah. >> all right, lucie cavanaugh in london for us. thanks very much. >> back here, police are questioning a 14-year-old boy as they search for a motive in a south carolina school shooting. officials say the teen was armed with a handgun and killed his father on wednesday, then drove to nearby townville elementary school. they say he opened fire in the playground, wounded a teacher and two stus including a six-year-old boy a. volunteer fire fighter tackled the suspect that entered the school building. they say the stein not a student at that school. we are saying farewell to a heavy weight, our team correspondent jim miklazewski who is retiring after 31 years with us. mik as we call him led our coverage to some of the biggest stories of the past three decades, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan.

9/11 mik was the first at the scene to report that the pentagon had been attacked. it was there that he was recently honored with the defense department's exceptional public service award for setting a standard on journalistic excellence and on wednesday night, our colleagues celebrated him at our washington, d.c. bureau, mik, we love you, congratulation and good luck. >> i don't know what we will do enjoy that retirement. so well deserved. coming up, walking a mile or more for a flight. why those terminal walks are getting longer and longer. >> the crucial mom vote that may decide the presidential race. this morning, how women really feel ability donald trump and hillary clinton. >> one of the stars of the >> one of the stars of the highly people always say let's just get a sandwich or something. you don't just learn how to drive... or solve the world's problems...

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>> the worst cale out there. >> so excited for trending. >> are you liking this? >> we should all favor the moment. you know why? a new study says this is the least we will weigh all year long. yes. >> with one exception. >> that's true. we are all, most of us, still slim from the summer or slim as we probably will be. now it's holiday . pack on the pounds. >> essentially, do you weigh yourself every day in. >> i do. >> god no. a couple times recently. i don't even own a scale. >> i don't. >> i feel skin my i weigh myself. >> i haven't weighed myself in a good long time if i feel fat, i don't weigh myself. >> i just removed every mirror in my home. >> black over the windows? >> i don't want to see anything.

years resolution, make your november resolution in time for the holiday. >> really glad you brought that up. on the show yesterday, savannah was outraged. right. we were talking about usa today's list of this most overrated foods. you know what good was on there that freaked her out guacomole. >> we love it. >> the folks at usa today were apparently watching and listeningful so what they did this morning. they put out a list of the most un let's see if that makes an attack here. >> brussel sproud sprouts. >> yes. >> english muffins with butter? >> overrated. >> plain old american cheese. >> yes, white american, not yellow american. >> a good hard boiled egg. love hard boiled eggs. >> a little salt. >> dip it in salt. rotisserie chicken from the food

yeah. >> there is something else on the list and i have to say, it is so under rated. how about a klondike bar. >> what would do you for a klondike bar? >> i eat 50 of those a year. >> oh the original, baby. >> on me. >> oh my gosh. >> they have a proprietary taste to them, it's not just any chocolate. >> proprietary taste. >> special to that has a crunch. >> yeah. we were at our slimmest? it starts now. >> that brings me back to the out rage of yesterday, ice cream was an overrated on the original list. ice krocream is not overrated. >> this is a huge temptation to bring us tons of them. >> absolutely. >> here's something. we all travel a lot.

>> exactly. >> way under rated. >> prada shoe, under rated. have you noticed in airports, it seems like you have to walk longer and longer to get to the flight. it's really true. all these suspicion, why am i walking 20 miles t. "wall street journal" confirms, at some airports, travelers are now walking more than a mile to catch a flight n. philly, you can even cross the county line. >> it's right on the line. >> most of the airplanes, they need more space. >> they need to sell more stuff. more stores. >> that is a big part of it. what they decided to do is have more space, better stores, whatever, restaurants. >> i was in detroit last week. i love detroit. but i entered gate 21 i think. it must have been a half mile to the baggage claim. >> then you got to get on a train. >> and a lot of airplanes get rid of those people movers the

stores and things. but i do like how you can get a pedicure at the airport if you have to. >> you can get a blowout in some place, they have hair salons. >> how about those kiosks. those are great. >> what would do you for a klondike bar? >> i love them. >> kim kardashian got attacked by a notorious celebrity prankster. she was walking down the street in paris t. man in white slipped back and rushed her t. guards it looked like he was going to tackle her. he has done this to kim before. she is filing a complaint. last week he lifted gigi haddid off the ground. he has done this to a ton of celebrities, after brad pitt in 2014, he was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to undergo. >> it's assault? >> yes.

>> good. >> next to another great song for throwback thursday, al, this one celebrating his 26th anniversary. ? freedom ? ? freedom ? >> the whole record is under rated. >> george michael's "freedom" came out in october of 1990. remember this video. cindy crawford wasn you see. >> it was live. >> yes. >> i can't read the teleprompter. well, it's for the anniversary of friends at "vogue" are using a next generation of models. the next gen of models. adriana lima. they take to the streets of new york during fashion week. great song. >> that whole record is awesome. >> i didn't know there was a

i didn't know. >> you knew the song? >> finally, you may have noticed ellen, one teeny change. she is not there hosting. miley cyrus is. ellen a little under the weather, miley in to fill ellen's dancing shoes. >> has that ever happened? >> i know you all came to see ellen. i am going to do my best to make you happy. i am dressed like her. i smell like her. al i actually kissed a gimpl i admit, i'm a little bit nervous, because i've never hosted a show with my clothes on before so this is so weird. >> there you go, as if miley wasn't busy enough with us at "the voice" she is guest hosting. no shortage of chatter. >> talent. >> which is great. yeah a. great personality. >> carson, thank you so much. can you return to the teleprompter by the way.

>> well, we have been telling you about the flooding going on down in fayetteville, north carolina. take a look. they got flash flood warnings in effect. a flash flood mortgages. some areas have picked up 12 inches of rain overnight and as you can see, it has turned streams into raging rivers. it is going to continue. here's the flooding from north carolina all way up into pennsylvania. you can see on the radar the heaviest precipitation between wilmington and fayetteville. with are seeing moisture making it way up into pennsylvania t. bulls eye for this, the heaviest rain going forward is going to be in western virginia, west virginia to the west of washington, d.c. we're worried about ellicott city a as well where they have

rain, plus a lot of gusty winds. it will be a lot today. let's check in with morgan radford in ellicott i have, maryland. what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, al, we're in the middle of a flash flood watch here in the baltimore and d.c. area. we're expecting to see up to five inches of rain in the next 24 hours. this is a part of a larger system as you mentioned has hit north carolina and can you hear the emergency services crews here behind me at ellicott city, maryland. they're cleaning up, sandbagging, trying to prepare this city and prevent what happened two months ago almost to the day when two were killed, hundreds more rescued. that's when six inches of rain struck in two hours t. emergency services are here trying to keep these people safe as they hit the roads today, al. >> thank you. again, still reeling from that flooding. so this is going to be a very touch and go situation.

posted during the day on >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. a cool and breezy start. we have breaks of sunshine this morning especially away from southeastern mass, that will be the case through the day with the brightest conditions north and west. the cloudiest down across plymouth, bristol county and the cape and the islands. could even have a patch or two of drizzle down that way. temperatures this afternoon ranging from the upper 50s to near 60 at the coast. mid-60s across worcester county and up into the showers likely or showers >> don't forget, you can catch us on sirius radio channel 108. i wonder why savannah and hoda are sitting on the couch? >> do you think it's because i look particularly good in my suit. maybe not. the book turned into a blockbuster in "the girl on the train." a woman obsessed with a

commute. this guy right here, justin theroux is to co-star in a story where nothing is as it seals. >> she said you yelled at her. >> no, that itself not what happened. shelves in the tunnel. she hit me. >> you are drunk. >> i'm not drunk, tom. >> my wife is scared of you. >> of what? >> i don't know if that's a joke or not. let's start with child abduction. >> that's not h >> you and i know what you are capable of. >> hey, justin, how are you? >> i'm great, thank you. >> we we have mutual friends that tell me you are anything but creepy. you are a really nice guy. >> i'm glad. >> yeah. >> and yet, i keep reading about you, everybody raves how well you play creepy. >> thanks. i guess if i am doing a part that's creepy i guess or and i

guess that's a good thing. i guess it means i'm doing my job. >> i like how you end on and up note. which is good. >> kind of creepy. >> i mention this as a major selling book. it's wildly popular. that doesn't always mean that the book translates with el to the big screen. why do you think this one does? >> well, i think it does only because it was very faithfully adapted. the direction is fantastic and we were reay lot of very, very good actors. so you know, we can only hope we do service to the book and sort of honor what the author had in mind. >> without, i know there is a lot we want to be careful about in terms of not spoiling something. give the basics of the story line in your opinion. >> essentially, the story about a woman named rachel who rides the train. she's in a slightly depressive state, drinking too much and she

what we all kind of do in life. she builds this sort of fantasy life around this couple and then a woman goes missing and all these sort of players are around it lube lubricated in a way. >> i remember my dad drove through a particularly nice neighborhood one day, my dad said something to the effect, don't assume you know what's going >> yeah. >> this is kind of that personified. >> it's that and i would go further on that, life as we take the train, the corridor a bunch. you are not only look nook people's windows sometimes, are you look nook the backs of their houses. >> that's right. >> it almost tells you more than the front. some people's literal dirty laundry is hanging out back. it's kind of grave, a beautiful

lives. >> you said you rely on your gut when are you choosing a low. does it usually serve you well? >> it has. i could say that when i choose roles or projects to work on that don't, that someone has told me are smart to do or things that are good to do, i usually don't enjoy myself as much as when i find something that i just love doing. >> one of the things you seem to love doing the a show called "the leftovers." and the creator of that show sa s reading. he says, he's a ken doll, but he's every ken, astronaut ken, interior designer ken, i'd be lying if i didn't say there's a part of me that wants to strangle him. but in terms of what he can do as an actor, he can be much bigger than he is in terms of notoriety. the reason he's not is by design. it's his choice. is that true? >> i don't know if it's true.

so i never had any particularly, particular interest in doing

>> this is 7news now. >> sarah: good morning, everybody. 8:27 as you take a live look outside at boston. let's send it over to chris lambert now with a check of your forecast. >> chris: sarah, in and out of clouds in the city. fall in full force. cool and breezy morning. temperatures into the 50s. we've got the clouds thickest across s brightest skies this afternoon southern new hampshire and northern mass, in and out of the sun here in boston, upper 50s to near 60 in the city. mid-60s in southern new hampshire. wet weather working back in to end the week and start the weekend. >> sarah: now to our top stories. police are searching for clues after a woman is found on the side of the road in weymouth. fire officials pulled her out of the woods last night after investigators say she called for help but couldn't say where she was. the woman was taken to the

seekonk police are looking for two men and a woman suspected of breaking into storage units in town. officers say they believe the suspects were spotted in a red truck, possible lay dodge dakota. a burlington high school football coach has been suspended after allegations of inappropriate behavior. head coach sean mcguire is on administrative leave as the school investigates claims of verbal misconduct toward his players. "today in new england" returns at 9:00. we hope to see you then. vo: kelly ayotte says she's on our side, but on our rights, she's squarely with donald trump: trump: planned parenthood should absolutely be defunded.

and both oppose our right to safe and legal abortion. ayotte: i certainly think that roe should be overturned... trump: ...there has to be some form of punishment. matthews: for the woman? trump: yeah, there has to be some form. vo: ayotte and trump: wrong for new hampshire women. senate majority pac is responsible for the

>> we are back now at 8:30 on a thursday morning the 29th of september, 2016. a little earlier in our program, al talked about some rain on the way. you here. i feel a sprinkle. >> we have weather sensitive hair, the two of us. >> we do. al will catch up with a legend, dig van dyke. >> i love this man, secrets of a remarkable career. let me tell you, he is still as funny and as limber. just a great guy. and he's got some news about the mary pop pins remake.

this is the day to cozy up with a reading book. your fall lined up. >> something easier to make at home. you have to try this chicken and broccoli recipe for yourself. that is coming up. >> first, mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> where is general tsao? god, i love that chicken. let's see what's happening. tomorrow, a washout in the northeast and great lakes. wet weather in the southwest. rain in the pacific northwest as we more rain in the northeast, great lakes as well. new england, we need it especially there. wet weather in the western plains. sunday! sunday! the rain continues in the east and the northeast and heavy rain starts moving into the area of the coastal pacific >> chris: good thursday morning, everyone. a cool and breezy start. we have breaks of sunshine this

southeastern mass, that will be the case through the day with the brightest conditions north and west. the cloudiest down across plymouth, bristol county and the cape and the islands. could even have a patch or two of drizzle down that way. temperatures this afternoon ranging from the upper 50s to near 60 at the coast. mid-60s across worcester county and up into the merrimack valley. showers likely or showers . >> that is your latest weather. don't forgive, make sure you get check out the weather channel on cable and other channels. guys. >> all right, al, thanks very much. we will talk about a group of voters that could decide the presidential election. we are talking about women. hillary clinton and donald trump are fighting for them, especially moms, who may have been watching monday's debate very closely. >> our new poll shows nearly 30% of women say their opinion changed after the debate. 11% said of donald trump.

out with fellow moms. good morning to you. >> i love to hear about noif movie stars, snacks, weather, people. >> tell us about this group you talk to. >> well, listen, moms are the rulers of the universe, we run our households. and we pick presidents. if the candidates for the white house this year want to win, they're going to have to win over this group of voters. yesterday, i traveled to wake county, north carolina. and i talked to this group. >> i'm trying to decide the least bad choice honestly. >> did it bother to you hear him as the debate ended say, i get points for not raising the issue of infidelity about chelsea in the room. well, chelsea las a television. did you -- >> it definitely bothered me, because i felt as though he was doing, getting a dig in while still getting credit for not

up, but he might as well have. >> what do you think of the wrath that hillary clinton has by playing by her own set of rules. >> everybody should be held to the same set of standard. i find the e-mail thing is very shady. she tends to play little shell game here and there. so that causes pulse warming. >> i'm not sure i trust her. >> if one of the candidates sat down, we'll be donald trump on the bench first and said i must win your voight. what is the change starting today? >> the things he says about health care are really frightenning to me, i'm a single mom. i buy my own insurance, i have a daughter with die boats. if he wipes everything out, i cannot insure her. >> do you think donald trump is the next president? >> i'm not sure if he has a connection to what my life is like. he's a billionaire. he doesn't have a kwlu it's like to live paycheck to paycheck.

supporting hillary clinton. if she sat down there and said i'm not giving up until i have your vote. what would you need to hear from her in. >> i think she should be honest and relate to people on an every day basis. sometimes she loses that connection. >> like go to costco, wait in line with, right? what's the choice are you all prepared to pick one another on election day? >> i'm hoping i whoen be making a game time decision. >> i'm hoping i will make it in advance, it booth. like, last minute pull the trigger. >> wow! >> interesting conversation. >> they were so lovely. they let me into their home. i never have done this before, gone out and do you know cold pack annual, right. and i texted everyone i knew in television for their advice, i almost threw up in the toilet. now she knows. the most interesting thing is after our exercise walk, we went back to dori's house, i said how

debate with your children, that affected them having their kids in the room. could anything happen that could move you back towards donald trump's camp? they said if more information comes layout from wiki leaks or the fbi, we could go back the other way, that's why they said they will wait until election day. >> campaigns don't like undecided voters. >> they don't like them. they need them. they need these moms. >> great job, thank you, nicole. >> we you, my friend. we want to know where you stand on the election, the candidates the issues, use the #momvote. >> i didn't see the almost throwing up in the bam bathroom story. next, al goes one on one with a living legend, dig van dyke. she saw the boots and fell for fall all over again. was she expecting to find the perfect designer boots at such an amazing price? no.

but you know you're gonna love it. interviewer: what would you do with five minutes to kill and a smartphone? man: check the scores. woman 1 : uh, probably post a pic.

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zblmpbls back now with more of our special series "today's living ledge ends." this morning dig van dyke. >> dig van dyke. come on, i got a chance to learn a few moves and talk about his iconic career that spans more than 50 years. >> da da da da, da da da da. >> it's been more than five decades that 90-year-old van dyke sang in classics like "bye-bye birdie." ? why look so awfully tragic ? ? put on a happy face. >> in chitty chitty bang been and the magical world of mary pop pins. >> tell me about mary poppins. >> there was something image cal going onful we all felt it. each day, we were reviewing it. it had something, a life of its

going to be good. >> but it's still over fi50 yea, it's still image cal today. >> walt, he was computer generated, he wasn't around for. that he would have gone crazy. they're remaking mary poppins. >> yes. >> how do you feel about that? >> people traditionally aren't very good. i said, without walt disney and the sherman brothers to write the music, i he i talked to the director. they said, it will be an homage. i think they want me to come in at the end as the old banker and sing a little song and do a little dance. which i'd love to do. >> oh my gosh. >> judy and meryl streep is in it. >> in this body of work that you

proud of? >> dick van dyke. >> nominated 25 times for prime time emmy awards. the 1960s telecom sit-com starred dick van dyke and mary tyler moore. >> don't you think it's time we get him a new home? >> not in front o.d-u-c-k. >> it was the most creative time. it was a ball. i just >> do you sometimes marvel at the things that have you been in. >> oh, yeah. sometimes i don't believe it. >> you look back on 90 years. are there any regrets? >> well, i had a period of like i got stuck on the booze and i hated that. i got through it all right. i just one day it didn't taste good aerial and it went away. >> you have been very opened. you seemed somewhat fearless. >> i don't know why that is.

people are happier than at any other age and i think partly wisdom, you know, and peer pressure doesn't mean anything anymore. >> what do you attribute your secret to longevity? >> i'm married to someone less than half my avenl everyone said it wouldn't work. but it's just delightful. she keeps me young and i keep continuing and we go like that and the secret is not to slow down. you got ouch. that's pretty good for a 90-year-old. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> oh, he goes to the gym every day unbelievable. he has this new passion project. acapella quartet called the fantastics. he says, every day you got to move. keep moving. >> incredible. physically, mentally, so bright,

dyke we've loved all these years. >> i did not want to leave. >> really cool. >> coming up next, we will dig into a great prop of reads for fall, great for a day like this. first this narrator: over and over

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coffee and espresso flavors. sip salty and sweet with our new salted caramel macchiato or drink in the season with the classic taste of pumpkin. america runs on dunkin'. welcome back to "today" fall is in full swing. it's time to turn over a new leaf you might say, a new page. here with the inside sco buzz feed's book editor isaac fitzgerald and guys, good morning. >> good morning. >> i think it's fair to say you are all uniquely qualified to tell us what we should be roding this fall. we want to race through this list. so we start with fiction, isaac, what was your pick? >> all right. this is "close in white heads," the under ground railroad.

it's a novel, a slave narrative. it impacts this beautiful way of writing and thinking and colton is basically at the top of his form. you have to read this book. >> what do you pick? >> for fiction, i say anne patchett's "commonwealth." she's my hero and success in the country. it's a great book story. this is one of her best. it's a delicious sweeping story about a family, a complicated blend of next canadian. >> brad, we know you love the thrillers. >> i love thrillers, har hasn't coben request the king" a ransom demand, nothing is heard for ten years, pops up in new jersey. a fabulous read. >> sound like a "dateline" episode. >> shirley jackson. "a rabbit's haunted life." this is a wonderful biography.

just as a writer but as a mother. not just as a mother, but a writer of family memoir, our darkest most compelling fiction. this book is fascinating. >> non-fiction. >> mine is in the motherhood vain, it's a story about sort of modern fertility and pregnancy told through bell bogg's personal life, "the art of waiting." it's a smart, smart book. >> a lot of people connected with that. witch trials? this is the trial of 1700s you haven't heard about. think hamilton meets john grisham. we have a first amendment and the expose of things that happened in this book. >> in this trial, we learned about in journalism school. now our author's choice, which means runner's up. >> no.

about basically community, two young teens best friends "the mothers." such a wonderful book. >> the mother. mine is "the red car" by marcy dermansky. it's about a woman that inherits a red sportscar and the trips she takes. >> what about you, brad? >> all right. i got one and a bonus. by amoir samples towles. history breaks out outside the hotel, he has an amazing adventure over three decades, finally, haven't read it. i seen everybody with this book every year. "here i am. >> let the record reflect you cheated. i love jonathan.

lovers" already a best seller. tell us about it. >> it's exciting to see people connect with it. younger people, older people. it's been wonderful. i'm so happy. >> and in a totally different vain, we have brad a foreign agent. this is a thriller and could have been ripped out of the headlines. >> the greatest escape with steve mcqueen meets jason bourn. five times on the new york best seller's list. >> let's leave all i have some christmas presents going on. isaac, thank you so much, great to have your expert selections go, to our website today.com you can hear a lot more about what they like. just ahead, a healthier, faster, yes, cheaper way to make the perfect chicken dinner.

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>> 8:51, we're back with a new "today" food, you don't want to splurge on takeout, social media star, creator of the "fifth man cook.com" he has an affordable at-home solution. good morning to you. say hello to folks in dallas. >> what's going on in town? >> let's talk about what we're

>> this is probably the most boring, bland meal. chicken, broccoli and brown rice and in on onion garlic olive hoyle and tamari blend. >> i will talk to you about tamari and surprise blend. talk about how we prepare. >> we cut chicken in small pieces. this is a one skillet meal. so you want everything to cook really fast. we will chop up the gar le chunks at it, you can use a knife and chob it up to make minced garlic. >> you will put this into a really hot pan or a skillet. but you want to make sure when the people do this, they don't burn the garlic. >> that's right. you want to add garlic here. olive oil. you don't to have this. you don't want to brown the garlic. that will make it really bitter. once you get this going, you add olive oil, garlic, we will toss

this is where the flavor comes from. also, this is how you get your house smelling really good, man that is going down in the kitchen today. >> that's right. >> people will say, man, are you killing it in there. >> we have a tasting table downstairs t. tasters are getting ready. >> then we are going to add in some cooked brown rice. >> you don't like brown rice, >> you can use rice or kinwa. check it out. add a little of this. thank you for helping me out. >> that will absorb the flavors already in the pan? >> now we will add in the hero of the dish this five spice blend. >> al mentioned. how would you describe the taste of this?

cinnamon clove fennell and black pepper. give that a quick stir there. then we will add in low sodium tamari. >> tamarzy what? >> it's almost like a sy sauce, it's less suesy, if you have an allergy, this the perfect for you. >> how long will this cook? >> it will took for about a good three minutes. once you do that, we will add in our chicken. once you get the chicken going, this is where all the magic skillet is drying out this dish, decrease the heat a little bit. this should cook for about five-to-seven minutes. can't you smell it right now? >> yes, we will turn this down a bit. we put the broccoli in. how we doing downstairs? >> we were discussing this. >> very aromatic. >> there we go, aromatic.

>> from start to finish how long will it take at home? >> 30 minutes, you have this delicious meal. will you garnish with a little sesame seed and some green onions. >> perfect. >> how is it? >> it is delicious. it is really good. >> chicken and broccoli. it's about $3 bucks a meal and comes with less than 300 calories, 30 grams of protein, 40 grams of rb saim save some money for the fall. >> everyone get the recipe on

>> developing in weymouth right now a woman rescued late last night from a ravine and now police are investigating. gunshots ring out at an elementary school down south.

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>> developing this morning a women rescued found in a ravine. what we know about the situation in weymouth. plus more questions for a missing boater who was rescued what we're learning about a murder in his family. the al east belongs to red sox boston clinching in new york in the party lasted t night. >> good thursday morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah french. i'm christa delcamp. i love watching that champaign shower. it's so weird they did that without winning. they lost to yankee but still clinched. >> that ninth inning like oh, man, yes the walk off grand slam by the yankees. they are in the city that doesn't sleep partying into the late night. we'll let them do that. clinched the division.