in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. good morning. unshackled. donald trump goes on a tirade against his own party ripping fellow republicans, including house speaker paul ryan. >> i don't want his support. i don't care about his support. president obama going off o >> you just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right. >> as hillary clinton's team deals with a new round of hacked e-mails. investigators now trying to figure out who was behind it. was it intentional? the fbi now investigating after a small plane crashed and burst into flames in connecticut. one passenger killed, the pilot hospitalized, but reportedly saying it was not an accident. not loving it.

change is over. why you're about to see a lot less of its iconic mascot. and on the mend. our buddy, al, gets his second knee replacement surgery. we'll see how he's doing today, wednesday, october 12th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller pl welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. al told me he was going to the hospital to get a little work done but it meant something else. >> in this town it usually means something else. getting his knee replaced. we'll check in with him. we hear the surgery went well. >> we miss him. let's talk about politics, just 27 days until the election. here is the state of the race today. donald trump is going after his own party, labeling gop lawmakers weak and ineffective

wake of that leaked "access hollywood" tape. and our new poll taken after sunday's debate shows hillary clinton with a commanding ten-point lead among likely voters, 50% to 40% in a head-to-head matchup with trump. and it's a tale of two coasts on the trail. trump is back in florida, clinton heads west with stops in colorado and nevada on her schedule. let's get right to hallie jackson in florida. hallie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt, good morning. today donald trump is ramping up his battle with his own party. his campaign set to hold a private call with members of congress today to try and update them on their strategy, even as trump himself announces he's apparently now unchained. on stage at a packed panama city park, donald trump staying silent about the republican civil war he's now reigniting. online, a different story.

tweeted, reportedly telling texas donors it feels so good. >> the shackles are some of the establishment people that are weak and ineffective people within the republican party, senators and others, and paul ryan. i wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a lot of these people, including ryan, especially ryan. >> reporter: trump's running mate, mike pence, brought on board partly to mend fences with the republican establishment telling nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> i don't find myself thinkin now, i find myself and donald trump finds himself thinking mostly about america. >> reporter: but just four weeks until election day, new fallout for the gop ticket. this morning, nbc news has learned exclusively some big-dollar donors are demanding refunds, appalled by trump's sexually aggressive comments during a 2005 "access hollywood" taping, a show owned by nbc universal. in an e-mail obtained by nbc news, one donor writes he was

regarding women, worried the campaign will assure a victory for hillary clinton. a trump spokesman saying we are unaware of any donors making such a request. as a new "usa today" analysis now shows a quarter of all top-elected republicans won't endorse their nominee. >> we'll have a separate party, yeah. >> reporter: but he still trails hillary clinton in almost every battleground, trying to turn the tide with sharper attacks in a >> hillary clinton doesn't have the fortitude, strength or stamina to lead in our world. >> reporter: trump says he looks forward to facing off in the final debate in florida, bragging about how he did last time. >> by the way, did everybody see the debate, right? it's gotten good reviews, good reviews. >> reporter: and memorably explaining why it looks like he was looming. >> she entered my space, right? so i said i'm not getting near this woman. >> reporter: his rally ending

make sure you get out and vote november 28th. >> reporter: election day, of course, is november 8th. as for our new polling, another piece of information here when it comes to that 2005 audio. more voters after the debate as opposed to before it believe that that hot mike moment doesn't disqualify donald trump from the presidency. matt, savannah. >> hallie, thanks so much. let's bring in our experts, mark halperin walla wallace. is there potentially a strategy for donald trump to go after the establishment, go after the old gray beards of the party, or is he just campaigning that he just don't care. >> well, i think it's both. i think his strategy for winning the nomination -- his first target was jeb bush, who embodied the gop establishment, and his first sort of scalp was his. and then he kept on going until he had obliterated 16 establishment figures, so i

basics. the notion that he was shackled is the exception. the idea that he was ever restrained, and restrained by whom? his family represent the greatest enablers and the most powerful people in his inner circle. >> back to basics, one of the things he's gone back to is this attack on hillary clinton's stamina and physical health. is there any indication that as a strategy, mark, that works? >> well, right now it seems like his primary goal is to rally the videotape caused a lot of republicans to go away from him. he's not going to win unless his support amongst republicans is well north of 80%. this is like going after her on benghazi or her husband's past, it rallies republicans. i think that's what this ad is about. it may not work to win the election right away, but the first step to even being in a position to win is to get republicans back on his side. >> and then you have speaker paul ryan who seems to be in

stages of grief and almost acknowledging he doesn't think trump can win. now he sets up an argument to say if you had stuck by us, maybe we would have won. >> donald trump's view is i'm the republican nominee, republicans should be for me. paul ryan's view is i'm trying to save the house of representatives so hillary clinton doesn't have unified democratic control. they're going to be in conflict. i predict by election day, paul ryan will have did. >> real quickly, at this stage of the race is there anything you can compare this to, a candidate so at odds with his own party? >> nothing in recent history. paul ryan believes what most people believe, not just republicans, but you look at structurally, he's not going to win because the people that you need to win over to your side are not the people that are going to respond or be fired up by the kind of scorched earth politics that he's fully

with more hacked e-mails. president obama and former vice president al gore are campaigning hard for clinton. kristen welker has that part of the race covered. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. secretary clinton heads out west today to colorado and nevada as she is facing more tough questions about hacked e-mails, purportedly belonging to her campaign chairman, john podesta. podesta now telling reporters the fbi is investigating, this as top democrats hit the campaign t facing an increasingly bitter battle, democrats presenting a united front, hitting donald trump hard over tapegate. >> that's not right. you just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right. >> reporter: even al gore, who famously distanced himself from the clintons during his failed 2000 presidential bid making a rare appearance with hillary clinton in florida, the same state where a recount ultimately led to his defeat.

really counts. >> reporter: as donald trump unleashes some of his most personal attacks yet against bill clinton's alleged past indiscretions, trump supporters are joining the fray. demonstrators organize bide a pro-trump radio host protesting the former president at events. >> now, let me just say -- >> reporter: after event on wednesday. >> uh-oh, somebody is yelling at me again. >> reporter: the clinton camp is also dealing with a new round of hacked campaign chairman john podesta, released by wikileaks but not authenticated by nbc news. in one e-mail raising questions about a possible conflict of interest, clinton press secretary and former justice department official brian fallon writing that he was in contact with doj about lawsuits over clinton's e-mail issues, writing doj folks inform me there is a status hearing in the case. podesta responding to reporters on clinton's campaign plane.

they are investigating the matter. >> reporter: trump trying to capitalize. >> wikileaks is amazing, the stuff that's coming out. it shows she's a real liar. >> reporter: all this as hillary clinton is providing a glimpse into her mindset with less than a month until election day, telling "the new york times" magazine i'm not going to lose and i'm the last thing standing between you and the apocalypse. now john podesta also blamed russia for the hack and says he believes the trump colluding with russia. the u.s. government has said it believes russia is behind the hacks. out west today secretary clinton is expected to same at republicans in down-ballot races who have yet to denounce trump. >> all right, thank you. >> mark, scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a nonevent, 10 being a campaign-shaking event, where do these wikileaks documents fall?

chairman of the democratic nominee's campaign is accusing russia of colluding with the republican nominee and it's not the lead story. >> hillary clinton needs to attract millennials. in some weird way does the wikileaks matter more to millennials? >> i don't think most of the things have come out are much inside baseball. unlike the controversies involving donald trump, they don't directly involve hillary clinton, they involve her team. >> but it perception that already exists about hillary clinton because you do see these behind-the-scenes machinations, what's her position on this, what's the political fallout on that? which is one of the things people don't like hillary clinton for. she just says what's expedient. >> that's exactly right. make no mistake about it, her rise in the polls is not a sign of her strength, it's a sign of his collapse. so these don't suggest that the voters are so attached to her, they suggest that before our

out of the trump endeavor. >> unless reporters can get to her and question her and she's forced to respond, it just doesn't get in front of any type of voters the way the trump stuff is right now. >> al gore on the campaign trail for hillary clinton. we know he's quite the environmental activist but he's flown under the radar in terms of politics. does he help her? >> he helps her get news coverage. people are talking about global warming which does appeal to needs to turnpi out to vote. i don't think al gore himself necessarily helps all that much with millennials. >> no accident he's campaigning in florida where it was a difference of 500 votes that changed -- >> nothing more raw for him than the floridian swing voter, but he makes a point. >> thanks so much. the fbi has been called in to help in an investigation of a small plane crash in connecticut.

but now that pilot is indicating the crash was no accident. nbc's tom costello covers aviation. tom, what can you tell us? >> the plane had taken off from a flight school. it was on final approach when it went down. the pilot survived. the student pilot was the passenger. now federal law enforcement sources say they're looking at his background, including his nationality, trying to determine if he intentionally crashed the plane. a quiet community in connecticut rattleds small plane crashed in a neighborhood late tuesday, possibly intentionally. the twin engine piper pa-34 was on its final approach to the hartford airport when it crashed, knocking down power line, leaving about 500 homes without power. >> it's early in the investigation now. at this point it's a plane crash. as far as anything specifically whether it's an accident or a criminal case, that's all to be determined. >> according to "the new york times," the pilot who survived the crash told investigators it was not an accident.

>> it almost crashed our car like in pieces. >> the plane careening into a heavily populated area, just barely missing cars as they were driving by. >> i heard the engine and i saw the whole thing coming in and i just instantly stopped in my car and the whole car just shook. >> it was like a movie scene, like who would have thought that would have happened. >> investigators say the plane appears to have come from a local flight school. one passenger died. again, he was a student pilot. a plane went down near a jet engine manufacturer for commercial, military and general aviation. so far no indication the crash involved any of the company's employees or contractors. two people in that minivan at the time of the crash suffered minor injuries. >> tom, thank you very much. in other news, a federal disaster declaration has now been approved for parts of north carolina dealing with that historic flooding in the wake of

before hammering the u.s., the storm dealt a devastating blow to parts of the caribbean. gabe gutierrez is in haiti with the latest on the situation there. >> hurricane matthew ripped through this area with winds up to 145 miles an hour and these farmers tell us that the water rushed through here and they had to run up the side of this mountain to escape. now, from the air you can really see the true scope of the devastation. the u.n. estimates more than a million people are in humanitarian aid. several hundred thousand are still in emergency shelters, and now the fear is the spread of cholera. emergency aid is slowly trickling into this country, but not fast enough for those in the most devastated areas. back to you. >> gabe, thank you very much. here in the u.s., the death toll from matthew is now up to at least 36 people across five states. the coast guard desperately looking for residents who may have been stranded by rising floodwaters in north carolina.

elderly residents in a high-rise building and carried the fragile and disabled to safety. in the meantime, a texas man watching this drone video plotted his twin brother's house and tweeted a plea to help his sibling trapped on the second floor. the drone operator alerted rescuers and minutes later a team arrived carrying the man and his dog to safety. one happy ending. still a concern in north carolina. >> because the flooding is not going to improve until the weekend. we still have all of these rivers with the red diamonds at major flooding, especially the lumber river in lumberton, north carolina. i just want to point out the fact that here is major flooding just under 20 feet. today, tomorrow, friday, saturday, even into sunday it stays above major flooding. it will drop on monday but we'll see flooding of some kind. the problem is there's so much water it really has nowhere to go. with more than a foot of rain

is just sitting there and it just simply cannot recede. the neuse river, the same situation before it goes below major flood stage. hurricane nicole is up to category 2. this is a threat to bermuda, possibly as a category 2 storm. winds are at 100 miles an hour. you can see as we go into thursday and thursday afternoon, it could come very close to landfall as a category 2 storm with up to 4 to 8 inches of rain likely and also a 6 to 8-foot storm surge is possible as well. so we'll start to see tropical storm force winds as soon as we get into the overnight hours and then we're looking at hurricane-force winds to affect bermuda at 9:00 tomorrow morning. so we are certainly looking at a major situation possible for bermuda but the flooding will be a big concern for north carolina an opening night on broadway is kind of magic.

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>> all right, dylan, thank you very much. coming up, why critics say the way some colleges are now handling reported assaults on campus is actually creating new problems. and then a big announcement from mcdonald's about the future of its beloved mascot in light of the outbreak of the so-called creepy clown sightings around the country. first on a wednesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. bob hillery: i spent 21 years in the navy, defending america. if i only showed up half the time, but that's what senator kelly ayotte did. she missed nearly half of her homeland security hearings. vo: on critical homeland security hearings, ayotte was mia... even missing a hearing the same day she went to a washington fundraiser. for ayotte, collecting campaign cash comes first. bob hillery: when it comes to fighting terrorism, 50% just doesn't cut it. vo: senate majority pac is responsible for the

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7:30 now wednesday morning, 12th of october, 2016. a happy crowd. onerepublic will be here for a special live flmprf 8:30 half hour. good morning, everybody. here's a look at today's headlines. the impact of hurricane matthew still being felt across the south. new evacuations were ordered in greenville, north carolina, overnight where the tar river is expected to crest today. meantime goldman sachs now estimates there's $10 billion in damage in the u.s. but with many home and business owners assessing the damages, that

>> president obama renewed his call to send humans to mars. the president says his administration and nasa are working with private companies to put people on the red planet by 2030. he'll talk more about the future exploration at a summit in pittsburgh tomorrow. donald trump is hammering members of his own party. on fox news he slammed house speaker paul ryan for refusing to campaign for him and hinted ryan may not keep the leadership position if trump i president. >> i'm just tired of nonsupport and i don't really want his support. i would think that ryan maybe wouldn't be there, maybe he'll be in a different position. >> trump is holding some more rallies in the state of florida today. let's see today's campaign moment. here it is. mike pence shutting down a supporter after her call for revolution at an iowa town hall last night. >> if hillary clinton gets in, i myself, i'm ready for a revolution because we can't have her in.

no, you know, i'm like trump, you know. do i not speak for people here? am i not saying the truth guys? come on. >> pence said the real revolution will come on election day when he said trump will be elected president. also this morning we have a new development tied to those clown sightings we've been telling you about for weeks now. mcdonald's is saying that it's having an impact on the fast food chain's iconic mascot. nbc's joe fryer has that story. joe, good morning to you. >> matt, goo with halloween on the horizon, the clown craze is growing, and not just in the u.s. the problem has gone global. and now a beloved clown will be keeping a lower profile. ronald mcdonald, the gentle red-haired mascot for the nation's largest fast food chain is now cutting back on his schedule. in a statement, mcdonald's says it's mindful of the current climate around clown sightings in communities and is being thoughtful in respect to ronald

being. ronald laying low because the scary sightings are getting worse. one was spotted hanging out the back of a detroit city bus. >> keep your hands where we can see them. >> and dash cam shows officers stopping clowns who were chasing cars. one of them left a 4-year-old child at home alone. it's also causing a problem overseas with creepy clown stunts like this chain saw-wielding one in england. >> this is frightening toeo >> reporter: one website has created an interactive map of clown episodes. tensions are so high in st. francis, minnesota, a coach lost his job. he always dresses up during the final soccer practice of the season, but this year he was a clown after his ninth graders tweeted this photo, he was fired. >> i'm at a loss for words what this has came to just over something like that. >> the school district says younger kids have been

reports. >> i'd say that the safety and security of kids is not an overreaction. >> across the country, police are arresting clowns for scaring strangers. >> are you the clown scaring the kids back there? >> in massachusetts, one department even created a public service announcement with officers pouring out of a squad car like it's a clown car. >> remember, if you want to act like a clown, we have no problem treating you like one. >> most of these sightings are copycat hoaxes, but police are still taking them as for ronald mcdonald, he will not totally vanish. the company says it will just be more cautious in determining where ronald will and won't appear. matt. >> all right, joe fryer. joe, thank you very much. >> such an odd story. let us turn to dylan. what are you looking at on your weather map. >> well, we've got an interesting situation setting up across the pacific northwest. we have storm after storm after storm that's going to move in along this atmospheric river of moisture here. not only will we see a lot of rain, but we could see

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it's 7:40 now on this wednesday morning. we're back with our special series campus undercovered. >> ronan farrow has been examining some of the challenges >> it is disturbing. good morning to you as well. it's also a dangerous time right now at this moment when it comes to this issue, sexual assault on campus. experts call the fall term the red zone because it's the time when most of these assaults take place. in recent years the government has tried to crack down, they're leaning on schools to do more to protect victims and fix a system that many of the victims say is impossible. many experts agree schools needed to act more.

problems. >> i did everything a rape victim is supposed to do. i reported it. i allowed the rape kit to be taken. i gave a statement. >> this september, 19-year-old delaney robbins came forward alleging the university of north carolina refused to act after she was sexually assaulted. >> six months later the university has done nothing. >> six months of on-campus investigation run by school administrars basic knowledge of sexual assault and showed bias in favor of her alleged attacker, a star player on the unc football team. fed up, she finally took action on her own and was able to secure a warrant for misdemeanor charges of sexual battery and assault. artis denies the charges. >> everything was completely consensual that happened that night. >> delaney's family says a case this serious should have been handled differently. >> what happened to my daughter

and capable police department. >> but on college campuses, cases like delaney's often are not handled by police but by schools, in a process that varies from campus to campus and that a growing number of students say is unjust. >> there is someone out there who has attacked me and will probably attack someone else and i live with that. >> do you blame harvard for that? >> i do. >> this student wrote a powerful article in harvd' alleging she was raped. >> he threw my head into a wall. when i kind of came to, he had me bent over his bed. >> a rape kit exam affirmed he had been assaulted but didn't feel comfortable going to the police. >> the police is an extremely brutal process. >> after talking to friends who had been through harvard's on-campus trial, she decided that wasn't an option either. >> it's so ambiguous.

police, you know the procedures. at a school, you don't really know. it's this murky unknown. >> presided over, she says, by an unqualified jury. >> they're a mix of faculty, alumni. they're definitely not trained specifically for sexual assault cases. >> does that seem like a credible justice process to you? >> no, it doesn't. >> she decided not to pursue charges on campus or off. harvard responded saying our procedures fell short and we are deeply sorry. >> we're going to help schools and responding to sexual assault on their campuses. >> the u.s. government responding to an epidemic of sexual assaults actually mandates that schools establish these on-campus trials or risk losing federal funding. some say these trials give survivors an important alternative. >> the reality is we know that law enforcement and our criminal courts have not gotten this right for decades. >> but other experts say the well-intentioned rush to ramp up

system. >> under pressure from the department of education office for civil rights, schools across the country have thrown due process out the window. >> janet hallie is one of two dozen hard vvard professors who wrote an open letter protesting that college's process. >> in criminal court, defense has a right to the lawyer, to all the information, to a jury of their peers. all of those things are mng >> she says the government is pressuring schools to deliver quick guilty verdicts and demanding they use a loose burden of proof, not beyond a reasonable doubt, just more likely than not, creating problems for alleged victims and for alleged perpetrators. >> this experience changed our lives. >> the university of north dakota investigated sherri

his conduct. >> it was literally a joke of a hearing. >> the dean of students and a university lawyer quickly found him guilty and expelled him. >> he dropped to the floor and sobbed. >> after the police investigated, they charged his accuser with filing a false report and issued a warrant for her arrest. despite that, the school refused to overturn their decision for more than a year. >> that was really awful, wrong, >> she now runs a group of concerned mothers called families advocating for campus equality. other students are taking schools to court. >> you wouldn't think that you would be treated so unfairly going into it, but, you know, you don't know until it's too late. >> john doe maintains he only had consensual sex with a student who accused him of misconduct at uc san diego. >> she was sitting across from

she was drawing sympathy from the panelists. >> that panel suspended him for a year. >> for people watching at home who say the bigger problem is victims of sexual assault not getting justice. >> i would agree there are more victims and less who are falsely accused, but the bottom line is there are a lot who are falsely accused and schools don't know how to handle it and decide to overcorrect. >> john doe sued and a judge ruled his constitutional right to due process was violated. decision, but said they cannot comment on specific allegations. there are dozens of similar lawsuits working their way through the courts right now. >> i think we're at the point of institutionalizing and hardening into our system things that are unfair both to the accuser and the accused. we're going to look back on this and we're going to say we regret it. >> while harvard was able to respond because that student was anonymous, the other schools could not because of federal

did say they have instituted reforms they think will encourage survivors to come forward and that is the goal here, to address a very real threat that very often goes unreported. the question is do these campus tribunals as they're being implemented now help or are they potentially raising all sorts of new problems. >> i think what you raised really well is this seems not to be working for the accusers or the accused. and that's a huge problem. >> really difficult questions around this. and, look, so many people i talk situation say their advice is get a lawyer, go to the police as quickly as you can. now, we all know that the justice system can be a hostile environment for accusers so for people who have these allegations, that can be a tough, tough decision, but there are a lot of experts who say fix the broken judicial system. >> sometimes it's a matter of looking at not palatable options and trying to choose the best of those. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. still to come, ever feel

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it's 8:00 on "today." house divided. donald trump declares war on his party. >> i wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a lot of these people, including ryan, pe >> while hillary clinton hits the campaign trail as the fbi opens an investigation over the leaked e-mails from inside her campaign. plus on the mend. >> what really gets me through the night is sammy. that's right. >> we'll check in with al after his knee surgery and wish our friend a speedy recovery. and it's a star-studded morning here in studio 1a.

he goes undercover for his new movie. >> here's the thing about trust. once it's gone, bad things can happen. >> and we'll talk to a stand-up guy, kevin hart, about his record-breaking comedy routine. >> make some noise! ? and we've got hit music from one of the most popular bands in the world, onerepublic, wednesday, october 12th, 2016. >> howdy from texas! yeehaw! >> good morning daddy and ella. we made it on the "today" show. >> hello, kentucky! >> i love you, grandma. >> good morning from sugar, the

>> hello, des moines, iowa. go hawks! >> good morning, california. >> this is the best birthday ever! we're back now, 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the 12th day of october, 2016. we've got a nice crowd on what is a beautiful day here in new york city. perfect temperature, no wind. just >> there's only one thing that would make it more fally, fall-like, pumpkins. >> katie lee is here. she's going to show us how to add that seasonal favorite to your next pasta dinner. >> look forward to that. we'll go upstairs and i'll be cooking with katie lee. and we've got a lot to get to in this half hour, beginning with your news at 8:00. >> and i'm andrea mitchell. donald trump is in open war with fellow republicans and the fbi

in the latest wikileaks dump of democratic campaign e-mails. donald trump overnight in must-win florida. in his words, unshackled and unloading on hillary clinton. >> did you see hillary today? did everybody see the debate? yeah, you lost. >> hello, how are you? >> dismissing the impact of that lewd "access hollywood" tape, a program owned by nbc universal, telling bill o'reilly. >> a lot of women come up to me and say, boy, i've heard that and i've heard a lot worse than that over >> president obama weighing in on that tape for the first time with a blast. >> you just have to be a decent human being to say that's not right. >> the democrats relishing the civil war trump has ignited among republicans, a war he escalated tuesday night against house speaker paul ryan. >> i wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a lot of these people, including ryan, especially ryan. >> a scorched earth strategy running mate mike pence defended to nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> i really do believe that republican leaders should join

for president. >> but it's the thousands of hacked e-mails from clinton campaign chairman john podesta's account, not independently authenticated by nbc news, that have trump on the attack. >> wikileaks is amazing. the stuff that's coming out. it shows she's a real liar. >> in fact u.s. intelligence officials say wikileaks and other groups leaking hacked e-mails are working with russia. now podesta says it's apparently being done to help donald trump. >> do we know whether the fbi is investigatinhe trump campaign? >> i was contacted by the fbi. they are investigating the matter. >> the controversy overshadowing hillary clinton's first campaign event with al gore. >> i can't wait to have al gore advising me when i am president of the united states. >> appearing together in florida, the state that cost gore the presidency. >> your vote really, really, really counts. you can consider me as an

in the past, complicated now by an inconvenient truth. those hacked e-mails appear to reveal clinton's initial reluctance to oppose the keystone pipeline until bernie sanders surged in new hampshire. a story that would be getting a lot more attention if donald trump weren't conducting open warfare against his own party. matt, savannah. >> all right, andrea, thank you. some important health news now. a new study adding to the evidence that calcium supplements t people who took calcium pills were 22% more likely to develop plaque in their arteries than people who did not take the pills. but people who ate a lot of calcium in their food seemed to be protected. these findings are in the journal of the american heart association and back up what experts already know about calcium supplements. the dutchess of cambridge back in england ending her first solo overseas trip.

museum and the hague. she was seen taking in the painting girl with the pearl earring. as you can see the dutchess herself wearing a stunning pair of pearl earrings. that is your art and fashion report for this wednesday morning. just ahead we'll do trending. when is it okay to swear at the office and which of your co-workers is more likely to do it? then we'll send some greatish wigreat i he recovers from knee surgery.

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>> what? >> she never cusses. >> i do a little. you do a little. meredith vieira should be here again today. she's the worst of them all. no, she's the worst. >> literally my ears were on fire for five years. >> no, she does. and she does it well too. i think a well -- this isn't really the point of the story, but a good curser is a talent. >> when someone uses the right word at the right time. >> we have never heard a foul word come out of your mouth. >> not at work. women in entry level jobs say they swear in the workplace. only 53% of men did the same. the people who chose not to curse say it is out of respect for their colleagues. the survey also asked millennials and baby boomers their views. 60% of millennials curse in the workplace to 54% of boomers. now, we work in a newsroom. like, if you didn't curse, you'd be practically mute. >> i remember going to work with

and i remember he was just yelling at everybody and the cursing coming out of his mouth. i was like, oh, my dad saying stuff like that. >> have you ever cursed in front of your kids? >> yes. >> what do you say? >> do what i do, not what i say. i've got a tip jar there. >> i want to know what you guys think of this. president obama, been in office almost eight years now, still finding ways to surprise us. i want you to see a video. he walks with a group of people. he removes his wedding ring in one swift motion. some people speculating because he shakes hands sometimes with both hands when there's a large crowd, he doesn't want to risk losing the ring. >> i've never seen that before. >> have you ever -- you know what it might be. let me sang your hand, when someone squeezes, it hurts. maybe it's a pain problem.

>> maybe he lands in vegas and those were all magicians he was shaking hands with. >> i thought you were going to go somewhere else with that. i didn't know where you were going with that. what happens in vegas, stays in vegas. >> come on, it's the president. >> now it's magicians. >> i'm just the only one who said it. >> let's check in with al. he's currently on the mend. he has had his second knee replacement surgery. al, good morning. >> hey, guys. how are you? >> how do you feel? >> you know, i feel better than i thought. i had my left knee done 15 years ago and it was brutal when i woke up the next morning. this time around i feel pretty good, i really do. there's some swelling, a little pain, but really not bad. >> is it the same knee that got replaced before?

knee. >> al, you had a teddy bear keeping you company, right? >> i did. lela brought me sam. >> cute. >> so i spent the night with sammy, which was very nice. it almost got -- the operation almost got off to a bad start because we are actually going to do a story on this. deborah came with me and i forgot to tell her that food was co >> she said you might have let me -- i might have combed my hair. >> al, two quick questions. how long will you be in there and how does it feel to be charlie weaver in the hollywood squares right now? >> well, i will tell you, i think i'll be out friday at the latest. >> cool. >> and do a lot of intensive physical therapy.

>> awesome. take care of yourself, all right, bud. >> do you need anything? >> how's the food there? >> the food is pretty good but anything anybody wants to bring over. >> we've got katie lee cooking -- >> he won't like it. >> food and visitors. >> we're cooking today and i thought of it. you know how al feels about pumpkin spice. so we won't send you that. >> chick-fil-a later tonight. >> now you're talking. >> feel >> bye, al. we love you. >> the brady bunch. >> i didn't know we could do that many boxes on the screen. >> guys, we'll start with khloe kardashian breaking her silence on her sister, kim's terrifying robbery in paris. khloe talking about how her sister is handling that experience and what the family is doing in the wake of that robbery. >> she's not doing that well. i i mean it's incredibly traumatic what happened to her,

i think for us it's a wake-up call for all of us, but definitely just to make sure -- >> and to not share as much anymore. maybe things have changed a lot? >> just make sure that we're protected as well as possible. but, you know, like i said, we're family. we'll do this together and i think it is important to maybe make those adjustments and pull back a little bit is always smart. >> as you can imagine, staying off social media would be a big deal for that part of that brand is what they do. some have estimated they could lose up to a million dollars per month during such a blackout. maroon 5 dropping a new single called "don't want to know" and it's their first new music since 2014. ? >> that's just a little sample right there.

your first look at the highly anticipated music video called "don't wanna know." >> janet jackson officially confirming she's pregnant. janet saying we thank god for our blessing. she announced in april that she would be postponing her world tour to focus on family. her exciting announcement when the latest issue of "people" hits newsstands on friday. finally, matt sir roderick stewart. the music legend has been officially been knighted by prince william performing at the ceremony at buckingham palace. stewart receiving the high honor for his services in both music and charity over the past 60 years. his wife and two sons also attended the big ceremony and later on he even got to meet queen elizabeth. stewart said he is on cloud nine following that experience. >> i'm not sure we even understand the significance of that in this country here.

he's got the sword -- >> none of us will ever be knighted. >> that's true. >> for a lot of reasons. >> very cool. >> carson, thank you. dylan, a check of the weather. >> we've got a big cooldown to talk about, especially back through the midwest. yesterday in minneapolis/st. paul area it was in the mid-70s. today temperatures will be in the 40s. bismarck 46, dodge city 60 degrees. that's 12 yesterday. 56 in kansas city. that cool air will spread eastward tomorrow. chicago not too bad today but tomorrow only in the 50s. same for cleveland. so well below average for this time of year. with this front will come a couple of scattered showers and storms. some could produce heavier downpours, all that lightning too. out ahead of the front it will be a delightful day. lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. we're also waiting for tonight

>> danielle: happy wednesday. good morning to you. another cool morning. temperatures upper 30s be the low 40s. you need the jacket this morning, but by this afternoon, low 60s along the chest and upper 60s inland. temperatures close to where we should be for this time of year. lots of sunshine on the way today. tomorrow. that changes. we increase the cloud cover. could see some showers tomorrow morning and then again tomorrow afternoon heading into tomorrow evening. 7 on forecast, upper sunshine heading into the weekend. >> and don't forget you can get your forecast any time on the weather channel. >> announcer: red, white and you is sponsored by amazon. >> that's right. now a little something new we are calling "red, white and you" as we count down to election day. >> this morning it's about new

the presidential race. jo kent is here to explain. >> you guys, 27 days left in this election and the campaigns are going into overdrive on facebook and across social media hoping to win your vote, those millennial votes, through online ads. what you may not know is they're able to target you down to where you live and what you like to do. here's how it all works. he spends an hour a day scrolling, liking and commenting. ea point. facebook is scooping up more than just your age, location and relationship status. working with retail brands and political campaigns to gather more than 50 personal things about you, including how long you've lived in your home, how many credit lines you have, which groceries you buy, what kind of medication you're using. >> i was a bit freaked out by it for sure. >> tyler woods has been on facebook for eight years. lately he feels like political ads are following him around. >> if you feel like your

spread to parties or entities that you have no idea, it loses that sense of trust that you feel in the medium. >> data like tyler's is especially useful as political campaigns spend an estimated $1.2 billion on digital ads this election psych sglcycle. >> i'm donald trump and approve this message. >> i can look at a zip code and tailor interests in that zip code. you can address those people with a message that will resonate. >> who did you target here? >> interested in coal issues. >> he runs a digital ad firm and targeted facebook ads alone have helped his candidates move up in the polls and are much cheaper than tv commercials. >> this is live or die for politicians. so being able to know exactly where they are and motivate them to the polls is totally essential. >> the hillary clinton campaign says it's spending $30 million on digital ads between now and election day. >> we face big challenges, but we can solve them the same way

>> on facebook we're in competition for your attention with your best friend, your spouse, your kids. if we're not able to produce a message or a video or whatever it is that's actually compelling, you know, you know perfectly well that you can scroll past it real quick to any other thing on the internet. >> both campaigns match voter information with your facebook data to get out the vote. donald trump's campaign also uses his huge twitter following, gathering personal data from twitter and matching it to find you on facebook and show >> donald trump for president. >> when mr. trump sends out a tweet and his tweets are retweeted or he's tweeted out, we're able to pool that data and use it. >> privacy advocates call facebook's ad platform the surveillance business model. every click you make will impact what you see in the future. >> it means that when you're going on facebook, you're likely going to be presented with ads and information that are based on what your patterns have done in the past. it's not neutral. it's not supposed to be neutral.

that all that stored data could be made more available to the government and to hackers. and the more that's collected, the more it's a target. so we reached out to facebook who responded that their ad model is standard for the industry and they recently made it easier to adjust your ad preferences, go into your settings. privacy experts say you can install programs to block third-party cookies but demanding more from social media sites like facebook lot of people demand it, will facebook deliver. that's the question. >> it's a political campaign, it's retailers, there's a lot of emphasis on mining that data for sure. >> absolutely. and retailers are just as intense about it as political campaigns. >> thank you. by the way, you can see more of our "red, white and you" series on the nbc news app on amazon fire tv. let's go over to carson talking politics in the orange room. >> we have a very first look at

here. this issue is titled "frontiers" and guest edited by president obama marking the first time any sitting u.s. president has guest edited a major media publication. within the pages the president touches on everything from landing people on mars to developments in precision medicine. readers will also find obama's personal essay discussing his legacy and how he sees the world. now, when writing about the opportunity to guest edit, obama said given the chance to myself in the possibility of interplanetary travel, i'm going to say yes, i would love this, always have. obama also suggested lists for movies, music and reading. for sci-fi movies he recommends "2001 a space odyssey" because it captures the scale of the unknown. he also says all future leaders should read these, the collected works of abraham lincoln. on the president's playlist for

"get me bodied" by beyonce. it's called "frontiers" and will be on stands october 25th. pretty cool, guys. back to you. >> remember that night in vegas? remember that? you were crazy! you were crazy. you, i've never seen you like that. we're hanging out with kevin hart and jon hamm coming up. both have funny new projects. we'll talk about that and a live performance from onerepublic. rs weather. then there was london. london was you.

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>> kris: danielle, thanks so much. breaking news, boston police have made an arrest after a reported sexual assault in the south end. a woman says a man climbed in a window early tuesday morning and attacked her and her roommate. police made that arrest overnight. officers in natick are investigating a serious crash that happened late last night on speen street. you see the damage done to that vehicle. one vehicle reportedly caught on fire. still no word on any injuries. medford police searching for a driver who hit and killed a investigators say the driver of the car hit and killed a man on wellington circle back in september. more on these stories coming up more on these stories coming up on more on these stories coming up on follow your own sense of style... because, you want to be confident. t.j.maxx really helped us express our creative side. that's the best part. you don't know what you're going to find. i always find great deals on shoes... purses... we're a team.

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and just ahead we have a jam-packed half hour. we've got onerepublic inside already getting ready to play, sounding fabulous, i might add. hi, brian. speaking of music, tomorrow is throwback thursday. barry gibb will be here to perform one of the bee gees biggest hits. and this morning jon hamm on playing a spy in his new movie and why his co-star says he's frustrating to work with, in a good way, of >> then we never know what to expect but our buddy, kevin hart, is here and we'll chat with him coming up. and katie lee puts a new spin on lasagna with a recipe that is perfect for the fall. >> fall weather, dylan dreyer with the weather. >> much warmer than yesterday and it should be a nice, sunny one across the northeast. but we do have a couple of scattered showers and storms possible back through the great lakes and stretching into the midwest today. that cold front cooling things down big-time back through areas like minneapolis.

degrees colder than it was yesterday. and that extends all the way down into northern texas too. as we go into tomorrow, heavy rain. the first of several strong storms hitting the pacific northwest. we could see 15, 20 inches of rain in some areas with a series of storms moving on shore out that way. also hurricane-force winds possible along the coast, scattered showers in the northeast and also down through texas as temperatures cool off >> danielle: happy wednesday. good morning to. temperatures upper 30s be the low 40s. you need the jacket this morning, but by this afternoon, low 60s along the chest and upper 60s inland. temperatures close to where we should be for this time of year. lots of sunshine on the way today. tomorrow. that changes. we increase the cloud cover. could see some showers tomorrow morning and then again tomorrow afternoon heading into tomorrow evening. 7 on forecast, upper 50s and sunshine heading into the weekend.

heard we were going to talk to the crowd. what do you want to talk about? >> everything. i love this show. i'm from new york. i love new york. but retiring down to florida now. >> that's a good place to be. >> it is. isn't that where all new yorkers go? >> well, thanks so much for being here. savannah. >> dylan, thank you. suave, charming, daring, those are three words being used to describe jon hamm in his new movie "keeping up with the joneses." he plays an undercover spy who when he bonds with his neighbor, hamm takes him with a walk on the wild side. >> welcome to the cobra club. >> this is jeff's first time, so -- >> don't worry, we'll take good care of him, man. >> thank you. >> oh, i'll take -- >> should i know what that is? >> i don't think you should. i really don't.

say it in the scene. it's explained later on in the scene. it's a very exotic beverage that zach's character overindulges in and hi later ensues. >> and your character would order it because he's smooth, charismatic and smart. >> he knows somebody everywhere. >> he blows his own glass and he has a secret life, he's a spy. >> yes, in fact. there's more than meets the eye to our friend tim jones. that's the biggest reveal in this. and then ila's characters are straight-laced neighbors into the spy game and things blow up. >> and comedy ensues. >> literally. >> one of the things i like about your character is even though he is this really cool spy, he kind of longs for the suburban life, doesn't he? he wants to tinker in the garage with his neighbors. >> he like wants friends. he wants to have some friends that don't shoot at him all the time. that was kind of the big -- that was kind of what we talked about

movie. what's the difference here? what are we talking about? what if a guy who seemingly sort of had it all was lonely and wanted a pal. >> you guys even go indoor skydiving. i have so many questions. i didn't know indoor skydiving existed. >> it does. it is remarkable painful when you do it. >> do you have a stunt in it? >> no, i did it. zach and i were both in there. not only do you get buffeted around but you're getting held up by essentially like 140-mile-an-hour winds that's they can up in the air. and it is painful. >> one of the things i liked learning was i read about the movie was that you and zach go way back. >> we do. >> like way before either of you was famous. >> we do, yeah. when i first came to l.a. in 1995, i'd just go see comedy shows because it was cheap and you didn't have to stand in line. >> good, clean fun.

and that was when people like zach and pat who was also in the film, all these guys were doing kind of this one specific comedy night. it was just a fun night. that's how zach and i met and that was 20 some-odd years ago. which means we're all officially old. >> i know, but look what's happened to you now. >> i know. >> one of the things that zach says a lot that i think is hilarious and also true is, first of all, he pays you a compliment. he says you're really funny, and not like actor actually just funny. and then he says it's irritating because you do look the way you do. it's like that hair. >> so he's calling me irritating, that's what he's saying. >> he says i think the quote was it's frustrating. he's frustrated with you. >> that's fine. zach can be very frustrated as well. >> maybe he doesn't know the burden of being you. >> i don't know about that. >> but it is kind of -- it's great to see you in this role. i'm a huge "mad men" fan and i was thinking about the series. you know what, there's just

>> i got a foot chopped off with a lawn mower. >> that is just a side of you. if people know you from "mad men" they don't know that you actually have this whole other muscle you can flex. >> well, it's nice to get the opportunity to do that, i guess. it's nice to have both sides of it. and that's, again, part of the reason why i wanted to do the film was not only get a chance to work with zach who's a friend who's superfunny and have the po fast and shoot guns and float around in weird tubes. but to get the chance to work with ila and gal who are amazing as well. we all had really great chemistry. it was a fun shoot. >> by the way, we're here at 30 rock. you should go see lauren. i loved it when you did snl. >> i'll pop up. >> you guys have a weird thing, like a tube that sends you right up, right? >> it's like the bank when you

same thing, yep. stand by, we're going to put you in it. on ham, "keeping up with the joneses" hits theaters october 21st. coming up next, kevin hart talking comedy, married life and james bond. oh, i like that pose, kevin. >> so sweet, kevin. >> first, this is "today" on nbc. special interests that oppose question 2 claim district schools lose money to charter schools. that's "absurd," says the boston herald. "outright lies," reports the lowell sun.

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love it. we're back now, 8:40. "rolling stone" called kevin he performed in front of 53,000 people in philadelphia, the first comedian ever to perform in an at-capacity football stadium, well documented in his new stand-up movie called "kevin hart what now." and in his new routine, he spares no one, not even his 7-year-old. >> he puts trash in the trash can. out of nowhere, my son takes off running. running as fast as he can.

see what he was running from. i shut the door. i told myself depending on what it was was going to determine if i open up the door or not when he got back. if it was something crazy, i'm just going to put my hand on the glass and say, son, touch the glass one last time. >> your own son? you're vicious, man. >> it's called good parenting. >> how are you? >> i'm good, man. good to see you. >> good to see you. what did it hit you standing on that stage, 53,000 people, i am with some challenges in my family, former shoe salesman, 53,000 people paid money to watch me tell jokes. >> i mean, look, it's an unbelievable feeling. you know what, i brought it to philadelphia for a reason. that's where i was born and raised. i am the man i am today because of the city of philadelphia. so to be able to go back to my hometown and make history, sell out the lincoln financial stadium, it's unreal. to know that amount of people

deal. there was so many different races, we had everybody in there, man. people. people. i put a bunch of people that forgot about whatever problems that were going on in the world and came out for a moment. >> i saw you do stand-up one time and you find a way at some point to connect with the audience but it's usually a more intimate audience. how do you connect with 53,000 people? >> that's a good question. that's the beauty about kevin hart. the thing about me, i love to take those big environments and settings. the best way hto do that is to engage. i'm a story teller. in a stadium, those monitors are huge, so no matter where you are, you feel like you're right there, you're a part of the show. >> how long does it take to come down from that high? >> i'm still on it. i'm still on it. this is a good high. >> speaking of highs, you just got married recently. >> i did get married. >> what would mrs. hart tell me

married to kevin hart? >> my body. yeah, if i had to say, you know, my body. it's pretty incredible right now. >> by the way, it's funny you mentioned that because hoda saw you in the gym this morning. >> she did. she was on that stair climber getting it. a little aggressive. very aggressive on that stair climber. she was stepping with an attitude. but it was good to see her out early that morning. >> real quick, we like playing games when you're here, so in honor of your new concert film is a >> i like this game. >> wh>> you wake up as presiden of the united states in the morning. what now? >> i'm going to take everybody's shoe string, just because i can. i'm the president and i don't want people to have shoe strings anymore. >> you wake up and you're the new james bond. what now? >> if i'm the new james bond, i can't say that, i'm married. oh, that's a tough one. okay, i'm going to change my

>> the new look for 007. >> last one real quick, genie gives you three wishes. give me one. what now? >> my biggest wish would be to bring people closer together. at a time and state our world is today i'd love to see people take steps forward, not backw backwar backwards. i love to live and laugh and i'd like to spread that all over and disease because i think that's good. i had a deep one. i almost made you cry this morning. i've got a gift for you. i've got a gift for you. give me my gift, hurry up. look, i own these headphones, i'm a businessman. because y'all are good to me you get a pair before anybody else. go, take it. >> what about everybody else? >> i don't know them. i'm not going to be good to everybody. but they're music headphones, they're really, really good. >> thanks so much, bud. i appreciate it.

sister company universal opens up on friday. great to have you here. >> it's always good to be here. go see my must havy! >> and the headphones. just ahead, the irresistible seasonal spin on lasagna, first, seasonal spin on lasagna, first, this is "today" on nbc. great price on this boneless chicken! yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my stop & shop. ? why do banks treat you and your money like this? they nickel and dime you with fees and minimum balances.

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ingredients. >> there's italian sausage, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, pumpkin, kale, mushrooms, onions, garlic. brown the sausage. this takes seven or eight minutes. then put it on a paper towel to drain. that just gets out some of the extra grease. and then into the same skillet, if you'll put my olive oil in there. >> so you're going to deglaze this. >> yes. and then some onions a mushrooms, garlic and a little crushed red pepper. >> and we have folks downstairs getting ready to chow down on this. >> getting ready. >> a little bit of water goes in. that's goes to deglaze the pan and just get up all those good brown bits. let's add that sausage back in the pan, so same skillet. >> paper towel go in there too? >> no, not the paper towel, matt. some canned pumpkin and then some heavy cream. so stir that for me.

this really thick, velvety, delicious sauce. a little salt and pepper. >> how long does this need to cook down? >> not very long at all, just like a minute or two and then take it off the heat. and then let's make our cheesy filling. so ricotta cheese. i've got the kale that i steamed and chopped up and you really need to squeeze all the moisture out of it. parmesan cheese and then we've got fresh sage, garlic powder, salt, pepper and a little nutmeg. the nutmeg really helps bring out the fr >> and you're going to layer this? >> layer it up. >> sausage on the bottom? >> a little bit of sauce and i cooked the lasagna noodle for half the amount of time. >> because they're going to cook more in the oven. >> then they won't overcook. >> guys? >> it's really good. and you know what, it has that little bit of fall flavor but it's not overpowering. >> it's not too pumpkiny. >> how many layers? >> just until it fills up. use a big pan.

cheese on top. give it a tap and that gets all the air bubbles out. >> can we show what it looks like. >> let's eat some. we've got some right here. a little extra parmesan goes on top. this is a really hearty dish. it will help you put on your winter weight. what do you think? >> it's fantastic. that is absolutely delicious. katie lee, thank you very much. for this recipe go to today.com/food. up next, a live performance from first on a wednesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. ? i spent many years as a nuclear missile launch officer. if the president gave the order we had to launch the missiles, that would be it. i prayed that call would never come. [ radio chatter ] self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing. [ sirens blearing ] i would bomb the [ beep] out of them. i want to be unpredictable. i love war. the thought of donald trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death.

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>> breaking news a dead plane crash in connecticut. pilot who surgical vooifrd reportedly saying it was intentional. we're live with the latest. also breaking now boston police say they have made an arrest after a reported sexual assault in the south end. and donald trump ripping republicans and turning up his attacks on hillary clinton after the latest round of g.o.p. defections. good morning, everyone. happy wednesday and thanks for joining us. i'm kris anderson. >> i'm nancy chin. we'll have your top stories in a moment. first let's turn things to danielle gersh for a check of your forecast. chances are if you liked yesterday's weather you will probably like today too. lots of sunshine. clear skies on the way today. another cool morning but not as chilly as yesterday. current temperatures most spots in the low 50s. boston at 54.