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rockin' apple crisp. more crisp than apple. >> i like it -- was that in your office yesterday zp. >> it was. but i didn't share it. >> i was like this is a mystery. >> i brought that home. >> apple crisp is not something that photographs very well. >> but that's okay. >> tastes good. >> i'm glad you liked it. don't know if you would say it tasted bad. >> i would not have posted. >> well good. thank you! >> you're so co-voter. you' a 20 hours later. >> as a consolation prize, ina garten. >> yeah. >> the barefoot contessa, your food fairy godmother. >> it's like glenda the good witch. you needed a book. >> they didn't give me one. >> that's why i'm here.

>> she made filet. the way you made it by searing it, then putting it in the oven, just a simple crust -- >> was the crusted black pepper? you know, listen. jeffrey. on the days that he's not available -- because he works -- he has a long commute. he's a really smart guy. he does a long commute. if >> i call you? >> i'll come. >> i'll be tamron's back-up just for the record. >> i love you, jeffrey. >> you'll be back on. >> when you walk like glitter should fall from the sky. >> there you go. >> if that's not enough. >> what else? >> the world series trophy is here!

look at this. the commissioner's trophy. of course, we've got -- we've got the cubs and indians playing game one in cleveland, progressive field. listen. >> how do you ship something like that? >> does it have a case? >> like the hope diamond. you can't even touch it. you have to have white gloves on to even touch it. >> here are the say that it's almost impossible to pick a team in this because these are two great american cities. i'm going with chicago. i lived there ten years. but i mean think about what's happening in baseball tonight. it's so huge! >> it's historic for either team. that's why it is hard to decide. >> that's why it is still america's favorite past time. >> is it as soft as you think it is? >> it feels so good.

>> does the genie come out? >> not only have we our hands on this but we also have our hands on tickets to the chicago and cleveland games in the world series as part of our world series super fan giveaway. head to today.com and share a picture or video of what makes you the ultimate cubs or indians fan. why you deserve to go game. you can see the game tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fox. >> they moved up the ring ceremony for the cleveland cavaliers. it was supposed to be later this evening. they moved the time up for 7:00 eastern so it would not interfere with the game. >> that's smart.

we showed you nana, 104-year-old fan for the cleveland indians. adorable. adorable. >> the thing that's so crazy, first of all, trying to get these tickets are just nuts because they got those robot -- >> you have to verify that you are a human. >> that's what i don't understand. as a human i'm trying to type in the code that they put in there. i can't understand the code half the time. i swear it is a script f. i think. not sure. >> they keep resetting >> then by the fifth try it is just like "ms." >> i really think -- there have been legislation trying to stop these block sales of tickets. they go on and -- >> it is so disappointing. >> you go to ticket master, they buy tons of tickets and then normal folks can't get the tickets. >> even if you have certain credit cards they let you presale. i did that for like beyonce. it was still by the time i got there, like this is it. but there is always tv and we love tv.

tonight. it is going to be great. this tom hanks rap. what is this? >> from "big." this is interesting. just collection this out. okay? >> the space goes down down baby down down to sweet sweet baby sweet sweet don't let me go shimmy shimmy cocoa puff ? ? three more times. >> wow. that's classic scene. >> that's the best scene ever. >> from "big." >> okay. so what happened now? >> tom's doing an interview with these youtuber, wesley chan and philly wang. he was asked about one of his most famous scenes and tom after all these years proves he's still got it. >> let's see it. >> the space goes down down baby

sweet sweet baby sweet sweet don't let me go shimmy shimmy cocoa pop shimmy shimmy rock i met a girlfriend triscuit! she said a triscuit! a biscuit! ice chrome soda pop vanilla on the top! ooh charlene walking down the street ten times a week i said it i said it i stole my mama's credit. i'm cool. i'm hot. sock me in the stomach three more times. >> look at that! summer camp. however -- >> you memorized it? >> for some reason it was just one of those things that i memorized when i was a kid. i put it on my answering machine for a while which i'm sure was fun for people to call. not that i got a lot of phone calls. >> we have video? >> i got it. >> this is live. >> down down baby baby down the roller coaster sweet sweet baby sweet sweet don't let me go

cocoa pop shimmy shimmy rock i met a girlfriend triscuit! biscuit! i meant it i said it i stole my mama's credit i'm cool i'm hot sock you in the stomach three more times. >> i have been waiting my whole life to do that in front of people. i wasn't even thinking. >> yesterday! >> i talked pumpkins as well which was also hilarious. >> that scene from "snl," my daughter, courtney, who works here has been at our house -- >> come on. >> she was -- come over for dinner and was going on and on about dated pumpkins. you've got to go on to nbc.com and check out the clip. >> courtney, what did you tell him? are you miked up? just yell.

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? oh call it a bad romance ? >> lovely. not ideal for driving, but i do feel alive. >> he's so great. that's so fantastic. you remember who the first car pool karaoke guest was? >> no. >> mariah carey. >> really. >> that's right. >> and guess what? she was spotted riding shotgun again. this time he was wearing a christmas sweater. so could it be a -- >> "all ian i really hope so. >> remember when i went to her home and hung out with her. she calls herself the queen of christmas. her christmas trees actually have real flowers. she wrote that song on a casio by herself. >> she would never have to record another song again. million million million

bottle flipping thing? >> we tried it. i feel like we tried last summer. we failed it. >> you did it though, didn't you? >> i did. i couldn't do it. >> there you are. >> boom. couldn't do it. >> the table was really small. >> well, i still couldn't do it. >> is it back? >> it is. i don't think it's gone away but it's really getting steam up. a duke basketball player takes it to the next level. now this guy, he's not just anybody. he's their star player, chase je during their basketball season kickoff. crowd goes nuts. >> let's see it. >> chase jeter! ? ?

>> so the build-up leading up to it, if he didn't nail it, that would have been a little uncomfortable. >> that looks like a movie. >> maybe you ought to try it on the floor. >> no, i'm just not that good. >> another guy tries it. his own basketball inspired bottle attempt, tries this on social media. >> that is so -- >> oh, is no! >> okay. oh, that's so funny. no one was injured. >> other than his pride. >> nobody got hurt. >> i'm so glad that was caught on camera. >> you almost got hurt fashion wise. >> oh, my god. so yesterday -- i want to quickly thank estee lauder. they invited me to their table

harle harlem. i went to the event. how about i went to the event last night and didn't know it was a black tie gala. i had no idea. i got out of the car. >> you looked like you were wearing -- >> no, i wore a dress that i wore to work a few weeks ago. i walk in and it was one of those moments where you're like -- i want a -- t gayle king, like strapless -- >> when i get an invitation to a black tie optional, i ask 100 people what does this mean? >> optional means you can wear cocktail. the thing was, this wasn't optional. there were men in black bowties. i just ran to the table, i sat down. it was a beautiful evening. congratulations to them. thanks to estee lauder, but i have learned a lesson. black tie optional -- we should do a segment on that for the holidays. black tie optional -- guys have

but when it says black tie, they claim -- >> when guys see black tie, it's -- >> here we go. >> me? me try it on the floor? >> be careful. >> it is full. i don't really -- no. i don't know why we thought that was going -- i don't really even know the technique. >> i think you start f top. okay. doesn't work that well. i'll move to weather. >> weather. weather. >> let's see what we've got for today. very mild stretching from the southwest all the way into the gulf coast and the southeastern atlantic states. heavy rain making its way into the upper midwest. look for some showers northern new england. world series tonight, game one, progressive field. partly cloudy. 46 degrees and then we're looking at tomorrow some rain

degrees. tamron, going to try? >> i'm going to try it. good grief. is there technique? wrist? oh, t >> temperatures outside in the mid 40s. winds out of the west a little bit breezy too throughout the day. today and tomorrow, it's cooler with temperatures struggling to get out of the dry. next chance for any significant rain stays on thursday and with us for friday morning. for the weekend, we return to the 50s. >> running man. >> show it, show it -- boom!

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it's the one night when everybody dresses up. and that includes dinner. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. so you go to the market and there are still a ton of pumpkins to be decorated. here with creative ideas, the lifestyle director at "woman's day" magazine. hey, used to decorate a pumpkin. >> we're starting with some monsters you can find lurking around the cemetery. but this one is made from materials from the sewing supplies like button eyes, ribbon, eyebrows, then we took a zipper to make this cool mouth here. you just pin it in place. use the highlighter to trace inside. take it off, carve it, put it

guy. tooth picks. you have your monster, you want a gnarly smile. add toot pick teeth. stick them into the carved mouth. something different for the eyes, try a half gourd on top with some thumbtacks. we etched these eyebrows using a linoleum cutter. this is something fun that adds a lot of detail that everyone should h >> what is kecreep your. carve the eye shape in the front, then a big hoping hole in the back so you can fit in the painted white half pumpkin. >> i'll keep an eye out for you. >> we've got the scary pumpkins and the kids' version. >> lot of fun.

>> of course. >> we took an owl. we're poking holes in the top to give this pumpkin some candy lollipop hair. doubles as a display on your front steps. trick-or-treaters can grab them before they go. >> you also have your candy dcon eyes. add those with hot glue. take strips of corn husk and dip them in water, secure them with a paperclip. then once they unwind them to create these awesome curse. a little straight pin. >> i love it! tamron's got no h-carve. >> this spider web is made from a metallic doily. cut it out with an exacto knife. mod-podge. it dries clear.

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well, this morning on "today's style fashion," essentials for the fall. we brought in our style squad. liliana vasquez, jill martin and bobbie thomas. liliana is kicking it off with a i military jacket. we all have pea coats from past seasons but this year take it up a notch by going for the army green version. striped detail on the sleeve. see the accents? super military. $169 available at zara.com. shearling. this is a classic. super stylish. this is available for only $60 at lord & taylor.

petite body. >> pink, you know i love pink coats. >> a p coat is the way to make a statement but update it with this pink coat. millennial pink is this pale shade of pink. the color of the fall. $70 at old navy. >> i am convinced any time you put on a black coat, you can put on a pink coat. >> printed go for an oversized plaid. this is from bebe dakota. $150. >> this is like the wrap coat. it is back. >> it is also called the road coat because it hits you right at at midi length. jonathan channeled his inner top gun with this quilted bomber. they've been around forever but

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jones or -- you call this a knife? this is a knife. >> you are indiana jones. but for women and men, that's a big one. lot of variety, a lot of different colors. then verloopknits.com. these are fingerless gloves and they can turn into mittens in the winter. for fall that's great, $4.99 at those also turn in to mittens. then on the bicycle, you can get your grip. then when you get to your location and they're cold. okay. trend in scarves. chunky, knit, plaid. that's the big trend. and blanket scarves for women. my pal christina is here and can show you the classic way too tie the blanket scarf so it does not

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awareness month and i had the privilege of visiting safe horizons rose house where on any given day, there can be 100 children living there with their moms. while i was there i sat down with musician dave navarro who opened up about his own heart breaking experience with domestic violence. >> what was it like to walk into the shelter and see kids? >> i with a ukd alked in here a first thing i saw was a 4-year-old girl and my heart just broke because that could have been me. if this place had been here in 1983, my mom could have come here. and to see these little innocent lives who have already lived through some pretty terrifying stuff. that's heartbreaking. i'm so sorry to be here, but thank god you're here. >> reporter: dave navarro knows firsthand about the shame and

victims. his mother, connie, murdered by an ex-boyfriend when dave was just 15 years old. >> as a grown man i can look back and go, what 15-year-old kid is supposed to know how to handle this? but it still lives with you, the guilt and the shame. and i think speaking of shame, that's one of the things that kept my mom silent. >> in his documentary, "mourning son," navarro delves into emotion of his mother's death. >> my mother's death was always shrouded in darkness. it made it so i could walk away from telling the story closer to her than i had been. my mom really tried to protect me from what was happening. so i really didn't know much until it was too late. i later learned that she wanted to look into a shelter. i don't know how far she got down that road.

are you somewhere safe where you can speak freely? a >> when they decide to leave is when they are most likely to be killed. the abuser escalates their behaviors to threaten them out of making those decisions. >> having this little tricycle here, just symbols of childhood everywhere. and it speaks to how many chdr >> here today we have over 100 children. >> reporter: safe horizon runs eight domestic violence shelters in new york, this one, rose house, is the largest. kelly, there is one of the most important rooms at the shelter because of the number children who end up here. >> most people when they think about domestic violence think about the adult survivor. forget over half of our beds are filled by their children. >> people visualize and think, a shelter, as being just that.

a safe place for the night. but that's not what a shelter is. >> we want them to come in and know this is a place where they can be safe first. >> reporter: here each family gets its own apartment. this is an apartment with a kitchen. >> it is a place that our residents can be proud of. >> reporter: while living here the domestic abuse survivor discovered a hidden talent -- art. >> that is her and her son walk ugg toward the light. she described that as what this experience in shelter has been like for her. >> weis how do you feel now that you know you did it, you made the choice? >> i am in control of my own self. i should not allow nobody to treat me like that. i feel strong. i feel very strong. >> another survivor agrees. >> it's not my fault. why is it my fault that i love? we all are human.

out there that are embarrassed just as i was. >> when you look at your future now, what do you see? >> i see nothing but happiness. >> reporter: navarro wants to share that message, too. >> there is a way out. and it is possible to have a rich fulfilled happy life in spite of whatever trauma we go through. i've survived domestic abuse, murder, drug addiction, i am so grateful to be on the other you're not alone. and nothing is insurmountable. >> such a powerful message. safe horizons work is so important to me that i appeared in one of their psas. i've set up a fund in honor of my sister who was murdered at her home in texas. no suspect was named and the crime has never been solved. this week dave navarro will receive an inspired difference

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oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. and what she values is her seat. and she's trying - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. kathy: it goes by so fast. kate: one day you're a kid - and the next... kelly: ...you're raising your own little girl. kelly: growing up, i watched my mom work so hard. ruggles, she made our lives better. she's my inspiration in the senate - whether strengthening social security or medicare, protecting our environment, or helping make college more affordable... she taught me that with hard work... kate: you can do anything? kathy: anything. kate: my mom taught me that too. kelly: i'm kelly ayotte,

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