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we have these giant machines. >> we've run out of ideas so we're just giving money. it never goes out of style. it's going to be good. >> of course, everybody getting ready for halloween. >> not thanksgiving. >> not thanksgiving. yesterday i jumped a holiday and went to thanksgiving. but we've got some pumpkin carving experts. we have andrew, james and gene. they're from pumpkin masters carving kit. a >> are you doing that today or do you have pictures. >> for the next hour we sit and do nothing. it is the most boring show ever. >> how did you become a professional pumpkin carver? >> i've been carving pumpkins since i was a little kid.

noncompetitive and carried on the tradition. and we carve hundreds of pumpkin every year. >> we can't wait to see them. >> at the end of the hour -- >> you'll have our likeness. >> who do you think is the hardest to do, guys? >> well, if i tell you that, it could be giving away some secrets. i can tell you this that using these tools we have on the tools they're all going to be easy. super easy. >> nice plug. >> you're a genius. >> seamless he worked that in there. >> didn't even s >> this guy is amazing. where did we get him from? pumpkin masters. >> pizza makes everybody feel good. i wasn't sure what to make last night for dinner. this is just a suggestion for you. i'm usually intimidated. i ended up buying an already made pizza dough from my local store. >> i'll even go to a pizza place and just ask for the dough. >> fresh mozzarella --

this pizza. >> i didn't make the dough, but i rolled it out. >> you spent the dough to get the dough. >> put some fresh basil and chili flakes. on both ends, lela and nick like the crusty ends. so, they were able to get that and i was able to get the middle. >> i bought a pizza oven, a really big one with a pizza stone. >> really? >> like a convection oven size and i can't -- those, the treadmill where i put my clothes on. >> if you can get your oven up to 500 degrees and you get a pizza stone. >> what is your feel good friday. >> my feel good friday has to do with pizza. >> food theme. >> this is the best pizza place in my life, i think. it's called federicies.

pizza. that's my dad and i when we went a few months ago. i'm having a little baby shower -- >> that looks like a hot oven. it's all burnt. >> i want to bring it in for you but it will never be as good. >> let's just see. you can bring it in and i'll decide. >> we'll bring an extra and see if it holds over until monday. >> don't strip us of this joy. >> i get so excited to go here. ev new jersey, i don't go often enough. that tunnel is so long -- >> there is a bridge. >> it's just as long. >> see what he did there. but you're going out your shower is going to be there. >> little baby shower with my dad's side of the family and i would love it, i just want some pizza, low key. >> a pizza shop. >> i like that. >> that's fantastic. make it rain pizza. >> it's a big shower, al roker. keeping the baby thing.

account where people put up pictures of their babies. this one i watched until i fell asleep, i don't know, like 30 times. two twins and they're having a moment of crisis. >>ava was born one minute older than alexis. one minute. >> but i want to be bigger. >> you want to be older? don't cry. >> i've big e >> oh, baby, don't cry. i'm not saying bigger. she's not bigger than you. you're the same size. she's just one minute older. >> i'm just one minute older. i'm just one minute older, that's it. i'm just one minute older. i'm just one minute older. >> she's not happy. >> she is rubbing it in.

>> she is comforting her. i'm just one minute older. >> as a parent, you don't really know the moment when your child is actually going to need therapy. they've got it. no, i'm just joking. >> this was my feel fgood. >> cut to when they're 50 -- >> you're the older one. >> i don't know what that video was, burn the tape. >> it is so sweet the sibling. i'm trying to help you, but b >> so send us your feel good friday moments. #todaystake. i like that. christie teagen. al showed pepper jumped up as pumpkin spice and many of you submitted your pooches. we had bosco in throw back thursday jeans. karen westbrook a picture of her grandson, lloyd.

pugghetti and meatball. presents mugsy the i. greta sent this one. this is olivia as a hot dog. and i said this is the tie in, baby luna. here's your moment. >> dressed up -- >> john legend and chrissy's baby as a hot dog. they then dressed her as a peacock. >> fashion show, i love this. >> like any good parent, you don't stop. a banana. >> much appeal. >> much appeal. >> and then minnie mouse. >> that's as cute as it gets. >> are you going to do the

when he comes around? >> i think i won't, but i have a feeling that i'm going to. i say right now that i won't. >> that's just the first thing, first thing of things you say you won't do that you will end up doing. >> it's like that commercial. we're never moving to the city, we're never having kids. >> all of a sudden it changes. this david s. pumpkins, i think you both have taken it to the next level. i've been getting tweets of people dressing their kids and dogs. >> any questions. >> i have a present for you. yesterday. our team and jerry. something special for halloween. >> shut up. where did you find this? >> two of the last david s. pumpkin suits from spirit halloween. thank you. >> are we trying it on? >> this is how we make dreams come true. they said there was none left. it is all you and al. dress up.

>> for those of you who just caught up on a friday. these two are obsessed with this character. there he is. >> any questions? >> i need to work on that. >> any questions. >> tom hanks brought this joy to our life and this is a part of our field good friday. dylan and al dressed -- >> it fits. >> it fits. >> you got your own le >> oh, my gosh, and the pants. this is the best. >> that's great. >> yes, thank you so much. >> you can't put the pants on, you have to go off to the side. >> if it wasn't tom hanks doing that bit, it wouldn't have worked. >> he is a genius. there you have it. happy halloween presents. it's the new trend. finding your friends costumes. still looking for a last-minute halloween costume.

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s all about your enamel. helping to protect your enamel. so we're back with more of "today's take." dylan, al. al, dylan. in my both you're so sweet in the same. you have your costumes. if you're still looking for suggestions. apparently siri, if you ask siri halloween, there is a solution. you have to specifically say, siri, what should i be for halloween. so, you guys are david s. pumpkin. siri, what should i be for halloween? i'm afraid i don't know what you should do. >> yeah, but you didn't ask the right question.

>> try again. >> this is fascinating. >> siri, what should i be for halloween? >> you have to hit the button first. >> i did. listen here. it shouldn't be this complicated. hold on, let me do this one more time. siri, what should i be for halloween? >> sorry, there's nothing to -- >> you can put on surgeons scrubs and hold some instruments and tell people you're an operating system. >> that was worth it. >> how bad i mine picked up your question. >> what? >> look, i didn't ask this. we have the perfect video for you heading into this halloween weekend. check out this giant -- >> this is your transition? this is disgusting. >> look at this. have you ever seen that? it's a spider with a mouse in its mouth.

>> looks like someone's kitchen. that's not in the wild. >> please tell me that's not someone's kitchen. >> i'm sorry, dylan, are you okay? >> i have a baby next to me. what is wrong with you? >> are you okay, baby. >> any questions. >> did you know that was coming? >> actually, i didn't. i didn't know. i was thinking as i was reading, i wish we had a spider. >> were you holding your breath? i'm sorry, baby. you know what, do they still have osha, i've just been knocked out by a spider. >> sorry, i just shouldered you in the head. >> let's see what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. right now. we have that world series. oh, yeah. all in chicago. going to be windy tonight.

game four tomorrow some showers. 66. game five on sunday. little cooler but still not bad, partly cloudy. 53 degrees and for halloween on monday, in frankenstein, missouri, 53 degrees and we're looking at deadwood, oregon, some showers and a temperature of about 51 degrees. >> and friday the heaviest rain offshore, still lingering showers through the morning hours, but by early to late afternoon, a lot of them across new hampshire, may work its way back in. still a passing shower this afternoon, and the temperatures this afternoon coming down a couple of degrees as the wind turns back out of the west. gusty breezes today. weekend, a few showers saturday. and a few sunday after, and dry

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we are back now on a special edition of food, we've teamed up with buzzfeed to bring you tasty videos. a sped up version on how to make a fall favorite, apple cider donuts. week's treat. the best part of apple picking, you go and get those donuts. here is the grid. you got apple cider, you got all the spices you need, sour cream, flour, butter. take your apple cider, couple of cups of apple cider, filtered or not. cook it down until you end up with about a half cup of apple cider.

then you're going to put some butter in and let it melt. in the meantime, combine all of your dry ingredients. do the ingredients separately. so you've got your flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. mix it together. all right. >> all right so you can do dry ingredients if you want. >> the great thing is, it doesn't take all that long. you get it together and now you've got sour cream, you've got egg, you've got and then -- the sour cream, moisture and denser and richer. then you combine your wet ingredients. and you're going to take those, fold them into your dry. then just mix it up and end up with a very nice dough. >> had you tried this recipe before, seeing it on buzzfeed? >> i have not. the proof is you can? >> exactly. that's what is great about this. you can end up learning some new tricks. >> got it.

something like that. >> mine is always really long. >> exactly. >> you get this, roll it out. what you're going to do, put a little flour down on top of your marble or your cutting board that you want and you're basically going to take nice little rounds. you can use a coffee cup. now you first do that, for your outside. then you get a smaller one. >> for the donut hole. >> my nieces are obsessed with donut holes. i try the same. >> in between, when you make the dough, you should refrigerate it a little while. it is harder to get it in there. this is what we've got. you have to be careful. this is perhaps the only dangerous part. fill a pretty good-sized pan of hot with oil. can candy thermometer. >> what kind of oil?

inert. if this was colder, it would be -- put them in carefully. then boom, these will be fun halloween shapes, because you don't know what they are. you don't want to overcrowd your pot, so you put in the donuts, you put in the donut holes. and you just watch it. it will take about five to ten minutes. they'll float to the top. you just keep moving them around. once they come out, this to me is the best part, when they're still warm. put them in a mix of and sugar. >> when they're warm. >> and it all sticks. some people use powdered sugar. >> at home, get a paper bag and put it in, you see the grease on the outside. >> there you have, your apple cider donuts. >> love that. >> doh! >> so if you go to today.com/food, tasty fall favorites, so you can get the

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a long time in the car. ? this noise ? >> chesney says the new album is about pulling out the distractions. on tracks like "noise" and "rich and miserable" he sings about living in the moment we were talking about half your life on the road, and does that ever get old? do you ever think about just >> i have been a big dreamer, and i have been championshipili certain ladder my whole life. the lesson is to enjoy the journey, enjoy the climb. >> his first attempt at music, though, wasn't exactly a success. is it true you wrote your first song to get a girl? >> yes. >> did it work? >> no looking back, it was my

music. every entertainer feels that on a daily basis. >> that's part of the drive, he says. from 2003 to 2013, chesney sold more concert tickets than any other artist, packing massive stadiums coast-to-coast. >> that energy hits my back. i cannot stay still. so to do that, i have to be in shape. i do treat what i do out there on like an athlete trains. >> when he is gearing up for a tour, that means no beers, no bread, no off days. doing workouts that include stand up paddle boarding, which i had to try for myself. >> how many sharks have you seen out here? >> about seven or eight. plow in like that. keep your arms straight, on top. >> i can do this. turn, baby.

but when he is training or touring, chesney is all business. so fans, his loyal no shoes nation, get the full throttle live show they come to expect. >> there is a lot of adjectives to use about my fans, but we share a certain philosophy in life. i really do. we work really hard. we play very hard. we love very hard. and just walk through the kind of the same way. ? kicking dust in the canyon ? ? waiting for the sun to go down ? >> to give me a true taste of the no shoes lifestyle, he lit up a bonfire, poured some wine and treated us all to a special version of a fan favorite. ? you and tequila make me crazy ?

>> looks like a nice day there. kenny's new album, cosmic hallelujah is out now, apple music.com/kenny chesney. let's look at the weather. wet weather in new england, and through the pacific northwest, heavier rain into central california. record warmth, and that continues tomorrow. i should say suay breaks down in through new england. wet weather from indiana all the way to the northeast. plains onto the pacific northwest, flooding rains in central california and our halloween forecast for around 7:00 at night, scary west virginia, 70 degrees, cloudy

>> chris: good friday morning, everyone. the th everyone. the heaviest rain offshore, still lingering showers through the morning hours, but by early to late afternoon, a lot of them across southern new hampshire, may work its way back in. still a passing shower this afternoon, and the temperatures this afternoon coming down a couple of degrees as the wind turns back out of the west. gusty breezes today. weekend, seasonable, a few showers saturday. and a few sunday after, and dry

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>> richie. >> what are you doing in bed with that woman? >> i'm his wife. >> that's no good here. >> good morning, good to see you. congratulations on this film. it is one of those moments you cannot believe this was so recent, that after i saw the film, even though i do the news, i ran online to learn more about this couple. you just consumed how close illegal for a white person and a black person to be married in this country. >> yeah. >> yeah, it is staggeringment i mean, i was very surprised how few people knew about then, and two people who changed the constitution. two people whose stories is a massive part of this country's civil rights timeline. >> when you look at something like this, there is archived material obviously, and do you

to -- these two people who changed so much, the simple act of saying "i do" was against the law at a point in this country. >> very much so. we definitely felt a responsibility to this, and their loving daughter. but i think at some point, that sort of honor and reverence, you can't do your job couple, watching the documentary, called "loving story" fabulous documentary, and watching the archival footage. it was a privilege playing them. they were really in love. they liked one another. they respected one another. they treated each other as equal. we felt it was our job to

them to people who might not know them. that's what we're privileged to be part of. >> incredibly shy kind of people at the forefront of change. they weren't trying to run a revolution. they found themselves in the middle of this thing. when you watch the documentary, you see just how shy and sort of unwilling they were to be part of that force of change. but they were. their strength marriage, it was a gateway for so many other people. >> you play normally a tough guy. was it a nice change of pace to take on the more tender role? >> it was, you know. like, you watch the footage of richard, he was one of those very strong looking, but very quietly spoken and very shy kind of get the cameras away from me type of person.

and it was nice. it is nice to live in silence, and you know, silence, i think the movie says a lot about how silence is born out of injustice. people learn to shut up and not talk and not fight and not debate. it was a nice place to live in, and a real challenge, i think. >> how does it feel, ruth, to have all this oscar buzz and critical buzz? we have a good track record. when we love a movie usually, we e of the award shows and saying hey, congratulations. no pressure on us. how are you balancing it? >> i think we're doing okay. aren't we? my voice is -- >> let me feel your pulse. >> my voice is going, i've been talking so much. a few ocktives lower than when i started a few weeks ago. it genuinely is lovely. because it is giving this couple

deserve. i really do think they are a couple for not just america to be proud of, but the word. it speaks volumes of what we're capable of. sometimes when you feel you might be going down a cynical path, they remind you we're great goodness and hopefulness. >> congratulations on all of it. by the way, "loving" from our system company, focus feature, november 4th. it is beautiful. congratulations. >> thank you. up next, our pumpkin carvers, ready to reveal their masterpieces. do we look like them? do they look like us. find out, first on "today" on nbc. nbc. >> isn't that the difference... always putting people first. maggie hassan helped energize our economy by focusing on families, innovation and education. the same approach maggie will take as us senator: a detailed plan

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. from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and live from studio 1a fella plaza. >> we're listening to michael and he is playing "nobody but me". we're going to be in a good mood all day. >> no, i do not. >> we have the one and only drew carrie is here.