good morning. breaking news. flash flooding triggers massive mudslides in southern california. a major interstate shut down. drivers stranded for hours. children rescued from the trapped school bus and concerned officials are asking is this just the beginning? the bump. our new poll shows hillary clinton pulling ahead of bernie sanders after her performance at this week's democratic debate while on the republican side ben carson surges even closer to front-runner donald trump as new signs emerge that vice president joe biden may be about to throw his hat into the ring. inside look. new surveillance video this morning showing lamar odom at the las vegas ranch where he was found unresponsive. this morning latest on his fight to stay alive. and have you seen this man? how police actually used this drawing from an 11-year-old girl to catch a serial burglar.

>> i went oh, i can draw a picture of him. >> and that junior detective is being honored today, friday, october 16th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. we're in the middle of a beautiful stretch of fall river here in the east. not so much out west. >> they have not been so lucky. these rains that seemed to come out of nowhere and really made a mess. >> that's right. it's our top story this morning. the wild weather that came in suddenly and virtually without warning. flash flooding triggering mudslides trapping drivers and then destroying homes. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in hard hit lake hughes, california. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. the rain is gone, but mud certainly isn't. we're about an hour outside of los angeles, and take a look at this neighborhood. it was hit by a day luge.

the mud here is stacked four, five, six feet high in some places. just down the road from here, 20 kids were trapped at a nearby school. a good samaritan had to go in and save them. it was a wild day of extreme weather. it hit with fury, pounding rain, relentless marbleleized hail and then -- >> hopefully it stops. >> i know. >> reporter: the mudslide. one of california's busiest freeways covered in mud and brought to a standstill overnight, cars, semi trucks snaking down interstate 5 trapped in a gridlock nightmare. >> all the mud just came from right here and just wedged us in. >> reporter: mountains crumbled into pieces, pouring into streets, swallowing dozens of cars, destroying homes. witnesses could feel the power and hear the rumble. >> it was just like a freight train. >> reporter: in some spots the mud several feet deep.

the crippling flash flooding triggering at least four rescues. children pulled to safety. first responders ordered evacuations. no one hurt, but nearly everyone, especially drivers, caught by surprise. >> took about maybe 20 seconds, 30 seconds for all this to happen. it was very, very scary. >> reporter: nearly 6 inches of rain an hour hammered some neighborhoods. too much water too quickly for parched hills hardened by four years of drought. this powerful storm system, the most dangerous weather seen by some first responders here in decades. for now this vicious punch has passed, but this morning there is plenty of damage left behind. later today, we could get even more wet weather, but that heavy day luge is gone. police are still in this area doing door-to-door checks. matt and safe v.a., they say we could get more wild weather,

>> miguel almaguer, thanks very much. >> turn to al. what's next for these guys? >> got more. talked about this yesterday that we could be seeing flash flooding and north natalie that's what happened, heavy rain and the other mitigating factor is that this happened in right what is called the powerhouse burn area. this happened back in 2013. there was no vegetation along the hillsides to hold it in, and all that rain came in. today through saturday more pacific moisture coming in. flash flooding is likely, and now it's going to increase for arizona and nevada as well. as you can see, we have flash flood watches and warnings out now. this includes lancaster, california, las vegas, burbank maybe involved, rainfall rates, one to two inches per hour. heavy storms, gusty winds and small hail in southern arizona so we'll be watching this. we look for even more problems to remain. next half hour i'll tell you about what's expected with el nino, guys, and this could be the shape of things to come this winter there. >> all right, al. thank you very much.

new nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey has just been released and focused on tuesday's democratic candidate debate and the crowded gop field. we've got several reports on this, but let's begin with nbc's national correspondent peter alexander and the results of this poll. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: nice to see both of you in person this morning, nice to see you as well. america has weighed in. it's good news for hillary clinton and also just this morning with the vice president closing in on a decision of his own, we're getting new signals from inside, from one of biden's closest advisers, that he not out of the race just yet. >> thank you, bernie. >> reporter: these days both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are smiling, but this morning it's clear clinton got the biggest bounce from this week's debate. an nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey finds a majority of democrats say clinton won the night. while 45% of democrats and those who lean left say she will get their vote, 31% for sanders,

it's the vice president who is losing ground dropping five points from just a month ago. he's yet to make up his mind ignoring questions from nbc's kristen welker thursday. >> have you made your decision yet? >> i can't hear you. >> the have you made your decision yet? >> reporter: sources close to the vp tell nbc news he's calling allies in early voting states to gauge his chances and this morning nbc news has confirmed one of biden's closest advisers is alerting supporters by e-mail not to count the vp out. if he decides to run, it reads, we'll need each and every one of you yesterday. meanwhile, among republicans, ben carson claims closing the gap with donald trump, slicing trump's lead from 15 points 5 in the last month. also this morning, after a lot of back and forth you may have heard about between trump, carson and cnbc, our sister channel, over the format over the next gop debate scheduled to take place october 26th, later this month, just this morning trump tweeted out that both

sides have agreed that the debate will be two hours. that one of trump's demands. he said it was fantastic news for all, especially the millions of people who will be watching. we have reached out to our friends at cnbc. we have not heard back from them just yet. also overnight, and this is critical, we're learning how much each of these candidates has raised in the latest fund-raising quarter, the last three months. the campaigns out with their official numbers to the fec, federal election commission and here's what it looks like. on the democratic side hillary clinton took the lead with $29.9 million but vermont senator bernie sanders brought in a close second. he's just shy with 26 million. then let's flip sides and go to the republicans now. here's how the republicans' numbers stack up. ben carson, 20, nearly $11 million raised, jeb bush at 13 million air, lot less than in the early months and still significant. ted cruz, pulling in the lower tier outraising some competitors, and he came close to jeb with $12 million. carly fiorina at nearly 7 and

so the question you're likely asking is what's up with donald trump? how is he doing? well, he's self-financing, but he did report that he's raised close to $4 million, spent nearly $2 million of his own money during the entire campaign. matt and savannah. >> peter, thanks very much. >> a lot of numbers and what does it mean for the current state of the race? let's turn to john heilemann managing editor of bloomberg politics. good morning. >> hi. >> we talk about money and politics because it's a measure of the breadth of support, the depth of support. would you expect someone like ben carson and bernie sanders if i had told you six months ago they were going to have a haul like they just did in the third quarter? >> if you would have told me that six months ago i would have said you need to be committed to a mental institution and today seeing where they are you need to come with meet next time i'm in vegas because you would be a prophet. it's a real powerful sign of the extent to which in this year in a durabab wait outsiders are now playing the hot hands and the insiders are struggling. >> let's continue on that because if you look at these numbers trump and carson way

ahead of the rest of the pack. >> yeah. >> nobody expected that. everybody was talking about the summer fling, the flirtation, and when you look at the longer list here, john, and you look at some of the people that we all thought were going to be the strong contenders, jeb bush and chris christie and rand paul, and they are running on vapors. >> they are running on vaporses and not raising a lot of money. some are doing a little better than others, but it's still right now the thing that the republican party has always done which is to coronate -- not coronate but to declare we have an establishment favorite and that person is going to be the nominee, not happening in this cycle and people who have thought donald trump will collapse or ben carson will collapse, that this is a summer fling, as you put it, it's late october now. >> they are going through the stages of acceptance that this is the race that we have. >> this is the race. >> let's talk about the democrats. our survey monkey poll shows hillary clinton with a commanding lead, really opening it up between sanders and biden, not declared, but did not fare as well. ted kaufman, one of his closest

letter to biden alumni, as peter reported, basically hinting, you know, we still may get into this thing but has his moment passed? can he still get in? >> well, look, i've engaged in attempts to report on and read the mind of joe biden as much as anybody in the last few months. i'm done with that. the vice president is now -- if he's making a calculation on the political landscape, it's more forbidding now than it was a month ago. you've got hillary clinton performing well at this debate, the benghazi committee now delegitimized. she's keyed up to have a great day next week where it could have been a moment of peril, but i don't think that's how biden is thinking about this. he's not making political rational calculations. this is the last big political decision of his life and he's doing the ultimate gut check now and will decide on the basis of that. >> you mentioned the benghazi committee. stand by for one secretary because meanwhile hillary clinton's top aide huma abedin could face a tough line of questioning today when she goes before that house committee. nbc's kristen welker has more

from washington. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, that's right, good morning to you. usually it is secretary clinton under a microscope, but today her closest and longest serving aide huma abedin will be in the hot seat. she will testify behind closed doors before the congressional committee investigating the 2001 attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi. abadin was clinton's deputy chief of staff at the state department and was considered campaign. led two are so close that clinton has referred to abedin as her daughter and this comes six days before the former secretary of state will give her own testimony. the campaign has gotten a bit of a lifeline as you guys talked about in recent days after the house majority leader suggest the the committee was aimed at dragging down clinton's poll numbers and after a former investigator with the committee suggest it had had turned into a political witch-hunt. chairman trey gowdy denies politics are involved, but the clinton campaign has used the allegations to try to discredit

the committee. clinton is hoping once she testifies next week she can turn the page on the questions about benghazi and maybe even her e-mails. matt, savannah. >> chris attorney welker, kristen, thank you very much. let me pick up where kristen left off. party of this commity's investigation we all learned about the e-mail problems for hillary clinton. bernie sanders says america is sick and tired of hearing about this. >> yeah. >> is he right or is there more there? >> well, look, it's unclear. in the end the fbi is investigating the server. there still could be legal and political jeopardy for hillary clinton. no doubt that in the democratic party people don't care very much about this. in the broader country hillary clinton's numbers on the questions of whether she's considered honest and trustworthy have been in a state of pretty serious decline for the last six months and it's hard not to think that the e-mail thing has something to do with that, so it's not a non-issue. certainly i think in the democratic primary not a big issue and bernie sanders when he says that, got a rousing cheer in that debate hall and probably around the country among hard core democrats. >> all right. >> john heilemann, good to get

>> just a reminder, holding a town hall meeting with donald trump and new hampshire voters, monday, october 26. can you see it right here on "today." switching topics, a major change is coming to the airline industry this weekend. that's when american airlines and u.s. airways will officially merge their reservation systems and the first few weeks might be confusing for some travelers. let's get to nbc's gabe gutierrez at atlanta's hartsfield dark jackson airport with more on what to expect. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. this airport will see its very last u.s. airways flight. it's been a wild decade for air travel. of the 11 top airlines back in 2004, only six are still around. the new american airlines will be 30% bigger, the largest airline in the world. this morning u.s. airways is preparing for its final flights amid some confusion. >> okay. we're supposed to fly american. when we get here and check in we're directed to u.s. airways over here. >> reporter: tomorrow it will

finally merge its reservation system with american's, but not everyone is on board yet. >> we were just like are we american or u.s. air? we didn't really know what we were supposed to be checking in on. >> reporter: two years ago airlines announced plans to join. american says since then it's been working towards tomorrow's transition, running 5 million mock reservations, testing more than 9,000 computers and kiosks and spending more than a million hours training employees all to make it a smooth takeoff. >> american actually has a system that's pretty easy to slide in the u.s. airways system. they have been actually doing a pretty good job of this for the last few years. >> reporter: airline mergers can be turbulent. in 2010 united and continental got together and the reservation system failed delaying flights and stranding passengers. >> hi. i'm oscar murngsz and i'm the new ceo of united. >> reporter: just last night united's new ceo acknowledged it's been a rocky marriage. >> we still haven't lived up to our promise or our potential. that's going to change. >> reporter: this weekend

american advises get your boarding pass online, have a printed copy of your ticket and get to the airport earlier than usual. >> what i hope for as a traveler is that the airlines will choose the best of each of them and create an airline that will be phenomenal. >> reporter: it will be at least another few months before the full u.s. airways sweep is painted with the american airlines logo but the last u.s. airways flight also the red eye from san francisco to philly. >> gabe gutierrez at the airport for us, thank you. another surge of violence in the middle east overnight and natalie has more on that. good morning. >> good morning, guys. big developments in the middle east surrounding that recent wave of violence between palestinians and israelis. overnight dozens of palestinians threw fire bombs at a jewish holty site known as joseph's tomb. it comes amid calls by hamas for another day of rage in the region. at least 39 people have been killed over the past two weeks.

also today israel is closing off jerusalem's most sensitive holy site the al-aqsa mosque to young muslim men in an effort to calm the violence. federal prosecutors have charged a man in malaysia with hacking a computer and providing information about u.s. service members to isis. police say the 20-year-old kosovo citizen hacked into a server based in the united states, stole personal information of more than 1,300 americans and then gave it to a senior islamic state leader in syria. prosecutors allege the goal was to provide isis supporters in the u.s. and elsewhere with the information so they could carry out terrorist attacks. the u.s. is now seeking to extradite the suspect. back here at home, texas forestry officials are bringing in a hovey bomber to fight a raging wildfire. it's now consumed six square miles and has burned nearly three dozen homes about 50 miles east of austin. about 400 homes have been evacuated so far. well, lots of new yorkers celebrating through the night after the mets series clinching

win over the l.a. dodgers. the game was tied 2-2 in the sixth inning when daniel murphy stepped up to the plate and did that, drove that solo home run into the seats into right field. that turned out to be the game-winner. the mets advance now to the national league championship series for the first time since 2006, and they, of course, taking on the chicago cubs. last time the cubs made it this far in the postseason, 2003. two teams, of course, very long draughts. game one tomorrow night. it's going to be a hot one right here in new york. lots to cheer about. well, an 11-year-old girl was honored thursday night for her stick figure sketch that led to the arrest of a serial burglar. rebecca depietro got a standing ovation at a ceremony stratford, connecticut, thursday night, but a few months ago there was a string burglaries on her street, including one at her house. so when police asked rebecca if she had seen anyone suspicious, she drew this sketch, and police matched it up to this man, pedro

bruno who has since confessed to ten burglaries, and perhaps rebecca has a future as a sketch artist. that was pretty good, i'll say. >> pretty good for her and for the police. >> yeah. >> matt, you look not so sure. >> maybe in the vicinity of the accuracy. >> the hair, and the facial hair. >> if it works, that's all that matters. >> get it up close, can you see it. >> by the way, natalie, going to be a hot one at the met game. going to be a cold game. >> going to be cold but a heated game, come on. >> that's right. thanks for helping her. let's show you -- here's why it's going to get so cold and not just in shea stadium -- shea city, citi field. yeah, i'm old school. i'm old school. we're talking 18 states with freeze warnings and watches, frost advisories and the jet stream has dipped to the south. look at these highs today. anywhere from 5 to 20 degrees below average. saturday even colder. look at what happens early sunday morning.

38 in new york city and watch this. saturday morning on into the afternoon. we've got the threat of snow and some frozen mix right through sunday evening and upstate new

that's what's going on. >> that's your latest weather. coming up, we're going to be looking at winter outlook for 2015-2016. >> already. >> going to give us a hint? >> it's going to be cold. >> there you go. thank you. >> way to go out on a limb there. >> wow. coming up, we're going to have the late on lamar odom's fight to stay alive. new video from inside the brothel where he was found as his estranged wife khloe remains by his side. plus, is she the trump card? how daughter ivanka trump could emerge as a big player in his race for the white house.

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>> 7:30 now on this friday morning. 16th of october, 2015. a crisp fall day here in the big apple. >> looking forward to it actually though. here's a look at what's making headlines today. incredible scene outside of los angeles where flash flooding triggered huge mudslides that quickly trapped drivers. al predicted a lot of this yesterday. several homes were destroyed when the mountainside started crumbling on to the streets. and nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey after tuesday night's debate finds a majority of democrats say it was clinton who won the night. in the meantime nbc news has confirmed that one of vice president joe biden's closest adviseers is alerting supporters mott to count the vice president out yet. u.s. airways final flight takes off tonight. after that the airline will cease to exist as it joins forces with american airlines. the merger means american will

now become the largest air carrier in the world. coming up, she's considered one of donald trump's most trusted advisers, so will ivanka trump start playing an active role in his campaign? we're going to hear from her coming up. and then later a candid interview with comedian amy schumer as she opens up about body image and struggle to become confident in the public eye. we begin with lamar odom's fight for his life. new video from inside the brothel where he was found unresponsive a little earlier this year. nbc's jacob rascon is in las vegas with more. jacob, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. nbc news has learned lamar odom was planning to extend his stay at the brothel through saturday, this as new video shows him touring the building on the first day of his fateful visit. overnight nbc news obtained receipts and surveillance video from the love ranch brothel showing lamar odom saturday night wearing sneakers, a white

tours the brothel with two unidentified women. receipts provided by the love ranch management show his weekend began with a $75,000 swipe on his amex card. >> just keep a close eye on him and we do have help on the eye, okay. >> reporter: it comes as new video obtained by tmz sports shows first responders trying to save lamar odom, the nba champ who just a few years ago was at top of his game personally and professionally. sources close to odom tell our sister network e he remains on a ventilator and in a coma and the extend of his brain damage sun clear. this following what police believe was an accidental overdose on tuesday during his stay at the love ranch brothel. the kardashians have been in las vegas supporting lamar since the news broke. thursday all but lamar's estranged wife khloe were seen leaving on a private plane, and despite khloe remaining by his bedside social media has exploded with backlash towards her and her family.

a few weeks ago she was trying to make him look like a craze stalker. get out of here. nobody believes you. it's all about publicity. the comment is seemingly referring to an october 4th episode of "keeping up with the kardashians." >> lamar is in in the hotel. >> the who told you this. >> a security guard. >> it's just not a place i would want to see lamar for the first time in years. >> reporter: while the relationship is complicated -- >> i love lamar and care about him a lot. it makes me feel good to hear his voice and to know that he is doing okay. >> reporter: it doesn't seem to matter when it comes to the law. a los angeles superior court judge confirmed to nbc news that khloe and lamar are still legally married which means khloe bears the weight of making decisions about his medical care. a source close to the family tells "people" magazine she never dreamed that she'd have these responsibilities, and it's just so overwhelming and unexpected. the source adds that khloe has been inconsolable and seeking

advice about what to do next from friends and family. and, unfortunately, there is no improvement in lamar's condition to report, only uncertainty ahead. but what seems to remain constant is the outpouring of support for the former nba star fighting for his life now going on three days. guys, back to you. >> all right. jacob raskon, thanks very much. >> now to one of the top advisers behind donald trump his daughter ivanka. she's been his side for years but hasn't yet taken an active public role in his campaign. is that all about to change? nbc's katy tur has more on that. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. following donald trump on the campaign trail you quickly learn no one is telling him what to do, and even if they are he isn't listening, but there's one person who has got his ear and that's his daughter ivanka, smart, poised, successful and beautiful, she may be his biggest ally and asset. >> welcome, everybody. >> reporter: she's been called the quiet power behind the trump

his most trusted adviser. growing up trump 33-year-old ivanka has spent her life in the spotlight, but if things go as her father plans, that spotlight could soon shine even brighter. >> and ivanka, has anyone heard of ivanka. >> reporter: routinely invokes her name at rallies and in trump's announcement in june it wasn't his wife milania but his daughter. >> it's my pleasure to introduce to you a man i've loved and respected my entire life. >> reporter: his child and champion, heir to a golden name and a gilded empire, the mother and former model is a success in her own right, an author, real estate executive, a brand with her own line of accessories and clothing and like daughter like father and she is the cool head first on "the apprentice. "can the. >> the you really took it to another level. >> reporter: and now his run for

in the face of criticism, even when it comes from the mother of longtime friend chelsea clinton. >> if it's all the same to you, mr. trump, i'd rather you stop cherishing women and start respecting women. >> he'd be amazing for women in this country, and truthfully he's proven that over decades through his employment practices, through his hiring practices. >> reporter: ivanka even getting praise from democrats. david ax rodd tweeting he met ivanka a few years back and that donald trump is wise tone list his daughter's help. she's a thoroughly impressive important. and while she says she's staying out of it. >> i'm not part of the campaign. >> reporter: that doesn't mean her dad will keep her there. >> i do take advise from ivanka. >> reporter: what advice koss she give you? >> she says be yourself. >> reporter: so when will we see her on the trail? the campaign and donald keeps saying soon, soon, soon, but, guys, we've been hearing that since early august. >> all right. but she did an interview in the

last couple of days and i think she may be a little higher profile and she's, as you say, very impressive. >> impressive and a businesswoman in her own right and pregnant and with other kids and has other stuff going on, too. katy, thank you so much. >> mr. roker with the winter outlook. >> that's right. a shape of things to come. we've got a water spout off of lake michigan. this thing is pretty powerful. luckily it stayed offshore. had it come on shore this thing would have been a tornado. this is cold air filtering in. let's take a look from the national weather service the late on the 2015 outlook for the winter. pemp tour-wise, it's going to be warmest in the pacific northwest, but look at how the warm swath comes across the northeast. going to be chillier as you get down into texas and the southeast. and as far as fritschtation, it's looking the wettest as you get into northern parts of the plains, very wet through the south and into southern california and the southeast as well, and one of the other parts of this, a strong el nino.

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not exactly been a smooth rollout. >> we just got the new mastercard with the new little chip in it, and it was compromised. >> tried to slide it through and it didn't take. >> i didn't know why my credit card is going through, never been anything i've experienced. >> reporter: october 1st was the deadline for retailers to have the credit card readers in place most still don't and so far only 20% of consumers have actually received their new cards in the mail. >> any time that you're dealing with unhappy customers or forcing customers to take steps that they wouldn't normally have to do it's an issue that retailers are going to have to deal with. >> it's a lot to deal with. think about all the companies that automatically charge your credit card every month, newspapers, websites, gym memberships, kids' music classes, and it turns out a lot of the charges aren't going through because the old credit cards expire and customers aren't quick to update their billing information. netflix's stock dropped 82% and

blamed the new credit card switchover for slowing its growth. >> i don't think the banks and credit card companies are doing enough to educate the consumer. you get your new card and realize that there's a chip on it. you're not sure how that really works. it's sort of trial by error. >> reporter: what should you do when your new card arrives? first activate the card usually with a simple phone call and second provide your updated payment information to any of the companies that bill you regularly. sometimes the number doesn't change but the expiration date does. third, beware. scammers are sending e-mails asking for your credit card information. don't provide it. watch your bank statements for any charges that look suspicious. eventually you'll insert your new card into the reader rather than swipe it and the transaction may take a few seconds longer but security experts say it goes a long way towards protecting you. we've heard a lot of complaints from folks who say they have been told to swipe their cards, not insert them. it's happened to me. gone to the store and i said can i insert it the right way, no,

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, giving the gift of pink power. >> just like the last stop. >> this is it. >> last stop in a long journey. >> yeah. >> our friend joan lunden brings us the story of a man changing the lives of breast cancer survivors. one tattoo at a time. >> tears of joy. plus, amy schumer gets candid. following her controversial hosting gig on "snl." the hottest comedian opens up about self-esteem, body image and life in the hollywood spotlight. >> people write about me like, she is the most disgusting creature i've seen. others will say she's super hot. they are both right. you're not going to be what everybody loves but you have to love yourself. family outing. exclusive first look inside the life of brad pid, angelina jolie

and their kids courtesy of vogue magazine, today friday, october 16, 2015. >> the "today" show! >> hello. it's our 40th birthday. >> kiss me, i'm 70. >> it's my 16th birthday. >> we're back now. 8:00 on this friday morning. it's the 16th day of october. 2015. let me say a couple things, temperaturewise over the last couple days. secondly, we have an enormous crowd here. what's the reason? >> spring break? >> it's starting really early. >> a birthday? doesn't it smell like bacon this morning?

>> my gosh. smells so good. >> all right. coming up we're going to check in with our friend joan lunden bringing us a moving story part of our pink power today series. >> we've got a lot to get to. first let's go inside. natalie's got a check of all of the top stories. natalie. >> good morning. we're starting with that bad weather out west. flash flooding and mudslides triggered by heavy rain left a dangerous mess this morning in parts of southern california. nbc's miguel almaguer is in lake hughes. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the storm has passed for now but boy, did it leave behind a mess. and this neighborhood about an hour outside of los angeles, look at the mountains of mud here. some areas they are five, six feet high. and the cleanup is going to take hours. this all began yesterday afternoon. we were hit with a deluge, pounding rain, hail, and then of course that all triggered mudslides. areas all across this region

some cars swallowed by mud. walls of mud flew into homes. fortunately, no serious injuries though the l.a. county fire department tells me there were at least four rescues. near i-5, the major artery was shut down for several hours. hundreds of motorists stranded as they watched the mud rise. there is a detour this morning as they try to clean it up. all across this area a big headache, a big mess and we could get more wet weather later on this afternoon. >> all right. not good news there. thanks. hillary clinton's getting a bounce from this week's democratic debate. in the new nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey a majority of democrats said mrs. clinton won the debate, that poll now has her leading bernie sanders by 14 points, vice president joe biden yet to declare dropped five points, among the republicans ben car san narrowed his gap from 15 points to 5.

hillary clinton's closest aide huma abedin is testifying today before the house committee investigating the deadly attack on diplomats in benghazi, libya. the session is taking place behind closed doors. the committee has already questioned several people who were close to mrs. clinton at the time of the 2012 attack when she was secretary of state. mrs. clinton is scheduled to testify next week. and santa claus is coming to city hall. a man whose legal name is santa claus and yes, looks like him, led all of the other write-in candidates for the city council election in north pole, alaska. he used to be the park ranger but wants to be an advocate for, who else, children. city council santa will be sworn in on monday. nobody's going to want to vote against him ever. >> he knows whether you're naughty or nice. thank you a change inow california teaches sex ed to teens. >> part of an effort to stem the

tide on sexual assault. erica hill has that story. >> good morning. it's called affirmative consent. the idea that a partner must give explicit permission before a sexual encounter can move forward and a mandatory lesson in health classes across california. the national conversation about consent is changing. the old no means no refrain of years past is being replaced in some cases by yes means yes. starting next year, california will become the first state to make lessons on affirmative consent a requirement in high school. >> what is your understanding of the law so far? >> students a it the urban school of san francisco are already taking the class. >> kids get it. kids understand. kids actually want to engage in healthy relationships, and a lot of them don't have adults in their lives talking to them about this. >> casey and larkin are students.

>> by asking for consent by looking for yes, you are showing that you care about what your partner's experiencing. >> having your partner ask you a question consistently, you are forced to kind of check in with yourself and say am i comfortable right now. >> the california law follows another one signed last year requiring the use of affirmative consent on college campuses in the state. new york passed a similar law governing campus this is year and other states are considering related measures. >> no means no is not enough. of course if you have a sex partner who says no to something you should stop. but it doesn't account for if your partner is frozen in fear or confused or checked out or drunk. >> a recent study suggests as many as one in five women is sexually assaulted or raped in college. numbers that brought a strong response from the white house. >> it's up to all of us to put an end to sexual assault. >> followed by powerful public service announcements. >> it's happening on college

campuses, at bars. >> critics of the yes means yes policy say it can oversimplify both the legal and the romantic ramifications of what happens between two people. neither of the california laws changes the way that rape or sexual assault are tried in criminal court. supporters hope that getting and giving clear consent will drastically cut down on the cases that need to be prosecuted. >> this is a fascinating article in the paper yesterday, do they come up with clear guidelines as to how often the question needs to be asked? >> talk about every ten minutes you need to check in and make sure okay, are we still good? we were talking, too, some of the language they come up with is awkward especially in your teen years. what do you say? one of the things they agreed on was, you good? more comfortable for them. >> than some of the other technical -- >> more awkward. >> an important conversation. absolutely. thank you.

coming up, we'll get into an age old debate, just who is cleaner? men or women? >> okay. we'll get into that. then angelina, brad, the brood, a look at family photos. >> and amy schumer on body image, confidence, clothing, and what it's like to deal with all

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>> i don't like the marshmallows. >> al, how can you not like them? >> the whole premise. i give up. let's not even do this story. >> buzz kill. >> everyone not named al roker loved lucky charms and has always wished that there would be just a version only with marshmallows. >> ew. >> that's what i say, al. i'm with you. >> i need the cereal with the marshmallows. >> what? >> people, it's happening. >> the yay. >> all the media, facebook, there's been a groundswell. >> captain crunch with all berries. >> i'm a traditionalist. i like the basic captain crunch. remember these variety packs. >> this is just a publicity thing, right? >> yeah, okay.

>> variety packs when they came to your house and somebody opened them like this. wasn't it nerve racking to see wanted. what would you choose in this one? >> frosted flakes. >> the corn pops. >> sugar pops. >> apple jacks. >> i can't reach. >> you get -- you ended up with rice krispies. >> they didn't have wheat germ like you wanted. >> what was that one? >> grape nut. >> grape nut. >> you could basically fix a wall with that. >> yeah. >> they are delicious and healthy. >> besides cereal, what's our favorite top take discuss here, germs. >> germs. >> here's a question. who has better hygiene at work or in a restroom, men or women? >> women. >> men, men. >> new survey busting some myths, ladies. take it. deal with it. shredding the notion that guys make a mess wherever they go. no, researchers polled both genders and discovered men are more careful about collegeness in a restroom than women, are take more time from everything to washing their hands to

pardon, move your cereal, cleaning the toilet sgleet not true. >> my kids missed toilet seat every time. >> you've got girls, wow. >> move a little closer. >> there's no way that that is true. >> where does the study come from? >> men did it. >> there are studies that show this. this isn't new. >> you can go to any place that has a male and female bathroom, and always there's a smell wafting from the guys' bathroom. >> we're not talking smell. >> that's clean. >> moving on, moving on. >> the whole dirtiness of it. >> can i say one thing, you know when you're on an airplane and go in the bathroom, right, and a man has just been in there. >> it's a mess. >> it's a mess. >> and they never put the seat down and i think that is so rude. >> and the worst thing for a man who goes in there and told you that story, i then have to decide whether i'm going to clean up after because when i come out people are going to think it was me. >> sure. >> matt lauer.

>> and i clean up. >> why don't people ever drain the sink. you always go into the bathroom in the airplane and there's always a sink full of soapy water. >> that's a function of the kind of thing they have. >> you plunge it. there's a plunger. >> this has really evolved. >> we'll be back with breakfast with the gripers. >> let's do sports. some are calling this the catch of the year happened last night at the football game between stanford and ucla. take a look. >> mccaffrey giving way. back to hogan and how about this from stanford. did he catch that pinned against a defender's back, that is unreal. incredible. >> amazing. >> that may be the play of the year so far! >> it's a pretty big catch. >> that's like the hug catch. >> i love you. >> yeah. >> say his name. >> the 41 yards out behind the

opponent's back. stanford went on to win it 56-35. let us turn to social media feeling the bern. presidential candidate bernie sanders appeared on "ellen's" show and claimed he had -- he has better tops than trumps. >> hair. >> hair. >> and claimed he -- >> i know. >> i don't understand it either, but the comparison continued. take a listen. >> he has hair like you sometimes and i actually think that you all look very similar. >> and the look-alikes don't stop there. a whole other group of sanders supporters surfacing on social media. babies for bernie spawning several pint-sized politicians. >> that one is perfect. >> that's perfection. >> all right. now to angelina jolie opening up about her marriage to brad pitt and taylor swift dishes on her rumored bad blood with katy perry. tamron, let's get out of here

>> hard to follow up babies in toupee. angelina jolie, as matt mention the, an exclusive look at her beautiful spread in "vogue" looking stunning on the cover of the november issue. you can she she's not alone posing for photos with her hubby and six kids talking about everything from the hectic schedule and her double mastectomy and speaking of brad, the shooting of the upcoming movie was somewhat of a honeymoon despite they play an unhappily married issue and she says brad and i have our issues but if the characters were even remotely close to our problems we couldn't have made the film. the issue hits stands on wednesday and now to taylor swift and the question that will not go away. is her massive hit "bad blood" about katy perry. everybody is assuming that it is

she tells the latest issue of "gq" i never said anything that would point this in the direction of one specific person and i can sleep at night knowing it but did suggest on the upside if the katy rumors are out there poem can stop thinking that every song is about an ex-boyfriend. >> we still don't know so the mystery continues. >> all of her songs always go back to relationships. >> i don't know if she said no. she said she never named a specific person. that's not saying no, it's not

they both ? and that's your latest weather. >> the we know comedian amy schumer as a writer, comedian and all around funny girl. >> but as her style found she's also turning into an inspirational speaker. she told nbc's maria shriver all about it. >> she's this year's it girl of the her movie "train wreck" was a box office hit and just won an emmy for her comedy central show "inside amy schumer" and eventually the 34-year-old got rave reviews for hosting "saturday night live." this week schumer took time off from her comedy tour to cohost a style empowerment workshop

partnering with goodwill of southern california to educate, inspire and transform women through fashion. >> some nights i just didn't even want to go on stage because i couldn't find an outfit that i felt good in. >> this is about empoweringment, empowerment of women through fashion. how do you describe a sense of empowerment in your own life? >> if you feel smart, feel sexy, but then you go to get dressed and you just don't -- i say all the time i don't have that chip where i know how to chip. we love women. we want them to feel more confident and empowered. >> you talked out there about feeling confident in yourself and then when you go to put on yourself or when you went shopping you lost all your confidence. >> it's been a struggle for me my whole life an especially just being in the entertainment industry, standing on a stage in front of people. i can't perform my best or be confident if i'm not sure if i'm pulling at something, and sometimes i would want to just

not going to go do standup tonight. >> that all changed when schumer met stylist lisa evans on the set of "train wreck." >> she had given me this gift of showing me how to dress and shopped for my sister and seeing my little sister wearing a little blazer and shirt and looking just like a strong beautiful woman i realized holding myself back was also holding her back and so to see the person that i care the most about being given those tools was really moving for me and i just wanted to give it to every woman. >> work your angles, girl. got to go up. >> to know that i've helped someone feel more can have comment their life is -- i can't think of anything better truthfully and, you know, honestly, i've gone through my own struggles with my body image, and hi to find a new way to dress myself and feel comfortable in my own skin. >> i wake up in the morning and i look like charlize theron in monster.

it's such a gift to be given the gift of how to dress and feel good about myself and that's gift we want to give everyone, everywhere. >> and suddenly the interview took a turn. [ bleep ]. >> maria. >> "train wreck" part two. >> i saw it happening, and i was like it's cardboard. she will be okay. it's not going to hit her and this will be fun to watch. finally, you had that big hbo special. you've had such a gang buster year, first time on "saturday night live," successful film, speaking out on issues that matter to you, that matter in the country on gun control. what are you hoping that this hbo special does? >> the special is me saying okay, i just got kind of stressed into the hollywood and this was my experience of it, and a lot of it is about self-esteem. i feel like i kind of went

story on hollywood and like i'm coming out, like, okay, here's what's going on. no one is just naturally thin. everyone is starving and this -- telling all the things i found out in a way that hopefully will make everybody laugh and feel better which is my goal across the board with evening. >> so you're like pulling the curtain back on hollywood and saying it's not what you think? >> guys, i've been to hollywood and it's nuts. >> by the way, a lot more of maria's conversation. and coming up, one man when

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4:30 now. it's friday morning, the 16th of october, 2015. we have a great crowd out here on our plaza, and they are about to get a real treat. we have the cast of the brand new broadway musical "school of rock" here and you all remember the movie. >> it's fantastic. this is obviously based on that great film. by the way, it also comes to us from the great andrew lloyd webber, and we're going to have a performance straight ahead. >> can't wait for that. fantastic. also ahead our month of pink power rolls on. joan lunden is here with the story of a man changing the lives of breast cancer survivors one tattoo at a time. and of course, the chill in the air. there's only one way to kind of help warm that up. >> yeah. how about a nice bowl of soup,

>> that's crazy. >> rocking it out in the kitchen with some delicious butternut squash soup recipe to share amongst us all. >> can we mention something real quick that you did something really nice for your sister last night. annie guthrie has a brand new book of poetry out called "the good dark can the "and savannah had a book party downtown for annie and a bunch of us went down there and had a great time. it really was nice so congratulations to annie. >> can i just say my little niece talulu and my brother surprised my sister so it's really fun so here's talulu. did you have fun? >> yeah. >> first, al, let's get a check of the weather. looking weather. let's show you where the leaves are looking best. you can see on the satellite look at how it's originaled up a little bit as we've gone through, and you're going to see here in the northeast and into the great lakes some really great color that's going to be happening.

show you what's going on for the rest of the weekend. look for a lot of wet weather out west. could be more flash flooding. we'll watch that. some snow in upstate new york and northern new england and the u.p. of michigan and then sunday, sunday, we're looking for that rain to continue out west and eastern two-third of the country looking pretty darn good with some leftover snow showers in northern new england. wow, got me some rockers with me.

>> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thank you so much. now to our series "pink power today." joan lunden the author of "had i known" "and this morning she's sharing the story of a tattoo artist who has become a friend to thousands women dealing with breast cancer. such a good story. joan, good morning. >> really is. vinny myers began as a regatta too artist and now exclusively does nipple tattoos 3-d. don't worry, it doesn't hurt on a reconstructed breast but women who have had surgery after a mastectomy it really, really helps them that are left with the emotional and physical scars. he's been called the michelangelo of nipple tattoos. vinny myers tattoos them on women who have had their breasts removed from breast cancer. he owns little vinny's tattoos just outside of baltimore in finksburg, maryland. from denise striker who came

from cleveland, ohio, after waiting nine months on a waiting list, it's been a long emotional journey. >> i'm very excited. >> just like the last stop. >> this is it. >> last stop in a long journey? >> yeah, yeah. >> looking in the mirror and the not seeing what you always saw before? >> yeah. >> something so small but it means something so big to these women. >> that's absolutely the truth, it is, and that's one of the things that just shocked me, you know. that thing that is only this big can make that much of a change. >> vinnie charges 600 for one breast and 800 for two. women come from all over the riyadh. he's done over 8,000 nipple tattoos. >> i grew a nipple. >> reporter: but on the very day he decided he was moving on, he everything. then what happened that very same day. >> that was the day i got the call from my sister as soon as

>> your sister gets diagnosed with breast cancer. >> so we went from deciding not to doing the nipple tattooing any longer and was taking over everything and i didn't have time for my regular art kind of can a toos and when i got that call i realized, that you know, i had to continue. >> hi. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: that was good news for breast cancer survivors like sherry bordeaux who came all the way in tulsa, oklahoma, to get what's now referred to as a vinnie. >> i'm going to tattoo some shadows to keep this muscle as relaxed as possible. >> reporter: so did you just do this. >> yes, did. i got my vinnies. >> reporter: you got your girls back. >> i got my girls back. >> it looks like it should looking in the mirror again for the first time in almost two years. >> reporter: i have to admit that i didn't realize that after you got a double mastectomy that you were basically left without the nipples that you had before. >> it's always surprising to me

do for a living and they say they don't have nipples, and they are like, yeah, dude, had their breast removed. they take the nipples off. the implant with the skin over it. >> yes. >> something that motivates the women to do it, is there something i can do to distract the eyes from these scars. great reason to have it. put a nipple on there, eyes are drawn to the nipple and you don't notice the scars so much and the biggest factor is i want to be hole again. >> thank you. >> you're so very welcome. >> for denise it's a life-change moment. >> i feel hole, like a lady again. >> that moment that they see it you can tell that it changes their lives and it's absolutely a wonderful thing. >> you did good tears. they are tears of joy. >> yes, they are. >> now there is such a thing as nipple-sparing mastectomy, you may have red angelina jolie had one, but most women have both breast and nipple removed.

learn more about vinnie's tattoos and also to purchase a pink power t-shirt. net proceeds are going to susan g. komen foundation. >> i think it's so amazing he's doing this work and he seems like the only one. >> he feels it was destiny once he heard his sister has done breast cancer, and he owes done 8,000 of them. the women from the waiting room were all over the united states and they literally collide afterward because they felt normal. >> one woman told you she felt whole, like herself. thank you so much. once again joan's book is called "hi known." still to come, let's warm it up with a bowl of soup on a chilly fall day like this.

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of the game's biggest stars. willie, you're not biggest star. >> fortunately we have a much bigger star luckily for the viewers. the worth polite isn't the first one you would associate with a professional football player but indianapolis pro bowl quarterback an true luck has earned a reputation of being a fierce competitor with fierce manners and they head out to london to find roots of his social graces. andrew luck is more than just a pro bowl quarterback. >> wow. >> amazing throw by andrew luck. >> the he speaks german and majored in architecture at stanford and before he was under center spent time overseas. >> growing up how every kid grows up in europe for seven years. this is the way it is. but looking back on it now, you realize it was a bit unique. >> this summer andrew and his dad, a former nfl quarterback himself, returned to the

they lived where oliver was president of the nfl's old europe league. >> i think y'all have got a little bit of appreciation for history and, you know, culture and all that. >> also developed an appreciation for doing things the right way, even when it comes to taking hits on the football field. >> nice hit, man. >> good hit. >> good job. >> you're fine. >> luck used his time in london to brush up his etiquette. >> one would like another scone. what if i want a new jam? >> anybody like some? >> actually fine, thanks very much. >> okay to take two at a time? >> do you have to be somewhere? and if you use your napkin, just dap. >> what if you have serious chocolate going on? >> if you've eaten it properly you won't have. folks, you remind me of your dad and i always take it as a compliment. i think it's great.

people always mess my name up, especially older people, call me oliver. >> they call me andrew. my boss calls me andrew. >> growing up i thought every kid lived overseas and moved around and had a dad who played quarterback. just the way my childhood was, and i wouldn't trade it for anything now. >> got to like a tie who takes a hit from a 300-pound defenseman lineman and says thank you, sir, may i have another. by the way, we want to hear your story so head to today.com/twmf and share it. if we feature it, you'll get a chance to win a trip to super bowl 50 in the bay area. >> thank you, willie, very much. watch andrew and the indianapolis colts take on the new england patriots "sunday night football" right here on nbc. coming up next, a fall

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all right. it's 8:45, and we're back with "today food" and our souper suppers, one-pot hearty dishes to warm you up as the temperatures start to drop and laura vitale is author of the book "in the kitchen." is this one of your go-to recipes? >> it is, perfect for a week night and still cozy and gives you all the wonderful cozy vibes that a good soup should have. >> by the way, when people go on our today food website, you know one thing they search more than anything else is butternut squash. >> i say wise because it's so good. >> take a look at ingredients, making butternut squash soup and it's pretty easy. >> your traditional cast of characters when it comes to soup, your onions, your carrots and celery and i like to use a little bit of apple in with my butternut squash, vegetable broth, dried sage, salt and pepper, oil, usual characters. >> stock pot. a little bit of oil.

>> a little bit of oil going in there and i'm going to throw in everything. >> can i do that for you. >> please, love a man that gives me a hand in the kitchen. >> there you go. >> are those ales? >> yes, one granny smith apple. i like adding a little apple to my butternut squash because it cut the sweetness a bit and for the butternut squash all i do is basically cut it in half and take a vegetable peeler and just much like you would a potato start feeling it like so and dies it into large chunks. >> like this. >> yeah. >> do they go in now? >> add them right in. the great thing about soup, don't leave one behind and the great thing about soup, not necessarily node to measure everything so perfectly. throw everything in. if you need a little bit more stock, add more stock. if you need a little bit less than don't add as much. >> how about the spices. >> yes, if you would, i've got some chili powder and some dried sage. go for t.sage goes so well with butternut squash and chili

nice kick against the sweet of the butternut squash. >> a little salt and peple. >> a little salt and pepper and let that saute for seven or eight minutes until they caramelize and add in the stock. pretend they are caramelized. >> and we'll pretend again and this is what it looks like after it starts to cook down a little bit. >> after to minutes this is what you're looking for, the veggies have cooked down and smells phenomenal. >> people are looking that the and thinking a lot of times butternut squash soup is a puree. >> you'll get there. >> in life it's all about options, can teeth like this if you're a fan of chunky soups or you can puree it. i love immersion blenders. >> make sure that it's submerged before you turn it on. >> and makes for easy cleanup. >> dunk it in. >> let's take a look as you're about to do this. we've got our gang downstairs,

they are digging in. folks, what are we thinking? >> nice kick to it. >> like the chili powder in it. >> the texture is awesome, too. >> you like it pureed as opposed to chunk? >> yeah. >> you can serve this cool. >> what are you asking me for? >> i always think there's a trick when you're asking the question. >> what are you doing here, and then to kick things up a lot i like to do fried sage because sage is stringy and can be quite tough so if you fry it it gets really nice and crispy which we have some already here which is getting ready and once you puree your soup. >> you got it. >> what i like to finish with is a little bit of cream, makes things more velvety, not much. a couple tablespoons. >> if you were payinging this ahead of time would you add it then or until wait until you reheat it the? >> i would wait until i reheat it. >> and you serve it with a nice crusty bread.

got to have bread for dunking. >> does this pork for your weekend? >> yes, it does. >> especially since it's going to be cold. >> perfect butternut squash soup weather. >> yay, i love it pureed and chunky. >> she got the answer right. >> anyway, laura, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> really appreciate it. again, the book is called "laura in the kitchen." to get this recipe and all the tips on cooking with butternut squash go to today.com/food and up next a live performance from andrew lloyd webber's new

but first, this is "today" on >> the citi concert series on "today" is presented to you by citi. >> we are back. it's a friday morning, we've got the first look at the broadway musical school of rock. the show is based on the 2003 hit film and follows dewey finn on his adventures, creating a rock band when he poses as a substitute teacher. this comes from composer and producer sir andrew lloyd webber returning with his first original rock musical since 1971. here is the cast of school ofp rock with you're in the band. >> music speaks to you.

that's what matters the most. zach, let's play some time together. put this on. all right. all right. let's let shoulders relax. yes! just like that. yes. already better. okay. keep on going. don't stop. take it over the top. make it go really pop. give it one final yes, you're in the band. katie, what was that thing you were playing? the cello. come here, put this on. i want to show you something. watch. turn a cello this way, then practically live bass.

there. watch how you thread. my bass. keep on rocking each note, grab it right by the throat with the rhythm afloat, don't forget to emote. then it's all that she wrote. baby you're in the band. you're in the band. get over here front and center. if you play the piano you can play the keys. >> i only play classical. >> so stand it up and strut your expertise. huh. >> i don't think i can. >> come on. take a look at this music and let your mind expand. >> let's go to piano. yes! you're in the band. now, who is going to be my drummer? >> i played percussion.

>> try and rock out a beat. >> okay. feel the groove in your pins and slowly turn up the heat. yes. that's what i'm talking about. the rat a at the tat. exactly like that. shut it down flat, whoa. you're in the band. now, i need a couple of roadies. i need someone on tech. who wants to be security? >> i will. >> can i be the stylist? >> check you out. the manager. >> manager. >> is that something you could swing? i'm putting you in charge of the whole thing. >> yes. >> we've got our band.

look at me and come in on g. just like that. yes. yes. come here. up top. on g. >> he's reading my mind. take me to the moon, baby. yes! repeat after me i pledge allegiance to the band. >> i pledge allegiance to the band. >> and i promise to give mr. shinially full command. >> in control, the band as a whole, rocking some more with the heart and our soul. you're in the band. you're in the band! >> we're in the band.

>> you're in the band. >> at the winter garden theater on november 9th. the cast will be back with another number in the next hour.

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hollywood it girl amy schumer opens up about body issues, self-confidence and comedy and then zach is paulk. mark-paul gosselaar reveals the truth about his new role and a warm weekend meal when katherine heigl gets cooking in the kitchen. all that and more coming up now >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it's friday morning, october 16th, 2015. nice crowd out on the plaza on a chilly fall day. willie, al, tamron and natalie. who picked this one. >> our viewers. >> i like it. >> "cheerleaders" by omi. >> i like this. >> i like the friday viewer's choice. >> i love that. keep that going. >> coming on the show next week? >> monday. >> singing a new song "hula hoop."

hula hooping in my head. >> we can send a -- >> i bet you're a good hula hooper. >> i used to be but i've lost that hip movement. >> oh. well, now. >> you've not lost it. you have it. >> surprisingly dark natalie. >> and it's 9:01. >> you know what i'm taking the kids to tonight. >> what? >> at radio city musical they have a digitally remastered copy that they are showing of "back to the future." >> awesome. >> with a live orchestra conducted by david newman. >> that's incredible. >> that's great. >> wow. >> is it just a one-night thing. >> they are taking -- touring it around the country. >> that's so cool. >> 0 years after the movie. >> 30 years after the movie. >> and next week in fact the date that the delorean went to the future in "back to the future 2" happens on 291st. >> you know, there's a good segue here. >> yes, there is.

>> as we talk mets/cubs and talk a little baseball, very good at this so in "back to the future 2" michael j. fox travels from 1958 to 2015. >> october 21st. >> here we are. >> the movie makes a lot of predictions about this year of 2015. one of them looking like it's getting closer and closer to reality. check this out. >> wait a minute. cubs win world series. against miami? >> yeah. that's something, huh. who would have thought, 100-1 shot. i wish i could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the cubs. >> i meant miami. what did you just say? >> i said i wish i could go back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the cubbies. >> there you go. cubs in the world series. in the nlcs. they won a couple nights ago and last night the new york mets beat the dodgers in l.a. to move on so a cubs/mets, chicago and new york. it's going to be amazing. last night the game was tied at two in the sixth inning out in l.a.

murphy hits a home run that mets fans will remember forever putting them ahead for good. they win 3-2. remember the mets last won the world series in 1986. >> yeah. >> sorry, boston fans, the buckner year. >> yeah. >> the cubs though, the wait has been much, much longer. they lost won the world series in 1908, 107 years ago. they haven't been in the world series since 1945. they had a good shot in 2003. >> i was in. >> and the whole thing in the outfield. the poor guy's name. >> can i just say, this is not going to go well with new york fans, but the chinese zodiac, it's the year of the goat. >> is it really? >> that might be good for the -- the curse of the coat. >> the when i lived in chicago they did everything, they brought out a goat and brought out ancestor of the gay who allegedly put on them. they have done everything, but can i tell you. >> yes. >> if you've never been to wrigley field, if the cubs win,

and this is nothing against the mets, it's a new stadium, but to see a world series won, you know, by a team in one of those vintage old stadiums and it goes bananas, 2-3-2, the first two >> three. >> it's going to be incredible. >> you know, it's amazing to see it in a brand new stadium that's kind of like an old stadium. >> like the citi field. >> yeah. >> better team, better hot dogs. >> there's a rivalry here. >> you guys going to place a >> okay. let's start with game one here in new york tomorrow night. >> here's the deal though. gosh, you took my breath away. you went hard. >> the cubs, nostalgia. i mean, 107 years, and i love the mets. i've had a great time. >> nostalgia "back to the future." >> curtis granderson is from chicago and plays for the mets. okay. let us know, #mets, #cubbies. >> either way. >> america wins. >> two teams deserving to be there in the playoffs, finally, right.

>> going to be there. >> mets deserve it more. >> let's move on to amy schumer, america's favorite, funny woman. she gave a really candid interview with maria shriver and talks about feeling good in her own skin and knowing how to dress better to present herself better. she wants to help others do the same. we'll have more of that interview in just a little bit, but during the chat there was kind of a funny moment caught on shriver. take a look at what happens to poor maria. falls? >> light bulbs blowing and it sounds like a gunshot, whoa, what just happened?

>> amy, very empathetic to maria. just watched it happen. >> a piece of cardboard. berman would say. peanut butter? >> love, love, love. >> guess what, if you could take -- forget about chocolate and peanut butter together what. peanut butter together. >> i'm in, so in. >> lots of coffee and lots of peanut butter. >> friends from massachusetts were looking for a hang kwloefr cure and what they came up with called steam. two tablespoons. >> is that mark-paul gosselaar. >> just whipped up some of this myself and made it back there. not for kids. wrangler loves it. >> chasing his tail at 80 miles per hour. >> yeah. we have peanut but we are caffein, and the thing is that caffein naturally bonds with the peanut butter and gives you sustained energy. >> i don't know how it tastes. >> okay. >> i don't think we care how caffein tastes, do we? >> no. >> caffein can make things a little bitter sometimes.

relationship of bonding peanut butter and -- >> how you subsidize my nighttime guys. >> you're a molecular scientist, aren't you? >> yes, and i play one on tv. >> you want to try it? >> no, thank you. >> i would love to see you try it. >> it has an interesting texture, okay. >> okay. >> i'm guy that doesn't need the bread. i eat the peanut butter out of the jar. >> i do, too. >> it's a little dry. >> ew. >> it's a little dry. sticks to everything. >> you know what? it does have a little bitterness to it. >> it's a mixture of chunky and creamy. >> i like how willie says it sticks to your mouth. that's what peanut butter does. >> more than usual. >> this is like the gorilla of peanut butter. >> we want to know if you feel caffeinated. >> let you know in a couple minutes. >> mark, do you play table tennis? >> i can. >> i can officiate. >> a lot of us trying to keep track of the score, you have trouble, and this is a table

>> that actually has -- it's a vibration activated scoring system, so it's 149 bucks and there's -- >> this is where it keeps score over here so it feels the vibrations on the table and keeps score for you. >> no more fighting over. >> i'm terrified. >> let's go. >> okay. >> i'm not good at it. >> here we go. >> oh, yeah. >> nice. >> little finesse ping-pong. >> i like it. >> okay. >> that's your point. >> it flashes my point. >> awesome. very nice. >> anybody else. >> come on. willie get in there. >> willie and i have a rivalry going. >> 150 bucks. >> amazon. >> oh. >> all right. >> look at that. >> 2-2. >> see. >> very nice. >> cool. >> they want me to do weather now. >> you guys keep playing. hey, we have some massive flooding.

you saw it earlier today. massive mudslides in southern california and the problem was we had really heavy rain coming in and it also happened to occur in the same spot. we had some horrific fires. this was the powerhouse fire 2013 so what happens, all the vegetation is burned off. they had six inches in about two hours and it loosens the topsoil and that just comes down as a massive mudslide and that's what we had yesterday and we're going to probably have the chance of that again today. muddy debris flowing downhill rapidly. those burn areas. we're going to continue to see more heavy rain today into saturday and all this moisture coming out of the pacific and flash flooding likely. look for arizona and nevada to get involved as well. you can see right there from california all the way into nevada. heavy storms. one to two inches per hour possible so we'll be watching

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than a moment at this point. her movie "train wreck" was a blockbuster and won an emmy for the comedy central series she hosts and she just hosted "snl." tomorrow night she has her own hbo comedy standup special. >> and she faces the same issue many women face every day, confidence and dressing for success. >> she co-hosted a style empowerment workshop along with her "train wreck" stylist lisa peters. >> maria shriver caught up with them. >> standing up on the stage in front of people i can't perform my best or be qualify department if i'm not sure, pulling at something. i didn't know how to dress. sometimes i'm a size 6, sometimes i'm a size 12 so lisa giving me these tools and telling me how i can dress easily and comfortably and i don't even have to think about what i'm wearing. i don't think we need to be fashionistas and feel confident and good and feel like you have a cool outfit. >> this feeling of confidence

>> yes, absolutely. i was dressing in -- i was -- i was dressing really, really poorly, and i don't even mean financially. i would just be super comfortable and wear something out that's just kind of wanting to hide. that was me sending a message to myself that your -- your value lays other places and you don't have to worry about that and if people look and judge you for not dressing well, that's on them. >> why was it important to do this for goodwill and women who can't afford? >> goodwill has an incredible program where women are going through counseling and they themselves are ready to move out into the world with confidence, to get a great job and to succeed in life. >> lisa really just exposes me to the concept, the crazy concept what if you were comfortable in the skin that you're in.

this is a temporary vessel and when i lose that five, okay, i'm not worth looking at now but i'm striving and so this is -- what about, no, the skin i'm in right now i'm going to embrace and love it. in my monologue on "saturday night live" i talked about the kardashians. >> that a great message for little girls, the whole family of women who take the faces they were born with as like a light suggestion? is that great? >> and i really like that family and i think that those girls are inspiring, and they make me laugh, but the idea of not always pushing so hard and having it be about how you look and wanting to alter something to try to become this perfect woman or thing and because they are so heavily in the media, there are a lot of women that is their role model and it's very exciting for me to be in a position to say what about loving yourself how you are?

women here and you're talking about empowerment and you're talking about it through fashion. >> mm-hmm. >> but really empowerment's got to be in here. >> i really want them to know, first of all, you're not alone and even someone who is successful and beautiful and like a model, they have the same moments that these women have and that anxiety, so they are in the alone. these are struggles everyone goes through. you're not bad or wrong. your body type isn't wrong. you just haven't been given these tools. on the internet people will write about me and they'll be like, she is the most disgusting creature i've ever seen, and then other people will say she's super hot, and they're both right. you're not going to be what everybody loves, but you have to love yourself. >> by the way, catch amy schumer coming up next, we're going happening in hollywood in "pop

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location with two unidentified women. receipts from the visit provided by the management at that the location show his weekend started with a $75,000 swipe on his amex. on thursday the kardashian family who had been in vegas since the news broke, all seen leaving on a private plane. khloe kardashian still legally married to lamar has remained by his side. by the way, the floodgates of celebrities sending thoughts and prayers to lamar odom have just been incredible and obviously our thoughts are with lamar and his entire family. want to transition to some news that might make you smile this morning. one d fans are rejoicing not because my disco floor but because the boy band has release their newest single called "perfect." what do you think? take a listen. >> nothing more awkward than dancing by yourself. come on, random people in here. dance with me. come on. i don't even know who they are,

but, hey what do we think? what do we think? >> okay, girls. thanks, bye. they are so sweet. the song which was co-written by harry stiles and louie tomlinson got its first play on bpc radio one. how cute were my dance partners. the at bum "made in the a.m." drops november 13th and a little something to get you into the christmas spirit. netflix has released the first trailer for bill murray's christmas trailer called what else, a very merry christmas." among the a-listers in it george clooney, chris rock, miley cyrus and many, many mother. sophia coppola served as director and told "people" magazine the idea came from simply wanting to see bill sing and we all want to see him sing and dance from the mutual love from the old christmas special from the '70s and '80s "a very mur i christmas" premiers december 4th on netflix.

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taking a look at the headlines. u.s. airways' final flight takes off tonight. after that the airline will cease to exist as it joins forces with american. the merger means american will become the largest carrier in the world. officials say they don't foresee any issues but, of course, threat don't guarantee the transition won't be without any flaws. high-stress jobs could increase the risk of a stroke. researchers looked at data from over 140,000 people and they found people with high stress jobs were 22% more likely to have a stroke than those in low-stress jobs. occupations that cause the most stress were very demanding but offered little personal control like nursing aids and restaurant workers. the study suggests its employers give workers more freedom to make decisions and stress levels would decrease. is there a connection between school pride and body weight? according to a yale university study of 82 hundred fifth and sixth graders greater school involvement and loyalty was strongly associated with lower body mass index. the study was based on

students, teachers and parents about student engagement, academic expectations and collaboration. and an 11-year-old girl was honored thursday night for her stick figure sketch that led to the arrest of a serial burglar. rebecca depietro got a standing ovation at a ceremony stratford, connecticut, on thursday night. a few months ago there was a string burglaries on her street so when police asked rebecca if she had seen anyone suspicious she drew this sketch. well, police then matched it up to this man pedro bruno who has since confessed to ten burglaries. i think there's a likeliness there. let's get a check of the weather right now from mr. roker. hey, al. >> she did a great job. thanks so much, natalie. so this is september 15th, satellite image. look at what happens when you look at october 12th. all of a sudden you start to see some original in there, that's right. leaves are changing, and we've got some great leaf looking weather from chicago all the way to upstate new england and down

into roanoke. starting to see the beautiful colors, and you can see is the leaf looking weather great out west? not so much. a lot of rain and showers around the great lakes. some snow in northern new england and update new york. sunday, sunday, we're looking for more wet weather in the pacific northwest and also southwest four corners and the eastern two-thirds of the country pretty nice, a few leftover lake-effect snow

the great lakes. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right. for teenage girls everywhere mark-paul gosselaar was one of hollywood's biggest heart throbs as coolest guy at bayside zach morris on "saved by the bell." >> and now has a brand new comedy on nbc "truth be told" about two couples who aren't afraid to tell it like it is. >> russell, i'm a white guy. >> yes. >> who is married to a woman who is ethnically ambiguous. >> what is she? >> if we hire a babysitter who is also ethnically ambiguous it's going to look like i have a thing. >> but don't you have a thing? >> okay. this is exactly why we can't hire her. >> because you do have a thing. >> the empaul the, good to see you. >> good to be back. >> understand that you have been coveting this mug. >> i was coveting this mug until somebody else is coveting it. i hope it's in a good family.

we have a mug -- like a -- we try not to use plastic or paper products on our set so we have a board that bring your own mug in and save a tree kind of thing, and somebody decided that my mug was better than theirs and they took it, so i no longer have a "today" show mug wink, wink. >> so you're going to take that. >> i'm going to take all four of them so there's a set. >> you stole it from us and someone stole it from you. >> karma. >> appreciate that. >> yours is steal it forward. >> yeah. got to the do what you've got to do. >> like the idea of the show, like saying what you're really thinking. is any subject matter sort of taboo? >> no, i think it's true friends. when you're in an environment where you feel loved and supported can you have your opinion and don't get judged by it and you continue on with your lives. i think that we hit every topic that friends and family talk about. we talk about religion and race and -- and sex and -- and i think last time i was here we talked about porn. >> right.

>> i so remember that. >> you don't remember. >> it was a good one. >> yeah. >> and, yeah, a topic we bring up in the episode. >> this is the kind of show because you are talking to everything people will react on the social media and people come up to you. are you prepared for that even though it's light hearted? >> i think so, but truthfully i think these are topics we're talking about anyway. i don't think they are ground breaking and i don't think it's something that's going to shock. this certainly isn't meant to shock anyone. it's meant to open up the dialogue. >> think about archie bunker and the jeffersons how open they were on tv back then and we saw a change for a while to more straight, and this is edgy and funny. >> sure. i think there's similarities but in no way are we trying to emulate that show. those shows were great and -- and just telling it like it is, as you said. >> yes. >> we've got to ask you. i just heard that you've got four children, you're married. your kids have started binge watching "saved by the well," is that right? what do they think?

>> my son is 11 years old and i said, you know, what do you think of the show and he says, you know what, dad, it's real. that's why i like it. he said it's real. nothing about that looks real, not the hair, not the clothes, not anything, and -- >> the hair was dyed. >> the hair was dyed. >> but i can relate to some of the topics that you guys talked about on that show. >> there you go. >> and i go through in my daily life at school. >> great. >> he said i like the way you approached it. >> cool. >> new generation, guys. >> new residuals, it's all the good. >> steals the mugs. >> now you won't have to steal mugs. >> mark-paul gosselaar, "truth be told" premiering tonight at 8:30, 7:30 central right here on nbc. up next, look who is heating up our kitchen, the lovely emmy winning actress katherine heigl. she's got a meal you're going to want to make this weekend, and we've got the perfect weather for it if you're an adult

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>> you've got like four different kinds of beans. >> this is what you need. >> on the grid. >> this is it. you like dried beans. >> i do, and then just soak them overnight. super simple. not a big deal, strain them and throw them in your pot of boiling water and want to skim off some of this foamy stuff. >> i don't know what causes that, but it's kinda gross, and then you are coming over here. >> right. >> so the bacon, chop it up. >> and you saute that. >> and once that's good and kind of sauteed -- >> you've got that good bacon fat. >> that's why it's so delicious because you're sauteing all this stuff in bacon fast. night a light dish but just don't eat all day. >> no. >> and the then it's fine. >> now i usually like to leave three of the jalapenos with seeds in them because i like it spicier. >> got a kick, it's good. >> half a teaspoon of cayenne instead of a quarter teaspoon but my family is used to me. they can handle the spice. >> you do something that's

really cool with the spices. >> we warm them up and toast them and that just enhances their flavor and you can tell when they are ready pause you can smell it, but if you go too far they burn. >> and then you throw that? >> throw that? >> okay. >> and know you can -- now you can really smell it. >> that's tasty. >> now you add your liquids. you're going to add your beef. >> if you wanted to you can do turkey or chicken. >> sure, absolutely. i like to make it really meaty so i add another pound of something. >> another reason to love katherine heigl? and you mix sausage in there. >> spicy italian sausage and that gives it a little kick and you can add lamb or pork or whatever, whatever you want. then you're going to add your tomatoes and your beer, a dark beer is preferable. >> nice. >> and if it isn't sort of juicy enough for you can add another bottle of beer. >> after this cooks down a bit

>> no, you can actually bust them in now. >> okay. >> yes, sir. >> dump them in there with everything else. >> and you ladle is out and then wham. >> once they are in, how long do you cook? >> best if you let it kind of simmer on the stove for an hour to two just to really meld all those flavors, and i like toer is of it over rise, and you can do a whole plethora of topping. >> this is phenomenal by the way, so good. >> glad you like it. >> oh, yeah. >> we also put ranch dressing on it sometimes, that's really good. >> brings it down a little bit, right? >> catlin heigl. this is fantastic. >> great, glad you like it. >> recipe at today.com/food. all right. up next, you rocked out with jack black in the movie "school of rock." well, it's coming into a musical on broadway. we've got many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture,

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now he's back with "school of rock." an crew lloyd weber, great to have you here. >> thank you for asking me. >> i love this movie, everyone loves this movie. >> famous jack black, a heart of gold and owe wonderful working on it. how music empowers kid and that's a subject very tear to my heart. >> as we go to the song i want to point out there's an amazing 360-degree video and go to our website to check it out. andrew lloyd webber congratulations on the show. another performance from "school of rock" 9 musical" called "teacher's pet" ft. >> we're the "school of rock"

and this song was written by our music chorus. baby baby, now i'm alive watch out, i'm alive and if you want to be the teacher's pet baby you better forget it

to school on time and there's a magic man magic man, too, and that's what magic man say >> can i what can i please have attention of the class today's excite mentment. if you wanna be the teacher's pet, you just better forget it

pet, baby you better forget it you better come to school on time >> you all know who i am. i may not be that perfect son

>> we are "the school of rock." and school is out! >> those kids can play. "school of rock," the musical begins previews on broadway november the 9th. thank you, guys.

this is "today" on nbc. well, guess what time it is, to talk about "pink or swim." >> yesterday for some magical reason we raised quite a bit of money.

what do you think that reason is willie geist? >> god bless you for your support. >> please, please. >> listen, is it gone? >> wonderful people donated yesterday. >> and you have a chance to win a trip to new york. >> thank you, thank you. >> send a photo and 50 words or list why you deserve to win. enter, don't forget to click and donate and your favorite hometown weather person. >> willie geist, do you feel like all the people gave the money and how do you feel? >> i feel great that we're raising money. >> go to today.com.

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