collapse. and 9 down, 41 to go. >> roker, roker. >> after a hectic opening weekend filled with surprises -- >> yeah, it's leaking. >> -- al's getting set to tack 138 states in the next 24 hours, four of them in the next few hours making this the wildest rokerthon day of them all today, monday, november 9th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. we start week with a very busy news day. >> yeah. we've got breaking news just in. a report attack on americans at a military facility in jordan. nbc's jim miklaszewski is learning about this from the pentagon.

this? >> savannah, investigators are scrambling to investigate the reports out of jordan that two american soldiers were killed along with some jordanian forces when a jordanian military officer or police officer of some kind reportedly opened fire, went on a shooting spree at a u.s. training facility there in jordan. the reports are still very sketchy. we've seen these kinds of reports before in iraq and afghanistan where friendly forces have turned their fire on americans. it's unclear whether the americans were the target, according to officials, because palestinians were also killed. the investigation is still under way. >> we'll keep in touch with you, mick, this morning as we learn let's turn now to the presidential race. scrutiny on the campaign trail as republican presidential tomorrow night's debate we'll talk exclusively with the

but first let's bring in nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. tomorrow night's republican debate, an ben carson has come discrepancies in his life story. it's a compelling and powerful life story that he's parlayed into a successful presidential campaign, but this morning carson insists that he's not being vetted but is being ben carson's political future may depend on how well he weathers questions about his past. >> it's not particularly getting under my skin. obviously it's helping me. >> reporter: carson raising a stunning $3.5 million in one week as scrutiny grows over a claim to scholarship offer to west point, a violent youth, and acts protecting white classmates during a 1968 race riot, carson consistently dismissing his critics. >> you're asking me about something that occurred 50 years ago and you expect me to have

the details on it. forget about it. it's not going to happen. >> reporter: one british newspapers revealing an inside like at carson's maryland home described as a homage to himself, complete with paintings of carson, one over the fireplace and another side by side with jesus. the home, like a museum, with awards, certificates and personal memorabilia. carson's chief competitor donald trump isn't letting up, zeroing in on carson's description of his path violence as pathological. >> if you have a pathological disease, that's a problem. it's a serious statement when you say you have a pathological disease because as i understand it you can't really cure it. >> reporter: trump's latest showstopper, leading "saturday night live" to its best ratings in three years despite mixed reviews. one latino group protesting trump's appearance promising comedian larry david will get its payout even though he heckled trump as a joke. >> trump's a racist! >> it's larry david. what are you doing, larry?

>> i heard if i yelled that, they'd give me $5,000. [ applause ] >> as a businessman, i fully respect that. >> reporter: also under fire, marco rubio is trying to put to rest lingering questions about his finances, releasing two new years of charge card statements that show a pattern of overlapping personal and legislative spending. as a florida legislator. and one deal about trump's personal buying onography now coming under scrutiny as well. trump considering being george h.w. bush's running mate back in 1988, but he insists it was not his idea. the potential bush/trump ticket was first revealed in a new biography about bush's life. the book claims trump asked a bush aide to vet him, that the 41st president said that was a strange and unbelievable idea. trump says it was the other way around and that the former aide said that trump would make a great vice president. matt? >> peter alexander, thanks very much. reince priebus is the chairman

committee. mr. priebus, good to see you, good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> let's talk about ben carson. when someone runs for president and that person has no real political experience and no record in public office to run on and they decide to run on the elements of an interesting and inspiring life story, are specific and pointed questions about elements of that life story appropriate? >> well, look. i would marriage some questions are appropriate, but i do believe that this is a totally crazy obsession over incredible details from 30 and 40 years ago, whether it be this issue or some of the other issues highlighted earlier in the segment among other candidates. the fact is, you know, we kind of wish the media would just be obsessed or half obsessed with hillary clinton's lies of many years and -- >> except that dr. carson -- >> four people died in benghazi and e-mails and everything

>> dr. carson saying he's being targeted and not vetted and if he is, he says he's being vetted more severely than anybody else including barack obama who faced years of birther questions and hillary clinton, who you just mentioned, who has faced decades of questions about her marriage, her personal life, her e-mails, 11 hours in a chair in front of congress just a couple of weeks ago. is he being more severely vetted than anyone else? >> yeah, but the difference is that the media is actually, you know -- they do have an actual vendetta or at least an agenda against some of these candidates. in regard to hillary clinton, the media sort of, yeah, they cover it, but they cover it with a laugh and a wink and a nod and you know, isn't it horrible she had to sit in a chair for 11 hours. i mean that's the tone of the coverage of hillary clinton.

let's move on, whereas, with the republicans it's, hey, can you believe that, you know, 40 years ago this happened or that, hey, you know, this credit card over here, i mean, those are things that might be interesting for, you know, a question, but not an obsession. i would say that hillary clinton clinton's past is something that people ought to be obsessed with. >> let's be clear here. if ben carson has woven stories like the west point story into the fabric of his interesting and inspiring life story, doesn't it make it fair game for questions? >> sure. and people asked the question and he answered it. so i mean, you know, i think, okay, asked and answered, and i think people need to move on to the next question. i'm not saying that questions aren't appropriate. of course, people can ask questions, but i think you get to a place where all the questions have been asked. >> real, real quickly. i know you wrote a letter to the chairman of nbc news following the last debate on cnbc. there were a lot of questions and a lot of criticism about the tone of that debate, and you suspended ties with this network for future debates. i also know you've spoken to the chairman of nbc news, andy lack. are you making progress in terms

network on future debates? >> well, look. i mean here's the issue. this was an issue in regard to cnbc. abc's the parent organization. >> nbc. >> my belief -- nbc, sorry. nbc is the parent organization. my belief is that there has to be some consequences for what we saw a couple weeks ago in denver. you know, people did something that -- that we didn't obviously -- it wasn't promised. it wasn't expected. and there has to be consequences. and so, yeah, i did have a good conversation with andy lack, and, by the way, we're going to be talking to the candidates about the future of that debate, but we're looking forward to the debate this week, and i think it's going be a much better debate, and i think it's going to be a good time to put that cnbc debate behind us. >> reince priebus, the chairman of the rnc.

always good to see you. thank you for your time. >> and to the white house, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will try to mend their fractured relationship, the first time they will meet face to face since the israeli leader waged an intense battle on the iran nuclear deal. >> that meeting comes amid disturbing photo showing a palestinian woman attacking a security guard in the west bank. the guard was checking the woman's i.d., when she pulled out a knife and lunged at him. the israeli military said the guard suffered minor injuries and was able to shoot and injure that woman, the latest incident in a wave of violence in that region where 11 israelis and more than 70 palestinians have died in the past two moths. it's shocking video. >> it is indeed. and now to the crash of that russian passenger plane. this morning officials are growing more confident that it was a bomb that took down the jet. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is on the story again for us this morning.

where does the investigation stand? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. egypt seems to be denying this morning that this was an inside job, but it's feeling under such pressure to find the cause of this crash that it's hitting back, describing one report that investigators are 90% sure this was a bomb as an outright lie. it says there's an intelligence and media war against it, and it is denying allegations of lax security here at the airport from where the plane took off. egyptian officials say cctv footage of baggage handlers and security the day the plane took off shows nothing unusual. security was more than excellent, they say, and no worker is under suspicion. they denied reports of equipment failure and workers not being searched properly. but this airport official clearly wasn't used to being thoroughly searched. no, he says, i don't take off my shoes when i come through here. fine. then i won't go in.

a bomb in the cargo hold has sent shock waves through world airlines. >> it's -- as a result of what it's alleged to be, i'm afraid it's another game-changer for the industry. >> reporter: israel won't confirm reports that its intelligence heard isis fighters boasting about taking down the plane. one egyptian investigator told the reuters news agency they're 90% sure it was a bomb based on the final noise in the cockpit. investigators are now searching sand from the site for evidence of explosive residue. the fbi has agreed to help, asked by the russians. >> i hope it's a wake-up call to putin, and i hope to some extent it's a wakeup call to us. >> russia still waiting for definitive proof of what caused its worst airline disaster. and the world may have to wait a long time. egypt is leading this investigation, and it's in no hurry at the moment to confirm any theory. matt, savannah. >> all right.

bill neely in cairo, thank you. here at home an investigation is under way into a tragic accident just outside of washington, d.c. at least four people killed, 14 others injured when a truck collided with a church van. tamron is here with more on that story. >> those images are just stirring. what a sad story, guys. officials had still trying to piece together what happened there. first responders saying this is one of the most difficult crash scenes they've ever handled. a horrifying scene sunday after a pickup truck collided with a church van, killing four and injuring 14 others about 16 miles northeast of washington, d.c. >> 1200 block of chill lum. multiple vehicle accident. one was fully involved. at least two priority 4s and nine priority 1s at this point in time. >> fire officials investigating the scene overnight in hyattsville, maryland, believe the pickup truck may have rear ended a passenger vehicle before losing control and crossing into

oncoming traffic. the van then hit the truck, setting the truck on fire. >> first we thought it was a house on fire because the flames were about the height of that tree. >> neighbors nearby say they tried to help save the victims by pulling them out of the van, some december principally using their own water to help put out the fire. >> somebody just came out of their house with a hose and they were trying to spray down the car. >> authorities say six children and eight adults were transported to area hospitals. four adult and four children were in critical condition. >> any time you deal with children and fatalities and serious injuries, it does affect firefighters, medics, and police officers. >> fire officials say the adults in the van were mostly this their 20s and 30s. children ranged in age from 4 to 10 years old. >> tamron, thank you. keep us posted. officials in texas are on edge this morning after a district judge was shot in her driveway in what police believe was a targeted attack. the shooter still on the loose this morning. nbc's janet shamlian has the story from austin.

janet, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. nbc news has learned that judge julie kosurek has previously received threats over cases in which she was a presiding judge, and this morning investigators and officials are poring over hundreds of her cases hoping it will provide some clue as to whomever tried to take up her life. and this morning officials are poring over hundred of her cases hoping it will provide some clue as to whomever tried to take her life. new urgency this morning as austin police step up their manhunt searching this upscale austin neighborhood, looking for whomever took four shots at the district judge in the driveway of her home. >> four gunshots, very quick succession, and there wasn't any spacing, just bang, bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: was it a targeted attack? authorities are combing through hundreds of cases presided over by the judge trying to identify who might want her dead. other judges are shaken. >> there has been a greater awareness, let me put it that way, when everybody is paying

>> 17 now party to gunshot wound with engine 10. >> reporter: she was returning home from a high school football game according to the "austin american darby statesman" newspaper. a bag of trash or garbage can had been placed in front of her security gate in front of her driveway requiring the driver of the car to stop the vehicle and remove it. it was at that time, sources said, that kosurek was shot. >> the per caller, the assailant has left but do not know where they are. >> reporter: it was a close call. law enforcement officials say the judge was wounded in the upper body and face area, but by shrapnel and glass, not a direct hit from a bullet. her injuries are said to be serious but not life-threatening. >> will not be transported. >> reporter: kusorek hears more than 1,000 felony cases a year. colleagues say she's rational, reasonable, and fair. >> if you thought about someone being very upset with the judge, she's not the type of judge you would think. >> reporter: officials have released no description of the suspect and have been very tight-lipped about this

investigation. meanwhile, here in austin today, a heightened sense of concern over security among the judicial community. matt and savannah, back to you. >> you can imagine a lot of frayed nerves there, janet. thank you. take a look at the scene in mississippi where cars were swallowed in an ihop parking lot. 600 feet long before the ground opened up. witnesses say they heard several loud booms and the power was knocked out. >> thankfully nobody was engineers will be at scene causing the collapse and the ihop had just opened last week. well, it is day four of al's record-setting rokerthon 2 marathon of the -- what we'll call a monster monday. al has a very long day ahead of him. al, how are you holding up? >> i'm doing a great. we've got so many people who

have come here and how are we going to get the 13 states in one day on monster monday. i'll show you at least at start. we get a head start because we're literally at the four corners. utah, colorado, new mexico, arizona. the four corners, and we're going to show you what we've brought together. it's going to be huge! but in the meantime, let's show you what else is going on today. we've got a big storm that's getting itself together. it's going to be bringing rain up out of the gulf along the southeastern atlantic coast and pushing up towards the northeast during the day today. look for flash flood watches and flash flood warnings from florida all the way to the carolinas for a flooding threat. we're going to watch this system push on up. coastal low develops, flash flooding possible, and airport delays from washington all the way on up into new york, anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain, possibly by up to 5 inches by virginia. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

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37:30 now. it's it's monday morning, the 9th day of november, 2015. day four of rokerthon 2. we told you al would take america by storm and here is the proof, a huge crowd has turned out to celebrate with al at the four corners. say what you will. we are efficient. we're hitting four states in two seconds. >> al has promised all those people a ride on his snazzy jet. >> exactly. >> we're going to talk about that in a little while.

making headlines this morning. the pentagon is now investigating reports of a deadly attack at a training facility in jordan. a gunman apparently opened fire, killing at least three people, including two american soldiers. >> president obama and israeli prime minister netanyahu are trying to put their public clash over the iran nuclear deal behind them. they're meeting at the white house later today. this is their first face-to-face in more than a year. engineers are being brought in to figure out what caused a large section of an ihop parking lot in mississippi to collapse over the weekend, swallowing 15 cars. no injuries were reported. we want to begin this half hour with a campus controversy that's making headlines all across the country. the university of missouri's governing board is holding an emergency meeting this morning to address growing calls for the school's president to resign. a group of students, including dozens of football players, are upset at the way racially charged incidents are being handled on campus, and those players say they won't play again until the president is gone. nbc's jacob rascon has that story.

jacob, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. it started with a small group of students who wanted their president to listen to their concerns, and now everyone from the football team to dozens of faculty to lawmakers from both parties say president tim wolf has to go. >> first down and more, there it is! >> reporter: while the mizzou tigers lost this weekend, they are fighting a much larger battle off the field. the team standing with many of their fellow students, faculty, even lawmakers from both parties, demanding university president tim wolfe resign or be fired. the tigers' head coach tweeting this photo of the team and coaching staff with the caption "we are united. we are behind our players." a tipping point in a movement vowing to protest, walk out, and

until wolf is gone. the anger stems from alleged acts of racism on campus in recent months and what many say is wolf's woeful inadequate response. black students, including the student body president, say they have faced repeated shouts of the "n" word, and last month a swastika smeared in human feces on a dorm building wall. when the group concerned student 1950 named after the year black students were first admitted to the university called on the president for action, they say he appeared apathetic. >> what do you think. >> reporter: and another confrontation over the weekend. >> it's because you don't believe that you have the equal opportunity for success. >> you don't believe you have the opportunity for equal opportunity. >> reporter: my apology is long overdue, president wolf wrote. my behaveior seemed like i didn't care. but that was not my intention.

he said the only change planned is a previously planned diversity strategy set to begin next april. >> we're tired of statements. we're tired of, you know, the p.r. teams writing on behalf of our leaders. we want real change. >> reporter: graduate student jonathan butler's response is the most dramatic. now in his eighth day without food, an individual and a university seemingly at their breaking point. many students and faculty have organized a walkout beginning later this morning. that emergency meeting with the board of curators begins at 10:00 a.m., and the next missouri football game is on saturday. if there's no resolution by then and the football team backs out, the university could lose $1 million. guys, back to you. >> all right. that's a big story, jacob ras cone. pretty extraordinary. jacob, thank you very much. >> let's check in with al once again taking america by storm with rokerthon 2. hey, al. >> rokerthon on "today" is powered by netjets. travel without compromise with the worldwide leader in private

aviation. >> hey, guys. so we're now in utah officially. i love it. and so we've got members of the youth nation here. we've got the byu acapella group. this is really exciting stuff. let's get to -- it's freezing out here. it's about 28 degrees. let's give you your utah forecast and show you what we've got as far as utah is concerned. okay. so we fly the rokerthon jet into utah, boom! look at that. 53 degrees in cedar city for a high. the four corners 62. vernon 50 and salt lake city will see a temperature of 57 degrees for a high. we're also looking at unsettled weather in the west. we're going to be watching a big storm system coming in. it's already brought a foot of snow into parts of california. this is going to bring heavy mountain snows from the sierras into the rockies and some strong tomorrows possible tuesday night, hail, damaging winds,

can't rule out an isolated tornado. and as we move on into wednesday, look at this. we've got an enhanced risk of tornados from missouri to western indiana. >> okay. so we've officially done the forecast for utah, so we're going to plant the rokerthon flag and give it to these young men. there you go, guys.

and we started off on friday in hawaii. start we were in alaska and yesterday we started to rock 'n' roll, baby. we've got a big, big crowd here. >> day three of rokerthon began at 5:30 a.m. pacific time with an energetic crowd at spokane falls. then it was across the border to wind swept city beach in cord lane, idaho and on to montana where things got a little dicy. hey, hey, hey. coming down over the pass one thing we didn't prepare for happened. hopefully we'll get our tire fix. a flat tire 80 miles from our next stop in mize [ laughter ] couldn't stop rokerthon. we tried to save our tie, our schedule and our dignity. >> yeah, it's leaking. >> reporter: tire was a goner, but the owners of schober's garage in st. reasonableies saved the day. finally got to missoula and it was still surf's up. water temperature 40 degrees. wow.

up with our secret weapon, air rokerthon and the netjets team. powered by netjets, rokerthon taking america by storm. then we jumped west to portland, oregon and the chinese garden. >> welcome you to the city of poured land. >> reporter: and a sewing but warm greeting. what's your name in. >> delaney. >> i love that name. los angeles dropping back to -- running behind. hungry in sacramento. mr. roker, can you do an interview. >> another surprise. >> nat mo, a little in and out burger. does it get any better? as sun was beginning to set, weather changed our plans. we were supposed to go to lake tahoe. there was a snow squall and we couldn't get there. had to divert, now in reno, nevada. got to wyoming we were late and tired. but energized by a huge crowd. >> roker! roker! >> that nobody saw coming.

>> roker! roker! roker! >> it isn't rokerthon unless there's a goat, guys. we had a heck of a day yesterday, and we've got 13 states today. monster monday. get ready. we're coming to you. >> al, i notice you're kind of dragging this monday. >> where is your energy? >> we've got a goat. got another goat! >> you're going to have to start explaining that. >> yes. well, we had -- in our commercial we've got a goat in the commercial. >> right. >> so every place we've had a goat, and i know there were questions about the plumber's crack when we were trying -- when we were trying to change the tire, it belongs to matt greenefield, one of our producers. >> oh, no. >> i could have gone all of rokerthon without knowing that. >> won't go the rest his life without us mentioning it now

>> thank you, al. >> show it again. >> oh, my gosh. >> all right, al. coming up, we've got "pop start." coming. does the newest "star wars" teaser reveal a big secret about one of our favorite characters? >> we'll find out. and up next on "rossen reports" a new danger on the tracks. >> hi, good morning. jeff rossen. the newer trend of people taking selfies even professional photographs on the train tracks. so far this year hundreds of people even killed from hanging out here so do you think you'd be able to hear a big train coming and jump out of way before it hits you? wait until you see this new experiment comg up. how else do you think he

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e-mails, tweets and facebook messages telling me how dangerous it is, how could i, people die this way. to be honest. i never thought about it. always thought that i would see a train coming. i mean, it is a train after all, but, still, i looked into it and boy was i wrong. this morning a game-changer for you and for me. you're watching an emergency in progress. they are recording on the tracks and suddenly notice a train. they run for safety, but it's too late. this woman is killed. just weeks ago 16-year-old john was hit and killed, taking these photos with his girlfriend for a school project. >> was too late before they realized the train was coming. >> but this may be the most haunting photo of all. two sisters and their best friend taking selfies on the tracks. what they can't see or hear is that train in the background

just three seconds later all the girls were hit and killed. >> this is absolutely a preventable phenomenon and loss. my girls did not have to lose their life. >> reporter: it's one of the latest trends in photography. people taking selfies, wedding photos, even graduation pictures on active tracks. the photos posted all over social media and what most don't know it's illegal and dangerous. this year alone 291 injured, another 343 killed, trespassing on the tracks. now safety experts are sounding off. >> trains are very loud so people think they are very loud and the truth is they are relatively quiet. if an engineer sees someone on the tracks, even if they apply an emergency brake it takes a mile or more for them to stop. >> reporter: so do you think you could hear a train coming? csx railroad giving us special access to the tracks.

in fact, there are csx workers just off camera here to keep us safe. there's actually a freight train on its way coming down the track all the way in the distance. i'm not sure if you can see the headlines or not. i'm going to stand here with my back to the train not paying attention like so much do when we're on the tracks taking selfies. we'll see how close this train gets before i actually hear it. would i have time to jump out of the way. okay. here comes the train. i don't hear anything at all. it's getting closer and closer and still not a peep. i hear it right now and here it is, look at, that basically right on top of me. they are pretty quiet for as big as they are. boy, that is an amazing example to prove that you just don't have time to jump out of the way. watch again from a different angle this. camera is just inches from the

listening. only when it's right on top of our camera do you hear it. >> and this train is only going 25 miles per hour. some trains get up to 70, 80, even 90. >> the bottom line as you've seen here today you're not necessarily going to see or hear the train coming miles away. it's illegal. it's dangerous and it's deadly. >> reporter: was shocked when i was standing there and doing it. it's an important lesson for us all. train engineers say they see this all the time. they don't know what to do because they can't stop in time. officials say put it this way. you wouldn't stand in the middle of a highway and take a photo. don't do it on the train tracks. >> no room for error. >> i'm really surprised at that. interesting, jeff. >> i was surprised and all the energy and noise is in the back of the train, not the front. >> makes sense. >> thank you, jeff. coming up, the fun times, the feuds, the vacations, what your kids will remember most about you. dylan?

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mcavoy team up for a new twist on the legendary story of frankenstein, today, monday, november 9th, 2015. >> we're 50 in the city. >> celebrating my daughter's 16th birthday! >> hey, y'all, we're from alabama alabama. >> boise state. [ cheers and applause ] >> we're back now. 8:00 on a monday morning. 2015. we have gotot an enormous crowd out on the plaza. >> we do. >> on a chilly morning here in the northeast. >> it is awesome.

great to have have everybody. starting to feel a little bit like winter out here. al's rokerthon 2 adventure is in full swing. he began his day at the four-corner stop in the southwest. al, good morning again. >> good morning, guys. the four corners, you see it on the map where four states intersect so right now i'm al row, reporting from utah where it's 31 degrees. i'm al roker reporting from colorado where it's 31 degrees. i'm al roker reporting from new mexico where it's 31 degrees, and i'm al roker reporting from arizona where it's 31 degrees. yeah! four states. monster monday. boom! >> al, which is more invigorating and thrilling, what you just did or this moment from

>> that's when you were in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere within two seconds of each other. >> i know. it was -- i mean, that was -- i was changing -- actually changing seasons, and here i'm -- i'm going from state to state. it's totally different and both exhilarating. i cannot tell you how much i'm tingling right now. >> we are, too. >> if you slow it down can be in all four states at the same time. >> you don't want to see that. >> we've already seen enough of that acle today on your weathercast. thanks, al. we'll get your forecast coming up. first tamron is in for natalie this morning who is on assignment and hats top stories of the day. tamron. good morning, everyone. we fin with breaking news from the middle east. a spokesman for jordan's government says two americans and a south african have been killed during an attack at a police training center outside the capital of amman. two other americans were wounded. americans and other foreign

police say the gunman was a member of the jordanian police force. he was either killed by return fire or took his own life. a funeral is being held today for a 6-year-old boy who was shot and killed during a police chase in louisiana. the officer is accused of shooting him are due in court on murder charges. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in marksville, louisiana. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: tamron, good morning, and the two officers are expected here in court later this morning for a bail hearing. body camera footage from the incident has not been released publicly, but state police investigators are calling it extremely disturbing. this morning friends and family are preparing to lay 6-year-old jeremy madres to rest. mourners gathered late sunday in hattiesburg, mississippi, to pair their respect. >> can see angels just the way he would glance off into nowhere and start laughing and giggling. >> reporter: he and his father

had kristian recently moved to louisiana. on tuesday night he was buckled into the front seat of his father's suv when he was shot five times and killed. his dad remains hospitalized in serious condition. nbc news has learned from witnesses he had an argument with his girlfriend outside this bar leading someone to call 911 though it's still not clear why the officers opened fire. two of the officers involved in the incident derrick stafford and norris greenhouse, jr., now face charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. they have not cooperated with investigators. they haven't talked to you yet? >> those two have not, but we'll have that conversation at some point. i believe we will, and if not, then they will have it in court. >> reporter: stafford worked full time for the marksville police department, but that night was working a side job for the city marshal's office. greenhouse was a part-time officer and a deputy officer for a nearby city. the primary role of the officers

>> we do know there were no arrest warrants. >> reporter: in a written statement, louisiana law empowered his officers to write tickets and preserve the peace. greenhouse is also the son of a local prosecutor whose office has recused itself from the case. greenhouse and stafford are both named in at least one pending civil lawsuit involving excessive force, and in court documents they argue the subject was resisting arrest. tamron. >> all right. gabe, thank you very much. with the next primetime debate one day away, leading republican candidates are confronting tough questions about their past. ben carson is dismissing claims he lied about getting a scholarship to west point and fabricated stories about his youth the. he points to the $3.5 million he's raised in just one week as evidence that he's still running strong. and marco rubio is trying to put to rest questions about his finances releasing two more years of credit card statements from his time as a florida legislator. and you would expect a

you go diving in a shark cave, if you're brave enough but the daredevil who captured this video off of south africa said he never expected to get so close to the razor sharp teeth. swear words deleted out. this shark lunged at a piece of bait putting its snout into the cave and this was part of the diver's honeymoon trip. nothing says i love you like getting eaten. >> that had to hurt that shark. that's a hard cage. i'm all for the newlywed couple also. >> taking an unexpected angle there. >> we both paused. >> like oh, okay. >> tamron, thank you. now to some new questions tied to a massive sexting scandal at a high school out in colorado. >> a lot of people asking how did this go on for so long? this morning a possible answer, and this could be hidden on your kid's phone. nbc's kristen dahlgren is here to explain. >> reporter: i don't know but guys, but i'm like a lot of people i had never heard of the

ghost or vault apps before this but i bet after seeing this story a lot patients will be checking their kids' phone. with at least 100 students at colorado's canyon high school were accused of trading nude and explicit photos like baseball cards. >> it got to the point of maybe a little bit of a contest to see who could collect the most. >> reporter: many wondered how so many parents couldn't have known. the answer may lie behind this calculator. >> i did a search for hidden apps and it brought up this calculator app. >> reporter: it works like any other calculator until you put in your secret code, revealing hidden pictures. >> ghost apps, hidden apps, they are everywhere ant kids know about them. >> reporter: but many parents don't. >> the apps are specifically designed to hide things from parent, educators and grown-ups. >> reporter: in 12 a mac afee teen behavior internet study found over 70% of teams have hidden online activity from their parents. >> this one father in

thought he was a failure because he just could not believe his 12-year-old daughter would be sending out inappropriate naked pictures of herself. >> reporter: it's not just colorado. last week there were sexting scandals in pennsylvania, ohio and tennessee. >> there isn't a school in the united states probably at this point that hasn't had at some point dealt with the issue of sexting. >> reporter: so what can parents do? experts say check out any any apps, especially those that have accessed the phone's camera. look for redundancy like two calculateors on the phone or use parental controls so you have control over what's downloaded. but perhaps more than anything start a conversation. >> the big message here for kids, if you think something may disappear online but it doesn't. it's permanent, and it can come back to haunt you. >> obviously talking is key. it's going to be hard for us to stay ahead of technology, but if your kids understand the consequences it may make a difference. in colorado there could be huge

those teens could face child pornography charges which would mean, guys, that they would be registered sex offenders for the rest of their lives. >> hugely eye-opening to think that there are apps to think it might look like the calculator app and something inokaynous or something like this. >> my karen are starting to dislike this show because you go home every day and say let me see your phone. learn something new every day. it's unbelievable. coming up a new trailer for the new "star wars" movie and what it may reveal about a popular character. and did princess diana's former lover try to sell the letters she wrote to him? >> dylan.

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the #merrychristmas hash tag. scar bucks says the blake canvasses allow the customers to add in their own design. >> when i'm looking for coffee, it could have pictures of me naked on it, i just need a cup of coffee. >> what do you any? >> i never would have assumed. >> red and green and associate it with holidays. >> holidays. >> i guess the snow flakes and stuff were kind of just generic. not like they are using religious symbols and aren't. >> we're just throwing it in the trash anyway. >> hopefully you're recycling. >> that's a whole other conversation. >> reasonable for valentine's day if it works. >> exactly. what do you remember most about your parents? "time" magazine compiled a list of the things your children will always remember about you. let's take a look at some of them on the list. the times you made them feel safe, when you gave them your undivided attention.

the way you interacted with your spouse and your family traditions. what do you think about that? >> i think it's nice, really nice. >> such a sweet list. >> what else would you add to the list? other things you think your kids will remember about you. >> i feel like whenever your parents surprise you, do something out the. routine. i remember coming home one day and my dad saying let's go fly a kite, just me and you, and it was so unexpected and i always remember that. >> a bad habit, a parent has a bad habit, smoking or something like that? >> i don't remember that but remember family road trips and my dad always getting lost from the typical dad from "holiday vacation" and thinking about us in the caravan riding about the united states. >> my mom always said take the foot off the gas going into the turn and accelerate at the top of the turn. >> that's something you'll always remember? >> every time i'm driving around. >> nice. >> what about a smell, not about my mom or my dad as much but my grandmother used to wear a certain kind of perfume, and if

one go by with it i'm like hello, grandma, how are you. >> my grandpa with the cigars rolling up the windows, i remember that. by the way, a photo people are sharing a lot of this morning. this is a farmer that sweeted she lost hundreds of sheep, where are they? well, look closely, there are about 550 of them in that picture. can you see? >> they are wearing the white and gold dress. apparently the sheep. they blend into this field. this is in canada. >> okay. >> and now you can see they are everywhere. >> because we were expecting, looking for white. >> there you go. >> and the goat, did you see the goat in the there, too? >> there's al roker. the farmer says she drove right past them the first time and go? >> been the hear the baaaa. had to roll down the windows. >> staying in the present, because if you're driving you cool. >> the unlikely duo saving the day at the box office and the new "star wars" trailers sending fans into overdrive.

dylan, "pop start." >> hollywood saved from another miserable weekend by an unlikely dream team, jom and charlie brown. "spectre" topped $76 million and charlie brown officially joined the second place at the kids table scoring $45 million and "the martian" finished third with just over $9 million. lindsey von, the olympic skier, is recovering after breaking up a fight. the culprit, her two dogs. the cause, a frisbee and she is doing just fine and instagrammed this photo from her hospital bed over the weekend. ended up getting stitches in her rights thumb and volk joked this was the blade of a jimmy fallon halloween costume and she's okay sunday way back on the slopes. >> spent too much time on operating table lately. >> takes a lot to knock lindsey vonn down.

>> nothing will stop her. and finally "star wars." fans on sunday were treated to a new trailer and some fans are speculating the movie revealed a big secret about han solo. >> i've lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people. i see your eyes. i know your eyes. >> so speculation here is that harrison ford's han solo is the father of ray, the young female avenger. >> seems like it. >> it wasn't sounds like, wasn't at all, but those are a few little clips because everybody is waiting for sight of luke sims-walker and in the late trailer still hasn't been seen yet and everybody wants to know what the deal is. >> with all the clips we'll piece together a movie in a second. >> i'm such a "star wars" dork. i get the chills watching this. >> you're excited. >> i'm really excited. >> dinnial, thank you.

>> let's get a check of the forecast from al as he checks up another state on rokerthon 2. >> that's right, guys. it is 25 degrees now. just before sunrise. it's dropped a few degrees, so here we go. let's take a look and show you what's happening in new mexico today as we show you on our brand new ipad pro. look at that bad boy. so, we start off in albuquerque and going to be 62 and 39 for a low n.santa fe 57. 31 for a low. carlsbad 76 and 43 for the low, and the four corners, getting up to 62 degrees today with a low of 33 degrees. all right. we are going to try something that has never been done before. we are going to do "america the beautiful" across four states with four bands. we're starting it off with the byu band.

oh, beautiful for spacious skies >> and then the kent state revival from colorado. for purple mountain imagine cities. >> and from the navajo nation in new mexico. above the fruited plains >> and the marching band from arizona. america, america, god shed his grace on thee and crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea >> there you have it. ! this is a great country, ladies and gentlemen. you own the rokerthon flag.

>> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> all right, al. thank you so much. there is a new controversy this morning involving the royal family. >> that's right. it's tied to a series of love letters written by princess diana. nbc's keir simmons has that story. keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning, guys. james huitt wanted $100,000 or more to secretly sell handwritten notes that princess diana would never have wanted to be made public. coming up, we're going to show you only those letters and cards that have already been published, but we have seen many more, and theyy will jeel just

how in love princess diana was with huitt even while still married to prince charles. call it a royal betrayal. after news that princess diana's former lover james huitt was reportedly trying to sell letters thee she wrote to him, even valentine's cards, flirtatious and very private. diana signs one kissy kissy and another one written in march 1988 says you have just left, and it all seems very empty here to me, and that includes one bottle of champagne, too. thinking of you, the mess am on bear. the notes first published by "the mail" online was sent to a friend of james huitt e-mailing him and further to our telephone conversation i have discussed the position with james this morning. he says i'm sending you a total of 45 items, 9 cards are signed and 27 are not sign the. he says huitt got cold foot and withdrew from the sale. huitt's affair with princess diana reportedly lasted five

of prince harry, huitt has said, but the letters even include a note from william and harry. the two boys spent a lot of time with huitt while his mother was his lover and this morning adult princes likely feeling let down by a man who was once so close to diana and to them. and huitt was approached first and contacted a lawyer for william and harry and those boys will feel so let down this morning. >> yeah. i can only think of saying ick that that would happen. >> all right. betrayal. >> thank you over to dylan in the original room. >> we're into our no shave campaign where we raise awareness for men's health and the scruff is coming in pretty nicely. viewers are sending in their progress using the the #noshavetoday, and now there's some heavyweight competition entering the frame. check this out. the world's greatest muhammad

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>> i have a feeling of that. 8:30 now. it's monday morning, 9th of november, 2015, and we are making progress. skafltding is up. that's the rockefeller center christmas tree. very soon the lights will go on it.

i might add, and by the way we have the honor of the hosting the like thing ceremony on deese 2nd. so hope you tune in. >> always fun and chilly. savannah sits inside and drinks wine while we do all the work. >> and eat sushi. >> coming up we'll talk to james radcliffe and james mcavoy about their new movie, but, first, daniel, there's a woman with a sign that he is her birthday and you're here hero. >> isn't that nice. >> that is so sweet. >> that's a good birthday. >> that's amazing. >> anybody else. >> selfies. >> we always love it when daniel is here. by the way, we've got some exciting news. we are launching today's food club, some weekly newsletters and recipes and special offers and more. it will be the place to get the late and tastiest on all things food. >> and folks are signing up now on the plaza. they are each getting one of

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a spectacular morning. let's show you what's happening as far as colorado. come on in here, big boy. ray, come on in so i can show you the colorado weather. here we go. flying in right now in the four corners. drive 62 getting down to 33 degrees. 49 in aspen. a high of 54 in herm is a. pueblo, colorado 69 and a hey today of 62 in pueblo, and i give you, sir, a rokerthon flag for you to wave proudly at your ranch.

the co >> that's your latest weather. let's ride off into the sunrise. here we go. got to see y'all later. yeah! yeah! >> what a pretty shot. all right, al. way to leave in style. we are here this morning with daniel radcliffe and james mcavoy, stores of the new movie "victor frankenstein," a thrilling twist on the legendry story this time told from the perspective of dr. frankenstein's apprentice igor. take a look. >> we can still get out of this, victor, but you must stop this experiment. >> he has sent. >> you don't be ridiculous. he'll stop at nothing, and the you don't know what he's capable of. >> i don't care. >> what? >> that means nothing to me. i'll turn the tide of human

existens here tonight and this world which has spurned me will forever remember my name. >> daniel and james, good morning. >> good morning. >> now we can solve the controversy once and for all. it's frankenstein or frankenstein? >> frankenstein. >> very much frankenstein. >> exactly. >> and haven't you always wondered what about igor? >> i hope so. >> let me get a little bit of a back story. >> what about igor? >> yeah. i mean, igor, this is the twist that's in this as we're telling it more from his her spective and somebody who really lives this abject life and dr. frankenstein saves me from him and takes me into his world of, you know, bodies and science and all that crazy frankenstein stuff. >> looking really weird. >> exactly. >> and it's a real disgusting stuff happens in this movie. >> yeah, the leftly discutting grossout star. >> if you're making zombies which exactly what frankenstein is it's going to get messy,

>> and there was the whole matter of curing igor of his hunchback. didn't look pleasant. >> involved of lots of pus in my mouth. >> i shouldn't have asked. >> james get rid of my hunch bark in the most gross and loving kind. >> why i end up with pus in my mouth. >> why i have to see it the first tuesday of every month and it will honestly make a lot of sense. >> what's fun about this movie. there's some gross gory kind of horror movie stuff, if that's what you want. >> yeah. >> but you guys have a really fun relationship. kind of a bromance the whole igor and frankenstein thing. >> him and i are similar and like to get funny when we can. nine times out of ten it's not that funny. one time you get something fun and it's nice if you can make others laugh unexpectedly when they thought you were coming to

be thrilled or chilled, and we do that, and it's an adventure as much as a scary store. >> james you'ree like the energizer bunny in this role. >> yeah, well, he's mad. the original mad scientist. shelley wrote a guy who created that role and went for that energy and satisfied what to expect from the crazy doctor and give them something else as well. >> igor has time to shine and igor wasn't even in the original book. >> this is my time to shine. eagle wasn't in the book. he's another character that appears in the film and some people have notions about what to think igor is. >> a long way from the mel

>> i'm definitely not as good as him. >> he's like i'm going to rerace him and going to mail this -- >> and he also said it's igor's time to shine. >> as i was putting on sparkly makeup. >> i think the people can see why the movie is so much fun. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> "victor frankenstein" hits theaters november 25th. coming up, how you can join "today's" resident food hey. something new has arrived. and it works in the middle of anywhere. the new iphone 6s on u.s. cellular lets you stay connected where other networks don't. [ crackling ] switch and get the iphone 6s today, and get $400.

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viking as a peanut butter pie. >> we need something for our eggs, brownies, chocolate, flour, vanilla paste and for our frosting just cheam cheese, peanut butter cups, powdered sugar and a little bit of heavy cream. >> what do we makehe first? >> first we make the brownie bottom. here i have chocolate and melted butter, put this into the microwave for 90 seconds. you if will add the sugar i'll add the yegs. >> yes? and we are using vanilla extract. as long as it's pure vanilla extraffic. you get the vanilla bean which i think is lovely and delicious. we'll get to mixed until it's nice and smooth. >> just reaching for some of the cracked oreos here. >> that's what i love about this recipes because can you put add-ins in it. let me add this flour and what

makes this brownie bottom tie so good is we'll incorporate chocolate sandwich cookies, but you can really add whatever you want into the brownie batter. >> now. >> yeah. put that in there. but anything that you like in your brownies, nuts, peanut butter cookies, a little bit of salt from pretzels or even chocolate, i mean, you can really be creative because this is all about decadence. >> you'll pop that into a buttered pan. >> right. so i have my brownie patter and we'll put it into an oven that's been prehe hadding 350 degrees for five minutes or until the center is nice and fudgy. >> it will come out looking like that but we've got to make our finish. >> make the filling. in the mixer i add cream cheese and peanut butter and make sure that the peanut butter is room temperature. >> blends easier. >> makes everything nice and smooth and we'll slowly incorporate the powdered sugar and the reason you want to

that it's nice and smooth and luscious and silky. >> this is a heart attack waiting to happen. matt, go ahead and grab the brownie bottom. >> i'll slowly whisk in the whipped toning. >> fold this in. >> wipe cream into the peanut butter mixture. >> keep folding and give it a mix and all of this is going right on top. this is a lot. >> and once you put this on top of the brownie you are going to garnish it with -- >> with peanut butter cups. i mean, look. so here's the thing. take a look at this. >> i know. >> i know you're laughing, but honestly, this is the dessert that makes everyone go wild because check it out. you've got that fungy y fudgy chocolate i brownie bottom and the silky smooth peanut butter filling. >> it's delicious. it's really good. brandy, thank you. >> you love it. >> and you have peanut butter mouth where you can't talk and it's so good.

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and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030. so, what are we waiting for? break out star james bay took the uk by star with his disability album "chaos and the calm." the biggest album release of the year there. now, he has set his sights on the u.s. with a headlining tour kicking off in philadelphia on friday and james bay is with us by now. good morning. good to see you. >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> looking at your tour dates starting in filly. >> yes. >> and you really are hitting a lot of places in america. this really isn't the coast.

going to try to see the whole coast. >> for as many places you put on a tour. going to a lot of great places. there's always more which is the great thing and exciting thing about coming to america and touring here so, yeah. there's a lot of places -- i haven't sort of played in or played a headline show in yet so i'm really excited. >> you're going to my hometown of tucson, arizona, which i noticed and appreciated. among your fans keith richard and ronny woods of the rolling stone. that's got to be a pinch yourself thing. >> big time. when i first sort of ran into those guys and we met, it was like an awards thing a while back, and, i mean, i really had to hold it together, and just put a picture up there of, you know, after there, like just a couple of weeks after i was chatting with ronny and it kind fell out of my mouth would you like to join us on stage at some point and he was into it and he did, and he came up on stage. again, i really had to sort of live in the moment and not think too much about it because it was a dream thing. >> you had to hard work. >> the song you're about to sing

for us for let it go. you're brave in the era of "frozen" to have a song called "let it go." >> i went like it. the movie came out and, i don't know, i -- i had let it go. >> james, go ahead and play for us. thank you. >> thank you. from walking home and talking loads to seeing shows in evening clothes with you from nervous touch and getting drunk to staying up and waking up with you but now we're sleeping at the edge holding something we don't

all this delusion in our heads is gonna bring us to our knees so come on let it go just let it be why don't you be you and i'll be me everything's that's broke leave it to the breeze why don't you be you and i'll be me and i'll be me from throwing clothes across the floor to teeth around claws and slamming doors at you if this is all we're living

why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore i used to recognize myself it's funny how reflections change y when we ear becoming something else i think it's time to walk away so come on let it go just let it be why don't you be you and i'll be me everything that's broke leave it to the breeze why don't you be you and i'll be me

trying to push put your hand inside of mine when we know it just don't belong there's no force on earth could make you right, no who trying to push this problem under the hill when it's just too heavy to hold i think now's the time to let it slide so come on let it go just let it be why don't you be you and i'll be me everything that's broke leave it to the breeze why don't you be you and i'll be me and i'll be me

>> james bay, heading out on tour in the u.s. thank you so much. coming up next, local media donny deutsch about adding to his resume. but, first, this is "today" on nbc.

thank you. all right. we're back at 8:55. john cena is out and will help out in our next hour. >> hello.

>> also joined by ad exec, best selling author and tv personality donny deutsch out with a new usa network show loosely based on his real life called "donny." donny, good morning. >> how you doing, bud. >> you're an egmaniacal womanizer. i don't have a question here. >> that's the character you played, donny exclamation point. >> i pay a hyper idiotic version of myself which is not much of a stretch, as we know, and i play a talk show host like a dr. phil who on the show i give advice and off the show i'm doing a hypocrite idiot doing all the things i tell people not to do and surrounded by powerful women and i'm butt of the joke and women always rule which is the way it is in real life. >> when does the action come in. >> look, you guys have met a lot of people, have sat on this couch and wonderful on the air. >> you're shirtless. >> whoa! >> no frontal nudity. >> that's a lot of skin, donny. >> well, you know, it's stuff.

it's very, very, very, very funny. >> so period because i looked at that thing and i thought it was john cena there naked for a while. my god, he's ripped, this guy. >> not funny. i'm the buffoon on the show which as i say i didn't have to work very hard for. >> you going to keep him around? >> i'm going to make my wwe -- >> what prompted you to be the butt of a joke? that's a bold move. >> you know, it's just funny. that's what life is about. we can make fun of ourselves. that's what it's all about. you know, why not. >> yeah. >> good luck with it, and he writes . very talented.

10:30, 9:30 central on this morning on "today's take," antonio banderas brings real life drama to the big screen in "the 33." and the then wwe superstar john cena pulls his weight again as our special co-host and emmy and grammy winner cynthia nixon is here. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbcnous, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron ham live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

morning, november 9, 2015 and as you look at the beautiful christmas tree lit up here in rockefeller center in a couple of we be. nice job out on the plaza. i'm willie and tamron and wwe superstar, our good buddy john cena is here. >> love it because you're here and not just because of the great music you pick. >> "the happy song" otis redding. doesn't sing a bad song. >> you should deejay in addition to every else. >> i do an occasional wedding. >> do you really? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> that would be amazing. i might get married. >> cena is up there. >> and i did tell john and willie in the break and i watched "trainwreck" again this weekend. >> and you are still asking where are his clothes? >> and i'm blushing a little bit. >> you're blushing. >> and i love your friend. she's amazing.

>> yes, i know and when i realize you were coming it's like i have to face him since seeing that scene. >> it's awkward. >> but it's acting. >> natalie is out on assignment and al at rokerthon 2 trying to set a new world record with weathercasts in all 50 states one week. so far so good. looks so good in the hat. >> the beard and the hat match this year, like the coloring. >> oh, my gosh. >> yes. completely by accident. >> it's cute. >> had a lot of stuff going on. people think this one is a slam dunk but it's not. yesterday, we were driving to montana from -- from cured lane, idaho.

and trying to pump the air in and had the fix flat in a can. that didn't work. finally we found a garage and we were able to actually get that in so that worked out pretty well. you can see the tire pressure and we were also supposed to fly into lake tahoe, they had snow squalls, and we ended up flying into reno, nevada instead. so that was kind of crazy. right now we're at the four corners doing monster monday, 13 states in one day. we're in the four corners, so look down here. okay. i'm in four corners, utah. i'm in four corners, colorado. i'm in four corners, new mexico and i'm in four corners arizona. four states, baby! four states. just like that. >> and they all have the same temperature. all the same temperatures as you pointed out earlier today. >> actually -- >> actually it's 25 degrees in arizona.

it's 24 in colorado and it's 26 in new mexico. >> i love it. >> that's the way it works. >> takes your neck of the woods to a whole new level. >> we watched that video. look like you were in the car on the ipad while sean was fixing the tire. >> no, no, i was outside. i was supervision, and if you note in my periscope you'll not only see that. you'll also see -- you'll also see matt greenefield. >> stop doing this. >> you've got to see matt. matt could be a plumber. let's just say that. >> owe mooned everyone. >> i was checking what the leak was and we saw what your leak was. >> oh, oh. >> okay. that's a knockout punch. that's a knockout punch. >> fight's over. >> oh, mr. roker. we'll go back to you in a second and get that weather from you at four corners. >> so cool. >> isn't it. >> i think dylan is actually

>> there's dylan over there. she's the best. show. >> no, you don't. >> i'm not doing the weather. >> yes, you are. >> trying to make it a surprise. >> yeah, yeah. >> the prettier surprise. >> nice work out there. 13 states today, 13 states. going to be a crazy monday. let's talk about "snl" saturday night, a lot of anticipation and a lot of people excited. >> you've doesn't show. >> i heard about it. about what happened on saturday and hosting "snl." let's get the ratings out there first. >> do we have to guess. >> as predicted my mr. trump himself. biggest overnight ratings since early 2012. the ratings up 50% for this season from the other shows this fall because mr. trump was there. >> okay. >> and in the monologue donald was joined by two trump doubles. check it out. >> you think you're this terrific person. you think you're this.

you think you're that, bup, bup, ba. you're being very naive and quite frankly you're fired. >> they don't have my talent, my money or especially my good looks, but you know what? they are not bad, and we're going to have a lot of fun tonight. >> you're a racist. >> who the hell -- i knew this was going to happen. who is that? >> trump's a racist! [ applause ] >> it's larry david. what are you doing, larry? >> i heard if i yelled that they would give me $5,000. >> that was larry david. >> yes. >> in the opening segment as bernie sanders, came back for the monologue, and there was a group protesting in the city and anybody who yelled that trump is a racist is $5,000. that's how "snl" handled it, and they said they are actually going to give larry david the five grand.

we'll probably know date it. >> i suspect he will. what's that like to be on "snl" on a saturday night. >> this slow is really crazy. did a quick in and out piece and everything that has to do with the show is fantastic. it actually is. very much a parallel to wwe. that performing in front of a live audience, everything going on. kind of like what you guys do 10,000. everything changes so fast and everything happens so quick and you get handed something, oh, here you go. go for it and everybody is changing costumes and everything is upside down but it all goes together and i will give it to "saturday night live" they do political satire as good or better than anybody else. they kill it. every time an election comes around, every time something is politically involved they have the best impressions and the best take on it. they really do a great job. >> i love how you brought me and willie into this wwe show, millions of phones. >> just a little show you do is similar to that. >> i think one of the things that people like the best of the

shows if you look across the web what, people were interested in. donald trump had a little roll in "snl's" blake parody. you used to call me on the cell phone does he dance like this called me on the cell phone they said do you dance like this >> there you go. donald trump doing "the hotline bling saw the same dance move in 11 or 12 years ago. locks down his feet and gets his butt up and out a little bit. >> it's trump. no? >> you've been trumped. >> i'm ending it. i think it should become a >> already been a thing. have you seen the polls.

he'll remind that. >> i don't think dancing to that has contributed to that. >> a lot of people who support him believe that even though, you know, some people have felt that there was a little much for a presidential candidate that it brought out a different side him so maybe it will work, i don't know. something else that caught our eye. this gator capture, happened in the great state of texas in sugarland, actually the name of the city, where people were shocked to find a 12-foot long 1001 88 hundred-pound alligator. this was in a parking lot with the a little towel over him. a professional gator wrangler actually captured the gator. its nickname is godzilla. >> wow. >> now been taken to the alligator farm and we show you this so that you can say wow and to pose the question to the great jon cena. what would you do? >> i'm going to take the night off from that one and let godzilla be godzilla and praise him in all his alligator glory. that thing is a monster. >> would you just say no.

>> that alligator wrangler. she was quite skilled and brave. borderline insane i would have to say. >> first sought video-of-the-gator and saw it was a woman who was wrangling him. girl power. that's what she does. >> dove right in hon that one. >> as i've been saying all morning we're so glad dylan dreyer is here. >> because we knew that. >> what's happening? >> i'm here. >> what do you do, the weather or something? >> i don't know what's going on. i looked at a thing or two and it is raining in the southeast where actually some heavier pockets of rain could lead to some isolated flash flooding. just keep in mind the ground is very saturated in this area so we do have flash flood watches in effect because of those heavier pockets of rain that we're expecting off and on throughout the day. this area of low pressure will make its way up the east coast and we'll see some heavy rain through north carolina later today and then it moves through virginia as we go into tomorrow and eventually up into the northeast as we go into tuesday evening. we could see some pockets of heavier rain that could end up with about as much as three inches, especially along the east coast of north carolina.

and bring the >> and guys, i'll be back in another 20 minutes. >> yes. >> 20 minutes to do more weather. >> you can stay here as long as you want. >> you coming back. >> i'm coming back. >> i guess we can do that, too. >> coming up, riveting real life drama that captured the world's attention five years ago, 33 chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months. natalie was there as it all unfoldled covering did and now

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unfolded covering did and now . five yea man billion pe w around w as 33 miners were rescued in chile after surviving underground for an astonishing 69 days. >> natalie was there covering it all, spent more than two weeks reporting on the rescue mission which had become one of the greatest survival stories in all time. >> now their story has been made into the movie called "the 33" and natalie sat down with the all-star cast$u of antonio banderas, lou diamond phillips. >> it is an affirmation of life, a huge symbol to the world that our heros, you know, are normal people. they don't wear capes. they don't wear tight. >> antonio banderas played mario spufld have a, super mario, who

was known for leading the men below. >> you got to spend time with him on set. what's he like? >> he's a force of nature, really. he's a man that for good or for bad he learn very early in his life to survive. we don't know how if they didn't arrive it would have been somebody to organize them the way they live. >> you very happy in. >> yeah. >> the only way, the only way out. >> the move was shot in the chile and deep within mines in colombia. >> i've never been so dirty in my whole life and you got in a cold shower with your brush. you're brushing yourselves and at at end of an hour and a half, unclean and then you go to bed and you wake up in the morning and you know the holy shroud, it was right there in the bed, not possible, and still dirty after all that, you know, but what you

the miners have to go through years. >> this is the face of the rescue mission, politician lawrence goldberg. >> i think he was sent there as a politician to solve the problem, but he starts to understand and in a very human level what they are going through, you know. it's not about the miners down there. it's like my brother, my father, and it becomes so human in that way that this man goes through a real transformation. >> i want you to promise me you do something! >> i can promise you we're going to do everything we did. >> and juliette, it was as much about the stories going on below ground as it was what was happening above ground and camp hope. they were the ones who kept hope alive. >> well, they were the first ones, the women were the first ones to be at gate and yelling. they wouldn't stop shouting and say if this isn't justice we need to know what's going on.

the part but antonio had his own technique. >> every time i would -- i just did this, put everything inside and it actually looked very good because actually you have to be 15, 20 seconds at a time, and then you go off. >> speaking of food, lou, you're a foodie, and i know that you like to cook on set. did you do any of the cooking? >> no disrespect, but they are used to feeding truckers and farmers. plain tan for every meal. i felt like "above a blue" saute plain tans, stans, boiled plantans and at end of the day i was probably feeding 30, 40 people. >> let's get ourself some miners. >> it belongs to the world and we all followed it when it was happening and the fact that it had a grace resolution was for

all the humanity, sort of a big hope in a heart so being there and surrounded by such a cast, it was fantastic. we had great time together. >> "the 33" opens on friday, and it feels like just yesterday when this all played out. natalie was right there. >> she was there every day covering it. >> phenomenal movie. up next, are some of the over-the-counter flu and cold medicines no better than a placebo? i certainly am hoping that's not the case. a surprising new study. plus the right medicines for your children as we approach flu and cold season after how you doing? hey! how are you? where are we watching the game? you'll see. i think my boys have a shot this year. yeah, especially with this new offense we're running... i mean, our running back is a beast. once he hits the hole and breaks through the secondary, oh he's gone. and our linebackers and dbs dish out punishment, and never quit. you didn't expect this did you? no i didn't. the nissan altima. there's a fun side to every drive. nissan.

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two important studies to tell you about this morning that could affect your health, and one suggests a potential link between vegetable oil and cancer, and the other finds that many over-the-counter medications may not really work. >> so we called in our trusted nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar to help us sort this out. natalie, good morning. >> nice to see you guys, good morning. >> let's launch into this new study. vegetable oils and a possible link to cancer. go behind the headlines. what's going on here. >> basically what i want to say from the outset this is not necessarily new news. i can't say that it's completely meritless, but what i want to say is this. just because something can cause a chemical reaction meaning that if you heat up vegetable oil that is sunflower or corn oil at real, really high temperatures it can release or turn into a potentially toxic substance which is called an aldehyde and going from that chemical

has an increased risk of cancer or heart disease or dementia is way too much of a leap so from the study that was reported we're certainly not making any statements of that sort. you can use vegetable oil. just use everything in moderation. the study also went on to say to perhaps use lard for cooking and things like that, things we don't necessarily recommend because of the saturated fat content. >> okay. about this cold and cough medicine, what do -- i found this very interesting. >> yeah. i don't know if you guys use this stuff, but i certainly personally have to say that pseudoephedrine which is the active compound in medicines like sudafed and add ville cold and sinus are incredibly congestion. >> i use both of those. >> exactly. in 2005 pseudoephedrine containing things like pseudoephedrine cold and sinus, for example, were placed behind the counter. you could no longer reach and grab them without giving your name and information. the reason is that people can actually make methamphetamine out of pseudoephedrine, so the

issue here was that so what was used or has been used in its place more regularly is this thing fouled phenylf-for instance, things in dimetapp and brands like this and the study looked at 500 people, put them on placebo or the phenyleffrin and found it was no better than the placebo so the issue is should fda be keeping phenylf-for instance on the market for nasal congestion well. you can still go and get these things, go to the pharmacist. give your name and i.d. >> it is a process but can you still get the products with pseudoephedrine. >> they want to make sure people aren't abusing it for that process. >> people wonder about herbal holistic and others go straight over the counter. >> right. also something especially as parent you want to be very much aware of, that the american academy of pediatrics does not recommend over-the-counter cough and cold remedies for children under the age of four. >> okay.

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one person is dead after a shooting in des monies. polk county deputies were called to the 43 hundred block of northwest 6th street yesterday morning. upon arrival... they heard several gunshots at "evolution nightclub"... then found a victim nearby. 20 year old dashwan smith was taken to the hospital... where he died. a little later... three more gunshot wound victims arrived at hospitals. police do think they know who shooting this schooler. gunshots rang out near this intersection at 13th and jefferson late friday night. when police arrived they found 28-year old jose lopez, dead. 17-year-old josue socup... who is charged with his murder. no word on what may have caused the deadly shooting.

this is the 15th murder in des moines this year. that's the most in at least fifteen years. meanwhile a man is behind bars this morning after police say he shot and killed a man in front of his waukee home. police tracked down brendan mc - guinness in des moines saturday... he's now being held in dallas county jail. police say he sat outside a home on southeast carefree lane... waiting for gino risola and his wife to return home. when they did, police say he shot risola in the street. risola was taken to the hospital if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030.

taking a look at headlines, engineers are at a mississippi ihop restaurant this morning where the ground caved in in the park pag lot swallowing 15 vehicles. it happened near meridian neither alabama border. the massive hole is 50 feet wide and 600 feet long. witnesses say they heard several loud booms, and the power was knocked out before the ground opened up. thankfully in all of that no one was injured. the ihope had just opened, by the way, last week. a high school sexting scandal in colorado is raising a red flag for parents and schools around the country.

officials in canyon city, colorado are investigating whether 100 or more students shared and traded explicit photos themselves. they were also sexting scandals in ohio, pennsylvania and ten see. experts warn young people often disguise secret files using an app that looks like a calculator on their smartphone. parent should be wary of any new camera. and volkswagen will offer cash to u.s. owners of deisel cars as part of an effort to restore goodwill in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal. reports say owners will get a $500 debtit card to spend anywhere they choose and possibly up to $750 to spend at volkswagen dealers. the automaker faces lawsuits from owners seeking compensation for the lower resale value of their cars that were equipped with illegal software. and it took james bond to shake up what's been a lackluster weekend box office. the latest 007 spy drama

"spectre" raked in an estimated $73 million debuting in the top spot. charlie brown and his friends in "the peanuts" movie grossed $45 million in their first weekend and matt damon's "the martian" descended into third place. it's been around. let's check in now with dylan keeping in place for al roker. >> hey, dylan. keeping an eye on the tropics. a new tropical storm. this is kate and it's not really going to be much of a threat to land, but it is still out there, nonetheless. it will pass through the bahamas, just a tropical storm right now with winds at about 40 miles per hour. it's moving northwest at 15, but eventually it's going to take that turn with a cold front moving through the eastern part of the united states. that's going to help steer it back out to sea, so even bermuda doesn't look like it's going to see many of the impacts from this storm system so that will race out to sea. no issue and still wanted to point out tropical storm kate for you. elsewhere across the country we're looking at a rainy day across the southeast. pockets of heavier rain and also flash flood watches through parts of the carolinas. in the middle of the country it

looks fantastic. 50s and 60s. the northeast is nice but we do have mountain snow and rain up >> and that's your late forecast. tamron. >> all right, dylan. thank you very much. emmy, grammy, cynthia nixon best known as lawyer miranda hobbes from the hit show "sex in the city" from the hbo series and

down one minute for her. >> she is juggling projects for the stage, television and film including her latest movie "james white" out this friday. >> she plays a cancer stricken mother with a self-destructive son trying to find his way. >> cynthia, good to have you here. >> this movie "james white" was a phenomenon at sundance and about to be a phenomenon at theaters because your performance and christopher's performance are incredible. talk about this role as a cancer survivor it elf is. i know you were going through the loss of your mother at the time this was being shot. what was this role like you to and what drew you to it? >> well, one of the -- many amazing things about this film. josh monn is a first-time filmmaker and so powerful and so individual. never seen anything like it, and it is in large part autobuying figural and my mom died of cancer and his mom as well in the calendar year that we made the film. you know, when you have a terminal illness, you know, the

depictions of that are like the cancer is all that's happening. >> right. >> you know what i mean, and what's so great about this story is you see this mother and son who love each other very much and have a very complicated relationship and all that stuff just doesn't miraculously go away because she's dying. >> i would imagine someone pointing this out with a personal connection and get a chance to go home with your three kids and life and it's like hug time. >> a very hectic. we shot it for 18 days in new york city and then they went to mexican for the mexican shoot, but, yeah, it was -- it was such a whirlwind we just basically didn't see much of our families for three weeks. went home and went to sleep. >> you're used to being busy. you do everything. >> i'm directing a play in previews at the new group. mario camtone, my "sex in the city" alum.

affair" debuting on broadway. >> when do you sleep? >> sometimes i sleep. >> do you have time to relax and just kick it? >> i just spent a very busy year so i've got my eye on december. i'm just heading for that, but it's -- you know, good problems excited about. >> when you go into a role like the one you play in "james white," is it a difficult place for you to go? do you take the experience of watching your mother and do you take your own experience? >> i have to say it was pretty cathartic because it was so fresh. >> mm-hmm. >> and i think my mother had certain things in common with the character that i play. upper west side, bohemian, got her child into the arts because that was her passion so i was actually able to wear not my mother's clothes so much but jewelry. it just made me feel very close to her. >> oh, gosh. >> so interesting your fan base, we, of course, still love miranda from "sex in the city" and also appreciate your growth and the variety of things you've

speaks to who you are as a person but also an an actress, as willie pointed out, allowing this vulnerable part your life to be part of this film and this character. >> it's so -- as an actor it's one of the privileges right. you have things that are painful or confusing in your life and you get a chance to sort of explore that on stage or on screen and our filmmaker said i make things in my own life that i don't understand and trying to come to grips with them intellectually and certainly emotionally, that's one of the ways i do it, you know, it through my art. >> an amazing movie and a great performance and the a lot of oscar voters i suspect will be watching this very closely. congratulations. >> congratulations. >> "james white" opens on friday. up next, if you're planning a holiday vacation and looking at hotel photos online, what you see isn't always what you get. won't believe what we found in a new "rossen reports" live. rossen is here with us right believe me, i put this hair through a lot, every day. that's why i need total repair. l'oreal's total repair 5 shampoo system

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we're kicking off a new series "ross ren report live" with "today" national correspondent jeff rossen tackling consumers problems and getting answers. >> today we're talking about hotel websites that lure you in with the gorgeous photos. >> can you trusted them? jeff here with the critical information before your book and it's live. >> anything can happen. i could get up and walk away. you guys stay in hotels all the time. >> sure. >> you stay in hotels all the time, too, and this is a busy travel season and how do we book hotels, right? go on to the website and if you're anything like me you look at those photos that they put up so we actually have some side by sides. a great site called oyster.com and what they do is send investigators to the actual investigators to the hotel to go to the exact spot where they took a photo in many cases and put them up side by side to see how accurate they are. great examples here today.

because we all want to go to italy. beautiful plush room. >> plush chairs and a desk. >> wine over there will you'll like, tamron. good stuff over there. >> but. >> let's go to the real photo of the room. >> what? >> looks like willie's bedroom. >> mm-hmm. >> nothing there. >> not terrible. >> i know. >> but the deal is it's not terrible, but it's clear deception because it looks so like roomy and you've got all the furniture to entertain. >> window treatments. >> okay. so the next one. we want to take you to the dominican republic because what we do on vacation, love to eat food and you go to the the buffet. take a look at this beautiful photo of the buffet. >> look at the ham. >> the guys slicing the meat and serving you and the beautiful couple, of course, which just happen to be there. now i want to show you what it really looks like. look, we don't know if this was taken after lunch, but this certainly is not what it is in the photo. >> doesn't look like the happiness in the photo.

>> no, no. >> that's a side by side. >> especially if i was going expecting that. >> that's horrible. >> do you like the beach. >> yeah, i do. >> do you like the beach? >> with a body like think can't like the beach that much. only so much you can like the beach. the beach. james camp taking you to james photo. >> beautiful. >> jam aaican me crazy. >> beautiful turquoise water. >> take a look at picture from oyster.com. that's what that beach actually looks like. >> well, i -- i don't like that blue thing there. >> not just that, what about the cement wall. barely any beach there. >> but the wall could have been behind the person who took the photograph. >> exactly. >> they took it there, but it's about the perspective, about context. >> all right. >> it was really probably taken there. >> and on a sunny day.

>> there's nobody in that photo. >> very isolated in the brochure. >> people there how are you going to get a spot on that beach? >> okay. >> you need rom to, you know, do your thing. finally we want to take you to the dominican republic. >> okay. >> this one -- now, this is one those situations where the photo is actually pretty accurate of the location, take a look. >> that's beautiful. >> you will notice in marketing photos and you should always be aware of that, never show people, never show what it looks like with people. watch what oyster went there when there's actually people there. >> that's a petry dish. >> looks kind fun, i don't know. >> people having a good time. >> can't get a seat around the bar. >> that's a lot of people squeezed into that small space. >> that's a lot of people. >> what do we do in. >> be skeptical of carefully cropped photos. photos really cropped, show a corner of the room, show a corner of the pool, you want to be aware of that. also, ask about what you don't see. if there are photos of the

when you go on a hotel website, showing you the bathroom, the lounge, you want to look for that, not just single feltos every once in a while and the best idea is to not just trust the hotel and resort websites, go to oyster.com and trip adviser and consumers all the time go on these trips and take their own photos and you can look at consumer reviews as well. >> rats, we're out time. come back live because i wanted to know how do you fight back as a consumer if the pictures don't match. >> switch room and many times complain to the manager, they may even give you a refund. >> do your homework and it will be all right. >> thank you, jeff. that was awesome. >> we're still live and easy

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appetizer recipes can you serve for the holidays and your hair is tremendous today. >> trying to be taller than willie. >> how are you doing? >> almost. >> we've got to cook. >> here's great deviled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, hot sauce, eggs, organic is great, bacon you love it, chives, salt, capers, paprika, lemon juice. pop them in boiling hot water. needs to be coming to a boil. >> okay. >> tamron, your face right now is killing me. >> already boiling. >> the water -- >> you put it in boiling water. >> boiling water. >> six minutes. once it's done with six minutes, turn it off and let it sit and drink a beer, have a glass of wine, eat a piece of cake, cheese ball, whatever you do. when you're done scoop them out, six and six, tamron. thumbs up. >> ice bath. >> so you don't salt the water. >> ice bath. >> my god. i feel like oprah. there's so many questions here. i'm only one guy. shock it and the shell comes off really easy.

you're going to love me, put it back in the water and see how easy the shells comes off right inside the water. >> so easy. >> now we cut them in half. cut them in half this way so they are like super sexy. the ones that tamron is eating. >> eat deviled eggs and tell me they are not best you've ever had and the best you've eaten in your life. >> that's a good devil egg and that's no yolk. >> such an elegant man such a minute ago. >> mayonnaise here, we're good, check this out. okay. don't tell anybody, sssh, just for you guys, caper juice. that's my secret weapon, the john cena in my egg mix, that's the muscle. >> appreciate. >> i need some liquor if we're going to keep this up. >> hot sauce, tabasco. are we talking, even making a dish here? >> we go here.

when you pulse is it looks gorgeous. >> pulse is up. >> willie, let's see if you can do it. >> put it in a piping back if you can have it. >> willie, that's lovely. >> come on. >> hold, it hold it, keep going. >> check this out. bacon, cover in bacon, do turkey bacon at thanksgiving if you want to get really cool, smoked paprika on top, chives on top. >> it's delicious. it's delicious. >> and go online and check out. my jalapeno cream cheese salted pistachio cheese ball. >> best deviled egg. >> room temperatures because i hate cold eggs. >> thank you, brother. >> your hair looks really great. >> to get the recipes go to today.com/food. don't forget we've launched the "today" food club, go to today.com/foodclub to join.

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