good morning. breaking news. 17 miners trapped nearly 1,000 feet underground in upstate new york. rescuers desperately trying to reach them for the past nine hours. we'll be there live. it wasn't you, or anyone for that matter. no winners in the powerball jackpot, which means saturday's drawings will be the largest ever. how big? we'll tell you. second thoughts? >> sure, i regret it every day. >> vice president joe biden opens up about his decision not to run for president. donald trump gains an unlikely ally in his effort to question ted cruz's eligibility in the race. stage crasher.

choice awards at a stranger takes over the mike during an acceptance people. before literally getting the boot from sharon osbourne. today, thursday, january 7th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. if you call it powerball fever, when the jackpot is $450 million, what are we going to do saturday? >> going to explode. spontaneous human combustion. >> after taxes, it's pretty good. >> getting interesting. >> we'll that have in a minute. breaking news. the race to free a group of miners who have been trapped for hours more than 70 stories below ground in upstate new york.

>> the fire department calling this a major rescue operation that's playing out as we speak. they've brought in a giant crane to help free 17 miners who have been trapped all night underneath the cayuga salt mine. they're planning to lower a basket down to lift out the miners two or three at a time. the 17 miners became trapped about 10:20 last night when they were headed down to the mine. 2,300 feet below ground, starting their shift. the mine operator cargill says none of the trapped miners is injured and rescuers have been able to lower down water, heat packs and blankets to them. unclear how long it might take to lift them all to safety. the mine has been operating since 1922. it processes 2 million tons of road salt each year. guys, back to you. >> we'll keep an eye on that. tom costello, thank you.

to wake up this morning as the nation's newest multi-millionaire. there was no powerball jackpot winner last night. the $500 million plus rolls over into saturday night. it's going to get crazy good on saturday. nbc's kerry sanders is back on powerball watch again. kerry, good morning. >> good morning. if you're waking up this morning and you got to go to work and you're sad, maybe this will cheer you up. take a look at how much larger the jackpot is when they do the it on saturday. before you take your tickets and rip them up before you lost, look at the numbers that were pulled last night. this would have been a record jackpot at $550 million. it would have been the fourth largest jackpot. there was at least one winner. somebody got $1 million on their ticket in the houston area.

the powerball numbers are 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 and that powerball number was 17. no winners there. the ticket buying frenzy will get crazier. yesterday, when the ticket value of the jackpot was going to be $550 million, they were selling more than 1,300 tickets a second. a tremendous number of tickets being sold. now it's $675 million. consider this, guys, that is more than the budgets of some tiny nations. it's a lot of money. >> well put, kerry. it's a lot of money. thank you very much. let's move to politics now. in the presidential race, donald trump is escalating his attacks on republican rival ted cruz, reiterating questions about the texas senator's eligibility to run for president. another prominent republican is suggesting the issue is worth looking into. peter alexander has the latest. good morning.

wait until you hear who is siding with donald trump on this one. it's senator john mccain. trump says he doesn't want to undermine ted cruz. this morning, praising him on twitter for renouncing his canadian citizenship 18 months ago. but cruz is accusing trump of simply trying to distract from the real issues in the race by making political noise. >> are you ready? >> reporter: donald trump trying to find out whether ted cruz, born in canada, is allowed to be president of the u.s. >> how do you run against a democrat, whoever it may be, and you have this over your head, if they bring a lawsuit. >> reporter: cruz dismissed his concerns. >> the laws of the united states are straight forward. the very first congress defined it as a natural born citizen. >> reporter: trump is finding an unlikely ally in john mccain. >> he's not a war hero. >> war hero.

>> reporter: the party's 2008 nominee, born in the panama canal zone, a u.s. territory. >> it's different from being born on foreign soil. i think there is a question. i am not a scholar, but i think it's worth looking into. i don't think it's illegitimate to look into it. rump dominates nationally, a former chairman tells nbc news, now, the hawkeye state looks like it's cruz's to s also accusing his rival of being a copycat on immigration. this cruz ad hit the it'd be different if bankers were crossing the rio grande. we will build a wall that politicians don't know how to build the wall or anything. i'll build a wall. >> reporter: marco rubio is redefining boots on the ground. mocked fora vote for marco rubio is a vote

carly fiorina calling him out. yeah, marco rubio, but rock these? i wore my loafers this morning. trump's next rally is in home to bernie sanders. local police there are seriously concerned about over ticketing. the campaign issued about 20,000 to a 1,400 seat venue. the residents being warned to expect overflow demonstrations in the streets. matt and savannah? >> peteryou. >> does it come down to shoes? one man who didn't get into the presidential race, vice president joe biden. now, he is regret over that decision. nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing has that part of the story. good morning. >> good morning, matt.n has always been a politician who wears his heart on his sleeve.

stood here in the rose garden, t his side, to announce he would not run for president. biden says candidly, he wishes different. >> sure, i regret it every day, but it was the right decision for my family and for me. and i plan on staying deeply volved. we've got two good candidates. >> that decision was made with his head, not his heart, following the death of his son he concluded it was too late to mount a challenge to hillary clinton and bernie sanders. at 73, this would have been at his lifelong dream of becoming president. he said the democratic primary now is, quote, what i expected. matt and chris, thanks very much. president obama is giving us a rare sneak preview of what we can expect to hear during his finaladdress next tuesday. >> what i want to focus on in this state of the union address,

we've made, not just what i want to get done in the year hat we all need to do together in the years to come. the big things that will n stronger, better, more prosperous america for our kids. >> presidential aids descrinontraditional, taking a big picture approach to the challenges facing our country. we'll talk to the president about that address and other issues facing him in hisn office when we take our entire show to the white house next tuesday. vice president joe biden is also going to join us live. another hot button issueon on the campaign trail and internationally, north korea's claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test. u.s. officials arethis morning, but it has reignited concerns about that nation's military advances. andrea mitchell is following or us. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. the u.s. says north korea's

even though the white housectually tested a hydrogen bomb. even if pyongyang is bluffing, there's no stopping north korea's unpredictable young >> reporter: he is young, untested and has his finger on the nuclear button. kim jong-un, commander in chief of a million man army, missiles and a nuclear for the fourth time, testing a nuclear bomb, and setting off a political explosion from republican candidates. >> we have this madman over would use it, and nobody talks to him other than dennis rodman. >> he's a lunatic, and he'sous. this administration has done nothing about it. >> this underscores the gravity of the threats we are facing right eer folly of the obama-clinton foreign policy. >> reporter: was it an

u.s. satellitespotted suspicio suspicious funnels. >> what's important is not that only the world take action, but china take action. >> has the administration puture on china? >> we've put a considerable amount of pressure on china. it appears we may need more. >> reporter: more talks than if diplomacy doesn't work, is there a military option? the u.s. has 28,500 troops in south korea. 54,000 more troops in the region, including the u ss ronaldagan aircraft strike group. and an air force base on okinawa. >> nothing has slowed kim ve for nuclear weapons. experts say he's trying to build the most able and lethal arsenal he can. an incident at a police station in paris involving a man armed with a knife.

let's go to kelly cobiella. what are you hearing? >> this happened just in the rs at a police station in northern paris. you'll remember today is the anniversary of the "charlie hebdo" attacks, and there wereorations happening in relation to that anniversary. what we understand, and a lot of this is unconfirmed at this point, is a man with a knifes police station in northern paris. there are unconfirmed reports there were wires extending from his clothing and he may have had some sort of suicide belt on.unconfirmed reports by nbc news that he shouted before e. a lot of this still coming in, still developing. he was shot and killed at that police station in that neighborhood in northern h has been locked down as police investigate. again, savannah, a lot of these details about whether or not

vest, and whether or nots a potentialter rust terrorist attack, still unconfirmed. we'll let you know as we hear more. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. let's turn to a round of dangerous el nino poweredd wreaking havoc across california. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer, a few miles north of los angeles this what can you tell us? >> matt, good morning. the l.a. river has dipped a bit, but it's been surging for days. for so manyhere, it's been too much water, too quickly. >> reporter: overnight, more rain, another washout. this, the latest in a series of el nino. homes arethis professor wading through class.

where there was fires days e now torre ent nts of mud. voluntary evacuations downhill, where homes could be buried in >> we've done a lot of preparation. there's a whole bunch of sandbags around the house. >> reporter: with 19 million bracing for flash flooding, the warm waters from el nino are to a conveyer belt of storms. slamming california one after the northern part of the state, the forecast calls for 15 inches in 16 days. after years of dry conditions,s now seeing tornado warnings, funnel clouds and like the mounting damage, this morning, more rain is coming. >> we're seeing feet of snow in the mountains. this nasty weather should taper off later on today. guys, it'll be right back here later on this weekend. ou very much.

healthier in the new year, the u.s. government is out with new dietary guidelines. among the recommendations, limit your intake of addedn found in beverages and processed foods, and saturated fats, to 10% of your daily watch the sodium. the government recommends no more than 2,300 milligrams per day for between aged 14 and older.ealthy eating patterns, including a diet rich in vegetables, foods, protein, some experts say the guidelines don't go far enough. >> one of the guidelines might be confusing to people. we'll talk about that later on. let's turn to theoice awards. the unwelcomed guest on stage. anhe stage. >> we think of ourselves as the odd balls of tv, or we say we're

>> you ain't going to pull no steve harvey up in here. >> no, sir! no, sir! >> after the man was given the boot from sharon osbourne, he was handcuffed by police and later released. interesting and not appropriate reference to steve harvey. >> why am i getting blamed for this, too? >> exactly. but when things happen spontaneous spontaneously, you don't always say exactly what you should. >> i guess so. >> hi, al. >> i have experience with that. in the meanwhile, unfortunately, we were talking abouterday, that it was going to be a big problem in southern california. it continues. heavy showers and thunderstorms between santa maria and los as miguel almaguer eluded to, we have another storm coming this weekend. should be out in time for the golden globes, but we have flash

13 million people under that. winter storm warning and watches for 1.5 million people.e southwest. warnings in the southern rockies. look at the flood watch. california. 2 inches in some spots there in northwestern california. rockies. we're looking some locally. could be 24 inches or more. 7,000 feet and going to get to your local

>> that's your >> al, thanks very much. does this look like a brazen criminal to you? the intense man hunt for the young woman behind a string of jewel heists all across the a lot of people wondering, is she part of a larger crime ring? high school basketball

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president. we'll have unique access inside the nation's most famous home. it's a morning show >> los angeles on monday, and the white house on tuesday next week on "today." >> looking forward to warm weather, little cooler weather. >> let's take a look at the headlines today. jackpot winner. >> $675 million and growing. the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. >> the odds are crazy bt hit it. that's all that counts. the birther issue is back. >> doubts whether cruz born in canada is eligibleent of the u.s. >> natural born citizen. vice president biden reveals a major regret of his career. >> any regrets to not hat in the ring? >> sure. i regret it every day, but it was the right decision for my family.

time, testing a nuclear tting off a political explosion. >> united nations secretary general ban ki-moon condemned the test, saying it violated several this morning, more rain is coming. the latest in a series of storms fueled by el nino. >> hammering large parts of california.or problems across the state. some of today's headlines, also the man hunt for anjewel thief. the young woman has struck in at least five different states and now the fbi is hearing she may be part of a larger criminal here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this morning, jewelry stores throughout the south are on alert and offering a reward for this woman's capture. the fbi believe she and accomplice can be part of a sophisticated crime rieng ng. >> they are taking these items and tending them to, whetherork city or one of the

>> reporter: therity alliance else mate stimates thinks they swiped over $4 million over the last nine months. the latest this week in north carolina.unusual. she doesn't really make the strongest efforts to conceal her identity. she wears big hats, dyed her hair.e is exposed. >> reporter: most of the stores near outlet malls close to the highway. the woman believed to being through an ear piece while her accomplice stands guard. >> it's brazen. they're not worriedy recognizing them. >> reporter: the fbi says she holds up employees with a gun she pulls from her purse. forcing them into a back r tying them before she cleans house. investigators say she cases the stores beforehand, and they last minute.

criminal record, and she is not someone who is going to be he na or anything else. >> reporter: it's a mystery with the makings of a hollywood screenplay. >> anna kendrick. >> reporter: someone suggested kendrick would be perfect to play the thief. >> she said, twist, it's me. >> she's a bold>> reporter: authorities are hoping someone recognizes the real-life thief before she strikes again. for "today," gabe gutierrez. >> you'd think they'd be able to catch her by now. the surveillance is so clear. >> so many glimpse of the side of a head from the surveillance cameras. she's looking right in it on purpose. >> she's primping a little bit. >> full head band in one tennessee now, where allegations of hazing involving

sending shock waves through aity. >> three players charged in the case. now, school officials are calling off the rest of that team's season, as parents of the alleged victims demand action. >> reporter: a season cancelled and a community in crisis. three tennessee high school students are facing charges of aggravated rape and aggravated brutal, alleged attacks on teammates during a hazing ritual. according to members of the school basketball team, four underclassman players were physically assaulted on december 22nd in a cabin where the team was staying during a one of those students, according to the victim report, was also sexually assaulted with a pool cue, receiving worse treatment p to three of the players carrying out the attacks. the alleged attackers, two cough -- sophomores and one senior, have been kicked off the team, is suspended from school and

the freshman victim was released from the hospital after surgery and eight days of treatment. he's left the school. in a meeting wednesday night, county superintendent rick smith cancelled the basketball season. >> i'm extremely limited in what i can say or communicate i. i i am heartbroken about this. >> reporter: more students are speaking out. four students telling investigators the incident was notrt of a standing tradition called beating in. alleging previous hazing also occurred in the locker rooms on campus with the lights ed rape victims family calling for the coach to be fired. other students say the ritual existed before he was coach. attorney now denying those claims of a hazing culture. telling nbc affiliate wrcb, the issuenity is not hazing e

rather, it is the unilateral decision of three individuals ith a sexual offense. sexual offenses must not be reduced to popular buzzwords like hazing or bullying, ever. >> two of the juveniles chaase remain held, while one is out on bond. disturbing. >> really is. >> natalie, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather from tures actually are going to start to moderate in the eastern half of the country, after we got a cold blast. the subtropical jet streamf the south, causing all the rain back through california. look at this. by friday, temperatures anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above st. louis will see 18 degrees above average at 55. boston, 40. washington, 47. saturday, warms up.ntucky, 54. new york city, 50. 59 in charleston. we're going to see a little low,

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of the "charlie hebdo" terrorist attack. police officers at a police station shot and killed a man a knife. kelly cobiella is in london with more. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. at the mayor's office in the paris district, they'reming a man armed with a knife tried to break into a police station in northern paris, shouting allahu as shot and killed. it happened at noon todaypopular tourist sites. there's a heavy police presence and two schools were put into lockdown as a precaution. police thought they saw wires from the man's jacket, possiblysigns of a suicide belt. they sent in a remote device to inspect the body. the explosives were fake. all of this coming on the one-year anniversary of thedo" attacks. in fact, the french president and interior minister were both

this morning when it happened. natalie, we understand the attack involved only one man and no one else was injured. >> kelly cobiella in london, thank you. after an all night operation, rescuers in upstate new york began pulling tras to safety this morning. 17 men were stuck in an elevate or 900 feet below group the men were cold but not injured. rescuers sent water and heat packs to the miners until they were hoisted to safety. if you're getting on an up. a driver's license will no longer be accepted as a form of id when getting on a domestic commercial flight from five u.s. states., minnesota, missouri, new mexico and washington state. the reason those five states have been ruled non-compliant under the real id act passed t ago, which outlines stricter standards for

in those states, need a passport. to more on something we touched on earlier. updated dietary guidelines being released by federal regulators. nbc news's medical is here with what you need to know about the recommendations. natalie, good morning. >> good morning. significant changes. for the first time, the committee is giving you a number for sugar. >> important distinction is this is added sugar. not the natural sugars from what they're saying is your added sugar should be no more than 10% of your daily caloric if you have an average diet of 2,000 calories a day, that would equal 200 calories from sugar. what does that mean? it's going to be roughly 12 seagar, as much as would fit into this bowl. let translate that into actual food. a can of soda. a regular san of u know the fun sized candy

the recrectangles? >> one can of soda and one of those is the added amount beverages, right, sodas and also processed food contain a lot of added sugar. >> certainly. also, they dropped some of theons on cholesterol. what does this mean when it comes to buttery, meats, things we consume? >> we talked about thisn the draft recommendation was first released. we know dietary c like in an egg, doesn't affect your cholesterol level in the majority of people. eggs are healthy ods that may contain cholesterol don't have a lot of saturated fat, like eggs, so it's okay to eat. want to limit the saturated fat to 10%, but the cholesterol, you don't have to worry so much

>> watch what you eat is what itto. >> across the board. >> thank you. a driver who is lucky to be alive has posted video ofrrifying crash online. he was slipping through tunnels. he didn't realize sharp curve ahead and shot off the cliff, rolling over several times. thankfully, he escaped unharmed. his ride, as you can tell, was a total millions of americans are getting a second chance at the huge powerball jackpot that went unclaimed wednesday night. nobody won the dollar prize. saturday's drawing is an estimated $675 million. that will be the largest of any in u.s. history. let's go out and buy our tickets

>> hoda thinks she's -- look at thinks she's going to win. >> there is a chance! >> not really. >> not really at all, no. >> never. >> by the way, hoda ise she has a story about a big moment in the life of little prince george. >> absolutely. as parents, you know, want their children to have a normal childhood. on george's first day of school, there was no fanfare. the duke and duchessm off and sharing two pictures of the big day. no sign of nerves. prince george with a powder blue and his mom behind the lens. kate practicing her photography skills and keeping reporters away. it's a change from theilliam grew up. he was 3 years old when dozens of reporters captured every step of his first day at school back in 1985.n. the cameras were there for young prince charles.

only had to face the media a times in his two and a half years. most of the pictures we see are taken by family or a carefully chosen many in the comfort of their quiet country home. in the nearby village, locals community. >> reporter: george is spending his mornings at an affordableool down the road. no photographers allowed. take a good long look. this could be the last we see of the young prince for a while.now too much about prince george's first day of school. we do know that he will be attending part time. he's only two and a half. he's mixed in with other kids, some as old as 5 years you're wondering about the cost of the school, $50 a day. you know, it's -- >> is that a good price? >> can't tell.at a lot or little? >> seems like a lot to me. >> i don't know. it's good compared to new york,

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you pay.ays to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided. we're back at 8:13. time for what's trending. >> let's get down to business, or a little monkey business. remember the famous monkey selfieis was a photo taken in 2011 by the monkey himself. here's what happened. the photographer left his camera unattended when the monkey took the photo it was said the photo belonged to the money, and the judge haslaring the copyright cannot be extended to animals. i wasn't there but i heard the monkey went bananas whend the ruling. >> i can't believe i beat you to the banana joke.

everybody at the table here likes their >> yeah. >> you're different. you like the ginger root drink. where is it? >> under the table. >> what if there were onee which you can make both coffee and a cocktail? >> where do you get this heavenly product? >> i'm glad you asked, carson.he coffee pot, the brewing system is able to make alcoholic drinks. >> get out. >> you can make it in the keurig. >> this is the keurig cool. watch, you select the pot, select the drink you want, pour go. >> wow. >> 60 seconds later, drink. >> why are we hearing this the week after christmas? >> it's not the same without the fresh mint. >> you can have your ginger

>> good one, next year from santa claus. with seven grammys, one of the top albums of 2015, whot to be taylor swift? look at this photo of someone's grandmother. the grandmother as a young woman looks similar to >> oh, my gosh. >> what is odder is something the user mentioned in the caption of the photo. when your grandma looks like and your grandpa looks like hugh hefner's brother. >> oh, my gosh! >> wow! >> look at that. >> those couple. >> there you go. what may be the cutest video of the day. a little girl watching "the empire strikes back." here's the moment she finds outskywalker's father really s. is. take a look.

>> exactly! >> mind t's shocking. >> that is a spoiler alert, for 6-year-olds everywhere. >> when a movie is 40 years old, i think the spoiler alert is out the >> great reaction. >> et goes home, what? >> you're ruining it! last night's best billy joel's performance on ""the tonight show."" >> everyone is talking about the people's choice awards. we showed you the stage crasher,rne giving him the boot. people are also talking about the fashion. a lot of people talking about kate hudson, glowing in an all white jump suit. >> love it. >> another claire dane was wearing an embellished gown. new actresses hit the carpet.nessa hudgens and others were

a mishap, dakota her dress appeared to break. >> ilie just broke my dress. okay. not like already seen my boobs. >> exactly right. >> she has a great sense of humor. could have been a bad moment. another big moment in hollywood.the "star wars: the force awakens" is the highest grossing film in north america. j.j. abrams broke the news on wednesday. "star wars" has earnings topping $758 "avatar" got bumped to second. it took "star wars" 20 days to break that record. finally, the famous piano man was on jimmy fallon's show as a guest. billy joel performed a great version of his that's not the moment that stole

jimmy sang, "beast of burden" with billy, and the crowd went nuts. have aome on, baby, sing love to me am i rough >> great combination happening there. >> love that. >> "rolling stones," joel, jimmy fallon. we'll watch it in its entirety. >> has there been a host that can do so much? >> he can be funny when it should be funny. but he's so talented. >> carry a tune. >> that's your pop start. >> carson, thanks. let's get a check of the >> good thing he didn't want to do weather.

right now, we have a lot of wet weather from new orleans on up into arkansas. all part of the system that first slug of moisture into los angeles. to the north, as it hits cold air, we're looking at snow. during the day today, look for rain over the saturated ground.e flooding. snow from colorado all the way into the up of michigan. as we move on into tomorrow, a storm moves into lake huron. heavy rain, central great lakes looking at a lot of heavy snow. midwest. especially over the mid mississippi river valley. into saturday night, we're talk moisture. depending on the track of the storm, 4 to 6 inches from the

that's your latest savannah? >> al, thank you so much. now to our special series you hit the reset button on food, fitness, fashion and finances in 2016. on today's agenda, earningg to career builder.com, 56% of people never asked for a raise. 49% of new employees accept the given and do not negotiate. how do you make sure you're erp earning what you're worth and when should you ask for more? 56% never asked for a raise, even negotiated. >> it's amazing.

asked is because they are afraid. a piece of research and found that about half of all people say, they're too scared to ask. 15% said that they're're going to be fired if they ask. they also asked employers the question. do you know what percent of employers said they'd fire for asking for a raise? zero. if you don't ask, you don't get. >> there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. >> absolutely right. the right way to ask is towhat you're worth before you go in and ask the question. go to a website called glass door.com, where you can figure out what somebody with your experience, should be paid, and then go in with a list. on paper, not your phone. on paper, these are the thingsor the company. these are the doors i've opened. this is the business i've brought in. this is the money that i've saved you. i deserve it is not a reason to get a u have to actually list what

leave it behind so they can review it. and if they tell you the timing isn't right or that they can't give you you want instead. >> that was our next point. timing is kind of everything. sometimes, an employer says, look, you are a great there is nothing i can do. i don't have it in my budget. >> right. in that case, say, okay, how about letting me work from home one day a week? i'll save on commuting, on gas. in your pocket. or whatever else you want. maybe additional vacation or a title bump. >> if you can't get a raise by ave a couple other tips. >> switch jobs. i know, people like where they're working, but the fact is, average raises are 3% a you switch, you're looking at a 10% to 20% raise. that is significant. if you want to stay ahead of the salary curve, or at least on top of it, you want to beery three to four years. >> what about the idea of going and getting another offer, not because you want to leave, but

>> it works. it absolutely works. but you have to be willing to go. if you're not willing to go, don't play this game. you can only play it onewith each employer. you play it once, likelihood you get money if you're valued, is good. play it a second time, yourresent you. >> you could be fearful of a backlash. the thought you've been out there moonlighting or trying to find another deal. >> women in particular are that backlash, which is why it's so important to ask for the raise in the right way. >> other idea you have, can't get the raise, can't get the ou call it the side hustle. >> a gig on the side. 1/3 of all employees are working this way. they've got an additional job. think of it as selling your free maybe you like watching kids. you put yourself on care.com. maybe you like walking dogs. put yourself on dog internet is pull of opportunities like this for people who just want to make a little additional money.

>> our take away for today,'re worth, but be sure that you go out and you ask for it. again, if you don't ask, the answer is always no. be ready to explore ing working for other companies. when it comes to the side hustle, think about what you like doing so it won't feel like ling your free time. you're the best. see you next thursday. carson, over to you. chugging the water, rachel.? >> yup. >> live performance from the great rachel platten. so excited to hear it. we'll get to that. you'll be singing -- you hav going. did you do your warmups? me, me, me, me, me. more with rachel after your

i'm gonna stand by you 8:30 on "today." thursday, january 7th, 2016. it's a crisp and cold day on the tree? actually -- >> they extended it. >> you can enjoy it for the weekend if you're in the area. coming up, got the most talented actors on the

we'll catch up with leonardo dicaprio, up for a golden globe this e tells us about the role in the "revenant" and some of his most chilling scenes. incredible what he did. >> it was a physical role. >> really is gripping, the whole time. plus, we'll look at the most unforgettable moments from party. one of the hottest names in music, rachel platten, had us singing along to "fight song." now, her new album is outcan't wait for her to perform live in studio 1a. let's get a check of the weather. >> our weekend outlook, starting off with tomorrw from the rockies into the u.p. of michigan. wet weather in the upper great lakes. showers in northern california. into saturday, another storm california with mountain snows. the eastern half of the country, wet and snowy with icy conditions in the ohio river valley, as well. sunday, sunday, rain and snow get your way up into northern new england.

river valley. things dry out out west, butd temperatures in the plains. into the upper midwest and the central plains. that's wha your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you so much. now to our interview with leonardo dicaprio. his performance in "therium tremens landed him a gloeld

some say it could win him the he called this role the most challenging of his career. >> the structure was set up like live theater. we rehearsed all day, these omplex shots. >> like a live production. >> it was like live production, like doing "saturday night live," except what we were doing wasn't that funny. >> or right. >> reporter: in his new film, leonardo dicaprio plays hugh glass, an explorer across the wilderness and his revenge against a fellow explorer. he endures sub zero temperatures, unforgiving elements. in one of the film's most talked about scenes, a vicious bear. it was shot on location far from the comforts of a hollywood studio. what you see on screen is raw and, oftentimes,>> was there ever a moment when you thought, why did i do this? why did i sign up for this?

a few times a week, yes. i'm not going to lie, it was one of the -- it was probably the hardest, you know, films, things, i've ever done, for sure. >> one of the things you do in the film is actually eat a realr. i wanted to believe that that was a prop, but it was real. why did you push yourself to do that? it's not like anybodyink, boy, what a lazy performance. you take that extra step. why? >> the native american actor that i was working with, hisarthur,s eating raw bison flesh during rehearsal. they gave me this pancake thing to eat but it didn't looko me. i wanted the real thing. it was this giant liver that was incredibly disgusting. my reaction is very much up on is a nauseating one.

last bison liver? >> i'll never do that again. again. >> there's another scene where you crawl inside the carcass of a horse. i just kept thinking about the theme of will to live. film, there were ten times i would have just said, forget it. i'll lay down and give up. how did you tap into that in your character, that absolute ss will to live? >> when i watched this movie for the first time, i said, my god,rance of the human species, our adaptability, the ability of life to keep pushing forward in all adversity is it's kind of displayed in this movie in a way i haven't seen in a while. because we were trying ourt to emulate these people's journeys. >> did you actually crawl inside the horse carcass, or please tell me there was a set piece.

i don't think i could take it. >> reporter: something that wasn't a set piece, dicaprio's >> how long did it take to grow? >> four months or five months. but then i kept it for like a year and a half. i lived with that thing for a >> seems to take on a life of its own. >> it became like a partner, like a life orter: now, all eyes are on dicaprio's chances during this year's award season. >> got to get off this boat. >> reporter: at this weekend'ses, he's nominated for best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama, a category he won in 2005 for "the for the elusive oscar statue, this year, he's considered a front runner. >> i'm very proud that alike this got made. it's very, very, very rare to see films that are this ambitious coming out of the hollywood studio sort of on a tirade,

want to see more films like this out there, as a fan of movies. but as far as awards are truth is, there's a lot of peace of mind in it because you really realize that you ultimately have no c things. >> is it something you hope for or set off to the side? >> like i said, you know, honestly, i do these movies because i really love movies and to make great movies. all that is totally, totally beyond your control. it really is. >> i'll see you at the golden do you have your outfit? >> i have no idea what i'm wearing. probably the same boring black suit, as always. >> me, too. ess. see you there. >> all right. >> we did the deep conversation and then i'm like, what are you wearing? >> they did the bisonr just once. >> one taker. >> it's incredible. don't you agree? >> riveting.

>> all of them did. >> unbelievable. >> it is gory. a lot of, particularly, women, i was not looking forward to watching it, but i'm glad i f guys, too, by the way. >> it was incredible. >> more impressive is another film from leonardo where he is absolutely incredible. going back to -- huge fan. >> he pours himself into the part. the "revenant" opens in theaters nationwide we'll get you ready for the globes with some of the best moments at hollywood's biggest party of the year. first, this is "today" on

we're back. it's 8:40. we're counting down to sunday's golden globes to kick off hollywood's award season. it's always a >> we have the golden globes most unforgettable moments.

you have a flight to get out to l.a. >> will be quick. this is one of the more fun award seasons, because of the alcohol. >> and the dinner is served 90 minutes before the show starts. all the nominees g the food is already gone. >> there is no food. >> but the wine is on the table. >> it's the 73rd annual golden let's pick moments. >> we have to talk about christine in 1998, winning best actress why? she's in the ladies' room. thankfully, robin williams was close to the stage, and he kind of bounded up on thed improv and kept everybody happy and laughing for a little bit. then she has this funny moment, where she says, sorry, mom, i was in the bathroom. you'd think everyone else in hollywood would have learned their lesson. 13 years later, nee did the

she was in the bathroom. in the ballroom, they tell you, these are the categories coming >> you get to make an entrance when that happens to you. >> we're talking about it all these years later. there you go. >> another moment on the list, 1998. >> he played don king in a tv movie and won the globe. he was nominated against jack lemon, an idol of his.d jack lemon up on stage and said, being an artist is about giving and i'd like to give this to you. at first, jack tried to wouldn't have it. here's jack lemon with the speech. >> they made a >> that's funny. >> jack lemon already had five, and he won another after that. he had seven, counting the one he didn't really win. >> we teased the

>> 2001, she's presenting the final award of the night. as the golden globes go on, they clips of all the nominated movies. she was supposed to come up and read the nominees off one last time, and then open the envelope and announce the winner. she started opening the before reading off the nominees. everyone thought she was going to announce the winner dick clark had to explain to her what to do. then she announced. >> in her defense, you know from doing the live shthis, you have to know to go out there. there's an order and it's not easy to get it right. >> it's unpredictable. not easy. >> not at all. >> remember the when there was no golden globes? >> oh, do i remember. i was on nbc with billy bush and nancy odell, nbc special, where we announced the winners and didry. it wasn't the highest rated golden globes. >> it was a writers strike. >> the writers strike killed the none of the stars were going to

instead, they had this press conference thing where some entertainment reporters read off the winners. as i said, nbc did a here's what i hate, this was the only time jon hamm won a golden globe for "mad men,"s no ceremony for him to show up to and make a speech. the it to you unless you're a new show. >> jodie foster and her speech two years ago, she won the life award. she's so private so we didn't know what she was going to talk about. she was revealing and personal. she had a brilliant moment. was going to come out, i am loud and proud, i am single!rted laughing. she directed a movie since with george clooney and julia roberts this summer "money monster." she hasn't retired, but hasn't >> still in the business.

>> maybe one of ricky gervais's opening monologue moments will make your list nextove when he hosts. he's one step over the line of being appropriate. >> you saw mel gibson, who is presenting this year. gervais. >> we'll sit down with ricky. >> great. >> we'll make our own golden viewers try to win the ticket to the golden party. >> you can catch it sunday night on nbc. natalie, matt, tamron, willie and i will red carpet. we'll have the looks and more monday morning on "today." up next, a live performance from rachel platten. she's awesome, and she's coming up next.t, this is "today" on

presented to you by citi. >> all right.d one of 2015's biggest hits with her multi-platinum single "fight song." that video is used more million times on youtube. >> plat her new album, "wildfple think you might be an overnight success, you've been working at this 15 years. >> yes. it's been quite a long time when you put it like that. i never am not pinching myself. i'm so grateful and excited continually by these amazing things that have happened this "fight song" has been an anthem for so many people. it took you a couple years to finish writing that song. >> it was a beast to write. it was really hard. came quickly and the rest of the song was hard. i did ten verses. i wanted it to be right. >> you did get it right, by the way.

>> did you have to use the fight attitude with the new record, or did it come easier? >> yeah. i poured so much of myselfall of the songs on "wildfire." not all were as hard to write as "fight song," but they had the honesty and raw ou're going on tour and you're excited about your bus. rolling in style. >> i was in a van for a very long time. i owned upgraded to a bus. >> got a good one? >> i don't know. i haven't seen it. >> we have to pick the bus. >> carson wants to be your ady. >> i'm going to sing "stand by you." >> take it away. hands, put your empty hands in mine, and scars, show me all the scars you hide

yours can open too cause i'm gonna stand by you oh, tears make in your eyes, and hurt, i know you're hurting, but so am i and love, if your wings are, borrow mine till yours can open too cause i'm gonna stand by you breaking down, we can find a way to break through even if we can't find heaven, i'll walk through hellu love, you're not alone, cause i'm gonna stand by you even if we can't find heaven, i'm gonna stand by even if we can't find heaven, i'll walk through hell with you love, you're not alone, cause i'm gonna stand by yeah, you're all i never knew

it's unclear why it's and, love, if your wings are broken, we can brave through those emotions cause i'm gonna stand by you oh, truth, i guess truth is what you believe in and faith, i think faith is reason love, if your wings are broken, borrow mine till yours can open too cause i'm gonna stand by youn if we're breaking down, we can find a way to break through even if we can't find heaven, hell with you love, you're not alone, cause i'm gonna stand by you if we can't find heaven, i'm gonna stand by you even if we can't find heaven, hell with you

i'm gonna stand by you i'll be your eyes till yours can shine i'll be your arms, i'll be your steady satelliten you can't rise, well, i'll crawl with you on hands and knees cause i yeah, i'm gonna stand even if we're breaking down, we can find a way to break through even if we can't find heaven, hell with you love, you're not alone, cause i'm gonna stand by you we can't find heaven, i'm gonna stand by you even if we can't find heaven, i'll walk through hell love, you're not alone, cause i'm gonna stand by you

heaven yeah, i'm gonna stand >> rachel platten, the new album is called "wildfire." >> thank you. >> and the band, you sound great. happy to have you and success. >> congratulations. >> you had us clapping and lot more from rachel and her band coming up. first, on a thursday morning,

rachel sounds great. we'll be singing it all day. >> "fight song" is next of fortune! >> i visited pat and vanna in l.a. >> how was that? >> terrific. i turned the letters --ll turn? >> you touch. they're digital. we have a little piece of video,wheel of fortune" with my mom years ago. >> great memory.

this morning on "today's rachel platten gets us pumped up with a live performance of "fight song." al goes behind the scenes of america's game, "wheel of find out what carmen electra is doing on a secluded i island with five couples.ore coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's thursday morning, january 7th, 2016. nice crowd braving the cold for

i'm willie along with al, tamron. i love your morning jam. >> we need to pump it up more. i'm a survivor >> >> i love this song. the reason being, natalie is surviving this soup diet. >> i'm done, as of this morning, three days. >> i was thinking about who has made a new year's resolution. this is the first almost full week. >> it is a full week. >> did you -- whereon your new year's resolution? >> we're going to show you a great workout photo. >> nothing in my life has to do with >> i heard a number of people say that this first week of the new year, people are having trouble rememberingis. >> i can't remember the day. i also believe it's 2017. on the other show we do, msnbc, we've been saying, gop election 2016. we started saying that in july.

>> but my new year's ich was to clean out my e-mail, i am looking for tips on how to do this effectively. i am now at i was at 75,000. >> oh, my gosh. >> how about delete all? >> i feel like the people that >> do it. >> i don't know what's there. >> i am so anal about it. i keep it at zero all the time. i go through and day. >> you are insane. >> you have six? >> six. >> i dee leyte lete, all day long. >> i have 3,000. >> i spend most of myleting e-mails. >> solution to my problem. >> i have 20. i haven't had a chance to delete it yet. >> i'm done 3,000, from my high of >> delete all. >> i'm a survivor. i picked the song because i'm going to survive the resolution. >> organize the e-mail by the

>> little missy. >> she's no longer hangry. she's mean. >> >> we bought our powerball tickets yesterday. >> we didn't, our producers did. >> i actually did. i went to the che corner last night. walking home past the tobacco shop. take the kids in there, get a carton of milk. >> dad, can we have the maltballs? >> dad of the year. >> strategy of being a 6-year-old. you have to cope. we buy our tickets. first, i got the got the wrong one. >> powerball, right? >> it might be worth something. >> i got the powerball. like everyone else on the face of the earth, i did not win. >> >> no winners in yesterday's $550 million. the numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, the powerball number was 17. but the good news is, that means

the pot will be a boom! >> 6 $675 million. >> what day? >> saturday. >> record for the united states lottery. >> can you imagine? unreal amount ofhey tend to go higher, too, once the hype builds up. could cross $700 million. some winners, if you got thenumber, 14 people won $1 million. one person won $2 million. $2 million is pretty high. >> that's good. >> our producers got one won $4. >> got the powerball. >> they spent $40. >> they spent $40 and won $4. investment. >> great investment, guys. >> by the way, you just said, going to the tobacco shop. did anyone's parentsgrowing up? >> very, very young. >> they stopped. >> i remember my parents giving me a note to go to the corner store to buy cigarettes. -- >> oh, my gosh. >> they'd give you beer. >> if you had a note from your parent. i recall those things happening,

>> can you imagine doing that sending george or luke to go get a pack of cigarettes and a six pack? >> you turned out okay. yeah. [ coughing ]. >> okay. >> hard knocks. >> people's choice awards, a guy age. he learned the hard way, come up against sharon osbourne. a lot to talk about. some of the movies. "serious 7" took the top honor. action movie. as i said, everyone is talking about this other moment. the cast of "the talk" were up award. look what happened. >> we think of ourselves as kind of the odd balls of tv, or we say we're like a motley >> hey. >> huh-uh. >> you ain't going to pull no steve harvey up in here.

no, sir!! >> i feel bad for steve harvey. >> nothing to do with steve harvey. >> that was harvey. >> i guess in the moment, she randomly pulled a name out. >> yeah. >> good thing she didn't pull my name. >> pull no al roker on >> sharon osbourne kicked him. >> i know. >> twice! >> i guess you don't want to be >> where was security? >> so many people, and he was hiply dressed. could have been crowd. >> trying to sell an album? >> i love the other cast mates just stand there while the two of them -- >> sharon's got it. everybody, let her do herwe don't know who this person is or why they did it. >> trying to sell an album. >> was he? i didn't hear what he said. anyway, sandra bullock, one moments of the night, her acceptance speech.

she has the cutest kids. favorite movie aid her kids were with her getting ready for the evening and her 5-year-old son had great advice for mom. let's take a y said, where are you going? i said, to a show. my son said, what's the name of the show? i said, people's choice awards. he goes, am i getting anid, well, why are you getting an award? for? i said, movies, tv, acting. he said, i've acted. ieen you in? he said, well, videos 2015. i said, it sounds like girlswild. you mean the videos i shoot on my iphone? he said, yeah, can i get an awrd award for that? i said, if you do, you have to say thank you. he said, i would like to say, thank you to the world and thank you to theaid, okay. i said, is there anything else

no, i just want to keep it simple. so on behalf of videos 2015, thank you to the planet and on behalf of this like to say, thank you to the people on this planet for, once again, the great company, giving me a memory, and this. thank you so great acceptance speech. >> love that. >> we love her. >> she's like girl crush every that reminded me of your georgism. things your kid said. >> i love about her, she's such a great mom and committed to heren she was here promoting her last movie, i interviewed her. im come 'll come to new york for three days, do whatever you want morning, noon and night, then i'm going home to see my daughter. >> amazing. >> we talked at the top of the

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man. >> you want some of the doughnut? >> here you go. >> this is great. our australian producer kate is too cheap to go in onttery ticket, but she wants a $100 doughnut. >> look at her inching in. wow! >> come on. >> >> gold finger. >> you expect me to die? up next, nearly 20 years after he appeared on the show himself, al gets to visit the set of america's game "wheel of fortune"! phrase. >> oh, gosh. >> the category is re three of al's

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every night to watch "wheel of one of the game show's biggest fans, our very own al. >> i have to tell you, not only did i get a chance to hang out on the set and talk to pat and got to spin the wheel. >> oh! >> what are you doing is the category. >> it's a simple concept. three contestants, two wildly popular hosts and one enormous wheel. >> it's a heavy wheel. >> next puzzle. >> reporter: for 33 seasons, the fortune," longest running syndicated game show in the country has been america's game. >> we have the "today" show and gentlemen. >> you're the unseen voice. >> it's america's game. >> what's involved? >> here we go. page one, everybody says,of fortune." then the announcer comes? >> ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of america's game,

>> >> man. there's a feeling of power when you say that. >> al, come out here. >> hi, my friend. how are you? good to see you.e you. >> when this started, did you ever think that over 30 years later, you'd still be dealing with letters? >> no, i didn't. i did noto on this long. >> when you first started, a lot of people don't remember, you actually physically had to turn >> i did. i said, is there any way you can make my job easier? no, i didn't real did make my job easier in 1997. they switched it to the computerized touch screen. >> i don't think people realize how big the >> my co-hosts on "today's take" have always been a puzzle. not anymore. >> al, this is the>> i'm not allowed here. >> alarms go off.

you can come up. >> now, this actually isted. it's not a trick where she touched it. you really have to touch it. >> i do. >> if you touch it, the blue one, something will happen. >> let's see. > now the other one. >> can you solve the puzzle based on that? >> can i buy a vowel? >> no. >> ale is finally in lights. >> tell me the chemistry between you and vanna. >> she's a -- great, if i opened up -- >> all of a sudden, it spilled out. >> hi, everyone. >> we take the show seriously, but not ourselves. if you asks for a living, she won't say, i'll be directing one day. she says, i touch letters and they light up. she understands it. the folks taken to her. it's been a long and happy relationship. >> i was in las vegas recently,

or the airport, and all you hear is "wheel of fortune"! that's got to be kind of weird. you're on a >> go on and give the wheel a spin. >> when i'm walking through the casino, i walk by the slot machines and people are slay -- playing. i tap them on the shoulder and go, good luck, and keep on walking. i get a kick out of that.tty good. >> you've spun the wheel. >> i have. >> it's heavy. >> reporter: my first turn of the wheel is when i was aith my mom 20 years ago. >> thank you for being here. we have a $5,000 minimum. >> i did about as well back then as i did on my recent visit. >> too bad, al, landed on a now, you have to go. >> i -- >> good-bye. >> i got to go.

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>> that is your latest weather.ou very much. carmen electra is a model and actress, singer, dancer, tv host. now, moonlighting as a expert. beautiful, -- about the beautiful carmen electra, who is exile with five on again/off again couples, moving on from their toxic possibly sboolt into the arms of ten eligible singles. good morning. >> good morning. >> this sounds like fun. to be a part of the show? >> originally, i joined the host of "exile." then i became friends with these exs, and i saw them cry.hem fight.

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what poor leo suffers through. co-stars domhnall eeson joins us. >> you know, you showed the clip of the movie we're not in. so thank you for that. you. >> you guys are very important characters. in fact, you are one of the buddies who leaves him >> does that qualify you as buddies? >> i think you lose buddy status once you leave your said buddy for dead. >> had you heard glass story? >> no. >> this is based on a true story. >> i didn't know of hugh glass, no.e was a hearty fellow. >> so much has been made of the experience. seven to nine months of the 's technique of using only natural lights. you had an hour and a half to

don't want to overstate thehat actors go through, compared to people who actually go through hardships. >> let's pretend we haven't >> as a movie shoot, how tough was it? >> very, very difficult. it was a long time and the cumulative effect of, you're taking a beating every day nd it adds up over time. we were at minus 30, minus 40, dragging leo over mountainsng. it gets you down. it's nothing compared to -- at least we slept in a hotel. slept out there. >> was there a point where you thought, what have i gotten >> truthfully, there was no fully preparing yourself for what the challenge of this movie was. i think a few of us experiencedcold, but it was redefined. to be fully immersed in the elements was a blessing, but it was tough. it pushed us to our limits.ry to capture what we captured. >> what did you learn about yourself?

him being the toughest of his . what did you learn about yourself, if anything? >> i'm not tough. i learned that. the biggest take away we felt like we did "revenant," it melt the other challenges in the future are going to be, e more manageable. >> donald, you blushed. >> i think once you get what you think your limit is, it's uplifting once you get through it. >> incredible movie. of golden globe buzz, oscar buzz. you going to be at the globes? maybe? >> potentially. >> deathly we haven't been invited. thank you for bringing it up. >> "revenant" is theaters estrictions. not in life.

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