good morning. the gloves come off in the final democratic debate before the iowa caucuses. hillary clinton and bernie sanders spar over guns, banks and health care. >> to tear it up and start over again, pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate, i think is the wrong direction. >> you received over $600,000 in speaking fees from goldman sachs in one year. >> while republicans donald trump and ted cruz trade new insults of their own. we have the campaigns covered. breaking overnight. the three americans released in a prisoner swap with iran arrived in germany for a reunion with their families.

win their freedom. brutal. 52 million americans from the midwest to the east coast waking up to bitter cold temperatures this morning as much of the northeast is hit with its first snow of the season. we're tracking it all. and not sticking the landing. an unmanned spacex rocket touches down and then suddenly topples over, exploding into pieces. what the team behind the ill-fated mission is saying about it, today, monday, january 18th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on monday morning, martin luther king day. i'm matt lauer. alongside tomorrow ron hall for savannah guthrie who is taking

can we go back to the rocket, the spacex folks saying we got it, we got it, we got, we don't got it. do you get half credit for that. >> you do because you're elon musk and he's tony stark. >> we'll have more on that but let us start with the top story, the most intense democratic debate so far of the presidential campaign so far. hillary clinton clashing with bernd on some big issues in this race. we have complete coverage mitchell who co-moderate that had debate. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. well, with the democratic contest a lot closer than anyone had predicted, the candidates have been getting increasingly combative and that produced a fiery debate just two weeks before the iowa caucuses. the fireworks exploded right from the start, first over guns. >> i have made it clear based on senator sanders' own record that he has voted with the nra, with

>> secretary clinton knows that what she says is very disingenuous. i have a d-minus voting record from the nra. >> and then health care, clinton accusing sanders of trying to kill obamacare by proposing a new medicare for all programs. >> now, there are things we can do to improve it, but to tear it up and start over again, pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate i think is the wrong direction. >> that is nonsense! what a medicare for all program does is finally provide in this country health care for every man, woman and child as a right! >> firing back sanders blasted clinton's ties to wall street. >> i don't take money from big banks. i don't get personal speaking fees from goldman sachs. >> i can take that, but he's criticized president obama for taking donations from wall

led our country out of the great recession. >> you've received over $600,000 in speaking fees from goldman sachs in one year. >> you're the only one on this stage that voted to deregulate the financial market in 2000. >> reporter: as to what role her husband would play if she won the white house. >> well, it will start at the kitchen table. we'll see how it goes from there and i -- i'm going to ask for his ideas. i'm going to ask for his advice, and i'm going to use him as a goodwill emissary to go around the country to find the best ideas we've got. >> reporter: asked whether he regrets having recalled bill clinton's past transgressions disgraceful and unacceptable sanders called it old news. >> and i mean this seriously, you know that. we've been through this. yes, his behavior was deplorable. have i ever once said a word about that issue, no, i have not. >> reporter: but sanders showed

surge in iowa and new hampshire polls. >> when this campaign began she was 50 points ahead of me. we were all of three percentage points. guess what in, iowa, new hampshire, the race is very, very close. >> reporter: and, in fact, after the debate, south carolina's leading democratic congressman james clyburn told us if bernie sanders wins big in iowa, it will redefine the race. he says he's got a much better organization here in south carolina than cliburn had realized and that it could mean a replay of 2008 when hillary clinton lost to barack obama here. back to you, matt. >> andrea mitchell, and imia, thanks. nice job last night, by the way. so will what we heard from the candidates change the dynamic of the democratic race? chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning to you. chuck. did you see a winner last night, a clear winner? >> reporter: well, i don't know if it was a clear winner but this was clearly the bernie

if you were an alien and plopped down on the earth and didn't see any of the polls or follow the race would you have assumed bernie sanders was the front-runner because he was the debate. not until you got to foreign policy was it clear that it wasn that had a lot more command and control of the issues set than bernie sanders so i think in many ways this was big moment. now whether he was able to earn new supporters i think that's next week. i think he did nothingght to lose anybody and if anything he fired up his base. >> how do you like his tactic of tying secretary clinton and wall street? is it effective? >> reporter: i think in democratic primary it's very effective. in this political environment, i trump and bernie sanders both trashing wall street because what wall street also does when you say it it tells the voter,

insider street/washington. they have been conflated as far as the political environment is concerned and what the voter hears it's insider rigged game that doesn't >> and quickly before i ask you to take a break and come back to talk about the republicans, if you're running the clinton campaign right now, are you figure out your talking points to the public on why your candidate might have lost iowa and new hampwell, i don't think they are there yet. i thought the most fascinate being development last night was that hillary clinton basically obama. i think we know her strategyell democrats, hey, do you like president obama? did you love him? i'm the one who is going to do whatever it takes to carry his revolution. he doesn't think barack obama was -- was good enough. >> all right. channel 6, action news, as i mentioned, stick around.ut the republicans in just a moment with front-runners donald trump and ted cruz sharpening their other. nbc national correspondent peter

that. peter, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. you had another one of those warm and fuzzy feelings wouldn't donald trump and ted cruz neck in neck in iowa just two weeks to the caucuses. they are unleashing a series of attacks with crump's latest crumbs, if you will, not overlicy but personality. so much for playing nice for donald trump and ted cruz. >> he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him.ess likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> reporter: cruz is fighting back against trump and the new york tabloids after they condemned the senator's attacks on new york values. >> our friends in the media, seem like they lit their hair on what are the new york values of which you speak? now, i would say in the rest of america people know exactly what that means. >> reporter: cruz's strategy, turning trump'shim tweeting the billionaire's comments from "meet the press" in 1999. pro-choice and open to gay marriage.

you know, my views are a little bit different than if i lived in iowa perhaps. >> reporter: trump's argument. cruz is a hypocrite,ing money in new york and getting loans from its big banks. >> he wants to look like robinhood, that he's the one banks. well, he's actually money and personally guaranteeing it and not disclosing it which is illegal. >> reporter: attacks that may not sit well with the party's right wing. one influentialrning trump either cut the crap or you'll lose lots and >> right? >> reporter: like these tea party supporters voicing theirl in south carolina saturday. >> say whatever you want. he didn't report bank loans. that's okay. >> reporter: under fire on the trail, cruz not missing a chance to get back at his chief even after getting stuck in an elevator. >> all right. so who put donald trump in charge of the elevator? friendship now for the record for "snl." >> i'm glad everyone is talking

>> reporter: with trump and cruz crabbing all the headlines, the rivals, of course, are fighting to get in the fray as well. marco rubio bashing cruz for his campaign donations and jeb bush trump for being too liberal and even john kasich getting a small boost with three new hampshire papers endorsing him as the best man for the job. >> peter, thank you very much. let's bring chuck back in. chuck, if you go on the campaign trail and you go to a donald trump event, the people in that room love to hear others, other politicians, especially democrats, but it seems there is a line when it comes to ted cruz. explain the r: well, look. ted cruz and donald trump, they do share some of the same sort of anti-establishment outside you saw what peter was talking about. it's a radio -- the warning shot to trump, a radio talk show host by the name of mark rump in his wore against political correctness, it has really been very popular with

cruz sort of more stridentceational conservative in washington, he's popular with the talk radio crowd and the talk radio crowd are more principled conservatives. if they had a choice they would vote ted cruz over trump and that's the warning shot to trump. that's why it's a precarious strategy to him. he could hurt himself as much as he helps himself by going afteruz. >> chuck todd this morning with us, chuck, thank you very much. appreciate this. another major story this morning, a prisoner swap with iran to secure the freedom ofs. three of them arriving in germany overnight as they begin making their way home. we have two reports for you any. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, tamron, good morning. one of the freed americans is already back there in the matt trevithick was met at logan airport and three more spent the night here, and we're told that

this was jason rezaian's first taste of freedom. the "washington post" reporter met by u.s. officials. three at the u.s. medical facility in landstuhl, germany. >> that's spectacular news. we're just so happy. can't wait to see eporter: in a flurry of activity his editors arrived to meet him. what did he say? >> he said i feel aer than i did 48 hours ago which has to be the understatement of the weekend. >> sounds in high spirits and indicated that he wants human contact and wants to see other reporter: former marine amir hekmati's sister was flying in for a reunion. >> we've been on pins and to see him. we haven't seen him in four and a half years. >> reporter: while a saeed abedini has been four years locked up. >> it's unbelievable. out of

attention i'm waiting to hear from him. >> reporter: an emotional and momentous 48 hours, the men emerging from an aircraft. >> we're united in sons and husbands and brothers who in lonely prison cells have endured an absolute nightmare.ultaneously america releasing iranian prisoners, sanctions lifted andd by republicans and one said one american didn't come home. former fbi agent bob levenson is missing, him a statement from his family says we are devastated. a mystery surrounds a fifth american who was freed but to leave iran. we don't know why. perhaps he didn't want the attention because, tamron, we're told that the others were waiting at the airport for a it may be days before they can leave here while they undergo psychological

>> keir simmons thanks so t's get more on this from rich time >> reporter: well, this is an tehran. the mood is one of expectation and optimism. people are encourageled by the they think they got the better half of the deal, and they are economy. the sanctions that had been put in place now lifted the iranian economy and put a stranglehold on the economy. it is a illegal for iranian people and businesse in and out of the country. now banks can do that. oil. now iran can, although oil orth what it used to be, and tens of billions of dollars have been unfrozen. that money hasn't hit the economy he had, but it couldon. we were just in the bazaar area, right in the heart of iran, theter of therefore city, and people were already talking about stocking up their

they are expecting more tourists to come. i was probably the only i was certainly the only area. people came up to me and said we hope more americans come. we want to do business, so definitely a >> richard, you point out logical reasons why the people there would be encouraged, but what is the government telling its own ter: well, the president rouhani gave a national address and he said that this was a victory for iran, ae principles of the iranian revolution. he said it was also a win-win and that all the countries around the world supported thish the exception of what he said were warmongers in the region, israel, and what he called extremists in which many here interpreted as a reference to donald trump and some of the other republican candidates. >> richard, thank you so us now move to iran's neighbor iraq.

scrambling to find a group of americans who disappeared over the weekend in aqi officials say the u.s. nationals were kidnapped from their interpreter's home, that according to the associated press. the americans were taken to sadr city where all communications and contacts stopped. the u.s. embassy confirms that several americans have gone in iraq and the say they are working to locate them. here at home. brutal cold is blanketing a large section of the east with more than 52 millionr warnings and advisories. dylan is here with the details. we still have a big crowd because it's a holiday, but they are all bundled up obviously.nd i think they of snow. new york for snow. >> it's win thor. >> it's winter and finally feels like it.dchill advisories in effect through the midwest and northern plains stretching all the way through great lakes and even into parts of southwestern pennsylvania. 21 million people are under the

warnings in this area. we will see windchills about 25 to 40 degrees belcurrently right now, it feels like 26 below in minneapolis. next tends all the way down into charleston, west virginia, where it feels like 5 below. as we go into this evening,ures will steadily decline through the day in the northeast where by this evening it's only going to be in the 20s with your feels-like temperatures well down into the tomorrow morning bundle up. it is going to be 12 below in minneapolis. most areas back in chicago and the midwest starting off in the digits and it's here to stay. it will take until about thursday before it warms back up. >> again, we should expect this. >> it is january, yes. >> dylan, let's talk about that dramatic video we showed you at the top of the show, a rough landing for a spice "x" rocket. company founder elon musk posted it on his or successfully launching a climate monitoring satellite, the rocket landed on a floating barge in the pacific but a broke and the rocket toppled

musk wrote in his instagram post that ice buildup may have been to blame.ed at least the pieces were big they are time, that's because the company's two previous ocean landing attempts were also unsuccessful. two people were killed after severe weather swept through florida on sunday. there were reports of at least two tornadoes on the gulf coast. you can completely torn off buildings there and downed power lines left thousand of resident in the dark. there was damage on florida's east coast as well as in cocoahe icon inbeach wave surf shop sign snapped in half. somehow look closely, the shark remained unscathed, >> i know a little bit about that, thanks. let's talk about a college basketball player now who is in trouble this morning for what he did during a game on sunday. on utah. the beavers forward jam aol reid strips the ball away from a utah

watch what happens next. he sticks out his foot and trips referee tommy nunez who was running up the court. apparently reed was mad there was no foul on the play. he was eject the and the pac-12 conference is now reviewing the incident. by the way, utah went on to win 59-52. you don't do that. >> you a referee. >> you don't do that to anyone, let alone the person who can court. crazy. >> you don't stayvery long when you do that. >> dylan is back now with a check of the local weather. >> we do have a little bit of snow still falling through eastern massachusetts making things a little slipperyng commute and then the lake-effect snow kicks in through michigan, western new york and eastern ohio too. looking to make a feel-like 25 below zero through minneapolis and upper midwest. n. now that fedex has streamlined our e-commerce and helped us s grow our business, i think it's time we start

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7:30 now on a monday morning, january 18th, 2016. a look at the martin luther kingial in washington, d.c. on this day that is named in his honor. >> absolutely. very beautiful image. mean while, inside studio 1a, today's headlines. the democratic cdidates for president clashed in their final debate before the iowa caucuses. last night the biggestming between hillary clinton and bernie sanders over the nation's health care system. >> for breaking the law. >> but to tear it up andin pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate i think is

>> we're not going to tear up the affordable care ped write it, but we are going to move on top of that to for all. >> in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll clinton holds a 25-point lead over but they are neck in neck in iowa and new hampshire. three americans released as part of a prisoner swap with iran are in germany this morning medical evaluations. one of them a reporter for the "washington post" had been detained in iran for nearly 18 years. and the nfl is down to its final four. in the afc thenning-led denver broncos will face off against tom brady and his reigning super bowl champion new england patriots. the matchup in the nfc -- i'm at dylan because i said patriots and she smiled. the match up in in the nfc the

next sunday's winners, of course, advance to super bowl 50. dylan, get ready. >> who do you like in the manning/brady matchup. could be the last time we see the >> don our weather producer is a huge fan and on my fold they are morning he made sure i was aware the pats are going. >> going to be a big his morning, sean penn speaking out for the first time about his controversial interview with know tarrious drug lord el chapo, an the oscar winner is calling a failure. nbc's jacob rascon is in mexico city with that story.ing to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. actor sean penn says his article is popular all around the world for all the wrong to defend what many called a sympathetic interview was the leader of a drug cartel. this morning

experimental journalism with joaquin "el chapo" guzman. >> my article is being talkedout for everything i didn't want people to talk about. >> reporter: he hoped people would talk about the war on drugs by focusing on el n. >> you've got to look at this person as a person. if all we aim to understand is that this is a very bad then let's not understand anything else. >> reporter: penn admitted he doesn't fully understand why guzman agreed to be in stunned the drug lord would risk meeting him. >> i would say that, you know, from the conversation that was had ways wanted to be on the record. >> reporter: penn also challenged the suggestion that his secret interview ledies to el chapo. >> nobody found him before they did. we're not smarter than the dea

>> reporter: meanwhile, mexican kate castillo who introduced the two posted this picture on social media with the you really think i was stressed. it was later delighted and while many wonder if el chapope a maximum security prison for a third time the head of the prison system say they have learned from their mistakes. today we have four timescameras, sensors on the floors, 24-hour guards, new guards and metal detectors and all high priority prisoners arecellsy repeatedly, this as the "new york times" reports guzman's attorneys is fighting extradition to the u.s. saying fair trial in the u.s. because americans are hostile to mexicans. evidence. >> they are not sending. the evidence, republican candidate donald trump.

see guzman and president obama the mexican president spoke on the phone congratulating each other on recapture and the possibility that he may finally face justice. >> all right. jacob, thank you very much. interesting the new policy in that prison where they keep now moving these prisoners to different cells so if ry to tunnel in you risk the possibility that you come up in someone else's cell. >> and it would be beyond an embarrassment if it happened again and it's likely not going now to the police investigation being launched into an altercation in the stands between racing star tony stewart and a spectator. t on camera. here's nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: this morning one of racy's most iconic pgain under scrutiny. at issue now, this incident, nascar driver tony stewart confronting a heckler at last week's lucas oil week long dirt track event that

at police official says stewart heard a fan taunting him he climb the into the crowd, confronted the man sewn here in the red shirt. with a raucous crowd cheering, a match ensues. face to face, the fan grabbing stewart's arms. the two push at each other and then a security guard an falling to his feet. the tulsa county sheriff's department started the he can electric who was an off-duty sheriff's duty and corporal kyle hess was of the event moments after the confrontation. near he is s nor tony stewart's rep have respondr comment. as for stewart, this isn't the first time he's faced controversy. in 2012 he threw his helmet at another driver's car after ationed stewart to spin out. two years later tragedy when

ward was hit after leaving his vehicle and walking out on to the track. his family has filed a wrongfulgainst stewart who says it was an accident. in september stewart announced that this season would be his last, a for professional victories and personal ntantanglements. for "today," kerry sanders, nbc news,>> not good. >> no, not at all. let's get a check of the weather for dylan who is in for al. >> all that cold air hasto the northeast and back through the great lakes is produce ing lake-effect snow through michigan and western pennsylvania and the gy much unfrozen right now so that's why we'll see the lake-effect machine turn on when you have the winds crossing over the unfrozen lakes. here up. can see through southwestern michigan and also the upper peninsula of michigan and cleveland, ear rye,

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back now at 7:43. with new outrage over this year's oscar that's right. a number of stars are adding their voices to the complaints over a lack of diversity among the nominees. natalie's got more on that. >> that's right, guys. now the second year in a row that the #oscarsowhite is trending are, but after the nominations were announced last week, it began to trend once again.team over the weekend when a well-known actress hinted she might skip next month's ceremony. actress jada pinkett smith is taking tinsel, suggesting an oscar boycott because among the nominees for this year's best actors, there's not a single person of color.ars people of color are always welcome to give out awards, she tweeted, but we are rarely recognized for all artistic should people of color refrain

twitter has erupted with the same question using the #oscarssowhite to shame the oscar's diversity this year's host chris rock treating, the b.e.t. awards and golden globe don cheadle iwards chris, check me out at the oscars this ye parking gas at "g" level. 93% of the academy was white in 2013. a 2015 analysis found 23% of those asked to join that year were people of color. >> stick with us. we're still working very hard and we'll continue to bring in more inclusion. >> reporter: straight out of compton executive producer will packard took to facebook to applaud recent attempts to more diversity but explained in 2016 it's a complete embarrassment to say that the heights of cinematic achievement have only been reached by white >> are you pissed?

what i mean. it's the oscars. you know, they do what they do. >> reporter: forith it's personal. her husband will smith unrecognized for his role in "concussion" and joined "beast of no nation's "consider and b. jordan as a few of this year's most talked about omission but will viewers boycott academy awards. os as the os the #ol creator april reign. >> we're not announcing what 2016 during the academy awards presentation. >> the academy did not respond to our requests for comment. they did, however, post a picture of the first lady on their instagram handle on sundayhat time in 2013 when the first lady michelle obama presented the best picture winner, sunday was the first lady's birthday so thatn the reason for the post but you better believe on february 28th host chris rock is

>> it might get just once or twice. >> willie is over in the original room for carson. what are people online saying about this? >> reporter: it's more of what you just heard in natalie's, ys. being shared on instagram, the faces of all the acting category nom know, a all great actors and a very homogenous tweet.y gervais say why did the oscars announce all the white nominees first and this is reflective from culture writer morgan league davies. she writes the kwisht oscarssowhite, this year is they really had options but nada. on instagram, best actors and actresses jada pinkett smith inviting hosts andd presenters who are african-americans, just don't nominate them and one more message from instagram. they snuff all black movies and black actors and then hire guy to host so that we don't look racist.

part of this is racial but some of it is cultural, too. if you're a guy voting for the oscars you don't understand why a f-mow like "straight out of compton" is important and meaningful to younger people, white and su're a 70-year-old white guy voting for the nominations you know the "rocky" story from years ago and just because it's mostly a blacke now, why would you not recognize it? >> and be across racial lines, not "straight out of compton." >> hard to explain, really it. willie, thanks very much. coming up, why are cutting class time for kids to make room for four recesses.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up recess for success. why some schools are sgears and cutting class time for kids to make more room for play time. then inside the airlines. what's the best way to get a? how clean are those tray tables and what should you never order from that beverage cart? former us this is going to be the best day of my life and best day ever. >> i first want to say thank you to all the critics who voted for it must be a super hard vote

actors in this category.rable acceptance speech at the critics' choice awards that will melt your heart today, monday, january 18th, . >> here in the big apple before i his the wedding chapel! >> celebrating my 18th in new york city. >> celebrating my birthday at the "today" show. >> here in manhattan to see matt! >> good morning, louisiana! >> we love >> 8:00 now on a monday morning, january 18th, 2016.ng day, national

crowd in our plaza on a chilly morning here in the northeast. really chilly and a little bit well. >> it's chilly, but they warm us up here. this crowd is great. >> tamron is here,ng time off, al is off as well. here. meanwhile, we're going to be coming up and talking about some of the things that you probably plane travel. things? >> i bet we have some questions. >> knowledge is power and off the record we can't tell you some of the things that we've been discussing that we'velanes as of late. >> no, and it's amazing how we got that plane in our studio. that's an amazing shot there. most of my querplanes have to do with that tiny little bathroom. we'll get to that in a second. >> how often do you use that? >> as much as you have to. >> as rarely>> first, natalie's got a check of this morning's top stories. natalie, good morning. >> good morning, once again. in the final debate before the iowa sanders and hillary clinton clashed over gun control, wall

clinton accused sanders of voting with the gun lobby. he criticized her f speaking fees from financial firms, and sanders insisted his medicare for all plan would not dismantle obamacare. >> now, there are things we can do to improve it, but to tearup and start over again pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate i think is the wrong hat is nonsense! what a medicare for all program does is finally provide in this country health care for every man, woman and child as a >> clinton said she would build on president obama's legacy, but sanders called for an end to establishment po american prisoners released by iran as part of a prisoner exchange arrived in germany overnight for medical evaluation. among them is correspondent jason rezaian who was held for eight months on espionage charges which he denied.

brother ali whother worked tirelessly for jason's release. >> nothing compared to whaters went through in tehran. jason being locked up virtually in solitary confinement for as you said 545 days since he got >> ali hopes to be reunited with his brother today. he didn't have much information about his brother's physical the phone. a firefighter's helmet-cam are a captured the dramatic rescue of three people, including a baby in fresno,ia. the family was trapped on the second floor of their home. a firefighter raised a ladder to their window. the parents handed him a baby before being led down the ladders. nobody was hurt and the cause of that fire now under investigation. now a disturbing story out of florida.ay a call to 911 back in september went unanswered because the operator

>> it's an inner jent call for help come unanswered. >> started to convulse, had a seizure and fell out thend crashed. >> a patient at this eye doctor had a seizure and when the staff called 911 for help they got no answer.ty investigation said the operator was busy ordering pizza. >> pickup for delivery. >> for delivery, pl business, the sunrise police department. >> okay. what can i get for you? >> let me have one slice of cheese pizza. >> the call goes on for over with the operator even taking time to double check prices. >> that one is 9.49. >> 9.49.. and the -- i think that's all my cash orders, and i have three card orders. >> the staff who dealt with the emergency in shock. >> ie more than one person answering the phone. i can't believe there's just the one lady. >> the patient recovered and was okay.

francois who didn't respond to a request for comment received a written reprimand. the report on the broward county's investigation found, quote, during this miss francois failed to respond to the incoming 911 calls despite audible tones and visual alerts resulting in the 911 calls going unanswered and but now ft. lauderdale is re-evaluating relying on the broward county operators in the future. >> we need to look at going back to our and 911 dispatch system. we're going to do that analysis. >> can you even begin to believe that? excuse me, i'm ordering aany minutes did it go. >> like eight minutes. >> eight minutes, yeah, a long time. >> natalie, thank you very much. >> thank you, natalie. >> now to a radical tested in texas. >> at a time when academic demands on even the youngest students are higher than everol is giving kids more recess. here's nbc's janet shamlian?

graders are incredibly >> if you need help just raise your hands. >> no one is distracted and the teach says they are like this haul the time. and doing what they are supposed to be doing. >> so what's the secret? >> at this elementary school in irving, texas, kindergarten and go the not one break, not two, but a total of four 15-minute recess periods every day. it's a free for all. experts say there's so much value in this unstructured time. >> more than double what they hadegin two hours after the first cell and are spread throughout the school down. other north texasrt of a three-year trial of more frequent breaks based on finland's acclaimed schooling system. the project headed by christianity and debby rhea. >> there's between one and two hours a day of what we call distractions in the classroom

therefore, they are on point the whole time they are in the classroom now. >> reporter: rhea says benefits go behind skills and the obvious advantages of physical activity. while some schools are doing away with recess. at thischool it's academics that gets more attention. >> it's so much higher than it was in the past. the majority of our believe that our kids needed more, you know, play and flexibility in schools. >> reporter: 6-year-old taylen bers, her mom says is thriving. >> now she comes home, ready to do her homework, play, ride her bicycle and has hey lot more kids think it's great. >> i think it's really good because we can get our wiggle jiggles out and it's reporter: the trial will expand to oklahoma and california soon.

test more frequent studyfor "today," janet shamlian, nbc news, irving, texas. >> i like it. >> do a little unscientific poll. like? >> i think for younger kids, it's good because kids get easily distracted, and i don't think they can really focus. you like it? >> i love the points you made aboutat's a part of growing up and learning. >> i think it's great. >> i've got a 6-year-old dude. he's going to run like a puppy every 15 >> needs the bathroom every 15 minutes also. >> want to know how you feel about this. do your kids get enough recess? do you think they should get join the conversation on our website, today.com. meanwhile, up next, get on your phones and be prepared to be amazed. getically red. we'll see you how to use someone's shoes size, like a magic trick, to figure out their

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all right. we're back now. 8:14 with what's trending today. let us begin with a math equation. >> oh, yeah. >> that has stumped all of us here but it internet. >> get your calculators out. >> want to grab your calculator right now. this equation begins with your shoe size, all right. you enter your shoeouldn't be a half size. do a full size. >> okay. >> after plugging in some

you ready, prepare to be ou start with that shoe size, you multiply it by 5, dylan for me on the calculator. 10 shoe multiplied by 5, add 50 and multiply that number by 20 and now add 1,015, your birth year, to me that would be 1957. >> 1912. >> 1957. >> okay, and you should end number that, 1,058. that's my shoe size and i'm 58 years old. >> it works. >> it size 13, size 14. >> it says like i'm 84. >> walk through it again. >> let's try it with i'm a size 7 shoe. >> doesn't work if you have a birthday already. >> go back to the part where i

>> 7 times 5, plus 50. multiply by 20. times 20. plus 1,015 and birth year. >> 1970. >> and that's me. >> i'm size 7 and a shoe size >> yes, that's correct, you are. >> again, doesn't really work for anybody who has had a birthday already this year. y and who has one of those half size shoes. >> where did that come from? >> shoe size is part of the algorithm clearly. we start off with size. >> clearly algorithm, einstein. >> okay. >> we have something else for you to calculate in your mind.ips are filled with milestones from your first kiss to tying the knot, but what time is the right time? so here we go. a recent match.com survey has modern dating milestones.

say i love you? anybody guess? or so. >> that's aggressive. >> really. >> i think you figure somebody out by then. >> they say after five months of this. 27% said that they get intimate with a partner between one and two weeks. >> most gays say i love you that moment. >> okay. >> i'm blushing. social media relationship >> okay. >> introducing your partner to your best friend, 60% do that in the first month. you need someone to verify whether or not they are crazy or not, and meeting the that's a testimony and meeting the parents an average of six months. i'm -- i'm even longer. i take forever to introduce my ecause that can put a real wrinkle in things. >> have to make sure you're on pretty solid footing or ground before do you that. >> interesting. it takes some people longer to hold hands than to kiss a new we were talking about that. >> people find holding hands to

>> it's a public display. >> it's nice. >> and it's a lost art, too. you know, people -- the tindr >> so is kissing, by the way. >> are you blushing again? >> i know i'm getting perclempt. roundup of last night'se award and touching tribute to the great david bowie. willie has it all in "pop start." >> let's start with the critics' choice awards. all eyes on the winners with the oscars ahead.dup, best picture went to "spotlight" last night and best andor to leonardo dicaprio for "the revenant," looking more and more like his career a actress, brarson winning for "room" and taking home the most awards with a the requests mad pucks fury road." don't sleep on that movie at the that's a good one. the night's biggest winner 9-year-old jacob tremblay, one of the stars of "room"e larson. everybody in the room.

>> this is super est day of my life. >> oh. want to say thank you to all the critics who voted for me. it must be a super hard vote because of all the other great actors in this and i know where to put this. right on the shelf right beside my millennium falcon. gosh. how great is that. i did an event where he won an award two weeks ago and he got up on stage and it was the first award he won and he never forget your first, am i right, guys? you've got to watch this kid. he's unbelievable. >> so fun. >> let's move on now to the powerball tribute to davidhe first "saturday night live" of the year, former cast member fred armison returned reairing bowie's first "snl"rom 1979, and just this weekend, by the way, bowie reached a milestone he never had

the american billboard chart. but never got that top spot. his album "black star" released two days before his death overtook adele's "25" of the week. still listening to bowie on a loop, even through this weekend. been so fun. "sex in the city, request" was the ending all a big mistake the show's starr saying if things had gone his way carrie would not have had her happily ever after with mr. bigy saying it show and what it was all about, that women don't ultimately find happiness from marriage, not't but the show went off script. when you're empowering others to write and produce a show you have to let themsion, hand that is your "pop start." what the do you think? >> i -- i wish they hadn't ended up together as well. >> real, yeah? >> i think -- it would have the series to be more

you would think about it afterwards. >> i just want the shoe closet. i don't care about the gu shoe closet. >> i wanted to share with tony soprano. the weather? >> looking at another storm out west. a series of storms, like a train bringing in storm after storm that will produce a lot of rain and also mountain snow s good to build up that mountain snow pack in the sierra and we will see pockets of heavy rain though throughout the day

>> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. we're kicking off a brand new series this morning calling it "consumer confidential"ngs we don't always know but have always wondered about certain products and services. first up air travel. sarah keagle is a retiredt with more than 20 years of experience and the found thor of the flyingpinto.com. good morning, nice to have you here. >> good morning. >> thanks for bringing your first of all, no matter what happens on a plane and it goes wrong, don't take it out on the flight attendant, right, right? >> right, uys hate that. >> we hate, that of course, yes. >> we all want to know. we're clean freaks here. >> yeah. >> how often do they clean a plane top to bottom, i mean theing? >> just depends. most of the aircrafts fly all the time because that's how they make money so sometimes they remain overnight at a stationhen they get the thorough cleaning.

>> tray tables, seat back ries. >> the head rest. >> the head rest. >> but your hands don't touch the head rest often but they do >> bring the wipes with you. >> that's what she does. >> people look at me and i'm like want one. wipe down the whole thing. >> she wipes down the perext to her also. >> what about the blankets that you get in the sealed plastic bags, have they really been cleaned? >> they have been washed. >> i doubtedhought they put them back. >> if they are fold will, the cleaners put them up off the seat and put them back. >> the drink cart, bigith the flight attendants. what should we not drink? >> well, you can drink anything off the drink cart. >> okay. >> i think maybe coffeeif you're really a freak about germs, because the tanks -- are potable water tanks so it's hard to get them clean. i've seen some studies on k too good. >> the huge water bottles, that they pour out. is that bottled water.

once in a while i've seentendants refill those with the water on the plane if we run out but it's not too often. you're safe. >> ask for bottled water. >> talk about the lavatory, thate alice in wonderland bathroom that a lot of us squeeze our heads into. what should we know about the >> they are small. >> i know that. >> you barely want to brush your hair in there so i wouldn't do anything, you no what i'm saying. >> can you get into the bathroom locked in there? >> we can, for emergency situations and also we lock those during takeoffs and landings because in casey if you had to evacuate those doors actually push in so we want to make sure nobody falls in in. >> i want to ask the mile high club. how often does it happen? >> it's real. i haven't seen it but i've seen two people enter the bath sgloom what do you do in thosens? >> what if one of them isn't feeling well?

season flight attendant knew they were in there and i didn'te out a few minutes later he's like go give them some ice, go tell them to cool off. >> oh, my goodness. >> there's no real policy on k delays when a flight is delayed. sometimes it's because of the passengers as well. why? >> it can be. boarding is a stressfuleverybody, and if everybody brings on their carry-on bags, sometimes there isn't enough room and that it's frustrating for the flight attendants because you get paid when the doors closed. >> we just get paid for flight time so we don't get paide doors close as well. >> i didn't know that. >> a lot of dings going on in the airplane and when the landings the lights dim also, is that part of the wholehat necessary? >> yes. we actually want your eyes adjusted to outside in case of an emergency. you can escape. >> never realized that. >> i didn't ne wrote in is it okay to tip the flight attendants?

discourages it but if somebodyon't want to insult them. >> sarah k kee agle, thank you very much. >> thank you. we'll be back after your

back now. 8:30 on a monday morning, january 18th, 2016. chilly morning northeast. our thanks to all these people for sticking around. we've got some people enjoying a holiday today.s off. al is off and we've got tamron

high geist is here as well. warm. >> huddling together. meanwhile, coming up, joy bauer is here with the next step in her start today diet cleanseresult, we're told, in big weight loss. >> you're not going to be happy. >> she's now going to take away all fatty >> all the groans. >> another woman com right, jillian michaels, we'll learn more about her hand her life. >> and we'll clear the include thener your closet, tamron by teaching you how to hang, fold and store absolutely ted sheets. >> dylan, how about a check of the weather. >> actually watching a pretty big storm possible over the weekend. going to start to see some temperatures work back into the northeast and stretching into the upper temperatures today in minneapolis, a high of about 2 degrees, and it legal feel like it's well below zero.

and also snowing today through parts of the northern plains and back through montana, too. now, tomorrow, we could see a quick clipper system produce some snow and perhaps 3 to 5ches possible through northern missouri and also stretching into iowa and minnesota, and we are looking for that to try to spread eastward as we go >> and that's your latest forecast. willie. >> all right. dylan, thanks a lot. all this month we've been talking about small steps to change your life

kids' turn. you can go to today.com/parentingteam to join our any questions you have about habits. today's parenting team is a place for people to share challenges and solutions. we'll be focusing on these four areas, fitness,ey and organization. our start today experts will be getting to your questions on a show coming up soon. >> all right, willie, thank you very much. speaking of start today, it's week number three of our campaign as we help conquer youre and for all. this morning today nutritionist joy bauer is here with her next step in her diet cleanse. nice to see you. >> good morning. a lot of people are doing this, they are feeling amazing. i'm going to make you a >> i understand this. have you to give certain things up as you try to gethe new year. do i real very to give up all fatty meats? >> not real re, and, first of all, can you have all the thingsry once in a

three easy ways that you can help with things likeribs and chicken and make you a believer. >> last week you introduced us to get fit frank. >> yes. >> who are we making made it. >> slim down ng her up. >> there she is. >> she is starting out a little bit out of shape, but i'm going to show you just by doing t swaps. she will help to swap some of the fatty meats that she loves. she will have a remarkable transformation and she's going to be enjoying delicioused to as >> we've already mentioned ribs. hi them last night impingt love them. what should i do instead of eating ribs? >> matt, when you order it had last night, a half of rackn at 1,200 calories and 80 grams of fast. we could do way better than that. when you prepare them at home my version, i'm calling version, is only 416 calories for a hearty portion and here's how you make them. you start with lean pork slice it is into

are our bones, right and you'll marinade it in your favorite just five to six minutes on the grill, that's it. so huge savings. if you were to do this once a week, at the end of the year you would save yourself more than ategories which is the equivalent of 82 pounds of pork tenderloin which we're going to be donating city to soup banks and to -- soup kitchens and food banks. >> and if we make this swap how does it help sally, what's thesnakt. >> she's going to drop 12 pound. more energy to play with her kids, feeling real inspired and motivated. >> now toburgers. >> again, most people love when you get a craving for a burger, what are you consuming? >> about 600 calories because the majority of time you're making it with fatty instead, you're going to elevate your burger by using a combination of lean ground poultry, either chicken or

this is one of the coolest strategies. you increase your pland lower the call gris from 600 to 275, and can you follow any recipe. >> do you this all year, maybe once a week. what do you save? >> more than 50,000ich is the equivalent of 120 cans of beans. pretty cool, and, again, being donated right after that. i love o back to sally. >> she's doing two tips now. now loses another 15 pounds so she is down a total of 27 pounds from two simple you like fried chicken? >> these are two of my favorite things, ribs and fried chicken. all right. what do we do -- first of all, how much is that costing me calories and fat? >> 680 calories from a piece of fried breast and a fried thigh, 680 t's a lot. >> here's how you make unfried chicken in a snap. you take skinless thighs off breasts, and you're just going

them with whole grain bread crumbs and seasoned up and you put them in a very hot oven, 450 for about 15 minutes andy unfried chicken, 330 calories. >> those are delicious. so what do you save? if you do this a few times each weeks, this works as fish so help with the fried fish as well. you save $64,000 calories, the equivalent of 100 pounds of are you ready for sal? >> i'm ready for sally. >> slimmed down sally now loses another 16 pounds and a total oflost. let's look at her before and after together because this is pretty amazing. look at that. she went from out of shape and and fabulous. she looks terrific, matt. >> with three simple swaps, that's>> thanks, matt. >> get joy's complete cleanse at our website totoday.com.

today," using your kids tou get fit. savannah and jenna head to mommy and me class and speaking of fitness just ahead we're catching up with jillian michaels and fun to hear whato, but, first, this is

we're back now at 8:40 with healthnd wellness expert jillian here and giving the world an inside look at her life, and i mean her whole life, hon the new reality show "just jillian" on our sister network e.od morning. >> good morning. >> this is a decision not to be taken lightly. allowing your life to be exposed by putting cameras everywhere. how did you come up with this choice? >> it was funny. my lawyer actually i was telling him a story about how my partner hide he ordered chickens in the mail and i had to go to the post office and pick them up and there was ang and he was like, you know, your life is absurd, you realize this.

and i'm like, no, and as marinaded i'm like it would be hilarious and long story short here we are. >> i told you in commercial break i'm obsessed with your he stars, even though they are not focus of the show. they are the stars. >> they steal it. >> how did you decide to put the kids in? >> the kids are quite used to being around cameras. they have been followed by paparazzi their whole lives, on zine the first week they came into our lives so they are not on it that much, but when they are on it, they -- you can't help but just be mesmerized by them hilarious. >> heidi is part of it. the kids are part of it. >> yeah. >> the 15 pets are part of it. were there any ground rules, did you set anything off limits? i've always been a very open book, and i think that's important, and we try to deem with on the show the same issues that other with and other people are dealing with and their work and their personal lives, and it's funny. it's heartfelt and hopefully

>> it is entertaining, and as you mention the talk about the juggle of home and business which is a big part of who you >> i think we all deal with that though. i mean, i would imagine both of you deal with that, and every other person i talk to tries to find that perfect balance, and it think we ever quite find it. >> and it's all about the comity of errors that occur as we struggle to do exactly h years were you on "biggest loser?" >> good grief, ten, maybe. >> do people walk up on the street when they see you and ask about fitness and losing weight? >> they absolutely do, and you see a little bit of that on the show because it's a big part of my show. i love that. i'me you were a part of someone's journey towards a better life so i wouldn't change that for the world. >> and still willing to give outn how to conquer, the beginning. year, focus more on losing weight and getting healthy. >> should i give a tip?

>> stop eating ribs. >> that was a good tip. don't eat that stuff. >> one of the things that's nice about this new show is people are used to see the hardugher side of you. >> yeah. >> and i think hon the show they are going to see the softer side. >> you see all sides, and that's what i love so much about it is we all love a box and a lanean put somebody in a category and kind of write it off, but the reality is that as human beings we're multi-facetted, right. we make mistakes. we grlve. we can be soft. we can be hard, and you'll see all of it. i mean, there's definitely -- there's definitely some intense moments when it comes to my work thatess partner come in acts cleaning crew, but, you know, there's -- there's everything. a little laughter, a little tears. >> we look forward to it.ou. >> thank you. >> you can catch "just jillian" that debuts on e tomorrow night. up next we're getting you to happen, fold and store anything. >> sounds easier than it is. >> that's right.

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back now at 8:45. many of us have resolved tonized and declutter in 2016, but once you've started, what do you do with all that stuff? today.com contributorew is here to show us how to happen, fold and store everything. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. it sounds so easy. you think, ng, i can do that, but it can be really overwhelming and there's a trick to everything. >> just takes a little bi once i get it set up, i promise you your life will be so much better because you'll be able to get out door faster and you'll feel better everything will be easier. >> that is true. i would have brought a picture of my clothes but it was so frightening. wanted to spare our s your closet at home? >> it's organized at home and does take upkeep and every few months i get rid of things i'm not t importantly, i know

you've got to get rid of the wire hangers and the plastic, for two e hangers don't keep the shape and the plastic keeps in all of the chemicals that they use at the dry cleaner so really get rid of those and invest in good container store, have every single hanger possible. i do lost huggable hang her, very thin, amazing how you will storage space. you'll get so much and the velvety grips for clothes. you want to put more jackets and blazers on a nice wooden hanger and if you have the long storage space, the very best way to store pants is from the cuff. >> keeps the crease, no wrinkles. none of those bad mid-knee things. >> do you color coordinate and skirts and all that have? >> well, so what i've done here is i have long sleeve shirts, short sleeves and separates below. color coordinating is think about a storm. most stores you walk into are

you can see what you want. all of a sudden when you doate you're going to see you have 50 pairs of black pants. >> i found that out recently. >> the scarves that, miscellaneous things. >> that's when we talk to storing. not everything get lter should be folded. >> really. >> they lose their shape on a being hear. the great way to fold is use the flip fold, in one, put the shirthis is what they use in scores. >> clearly i've done this wrong. >> and then look at that. >> one, two, fold this part ofke that and now lift your shirt, perfect -- >> i love, that and the other thing i love with t-shirts where you're grabbing, rather than a stack, but them in a drawer like this hand when you take them out you don't mess them up.

most people do not know how to fold a fitted sheet. it's convincedhe only people who know how are the people that put it in -- >> put all the elbows flip them hon themselves. >> now you've got a rectangle and you can pretty much go want to crease it down and that's like a pocket. >> that's like a magic trick. i'll try. >> the other thing about storing on this situation. >> okay. >> is once you have that fold will, a great to store the pete is the put the e inside the pillow case and it stays together. >> that's outstanding. >> okay. all the elbows go intoone. put your hands out.

elbow to elbow. this is fist mig me and flip this elbow -- >> there's no way. >> this is what i do. this is my linen closet. >> and lastly storing things like i love to use thecanvas boxes, especially for things out of season like bathing suits. throw those in and just take these hand things that you're not using put up on the top shelf like bathing suits. >> cute. >> and then you put the things you're using more frequently like right now hats and switch it out. >> so it's really about -- >> i'm going have you work on this, and i promise you there's going to be a day when you know how to do this. >> okay. >> we'll see after commercial. two elbows. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> thank you so much, and she's posted more tips on today.com. slash style it. up next, we're dusting off the slow cooker for a week of recipes guaranteed to make your

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of fatty meat and this is a great recipe because you can make it ou can make it with chicken as well. >> got a couple of hacks to make things easier starting with garlic. >> always a pain to like peel the garlic gloves.easy-peasy. put it in two metal boys and then you just shake. >> does that really take the shell off? >> my buddy todd me this trick and i did not believe. even after like two seconds. do that for three more seconds and you're cherry tomatoes. this is ingenious. >> i like to top this dish with sliced cherry and it's hard to do it as once. put them in two plastic g chef night, check it out. >> chickpeas, a little tip for people. >> save the chickpea liquid. after you drain it, you would

>> like liquid gold. it's a vegan egg replacement in baking dishes and i promise you cannot taste benz in your >> sounds grade. back to the ingredient force the this dish you're going to make and this is a chicken vegetable curry stew. >> yeah, and it's delicious and healthy. >> take a look at what we've got not too many ingredients. >> and the spices, the curry powder and coriander and cinnamon give it such nice depth of flavor. >> and we mention this is sloweek here so this is really easy to prepare in advance. talk about what we're going to do. >> the best thing about all slow cooker dishes like dump and stir and then your job is done soant to grab the vegetables, carrots, green beans, onions and potato, just dump those all in and don't let anything go to if have you a vegetable in your fridge about to go bald, don't throw it out, upon it in the dish, no biggie. >> what's next? >> our spices. >> throw that? >> all ofs in there.

tapioca powder, thingsen it it the consistency, red pepper flakes, corando, kir and a bit of cinnamon and then we're going to give it a little misaki, misaki like that, and thighs. you want to help me grab those. >> you can go meatless. if you don't want to put chicken in here just forget it. >> >> or put cauliflower inside or tofu, whatever you like. >> okay. >> want to grab your vegetable broth and put that over our job is done. >> that's it. >> it's as easy as that. >> that sits and slow cooks for >> on lote eight to nine hours. >> if you're in a pinch for time, four to five hours on high. >> let's talk about what it looks like when it's good does this dish smell? >> the smell is uncybill, really is. >> so we've go the our vegetables, got our chicken which by the way shouldlly tender and almost fall apart on its own. >> how do you top it?

diced tomatoes, canned diced and do the slice the cherry tomatoes as a garnish on top and mix that in and let it sit for five minutes, that's all ready to serve. >> take it out ander is of it here. what's this? >> this is a cucumber raida and i like to top with this, a nice texture topped with parsley and cilantro. katie quick with a slow cooker dish that's certain to please. thank you very much. >> thank you.

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this morning on "today's take" amy schumer, winners of the critics choice award and wait until you hear what say tonight. "grease" is the word. the new danny zuko is here to tell us about slipping into that leather jacker and a delicious slow cooker recipeave the kitchen and still have dinner on the table. all that and more coming up next. >> announcer: fm nbc news, this theday's take" with willie geist, al roker, natalie morales and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller >> welcome to "today." it's monday morning and that's a beautiful live picture of martin luther king's memorial on the

the 18th, ever been to washington, you know how striking it is. if you haven't, make sure you get to that memorial. it's just awesome. >> it's really beautiful.urse, d.c. is beautiful. >> it is, it is. >> so many memorials and monuments, that one definitely stands out. striking. >> inside studio 1a, i'm along with natalie and tamron. what's the morning jam. >> "one day." >> with matisyahu. i how the for mlk day, would be a perfect moment to "one day" and the message. >> yeah. >> look that one up. >> it's a good song. >> pump it up. >> we like it. >> they pumped it up. >> and they do. thank you, guys. >> thank you, deejay. >> wow. >> last night the critics' choice awards. >> yes. >> and a lot of the winnersparently are supposed to be a good indicator for the oscars even though i thought the golden globes. they change the goal post "spotlight" which is an

negotiate's big winners taking best picture, best supporting actor and actresses and best acting obviously this is about the catholic church scandal and the "boston globe's" role. >> reporting on it. >> reporting it and it'silliant. did it win any golden globe awards? >> it did not, and this has been building momentum and everybody is sure to be odds-on oscar >> it's brilliant, but i have to tell you "mad middlesex fury road." >> that's been gaining. >> it started winning all these awards. >> yeah, okay. >> and won last night, the most honors including best director. do not sleep on that movie. >> heroes the thing. that movie. >> you slept through that. >> you fell asleep at "star wars." >> we got the movie on demand my husband. i'm going to see what this movie is all b.like 30 minutes in i'm like -- >> which happened >> no commentary on the move, a comment on this one. >> honestly though.

cinematography >> when was last timet a movie? >> the thing is like i -- and i understand the intention of the movie, but it wasn't my kind of >> that's fair, that's fair. >> it may not be for all of you. there's a lot of violence, a lot of like weird chasing desert for >> it's not just a blowing up stuff movie though. got a good story. >> there is a story line behind it but it took a while to build to that story and by then i was me. >> i did have a glass of wine in hand. >> i suspected and didn't want to bring that up. i suspected there was else working against you. >> this clears everything up. >> wine and movies do not mix. >> on friday night after a long back to "star wars." we -- >> it was not a friday night but there was another component very similar. >> we ate a lot. >> a lot of food, a lot of o dicaprio, he got best actor for "the revenant"

actress, and she deserves it for >> at this point it would be a shock if those two didn't win the oscars. they are cleaning up every he screen actor's guild, everything. >> and our other favorite sly stallone, best supporting actor in the move "creed." >> and he did thank brian >> hand michael b. jordan. >> what got the most laughs amy schumer's acceptance speech for the mvp. ve han mvp award. >> is that the espys? >> theft mvp award. take a listen. >> and thank you for this the reason i had to write my own [ bleep ]. if you're an actress and you have this area right you to write your own stuff if you want to get it made, right here.

as i start out to write. that's what you want everyone toed photo of you goes viral. you want them to -- you want them to say like it was -- what a brave photo. you're like thanks. wow.k you. >> so she won the mvp award so they knew on the stable and she also won best actress in a comedy for "train wreck". >> and had a great night last night. >> and gave a new boyfriend. >> that's a big move. talked earlier in our trending like when do you take your loved one to meet the parents and all that have? >> when you upgrade your status on social when you say his name at an awards show. >> and it's only been like a couple of months. >> that we know of. >> that we know of. that is a big ht. speaking of big deals, last week steve harvey and miss colombia finally sat down.

her first interview rather since harvey incorrectly named her miss universe, and he had a very honest conversation on his show,wo shows about this. they call it the truth show about this awkward moment. of course, seen around the >> it was my mistake. >> how did you feel about the way i handled the situation? this is know nerve-ralaugh. >> is this for real? >> yeah, yeah. >> you have to learn how to reads cards. because it was on the card. >> you wanted me to win, you >> yes! >> i wanted you to win. hey, that's it. i wanted to win. i can leave it at that. >> i thought you weremake a joke. >> that would have been the worst damn joke i've ever written in my life.

mood, you know, people laugh and he's going to make a joe, you know, like oprah. you are miss universe. you are miss universe. everyone is miss universe. love her. >> she's all some. >> she's absolutely adorable. i was there for the taping of the shows, and she gave it back to him pretty good. he mispronounced her name at one point. and he called her adriana and she's like steve you don't get it right. you don't get the cards right, when are you going to get it ave a co-host for the next miss universe. >> it's interesting you say that because in my interview i predicted that, that she will be his co-host, and he -- he pretty tright said that i was probably right, but we'll have to wait and see if that's truly going to happen. >> we said this in realtime, the best possible thing thatr happened to miss colombia. we're getting to know her and see her personality. >> nobody knows the first runner

>> now everybody knows who she is so miss universe, the truth, part one airs today, and and channel. >> that's super cool. >> video from the world of sports. a little drama. oregon state/utah playing over the rward jam a.m. reed didn't get a call he was looking for from the official so he stuck out his leg and tripped the ref. let's see the video. reed was ejected with less00 remaining in the game. they thought he was fouledin >> okay. >> so watch as the ref runs by, sticks out his leg and makes he's ejected immediately. then out of the game. >> is that it? >> the game was tied, by the way, right there, so they missed him. and won the game, so -- pretty blatant right there. >> i think you should get more than ejected. >> yeah. >> probably get just happened. >> well, they don't fine him, but they will suspend him. >> we don't have video but what

he was trending>> he threw one of the greatest plays in the history of the nfl. threw a hail mary at the end of regulation on saturday night to nd send it to overtime. looked like the game is over. throws a bomb. they catch, it goes to overtime and the cardinals won the game but the rodgers throwing isting sideways off his back foot. >> i never saw that he was trending. i don't know why that randomly mind. >> glad you're focused on your sport. >> whales you got? >> so who is going to win, the patriots or -- >> patriots are going to win on >> right. >> and carolina is going to win it all. cam against brady in the super bowl. oh, it's going so good. >> amazing. >> how many times brady and off? >> have they played each other? >> i know the number because i >> is it like 12. >> 17. >> in the playoffs or overall? >> i just heard >> 17 times. >> just -- i would think it would be more. >> i think in the playoffs then. >> the playoffs, that's too

>> when you test someone's fact you should know. >> i heard it in the answer. >> on the radio this morning. >> 17 all time makes sense. >> in the playoffs is too many, and this could be the last timen may retire. >> and brady? >> playing as well as he wants. >> still in his prime right now even though he's 38. >> speaking of our tom brady, patriots fan, >> me. how did you know that? i've never talk about that before. >> that piece of paper that you carried around this morning since 6:00 a.m. folder. back. it was an awesome game on saturday. we'll see what happens sunday. in the meantime, let's talk about the cold air.hat we're talking about today. with. advisories are in effect all through the upper midwest and northern plains and stretching back through the great lakes. here, north central iowa, that's where we have the possibility of windchills. 25 to 40 degrees below zero. actual air temperatures 10 below in n chicago, but it feels like 24 below.

when the colder air will start to settle into thew york city, it will kneel like 12 by the time you get out of work later today. charles phonowill feel lik >> hand that's your latest forecast. >> thanks, dylan. >> i'm showing you the hail mary and now you understand why he's >> it's monday morning but we have to watch it now. >> dylan, thanks. what's keeping you up at night? one of the surpr hey, remember the game when i set the rookie passing record? oned what,

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>> i'm going to say the rug. tamron's perfume bottles are very dusty. >> my bed, that's dusty. >> and flower. >> okay. >> fantastic. >> how did we do? >> i've got to say really. i'm really impresses. you kind of hit on everything. we'll go through them quickly. i'm really happy to seehe duster on the lamp shade because dust off the human skin cells and this linen shade will harbor the dust and wipe a portable vacuum with a hepa filter. the bed, the mattresses are full of dust mites and good to get egularly wash your bedding, but the big thing with this bed is the upholstered bed board and base board. you can definitely expect that- the stuffing harbors these dust mites and, again, if

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hot pan, room temperature oil, non-stick surface. >> nd we put that in there. >> the reason we're doing this is because our crock pot, it's going -- if we don't get a gorgeous color on the outside of to be kind of gray. >> we don't want that. >> no. >> doesn't look good. >> for the looks but also it locks in the juicess a fantastic, fantastic roast. >> okay. >> what we'll do. we want to make sure this cooks enough on both sides. when that's ready to turn release itself. don't start pulling at it or jabbing -- right now it's kind of giving me a little >> it will tell. >> you it tells you. >> you want all those brown bits on the roast. we don't want them in the pan. i don't want anybody judgingl you've eaten this. i know that's three ingredients, i get that, and so you're going to taste it and then you're going to get it. here we roast. >> and he he's in. >> oh. >> i'm sorry, tamron.

>> jesus, i hope not. the best. >> i was going to say bless your heart. is that new. >> then, this is hour zesty italian -- i love that. >> i love that italian >> had it forever. it's a classic staple. >> this roast is a classic. >> and now we've got the lid on. >> that's it. >> i hopefully youbecause hone you missed it. >> that was a whole jar of jalapenos. >> those are pepper ho ncini peppers. >> that's tamron's texas. we're not in texas. what we now. our fantastic roast. >> it's beautiful. >> see how itlutely just sleds and that's what we want. >> put some here. it's beautiful served with gorgeous roasted have a farm in oxford, have some of the most amazing vegetables you've ever seen so we do a lot of roasted vegetables. >> so good. >> see.

>> how long was that in the slow cooker? >> four hours on high and then eight hours on >> so quickly. >> the next day, this is what it's really all about. we have a little bit of mayonnaise and sour cream, someish. >> and this is going to make the best sauce for our fantastic sandwich. >> toast a little bread. >> open this up. we pile our roast on. >> is that >> it is. >> and then you're going to put the provolone on top and pit that under the broiler for a second and put mayonnaise on it and honey, can you go to town with that thing. >> i don't mind if i do. >> absolutely fantastic. >> this is really one of ours to serve of. it's you know, probably the origins came from some community cook book and it's been passed around, passed end makes it all the time. we call it the yost roast in oxford because if somebody has died or had a baby,ail the roast is going to be at your doorstep, bringing some

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