narrator: from nbc news, this is "today" with gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, >> we're sorry, we were talking about what we're going to do tomorrow for lunch. >> we're very busy. >> we're going to try to two kids out to lunch tomorrow.tle buzz from last night.

him home safe and sound. >> good will be with us for buzz in just a little bit. >> buzz, how a and grease is good for a hangover. >> who is giving me this bad wrap? i feel very sharp. >> sharp and smart. >> he just told us the exactite. >> it is the start of the chinese new year, everybody. so happy chinese new year. i wish i had known that before today. >>se the map who has been driving me for 33 years back and forth from connecticut is chinese. my faithful friend and i have been remiss not wishing him a happy, happy chinese new year. >> all right. we do have a great show today.great creative mind behind girls this is netflix show called love. it's really funny. they will get you talking. so they will be with us.

night for hoda. she is hosting the woman's day red dressu to t do it every year. we'll meet all five a little later to find out how the >> and tune do you know who is walking in the red dress awards? >> i'm so nervous. i can't go in heels, but this move. >> i did a little lip sync. >> i tried it choose the dress for her and she overruled he me. shorter dress for kitty with the legs and the whole thing. >> shorter was probably a better idea.eryone wears long. >> i'll get there with my scissors and take care of it. >> it was a very big dad on saturday for me because bambinoated his sixth birthday. he's the one with a hangover.

and you went to a super bowl party. >> i went to the roker's house. guess who cooked? courtney who is right hereng away now. courtney cooked last night. she made the craziesthich i am any cmimichanis. >> dogs never care showing their stuff. they like it. >>s tee lish issues delicious. 24-10. >> panther fans are heartbroken, but that's a solid amazing team. they will be back, back,and go on -- somebody in-in-intake sgramed me, a message cam mother sent to him. and he put it on instragram i think.

advice from a mother. it was excellent. >> peyton had a huge -- he's not only the winningest qup est est quarterback, but at age 39, also the oldest to win awl. the performances i thought were craz crazy. lady gaga dressed elegantly. >> i thought respectful. >> yeah, when she it was incredible. rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag

o say does that star >> the most moving part was themg at attention putting their lives on the line. >> and then halftime came and i was dying waiting patiently. >> you knew your song was -- bruno mars is >> you're never sure because sometimes they pull a fast one. cold play came out and it was beautiful and fun. and thenme out dressed to the nines. and then singoff which was crazy. let's watch. the dancing was great. >> what else is there? what happened?

>> all of it -- legs is wild. wild moves. >> it's a funky chicken. >> oh,nd then when you watch them all mo bruno, chris friends. >> i was like hyperventilating watching that. joanne was texting me is in the best ever? i'm like ever, ever.hat chris martin and beyonce were pals i guess gweneth is friends with the whole group and they posted thisat illustrates the friend ship. it's chris martin's and aughter with jay-z's daughter. >> yeah. so sweet.

request for those of us wholittle later and longer in the tooth. older, all right? i want to start a petition toago and earth wind and fire at the super bowl some day. i just -- it a couple couple months ago. got the sweetest letter from their manager saying we would love to, we're on tour, we're sold out. so i mean, i don't mind the younger i think they really should like the grammys give it to other people. it's america -- the super bowl is america's. and we come in lots >> you know what was cool, too, when chris martin sang a look back at all the super bowls and you saw all the different -- i thought that was such a great thing and it you about everything that had come before. they had u2, the stones, michael >> yeah. >> can we talk about this? >> the hot ref.

did you sew did i miss the hot ref? >> he's name is cleve look at his arms. look. he's like a hailhim. of course i believe what you say. of course it was incomplete. of course it was. >> just look at him. >>im. yeah, looking everyone loved him on the internet. everyone was all about him. he's a 51-year-old league if i recall from omaha. nfl since 2008. his twitter account says he's a personal injury attorney? >> now i'm interested. >> married with children. >> be happy for him. >> well, goody for you. >> nebraska huskers tweeted out ally a backup quarterback for their '80s team. so he knows the game.

it you have a favorite of the commercials or did you position one just totally >> puppy monkey baby is the stuff of nightmares. >> mountain dew. do that selling a minivan. in it looked like a tim burton >> a little weird, but good. let's take a look. >> and there is your beautiful baby. any day now. >> really, you're eating ritos? he's eating doritos on my ultrasound ultrasound. see what i have to deal with?

>> aah! >> why see why people are about that. the colonial williamsburg one maybe. >> that was funny. >> people are so something that makes one person laugh owe depends another. it's just so bizarre. >> ilogy letter in my pocket ready to go. >> don't we have my crawl? we like to apologizehe's saying, what she has said and what she's about a b. to say. who cares. enjoy. but i thought overall that the commercials were great. >> they release them on the internet. >> they give away too much. they let everybody see them too soon. >> i loveer walken. anything he does.

and i enjoy. >> all right. guys. we'll see in you a bit. southern california lawyer is our hero of the day. >> marty burbank, he wife have offered to pay the college tuition of 26 kindergarten students at an anaheim, california. here's what he had to say. >> getting interested will buying a new boat, trying to decide which one to get andt same time, last december, my pastor gave a sermon at east side christian church and he was talking abouty and giving. and when he gave that sermon, i just felt moved that buying a boat was a very selfish thing for me and i more to impact the lives of these kids. and i want to make sure that these kids have every opportunity to go to college. orking hard to make sure the children are inspired to go to college and i

>> he is actually free college. people like that. >> how awesome is this guy. so he will pay for two years of community college and two years tuition university or the equivalent at a private school. good for him. what a sweet guy. he could have very easily bought >> and there is nothing wrong with buying a boat. but he made that choice. and i think it's awesome. the monkey and that is good for puppy monkey baby. what are you doing over there? our red tea service. by the way, i'm trying to eat right. >> and how is it trainer every tuesday and thursday? >> you know what she told me to do before every meal, she said drink a full bottle of water. >> because it

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>> she's coming. >> how precious is this daughter. has arrived. >> what is she >> first of all i think it's river rose's birthday party.she's going to tis disneyland or something. >> it's a music video, a song, a so much pressure to find a new way to make an announcement like this. >> we're talking about it. >> babies work.s and puppies, also. >> she's pregnant with a little baby pictures i put up on my frimg fridge she's so cute. >> and can we talk about david on snl? >> he was great, but he's larry david being larry david.

he's just doing larry david. he is bernie. is funny, though. >> just to see them side by side is dallasic. it's bern your enthusiasm.let's see it. >> i'm yous r biggest fan. i'm feeling the bern. >> you coughed into your happened. i don't shake it after a cough.dn't sflp come on, mr. sanders, don't be rude. shake my wife's hand. >> i'm not being rude. she's therude by offering a germ-infested hand. >> i'm a voter is what i am. >> germ-infested hand.g for president.

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hi, kids. >> welcome. >> thanks for having us. >> how fun are you two. that is a great scene, though. you guys seem like friends before this taping. do you know one another? >> no. i was a fan before. i knew of her from communityught she was hilarious. very talented. >> and hot. let's be honest. >> well, yeah, so how did you get a crack at this? >> well, paul had been working the new peewee herman movie. >> thanks for that. >> and on the netflix family. happy tothen you started talking about the idea for the show. >> he seems to have the midas touch. >> so you wrote it, all of it, or did you write it --

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13th annual women's day red dress >> the event will also honor five women who have been part of a live longer and stronger challenge. since last spring, they haved with joy bower to lose weight. p. >> and we're about to show work. >> this whole thing was put together from women's day. i have a column and every year we to a call out around the country and we recruit womenve had heart disease or in the midst of heart disease or a family history and we literally turn their lives around. so i'm so excited.introduce you to all of them. so first up we have our cheer leading queen. this is nicole.m georgia. she's a busy mom, two beautiful daughters. and the reason that she has her pom-poms is she coaches the local competitive cheerle to be a cheerleader.

>> yes, first time she's actually town to her competitive ht. she lost 77 pounds. she's lowered her blood pressure. cut her cholesterol medication lf. >> thanks, nicole. >> and lita is my vegetableion. she's 35, she's from pennsylvania. she's lost 49 pounds. >> go, girl. >> lowered hersure and bad cholesterol all while bumping up the good cholesterol. >> you look awesome. >> and she has a beautiful daughter, as well. and therole model. >> thank you. awesome. where is maria? rea e maria is holding her hot

around baggage. but she's dropped 47alized blood sugar.ing around baggage. but she's dropped 47 pounds. normalized blood sugar. and she's holding her strappy shoes because she couldn't fit into them before. they're too big. she dropped a whole shoe size. awesome. thank you. >> and next up we have my girlfriend. this is terry kelly,years old from grand rapid abouts, michigan. she's holding a picture of her family. this is a bit of a heartbreaking but now about two years ago -- first, she's a mom and she's a grand mom. two years ago, her husband went out for a jog and he wasa car and he was killed. and she totally put her health on the shelf.

crying saying, mom, i'm afraid i'm now going to lose my other parent.pped 42 pounds, lowered her blood pressure, the bad >> you look awesome. >> and her husband is smiling down. he's so proud. >> we love you. >> and last but certainly not least, we have ada mama. she's 49 from north carolina. mother of three. assistant director at a church and she also takes care of her mom. >> we're listening. wow. >> she needed to be more selfish. she was taking care but herself. and now she has dropped 25 pounds and reduced her risk for

out her blood sugar level. >> >> that's fantastic. >> we should put the recipe one. love it. >> so this whole group has dropped about 250 pounds. >> you so, so much. >> awesome. >> sorry i'm speaking with my mouthful. we'll be right back with our

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