good morning. breaking overnight, a commuter train derailed near san francisco, plunging one car into a creek. passengers attempt to rescue fellow riders. >> we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. >> at least nine people injured. image problem. donald trump facing mounting ing ing criticism for doing this at rallies. >> raise your hand right, everybody. do you swear that you're going to vote for donald trump tomorrow? raise that hand. >> some say he'sagery of a dark time in history. we'll talk to donald trump live as voters go to the polls in

jury awards erin andrews $55 million in the trial involving a secretly recorded video of her and her hotel room. will a higher court find that excessive and will she see a much smaller amount? just dropping in. a plane makes an unusual landing at an office park on long island, and a lucky father and daughter have a parachute to thank for saving their lives today, tuesday, march 8th, 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 tuesday morning. i look at that landing, i guess you'd call it. >> run it again. >> did you know a plane could come with a parachute? >> if you have the option of getting in a plane with a parachute, you take that option. >> absolutely. we'll have more on that in a bit. we want to get to the breaking news out of california overnight.

the lead car filled with passengers ending up on its side in a creek. let's go to steve patterson with the story. what can you tell us? >> good morning. passengers say the rain was coming down hard right before the trail derailed. 214 people boarded. thankfully, only nine were injured and just four seriously. everyone is expected to live, but it was a harrowing ride. >> reporter: the commuter train sits partially submerged in the muddy waters of a creek. >> do you know if this is a passenger train or a freight train. >> a passenger train. >> reporter: authorities say the ace train was traveling from san jose to stockton when the first of five cars hit a tree, plunging it into the water. >> i was in the first car that went into the river. >> reporter: passengers describing a harrowing scene. >> it feels unreal. shifted the gravity and we were all panicking. >> reporter: with one woman

another derailed car hanging off the tracks. >> it was under the mudslide, so we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. >> crews had to fight the creek's fast-moving currents and smash windows to pull riders from the partially submerged rail car. >> this is an area that is difficult to get to, to get across the creeks, to get everybody off and into a safe area. >> reporter: passengers who weren't hurt huddled for hours in the dark, in cold, waiting for busses to get them home. area, so we knew we had some hiking to do. along the train track. i am grateful it wasn't worse. >> this morning, the train car is still partially submerged in the water and no service today, as crews work to make sure the track is safe. matt and savannah? >> steve, thanks very much. now to the presidential race. four states all up for grabs today, including the battlegrounds of michigan and

republican and democratic sides. donald trump finds himself facing yet another controversy. we'll talk to him live in a moment. first, nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in detroit for us. >> michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii get their turn today. no prize bigger than here in michigan. it's the start of an eight-day stretch that could decide the next republican party nominee. >> reporter: marching into mississippi, donald trump again calling on his supporters to pledge their allegiance to trump. >> raise your right hand, everybody. do you swear that you're going to vote for donald trump tomorrow? raise that hand. >> reporter: a request he's made twice before. >> should we do the pledge? should we do the pledge? >> reporter: one prominent jewish leader comparing the loyalty gesture from the trump audience to a nazi salute. the

as offensive, obnoxious and disgusting. meanwhile, former new york mayor blook bloomberg is saying no to a 2016 run, saying he couldn't win. i believe i could write a number of diverse states, he writes, but not enough to win the electoral college votes necessary to win the presidency. adding, there is a good chance my candidacy could lead to the election of donald trump or ted cruz. that is not a risk i can take in good conscious. still, his deliberations were so serious, the "new york times" reports this ad was already in production. >> no non-idealogical, finally, a new choice. mike bloomberg, >> reporter: trump and his opponents trying to get the others to clear the field. >> marco rubio or john kasich is a vote for donald for kasich or cruz in florida is a vote for donald

i'm the only one that has any chance of beating trump in >> reporter: also new, this recorded phone message from mitt romney on behalf of rubio. >> if we were to choose donald our nominee, i believe the prospects for a safe and prosperous future would be diminished. >> reporter: rubio is narrowing the gap with trump in his homerida according to a poll. here in michigan, john kasich is gaining ground over the weekend after last thursday's demolition derby>> i'm going to be the republican nominee, not donald trump. >> mitt romney's aides say he'd be glad to help z or kasich to beat trump. donald trump is still dominating, up 19 points over ted cruz, 20 over rubio.

of republicans and republican-leaning voters, believe that trump will be the republican nominee. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you. >> donald trump joins us on the phone right now. mr. trump, good morning to yorning. i love that number. >> i had a feeling. >> i will not disappoint them. believe me. >> i had a feeling you'd like that introduction. is something people hate in a political campaign, but it works. when we look at polling in michigan and in florida that does seem to be tightening, do you think it's a directof that scathing takedown by mitt romney and speeches by mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and the attacks you're facing from cruz, rubio and out there? >> i'm the one that can beat hillary clinton and i'll bring jobs back to the country. mitt romney is a failed he ran one of the worst presidential campaigns in the history of our country and now he wants to be relevant again.l.

faced the full wrath of all these entities, do you worry that it will stop your momentum at the most crucial time of this >> i don't know, matt. i mean, i saw some polls yesterday in michigan where i'm 19 and 20 points up. i saw some very, very good i'm still leading in florida against a failed senator. you know, rubio is a failed senator. he doesn't vote. he's got the worstrecord, one of the worst in the history of the united states senate. he does a terrible job and has problems, to put it mildly. and he can'tagree with ted cruz on that. he says this guy just doesn't win anywhere. at what point do you go with somebody else? poorly in florida and if he ran for office in florida right now, he couldn't get elected dogcatcher. he's done such a poor job. >> i'd like to ask youg you've been doing recently at your rallies, which is having your supporters raise their right hand and say, i

as you know, a still image at your rallies have gone around the internet and people have been disturbed by the image. in fact, a holocaust survivor says it reminds him of thete. i wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore, if people feel that way. >> i think it's e having such a great time. yesterday, i had 20,000 people in mississippi. i had tremendous crowds in michll do it for fun. they'll scream at me, do the swear in. do the swear in. they're having such a great massive crowds. i get by far the biggest crowds and we're having a good time. until this phone call, i didn't know it was a problem. we were all -- you know. >> in light of make you -- >> almost everybody in the room raises their hand. we're having a good time. i never knew it was a problem. >> i think it's inmr. trump, with the rhetoric you've used on the campaign

months, targeting groups like muslims and mexicans, that that evokes images of nazi and the scapegoating of jews there back in the 1930s and '40s. >> well, i think that's a big, big stretch. i mean, honestly, matt,ing such an amazing -- we've been having rallies that are massive. yesterday in mississippi, twolando, we had 25,000 people fill up the stadium. it was incredible. we're having these incredible rallies. considering the subject matter is not so good, because our is in trouble, big trouble, we are having a great time. part of this is that. you know, this would be brought up this morning, i'm to hear it. >> does it bother you? >> if it's offensive, i wouldn't do anything wrong with it. but they're screaming at meit, we want to do it. we're all having fun. i never thought it was offensive. >> so because you now know that

this in the future? >> certainly, i'll look into it. i'd like to find out if that's true. i don't want to offend can tell you that it's been amazingly received. well received. i will look into that, matt. >> i think that's a fair answer.nk you for your time this morning. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. let's bring in chuck todd, nbc's political director, "meet the press." tell us what we're expecting today. first, let's set the scene with the delegates. >> here's the count now, and it's gotten narrow. the weekend victories by ted , he narrowed the gap. puerto rico on sunday gave rubio a good chunk of delegates. michigan today and also what's interesting about both of them, donald trump should win both by double digits. michigan presidential primary in the past, his anti-trade t should play well there. the reagan democrats working. mississippi, alabama and

if these are single digit contests, cruz up, maybe kasich, maybe it's a sign what we saw over the weekend that it wasn't and anti-trump forces are coalescing. >> these states set the table for a week from today. >> they do.ppens if trump wins florida and ohio a week from today. he builds a huge delegate lead, 300 delegates, not enough time catch him and he can probably get this thing. if, of course, trump doesn't win, only wins florida or, in this case, as you can see, it's a 200 delegate gap if heorida and loses ohio. but if he loses them both. this is why, by the way, all this talk about rubio dropping out, it's insaneearly vote. if rubio dropped out today, it hands it to donald trump because there's all this vote that's al to rubio. no way ted cruz could win it.

to get the magic 1,237 the convention, he has to win florida and ohio? >> both. if he wins both, he needs 50% of all remaining delegates.ause rubio and kasich get out. if he loses, 67%. not going to happen. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, chuck. let's turn to other news.lans have been announced for former first lady nancy reagan. she'll be laid to rest on friday at her husband's presidential library, where preparations are natalie is there once again this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. while friday's funeral will be members of the public who want to pay their respects to nancy reagan will have that opportunity tomorrow and thursday, as she will lie here in ter: first lady michelle obama will be one of around 1,000 vip guests in attendance. staff members at the reagan said mrs. reagan personally approved all the details. >> the events that are going to unfold in the course of the next

approved by mrs. reagan,cluding who was invited to where she would be laid to rest. >> reporter: long-time employees and friends say while they mourn mrs. reagan's passing, theorted by the thought of her being reunited with her ronnie. >> they had such great respect for one another and were funher, laughed and giggled and held hands. they each had a look that they gave one another. >> break a leg. >> no, good government buildings around the morning. president obama praised nancy reagan's personal charm and the nation. >> i had the opportunity to meet ms. reagan once.as already advanced in age, but could not have been more gracious and more charming to myself and michelle when we first came into office. house has not yet said whether president obama

joining the first lady at friday's funeral. in terms of security, this is a government facility already staffed 24/7 with guards. but the reagan library is also working with local law , of course, the secret service. >> natalie, thank you very much. new report is prompting concern about pedestrianbig strike in deaths last year. pedestrian deaths surged by an estimated 10% in 2015. this is according to a report by the governors highway safety association.s say several factors may be to blame, including more drivers on the roadways and the use of celliving. warmer weather and short erwinter erwin ter -- winters may encourage people to walk more. an unusual landing. surveillance cameras captured the moment a single engine plane fell from the sky over the weekend on long new york. a father and daughter were on board the plane was the engine

they deployed the plane's parachute and managed to land it safety next to an i building. the pair walked away with only scratches. >> wow. emotional good-bye for peyton manning on announced his retirement from the nfl. he fought back tears in a room full of family, friends and he said after 18 years, it's the right time to call it a career. >> when i look back at my nfl career, i'll know without a doubt i gave everything i had to help my teams walk away with an. there were other players who were more talented, but there was no one who could outprepare me. because of that, i have no >> manning won the league mvp five times. all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns. also the winningest starting quarterback in nfl history. hand you a history. >> buckets. i watched yesterday. i was crying. all those moments get me.

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>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you so much. coming up, erin andrews awarded $55 million in that a secretly recorded hotel video. how much of the money will she actually see? maria sharapova's drug use and who is

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panicking.t nine passengers were injured, four seriously. another pivotal day in thean race. michigan, hillary clinton and donald trump are leading in the polls. >> donald trump is facing asking supporters to raise their hands in rallies and pledge their allegiance to him. we talked to mr. trump abouthis morning. >> if it's offensive or if anything is wrong with it, i wouldn't do it. when i say raise their hands, raising their hands. they scream to me, we want to don't. we're having a lot of fun. >> he promised he'd look into ite to offended he'll consider not doing it in the future. sports reporter erin andrews is speaking out after being awarded $55 million in herst her convicted stalker and the hotel where he

morgan radford has beenthis case from the start. good morning. >> good morning, matt. the defense says they're still unclear whether or not they're going to appeal. meanwhile, andrews is supporters, especially those who she says are also victims. >> reporter: erin andrews cried quietly as verdict. >> 55 million, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: one injury your said off camera she thought ts too high, but all the jurors thought she deserved something. the defense team said they were surprised and disappointed. in their opinion, andrewset the legal requirements for serious mental injury. >> her career skyrocketed. her income went up. all the bench marks that woulder someone had a serious mental injury, from our perspective, did not exist. >> reporter: andrews' attorneys speaking out after the

courage in standing up tority and privacy. she is a true american hero, and i think we all know it and love her for it. tweeted she was grateful that she could hold accountable those whose job it is to protect everyone's safety, security and privacy. in a statement to the nationalean, the owners of the hotel said, we are committed to providing a safe and hospital environment for all our guests and employees. on the stand, andrews got a number of times as she retold her story. >> i was just screaming that i was naked all over the internet i didn't know what it was. >> reporter: a juror said andrews' emotional testimony was key in deciding the case. the jury unanimouslyichael barrett, who took the video and spent 30 months in

the hotel must pay 49% or $26.75 million. andrews cried and appeared to sign an autograph for one juror. >> do you think celebrity played a role in i hope not. i hope the jury listened to the proof and wouldn't treat a celebrity differently. >> it's unlikelysee the full amount of money, especially since it was made clear during the trial that barrett doesn't have much to tribute. for the hotel, if they do choose h the appeals process, andrews won't see any money until the appeals process is over. matt? >> morgan, thank you very much. major ties with tennis superstar maria sharapova after she released she failed a drug test at the australianwillie has this story. >> during monday's news conference, the 28-year-old took full responsibility for the failed test, saying she didn't know medication she's beenrs recently had been added to the banned substance list.

>> reporter: tennis star mariaa stunning the sports world. >> i just failed a test, and i take full responsibility for it. >> reporter: testing positive for meldonium, a drug usedrt trouble. sharapova admitting she's been taking it for ten years. >> i was getting sick very often. i had a deficiency in. january 1st, the world anti-doping agency added the drug to the banned substance list, citing evidence it's used by athletes intending to enhancee. sharapova said she didn't see the updated lists, taking the blame for not viewing an link for not looking at the changes. >> i can't blame anyone but myself. >> reporter: she's earned $23last year just from endorsements. >> it must be really lightweight and stable. >> reporter: overnight, a

the company is saddened andd by the news saying, quote, we decided to suspend our relationship with maria while the investigation monitor the situation. the international tennis federation said she'll be suspended pending the resultcase. many are offering support. one tweeted, hope this gets cleared up, as it seems to be an honest mistake. now, after a series of and stuck in the midst of controversial, sharapova is trying to look ahead. >> i don't want to end my career this way, and i really hope that i will be given to play this game. >> the medication sharapova was taking is not approved by the fda. the national institutes of health say the drug canate an increase in endurance and improved recovery after exercise.

suspending their relationships with maria sharapova. she's been taking this drug she had an irregular ekg, history of diabetes in her family and needed the drug. she didn't know it had been added to the list. >> it was recentlys year. >> hard to know how it'll play out, but isn't it refreshing to hear an athlete stand up there and take full responsibility? and no one else? >> it sounds like an honest mistake. i hope she doesn't suffer tooy for it. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by ihop. come together over breakfast. >> we might have a chance to put weather away for good. high pressure dominating,w bringing up warm air from the gulf. 65 in new york city. nashville, 76.

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>> we're getting ready to throw a biwedding. the only question, who is getting married? help us select the lucky couple today, tuesday, march 8th, 2016. alive right about now good to be alive right about now >> good morning,'re playing at carnegie hall tonight. >> hello, north carolina! >> good morning carolina. >> al roker, we came to see you. >> all the way from minnesota to see matt and savannah. uh-huh, good to be alive good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today". it's tuesday, march 8th, 2016. day in many states across the country. is this a rolling spring break feels like it to me.

very afraid, there are lots of signs calling for alt. [ applause ] >> run. >> that's what's called a sure sign of the >> guys, we are enjoying our last few days with our buddy wrangler before he heads off for formal guide dog training. we're planning a big partysday to celebrate. there is a way you can help. we'll tell you how in a little bit. first, let's go inside to tamron for the top stories this >> good morning. terrified train passengers found themselves in the water after a commuter train derailed ern california. at least nine people were hurt, four of them seriously, when a train hit a downed tree 45 san francisco. the lead car plunged into a creek, while another car stopped at the water's edge. officials believe heavy rain caused a he tree on to the tracks.

house, both parties have important primaries today in michigan and mississippi.lso have contests in hawaii and idaho. our new nbc news/surveymonkey poll shows donald trump his lead nationally, with ted cruz moving into second place ahead of marco rubio. former new york city mayor decided not to launch an independent campaign, saying he couldn't get enough electoral college votes toonald trump is defending his practice of having supporters at rallies raise their right hand and pledge to vote for him.ding a former head of the antidefamation league say the loyalty gesture resembles a earlier today, trump said he didn't realize it was offending anyone. >> we'll do it for fun. they'll scream at me, do the swear in. do the swear in. i mean, they're havinggreat time. massive crowds.

we're having a good time. until this phone call, i didn't know it was a rump told matt he'll into possibly ending the practice now that he knows some people are offended. police i defending their decision to pursue a shoplifting suspect who led them on a wild chase on monday. the hood of the stolen suv was up and blocking officials say the man swiped merchandise from a videogame ed a customer who confronted him. the man had to be stopped because he was driving with no for safety. add insult to injury for a soccer player in israel. after he was hurt, look at loaded the midfielder on to the stretcher. opinion seconds, the grip -- oh --handle,

a teammate carried his buddy off in his man. >> that's awesome. at least his friends were there. >> what? >> i got it. i got it. >> like the three >> thanks, tamron. now to a revolutionary procedure that's offering a lot of hope to thousands of women who can't have children. >> this morning, we're nation's first uterus transplant recipient. janet sham le e shamlian is at the cleveland clinic where the procedure took place. >> this was performed for the first time in united states. it's an organ womb. for women who had trouble getting pregnant because of a uterine-related issue, doctors say this is a game >> reporter: the nation's first uterus transplant to a 26-year-old texas woman who was told she'd never bear children. >> from that moment on, i prayed

>> reporter: now, for the women diefd identified only as lindsey, a real chance following ground-breaking surgery at the cleveland clinic. a womb of a deceased donor d into lindsey, who was born without one. doctors will implant her embryos organ. unlike other organs, the uterine transplant is temporary. >> the patient can have one to two babies by c-section the uterus will be removed. >> as many as 50,000 u.s. women of childbearing age could benefit from the procedure. the clinical trial offering an alternative to adopting or using a surrogate. >> what motivates women with uterine infertility toother options is the experience of carrying the pregnancy. feeling the baby grow and develop and of getting to be there for the baby's >> reporter: the procedure was pie

this baby among five born there from uterinendsey is the first of ten in the u.s. who will get the transplant. there's a long road t would make it a picture perfect ending? >> the baby. >> reporter: the mother is dreaming of being pregnant, expanding her family. now, thanks to this procedure, a >> it provided me with a gift that i will never be able to repay. >> lindsey is part of al and cleveland clinic is looking for more women to be part of it. savannah, what's interesting about this, is unlike most organst temporary. after the woman has one or two babies, then the uterus is removed because the woman has to take very strong drugs while she body. back to you. >> janet, thank you. this is amazing. for more on what it could mean for women facing infertile ity bring in dr. natalie azar. good morning. >> good morning.

science that allows doctors to do this. but it clearly is not fory. this is just for those who -- i mean, if you had had, for example, a hysterectomy because of a cancer diagnosis or something like that? >> potentially for them? >> only women who have uterine factor infertility. they're either born without a uterus, they have a damaged secondary to abnormalities from previous infections or add heengs hesionadhesions, or they've had their uterus it can affect 3% to 5% of women worldwide. >> this is a long road. >> yes. >> as we saw in janet's piece. >> honestly, from start to could be upwards of five years. initial procedure starts with doing ibf. you have to have six to a suitable donor, have the trant splant. it has to heal for one year before the embryos are implanted.

it's important to point out that the researchers are stopping short of calling this a grand success. they say the success is not measured performed the transplant. it will be a success once the woman goes through the process, healthy without complications and, of course, a healthy at the end of it all. then we can say that it was a success. >> by the way, to janet's point, they then remove the ed uterus. >> absolutely. for most women, they'll probably have one to two pregnancies and then remove the uterus because of the fact that the woman has to take the anti-rejections which, of course, long term can be associated with complicated like infection or ma lig -- y. while your friend who always right. and kim

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you get in a elevator, you're in a hurry close so you hit the button. >> you do hit the button. >> i can't find which button. you push the one there, and a lot of people say, it doesn't do anything. they think it's a placebo, that the button isn't actually connected to anything. >> i've always suspected that. > like a fake button, yeah. >> i think you have a window for it to work. >> it's not a placebo, it's a short. the thing just doesn't work. want it to close on anybody. tech insider checked with elevator companies. yeah, they say, the buttons are do work. by the way, not pushing the button, what is the fastest way to get the door to close? >> close? >> if you forget the else can you get the door to close?

and it'll close. if you go into an empty inside and then do this, it tends to close faster. >> do it when it's not about to close. >> do it when carson >> okay. we've heard of the bromance. in. ben and matt. cute. carson and wrangler will turn up in this. >> there we are. >> they're good and they also are good for your friendships -- proven by science -- specifically, researchers at uc berkeley found close male bonding makes men more, increases levels of oxytocin in the brain. that hormone helps people bond during stressful times. >> completely remember when we went fishing, you, me and willie and the guys went fishing, what a bromance. >> that was actually dangerous.

raise your hand if you like to post photos of food online. you all do it. some people find it annoying, but according to a new study,least one benefit. it seems to make your food taste better. study in the journal of consumer marketing. some participants were given cake. those who photographed the treat perceived it to taste better than those who did not. the thinking is, by food, you're interacting with it. >> building a relationship. >> yeah. that's right. building up anticipation for what you're about to eat. >> do you think it's true? >> i don't know. >> i'll do it when i'm proud. >> i posted a steak n't sure how to tell the doneness and my meat thermometer popcorn. i post constantly. >> steak to get feedback? >> yeah because i was --

information on how to tell if it was done? >> eatt's a cooking community, you know? >> now you're losing me, okay? >> community. it's like the like a food bromance. now to the new celebrity feud waged on twitter and the late star whose personal items are about to hit theblock. carson? >> we'll start, yup, twitter war between kim kardashian ander. this nude selfie kim posted, joking she had nothing to wear. bette midler said, if kime a part of her we've never seen, she'll have to swallow the camera. no response until this tweet overnight. sorry i'm late to the party.y cashing my $80 million video game check and transferring $53 million into

want to bring up how you sent me a gift a while back trying to be a fake friend then come at are joking kim is letting kanye write her tweets. >> seems to be going well, that ip. next to joan rivers and the news about her estate, personal items belonging to the star will be auctioned off in june. melissa more than 200 items, including jules, bob mackie costumes, artworks and more. it'll go to two of favorite charities, one is guide dogs for the blind. we'll have exclusive access to the auction. >> can you imagine what say about this presidential campaign? she would have had a field day. finally, sarah paulson marsha clark.

sarah talks about meeting >> it was like seeing someone i'd idolized or had a crush on my whole life. she walked into the restaurant and i started going, ah! she this was a terrifying experience for her. i drank a lot of tequila with her. >> must have been fun. >> it was like the mole kept her face in my mind. is that you? oh, now it's on your forehead. >> sarah admitted she had a lot ofthat's your pop start, guys. >> move the mole, that's a lot of tequila. >> thank you. >> al? >> i'm a good didn't get that one. >> frankenstein. anyway -- sorry, for certain age, and guys. we're looking at a risk of severe weather from corpus christi up to san antonio, austin andhail likely. a squall line may develop and heavy rain.

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>> al, thank you. now, a time for a little love. we're going to throw a big, fat "today" wedding with oury universal. >> we narrowed the list down to three couples and we'll let you choose the winning pair. how are you going to decide? hoda is here to i'll help you out. it all starts with a first date, of course. in my case, it was three first dates. all the viewers get to know our it was awkward being the third wheel. but you be the judge. >> i like everything about her.ne in a billion, and he's the only one for me. >> she has an infectious energy and laugh. took my breath r: i invite our wedding finalists to the big apple for alone time with each other hi.

with john and >> family is a big part of our lives. my mom is 1 of 8 is 1 of 8. >> my dad is 1 of 9. >> first time to new york city? >> yeah. >> the plan? >> reporter: put each couple through a romantic new york >> we're going to try to reenact an iconic photo. here's the picture. >> oh, cute! >> remember >> my arm should be here. >> your hips a little up. one more thing. if it blows off, don't sweat it. one, two, three. go! okay, are you kidding? >> perfect. >> another>> what do you love the most about kaitlin? >> her heart. she changes the better.

it was so fun. good luck, all right? >> i love you morein the universe. will you marry me? >> oh, my gosh. >> she's a pre-k teacher and i work with special needs i really like how our ability to care for other people brought us together. >> hey. >> hi. >> reporter: they're foodies and i bring them to one of new york's sweetest spots, magnolia she's the queen of decorating. >> nice to meet you. >> ever touch a pastry bag before? >> >> reporter: after a lesson, we challenge the duo to design a cake, to see how they collaborate under pressure. >> go! >> doing a letter. pink, right? >> yeah. >> how do you do it again? make a heart while you do that. >> two minutes left! >> >> might have overdone it with

>> i like it. >> somebody is driving the bus and her name is lara. >> she >> reporter: lara and david design a masterpiece. >> am i feeding you? >> one thing i love to do is share my love to her with if i can show everybody how much i love her, what better way than to do it on the "today" show?ore it gets too steamy, hoda out. >> a man wants to be with a woman who reminds him of his mother and i never metame close. -- marry me? >> passed away but always made me a better person. megan reminded me of all of that. >> hello, lovebirds.hing more romantic than a new york horse and buggy ride for three. >> yeah. >> bye! >> this is one of the nicestrides.

cozy, it's time for the final lovers' challenge. >> john, give me i respond to every single love got me open on your love wanna give you there you go. >> oh, my gosh. that was awesome. this is not a one-way street. two-way street. >> sing it with fantasy, baby give my something >> what should we sing ove and marriage love and marriage >> when did you fall in love? >> the first day i saw her, but -- and that sounds i just knew she was the one. >> when did you fall in love? >> when i got the ly feelings and realized it was always him causing it. that was it. >> that was it.

the question is, who will to meet live on thursday? they're all sweet, right? >> yeah. >> all the couples. >> if we throw a wedding for the last couple, are you going to them as they take their vows? >> my job is to be the body blocker. >> maybe you can marry them. you're ordained, aren't you? >> i officiated a minnesota. >> there you go. >> can you do it in other states? >> we can make it happen. >> we can go online and get you anything. >> we can't wait to throw beautiful wedding at the rainbow room and we need your help planning the big day. first task, picking your favorite is going to be hard. let's run through it again. kaitlin and john from chicago, illinois. couple two, megan and john from that's who you went on the horse ride with. from new york city. if you want to cast your vote, go to you have until friday at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. our couples will be here live to

married here on ol. >> so sweet. >> vote more than once?

8:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 8th day of march 2016. you know what?york city, beautiful temperatures, nice people in the crowd. tamron running for office. she's catching babies. >> this baby is adorable.y is a cutie-pie.

>> we'll talk to padmaabout her memoir. look at her. >> there are laws. >> i know. her parents are like, don't takei don't know how to hand her back. i know receiving is easy. >> you can take the baby. >> i'll help you out,lso coming up, we have acting royalty in the house. helen mirren is here. her latest role is a military. we'll get to her in a minute. also completing our trifecta of big stars -- and babies today -- will arnett. he's no at's a man, telling us about his netflix show. first, al, you've done it all this morning. check of the weather. >> like a "seinfeld," now know how to take the can't keep the reservation. right now for today, we've got an enhanced risk of strong storms in southern texas,f long storms. watching this. we'll keep an eye on that.

east coast, lots of sunshine. warmer tomorrow, the temperatures, bam, record highs along the eastern seaboard. look for a risk of strong storms through the lower gulf coast.nd snow into the pacific northwest. east coast is going to be the place to be for tomorrow. that's what's going on around the country. your latest weather. mr. daly? >> announcer: good luck wrangler

good >> all right, guys, it's hard to believe but it's been over a year since we've rolled out the red carpet for our puppy with agler. this thursday, he'll be going to the next step of his formal guide dog training. you can see the pictures there. we've had look at some of wrangler's style. in honor of his few days, we're asking you to use the #we love wrangler. send us a picture of your for every one shared, we'll collect food and iams will donate to guiding eyes for the blind. including up to 30,000 of your already in addition to $25,000 that iams is already donating to guide eyes. i'm going to tweet out my we picture. thursday, we'll have our big party for our buddy wrangler. matt? >> carson, thank you very much. we're here with padma

of her life. she opens up in her memoir loss and what we ate." good to have you here. >> good morning. >> it's revealing, honest -- i read the whole book -- watering all at once. this took a long time. write. i memoir. it was a book about healthy eating, with the idea of being very frank and using the details of my own life to illustrate had about food. it turned into this. >> let's take the words of the title separately and start with love. you write a lot about salman and your relationship with him. he swept you off your feet with his words and his intellect. the relationship soured pretty >> i wouldn't say pretty quickly. i was with salman for eight years. at the time, that's half my adult life, you know. it was a wonderfulship.

ups and downs. i think also, we were dealing with another issue, which i had no idea about at the time, endometriosis. >> you write, he was everything i wasn't. he was a lot of what i wanted to be. but you sum it up at the end by saying, i don't regret one day im, nor did i leave a moment too soon. >> i do say that. i mean, at the time, i really needed to take care of my i couldn't take care of my health and get well and also take care of my marriage. i did the best i could. by the way, i think salman best he could. there was a lot of love there. it just didn't work out. >> you mentioned health problems. for a long period in your life, knew something was wrong with you, and you finally found out, as you mention, endometriosis. it impacted your life enormous enormously. >> from the time i was 13 till

missed 25% of my life. i'm sitting here, and i've lost six years of my life, s illness. i think many, many women go through this. endometriosis is something that affects at least 10% to 15%n. a lot of women have it. lena dunham was just rushed to the hospital with it. >> in constant time. >> it's very it starts in adolescence, which is a tender time, and no one wants to talk about it. >> you didn't think you could get pregnant, but you did inas wonderful, but you wrote, the press wouldn't stop harpinghadn't reveal td ed the name of the father of the child. you said you didn't know the paternity yourself. you were involved with two men. >> yes, i was. the best choice, but it was the choice i made at

i didn't want to be in a serious relationship. i was still really hurting from my divorce. i probablybeen with anybody and taken the time i needed for myself, but i was presented with two very different, very interesting men. do it all the time. i chose to do it. i was open with the men involved. i'm going to own my hat i did. >> one of the things i learned, i've known you for a long time from this show, i look at you and think, how could she beincredibly confident? you write a lot in this book about insecurity. >> yeah. >> not feeling as if you fit in as a child, in either india orthe united states, and even when you married salman rushdie, you weren't really sure you fit in with his group. >> sure. i always was shuttling back and forth between two cultures. i think that's true of many

the book for me is an immigrant's story. it's talking about my story in that land. also, when you're brown in a white culture, that adds a layer toespecially when you're in front of a camera, when you're a woman -- >> right. >> -- and when you're in the fashion business. >> you write so descriptivelyife where you were growing up. you use words that make you feel the heat, and you can almost smell what's going on around. you also write incrediblyively about food. there are sometimes when you're telling a personal story and you switch into a recipe and i think -- think, man, that sounds good. you're making me hungry. >> i've done my job. it's also a food memoir. i grew up love ging fischer and other writers like that. i wanted to write a book about my life and food is about my life. it's about climbing my mother's

or trying to steal the candy when i wasn't supposed to have it. i think we all have these memories. >> the book, again, is "love, we ate." i really enjoyed it. >> thank you. >> padma, great to have you here. >> i'm so excited to be here. >> it's a pleasure. in our next hour. also, catch her thursday night on the two-part season finale of "top chef" on bravo. up next, the legendaryen lights up studio 1a.

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we're back at 8:41. oscar, emmy and tony winner helen mirren has graced the screen more than five decades. in "eye in the sky," she plays atary colonel in charge of a drone operation to capture terrorists. with lives at stake, she faces

high value individuals in the house. >> you want them off your list, but the rules you're under is to capture, not a kill scenario. now, i think it would be wise to >> are you telling me that or just debating with me? >> to refer up. >> mm-hmm. >> i am telling you. >> helen mirren, goodood morning. >> you don't like watching yourself? >> oh, no, no, no. is not the most attractive outfit, but they're comfortable to wear so that's fan >> you play a colonel. i find it interesting because this is about drone warfare. >> absolutely. >> it's about a critical decision that you have to make as a colonel and whether to strike that would have civilian casualties.

>> there always is in war. no matter what weapons are used, there is always gray areas.n they were charging into villages with sabers and horses. you know, the truth is, war ishe nice, clean-cut, clear, these are the good guys, these are the bad guys and, you know, we just do what thesort of thing. it's always full of moral ambiguity, and that's very much what this film is about. you know, it's interesting that in the last week even, the whole issue of really what drone warfare is has suddenly come to the -- is coming into the it still brings in all the varying points of view. as i said, you play a colonel. this role was originally written for a man. >> it was. it was. you ove and respect for those women who went

and their incredible courage. in those days. but they did do that, and because of that, i get to play this role now. >> did you do anything i mean, did that change the part? the fact that you are a woman. or did you just say, i'm going to play it as written, and the fact i'm a woman is neither there. >> absolutely, i played it as written. but i think the fact that i'm a woman brings into relief, in a more concentrated way for the, this particular kind of moral, you know, decision, which is around a child, basica a woman there -- and i think it really concentrates the mind in the sense of these decisions have to be made in war. they have maybe we're going to be facing a female president in this country who will have to make those similar deeresting film. you always have a lot to say. i recently read an article in which you said that -- talking

world, i century costume all the time, big skirts and huge wigs and everything. i think it's marvelous. but really? what about sweat pants?have the sweatpants at home, of course. talking about public, you know. >> you talked a lot about the loss of privacy in our moderna, with the internet and all those kinds of issues. do you ever think, gosh, what would it have been like if social media was coming up? >> i'm relieved there wasn't, really. but maybe that's part of my age. the reality is, the young peopleir world. that is their world, in the same way it was my world to, you know, switch a light on and the the light came on. my grandparents' world, it was not their world. they didn't have a light switch. so i took that completely for

would come out of the tap, which it doesn't in flint andf the greatest disgraces of our modern age, but we take things for granted in the wayple do. that is their world. they'll swim in it like fish and find their way of translating it into the world around interesting questions to ponder. this movie pondering deep questions, as well. dame helen mirren, thank you for beingthe sky yts " opens on friday. will arnett is here, with a dramatic tale to tell us about.

we're back at 8:48 with will arnett. he's known for great roles in some of television's most medies, including "30 rock" and "arrested development." he takes a dramatic turn in his

>> what can i do for help? >> she's looking for places in mar vista. >> dude, that's no good. >> other side of ever see her. >> i already feel like i'm losing her. >> plenty of time to lose her. first, you have to get her. >> will, good >> nice to see you. >> it's tempting to try to put a show into a genre. is it a comedy, is it a dark comedy, a dramedy, w you don't like. >> i don't like the term. >> how do you describe the show? >> that's it? >> that's it. you know, we don't make a in life, or we're not given the choice, to -- like today is going to be a comedy or today is going to be a drama. every day is everything at how you described it. you and your writing partner almost view this as an independent film played out over eight s right. approached it from moment one.

it, on netflix, watching more than one episode at a time and wouldn't wait seven days with cliff hangars. >> you do basically the show. is that liberating or can it also be a little frightening, that it's all on you? it starts out as liberating, and then it ends up being very frightening. so you kind of -- it runs the gamut. it feels great to be take control and see out a vision, but then, of course, if it doesn't work, you know, if it fails, then it's mark's fault,ner. >> you can always blame somebody at the end. >> sure. >> chip is kind of a self-help guru, the whole venice,lifornia thing. what else do we need to know about him? >> he's a big fish.

the show is about creating yourauthenticity. what's the face we putrld, and what's the face we look at in the mirror, and how great is the divide between those two? >> we also learn something about him in the first episode. he has a drinking yeah. >> as a matter of fact, more dramatically than that, he's actually killed someone in an accident. >> mm-hmm. >> that gets me back to, are here, or can there be some way to mind lapse in the story line? >> i think we wanted toshow to move and have a comedic element, in that the characters interact with each other in a comedic way, but there is a real story there. you know, much the same way weur real lives, we try to use the comedy to obscure the drama. that's how we approach it. >> you seem to be having a lot of fun these days. 're getting to do an awful lot of different things. my kids, they better be at school but if they were home familiar.

>> he's a lego fan. >> yeah. >> you played batman. >> batman the lego. we're making the lego batmanvie, which is coming out next year which is really fun. then the sequel, as well, to the "lego" movie. >> people say youthe iron is hot. anything you're not getting a chance to do? is there a bucket list item? >> i'm considering a late run for the white house. >> really? >> ht want to hurry. >> like ted cruz, i was born in canada. >> you need to jump in. no more sitting on the bench. will arnett, good to see you, too. >> the full season of "flaked" will be available on netflix starting march 11th. back in a moment.

8:54. it's a great time to find out who is celebrating a birthday. >> always a good time. want to celebrate the remarkable folks from all across the country. as we start it out, weiseman from indiana. 100 years old. says she's a peep ople person and always has a smile on her sweet happen by 100th to edward marcos of new york. reaching the ranks of master sergeant during world war ii. service. thank you so much.

100 after he retired as full-time teaching, he worked as a substitute until 94 years old. god bless. jes jessie green from columbus, ohio, enjoying playing bingo with friends. rose cata cafazza says the secret to longevity, spaghetti. angue does his own home n you come over? i have a squeaky door. if you know somebody who is celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary of 75 years or about them. go to today.com/celebrate. don't forget to send a photo in, >> substitute teacher. want to go to war? we'll go to war. did you see that? >> google it. hilarious. >> google after today.

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this morning on "today's take," tina fey is here, and on the front lines of a dark comedy called "whiskey tango" then the bomb shell confessions by tennis star maria sharapova that shocked the tennis world. and padma lakshmi dishes onoss and love, coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al alie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to sday morning, march 8th, 2016. i've got to say, it's spring like outside. beautiful. getting into the 60s today in. >> 70s tomorrow.

here. 73 the next day, yeah. this thing right here. natalie is on assignment. the jam. going back. >> willie told me to wakeup, which i'm not sleeping. we've been up for hours now, but this will get you eason for it? i have no complaint. i love this song. >> it's one of the songs when i'm in the gym, the few times i go, or if i need to, you know, energy, it gets you going. >> missy is back on the scene. >> she is. >> good to have her back. >> fun person to follow on twitter is missy ellids out great clips of dancers, just killing it. especially now we're coming into wedding season, graduation season, you're likely to be invited to a party. go on missy elliott'saccount and get one good move that you can bust out. >> most people aren't really -- >> try it in the mirror first. >> get second >> never hurt anybody to try. >> remember will smith? this is where you live. >> if you want to be a little

>> rarely >> for those of you who want to learn, go to missy elliott's. there you go. >> great show. padma is here. tyne daly is here. tina fey we'll talk to in a few minutes. a jury awarded sports reporter erin andrews $55 million. the jury found a nude video filmed of andrews in 2008tional marriott at vanderbilt did cause her emotional distress, as she claimed, and both the stalker who took itotel are to blame. the man who filmed the video is responsible for 51% of the money, or over $28 million. the the franchise must pay for the rest, about $27 million. erin releasing a statement saying she was honored by the ictims around the world. their outreach helped he stand

whose job it is to protect everyone's privacy and security. owners of the hotel said they were committed to providing a safe and spitable environment for guests and employees. i guess the number, $55 million, is what jumps out. >> this guy, he doesn't have a in fact, he's reportedly said it was part of the reason he did it, to try to sell. savannah is a lawyer and talked it works through the legal system. it's a voice for anyone who felt victimized and known. my heart was broken when erin said she'd get tweets college girls saying, i want to be like erin andrews except for that on her part. it's devastating. to have your parents there, you're crying, and everyone has and people have gone back, over and over. whether she gets money or not, she's got the victory of saying,

>> so powerful there. >> you know, none of us can understand or appreciate what it would be like to have been exposed publicly that way. >> so he can move forward. another story we're talking about, and whether or not maria sharapova can move forward. this bomb shell penly admitted that she failed a drug test before the australian open back in january. meldonium. >> it's a drug apparently used to treat heart 's not approved by the fda, a supplement of sorts. it hasn't always been banned, but just this past january wasn the list. here's what she had to say. >> i made a huge mistake. i did fail the test, and ill responsibility for it.

no matter who i'm working with. i don't want to end myway, and i really hope that i will be given another chance to play this game. >> sharapova said she'd beent for ten years and she was getting sick a lot, getting the flu every couple months. she said she didn't look at the updated banned substances list, taking the blame for not e-mail link that goes out to all the players. she's been the highest paid female tennis athlete for more than a decade, earning around $23 m curious about the reaction from some of her endorsers. like nike. people have been praising her, d up, she could have said, i have a staff that's supposed to pay attention to this. >> i tend to believe what she says. >> nike suspended itslationship with her. >> and others. >> i think the suspension is the key term here. they haven't ended the relationship.

if all goes the way they will, i think they'll come back to her. >> couldn't they say, like al said, it's our belief that she's telling the truth, and weth her on this, unless evidence presents otherwise? >> good question, if other people have done that when some of the men with the have their endorsement deals been suspended? they lost them but -- >> steroids was illegal. this substance was until fournths ago. taking it. she's been taking it. >> i don't understand. >> i think the way sheuys her a lot. >> instead of through a spokesperson. hay hey, here's the deal, boom. she's russia for the summer olympics. >> this says my name, but i thought of you yesterday when i

>> okay.n't know why. >> good looking guy. >> okay. peyton manning officially announced his retirement yesterday. had been reported by espnre. he made it official, fighting back tears at a news conference in denver. >> i love the game. so you don't have to wonder if it. absolutely. absolutely, i will. when i look back on my nfl career, i'll know without a doubt that i gave everything i had toay with a win. there were other players who are more talented, but there was no one who could out prepare me. because of that, i have no regrets. i've fought a good fight. i finished my football race. after 18 years, it's time. god bless all of you. godtball. [ applause ] >> bless football. peyton played 18 seasons and holds more nfl records than we

five times. when he won the super bowl and hoisted the trophy, you had the feeling that if you were going to go out, if there was any question, you want to go oute did. >> has any other quarterback won the super bowl with two different teams? >> i should know the answer. probably. >> i'm sure book.com/"today's take." >> google it. >> that was such a beautiful speech. we showed some of it. we talked about calling his brother, you know, after the relationship with their father, obviously. beloved quarterback, as well. it's so sweet and so vulnerable. >> that's what i think playersss. the little things. shaking tom brady's hand, calling eli on the bus. now is day one with what do you do with the rest of >> he's young, and has this

>> we have a sports theme here. >> we do. a dad saves his son from a bat. pirates game spring training. a dad takes action. this is sean cunningham reaching the last second to bat. he deflects it. it goes just over his son's head. i mean, this has gone ean and landon on a facetime right now. good morning, guys. >> hey, guys. >> my gosh, so happened -- had to happen so fast. i mean, your instincts were unbelievable. what did you think when you saw the bat? >> no, sir. i didn't have a lot of time to think. i just -- once i realized it was heading for my son, ihing i could to block it and deflect it. >> landon, we're so glad you're okay, but i have to know, what

angry birds on the phone, no, i was not. i was -- i took a picture of one of the baseball ol. >> i was going to send it to my mom. then the bat came flying. i looked up something, but i didn't look up in time. my dad did this to block it. >> so dad is a superhero. sean, what did your wife say when she saw the picture? >> she had a hard time with it. she got a you know, thank god, you know, everything turned out -- no one was seriously injured. >> landon, i knowto celebrate your 9th birthday. we hear you've got a favorite player. atlanta braves first baseman freddie that your fav? >> yes, sir. >> guess what? freddie freeman has done a

he's autographed a braves ey. it is on the way to your home. what do you think? >> he's >> that's better than a bat, isn't it? >> oh, my goodness. >> right there. >> there you have it. you have yourhave a dad who is a bona fide super hero. >> he has an "s" under the game. what do you think? >> my first baseball game was amazing. >> i would say so.ean and landon, thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. >> glad everybody is okay. >> happy birthday, bud. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> he loves freddie freeman. mom in the background. can we see mom?

>> hi, mom.hi. >> and sis. hello. >> beautiful family. >> good looking. thanks so much, guys. >> so cute. his little face, this jersey. i have more video. in colorado, there was a massive hailstorm outside of fort collins. looks like snow. on the road, these two semi tractor trailers just missed each other. that could have been horrible. the tanker truck starts to lose control and finally gets it right. day. we have more rough weather today. look at this, we have tornado watches in effect. we have severe thunderstormarnings from wichita falls, oklahoma city, all the way to central texas. we'll be watching this very closely today. we have an area of

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appreciation of what journalists go through? >> yeah. >> when they're in harm's way?ieve the stuff that you guys do. to go with the marines, follow them around and try to get the story, but also not be in their >> right. >> not put them in danger. yeah, people say to me, you do that in real life? i said, no, i'm cowardly. >> shooting it in a desert with cameras, you'r you get a break, nice dinner. >> as long as there are nice services, you'll report on the war. it's a war movie lot of humor. was it that way for you when you were there? >> it's a dark, comic way and i tend to see the world in that i read kurt vonnegut when i was younger and wanted people to

a lot of things you sawere was absurd and the only way to capture it was dark humor. >> tina, you're portraying a real person in the movie. you know kim. for you? >> i knew it wasn't a biopick, so i didn't have to daniel day lewis shadowing me for months. >> i slept in kim's bed with her for a year. she didn't know. i gotep and out before she woke up. hard work. >> impressive. >> we wanted to get the culture and military stuff right, as best we could. my only regret is kim is -- how tall are you? 5'10"? >> 5'10". >> i wish i could have been movie. >> so do you suspect you'll be back on "snl" throughout the campaign?

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>> al, thank you very much. model, tv host, author and mom, padma lakshmi lived aspotlight. full of fashion, family and delicious food. now, she's written all about it in a revealing new memoir called what we ate." padma is with us this morning. good to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> we were talking, your daughter is a little under the weather. >> she's better now, but all last week having a fever. >> you're juggling the book tour and juggling mom which, of course, is relatable to so many caring for your daughter. >> i think we all try to balance everything, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. what i'm going through is than what most mothers who work are going through now. >> that's a lot of your book -- i know people focused in on romance and the other things, but in reality, this memoir ise in so many ways. from talking about insecurity to talking about the struggle to become a mom.

>> it was really difficult. other than having my daughter, it was probably the hardest had to do. it was like having a baby, except she took less time to come out. it took me over four years to write this an't believe you're holding it in your hands. it was hard, but i wanted to do it. even healthy eating book, i wanted to use the details of my life and illustrate philosophies i have about food and motherhood. i think we all need to have an open women, as immigrants, as women of color, as mothers, about our bodies, about work, about the fact that, you know, sometimes it takes longer to become whogoing to be. >> it's true. you mentioned your daughter. in the book, you talk about, at one point, wanting to change

here, you have chrishna. >> i part of the pact i made with myself in writing the book is i wanted to be truthful and really tell my story in a non-filtered form. yes, i did do that.our name is as old as immigrants from ellis island. a lot of people don't. i think i just wanted to fit in,teenage girls. >> speaking of teenage girls, one day, your daughter will be a teenager and may see a copy of the book. >> she's seen them around the >> she'll be able to read it and understand it. >> yes. >> and hear about your struggle to have her, about the paternity questions surrounding who herwas. did you think about that when you were writing it? did you visualize her reading it one day? >> you know, i'm sure she will read it a lot sooner than i to read it, but not for those issues. there's been so much written about all the issues you

as she's old enough to google he will find those things. it's my job as her mother to tell her where she came from and who she is, regardless of a book or articles in she knows who her father is. her father is very present in her life. you know, i don't -- i think every child at some pointtheir parents are human and, you know, i hope that i can use my life to help guide my daughter to make strong a place of power and owning her body or owning her decisions. >> that's the message beyond her, who is the person in your life, to fans and other young women who may have the insecurities that we all have, but think when you're on television, there's nocould have thesish e ish sues. you're exposing that. >> you know we have hair, makeup, pretty clothes. people help us with that. i don't look like this when ichool in the morning.

i'm really a black boy when i wake up in the morning and i'm transformed into this girl, >> exactly. you know, for me, i really wanted to have an open conversation. i wanted to say, look, i did use my looks as an asset, as adel, as someone on tv. no one asked tom how he keeps the weight off, you chef," or how he fits into his clothes. it's something that women have to deal with in the media much more than men, and in real life. you don't have to be living to have issues about weight. you don't are to be on tv or in front of the camera to have body issues. i think, you know, a lot of women do. >> it's an empowering message. not a pity party. it is the truth and it is what it is. thank you your daughter recovers fast. >> i know. >> the book, "love, loss and

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>> we signed a deal with planet we're headlining there. you can come and see the show from the 30th of april onwards. >> yes, absolutely. >> does sam like to hang out in is he a vegas guy? >> yeah. oh, yeah. i shouldn't drink though. >> what happens? >> iet damp. >> what? >> damp. >> would you speak more clearly? >> sorry. it's early. what do you want from me? >> i love when tamron talks to me. have you been drinking? >> a lot. >> that's why you're talking to a puppet. >> you're also looking away. >> i did a hidden camera show to see if we could get people out and about, going about their daily duties, see to a restaurant. i went in with cameras and ordered a dinner for two and theg a conversation

>> do you prefer an american audience or the audience in the uk? what's the difference? >> do you want that one?yeah. sleep. >> oh, wow. >> i'd say the american audiences are just up for it from the ou've worked in the uk a long time, you have to work harder to win them over. you still have to prove yourself here, as well. don't get americans have been fantastic. particularly on the journey of agt. >> how have your lives >> a lot of flying. i've been living in london, obviously, and coming back and forth, touring all over the states in the last few months. i mean, it's just an amazingatform. it's opened a lot of doors. you know, so many people see that show. >> i'm going on the next one. going to audition, season are you going to do? >> ventriloquism. >> watch. >> you've been practicing? >> yes.

what do you thmovement. it's amazing. i've nailed it. >> al was telling me before we started, apparently, he used to do ventriloquism a long time >> won a contest. >> now is your time. >> good to see you. thanks. catch paul and sam next month. tickets back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> who said that?

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