ncer: f nbc news, this is "today" with kathie leed and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. great were they, coldplay? hey, everybody. it monday. march 14th. i had an adventure of a lifetime. can't wait to hear about it. coldplay was out on the hat makes them amazing, it was pouring and cold. >> it was a cold rain.

look at at the crowd. some people have been out here since yesterday. they were singing. they got rid of the tents because the rain had t started to downpour. >> yeah. >> he just got more and more energy and more juice as it went on. >> him here. >> hello. anyway, they saved a song for us in the pouring rain. >>ou want to see what true love is wait to hear did while her boyfriend blake shelton was hosting the nickelodeon choice we'll have two members of our joy fit club. helped them. they're a married couple and lost a combined 250 we'll do our godwing stories. we have the 40 day prayer challenge that could change yourour life. the tv

is kathie lee?said. now we can. >> yeah. ten days ago, i left from here to go to the to israel, specifically. i've been going to israel since i was -- well, 45 years i've been id you first go? >> i was 17 years old. i was a total nerd when i was a kid, went on bible prophesy. i missed my high schooltion. coul cared less. i was going to israel. >> okay. >> we are toasting with these beautiful goblets. >> are they wooden? bethlehem. >> we have to take a sip. >> yeah. a couple of pictures. all next week, monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week, beginning have all the things that i shot. i was there with a tour group,

we don't go -- well, heret a minute. >> in the sea. >> do you have a bathing suit on in public? >> i did. >> you said you'd ll, yeah. unfortunately, i did. that'll be part of -- >> here is >>e dead sea. people come from all around the world to go to the dead sea. for health reasons but mostly because of t incrediblethere. all the health things and the beauty. >> put it on your face? >> you do, hoda. >> it's like a facial? >> it's a mask. you. >> here's a wooden camel. because i rode a guy named kojack. th have been taking people on rides. >> beautiful carving. >> they're huge and disgustingly stinky but really fun.e them.

judah on it. is the designer. put it on your bigger finger. th a lot. >> it's meant to be there. >> doesn't fit.'s get rid of this. bye-bye. >> look at you, egyptian aren't they beautiful? >> oh, my. >> won all kinds of design awards. stunning. >> really beautiful. also,s and janet jackson, they wear his jewelry. >> they do? what is this? k olate tahina. >> i love it. a lot of >> do you put it on a cracker? >> do anything you want.

on the day i left, i ran into jeffrey downstairs and told him he said, israel has become the place in the world for food. >> i didn't know that. can i double dip or is it gross? >> it's all yours. >> oh, it is? >> all yours. save a this is wine flavored from the market, where they sell over 100 different flavors. >> what is that? >> i don't know. have a bite. >> what is doesn't look great. >> it's great. wine flavored. it's good. no cream in it. >> looks like liverwurst. >> it's not. >> hmm. it's good. >> isn't that great? >> it is wine . here are pictures a enjoys her feast.cious. where is that? >> i can't see that far.

y monetary. they walked along the jericho they did it for festivals in ancient times. this is a place built into the -- only way to get there is >> they . my granddaughter, frank's e my own daughter. and david and i wrote about 12 songs for this trip. next week after you see thethings, the different segments, you can download them. we wanted that to be a gift for everybody to have. we went all around israel songs. it was very, very cool. here are highlights from the trip and proof i was thinking about hoda. take a hoda, i couldn't come without bringing you along. this is kojack.

because nobo likes to good hump better than you. hi, hoda. this is a litt bagel. she likes it. not too much, hoda. don't chew with your moutht of the residential palace of harrod himself. hoda is exhausted and a rest. >> i have my wyatt and you ha red.ove americans, hoda. well, you're egyptian. they love you, too. >> my egyptian sunld have with me. but you are with me. so it's all perfect. i love you, hoda woman. bye-bye.

michael here that you are myck in the mud. i miss you so much right now. >> by the way -- >> who was that guy in theu? >> a top male model, michael lewis, in israel. they callg like that. glasses. are those the white ones? >> they're black. >> christy hates the >> i got the black ones. look how happy michael and i look. >> i'm oddly positioned. >> hoda is oddly >> that's what i w saying. >> oh, my gosh! >> it was a great trip. it's all i can oh, my gosh. anyway -- we'll have pieces all >> monday, tuesday and wednesday holy week.

people were wondering where you are. we didn't say. now. yours. your t one at the end of the e things. >> good. the good news is, because i'm jet lagged, it's nationaly. yes, it is. you're supposed to take an hour nap to get back the hour you lost because of daylight savings can you nap, and can you wake up, or when you nap, do you go in a deep et a deep one and don't get to during the night. weekends, i love it. said you should have a cup of coffee and take a 20-minute power nap. it takes 20 minutes to kickce it kicks in, you're awake. >> coffee in the middle east -- >> is it thick?

everybody is -- everything is better. better. smells better. except with kojack. if you're on the mount of olives lucky enough to get off, don't let the guide tell you to ride him on neck. it's >> riding kojack's little neck? >> it's not little. they're 20 feet tall. >> when they get up and down, it's scary.oing to slide. >> you have to lean back and it's counter intuitive. you want to go like that. >> we road them when we were >> of course you did. >> we were terrified. >> saw more kids trying on top of >> can we show ariana grande? she was on "snl."

they did a spoof on jay-z's asked her to fill in the gaps as the streaming stops. check out her impressions. can you sing like spears? >> kind of. >> people need their britney spears. oh, baby, baby, how was i supposed to that something wasn't right here >> we just lost celine dion. nights when the wind was so cold o it right outside the window dion is at 100%. now we're losing whitney houston.

i will always love you >> is that amazing? >> unbelievable. >> she's a great talent. >> oh, my gosh. >> great talent. >> if you have any old toys to be hanging around you house -- >> they have to be in the original boxes, right? >> i know. who has that? >> people do. o she does. >> you can sell them on ebay for big money. here are some of the toys. if they're packaged up, they can make big money. oven. never opened -- why would you buy it and not open it? >> some people think things through, hoda. they're thinking, is going to be worth a lot. >> there y if you have an easy bake oven. if you have a game boywith tetris, back from the flintstone days, that's big. furby, $900.

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>> she saw that. >> that happened with kojak the to host it, it proves his fan base is huge. kids, and was asking his managers, i want to do the kids choice awards. they go, you do? >> it's a huge one year. it's hard to get into. >> you have to talk about ciara and e's a football player. i learned this. >> you learned this? this? >> i didn't know who he was. he plays e's a quarterback and a very, very big star. >> well, he popped the question. great picture. she said yes.y saying they're not going to have sex until marriage? >> they haven't. they're planning a big

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donnie is 42 years old. he grew up as a quiet, shy andoverweight kid. in the sixth grade, he learned to play the trum bet pet and that ing. he studied music in college. he was the band director. he'd hit more than 300 pounds. >> wow. >> you see in the before he went on to get his doctorate at florida state university in music. that's where he met the love of his life, lly is 32 years old. she also was a chubby kid. she was an emotional a closet eater. she found solace in playing the trombone. sh was good. she also studied n went on to meet donnie in graduate school. at the time, she was 265 they fell madly in love. they got married. they then had a beautiful baby boy named brennan.

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what you do is open your heart and to god. >> it's frightening to many people though. >> it is. >> it's a new world for them. if they don't want to be vulnerable, which into, what do you tell them? what if people don't pray? they're not a religious person. >> you need to estep to the golden gate bridge. you find out it is a footpath. you need to establish a routine in your life. i bring my wife a cup of a bagel every morning. >> you bribe her, basically? are. after we have the coffee and pray together. >> they've been praying -->> so it's morning in your house. coffee. what happens? >> well, we eat that first. >> first thing's first. >> squire has a s brain injury, we son and daughter-in- are looking for a house.

>> for answered>> then, god, we lift up grant and ask you give him peace. he's anxious. give him peace. for my son, danny and jesse,e ask you give them favor with the loan. >> she's getting into it already. basically, anything that's going on in your >> there's a wonderful stripture that says in the morning, lord, you hear my voice. in the morning, i bring my requests before you. and i wait in >> there you go. >> it's perfect. >> that is it. you should expect it. >> that's what i you don't expect it, guess it. >> that's right. part of what the prayer is. >> let's bring dale in. well. demonstrating, num one, and how you can relate to it. i want to talk about, there are other implications that have to health and well-being. when there is and/or activity changes.

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time for our favorite things. i was thinking about hoda the whole time i was there. what i did was -- >> what? >> i told you the story of where david smoked ed goliath. look at this stone. it's a heart. >> oh, my ot to know, what is your stone and where are you going to throw it? this is hoda's personal stone i love it. i can't believe it. my favorite thing now, since this is a stone from israel. mine is brownie brittle. you can get it at the drugstore. i'll tell you why it's delicious

in thisre five servings. it tastes like the top of pa can't worry about spanxs now. everybody ate these. applaud if you like these. [ appl >> they're delicious. they ar good. i had a little. >> they're in different where is my stone? >> right there. >> thank you. >> love you all. glad to be back with you. all of the segments will be next week starting i love you. >> look at my stone. tomorrow, we have helen mirren.

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