>> narrator: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee give ford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey! >> hoda's favorite day. now known as spanky tuesday.

that's "back it up." and we're so excited jennifer lopez will be here with us. >> if you've seen shades of blue, it's one of the hits on nbc which has been renewed. congratulations. she plays a cop who is dirty kind of. but how dirty can j. lo ever be. she's also on her last season of "american idol" and her ever so hot vegas residency. >> also just extended by popular demand. >> and these she's a mother of two. she'll sit down with us for two segments. not one, but two. >> the first time she will be sitting down in a long time. and the newest boy band that will get the young girls hearts they were a low e hoda pick a while back and they would be sinking their latest single.

kitchen. >> with willie. band. >> what kind of can they? >> brown butter salted cashew so good. we'll make it step to step. these are really good. >> and i can have it all. >> today is the first of march and always an easy day for me to remember because one of my favorite people in the entire world was born on this day. i want to say happy 90th birthday to my son's godfather, stanley moore. look at him. he looks like that the day mitt him 35 years ago. he's such a beautiful ethical human being. i love the man. >> i've met him several times at your house. first of all, he's so much fun,

>> he still plays squash. enjoys a little vino once in a i love you. so this is something we love, too. shall be in our arm's forces their family. >> if you wanted to find true love, this is it right here. so a 7-year-old, alex, from dad. he's been deployed in the navy for 99 days. so his mom wanted just to cheer him up. take a look at what happened. >> i don't know if you're ready to hear it. >> what? he's coming home? >> i don't know. what do you think? >> no. >> what do you think he has to tell you? >> i don't know. >> you don't know? if you can think of one surprise

>> i'm coming home. >> daddy's home. >> oh, my gosh. i've seen it three times and it still gets to me. >> like getting under the cuffs with twinkies. >> my daddy was a chief petty officer. and you know what i love so much, the kid didn't even talk. life. just precious. >> beautiful. mood. if you happen to be in -- >> that put me in a good mood. >> okay. so -- >> that was so beautiful. >> we're ruining our makeup with j. lo coming on.

that my arm was hurting me? i am a selfie taker. i want to know if anyone else is getting tennis elbow from taking sell if is ig oig. and i'm not kidding. i had to go to the doctor and he said any repeated motion. he goes with the phone, i was like, oh, my god, that kills me. so i wonder if anyone else is getting tennis elbow from taking selfies. picture. >> that's what i'm going to do. but i bet the young kids will have thumb problems and elbow problems. >> and social problems. >> anyway, joy to the world. all right. so oprah winfrey is doing something cool. she's auctioning off a lot of stuff from her closet on ebay.

now, i heard a rumor that she wear as size 10 shoe and i wear a 9 1/2. and sometimes i wear a 10, too. anyway, all kinds of stuff from sale. this black gown size 16, it's already on ebay for $1200. and look at her 10 size louie vuitton. >> oh, get those. you need those. >> look how -- how come none of her stuff is like scuffed up? >> she them probably wochbs. >> how about a slip. a slip from oprah. >> a black sheer waste band. >> and all the proceeds go to her leadership academy in south africa. >> you go to your which was either and you're like i haven't worn it in five years and somebody would love that.

>> i like the things i have like these shoes. >> hoda, love the dress. really love those shoes. >> i've literally had these shoes for eight years and they're high my favorite. >> and this is the dress you wore in vegas. >> my skrchlt j. lo dress. i'm wearing it again. >> and it's time. >> time for the bachelor. >> you're quite the superstar. everybody loves you. and they love your updates. >> it's a passion. so last night the show made bachelor history, okay? this is important because this is why. there has always been an unwritten rule that when the girls start to say i love you to the bachelor, they're not supposed to respond, they're supposed to stay vague and it's in the until the finale that they can ask express their love. ben broke the rule. take a look at his date with lauren. >> i am completely in love with you.

you for a while, as well. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> that's crazy. >> okay. so super cute, but there are two other girls still left. so then he had to go on a date the next day with jo-jo knowing he told the other girl he loved her. so let's look at her date. >> i do love you, and that's weird that i just said that because i've been so terrified about saying that. i don't want to think about what it would be like to lose you.

>> i do. >> today is the best day of my life. p i'm so happy. i'm really happy. >> i don't know how you can be in love with two women, but i am. >> still one to go? >> no, no, no. we need to marinate that for a secretary. what just happened? >> i'm living like kris hair ris so that says the show applauds him for living in the moment. but one of those girls is going to be devastated. >> first time i didn't like ben. first time ever. >> does he want america to hate him? >> and jo-jo is the one with the brothers. >> oh, i love the brothers. >> they will beat him up. >> did he say it again, is there a third person? >> here is the third girl. he did send her home.

but what i liked about her, she's like wait a minute, i have some questions. and she got back out of the car and confronts him and says did you know this whole time. because this is the fantasy suite episode. so who knows what happened in the fantasy suite. >> is that the end-end? >> and she cried her way home. so we're down to the two girls. >> i don't even like him anymore. >> when you hear him talk, he like puts her on a pedestal where he always talks about her saying she lets me be myself. >> he kissed her ring finger. isn't that what he did? >> please don't day me tell me you're paying that close attention. >> suddenly because i don't like him now after he said i love you to two girls. >> have you ever been in love with two people at the same time? >> no i have not. >> is it possible? >> he sayses it's possible. >> i think there is lust at the same time, but i don't think

>> i've been in lust with two people p. >> lust is okay. >> we have to get here because this is big from the bronx to vegas, baby. jennifer low pez sits down with us so my kids don't have to forage, got two jobs to pay a mortgage, and i've also got a brain. life's short, talk is cheap. i'll be working while you sleep. still don't think i've got a brain? you think a resume's enough? who'll step up when things get tough? don't you want that kind of brain? a degree is a degree. you're gonna want someone like me. but only if you have a brain. from the dairy farmers of fairlife, this is our promise. we start with delicious,

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i have to wear that wire. i'll find out whatever this job is or was if wozniak decides not to do it. don't worry. i'll take hill m down. >> she's going to take wozniak down. shades of blue is on fire. >> thank you. >> is it fun to be a little bit dirty? >> it is. it is so fun. you guys know about that. >> we do. by the way, ray lee iota, i hate him but i love hum. uf ove him. >> everybody asks me, and i'll like he's intense. >> and he's so much fun, too. >> he's a funny guy. surprising because he's so intense.

and you and he said he loved act opposite you. he said you have a great vibe. >> he said that to me. yeah, i love playing tennis with you. we go back and forth, we have a natural acting chemistry. i don't know. our characters really just work together really well. >> and what is cool about your characters, you understand -- she starts off kind of -- she wants to do good for her daughter and her life. but she starts tiptoeing into the dark side. >> it's a slippery slope. even when you have good sbepgs intentions you can make bad choices and you're like how did i get in this position. but i think what people know about harley already is that she's trying. >> yeah. >> always trying to do the right thing and sometimes we just don't. >> and with everything on your plate, when you found out this was picked up for a second season, which was reason to

>> oh, yay. not true. i was very excited. because we worked so hard on it. we developed it for like 2 1/2 years. and we wanted it -- we knew it could be something special. you know what i mean? and when it comes together and that happens -- but, yes, i'm busy, but it's a good busy. you put the work in and you're like okay. >> look what happened. and one of the rare days that you don't have anything to do, what do you do? >> nothing. i'm very like sweats, you know, pajama top and the fuzzy socks with hearts on them. the bun and the no makeup. and i do like -- and everybody makes fun of me. >> i like the no makeup. love to see the human part. >> but that's what i do. i do nothing. my goal is like to be with the kids more. >> and your vegas residency is crazy. it's extended, as well.

>> you were so much fun and my mom had so much fun with you. >> can we show her dancing one more time? your mom does not sit down. i was sitting near justin bieber and i said, no, i want to sit next to your mom. look at her. >> now you know where i get it from. >> she knows every word to every song. >> and a lot of choreography, as well. but she's so funny because she calls me afterwards when she gets back home and she go, jen, i'm kind of depressed. and i'm like why? and she said because i can't dance the way i used to. she's always the life of the party and she said -- i said no, you were dancing like crazy. and she was like, no, i had to hold on to the railing. >> aah.

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meet los five. elvis. >> do you know what is so great will los five other than the talent? they're okay looking guys. they are not even signed to a label yet. this is as fresh as this gets. >> we ran into your manager in the steps earlier. he was saying that it happened that big. by the time this show is off the air, let's get you a record deal. >> describe the kind of music you guys play. >> okay. so we have a bunch of elements. s spanish. s flavors. >> any poll came numbers? >> polka. >> i want to ask you guys. turn around. there is j. lo. were nervous?

>> they seemed totally fine a minute ago. perform. they're from all over the world. >> how did you meet? >> j.p. and i met in colorado. schools. but we didn't run into even 00 other until we were both in l.a. in music school where he met two of the guys. >> and i said we should start making a band and i invited my cousin p. >> and they're always so positive. positivity is what it is about. and your message was keeping bullying out of the high schools and it was a part of their -- >> good. i remember i picked one of your songs. >> you were laying it here on the tv show. and we've been making friends

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in the 30s al d we don't understand anything. >> we're in bed with j. lo eating blueberries. >> they're very good for you. >> a lot of lovely people want to ask you questions. you do have a vegas residency. everything has been renewed. nobody letting you quit.

>> look what we did. ready? >> that's nice. >> so here is ray. >> so we have some questions. are you ready? should i get up and do will? okay. hold on. >> what's happening? >> you're here and you're can different. how do you stay so healthy and fit? >> how do i stay so healthy and fit. you know, i'm like anybody else. i get tired of working out and i try to eat right. and sometimes i do and sometimes i don't. and i do high my west. best. >> and this residency -- >> that keeps me this shape. when i did it, i lost like seven pounds between the -- it made a big difference. >> when does it start up again? >> may 22. >> all right.

flip, flip, flip, flip. okay. >> now, why do we spin it? >> we have the questions right here. >> i don't want to get up and down. all right. lindsay wants to know do you ever just put your hair in a messy bun, wear pjs and binge watch tv. >> so you didn't see -- we do dumb smashes all the time. i like doing me and the kids. for some reason that one got a lot of attention because i had my hair in a bun and -- >> what shows do you binge on? >> i binge on homeland, i binge on plaque list, "game of thrones." >> nothing you can watch with the kids. >> no, no, no. that's after they're asleep. >> okay. here is matt asks -- probably matt lauer. if j. lo could have anyone guest with her at her las vegas show,

>> and do a song? probably bruno mars. >> oh, yes. >> i love bruno. i've told him for years i'm like we have to do something together. so maybe one day it will happen. >> and from ann, if you didn't have the career you have, what do you think you would have been? >> i think still something creative. maybe some type of artist. i can't paint, but in my mind like i would be a painter. >> that's a problem. >> and that's why i did what i and that's what i to do what i do. >> it might work out for you. >> we're in bed about j. lo. >> and ray. >> ray-lo. >> all right. coming up, just like his cookie, ryan scott shows us home baked goodies from scratch.

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>> very peppy. >> all the girls are wondering if all the boys are all taken. >> we don't kiss and tell, but, you know, we're -- >> i'll take that as available. >> all right, guys. stay with us. coming up it looks like we'll make the perfect cookie. >> i'm ready for some cookies.

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there is nothing better than the smell of cookies baking in the oven, so we have just the thing to satisfy your sweet tooth. perfect every time. and here to show us is our friend chef ryan scott. >> when am i going to get a song?

>> we'll have to work on that. >> no pressure. >> we're back in two week. let's come up with a song. >> okay. >> you're not going to do it. >> she might. >> this is my mom's recipe and i adapted it and made it really fun. not that my mom's cookies are not fun. my phone is going off.baking so dae, brown and white sugar, eggs, salt, flower, cashews is my kicker. and chocolate chips and butter. >> light weight. >> great for the waste line. you'll position this is weird. brown butter. this is super nutty and delicious.this is weird. brown butter. this is super nutty and delicious. my trick to making brown butter, microwave the butter with the lid on. >> i don't even get what is going on. >> check out the butter after

microwave it for a minute 1/2 to two minutes and stir it. it's perfect and done. >> yes. >> so now what we do, we -- by the way, i'm totally ready for this segment by the way. >> i don't think -- there it is. okay. >> but anyway, let's pretend. >> let's pretend this mixes. this is great. >> can i plug it in for you? where is the plug? >> i don't know. >> it's too far down. you need an extension cord. >> don't worry about it. >> you see how amazing that looks? and then you take the brown butter. >> pour it in. >> so sad. >> need some wine. >> so sad. >> so it be looks nice and emulsified. see how it's creamy? and then one egg at a time. and then you fold them in.

and then you go like this and it looks like that. and you add the flour. can we get some audience participation? >> aah! >> so good. . >> so i added baking soda and salt& and flour and it looks like this. >> why didn't you add the chocolate chips and cashews? >> wait, what? because you want them to be nice and chunky. >> i said that. >> this segment is are horrible. here we go. >> so you dump all that in. >> and once you dump it all in, you fold it. >> fold it. >> you fold it. >> i've already sprayed this. was i supposed to? >> actually, you're supposed to put it on the scooper here. so you have to work it, make

the great thing about this recipe, my mom never refrigerateded the the dough. instead you take it go like this. >> is that the only thing you changed? >> i did the brown butter and added salted cashews and then i put salt in it and renamed it. >> oh. >> so what you do, now, can you try one or no? >> yes. >> and i know you're not eating -- >> i'm not eating sweets right now, but for you -- >> take a little bite. they're so amazing. with the brown butter, you get the nuttiness and salted cashews. >> if you're only going to have one sweet in your life today, this is the one to have. >> it's the cookie in ryan.

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i don't care, no one cares. no one cares. >> love him. but he's right, no one does. >> but can you believe we were will bed with j. lo? we had j. lo here. >> yes, we did. but now let's make five lucky viewers very happy. it's time to give it away. >> this is amazing the number of entries we're getting. >> the prize is unbelievable. >> phillips smokeless grill and slow cooker. it's available at william sonoma to $479. it's a one pot wonder. just program the timer and it starts cooking when you're away and come home to a beautiful home cooked meal. >> both are great prizes.

look at all these entries. almost 11,000. >> because it's spanky tuesday. >> this is josephine riddle from bensalem. >> and i have darlene from glendale. >> and let's see. massachusetts. >> and i have carol langford from louisville, kentucky. congratulations all our winners. enter for next week's prize. >> listen to this. tomorrow from "fuller house," dave culiah. >> and we'll have fun stuff to get you organized. >> and we'll play who knew with

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