plenty of sun tomorrow but cold. then we're in the mid-40s come thursday and friday. by friday, next storm system comes in, but we'll be warm enough to make it rain. 46 on saturday. maybe some rain again later sunday. snow lovers still have to wait. >> i know, i had to cancel lots of skiing. >> sorry, michael. the "today" show is coming up next. >> that's what's happening "today in new york." good morning. breaking overnight. donald trum s first television ad of his presidential campaign out this morning, and the republican front-runner is shing all he buttons. >> the politicians can pretend it's something else, but donald trump calls it radical islamic terror m. >> a former president bill clinton gets set to hit the trail solo to campaign for his

wife and the candidates hope their messages with the caucuses a month away. and. >> we're here to defend the people. >> the fbi hoping a peaceful end to the standoff. we're live at the scene. boiling point. saudi arabia selevers ties with iran giving its diplomats just hours to leave the country. as tensions rise over the saudi's execution of an iranian cleric. and deepwater discovery, the first images of the cargo ship that sank after the captain sailed it right into a category 4 hurricane it was built to survive. no sign of the 33 crew on board or the black box that could solve the months old mystery today, monday, january 4, 16. >> announcer: from nbc news,

and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. we've advanced a year, and, i mean that literally. happy birthday belatedly. >> thank you, to you as well. >> yeah. ab>> do you believe it. we're so much older. >> did you celebrate. >> i did. that's why i'm on a ten-second delay. my new year o is extending to monday, january 4th. >> we'll catch up in a while. we'll start with our top story. new fireworks in the presidential race to begin the new year, including donald ump's ver ferst television ad. we have it all covered beginning with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, happy new year to you. donald trump ringing in the new year with what is in effect his campaign's closing argument. this long-awaited first tv ad is provocative, a lot like his candidacy, focusing on illegal immigration and the threat from abroad, all of it flying in the face of his critics. >> donald trump, and i approve this message.

trump released his first tv ad of the campaign, a move he's hinted at for months. airing in iowa and new hampshire, the ad reinforces his stance on isis and immigration. >> that's why he's calling for a temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states. he'll quickly cut the head off of isis and take their oil. >> reporter: the new ad comes on the heels of a new recruitment video from al qaeda affiliate al shabab in africa highlighting trump's proposed muslim ban. trump shrugging it off. >> they use other people. what am i going to do? i have to say what i have to say. >> reporter: instead citing an isis video. >> northernicators. >> reporter: that attacks former president bill clinton for his past sexual transgressions. >> i think it's an isis, and they really put him down as a degenerate. >> reporter: front-runner now targeting both clintons. >> hillary clinton created isis with obama. >> reporter: just as the former president gets set to hit the trail today on his wife's behalf tweeting the worst thing illary could do is have her husband campaign for her,tjust watch,

his alleged misconduct. >> it hasn't been a very pretty picture for her or for bill because i'm the only one willing to talk about his problems. i mean, what he did and what he has gone through i think is frankly terrible, especially if she wants to play the woman card. >> reporter: clinton is even hearing about it on the road. in new hampshire she dismissed a republican state lawmaker who heckled her about her husband's alleged extra 345ir9al affairs. >> you are very rude, and i'm rnot going tf ever call on you. >> reporter: across the board the candidates are now in the final sprint. listen to this. this week alone they will hold 44 events in iowa. in fact, the majority of them have about 28 from the freshman senator ted cruz. shows you just how important the caucuses are to his candidacy, and there in new hampshire 58 events overall, all in the first week of what is certain to be a history-making year. maig, savannah, back to you. >> peter alexander, peter, thank you very much. >> what can we expect to hear from former president bill clinton as he hits the campaign trail for his wife?

nbc's kristen welker is in new hampshire with that side of the story this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. former president bill clinton will try to seal the deal when he campaigns here in new hampshire. campaign aides tell me expect m to be a frequent presence on the trail. of course, this first stop does come amidst a barrage of criticism from donald trump as peter just talked about. cl ton campaign officials really brushing that aside saying, look, he's one of the most popular politicians in the country. they believe the benefits far outway the costs. in terms of strategy, they tell me don't expect secretary hillary clinton to engage in some type of verbal tit for tat with donald trump over the issue, of course. the last thing she really wants to be talking about. instead, you'll see her do what she has been doing consistently which is to criticize donald trump over his controversial comments, including his call to ban all muslims fromeantering the united states. from a political perspective, new hampshire is really anyone's game right now. clinton and bernie sanders locked in a close race.

if clinton wins it would allow her to lock up the nomination early, but for bernie sanders this is really do or die. polls show he has a lead here. he's from neighboring vermont, but, of course, hillary clinton has a close relationship with new hampshire as well. she won here in 2008. by the way, she could explain a loss in new hampshire, but a loss in iowa would be devastating, and that is where she will be campaigning later today. savannah. >> all right, kristen welker, thanks. let's bring in chuck todd, nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press" and nicolle wallace, and msnbc analyst and former white house communications director under former president george w. bush. good morning, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> we're going to meet here often over the next month or so. >> there's an election this way, have you heard that. >> people are going to start covering it. >> let's talk about donald trump's first campaign ad of this presidential election. it pushes all the buttons. you hear him push as a campaign stop. these are his applause lines. >> right. >> anything surprise you about it? >> no. >> no, but i -- i'm not sure why

the thing with donald trump's candidacy is that it is blaring out of every speaker you come across, so i'm not sure what a paid ad gets you that his campaign isn't already achieving. they saturate the airwaves. everyone has heard these messages either from donald trump himself or in the coverage of it. >> she's saying why spend the money. >> look, what he needs to be spending the money on is organization, organization, organization. that's what i'm trying to figure out. his votes are not frequent primary voters, show up in general elections but not frequent primary voters. he needs to be coming up with ways to make sure these folks come, particularly in those caucuses but also as well as new hampshire. this doesn't feel like a get out the vote message. >> let's talk about hillary clinton. she's deploying bill clinton who, of course, democrats consider to be one of their best surrogates, a great campaigner. meanwhile, donald trump is pulling up all this stuff from the past. the clinton sabou wants to blow it off, nothing to see here, but he's putting things back out into the ether that we haven't really heard about in ten years.

>> last week, if you're a normal person you were not watching every into this campaign, congratulations, i was not among you. last week donald trump had some voices from the maidstreao media really say that these were legitimate attacks, both on race question for 2008, some of bill clleinton's rather questionable moves against then senator obama and then on the fidelity question, so i don't think that it's surprising that donald trump is going after the clintons. i think the clintons can look to jeb bush and others to say the perils of ignoring an attack from donald trump. >> look, i think it's smart on trump because there's been all this speculation, isn't he really actually secretly wanting to help the clintons. now, number one, he's not trying to help the clintorsl he owes attacking they will. two, it gives this idea of inevitability. hey, i'm already looking to the general election and don't kneel to be dealing with the whole primary mess. i think it will be interesting to see if the clintons take the bait. i hear you. you don't want to ignore it, but if you get into the mud then the story keeps going.

>> we've done an entire interview only talking about donald trump and hillary clinton. so it's wild card football weekend coming up. each give me your wild card. who should we be looking at in. on>> it's possible the true front-runners lose one or both ofbu the first two votes. i think rubio and christie's camps feel very strongly they are peaking at exactly the right time, rubio making a speech this morning in national security. they feel like that gives them an edge and christie making some stealth moves in iowa. >> the one thing that could happen that's not out of the realm, ted cruz could win iowa and new hampshire. why? so manngy people trying to make new hampshire make or break. they will split up the moderate vote and nobody is competing for cruz's vote in new hampshire. trump may ask himself why he didn't attack cruz with the tv ads as opposed to what we see right noisw. chuck, nicole, thank you. thank you, guys. >> president obama will meet with attorney general loretta lynch in the oval office today. they will discuss option of on the steps he could take to help reduce gun violence. the president expected to use executive action to strengthen

background checks for those who want to buy firearms at gun shows. republicans strongly oppose any moves the president may make, and legal fights seem likely. donald trump called possible actions an assault on the second amendment. >> in other news, a ense situation playingiout in oregon this morning. armed protesters are occupying buildings on a federal wildlife refuge. nbc's joe fryer is near the scene of the standoff which is now entering its third day. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. authorities are urging the public to stay away from this refuge. thrsere is no visible police presence here, but the fbi says it wants a peaceful resolution. protesters here want local control of this federal land and say if n essary they are prepared to stay here for years. the headquarters f the malheur national wildlife refuge has been turned into a compound for an armed occupation. inside, they are making ip and stocking up. >> we are setting ourselves up to help the citiz s here in

harney count toe reclaim their lands back. >> reporter: throughout this remoba community, there's growing frustration over the occupation. the county cancelled school all week out of a concern for safety. >> i don't like the militia's message. >> it's sort of frightening when there's people making threats and people touting guns. >> reporter: over the weekend activists took over the refugp which was empty at the time. 's unclear how many are here. in a statement the sheriff says the group wants to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a move president across the united states. protesters say they won't get violent unlres th government does. >> we are here to defend the people, and we will not take aggression. >> reporter: ammon bundy is the group's leader. he's the son of the cliven bundy, of the nevada rancher who in 2014 had his own standoff with the government over grazing rights. this latest protest centers around oregon ranchers dwight hammond r. and his son stephen. both are supposed to report to prison today, convicted of

lighting firings on public land near their ranch. the hammonds already served time, but a judge ruled it wasn't enough. >> seems like a bit of an overkill. >> reporter: dozens rallied peacefully saturday in support of the ranchers. that's when a small group splintered off driving to the refuge and taking it over with no plans to leave any time soon. the attorney for the hammonds have said they do plan to report to prison today. in the past that attorney has said that this group that's here right now does not speak on behalf of the hammonds. matt and savannah. >> all right. joe fryer, thank you. now to a diplomatic crisis overseas. it's being closely watched by the obama administration. saudi arabia severing ties with iran amid escalating tension over the saudi's execution of a prominent cleric. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely has more on this. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this is a war of words, and it is dangerous. saudi arabia now expelling

iran's diplomats. the two nations trading warnings and insults. of course, they both claim to lead the muslim world across which there are being riots and protests over an extraordinary execution. tensions are growing with mass demonstrations above all in iran as the killing of a shia cleric by its main sunni rival saudi arabia. protests from india where rioters condemn saudi arabia to bahrain, where shia crowds called for the death of the saudi royal family, to new york, a protest reported on iranian tv. >> we pray to god that things are calmed down. >> reporter: diplomatic spat is growing, too. saudi diplomats have left iran after crowds burned the saudi embassy. their spokesman giving iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave saudi. the cleric killed was buried

quietly, but the execution of 47 men has echoed around the muslim world. nimr al nimr was an internationally known shia scholar, harshly critical. saudi regime which executed him for inciting its shia minority. iran's supreme court leader warned saudi arabia would face divine revenge for a crime. the execution has inflamed tensions. the two countries' war of words now worse than ever. and the u.s. is now very concerned, not just at diplomatic ties have been cuts, but effect that a could have on the war in syria and planned peace talks. iran and saudi arabia, of course, back different sides in that war. there's no sign this will boil over into conflict between the two, not yet anyway, but,atc and savannah, this is serious. >> bill neely in london on this story, bill, thank ou very ch. this morning we're getw ng

the ill-fated cargo shep "el ro" that sank after sailing into the path of a category 4ee hurricane this morning. nat is following this story. good morning. >> good morning. it's being called the worst u.s. maritime disaster in 35 years. 33 people died when this ship went down. now the ntsb is releasing an underwater look at what's been found so far. new overnight, the first underwater images of the wreckage of "el faro," the container ship that was containing 33 crew memntrswwhen it sank near the bahamas during a powerful hurricane last october. the eerie images show the stern of "el faro," the navigation bridge which detached from the main vessel and a badly damaged deck sitting 15,000 feet below a level. on october 1st the "el faro" was sailing from jacksonville, florida, to puerto rico when it lost engine power and got caught in the category 4 storm. investigators have yet to discover the 35-foot moist where the ship's data recorder was located.

that so-called black box could contain clues about the last minutes of tha doomed voyage which remain a mystery. viewing the video of the wreckage has been emotional. >> we're looking, of course, for the bridge and the voyage data corder, and we got up to that level to see and just openness. extremely moving and difficult to -- it's a very big surprise to us to see that. >> also missing were any remains of the crew or their belongings. all 33 people on board are presumed dead, but none of their bodies or personal effects have been found. the ntsb is considering launching a second investigation to locate additional wreckage and uncover more clues as to what happened. >> i think it was a series of unfortunate events and without any other information i truly blame it on hurricane joaquin. >> the ntsb doesn't know if and when a second search for the wreckage could occur, but either

way it could take as long as a year before more details about the accident are uncovered, guys. >> natalie, thank you. >> let us start the new year with a little powerball fever. it's heating up now that the jackpot has reached a whopping $400 million. that, by the way, the sixth largest in history. no one matched all six numbers on saturday's drawing. the next drawing wednesday. if you are wondering, mr. roker, about your odds of winning, try 1 in 292 million. >> wow. >> feeling luck? >> yes, i am. yes, i am. after all, we're all together. >> i know. reunited. >> happy new year. good to see you guys. let's take a look at some. wetter we've been seeing over in missouri. that flooding has been just horrible. the good news, we'll start to so a little bit of a break. the weather has cooperated but we still have to worry ameut folks downstream. right now the river flood gauges are in better shape than they have bfnlt over the weekend it was 400 and now it's down to 228, 27 locations in major flooding.

memphis, tennessee, they are going to see their crest right around friday at 40.5. that's just above moderate flood stage. we'll continue to watch this. other big thing we're watching, the cold air. it was back to normal. winter is here. right now it feels like 2 below in buffalo. 21 in new york city, boston 18, washington feels like 26. today the temperatures will feel anywhere from 13 below to 14 above, 10 to 40 degrees below averag and after a record december it feels even worse. but look at this. here's the good news. this is short lived. by wednesday we're above average from chicago, buffalo, washington, new york city and portland. we're going to get to your local fore to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. seriously? we'll give it a 6 for composition. scary. wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window?

sometimes the best deals are pretty plain to see. those northerly winds on the increase. the temperatures on the decrease. the best we do t s afternoon, the freezing mark. 32. but it will never feel like that with windchills in the teens most of the day. a mix of clouds and sunshine. clear, bitterly cold tonight. single numbers near zero. that's even in the city. low temperatures in the mid-teens overnight and tomorrow. only 31. boreunceinck midweek. 41 and 43 wednesday, thursday. rain could arrive friday, maybe more rain later sunday. highs in the 40s both days. latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks so much. coming up, the push to extradite the so-called affluenza teen from mexico. plus, we'll hear for the first time from the family of one of the victidi he killed in a drunk driving crash. >> and then on a new rossen reports, the crash test you need

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it is 30 degrees. temperatures actually dropping on this monday morning. it's 7:26. the first monday of the new year. it's january 4th. i'm pat battle. in the news, police questioning a 15-year-old girl about a double murder in brooklyn. news 4's tracie strahan joins us now with the latest details from sheepshead bay and they're disturbing details. tracie? >> reporter: they are pat. that young girl has been here all night long questioned about the two victims found murdered inside an apartment. one of the victims, her own mother. this happened at the sheepshead bay houses. this discovery was made 6:30 last night. they found the mother in one room and the boyfriend in another. the identity of the victims has not been released. >> tracie strahan from brooklyn.

thank you. for a look at the commute here's lauren scala. >> commuters on the subways, delays on 34th street hudson yards bound 7 trains and northbound a trains by passing rockaway boulevard and 88th street. expect delays in the northbound direction as well. a disabled vehicle eastbound on the bqe in the left lane. it's backing things up. back ou to you, pat. we'll be right back with chris' forecast.

20s north and west. the cold air continues to funnel in on an increasing northerly wind creating windchills later on today down to the lower teens. actual air temperature at best 32. sunny tomorrow, only 31. the teens. tonight, 41. wednesday, 43 thursday. may be rain by the end of the week and weekend. >> thank you, chris. coming up on the "today" show, 60 seconds to a healthier 2016. important health screenings you can do at home that take less than a minute. see you in half an hour. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. t fewer than 6% received 5 stars. r among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia.

it's monhey morning. ite.'s the 4th of january, 2016. back to work for a lot of people. a lot of folks out on our plaza extending the holidays a little longer. thursday. still want to see it. come down before thursday. that's when it gs down. amazing how quickly we become holi >s. >> haven't watered it in days.

at stories making news byight plw. overnight donald trump released his first tv ad of the campaign. >> he's calling for a temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> taking aim at the democratic front-runner. >> hillary clinton crea ed isis with obama. so>> just as the former president get set to hit the trail today on his wife's behalf. >> president obama taking aim at gun control. >> tens of t usands of our l.fellow americans haveebeen mowed down by gun vi ence, tens of thuaousands. >>in he plans to bypass congress to d it. >> i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence. >> anti-government activists are cupying a federal officee building in a wildlife refuge. they are protesting the prison sentences of two local ranchers. >> it's sort of frightening when there's people making threats and people toutingsiuns. >> we are here to defend the people, and we will not t ke ag essi,n. >>r c.ses of flood left a mess behind.

people have been able to get into their homeso save what can be salvaged and let go of what they have lost. >> this is the worst. this is about as bad ao igets. the powerball jackpot has exploded to over $400 million. the next drawing is wednesday night. >> so lots going on on a monday morning. we turn now to the latest on the case of the so-called affluenza teen. we e b en covering this for several years now. while ethan couch's deportation from mexico is on hold, for the first time of the family of one of the four people he killed ile driving drunk is now speaking out. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on at. gabe, inood morning to you. reporter: matt, good morning. while ethan couch remains in detention in mexico, his mother tonya is in custody here in l.a. awaiting extradition back to texas. and as thiy drama plays out the family of ethan couch's victims are still waiting for what they ll iuatice. thfais morni two and a half years afer aedrunk ethan couch

killed youth pastor brian jestnnin. and thr others in a horrific crash jennings' devastated family is speaking out for the first time. >> i don't understand all this. >> reporter: in their first television interview jennings mother and sister kristi mccarty say watching the so-called affluenza teen trying to evade the law again is painful. >> we find out that he flees to mexico with his mom and it's just devastating really. >> you keep waiting and waiting an >d thinking that some day this person is going to feeer something and you still don't see it. >> reporter: this morning ethan couch is waking up in this de somtion facility in mexico city, his surroundings anything but affluent. a mexican immigration official tells nbc news that couch lives in a sparse room, sleeps on a bunk bed and likely has three or four roommates. ring certain hourss e can waestch tv in a common room and has access to a patio where we can play basketball or soccer.

his high-powered attorney filed paperwoak to block deportation and torment two w >>ill meet to discuss his next steps benitez telling nbc news my job is to oversee that his ultimate delivery to the u.s. authorities is done by the letter of the law hand in accordance with my ient's wishes. couch's mother tonya did not fight deportation. her lawyer says she did not violate any texas laws but she is being held on $1 million bail, charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. another one of pastor jennings' sisters amy pe,"e tays the couch family needs to be held accountable. >> i ve'm angry that ethan still doesn't get why his act ns are ong and has no remorse, and i'm also angry that his mother keeps enabling him and that she continues to set no boundtries with him. >> reporter: tonya couch is expected to appear.in court here in l.a. tomorrow and could be back in texas by mid-week. guys, as for ethan couch, his

case could drag on in mexico for weaks or even months. >> all right. be gutierrez, gabe, thanks very much. >> turn to al now."twhat shod we exprecht from this weather in. >> talking about elenino and how 's been affecting the pacific northwest and sierra. it's finally starting to make its way into southern california as well bringing much-needed rain. we've got a couple of storms backed up. storm number one is bringing rain from san diego all the way to eureka, california. storm number two, this is the one that we're really watching tuesday in wednesday, it's going be a potent one, so we're going to be looking at maybe an inch of rain today for much of california. mo"e mountain snows for the sierra and roiks, but thiyes second onhe the highest peaks could see two feet or more, but also the threat of flooding, debris floes and burn areas and looking at some places 2 to 3 to maybe 5 inches of rain in southern california, upwards for the alleys in the foothills, urban roadway flooding possible. but the good news is more snow pack ten the sierra. they need that, and they are going to continue to get it.

we do have watches for the l.a. county mountains and al, thanks very much. looking at temperatures between 20 and 25 through the upper hudson valley. the cold air continues to funnel down down to 30 in the city. we may still lose another degree or two and bounce is back through time this afternoon. feels- ke temperature 21 in the park. 22 at jfk. the teens north and west of town. just the beginning. sunshine and clouds mix today. a high of 32. 16 the low tonight in the city. colder north and west. 31 on edesday. back to the 40s, wednesday h thursday and friday. >> get your latest weather channel on cable and weather.com online. matt? >> thank you very much, al. just ahead, princes william and hry -- i said princes, open up in a candid new interview about their father and thtteir future. >> and a new rossen reports for anyone who owns a pet. >> hi, good morning. i'm jeff rossen. you come to your local pet store

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welcome back. 7:40 now on a monday morning. this morning on "rossen reports" a safety alert for you and your pets. >> and we've got some video you'll want to see a warning. me oon it is disturbing. nbc investigative correspondent jetf rossen is here. >> reporter: good morning to you. ha y new . you have a dog or a cat i bet you've done it, hopped in a car and brought them along. no straps, no harness. it's cute a laftwr all. e dog is climbing around and fwh ing by heir face but it tuyrns out it's dangerous. people are now getting into accidents so companies are making products to keep your

you can find them at almost every pet storio but experts say many o the products don't work, putt your p t in danger, so how is this al led? this morning the crash test you need to see. this doggie dummy is strapped in th a popular hornes sold in t stars today. it's supposed to keep him secure in a crash. so why is he goi flying? same with this harness and this crate. the dog smashing right through, all failing miserably. the harnesses paid for weople ke laura lynn out for a bu drive with his dog buddy. he isn't strapped in, jumping all over here and distracting him all ovr the road. >> i don't see a p blem with him getting wind in his ears and fur. >> reporter: but experts say it's dangerous. dashcam video showing does flying outlvf cars. nearly hit by oncoming traffic. the dog is okay. this dog e >vefalling out of a

window and amazingly survives, but it's not just dogs in danger wandering around your car. it's you, too. >> in the event of a crash, a pet can be a projectile. they can hurt everyone, including themselves so keep ur pet restrained on every trip >> reporter: so you come to the pet store to buy a harness, buy a carrier to keep your pet safe. some of the companies making bold promises on the packaging. check out this official looking seal, crash tested. others say certified certified safety and locksninto place,beut perts ssyanyh.f the are deceptive. they don't work in a crash, and believe it or not, pet products like this are not regulated by anyone, not even the federal government. >> firing. >> reportela so the watchdog groupenter for pet safety decided ch check them out with official crash testing, and what they fou i was alarmi. all this damage at just 30 miles per hour. >> so this is our pet producta graveyard, and many of these products did not do we

ll in testing, and most of them failed. >> reporter: these areheroducts on the market right now. >> these are products on the market right now and the manufacturers are still making those claims. >> reporter: in fact, 25 of 289 products tested failed. harnesses snapping right off. dogs center airborne, and watch this daggie dummy breaking through his crate, shattering it to pieces. that could be your pet. >> pet products are not defined consumer products by the cons ber product safety commission, so they bypass any kind of oversight and regulation. that's really scary >> reporter: consumer product safety commission telling nbc news based on our mandate from congress cpsc does not have jurisdictions over these products. the american pet products association declined our request for an interview, adding they can't comment on the testing, but they back car safety restraints. >>fa pet owners should be screaming about this. if sh you get into an accident and one of these products fails, it

other drivers on the road at risk. >> reporter: yeah, it's hard to watch some of them. when we r oched out to the consumer product safety commision they tol us to check with the national highway traffic safety administration so we did that. they told us to check back with the consumer product safety commission so a bit of washington finger-pointing going on here. the good news, while the majority of products did not hold up a few of them did and we have a list of the products that passed the pet center's crash test on my facebook page right now, facebook.com/rossen lever reports. you should really check it out. >> all right. a lot of people at home with things they shouldn't be putting their dogs and cats in. people driving around with the pickup drug with the dog in the back. >> that's tied down. anything not tied down in a slow speed accident will go flying. >> jeff, thank you very much. coming up, apologies in advance. what ricky gervais is saying ahea of his hosting duties at the golden globe awards. >>as are carson in the original

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encourage them to be the nerd in successful inventor. >> he , carson. >> hey, i'm 58. could you explain what ai is. >> artificial intelligence. thndank youheery much. >> should have mentioned that. >> whole move beit. >> i know. tknow. >> i should have said that, apologize, artificia intelligence, like jarvis in "iron an".that helped robert downey jr. do a lot of things including making coffee. is zuckerberg going to become iron man. >> this response by mark zuckerberg is so good, it brings tears to my eyes. as a father of a young doubt you are, yes. a nice inspiration as we kick off the new year. >> zuckerberg makes me feel bad about my resolution lik don't drink so much. like learns mandarin, awesome. >> by the way, carson, my first day back, congratulations to you. >> thank you, appreciate t.welcome back. >> just ahead, a candid new

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morning. it's 7:56. as we take a live loo at the brooklyn bridge. busy on a monday morning. it's the 4th of january. 30 degrees out there. i'm pat battle. police just released the name of the mcdonald's employee ki ed in the bronx this morning. 28-year-old adam garcia was tally staed around 4:30 this morning inside theonald's where he worked on broadway in the kings bridge section. garcia got into an argument with his attacker, was stabbed in the neck and in the chsst. he was pronounced dead at new york presbyterian hospital. so far, no arrests. >>for a look at your morning commute, here's lauren scala. >> thanks, pat. lirr commuters, 20-minute delays on the babylon branch. 34th street hudson yards bound trains terminate at 61st street. others will still go past there. you'll get around. also, if you're hiting the

watch out for an accident there. weatherwise, mr. cimino tells us it's going to be cold and windy today. a high of 32. going to feel more like the teens though. tonight it will be the teens. 16 degrees in the city. sunnier and warmer tomorrow at 31. warming up as we head into the weekend. but maybe a chance of showers. coming up on the "today" show, eva longoria stops by to talk about her role in the new

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the princes get personal. will i am and harry speak candidly about the future, their family and fatherhood like never before. >> you get affected by some things that happen a lot more as a father, just because you realize how precious life is. >> yeah. >> it puts it all in perfective. >> and got a minute. we'll show you 60-seco screenings you can do at home that can help you keep healthy

all year long. and your screen is about to " sizzle as we talk with the one and only jennifer lopez. >> do you ever see yourself getting married again? >> maybe. i love getting married. >> and the newly engaged eva longoria. >> oh. hey, guys. >> today, monday, january 4th, 2016. >> we're here in new york city for the first time. hi, mom! spending the last dayess wint break with the "today" show. >> i'm celebrating my sweet 16 from oceanside, california. thanks, mom, for the sur ise trip. >> at ll the way from houson to see al!

>> we're back now. 8:00 on a monday morning. thwiis is the fourth day of january, 2016, and say hi to some people who just can't let the party end. nice to have you guys. i love it. ni bris air. starting to feel like winter. like. coming up, eva longoria is in the house. we'll chat with her about her new show, and did we mention she's newly engaged. so much to talk to her. >> nice, congratulations. >> that's great. >> let's first go inside. natalie's check out the top stories of the morning. natalie. >> hea, guys, good morning once again. this morning donald trump has re fleased the first tv ad of his campaign. it reinforces his call to temporarily bar muslims from entering the united states showing the suspects in the san bernardino terror attacks. it vows to, quote, cut the head off isis and take their oi l, and it repeats trump's proposal to ild a wall along the u.s. border with mexico. the ad is airing in iowa ad new hampshire.

clintonve is making two solo appearances in new hampshire today campaig ning for his wife. both are brushing aside personal and political attacks by drufrm. hillary clinton is in a tight race in new hampshire with bernie sanders who is leading in some polls. a win for clinton could help her lock up the nomination early. the public is being warned to stay away from a federal wi life refuge in oregon where an occupation by armed protesters has entered its third day. they claim the federal government is abusing its power by unfairly prosecuting ranchers oe refuse to sell their land. this morning i asked the group's leader ammon bundy if he renounsd violence. >> the only violence if it comes our way will be government is wanting their building back being and that's what it will be. we're putting nobody in harm's way. we re -- we a e not threatening anybody. we're 30 miles out of the closest town. >> meanwhile, the schools in the

county have been closed because of the armed occupation. ammon bund set son of cliven bundy, the nevada rancher who back in 2014 had his own standoff with the government over grazi eats. britain's prince william and harry saeak openly about family life in a new documentary airing tonight in the uk. the occasion is the 40th anniversary of a charity started by their father prince charles, and the brothers share the kind of personal insights that we're not used to hearing. >> do his duety. >> s speaking candidly wn a new documentary, the men of britain's royal family are opening up. >> a lot more -- i'm a lot more emotional than i used to be. >> really. >> weirdly. >> getting personal about their friendship and family with 33-year-old william sharing his thoughts on fatherhood. >> i never used to really kind of sort of get to worry about things and right now the smallest little things i can feel you well up a little bit mo >>re. >> the documentary celebrates 40

years of the prince's trust, a charity founded by prince charles. the 90-minute special focuses on the prince of wales and the work to help strrmgling young people succeed. but it's his sons' candor that is most striking. >> the advice that he can give us based on the contacts that he's made ver the year, incredible. >> yeah. >> prince harry openly discussing his relatio hip with their father. >> you can -- you can actually ring him up and say i'm in a bit ofll a pickle or even better you can off load stuff. >> yeah. >> williametescribing how 2-year-old prince george and 8-month-old princess charlotte have changed him. >> you get affected by sort of things hat happen around the world or whatever a lot more i think as a father, just because u realize how precious life is. >> right, yered >> and it puts it all in perspective. >> some of the world's most prominent men known for tmeir privacy now speaking out about their relationship and hopes for the future. >> and prince harry also says

sense of duty that was instilled in him at a very young age. we , frustration came to a head sunday for buffalo bills kicker dan carpenter after he flubbed an e ra point for the sixth time this season. rpenter slammed his helmet down, take a look what happens next and ricocheted off the tougher and hit him right in the face. just like that he's an internet sensat n for all the wrong reasons. the bills though still ended up beating the jets, sorry jets fans, 22-17. i wore my green in sympathy. we'll send it back over to matt. >> knocked us out of the playoffs, too, natalie. thank you very much. what if we told you that to stay healthy this year all you need is 60 seconds. nbc news medical contributor dr. natalie azar is here with important health screenings you can do at home, and they only take a minute. doc, good morning. happy new year. >> hi, matt, happy new year. >> this seems to come from the journal too good to be true. this is called the cross-legged squat test and how do you perform it, first of all.

that's fantastic. cross your legs a sat all the way, do it at home. sit down on the floor and get back up. if you don't use your hand, you n't use your feet or don't wwobbhe at all you keep your ten points. anyapart of the body that touches down you lose a point. >> what is it telling me? >> how could doing a squat predict longevity. well, according to resea hers a couple years ago, it did so with alarming accuracy. the lower the number, the greater likelihood it is that you're going to die in the next six years so the take home from this is not so mu c that -- it's basically -- >> look at them. >> they are not doing very well here. >> they are body surfing. nothing about your longevity there but this is good. >> natalie was at the bottom, of course. >> it's not that easy. my 8-year-old had trouble with it. could it be a surrogate for underlying health nd stamina, flexibility and all that. >> all right. now we're talking about bad breath. you loo at he tongue. not only is it not fun to ee around, it can be a signal of a serious medical issue. >> it can. basically what you do with the test is scrape the tongue with a

spoon and stick it in a plastic bag and stick it under a bright light for about a minute and then you smell it. the issue here, that odor -- why would anybody want to do this? the vast majority of cases will be related to gum disease and tonsils and things like that but a really ominous odor, fruity odor could be a sign of diabetes, ammonia a sign of kidney disease. you can try it at home. >> moving right along. >> okay. >> this is called the clock test and it's really for dementia. >> this is actually really a actually somebody performed it on my dad a couple years ago. base chi what you do is have a patient and ask them to draw a clock. they need to do all the numbers in the correct order and get all twelve and show with the hands what time is 3:40. >> what does it mean if you have trouble doing this? >> right. a lot of it is cognitive function such as memory, problem solving, something called executive function like planning so basically the ability to do all those four things gets you four points.

it's a good screening test for early dementia. >> if you have someone that doesn't do well on this one, get them to a doctor. >> yes and checked for dementia. >> this is for the eyes. >> macular degeneration, one of the most common causes of visual loss. over the age 50 look at a window frame, preferably like a french door or something with a lot of frames where you can see vertical and horizontal lines, cover one eye for 30 seconds and the other eye for 30 seconds, any distortions, bowing out, waving, moving parts could be a sign of early visual loss. get that evaluated. >> good idea. this is called the wobble test, but this has to do with the thyroid. >> this has to do with the thyroid. in this test you're basically holding your hands straight out and you place a people on it and you want to see whether or not you see any trembling or shaking. the paper on there actually helps to bring that out. could be a sign of something called hypothyroidism where your thyroid is revved up. anxiety, asthma medications, too much caffeine can also cause this, also something called benign essential tremor.

not specific or sensitive for this diagnosis but a lot of endocrinologists use this to screen. >> and finally artery health that will take 60 seconds as well. >> something to screen for something called peripheral arterial disease, vascular disease in the legs. lie superine, lie into the on a bed with your legs elevated 45 degrees on a cushion and keep them there for about a mincht and then you hang them over the edge of the bed. if your legs get very pale when elevated and take a long time to -- to get their color back, it could be a sign of purple vascular disease, risk factors, diabetes, hypercholesterol. get this evaluated by a doctor. >> great information. natalie, thank you very much. >> if one of the crew guys could help savannah and natalie get up, still with the cross-legged thing. >> we're back. >> back in the chairs, i see. >> okay, good. coming up next on "trerngsd" the hilarious way that one little girl tried her best to extend her christmas vacation. plus, a new weekend, a new record. orthe history just made by "star wars."

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official "trending" of the year. >> exciting. starting with the "the new york post" headline that had a lot of us talking this morning. bagelg scoopers are ruining new york city. >> really. >> if you're new to bagel scooping, matt will demonstrate. can you demonstrate because you say you've been known to this this for some time. >> use your finger and get the bready part out of the middle. >> scoop t out. >> now you get a lot less bread but that's not the reason do i it. >>s why? >> it's a vessel for the cream cheese and the butter. holds it better. >> so you're saving 75 calories i think for a paying well. if you put more butter and cream cheese in it it def ts the purpose. >> it's because like completely antithetical to what a bagel ise going to be. if you're going to have a bagel ll in. the article says ou might as eat your pizza with a fork. no, no. >> i eat my pizza with a fork. >> why don't you order the flat stanley. they sell the flagels, the flat one. >> the part i like is that part. the outside part, not the

>> i like the doughy inside. if you're pro scooping as matt is, joy bauer will be here. one of her tips for her new big eanse, the die cleanse. new year. >> see, i rest my case. next up, the secret to getting on dad's good side. a survey uncovered the top things hat make dads grumpy. here are some of the things that made the list. okay. being treated like an atm. >> yeah. >> bad manners. >> yeah. >> and always getting socks for presents. coming in at number two, traffic jams. but i don't think that's just a dad thing. >> tbet's anybody. >> that's everybody. >> but the number one thiiv that gets dads grumpy, people in their houses who leave the lights on. oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> by the way this, list could have been like 50 years ago. >> doesn't matter. >> r today. >> doesn't matter. >> same things bug your dad. with the thermostat, you know. keep jacking the thermostat up. >> i walk through my house and every light in every room is on. drives me nuts. >> drives me nuts. >> if you have a pool, you might keep that heat on, you know, th ugh the winter and that

costs you.. knows how much money but we worry about the light in the bathroom. >> through the winter. >> put the heater on. >> the other expenditures that we're spending in a month that don't care about it bom one little light. e >> and when you pour all the ev n in the pool, and what about the valet. >> matt, when you scoop out your middle you cannot be wasteful. u can make little croutons. >> there you go. >> okay. >> efficiency. >> or maybe you could toast them on the pool heater. >> yeah. you can do that, too. >> all right. how many times have we heard beau s anly skin deep, inside is what counts. that is true but not if you're trying to get sead at a restaurant. a tv documentary in london tested a theory. female models were seated, guess where, at the front, prime seating. >> that's shocking. >> unbelievable. >> i'm shocked. >> then some what they called not so attractive men were sent in. they got tables hidden in the back or get this not even given a table at all.

>> that's not shock at all, no. >> in new york, that's the situation. >> carson spent a lot of time out in los angeles. that stuff happens. >> oh, yes, yes. >> the big thing is just to have the line outside to make it appear like it's really crowded in a restaurant or club and there could be very few people inside. >> and all about the beautiful cars out front, too. the same thing. >> i think we can all agree that the first monday after the holiday break can be a little rough. >> sure. >> so check out one little girl and when she d.her name is kara, and in an adorable attempt to prolong her winter break kara gave her parents a letter that she said she found in the mailbox. it reads the school company is taking a break so the kids will get one more week of school off, and we will need your child to sign their name here. >> i would have signed that. >> official stamp there. >> absolutely. >> a-plus for creativity. >> by the way, while you're at it.

this is cara's report card, "a," "a," "a" >> exactly. on to the latest box office record for "star wars" and the true crime show that has fans speak out. carson, do your "pop star." >> starting with "star wars" starting off the new year with yet another box office record. "the force awakens" raked in $83.3 million in its third weekend bringing its total to $340 million even beating "titanic." now the second highest grossing movie ever. still in number one, however, "avatar" but "star wars" expected to overtake it in the next couple of weeks. >> have you seen it? >> just say it this weekend. it's great. >> i haven't seen it but ever> ody is talking about "maktag a murderer." >> obsessed with this. >> if you don't know about it, the new true crime binge watching craze. thdae documentary follows the case of steven avery released from prison after being exonerated for sexual assault only to be

arrested again and convicted of murder. he's currently serving a life ntence without the possibility of parole, and now fans have spoken. tens oflthousands signing online petitions in his favor. more than 156,000 signing a free steven avery change.org petition an more than ro,000 pet ioning the white house for a presidential pardon. the white house, of course, if they get 100,000 signatures by january 16th, then the white house has to respond at least publicly to that. that's going to be an interesting one to keep an eye on. finally icky gervai the go lden globes host returning for his ourt show and already apteologizing in advance for his actions that he hasn't even done yet taking to twitter because i can see the future, i'd like to apologies now for the things i said at next week's golden globes. i didn't drunk and didn't give a star star,ostarr, star. the golden globes air sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:0 pacific lght here on nbc. >> good teaser. >> by the way, we'll hear more from ricky on this program on

friday here on "today." >> cool. and savannah, natalie, willie and i will be on the red carpet hosting the pre-show, and we'll have a full wrap of the winners, the fashion and much more next monday morning. >> you love the fashions. we know you do. >> favor e thing. >> al check of the weather, and i like your fashion, wearing the in weal corduroy. >> thank you very much. >> mr. roker. >> well, enough ofme. we have got some lake-effect snow to talk about. cold air coming in. look at this. we're going to be watching. generally these bands of snow showers coming across the great lakes from michigan all the way into western new york, basically about 4 to 6 inches of snow. nothing too big anding is we don't see a lot. ocean-effect snow, that's especially right there in eastern new england from boston, provincetown, barnstable on into nantucket. we could be looking at about 2 to 4, some areas 6 inches of

ich i! kind of cool to see. . . . well, winter finally acting like winter, brutally cold air moving in. e wind will increase and the temperatures will decrease. only in the low 30s at best with windchills down in the teens with a mix of clouds an sunshine. clear skies. bitterly cold. windchills could get we close to zero. some locations, subzero. only 31 tomorrow despite a full day of sunshine. 41, wednesday. 43, thursday. looks like rain late friday, early saturday. 40s through the wei ekentd. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al. thank you. nnifer hopez, of course, one of the busiest stars on the planet, and this week she's adding even more to her hectic schedule. natalie recently caught up with her. >> that's right. she's joining the family. she's starring i yon "shades of blue," a new police drama right here on nbc. it's latest endoveryfor one of the most successful and well-known brands in entertainment.

jennifer lopez is a powerhouse, from music, film, to fashion. i want to dance >> and now she's returning to television in the new nbc drama "shades odof blue." >> you have to do exactly as i say. >> you la a brooklyn detective. >> i do. >> tough as nails. >> very tough, single mom of a teenager. >> lopez plays a single mother and resourceful detective who becomes an fbi informant against her own unit. >> go after cops who aring their communities apart. >> i loved about this story. >> yeah. >> and this piece mostly that it was very human, you know, where people at the core are good, but we do things that are questionable all the time. we make bad decisions, and then have to live with them. >> lopez starseopposite ray linsotta who plays her lieutenant. >> what's the matter? what happened? >> every betrayal b egins with trust. >> did you train with the nypd? d you learn any cop moves? >> i've played so manylsops through the years.

>> yeah. >> so i know a lot about it, but it's not so much about cops. >> yeah. as it is about tr. world and about human nature. >> from the small screen to her recent blockbuster performance atn the american music awards, the 46-year-old continues to wow diences, dancing for seven minutes to a medley of the year's hits. >> you killed it. >> thank you. >> it was very intense. >> what does that mean to you to be an inspiration to so many of us in our 40-plus years? >> it's important to me being in this business since i was in, you know, my early 20s, that there was always a moment that they would try to write us off. don't write us off at a certain point in our lives. we have so much to offer. i feel like i knew nothing in my 20s and thought i i knew everything and in my 30s i realized i knew nothing, actually didn't know anything and now in my 40s i'm starting to accept myself for who i am. >> as if she isn't busy enough, lopez will also headline in las vegas later this month. now your name up in the marquee,

jennifer lopez. >> i know, awesome. i know it. doesn't seem like it's the right name, but it works. >> it is the right name. what are you talking about. are you ready and rehearsing right now in. >> we're not ready yet. we're getting there. in the middle of it right now. >> what is the show going to look like? >> vegas gives you a unique opportunity to have a more intimate experience with your audience. i want them to know me as a person and as an artist and as an entertainer when it leaves there. >> all i have is the title. >> i named it all "all i have" because i have a song called "all i have" because i really feel that embodies who i am as an artist and as a person, that i really give all that i have to everything that i do. >> including her most important role, mom to 7-year-old twins max and emme. >> just made my life better number one, but i think they just change your perspective on the whole entire world, you know, and how you look at life, and that was a big kind of epiphany for me, having children.

they helped me grow as a human being. >> gorgeous family. we should mention "shades of blue" premiers this thursday at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. also features a star-studded cast ray liotta and jay di matteo. >> we love jennifer. hearts over our heads. >> isn't she just amazing. we love her. >> natalie, thanks. coming up, al, by the way, is going to get personal with his wife deborah. they have a new book. we'll get their advice when it comes to marriage, kids and more. matt, over to you. >> we'll get personal with eva longoria as well. i said to her do you have a preference on which side to stand.

good morning. 8:26. a live look at the george wash ngton bridge. i'm pat battle mayor de blasio has taken it upon himself to personally spread the word about the city's w commuters enefits law. it shows the payor and senator d uck schumer talking to subway riders about the law at the atlantic avenue station erin brooklyn. it allows people to use pre-tax dollars to pay for their commutui it went into effect on the first of january. it could save new yorkers hundreds of dollars every year. for a look at your morning commute, here is lauren scala. >> we like they have money. sometimes we have delays.

sawmill accident still out there southbound. on the garden state parkway, watch out for one southbound by exit 163. back to you, pat. >> checkinglyour weather wforecast, cold and windy. high of 32. uld feel s more like the teens, though, which it will be tonight. 16 in the city, single digits in some of the suburbs. it warms up meefrn as we head into the weekend. with he may have a chance of showers. coming up on the "today" show, a longoria tells us about her new nbc comedy "telenovela."

good morning. nice to see you. hi. 8:30 now on this monday morning. it's the 4th of january, 2016. here we are in the new year. autiful.

is that wha this is? i honestly -- >> coming off the roof,. >> i didn't even recognize them. snow flurries are here. >> festive. i like. coming up. starting off the new year ign when it comes to the food you consume. joy bauer will be here to tell but a few things. if you eliminate these from your diet you'll have a much healthier new year. >> plus the lovely eva longoria is here tooen up about her new comedy and upcoming walk down the aisle. >> lstenogged into your computer. >> all right. >> i forgot to clear history. i'm in trouble. and a very special guest shares his family's wisdom, our owown mr. al roker. >> i don't know about wisdom, but my wife deborah and i teamed up for a new book called "been there, done that" sharing some of the life lessons we've learned from our friends including some of the folks here on the "today" show and families mas well. >> all right. >> look forward to that. - rst, let's get the forecast. >> all righty. here we go. a look into the week ahead.

going to be a wet one out west specially in the northwest and snow showers around the great lakes. by the time we get to the mid-week period we are looking for more snow sowers in the upper great lakes. ou sto west a lot of snow. latter part of the week icy co itions in the upper midwest d snow through the plains, wet weather mid-atlantic states. look at temperatures, below normal, so week and mid-week eeit warms up again in the northeast and upper midwest and below nor l out west and look late week much above to above normal temperatures even half of the country. below normal out westc th time to bundle up. we've go a mix of cloudsonnd sun heading our way today. at best, we may get back to freezing. it will never feel that warm with the wind gusting to 10-20 miles an hour and hig r during the afternoon. sl ping down to the teens. mainly clear. bitterly cold. 16 in the city. singme numbers north and west. themwindchills down at zero.

31 tomorrow, bright and s ny. it jumps to sunny. 43, friday. it could be late rain. early rain, saturday, 46. more rain sunday, upper 40s. and that is your latest ather. savannah. >> all right. al, thank you so mu . re we go. are launching our special seriess.tart oday to healthy. begin 2016 on the right foot. all month long we'll get helpful tips on food, fitness and finance. re to tart it off is nutritionist joy bauer. i'm ready for detox. tell me what we're doing. tell me about the cleanse. >> the rules of the game. this is the overvi - . the foo to lose. there's four main food groups so let's go through them. we have white starch, fatty meat, sugary iginks, salty foods, fried anything, candy mi dlk chocolate and sweetened dairy, things like sugary yogurts and chocolate milk but don't worry because the foods to

ods to choose now include produce, fruits and vegetables, lotsh ofhole grains, eat whole grain bread and pasta and brown rice. lean meat, fish and sea foods, nuts, seed, dark chocolate and unsweetened plain dairy. i know there's some sweetened yogurts that you see. if everybody goes to the website today.com i have all the results of the game and sample menus, u name it. >> you do g at w twothe meal plans to make it easy. >> yeah. >> now we'll do a little experiment with our fingsd chloe cleanse. >> this is chloe cleanse. >> hi, clowy. >> started 2016 feeling really out of shape but she is inspired and she's motivated to make major changes, so i'm going to walk through three tips, simple everyday things that everybody can do, and you are going to tch and marvel at how chloe is going to completely transform. >> okay. >> so the first tip is i want everyb y t m ditch the white bread and rolls and sub the whole grain counterparts. automatically be fuelin your

body with better stuff. >> okay. >> let's take it one step further, when you have the whole grains, i want you to pick out, scoop some of the inside out because every time you do this, savannah, you'll save yourself about 100 calories. if you did this just five times a week throughout the month of january, you'll save yourself more than 2,100 calories and the equivalent of this. >> ta-da. >> chloe is going to continue to do this. throughout the entire year and check this out. shghe's now going to drop 7.5 pol unds, and although it's a subtle change i will tell youv she's thinned out her hips and trimmed a couple of inches o i of her bell and that's the dangerous fat so she's already duced her risk just by doing this. >> whole grains and scoop it out a little bit. >> not all of it. just scoop out some of it. >> some of it. >> what's chloe's next thing? >> her next assignment is every single day to lose a sugary beverage, so we'reaking sodas and sweetened teas and even fruit juice and fruit drink, and

inst,ad she's going to have a refreshing glass of water. now, this is pretty huge. >> look how i jazzed this up. >> refreshing glass of wait for it, water. by the payback is pretty phenomenal. if you do they ever single day just for the month of january you save yourse the equivalent of 8.5 cups of straight sugar which is 550 jelly beans. wow. >> and chloe's going to continue to do this throughout whole entire year, and she will now drop another 23 pounds. >> look at that. >> look at her total now. now she is markededly thinner. >> really is. >> two tips. >> i barely recognize her. two tips, wait until the third tip. >> come on down. breakfast is served. >> number three is to swap out the fatty cuts of beef for leaner version, so inside of prime rib i want people to choose leaner beef. instead of wings, our going to choose skinless poultry, thighs, white meat, dark meat, your pick.

instead of fatty pork chops you' going to choose lean pork tenderloin. if you're able to do this for als five times during the week, at the end of the month, throughout the end of january, you're going to save yourself more than 10,000 calories and more than 1,000 grams of f t, and that is the equivalent of 12 sticks of butter. >> wow. that'sism pres sive. what's a lean beef? >>hony lean cut, sirloin, maybe filet mignon, skirt steaks that are lean. just look in tke store. if you don't see a lot of temashling then you know that it's lean. >> are all pork chops feat. i ate pork chops last night. >> most pork chops are very fat d majority of the fat is ound the bone, but chloe has been doing this throughout the entire year and saves more than 123,000 calories a dropped another 35 pounds, so to put this into perspects.e. let's look at her before the journey and look at her afterwards. look at that. >> oh, wow. i mean, that is a marked change.

she ent from unhealth and out of change to fit and fabulous. >> i'd almost say she's t thin, joy. >> she looks perfect, and the cholesterol is done and boosting her energy so my start today for erybody is to ditch the white starch, the sugary beverages, we thw,e fatty meat and you will loose lose weight and boo t your energy and feel markedly better in 2016. >> good stuff. thanks so much, joy. we'll be seeing you a lot. go on our website today.com, the whole cleanse and menu plans, the whole thing. tomorrow on start today it's jenna bush hager's turn. sh ene will help.us say good-bye to oh,er size executions. coming up next, been here and done that, and his wife deborah share their w dom on

we've got something new from al who teamed up with his wife of 20 years deborah. >> it's a clerk of stories told from each other's perspectives on everything from raising kids ato keeoung the spark alive and like most couples al and deborah don't always agree. >> we have a lot of conflict ov these trips that we have to take for work. boast us travel a lot witr our jobs. >> i think it's okay if you're not heree very minute. >> i feel guilty about it all the time. i will take the very last flight that i can take to get to where i need to be and take that first flight back and get home because somehow i feel like i'm a better mother if i do it. >> i try to tell deborah, look, take an extra day, get a massage, you know, see some friends. >>able, on the other hand, well, he'll leave sunday before he needs to be there on monday because he wants to have a nice dinner. it just sort of grates on mow he doesn't feel the get i feel.

>> we're in the same business and do different things. deborah is hard news. i'm weather and goofy stuff. >> i'm going through research about,uyou know, somebody, some expert i'm interviewing the next day and i'm underlining and making notes. >> make notes. i'm going out to interview the cast f "black list." we do the same things but we don't do the same things. when we with leila it became a difficult point in our marriage because i was already working mornings, and abc came to her and said we'd like you to do the news person's job on "good morning amer ca." >> an a opportunity that i had dreamed about, prayed about. >> we have a brand new baby. somebody needed to be home wit her in the morning. >> i was really, really surprised about how conflicted i felt inside. >> so deborah decided to step back. you know, her career suffered some for it, and, you know, you

always feel guilty about that. >> i admit deepebown in my hearts hearts i felt that i've sacrificed more but i think he's also listened to me, too, and try to feel a little bit of my pain. i love my husband dearly. he is the most wonderful man i know, but he calls me too much on the phone. e>>s anrive my family crazy because i cal aslk he time, and i may not actually have anything any great import to say. >> how did it go this morning? how are you can the santa ana winds a okay. everybody get off okay. dog good? yeah. whngy are you calling? >> i just like touching base. >> which is beautiful and sweet and romantic, but i say to al all the time it would be so much more meaningful if we had the conversation later in the day. then i can actually be relaxed and hear it. i'll find it actually funny. >> e leila, my 17-year-old, is there s mething you wanted dad? ih just wanted to hear your voaiice. >> okay. bye. you know. it's like -- i guess that's not good enough. okay. sorry.

i'm kind of nervous. i guess i should probably read it. >> i don't think that you want to necessarily admit. >> tha s true. >> on camera that youneaven't read the book. >> i didn't say i haven't read the book, haven't read all the chapters. so consumed with my chapters. >> that's half the book. wait a minute, i'm half the book. you only read your half. >> and i read some of yours, by didn't read everything so i'm kind of worried. i don't know what's in there. >> i love the fact that he tries to take things in stride in a very warm and funny way. >> you're a very compassionate person and i think she's instilled that in our kids and lot of it has rubbed off on me. >> oh, thank you. >> way to end there, al. >> sweet. >> i know. >> have you read the book? i have read both. i actually have, and there's one chapter where we talk about my driving because i -- i'm not a very aggressive driver and deborah is. she's like mario andretti at the brickyard, and that's when we fight so i just decided i don't drive anymore when we're together, and the kids -- >> she does the driving.

>> she does the driving, and the kids even talk about it in the book. they are like it's just horrible being in the car with the two of us. >> i'm glad you got to do this today before you leave tomorrow for the golden globes. >> wants to have a nice dinner so he leaves early. >> >> i'm team deborah on that one. >> so am i. >> but you should be more team al. you should take an extra day. >> i'm team deborah. >> the book is "been there, done that." up next, eva longoria on the big new projects in her life, a new show and an upcoming wedding, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. she tells me it's going to be a

we're back now. it's 8. 47. here we have eva longoria, star of the new nobodies comedy "telenovella" playing a spanish soap sr who doesn't speak spanish and to top it off she

has to work alongside her ex. take a look. >> ah. take that. i won. okay. >> but you know what? >> it will easier. >> hold hon. >> we can do it. >> yeah, yeah, hold on. here we go. okay. yeah. okay. that would have been a lot easier. >> eva, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, good to see you. >> so great to have you back on nbc. >> oh, thank you. >> and this is getting some great reviews. >> amazing. >> people are really excited about it. >> yeah. >> what made you want to do this show? >> oh, my gosh, eveloping it in myds production slate, and when the first draft came in, it was so funny. the part of anna so yeah, she's

vulnerable and crazy and it's stif d. >> but you weren't originally supposed to star in it. >> no. >> but you kind of fell in love with anna. >> i fell in love with anna sophia, plays a spanish soap star who does not speak spanish. >> i love that. >> that was my life growing up. i'm latina but i didn't speak spanish, i've learned it since, but it was like i was always a fish out of water in my own culture and she is that, and she's very funny, and, you know, i knew would i go back to tv one day but the bar was set so high from "desperate housewives" that i was like i don't know, i don't know. i wasoa little gun shy and i loookid tle time off. >> i was going to say. that's not too bad either. >> yeah, yeah. >> you've got great co-stars in the show. >> yeah, yes. i have amazing co-stars, dine far mar ya ia plays my best friend, like the lucy and ettel. m getting ii travel and she's pulling me out of it. we have a big pop star, big musician from the latin world

t dream to work with. >> you worked in soaps, right? didn't you work on "the young and the restless? ." you bring any of this? >> a lot. mark cherry said the different between daytime soaps and primetime, in daytime soaps the men are he divas, in daytime the men a the ones who are like the jerks.n >> and then you go to primetime and then it btcom y the women. >> in this show your ex-husband, not only do you not speak anish wh h i guess is kind of an obstacle when you're in a spanish speaking "telenovela". >> my ex-husband comes on the show and chaos ensues. all of these characters could be in a dentist's of ce, like how do you work with somebody you hate. how do you work, you know, a younger person anything at your heels, trying to take your spot?u guys kw tha here a "today," right? >> there's no drama in television. what are y, talking about. no way. >> carson's vying for everybody's spot, i know it. >> he is.

diva, biggest diva here. all right. time to get all up in your business. congratulations. >>ot tnk you. >>blou recently got engagel. >>e ou recently got engaged. >> tell us about your man. >> he's amazing. he's gorgeous and really the kindest human being i've ever met, and -- and he's really ivate so i never talk about him because he's like don't talk about me. oh, no. >> yeah. >> we don't want to be the source of your first fight. are you planning like a big wedding or are you doing something low key? ke we haven't even discussed it. i'm still in the glow of the engagement. it was such a surprise. it was in dubai in the desert so we're still like absorbing that, that moment. i'f still applauding him for how be tifultond amazing it was. >> oh. >> then we'll talk bout, you know, the big fat mexican wedding. >> ever notice that you're dating someone and the question is when are you going to get engaged and the question is as on as y in get engaged when are you going to get marrie h >> and then when are you going to get divorced? >> let life happen.

you're together and break you up before you're broken up.tit's a lot o fun. >> happy for the show and, of course, your personal life. >> thank you so much. >> eva, good to see you and "telenovela "premiers at 8:30, 7:30 central time right here hon nbc. back in a moment.

>> all right.

still to come on a monday morning, more with jennifer lopez. >> more with jennifer lopez, a little more revealing. also, more about al's book and deborah's book. >> and america ferrera. >> will be with us as well. >> breaking, deborah has read the book. she has now read the book. >> yes, she has. >> i think that's funny that she just read her part. >> her chanters. >> as far as she's concerned that's the best part of the book, her part, and she's not wrong. >> got a lot more coming on a monday morning, but, first, your

find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. en joy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. america runs on dunkin'. is good morning. 8:57, monday, jan ry 4th. i'm pat battle. a consumer alert for subway riders that use the 7 train service. it has been suspended in both directions between the 34 street hudson yards station. in addition, no express train service from queensboro. the nta says this is all due to a rail condition at hunter's po iint avenuee word on when the service will resume.

check your weather forecast. it i. going to be cold today, relatively speaking. 32 for a high. it could feel more like the teens, which it will be tonight. bitter cold in the city, single digits in the suburbs. tomorrow, sunny, still cold, 31. tomorrow, 41. going into the weekend, warmer. just ahead on the "today" show, a tasty meal on a budget. feed a family of four for under $15.

this morning on etoday's take" superstar jennifer lopez on her new tv show and the two people who have changed her life. then, al and his wife deborah get personal opening up about their 20-year marriage. and from the new comedy superstore emmy winner america ferrera is here. all that and more coming up now. from nbc news, tnis is "toys's take" with al roker,

natalie morales, al roker and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a monday morning, january 4th, 2016, the first monday of this year. i'll wil he along with al, natalie and tamron. od to see you. >> good crowd out there. >> back together on friday, on new year's day, but we were a little groggy, let's be honest. i feel like this is the day here. >> back for the new year. >> and ready, boom. people on social media had a time with our new yr's day show. >> because i was -- >> whatever we did. >> i was in new york, and then very quickly thereafter i was in pasadena for the rose parade with hoda. >> you eeleaorted. >> you're avatar and even after i s the new year's show was on tape they still didn't quite -- they were still confused. >> you were brave. and my favorite float was the one from the university of iowa. i don't know how you feel about that. >> yes. i -- i mistakenly said iowa state. >> oh, boy.

>> you would have thought -- >> and then they lost their game, right? >> that was the best part. sori was the subject of two waves of tweets. the first tweet, group of tweeting, was that i was an idiot because i mis -- i said iowa state instead of iowa. honest mistake. i corrected it, okay. get it, okay, done. thank you. then after they got blown out i got all these tweets it's al roker's fault. he cursed us by calling us iowa state. >> oh. >> so it was like wow. >> i think there's a way to remedy this. take a trip up to the campus. let's have a hugo pep rally. >> okay. sure. >> they love me. >> they love me there. >> a way to make amends, come on. >> there you go. >> that i have the power to take a schootl and crush it. >> so you're the king-maker. >> at rose parade. >> you and carly fiorina who was also blamed for that because she tweet that had she was not going to road for her alma mater stanford, rooting for iowa that day, they shade she was

pandering and when iowa lost they blamed he so i ths roker and fiorina to blame. not a great stanford thing. >> i am announcing i'm going to be her running mate. >> the there you go. you heard i here. >> start it now, twitter. you heard it. >> just withdrew from the race. >> dropped out because mf roker. lerit's aalk a little new year's eve. >> yeah, yeah. we just had a little home soiree with the kids. >> tony bennett there. >> with lots of kids. >> kids sucking down some apple cider. >> they all stayed up. they all made it. i didn't, on the other hand. i made it actually. no, i did. surprisingly. we had a little party, little dinner party with neighbors and friends. it a good time. >> mr. roquer? >> i was at parade, hoda and i at the parade. >> cute. >> great pic. great smile. >> and t k the kids, thank you, ano my nose and nephew went to

>> how was the wet they are ws. >> the weather was terrific, lovely, lovely. >> nice for the parade. >> you were skiing. >> that's right. >> you were. >> making moves -- >> i was amiing. >> on the slopes. that's what they call them. i don't know. i've never been. >> the ttings that go downhill. >> on the hill. >> and you get the sticks on your feet. >> i said i've never been so i live through you and your ski trips if it's not in a prompter i don't often know. is that in the prompter, i just saw willie ski. hit the slopes. >> put some wood on your feet and you go down as fast as can you. >> wow. >> actually hey maizing. >> sunrise. my hot l window and every morning i saw that. >> in utah. >> deer vale, just absolutely beautiful. so pretty and as i was skiing one day i came up on a trail and had to take a picture, appropriate for this election year. there was the trump trashlgs it was the most beautiful and luxurious. >> built a wall.

like his numbers, going straight up. >> green trail so it's easiy. >> nice beautiful. >> what were you saying, competitive, natalie, an easy trail. >> i wasn't saying let's go skiing but if you want o. >> gre trails you were on >> i was with the kids. so i was with this white stuff and you were where the sun was in a warm place. >> i walked in. al is like look at you all milk chocolatey. >> i was in a beach in antigua in a place called tamron hill. >> goes to places named after her. >> limits me to one place. christmas wearien our pjs, allegedly pjs, my niece and nephew gave me cowboy sgloots what is in that? >> liquor. >> rum, maybe? >> and then this is the favorite picture of my holidays stop laughing at my life. it says you can't scare me. i'm from texas. that is cute.

>> i think she's afraid of you in the pajamas. >> those were from my cousin and i took my 19-year-old nephewt did, a vacay for the first time together and i thought about the three of you a lot. we have c ldren and i don't and here i am with isaiah this, 19-year-old, we talk every single sunday, and i really got to know this kid in a different way. he was so outgoing. we w tent tv a party that was like arabian nights themed holiday party and this woman came up to dance with him and i thought he's never going to do it and he jumpha up and the crowd went craze. okay, little isaiah. i still remember the 3-year-old, not r the 6'2" 19-year-old. >> a handsome young man. >> such a sweet k aed he'o ing back to college soon. >> that's pretty cool. >> the fireworks on the beach. >> and every person who approached him, yes, sir, no, ma'am, yes, ma'am. corrupting you. so it was a fun family va ay. >> excellent.

us what you did, too. #today'stake. a lot of you made resolutions and sometimes peopleake very loinfty resolutions especially mark zuckerberg. always set out to do the impossible such as learn mandarin irsthe span of year. he resolved last year to read two books a month and also to meet a new person every day, so this year, what do you do if you're m k zuckereorg, what's your new year's resolution? well, he wants to create an ai, artificial intelligence, that will control everything in his home just by his voice. >> like varris in "iron man." >> i want this, but what i love, not just jarvis which would be amazin ra but in response to that people on facebook were saying want to use a road. i keep telling my grand daughters to date the nerd in school because he may turn out to be the next mark zuckerberg and thanks to family and friends

and family. >> and evegn better would be to encourage them to be the nerd in their school so they can be the next successful inventor. >> nice. >> and firing all of us. be the nerd, right, and he's -- they are raising their beautiful young daughter, max, he and wife priscilla chan posting this picture as well wishing everybody a happy new year. look how gorgeous she loo in the little dress. >> going back to the .y >> well, they are mark hzuckerberg sets his mind to it, he something will come of it. >> they have some very -- >> hal on "space odyssey". >> or "the matrix," any number of movies. >> weiwant one in control, a marrit zucerberg would be cool. >> something that sheds the temperature zone in your house. >> they have some like that, okay, you know, you could watch your daughter which you can do camera. >> like bb8 rolling in. >> i want bb8. >> that's what i want.

>> google the self-driving characters that's ai. that's where everything is ing. keeps sort of publicl saying >>the beginning of the machine. >> i'm sure it's going to happen. >> like we have our own will smith to save the day here. >> you know, or keanu reeves, i'm telling you, you know.rpheus. hey, so if you're -- "the matrix." >> i love that you went there, amazing. >> if you're a jets fan, really not much to be happy about yesterday. >> no. >> except for this moment. second quarter bills kicker dan carp per going for the extra point misses it, doesn't takefit so well. >> no. >> so here's what he does. he takes -- throws the helmet down and boom! >> ow. >> that's tougher. it bounces. >> oh. >> dhat was their only bad moment, and he's okay, so that's all right. >> and they ended up winning, the bills won 22-17. >> i smell len berman.

>> and looping it. at home now -- >> it went viral. >> i'm a giants fan so m heartbreak for the jets. needed to score, de't happen. >> didn't turn out t cooo well for the giants. >> no, no, that was a long season. had a couple of super bowls recently so it's good. pe how recent succesnfully. >> it's been a couple of years. >> when was it last? >> five years. >> i mean, i'm a cowboys fans, i can't say anything. come on. >> mr. roker. >> okay. so it is freez ng out. you kno what. it's actually below ormal. the kind of adding insult to injury. it's been so warm, december record-setting month. so look at these temperatures tomorrow morning. going to feel like 3 in new york, 9 in columbus and 18 below in caribou. it will feel like on tuesday afternoon single digits to below zero, but good news is things bounce back on wednesday on into thursday. the other thing we're watching, el nino. it's been affecting northern

one storm, weak to us, not a big deal. san diego up into eureka, maybe an inch of rain, but this number two storm tuesday into wednesday is going to be pretty power. if it's going to bring in heavy showers, thunderstorms, a lot of the good news, a lot of snow up into the cascades and the sierra. upwards of 2 feet or more in the highest peaks, but the rain will bring the threat of flooding debris floes into the burn areas into southern california. look at the rainfall, anywhere from 2 to 3 inches and some areas as much as 5. we'll be watching flooding issues o well, the cold air is upon us. the temperatures this afternoon aren't going anywhere. generally, hovering around freezing. north wind 10-20 miles an hour. north and west of town, in the 20s with a mix of clouds an sunshine. windchill, 0-10 from tonight to tomorrow morning. that's the windchill in the city along the coast. 0-5 below. seven-day forecast, lots of sun,

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and now in my 40s i feel like i'm starting to accept myself for who i am. >> and she delivers. >> i try to teln myself good ings about myself. ourselves up. like if you really stop for a serbs i'm going to tell myself like you're y thful and timeless at every age. you're amazing. you are doing really good. you have a lot going on. >> i'm going to start wake u in the morning and give myself a little jennifer lopez mantra. >> a little pep talk. room. you say crazy things to yo acurself, and all of a sudden it works. and then somebody says you're the smartest girl in the room. >> and as if she wasn't busy enough lopez will also eadline in las vegas later this month. all i have is the title. >> i named it "all i haafe because i have a song called "all i have" because i really feel that that embodies who i am as an artist a oas a person, that i really give all i have to everything that i do. >> including her most important role, mom to 7-year-old twins max and emme.

>> they just made my life better, number one, but i think they just change your perspective on the whole entire world, you know, and how you ok at life and that was a big nd of epiphany for me, having children. they help me grow as a human being. >> and "shades of blue" premiers this thursday at 10:00, 9:00 central right here on nbc. coming up next, another latina superstar. we have america ferrera. she's back on tv on nbc with a new comedy called "superstar." hey. ho'tw are you? you're going to love this one. it's such a funny show. we're going to catch up w th do you know the secret to a happy home in these modern times? it's a housewife who's in controlysf the finances. actually, any wife, husband, or human person can use progressive's name your pre tool to take corol of their budget. and while the men do the hard work of making money, she can get all the car in rance options her little heart desires. orng the women ght do the hard work of making money. [ chuckling ] women don't have jobs. is this guy for real? modernizing car insurance with -- that's enough out of you!

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it reinforces his call to temporarily bar muslims from entering the united states showing the suspects in the san bernardino terror attacks. it vows to, quote, cut the head off isis aed take their oil. and it repeats trump's proposal to build a wall along the u.s. border with mexico. general motors is investing 00 million in the ride sharing company lift. they p n to open a number of u.s. hubs where lift drivers who don't own cars can rent gm vehicles. in the long run the co'sanies hope to develop a fleet of self-driving cars that can be summoned with lift's software. if losing weight is one of your new year's resolutions fatwallehyt.com say you're in lunch the consumer website says thatat you can save money this mo nth n fitness equipment, workout gear and sports apparel. shoppers can find savings of 25% to sometimes 50% off such items. meanwhile the website says now is also a good timereo buy winter apparel.

up to 60% off throughout january. it was another huge weekend at the box office for "star wars," bringing in another $88 million. nolow closing in on the all-time record for the top domestic film, a record currently held by "avatar. "daddy's home" was second with 9 million and "the hateful agent" was third. th foe p werball fever is heating up again now that the jackpot has hit $400 million. no one mched all six numbers in saturday's drawing so the next drawing is t s wednday. you've got a couple of days to get your tickets, and if you're wondering about your odds of winning, 1 in 292 million. piece of ke. we got this. let's get a check of he weather right now for mr. roker. hey, al. got to buy some "today's take" tickets for the lotto. >> got to be in it to do it. let's do it. >> weather lottery for the early part of the week. snow around the great lakes and also out west. looking at wet weather as well.

sunny, cooler in the east and then as we get into the mid-week period, snow around the upper mississippi river valley and look at how much rain and snow we're looking at out west and the latter part orsthe week icy conditions in the mid-plains, snow through the plains. sunshine here in the east. we start week off colder than normal here in the east, above rmal in the plains, bat then as we get to the mid-week period we start to flip the switch. much above normal temperatures from the upper midwest into new england. below normal out west and look, by the latter part of the week, eastern half of th country, way warm, way cold out west. that's what's going on a well, winmar finally acting like winter. brutally cold air moving in on our northerly wind. this wind will increase and the temperat es will decrease. only in the low 30k at best with windchills in the teens with a mix of clouds an sunshine. clear skies, bitterly cold. windchill values could get xloes hse to zero. only 31. 41, wednesday.

43, thursday. looks like rain late friday, early saturday. 40s through the weekend. >> and that is y hor lest weather. >> thank you very much. oursman al rorer has done it all during his career, he's reported from every corner of the world. his rokerthons have broken world records, and in all of that free time he's had he's also a best selling author. >> for the first time he's written a book with his wife of 20 years deborah roberts, an equally accomplished journalist about lessons they have learned over the years called "been there, done there, family wisdom for modern times" "and here they are sharing wisdom on a very sensitive topic, a lot of wisdom, driving. >> when she moved to this city, she was definitely afraid of getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. now, our biggest fights are because i'm not aggressive enough behind the wheel. >> i really can't stand it when al drives. it makes me crazy. he's -- he's too tentative. >> like move up. go faster.

why is there so much room between these cars in. >> he won't zip ahead and take chances. >> what are you doing? >> come on, step on it. >> he's driving like a little old lady who is heading to 'r. >> i've come up with a fantastic solution. i don't drive in the car with her. we get ready to go, i hanl her the keys. >> you're not kidding. congratulations on this. >> thank you. >> it's phenomenal,ouhe canmor, the humor, everything. we need to go to a mester class taught by the two of >> you no, no, read this book and do the com aplete opposite ever everything we tell you. dr>> i like that you give deborah the keys. there's some points where you argue and others where you just say, you know what, might as well hand it off. >> my favorite chapter in the book only because the kids also weigh in on it and leila and nick are also talking about what it's like to be in the car with us. it's like breakfast with the bickersons, you know, and then there's my oldest girl courtney in the middle.

the jedi driver so lou get to ride along. >> this is not the worst thing in the world. thas right. >> you've written a lot of books before. >> s. >> but nothing this personal. no. >> i wrote a book w'th my dad a couple years agofand signature wright the chapters and there's a moment where you go oh, everyone is going to hear about it. everyone is going to read it. >> yeah. i didn't even want to write this book. deborah -- >> deborah made you do it. >> she really wanted to sharing, and, again, the difference between men and women. guys are like, okay. we've been through thie,inep and women want to share, so i -- i said yes, dear, a d -- and -- the only way we survived this we did not write it together. she wrote her part, i wrote my part. she's yet to read my part. >> really. >> i think she's read some of it. >> and you goat read hers. >> i've read all of hers. i've read all of hers. >> study the mannium here and talk about the goal though. open up about the family, the marriage. what's the goal and what do you want people at home to get out of it >> no matter what you're doing we all have the same issues

pretty much, i mean, whether yoc're -- no matter what you do. pecially if you're a working couple, you know, a that the end of the day mom is going -- the mom is g ing to bear more of the responsibility and the guy is going to do what he does, but kind of get that place in the middle where you kind of accept what each other does and does well and don't -- >> it's a team. >> don't criticizehthe other. >> yeah. what i thought was really revealing, you talk about some of the tough times in the book as well and there was a time when deborah was going after an interview. >> yes. >> and you ended up getting it. had to be really hard. >> in our -- in our work we rarely compete. >> right. >> i do the goofy stuff tnd the weather and she does hard news, and this -- this nexus happened. unbeknownst to me that i had to go for this intervie i was -- and she didn't get it, and it was a very, very difficult time. i mean, we -- we did some couples therapy. >> did you address it head hon? >> we did, because it was a very

difficult issue that we had never had to address before. >> you also write about some of the sacrifices that deborah, gets her dream job at "gma" offered to her there and turns it down in favor of being a mom. >> just had leila and she suffered. she took a bit of a hit in her career, but i'm so proud of her, she didn't let that stop her. she's an amazing mom and then continued pushing through and, you know, she's one of the stalwarts at abc news. >> you're an amazing couple. whenever we see you together with the kids, it's just illuminating to see such happiness. >> two people who truly belong together. >> some days it doesn't feel like that, but i think every marriage goes through that. >> absolutely. >> thanks for the reality. >> have to be together to make it. >> all in the book "been there, done that," an awesome read. coming up next, want to make good on that resolution and join a gym today? >> we've got rossen a bike. >> that means tamron and i on a

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good to see you buddy. >> are you going to be doing this through the whole segment. >> that's what we signed up for. >> though mine is not turning up. >> we're talking about gym me hembershhes today. >> yes, we are. >> a lot of us go into the gym d signing contracts and a lot of people want to know about the contract and so what should you do. the first thing is get it into writing. yohu want to make sure that every single thing the sales person tells you about is in the contract because these guys, they are commissioned-based, love them all but they are commissioned-based and may say things to you that actually aren't true to get sale. make sure it's in the contract. so you don't have to just siogn what they put in front of u. you can amend that deal. >> also know what's in the deal to decide whether to sign or not. the other question a lot of people say can i pause my gym membership. i'm going away for a month, have a sabbatical or going on cation or if i get an injury. you want to make sure that that's in the contract as well. that is something that not all gyms offer so you want to check on that. >> okay. you also say you want to go and make sure you check it ooo at a busy time. >> yes.

be a place that you'll be waiting around a lot to use the equipment. >> a lot of people will go visit the gym during their lunch hour and it's dead and no one is really there. i can get a bike or peeves equipment whenever i want. go visit the gym at the time that you actually plan on going during the day. if you plan on going there after work at 6:00 or 7:00 at night visit the gym at 6:00 or 7:00 at ar night. >> and check out the cleanliness, do they have hand sanitizer stations and all of those things matter. >> make sure the gyms are workg, out of order and make sure the sanitizer machines work and towels there as well. >> what if it's not working out for you and what if you don't like the fit. >> breaking the contract. >> it's infamous. people have credit things because they try to break the contract. >> you're in a legal contract, and so what you want to do is ask if there's a cancellation period, right, because som states like missouri, for example, one of the -- at least one state makes it a law that you have a few days to get out

you 24 hours or a couple of days. >> right. a>> that's number one. check on the cancellation period so id you go home and say i shouldn'tt be doing that, you can get out of it. also, pay with to a credit card. we always give this advice. don't pay ith a debit card, credit card so that way you can dispute the charges and say it's not working out and here are the reasons and your credit card company can back you up. last resort is to call consumer affairs if you're promised something you're not getting. >> what's interesting, you have thfe old school gym contracts that we got to know and now you have a lot of gyms that do packages where you buy ten sessions but you have to use them in "x" amount of days and peavople don't realize that as well. >> that's the thing, goes back to the first tip, read the contract because nothing else matters. doesn't matter if the sales person told me, don't worry about it, it's fine, i'll take care of you. doesn't matter if jim said i'll take care of. cookie clubs, cupcake class. >> while you're on a spin bike, no, thank you. thank you so much.

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bread, our chef in vegas, geno, grandmother nana's restaurant. putting milk-soaked bread into the meat balls and a little bit of garlic. you get your meat and potatoes for under $15. we're going to start with a couple of nice meat ba lls. ideal size of thehmeat balfs, does it matter? >> if it's an appetizer small, entre bigger, ice cream scoops you can use also. take these and transfer them in the o,en here and cook them until they are done. pork, cooked all the way through and then - n- >> those are beautiful. >> absolutely liautiful. >> couple here and the idea is, sogwe'll take these out right here. we'll use the same pan. in the kitchen industry it's called the one-pan pickup. greatest thing in the world. don't want to ino a lot of dishes so we try to uti ize the same pan. hit it with a little bit of ion, a little bit of parsnip, carrots and potatoes, a little root vegetable hash. >> make hash here. >> and get the flavors of the meat ball. >> keep billing the flavor and keep going right over here. we transfer over here and now

we'll add a little kale becse kale, 2016, can't eththe kale go. >> not saying good-bye to kale yet. stir that in a little bit right there, and the idea, is you know, my wife and i, we s tho and shop and so mugh food gets thrown away. 40% of our groceries in the u.s. get thrown away so the idea was, you know, take these meat balls and do a little egg hash in the morning and have a meat ball sub the next day with the bagu caette. >> this is the secret weapon, the brown butter. >> the brown butter. don't need to be making sauce, brown birth, cook it down here, a nice nuttiness, do a little bit of rosematter, a little rosemary and garlic, all you need, a little herbs right there. everybody thinks you've been doing all day. smells great. >> it's a lot of fun to -- it's a nutritious stake and potatoes on a budget, and -- and you can transfer it to more and more meals so when you shop, think

about what am i going to do with the leftovers. soups are cool and different pastas and saving the ingredients and, of course, it's all about this. >> turn it into a great bolognese. >> really goodun >> got our dinnerh there's our breakfast with the egg and t lunch is the meat ball sub- >> absolutely incredible. maayke it out of beef, portion anything you want, vure if you want. >> brian, happy new year. >> brate to see you. >> all good. >> amazing recipes under $15 th " we. head to today.com/food.

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