we're talking about potentially here a coating. colder surfaces, coastal areas up to an inch further to the north and west. all clears out. turns windy and colder. 24 the lows. icy spots possible tomorrow morning. dry and cold wednesday, thursday. maybe another storm friday, saturday. leading towards rain. chris, thanks very much. the "today" show coming up next. that's what's happening "today in new york." good morning. breaking news. a deadly explosion in istanbul's popular tourist district. the fireball captured on camera. at least 10 dead, 15 injured. reports it was a suicide bomber. nbc's richard engel is there live. nothing to hide. sean penn defends his controversial interview with the

emerge of his secret journey to meet the elusive drug lord and the dramatic raid that landed el chapo back behind bars. crimson pride. coll e football's national championship. the school's fourth title in just seven years. >> reaches for it. and a morning show first. it is america's most famous address, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, home to every u.s. president but one, the center of poulwer in erica. >> the cost of freedom is always high but americans have always paid it. >> site of some of the most important events in history. as president obama gets set to deliver his last state of the union address to the nation tonight. we'll talk to him. >> you wanted to unite people, and they are not united. is it a failure?

well, an unprecedented morning live at the white house today, tuesday, january 12th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "t ay" at theofhite house with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from washington, d.c. and good morning, everybody. welcome to a special edition of "today" on this tuesday morning. we're on the steps of the white house. i have to say that qualifies as spfcial. are on the north portico, a moment of history for us, for this show and where so much history has been made. cale this one is off the charts. we want to luis alicea thank you to the obamas and everyone here at the white house for the access they have granted us. it's unbelievable. >> they have rolled out the red green carpet a so much to show you. shall we go inside, shall we knock. out. >> i'm going to knock loudly.

>> welcome to the white house. the obamas have so graciously invited you back to my old stomping grounds. >> jenna bush hager. >> seems like a time warp here. door. >> that's good. there's a little bit of a chill. when jenna walked in they said hey, twinkle. her old secret service name. >> because of the twinkle in the eye. >> we're here on[m vtry big day for the guy who lives here. ter tonight president obama will travel a short distance to the capitol and deliver his final state of the union address. the white house sharedssome exclusive photos with us. take a look, the president working on the address in the oval office with top advisers ju in the past couple of days. in fact, we were given an inside look into how this speech comes together. >> we're told this is going to be ,nlike any otate of the union that the president has delivered. not going to be a laundry list of agenda items but a big view picture of the country future

it will be closely watched. >> i spoke with the president about this speech and a lot of other topics on monday and we'll have that interview coming up in a moment, and as we mentioned we'll hear from vice president joe biden as well. that will be a live interview. let's start this morning with the state of the union address. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is over on capitol hiball. ter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. what a special day here on the "today" show. this won't be the president's last state of the union address, i'm told it will be his shortest and might be the shortest state of the union address that's been delivered in more than 25 years. the president and lead speech writer exchanging drafts of this address ear this morning after midnight. president obama, even as seven in ten americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, will focus on upbeat optimistic vision of the future, even as he has less control over this country's political agenda than ever before. behind him tonight for the first time will be the house speaker paul ryan and also perhaps for hi

vice president joe biden. after more than 40 years in public service he says he'll not run for the president of the united states, of course. democr membet of congress have been encouraged to bring muslim americans with them to show open mindedness in thes,ace of some of the republicans campaigning, including that of donaldttrump. the first lady will leave a seat empty for victims of gun violence who do not have a voice and will also be joined by a syrian refugee. we'll see you moments from now. >> peter alexander from capitol hill. nbc will bring you the state of the e union address at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 out on the west coast. >> as we said, it's very special to be inside this building. want to give you a better sense of where we're standing right now. here's an overview of the white house complex that sits on 18 acres. on either end you have the west wing and the west wing. the west wing is where the oval office is and the east wing contains the first lady's office and staff and we're just a short walk away from there now in what's known cts executive

in this complex, and specifically we are in the blue room on the residence state floor. >> the blue room is used for a lot of different things, where president obama was sworn in for his second term, that in 2013. it's home to some lighter moments as well, like the president introducing pope francis to sonny and b o, the dogs that live at the white house as well and the blue breen is joined by the red room and green room. we'll take you on a rare live tour of it all coming this up morning. but fir let's talk about our wide-ranging conversation with president obama. we walked these halls with him on monday and talked about tonight's speech, his legacy as president and the campaign to take over the highest office in the land. you're greeting us on the eve of the state of the union, your final state of the union. are you going to miss the ritual of walking into that room and toking out over a joint session of congress and members of the cabinet, supreme court, dignitaries up above, are you going to miss that ritual?

i remember the first time i did it, and you're standing behind the door, and mr. speaker, the president of the united states, and you walk down that row and members of both parties are on either side and they will shake your hands, and as you said, you see all of government gathered in one place. >> it's the one time of the night where even the opposing side stands and cheers you. >> that's not just the cheers. it's a sense of a celebration of democracy there. he's no doubt that i will always remember the ritual, whether i'm going to miss writing the speech leading up to it, i don't know. we'll see how this one goes. >> us a stand in that room, you will be looking out over a room that arguably is as divided as it has ever been. do you see that as a failure of your presidency? you came to town saying it was about hope and change. >> right. >> you were going to change the tone in washington.

>> right. >> and they are not united. is it a failure? >> it's a regret. i could not be prouder of what we've accomplished and sometimes we look at the past through rose-colored glasses. it's been pretty divided in the past. there's been times where people beat each other with canes and we had things like the civil war so there have been times where it's been pretty rough, but there's no doubt that politics in washington are so much more divided than the american people are, and part of what i want to do in this last address is to remind people, you know what. we've got a lot of good things going for us, and if we can get our politics right, i turns out that we're not as divided on the ideological spectrum as people make us out to be. >> i know in your speech it's traditional to say the state of the union is strong. when it comes to the emotional

nd when i go out and talk to people the words i hear them most often in terms of how they are feeling right now. >> right. >> they talk about fear. they talk about frustration. they talk about fatigue. >> right. any of those words surprise you? >> no. i think, you know, we went through a lot over these last ten years. we went through katrina. we went through the iraq war. we went through the worst financial crisis in our lifetimes. we are still battlini terrorism. people are still recovering from some of the economic blows that hit, and it is sometimes important for us to step back and take measure of how far we've come. the economy right now is doing better than any other economy in the world by a significant margin. we remain the strongest nation

existential threats facing us, but if we make some good choices now, whoever the next president is, whoever is controlling the next congress there, he's no reason why we shouldn't own the 21st century. >> you shade there's no existentiau threat facing us. that fear though is still incredibly real. >> yeah. >> and in some ways it's driving the current presidential campaign. you've got a guy like donald trump and others who have recognized and identified that fear. >> right. >> and in some ways they are running on it. >> yeah. >> do you take responsibility fo that, and the reason i ask it is people said after eight years of george w. bush in the white house the american people were hungry for your messa of hoeepe and change. >> right. >> so after seven years of the obama presidency do you feel you're responsible for a certain hud nger out there f the message that donald trump is putting out? >> the message tha donald trump is putting out has had adherence a lot of times during the course of our history.

then we'll have a conversation out howesponsible i feel about it, but i'm pretty confident that the overwhelming mainjority of americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears, that does work togeer and doesn't try to divide us, hat isn't looking for sim police tinge solutions and scapegoating but looks for us, you know, buckling down and figuring out how to do we make things work for the next generation. >> so when you stabbed and deliver that state of the union address in no part of your mind or brain can you imagine donald trump standing up one day and de vering a state of the union address? >> well, i can imagine it in a sawaturday night skit. look, anything is possrble, and i think, you know, we shouldn't be complacent. i think everybody's got to work hard.

l office. i would never have guessed in a million years that i would step inteto the oval office, probably the most recognizable office in the world, and step in here with you and say this. what did you make of sean penn and el chapo? riously, when you saw that picture of him shaking hands and know that he spent seven hours interviewing him, what did you make that have? >> first of all, i want to compliment the mexican government because, you know, them capturing him and as we go through an extradition process potentially, he is disabled and that affects their ability to -- the mexican government's ability to really crack down on some of the terrible crimes that are traffickers that i think is important. now in, terms of how an interview like that gets set up and journalistic ethics, i figure you're probably in a bey,er position to opine on that. >> last question. isis is such a huge concern for >> right.

tackg out in the middle east anymore but they are inspiring attacks in europe and here in places like san bernardino. i think even in philadelphia over the weekend. your daughters are young ladies. when they get to be your age, president obama, do you believe in your heart that they will be living in a world that is dealing with the threat of radical islam on a daily basis? >> i am absolutely confident we will have defeated isil. i don't think we have to wait until they are 54 for that to happen. ultimately what isil represents is a blind alley for the region, and people will recognize that, the same way that over time they turned on al qaeda because they saw that this doesn't lead anywhere. >> you've got a lot on your plate, and you're nice to spend time with me. really appreciate it the. >> okay. >> mr. president, thank you. >> happy new year. >> you, too. >> something cool about standing with the president in the oval office. >> not an everyday occurrence for you or me.

spoke about his family. he spoke about the balancing act of being president of the united states and being a husband and father and we'll talk more about that. as a matter of fact, in our next part of our conversation we're also going to have some talk about what he hopes that he can inject into the state of the union tonight that americans haven't heard before. >> look forward to in a. >> by the way, tomorrow, a little perspective from the other side of the aisle. we'll sit down with house speaker paul ryan. >> and in a few minutes from now we'll hear from vice president joe biden. he'll be here for a live interview. i'm going to step down to the navy mess and do that in a couple of moments and let's go to natalie now with the morning's other top stories. >> good morning. breaking news, an explosion in a popular istanbul tourist areas has killed at least 10 people and injured 15 others. state run television has reported it was likely caused by a suicide bomber. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul with us with the latest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that explosion took place just about 30, 40 yards behind me.

world who does not know this location. it is the heart of tourist istanbul right between the blue mosque and iai sophia. a witness said he heard an explosion, came out and saw bodies on the ground. you tour groups that were here, the school groups that were here ran away. the tourists went back to their hotels. though they closed the doors. all the shops in the area pulled down their shutters. the turkish president says that a syrian suicide bomber is believed responsible. natalie, back to you. >> richard engel in istanbul, thank you, richard. actor sean penn is defending himself over a meeting with mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" gudman who has since been captured. penn said he has nothing to hide after photos indicate he was under surveillance when we met with the mexican actress that led him to guzman.

the government siege that ended with el chapo's capture. the video shows marines firing shots as they barged into el chapo's safe house. officials say el chapo made one last-ditch effort to try to escape through an underground tunnel. mexico is formally starting extradition paroledings to send guzman to the united states. and the party in tuscaloosa probably still going on this morning. after alabama won college football's national championship late monday night, heisman trecophy winner derrick henry scored three touchdowns for the crimson tide on their way to a 45-40 win over clemson. it is alabama's fourth natrnnal title in seven years, and for head coach nick saban it the his fifth. congratulations. some good football all year round. >> an awesome team. congratulations to clemson, too, on a fantastic year. >> definitely. >> natalie, thank you very much. let's get a first check of the weather from the white house. al is outside what's called the navy mess.

>> hey, good morning, guys. this is here on the ground floor in the west wing. this navy mess was established byd harry truman back in 1951 1 1951. just down the hall is ate situation room. i can't show you this. i can show you the greatest to go cup in the world, look al at, the presidential seal. this is where junior staffers order breakfast. for example, could i get a large oatmeal with raisins and brown sugar, absolutely. thank you very much, r. >> it's run by the navy so hence the term navy mess. do wn here is wheret he senior staffers eat. this is actually inside of the navy mess so kind of cool. a lot going on. people all working on the state of the union address tonight. it's a beehive of activity obviously. let's get you caught up on your weather and show you what's goingem on. this cold, brutal blast of air. look at some of these temperatures with the windchills. it feels brutal out there. chicago 6 below. feels like 15 in pittsburgh, 27,

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evening commute. up to an inch of snow. up around 40 and windy this afternoon. back to the 20s tonight. cold 30s wednesday and thursday. increasing clouds friday. maybe more rain come saturday. >> all right. thank you very much, sir. >> you're welcom >> hey, you know what. savannah is coming down, and she is going right in there behind those beautiful doors. e will be here in just a little bit. matt, can i get you anything? >> yeah. in one of those cups just to go, thank you very much. al. appreciate it. as we mention, savannah's going to talk to the vice president joe biden live in our next half hour, but right now we're really happy to have his wife dr. jill den witt us as she's getting ready, by the way, to head off to work. doctor, thank you. >>h ne to be here. >> what time? >> 8:00 class. >> this is the first day of the new semester. >> busy day for you? >> exciting day for me. i go to school and then come back here for the state of the union. >> this is going to be your last state of the union in thia capacity. what are your thoughts about

>> well, you know, it's kind of bittersuite. it's been a great seven, eight years, and i've enjoyed -- it's been a great journey for me, for joe, for our family. i have some regrets. >> for example, what? >> well, i guess i'll miss the excitement, i mean, look at this, on my way to school i get to come to the white house to have an interview. >> is it ever a little bit frustrating to sit in that box and watch that speech and see the room so divided i? just talked to the president about it. >> i think it is sometimes. you know, when joe and i first came into government, it wasn't as divided as it is now. thereto was a lot more civility, and it's a big difference. >> your husband made news last week. he was doing an interview and he said he regrets every day his decision not to run for president in this campaign. was it hard to hear him say that? >> it was because i know how he feels but, you know, i've always said joe would make a great

way and it waust wasn't our time. >> well, it's a pleasure to have you here. dr. biden. thank you. >> i don't want to make you late for school. i haven't had a chance to say that many times. thanks again for taking time. >> thanks, matt. coming up, savannah will have a live interview with vice president joe biden. he'll be with us for the whole half hour to share his thoughts on the time he spent and the time he has left here in the white house. plus, behind those closed doors a rarely seen view on television. we're going to take you inside,

coming up, carson is here. he'll take some questions, and this young lady is going to share some shouts thoughts. >> that's right. >> all morning long we're going to be here. you obviously have a rare inside look to this special place and on social media we'll tell you how you can be f ollowing along onfu our facebook, instagram and

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good morning everyone. 7:26. it's tuesday morning, it is january 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. you're looking at live pictures of an overturned tractor-trailer that's been causing big problems all morning on the bqe. kai simonsen has details. >> we're over the eastbound side of the bqe by tillry street. an overturned garbage carrier. been here a good part of the morning. that is blocked, that on ramp. we have all lines blocked on the main line. the delays extend all the way back to the gowanus, on to the verrazano bridge. we'll continue to keep you up to date.

loofrking like today? >> thankfully, not as bad as that. downtown f trains are running express from j street to fourth avenue. a disabled vehicle on the tappan zee bridge. we have an accident on the belt parkway westbound by lefferts boulevard. that's a problem. one southbound on the connecticut turnpike by exit 6. back to you, darlene. >> we'll be right back with chris' forecast. clouds are on the increase this morning. the snow getting closer.

it's a clipper system. not very impressive. it will put down a few snow showers. we're talking greatest risk a coating in and around the city on grassy areas. further north and west, though, up to an inch in the higher elevations a possibility. seven-day forecast. clears up late tonight. cold and dry wednesday, thursday. another system, probably rain, friday night into saturday. darlene? >> chris, thank you. coming up on the "today" show, savannah sits down with vice president joe biden to talk about the upcoming election and why he regrets not entering the race.

7:30 now on a tuesday morning, 12th day of january, 2016. beautiful view of the white house from the outside on the morning that we're calling state of the union morning here on "today" as we've kind of taken over the hite house. i don't mean that in a bad way. we've been granted incredible access, and we're very appreciative. i'm matt lauer back here in the blue room which is magnificent,

else that's stunning. take a look back here and glance out this window. you get a great view of the south lawn with the fountain, the washington monument standing in the distance as the sun begins to rise here in washington. i'm alo i in the blue room because savannah has made her way downstairs. savannah, good morning. >> good morning, matt. i thought you were going to say stunning view. this is the white house navy mess. this is a place where you mix and mingle if you're a member of the white house senior staff. i mean, even the plates are cool and official looking, seeing e ushus unum. of course, this is something that has been around since the 1800s, where you might see cabinet officials meet back in the kennedy administration. there was actually a surprise birthday party held for john f. kennedy, and it's a place where west wing staffers often come business. might run into a senior administration official or perhaps the vice president of the united states. breakfast. >> where are the eggs, got to

thanks for having us here. >> p welcome to the white house. delight to have you re. >> what's it like at the white house on a day like this, state of the union day? it's a day of great anticipation. everybody is excited. it's always a new beginning, and everybody is excited this year. we've come so far and we've got one more year to push a lot over the finish line so it's exciting. >> are you a little wistful and stalgic, the last state of the union, the final ye w. no, not yet. we've got a whole year and a whole lot of work to do. >> what are your favorite places in the white house, such a pitch ledge to be in this buildi g and work in this pilling. it's so steeped in history. >> my favorite place is the oval office and i'm not being a wiseguy saying that. you know, from the time i was a kid, i got here and i was 29 years old. i've been here for eight presidents, and no matter what. every time you walk into the white house you can feel the majesty of the oval office, and, i mean, it is -- and i'm in three three, four hours a day, every day with the president, and it is -- it just makes you

>> i was thinking about that because you have been in public office for 40 something years. don't make me do the math, but starting next year, next year's state of the union you'll be a private citizen. >> maybe they will have me in the box. maybe i'll be the special guest. >> have you started to think about what the after life might be like for you? >> well, i've started thinking about how i can continue to do what i'm doing now in private life and particularly working on things i care a lot about, but i've just begun to think about that. >> well, we're just beginning our conversation with you, sir. i know you've invited us to your west wing office so we'll lead on our way and right now let's go over to al in another exciting location here at the white house. >> savannah, thank you so much. we're in the white house family theater. dfr converted this, this was basically a coat room and converted this d >>uring his presidency to make it a viewing room. well, obviously, as you can see, the tiered seats, these are the best seats in the house for the president, the first lady and

-- in fact, they just saw "star wars" here which is not too bad a place to see "star wars." they watch sporting events. this is the big screen. now, tonight, there's a much more interesting reason for this room. this will be the room -- these seats will be actually filled up with the family members of the guests of the first lady and the president. when you see those folks in the house chamber, when the president and first lady acknowledge those guests, their family members will be here watching all of that. it's really, really kind of a cool place to watch the state of the union, as you might imagine. le s show you what you're going to be watching if you're around the great lakes. we've got lake-effect snow to talk about, anywhere from 12 to 24 inches of snow. we're looking at 40 million people under some sort of winter weather watch or advisory. rest of the country, windy and wet in the pacific northwest and more heavy rain coming es. el nino fuel, plenty ofisunshine through the gulf. more cold air coming into the upper great lakes and the pins

making its way to the east along with some snow showers. that's what's going al, thanks very much. starting out with increasing clouds this morning. snow and rain showers mix develop this afternoon across the city. a high temperature of 40s. windy out of the south. gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour at times. the snow showers taper off to flurries. it clears up agaan after midnight. up to an inch well to north and west. seven-day forecast, windy, cold tomorrow. 30s thursday, iiasing clouds iday. an icy mix north and west at night. middle 40s. >> hey, matt and carson, i found the place to watch the rest of the show. you guys have a great afternoon. >> looks good, really looks good. we found kind of a cool spot as well, al. we're here on o h of the landings of the grand staircase residence. >> prettyncool. ming up, savannah is now making her way to vice president biden's office.

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mondale. we were across the street and building. >> i want to s talk to you about a lot of issues of the day, but i want to start with the question that i think a lot of people want to know and seems strange to ask a public official this but there's such an outpouring after the loss of beau and people are wondering how are you doing, how is the family doing. >> we're doing well. we got through the holidays and every family's gone through it. we went through it and that's the hardest thing so we're focusing on the inspiration that au was rather than the loss. >> one of the things the president is going to talk about tonight in the state of the union is this fight against cancer, something that you have taken the mantle of and have said is very, very personal. who are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, we're so close to so many breakthroughs in cancer. this is one of those infliction points, but they are sort of stove pipes. there's a lot of brilliant people doing a lot of important stuff but not enough integration, and i'm hoping and

very positive from the leaders in the field to -- to let me be the convener of these folks and move things along more quickly, so instead of the breakthroughs occurring in ten years or five years. i think we can change, change the face of cancer in the next five years. >> does it feel like your calling now? >> well, it feels like something that affects almost every american family, and i think i've worked very hard to increase the funding for cancer research. the president has as well here, and so -- we both feel strongly about it. >> you know i have to talk politics with you. >> sure. >> you made some headlines last week when you said that you regretted not running for president. what did you mean by that? do you mean you think you made the wrong decision or you're sorry that you're not running for president? explain. >> no, i made the right decision, i'm positive of that and the right decision for my family in terms of the timing that was av lable. what i meant was, and i was

i care deeply about the plight. middle class and a whole range of other issues, and it's the best forum in the world to have your views known hand try to convince the public osh your views, but we have a full year left as president and vice president, and we have a lot more to do. go? because it's one that you've held for a long time. >> well, everybody thinks i've dreamt of being president. i've not dreamt of being president. here's what's hard to let go. from the time i was 28rrears old i've h d public office, i was a se tor at age 29. every morning i've gotten up and hahed some policy concerns on my mi >>nd and that i was able to work on to try to change things, and it's hard to figure what >> replaces that, that sense of purpose when y u're not in this office. >> for you is there no scenario in which you could see yourself getting into this race in 2016? >> i've learned never to say no, but i can't imagine one.

if i win the lottery made, $1.4 billion. everybody says i can retire. i'll run. that's a joke. >> have you bought a powerball ticket? >> i've not bought a powerball ticket. >> i thought i'd do the natural follow-up. let's talk about the race. you said somethi in the race yesterday that some are interpreting as a diss of hillary clinton that she only recently has come to talk about the issues of income inequality that bernie sanders is talking about. did you mean it that way? >> well, for the last five years she's been engaged in foreign policy. this has been person's mantra from the time he's gotten volved, even when income inequality wasn't as serious as it is today it was his drum beat and that's what i meant, and she's coming up with some very good ideas, but bernie is pushing the envelope on this, and for everyone, for everyone involved. >> let's talk about donald trump. the president said to matt a few moments ago talk to me if he wins, and there is this sense that people don't think donald

president of the united states. do you hold that view? do you think he canld be elected? is it possible? >> well, look, yes, go back -- yes. ic think that's possible, and i hope that in we're -- if that were to occur, because it doesn't ecause i have fundamentally different views than he does i hope he gets a lot more serious about the issues, a lot more serious about gaining knowledge about how this nation functions and foreign policy and domestic policy, but, look, that's a long way off. >> do you think he's been good for democracy, good for the process? >> well, look, i -- i think democracy -- the incredible thing about america is that it's so open. anyone can get engaged. anyone can make their case and the american people will listen, but this is just a very, very beginning. i think it's premature to make any judgments about who is going to do what. >> you've said he's been very divisive. >> oh, i think he is divisive, and i think he'd have to acknowledge that he's very

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good morning everyone. 7:56. 27 degrees on a tuesday morning. it is january 12th. i'm darlene rodriguez. a police officer is recovering after his patrol car crashed into a building on staten island. it left a hole in a flower shop. the officer had a meical emergency i likely caused by high blood pressure. he's now in the hospital with nonlife-threatr.ing injuries. an overturned tractor-trai abr is causing big problems on the bqe. the eastbound lanes of the expressway have been closed for most of the morning near tillary street. delays back to the verrazano bridge. for the rest of the commute, here's lauren scala. >> thanks, darlene. that's the worst of it. we have a disabled on the sprain brook parkway. that's in the center lane. we also have issues on the f train, southbound f trains

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up as the clock counts down to his final state of the union address tonight president obama opens up to matt about his time in office, his future and the heated race to replace him in the oval office. >> a lot of the campaign rhetoric you realize has to give way to some very hard tough realities.

unprecedented live tour of the tion'sost coveted address. and welcome back. >> this is the heartbeat of the house. >> our very own jenna bush hager heads back to her former home to introduce us to some of his former friends that help keep the white house running, today, tuesday, january 12th, 2016. good morning, everybody. welcome back ton a really special day. we are here at the woite house. we're facing the south lawn. we're looking at the washington monument. >> amazing. >> and we are pinching ourselves. this is state of the union day, a day of excitement and anticipation here in washington and especially in this building. >> i'm not leaving. >> no. always wanted to stand here. ways here not long ago when the pope came to visit. the ceremony was right there on the south lawn. this is your first time at the white house. >> absolutely incredible. >> smile and wave, boys. >> hi, mom. >> that's a postcard right there. >> one of those foemts for sure.

a bit of a white house history buff. >> we're shocked. >> but i've got the cards right here. >> shall we take everybody on a tour. >> come on, let's go inside. walk down off the south portico here and enter the green room, and that's when i go to the cheat sheets, okay. >> well, i'm not even looking down. i will tell you this is the first official family portrait that the observe mazz took was right in this root i think we have a shot of it. this is called the green room for obvious reasons. >> it's really beaute. >> by the way, john adams, the first president to live in the white house used this as a guest bedroom. >> that's right. >> thomas jefferson used it as a dining room and had a green kind of a cloth under the table and that's why they call it the green room. >> this was the sight of one of the nation's earliest dramatic moments. president james madison signed th nation's first declaration of war in this very room. that was, of course, the war of 1812. >> and do you recognize this coffee un? >> that's john adams. >> that's right. >> j.5i6789 a. >> john abigail ad s.

>> there's more. >> come out here as john tries gingerly back up. we'll walk out into the hallway. they call this the cross hall. >> they do a lot of entertaining in here at the white house. >> you know what it leads to? leads to one of the most beautiful spots to the white house, the main entrance hallway, and i've always wanted to do this. stop here for a second. >> okay. >> no a little further up. ve me your hand. >> other hand out, like princess diana and john travolta. >> go to that picture. >> happened right here. >> john travolta and princess diana dancing here during a state dinner. speaking of state dinners, if you walk over here. >> this is what they call the grand staircase. >> ts is where the president, the first lady and whoever the special dignitary they are entertaining, they c e down and they stand on the landing here, and they take all kinds of photos. >> when you are at the white house, it goes without saying you're surrounded by history, are the chairs, the lights and most especially the portraits. there are presidential official

this, of course, was bill clinton, the first portrait commissioned and done by an african-american artist. >> and by the way, if you walk in this direction, bill clinton is looking straight across the entrance hallway at a portrait, i don't know, you guys will have to move. this might be hard to see here but president george w. bush. >> and i'm told actually that most of the portraits stay in their spots but they always have the two most recent administrations represented right here. >> lead the way as our game of trivia continues. >> so we go back into the cross hall. just about to go into the red room but don't miss this shot right here because this happens to be perhaps the most famous portrait of a president, president john f. kennedy, and this has found a home here, a place where people are able to look at it the and when they hallve visitors here people often take a self we it, as you might agine. >> quickly walk past but here's a beautiful portrait of ronald reagan in the background here. this leads us now into the red room which, by the way, was not always red. it was turned red -- actually i

you can look up on the wall there. >> it was yellow in dolley madison's day and later turned red. >> and other great events here. margaret thatcher and ronald reagan held a meeting in this room. don't know what they talked about, but it was obviously an historic occasion. >> i have a picture from this room that i really like. it's the bush family, bush 41 and bush 43 and children. it was taken right here in the red room, and if you look closely, yes, you can spy our friend jenna bush hager in her younger days right there. >> want to continue. >> yes. >> if we now move over here to our left we're kind of going in bigircle coming in off the south portico. >> in fact, this is where we opened a few minutes ago looking out at the washington monument just to orient everybody. >> the blue room, where president obama was sworn in for his second term in 2013. it began on a sunday, so list first oath was taken here and a more public oath was then conducted the next day. >> the blue room was not always blue. it was once rerksd and can you

married in ts very room, matt. >> no. >> it was grover cleveland. can you name who he married. >> mrs. cleveland. >> no, frances h ho lsom in june 1886. >> harry truman's staff notice that had this chandelier was actually swaying. you know what that meant, problems with the ceiling. >> nothing good. >> exactly. they decided that this room and the entire area needed a renovation, so they shut d n the white house, and a lot of structural work was done. >> well, it's very beautiful. the white house, again, has been so nice to grant us such access, and now i think we're about to meet some of the white house's most famous residents. come on, guys. we've got bo and sonny obama, and hello, dale, thank you for bringing them in. >> good to see you. >> here we've got bo and sonny is the little one. sonny is a bit of rascal. >> she has a lot of energy.

>> good to see you. >> bo is what 7. >> 4. >> 7 and 4, yeah. >> so cute. >> and from my experience these dogs get -- they sort of have the run of the place. they can go where they want. they have great grounds and have fun out there. >> portuguese water dogs. >> beautiful dogs. >> remember the obamas promised the little girl they have earned a puppy because they wen ht through the campaign as youngsters. >> these are great dogs. >> dale, thank you so much for bringing them in. i think we were more excited about this moment than anything else. >> it's really, really cool. >> we're going to have much, much more from the white house. more of exclusive conversation with president obama. why he says the white house can be very isolating and how it's changed him as a dad. >> we're back with much more on a very special tuesday morning, but, first, these messages. you' re unpacking already?

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back now on a tuesday morning, more of our special edition of "today" live from the white house, and carson is here, and we don't have the origi il room but will the red room do? >> it is doing just fine. thank you. we asked you to send in some qufrestions using the

let's get right to them. tons of questions coming in so thank you so much. let's get to marge's who writes does anyone in the president's family, including the presid nt, ever sneak downstairs at midnight to have a snack in the kitchen? the answer is absolutely yes. anything in the kitchen is fair game. first family can make a list, the staff will go out and get whatever they want. they can go down there and have that and, of course, enjoy it. thmiere is a smaller kitchen on the floor where they sneak so at midnight if they want something quick they can go there. angela writes in who else besides the president actually lives, there it is, in the white house. the answer is no one. just the president and the first family are here. the house is obviously staffed 24/7, but everybody is on rotation so no one actually actually lives here. back in the 19th century some staff did live here, but tad's staff and workers have their own places. thanks for the questions. follo the conversation on all of the "today" show social accounts using the the #whitehousetoday. >> great. want to bring in a special

digital off here at the white house. jason jason, good morning. thanks for having us. you have news to share in partnership with facebook and the state of the union. >> we recently launched the president's facebook page a tonight we'll be doing our first experiment with facebook live. see the president live and talk about what he's thinking about with the state of the union sometime in the afternoon. >> jason, twitter recently released a list of its most re-tweeted tweets of 2015. yeah, the first oneewas one direction. okay. all right. >> that's tough to compete with. >> second one also one direction, third one one direction and number four was one direction also you but from president obama we got in here on the list. his reaction to the supreme court's gay marriage ruling last year and another moment that went viral. the president surprised some tourists on his way to a meeting. why do you think moments like that get so much attention. >> i think fundamentally the internet is a platform for conversation and people are

opportunity is an opportunity to see people behind the lens. i think you do this really well with the "today" showers, the stuff you've been doing morning such behinds-of-hind the scenes, a good example of that and the kind of things people look for. >> this is the new normal the way that the president and the white house staff are all using social media, whether it's twitter. i know the white house just opened up a snapchat account, officially make snapchat legit. >> we started that yesterday, and we've been posting some snaps h e this morning, sneakily some of you guys, as you've been recording here on the white house, and it's a way of showing, you know, what's going on as the white house as we're getting red for sotu and snapchat is a great way to show that energy. >> he just went a little initial on y us. >> we got, it we got if. >> jason, thank you. >> good to have you here. were in your house, have to remember that. al is on the move outside in the first lady's garden. hey, al. >> this is the white house

it was planted spring of 2009 by first lady michelle obama with the help of some local elementary school kids. it is a constant supply of fresh produce for the first family and also for events that they have here at the white house. we're going to be back here in the garden, and not too far from here is where the president works out onhe basketball court. guess what, i'll be coming back during the growing season as the weather gets a little bit better to check on the progress of the garden along with the first lady so pretty excited about that. all right. lernt's show you what's going on for today. we are looking at some snow showers. a clipper comes across the great lakes. it's also going to reinforce some lake-effect snow so some areas may pick up two feet of snow. wet weather in the pacific northwest and windy conditions. plenty of sunshine through the gulf and back west and brutal cold temperatures inhohe plains with dangerous windchills that

that's what's early sunshine will fade behind increasing clouds. a coating mainly on grassy areas from coated surfaces. colder tonight. 33 tomorrow. 37 thursday. saturday, mid-40s. >> and that is your latest weather. matt and savannah. >> all right, al. thanks. now to more of our exclusive conversation with president obama as he prepares for tonight's state of the union address. >> we covered a lot of subjects and we cover a lot of ground. we actually toured the white house as we talked about how the office has changed him, both as a leader and as a father. this staircase here, where does this go? >> thi s goes up into the residence so if we have a state dinner or some very formal

from the residence on the second floor and we will walk down. >> at the end of a long day, is it possible for to you walk up those stairs and ever leave the job completely downstairs? >> well, first of all, i never actually use these stairs. >> that's ceremonial. >> that's ce monial. when they say they are a 24/7 job on this one they are not exaggerating.n'you take it with you. the one time that i can take it behind throughout my presidency i've been pretty religious about dinner at 6:30 with michelle and the girls and when i'm sitting around the dinner table then i'm a dad and we spend most of our time listening to the girls talk about their days and they are not interested in mine that much. >> teenage talk from personal experience can be more harrowing than what happens over in the oval office there. would your family ever say that that's the one part of the job that gets difficult, the fact that you're never 100% except

talked about away from the job? >> my ability to function as a present father, a guy who is there and engaged, was maybe stronger once i got to the white house than before because when i was a senator i was commuting. the girls were still back in chicago. >> right. >> when i was campaigning for president i was gone all the time, and i don't have trouble switching off when it comes to listening to malia and sasha. that actually is a time when i can kind of block everything else out. >> the first time you and i sat down here was february 1st, 2009. had you been president 11 days. if 54-year-old barack obama could go back and talk to 47-year-old barack obama who had only been president 11 days, what would you tell him that he didn't know about being president?

of all, that your hair is going to go grayer a lot faster than you anticipated. i think the most important thing i would say to an earlier version of myself would be to communicate constantly and with confidence to the american people because this place has a tendency to isolate you. you recognize that particularly during times of stress, the american people need to hear from their president in terms of what it is that we're trying to do and things i've done well during the campaign i've not always done well as president. >> you talk about the american people hearing from their president. obviously we all remember you stepping before the cameras and talking about your plans for executive action on gun control. >> yeah. >> and you became extremely emotional. >> yeah. >> i was surprised by that. i wasn't surprised about how i

hook happened remains one of the worst in my presidency and traveling up there for the memorial service and meeting with the families just a couple of days after those children and those teachers had lost their lives was as hard as anything i've ever done, but i didn't expect that evoking that would trigger those kinds of emotions. part of it is that, you know, we haind just come back from christmas break. i had just spent time with my daughters. one of them is about to go to college and seeing those parent wh.o i've gotten to know now over the course of several years and th inking about how any parent feels with that loss, it felt ve ry personal to me. >> i would think that at an earlier point of your presidency had that feeling started to well up in you -- >> i might have clamp it had down. >> you might have suppress it had. >> yeah. there's no doubt that i am leers now. there have been times during the course.

you know, as you go into your last year you start realizing at ultimately how well you've done here is going to be judged not by tomorrow's polls or today's headlines, they will be judged by, you know, people who are looking back at you 20, 30 years from now and say you better let it rip. >> you're starting to sound a little like george w. bush who told me one day, matt, i'm going to be dead when my legacy is decided. early next year, if tradition holds, you and mrs. obama are going to go to the main door of the white house, it will open and a motorcade will pull in, right, and the incoming president, whether it's a man or a woman going to get out of that car. how much jeopardy will your legacy be in if that person is not a democrat? >> well, i'm going to be working hard to make shower that it's a democrat and there's no doubt that given what the republican

are going to be some things that i think are rea ey important that they are going to try to reverse. even something as controversial in the republican party as obamacare. when something works or the evidence shows that it's helping people and you want to stop it just for ideological reasons, it turns out to be a little more difficult. you know, certainly when they start dealing with foreign policy and if they think that somehow by talking a little tougher they are going to somehow change the complexities of the middle east, for example, turns out that's not how it works, and so i think the e is a really use ful ful awakening that thanks place when you walk into this office. a lot of the campaign rhetoric

some very hard tough realities. >> just a little more of our exclusive conversation withzz the prtesident conducted monday here at the white house, and look who el use is here at the white house, nbc national correspondent peter alexander. hi, peter. >> not a bad spot. good to see you this morning. >> what have you got? >> we focused on the president's speech whiter, cody keenan, may have seen him and texted me at 3:50 a.m. and said finally wrapping up tonight and what's impress sieve the collaborative effort. he says he feels like he's a perpetual grad student but imagine that your professor is the president. he took us inside the preparations in his first ever television interview. >> we honor those who walked so we could run! we must run so our children soar! >> reporter: behind the president's celebrated speeches he's the man tasked with translating images into words. >> this is the land of hope and dreams. this is where the magic happens. >> reporter: this corner basement office.

the white house doctors give me vitamin d. >> reporter: cody keenum takes his boss' hand scribbled notes like these. >> what a soiled draft looks like. >> reporter: when you nail it. >> and turns it into power sul presidential prose. >> if prayer was made of sound, the skies over england that night would have deafened the world. >> reporter: ahead of president obama's last state of the union addr haess weluaught up with keenan in the midst of a coffee-fueled 48-hour writing binge. >> sir. >> reporter: including an oval office meeting with the president. the final days of a two-month marathon to perfect 6,000 words. where did you watch last year's state of the union? >> i watched it right here at this desk. >> reporter: with? >> chicken tenders and a budweiser. >> reporter: keenan first joined the obama campaign as an intern in 2007 becoming director of speech wright six years later. the moment you stare at a blank page what's going through your mind? >> equal mix of hope and fear, fear in that you want to know whatllo say and hope that you

>> reporter: his speeches helped heal communities like new town and tucson where so many people struggled to find words. >> if there are rain puddles in heaven, christina is jumping in them tailed. >> reporter: the president's last least speech writer john favro says keenan captures emotion. >> coldy is a big-hearted guy who writes from the heart. >> reporter: keenan met his fiancee kristen, a researcher who fact checks his speeches. >> so she literally gets paid to tell me i'm wrong. >> reporter: how does that go? >> it's tense around state of the unio team. >> reporter: that beard ba , a superstition formed after keenan's first state of the union. >> it worked, and the president said you have to do that again. >> reporter: but posing as pirate for a presidential punch line, that was a one-time deal. >> secret service was displeased because i had a big metal hook and the president loved it and cracked up laughing. >> reporter: >> to make opportunity real. >> reporter: be. >> reporter: with keenan's words etched into history the chicago native and northwestern grad

more than a century in the making. >> chicago subs coming to the white house world champs, that's why i'm still here. >> reporter: and with all the finishing touches on tonight's address complete, the state of this union has never been stronger. after pulling a couple of recent all-nighters, hoping that cody can stay awake through tonight's address. nbc will have live coverage at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. >> want to play a little one-on-one one-on-one. >> we're right here on the white house basketball court. i don't know if this has ever

good morning, everyone. police for a man who tried to kidnap a toddler. the chi 's babysitter said the man approached while they were walking in woodmere and said she was, "pushing a dead baby." he followed her home and tried to push her in the house and did get partially inside. we still have big problems on d the bqe.

delays back on to staten island with this accident. we have one on the new york bay extension before bayonne exit. two problems on the l.i.e., weist bound 37 and 51. thanks so much. light snow in the late afternoon and eating. a coating. thursday, a few clouds, 37 degrees. can coming up on the "today" show, the white house executive chef shares a special recipe.

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ittr's a really pretty morning in washington, d.c., and here at the white house as we are bringing you the entire "today" show from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> and here's a part of 1600 pennsylvania avenue you almost never see which is the white house basketball court. this was a tennis court and when the obamas moved in they turned it into a full fledged basketball court and tennis court, you can use it for either. >> that's right, because president obama has his priorities in order and he knew we wanted some five-on-type. >> that's pretty impressive. >> they have brought college championship teams here and done games with wounded warriors. he's a big basketball fan. loves the chicago bulls. >> yeah. >> played basketball for a little bit in high school. >> can i mention that bo and supinny are so well behaved, just hanging out here with us, being adorable. >> i wish our kids were that well behaved. >> who wants to take a live shot here. >> carson. >> get in there.

>> not going to get anywhere. >> nataiie. >> come on, nat. >> high heels. >> on ofhe record, savannah sunk a shot. >> she did. >> good try. >> i know. an ohyway, you know, our access hehere at the white house has been extraordinary, but, of course, this isn't the first time that the "today" show has visited the nation he's most famous address. >> its address is 1600 pennsylvania avenue, known, of course, as the white house. >> good mot ing, mr. president. >> good morning, dave. >> i've dodged your question. >> certainly, you're on live television so say whatever you like. >> president clinton, nice to meet you. masste lauer. >> nice to see you again. >> welcome to the white house. thank you very much. >> how happy are you not to be running for anything? >> not as happy as michelle. >> for nearly 60 years "today" has brought the people's house into people's homes. >> beautiful mansion, is it not? >> all starting in 1960.

and kind of proud, too, because, you know, i own a piece of that. i pay taxes. >> you own a piece of that, big daddy, how come they won't let you in? >> just one year later "today" made history when dave garrowway interviewed president kennedy at the white house. >> i'm delighted to have this chance through dave garrowway wh so is the first television interview with any president on a regularly scheduled program. >> when "today" goes inside the doors of 1600 pennsylvania avenue, often its residents end . >> you know, you wouldn't want me to have -- >> oh, yes, i would. >> -- any problems. >> ear very hard on female reporters, mr. president. >> i'm hard on all reporters. >> there have been unscripted moments and unexpected visitor arriving during a live tour of the white house with first lady barbara bush. >> look who wandered in, president bush, and can you stick around and talk with us. >> katie stayed with president bush for an impromptu live

minutes, an iconic moment in oday" history. >> do you have any knowledge. iran-contra arms for hostages deal? >> absolutely no, and no one has suggested i did. >>ns and at times the pressures of the presidency have been on full display. >> were you made - >> my job is to protect this country, matt, and i'm going to within the law, and i can get second guessed by people all the time by people who don't live in th united states. september 11 was a bad day. r us it was a change of attitude. >> haven't the forces of militant extremism, jihadism grown strong on your watch? >> we've been continually able to maintain pressure on al qaeda in that region. >> are we safer under your watch? i believe we're safer. >> and "today's" visit to the white house have offered a look at the first family at home. >> speaking of the very actist roosevelt children, i understand they used to roller skate in this room as did amy carter. >> that's righ.. >> your grandchildren? no, i do not.

no, i do not. >> i taught them how to slide down the bannister so you can thank me later. >> very much appreciate that. they have not broken any bones thanks to the lessons you made. >> taught them the proper way, safety first in this house. >> do you ever find it difficult to maintain that feeling of home in such a public place? >> very rarely. sometimes i like to come down here and there's one more re mception and the house is open and i can't, but ost of the time it shows very well as a home as america's place. >> and through the years each family h s made us feel at home. >> i appreciate you ppearing here this morning on my final day on the "today" program. >> i used to worry in the old days about maybe being responsible for closing a theater or two and here i am closing out your show. >> we are in the white house kitchen where, among other things, you brew beer, while we're having this beer. >> hey, bernie, you know al. this is al. >> he's not very impressed. >> 63% of the people admit to kissing their dog. >> we kiss ours.

>> >> i wouldn't say on a regular basis, but, yeah, i've been there. >> so has a lot of history here at the white house, but i don't think anything like today ever. >> never. o>> another history-making moment. >> you got a check of the weather. >> you bet you. what's happening for today, looking at a lot of snow making its way through the great lakes as a clipper moves through. we're also looking hat more wet weather and snow in the pacific northwest with windy conditio . southern tier of the country looking pretty good with plenty of sunshine. a few showers down in southern florida. and for tonight's state of the union address, we may actually see some snow here in the nation's capital in the afternoon with windy conditions. parthe cloudy tonight as people are streaming into the capitol. it will make it feel like that's about 22 degrees outs al, thanks very much. snow showers our way this afternoon. becoming windy.

snow showers will taper off to a few flurries overnight and a low of 24. a coating close to the city. seven-day forecast, windy and colder tomorrow, sun and clouds. 37, less wind, thursday. increasing clouds friday. wintry mix saturday. >> that's your latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks. coming up, matt and savannah head into the white house kitchen just to give you a sense of how big this place is. they are having to hustle just to get there in time. after they will have a lovely meal once they do get there as we're entertained by the marine band. we 're back in a moment, but,

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unprecedented tour of the white house. >> and so wonderful to be here in the white house kitchen and be in the company of white house executiv e chef chris commerford, been the chef for ten years and worked in the white house kisttchen for 20 years. i thank you or having us. >> thank you for having us, into. >> anything special about the state of the union morning for the obamas. diisd they say, okay, we can have comfort food today. >> today, we're really stoked. everything is in place, so we're just getting ready for the lunch and for the reception as well tonight, but i'm going to show you a recipe later hon. >> do you tend to make predominantly healthy food for the obamas? >> we try to make predominantly healthy foods for the obamas and specially we have the kitchen garden out there which is it basically like a few steps in the backyard so as a chef it's a great luxury for me to be able to go outside and grab the food.

>> a shavedroccoli and chive salad salad. it's very healthy. washington, d.c. weather has been great and we had broccoli and chive in the garden. real re, reallyuhimple egulars pea. at home it's something that you can even do like cold or hot, but it's actually a dish that i was accustomed to growing up as a child. it's with fresh, you know, vegetables so we're starting with two eggs. >> okay. we have like half a cup of regular flour, half a cup of whole wheat flour. we try to put a lot of whole grains in our recipe. >> as you're cooking, you're from the philippines, came here in the '80s, i believe. >> yes. >> and your first culinary job was at the sheraton hotel at the >> yes. >> you couldn't have possibly imagined that you'd end up here at the white hohee.

imagined, but it was such a blessing to be able to cook for the first family and the president. what a great honor. so as this is working we're just going to add on our milk. >> got to be stressful at times though, this is the leader of the free world, after all. >> the cool thing about work here is even the stress that's around us, we're able to -- as a team, i have a vlry good team behind me that pretty much makes it so easy for the chef to do what we're able to do. >>he we'll pretend through the magic of television. >> yes, that mixture is mplete. >> savannah. >> i'll do a little cook considering and matt can help you do the filling while this one gets going. >> so let's get that going. >> you want to do the temperature over here. >> real quickly, what do we have here? >> let's start with the dressing first, real, real, quickly, rice vinegar and this is honey from the garden as well.

>> so this here, we did almost like 10 pounds of honey from our wonderful garden. >> now you're just showing off. >> basically mix all the ingredients, it's an emulsified dr sing, it works well and the lime juice as well and the good thing about the salad it could be a winter salad or just whatever. time of the day. >> savannah has done a great job over there. >> this is the dressing that ingredients. >> can i show off the finished product. >> that's as healthy a it gets. >> you can try it. it's really delicious. >> chef comerford, thank you very much. >> coming up. jenna bush hager. >> she gets a nice welcome back

and we welcome you back, everyone, to the white house on a very special edition of "today." the center of power in america. also though a real working home for the first family. >> hand who knows that better than "today's" jenna bush hager. good morning to you. >> hi, gu . >> feels like old times. >> it does it. feels like old times. i always love coming back here. this building is it steeped in history, and now one woman is making history of her own. angela reed is the first woman to be chief usher of the white house. she works with he dedicated tireless crew that my family came to adore. few have the privilege to walk these halls, but when my family is asked what we miss most about 1600 pennsylvania avenue, the answer is simple. it's not the house, it's the people. the people are who make this house a home. and chief usher angela reed is

this home running smoothly. >> i am just so grateful to the president and the first lady for taking a chance and bringing me on board. >> reed manageshe president's home. more than 100 rooms and 90 people, including butlers, cooks and florists. she handles everything from state dinners to tu annual easter egg roll. >> i heard that this job came serendipitously at a party of all places. >> yes, interesting story. so summer of 2011 i went to a party, it was a pool party. >> you were in your bikini. >> that's tmi, too much information so i met aiyoung lady who told me that there was a position open at the white house for chief usher so i literally made a cold camp i goggled the white house and called and spoke to a young lay and left a message, and fortunately for me she too me seriously and passed this message on and someone cal

>> soon after history was made. angela reed became the first female chief usher of the white house and only the ninth since 1885. >> it was less about breaking a gender barrier. it really was about the astonishing unbelievable opportunity of serving the president and the first lady and their family. >> reed's story is an unlikely one. she grew up in jamaica where she began a career in hospitality and now she takes on the daily task of ensuring the national treasure remains home sweet home for the first family. >> this is really the heartbeat of the house. >> miss reed took a walk with me to visit some of the friends i met. >> so good to see you. >> good to see you again. >> thanks for coming to say hi. >> any time. >> what's it like working. >> does seem like home. >> vaughn everett is a beloved white house butler. >> i started working here barttime back in the '80s when president reagan was here.

7-year-old. >> yeah. >> so i don't want to make everybody feel old but it's been 25-plus years. >> you're probably making him feel old. >> and myself. >> but, yeah, we've known you forever. >> can we smell this. yes, we can smell this. this is one of my favorite places. >> hi, guys, welcome home. >> on my grandfather's newsration day the white house flower shop was my first stop. my sister and i made bouquets for my grandparent's bedside. >> she is brings heart and support to tus and that's really important. she runs from me because i try to hug her too much. >> hi, dale. >> and a trip to the white house wouldn't be complete without a big hug from one of my favorites and beasley and barney's too. daovle hayne sea legend. he has worked at the white house for more than 40 years and has a special way it its four-legged residents, both past and present. >> i actually dub dale the dog whisperer.

>> barney and beasley loved us but who do they love the most, you know it. dale. >> always. >> barney and the president. >> returning here is like a dream. visiting old fri ds and appreciating this great house once again. >> and now the woman who runs it is living her dream. >> what would you say to that little girl from jamaica, do you think she would be believe you'd be sitting here right now? >> well, she ould believe it because i am that little girl. however, for other little girls who may not think that's possible, i think it's really a combination of hard work, focus, de re and really opening that door when opportunities present itself. >> so i feel really lucky that whenever i come back here everybody is so warm and so welcoming. i was here in june, a couple summers ago, to interview president obama for father's day, and it's so fun to see

since i was 7 years old. they came. there's buddy who i would go talk to about football and chris, who y'all just interviewed who used to make me favorite bean tacos, and you know what, i really miss that oatmeal and latte, too, but when people ask us, you know, what is like to live in the magical place, it's a people that make it a home and i can't stress that enough. we miss them. >> youumiss them and they miss. >> you and from you were just a little girl worked so hard to make you feel comfortable. >> barbara and i watch g the inauguration, the parade, and we carme over early because, of course, we were 7 years old, couldn't wait to get into the white house, and we got into this door and nancy clark, who was the head florist, met us and said come into the flower shop and make bouquets for your grandparents and we did, and what was really special, she's since passed away, but she did the flowers at my wedding. the fact that we got to be with these people for so many years. >> and we referred to it just

we all arrived here in a group at 5:15 in the morning and we came to the first security checkpoint, the nice man there who was checking our i.d.s did on his speaker say twinkle is back at the white house, and i thought it was real moving. >> my code word was twinkle, not to be confused with tinkle. >> but when you were naughty, it was. >> probably wanted to call me tinkle, but, ythou know, it's funny because to watch you guys come in here and the magic that you feel, you've done everything. u've interviewed everybody, but it feels like that for people that have lived here, too. to be able to return. >> takes the cake. >> feels magical. >> it does, thank you. >> thank you very much. we're back in a oment on a tuesday morning.

goes without saying this is a morning we will not soon forget and we have to thank the white house, its incredible staff, the obamas for welcoming our show into their residence, and it's been incredible to kind of live the history and see these beautiful places. i covered the white house for all these years. i've never been to some. places we went this morning. >> what about our crew. >> yeah. >> such an amazing job of putting this all together. >> i've never heard the staff of the white house say on so many occasions you want to go where? they said that all morning long. by the way, we've mentioned

president delivering his final state of the union address tonight. you can see it right here hon nbc, 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 out west. >> that's right. how many selfies were taken this morning? >> not enough. >> too many. >> i love the picture with you and matt as john travolta a lady di. >> couldn't resist. >> just been an absolutely beautiful morning and so thankful to be here and again want to thank the white house an our crew and our staff for this special day. we want to leave you with some beautiful sights and sounds of the morning that was. >> that's right. here's little bit of our experience at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. we'll see you in a little while. >> we're on the steps of the white house. i have to say that qualifies as special. >> the cool scale this one is off the charts. >> shall we go inside. what do you do, just knock. >> welcome to the white house. >> we've kind of taken over the white house, a great view of the south lawn. let's get a first check of the weather from the white house.

>> the greatest to go cup in the world. can i get a large oatmeal. matt, can i get you anything? >> this is called the green room for obvious reasons. >> into the red room, which, by the way, was not always red and the blue room where president obama was sworn in for his second term. you're greeting us on the final eve of the state of the union. >> got a lot of things going for us. turns out we're not as divided. >> might run into a senior administration official or perhaps the vice president of the united states. >> i think probably there's been no vice president and president closer than he and i. >> bo and sunny obama. >> more excited about this

>> smile and wave, good morning, everyone. 8:57. 28 degrees. it is tuesday morning, january 12th. i'm darlene rodriguez. an armed robber shot a gas attendant on tphrbg avenue in huntington station. a man wearing a mask and demanded money. the worker resisted. th.e robber shot him in the leg. the suspect ran off with an

a check of the weather. today, light snow. we see is a coating or less in and around the city. an inch far north and west. tomorrow, kld and windy, high of 33. degrees. friday, rain in the morning. 44 is the high. coming up on, actress hillary duff talks about season 2 of

this morning on "today's take," we are live from 1600 pennsylvania avenue in an un unprecedented broadcast and then will we get the cars that fly and from the hot tv set of "younger" hilary duff is here. all that and more coming up next >> announcer: from nbc news this

natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> all right. welcome to "today." it's tuesday morning, january 12th, 2016. i'm not sure you and i deserve this music but we'll take it anyway. >> oh, gosh. >> "hail to the chief." i'm willie along with tamron. the reason you're hearing that strong because as you've seen all morning "today" has been live at the white house, unprecedented access to the residence. natalie and al are getting in position right there. >>r yeah. >> how about jenna bush hager. >> opening the door. >> welcoming the gang. >> welcoming. >> that's her house after all or was. was once, absolutely. there you go. that's the entrance there, and as willie mentioned, an unprecedented view. we've all the honor of going to the whi house but never seen it from this vantage point. i was looking at social media. it was enjoyable to see all of the history buffs really getting into what we were seeing there, politics aside, this is the nation's house.

people, and you get a chance to g see your home that you own. >> natalie and al are going to take us through a little bit ewhat have they saw this morning, but this does come on the day of president obama's final state of the union address. earlier he did speak to matt about that speech tonight and some of the challenges he faces. >> as you stand in that room, you will be looking out over a room that arguably is as divided as it has ever been. do you see that as a failure of your presidency? you came to town saying it was about hope and change. >> right. >> you were going to change the tone in washington. >> right. >> you wanted to unite people, and they re not united. is it a pilure? >> it's a regret. i could not be prouder of what we've accomplished, and sometimes we look at the past through rose-colored glasses. it he's been pretty divided in the st. there's been times where people beat each other with canes. >> it was interesting to hear the conversation, but also as

way through this incredible plrgace and on tathe walking tour ma att also asked president obama about how he balances his role as a president with family man to his wife and two daughters. >> when they say that this is a 24/7 hour job on this one they are not exaggerate ing. you take it with you. thpre one time when i really can leave i behind isathroughout my presidency i've been pretty religious about dinner at 6:30 with michelle and the girls, and when i'm sitting around the dinner table, then i'm a dad, and we spe most of our time, listening to the girls talk about their days, and they are not interested in mine that much. my ability to function as a present father, a guy who is there and engaged was maybe stronger once i got to the white house than before because when i was a senator i was commuting. the girls were still back in

>> right. cr>> when i ces campaigning presiden i was gone all the time, and i don't have trouble switching off when it comes to listening to malia and sasha. >> and it's interesting now when the family leaves the white house, you'll have a college student and then one on the way. >> yes. >> and you think about the image of those little girls on that stage in chicago and now they are young women headed to that journey of higher education like so many others, but the balance, it was interesting, and obviously the meaty part of of this is the state of the union, this being his final state of the union and by all accounts from the white house intel we will have some big headlines wednesday. >>en a d it was interesting hearing him talk to matt about how at this pnt in his run, in his second term, he feels unburdened. >> yeah. >> he's ready to say what's on his mind and i think you've seen that over the last year. >> savannah got a chance to sit down with vice president joe biden. you heard matt ask president obama about regrets and looking back. there was a recent interview

interpreted that he was maybe regretting his decision not to jump in to the 2016 race for president. here's what he said to savannah. >> i made the right decision. i'm positive of that and the right decision for my family, and in terms of the timing that was available. what i meant was, and i was being directly honest was, that i cared deeply about the plight of the middle class and a whole range of other issues, and if -- it's the best for in the world to have your views made known and try to convince the public of the views, but we have a full year left as president and vice esident, and we have a lot more to do. >> for you is there no scenario in which you could see yourself getting into this race in 2016? >> i've learned never to say no, but i can't imagine one. i can't imagine one. if i win the lottery maybe, $1.4 billion. everybody aays i'm going to re oturn. well, i'll run if i -- i'm only joking. that's a joke.

biden, joking about the lottery and getting in on the lottery like everyone else. >> he makes news. i regret every day not getting in the race and don't think i last n ht impressed about bernie sanders and saying what athe's saying and maybe meaning it more than hillary clinton. even if he's not in it he'll be a part of the democratic race. and to be honest i think people want to hear from him. seems like folks on both sides, people independents, people not quite sure what party they want to align with, they see this voice as a trustful person so 'll see. meanwhile, al had some pretty cool highlights to show us earlier from the navy mess hall. thee family theater room. i don't think i've ever even seen a picture that have room before, al, and there you were laying back. >> well, what was interesting, that's the navy mess. that started in 1951 by harry truman. this is the theater where the family watched "star wars" this past weekend. of course, there's the truman ball cone, and we all shot hoops on the basketball court.

selfies, probably a record number of selfies i think for us. >> i think so. >> matt, savannah, natalie, ca wrson hand me, had a good time. did some blue room self ilgs. i got -- i took a selfie or two in the white house theater which was fun, holding a basketball. >> all fun shooting some hoops. i think a lot of us have, you know, been here, if you've even done a tour of the white house, maybe you've seen some of the rooms that we showed you, but you got a real sense of the behind-the-scenes access that we had today. it was truly remarkable, and the white house staff, i've got to just say. >> azing. >> the most gracious, wonderful staff. they made sure from the beginning of the day till now that we were escorted everywhere, that, you know, we were well taken care of and really have to thank them. >> i couldn't find that door that i heard the creaking. door opening where vice president biden. i can't imagine any circumstance that i would be in, but, you never say never.

>> exactly. >>y so for people -- >> such an incredible day. we also got to spend time, willie and tamron, with sunny and bo, of course, some of the most famous resident here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> portuguese water dogs. >> these dogs were s well behaved and did not make a people entire time. >> i wish our kids were that good. >> that's true. >> that's amazing. >> it's been a remarkable day. >> that's a great picture. >> and we've got to say, too, to our crew, they have been working on this day for so long now, that we pulled it off, and all th yanks to them. >> yeah. the crew. >> they do the hard work for us. >> our producers and writers, really was amazing. >> it was extraordinary to watch from here and y see the social media traffic. i think people really get the magnitude of what was happening, that this was an event for morning television and for obviously the white house staff. i'm sure they were excited as you mentioned as well. but it was exceptional to watch it play howthe.

of, okay, get out. >> but there is a state of the union today. it's like okay, okay. >> they are very busy. >> a lot going on. get out. nice having you, but don't hit you where the good lord split you. >> notice eurooutside at 9:01. >> as we were leaving they were letting tour groups in. >> oh, cool. >> today is very much a normal day even though it is the state of the union address tonight. they still allow the tourists in and traffic as usual, so we h to cut through some of the tourist traffic to get over here to our position on the north lawn. >> but we made, it just barely. >> and al, we saw you in the garden, the first lady's exgarden. i know you'll go back later when the weather is more per might and the weather is more seasonable for things to grow. tell us about the weather today. >> frigid here and colder in other parts of the country. the windchills are brutal. we've got a clipper coming across. it will bring more snow to the northeast and lake-effect snow.

snow here in the nation's capital sometime this afternoon. that clipper will also bring heavy snow to maine and then behind it those lake-effect snows will start kicking in. look at these temperatures. 's going to feel like below in chicago and 7 above in cincinnati and 6 in cleveland and 13 in st. louis, and then things will finally startreo warm up a bit, but wednesday that cold air gets here into the northeast as well, so everybody is going to need to bundle up. >>d well, future tracker shows we start with increasing clouds. as we go into the arch, light snow breaks out. light accumulation. a coating or less. up to an inch further north and west this evening. it tapers off to flurries tonight. temperatures slipping in the 20s. 33 tomorrow. upper 30s thursday.

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for six years we've watched josh holloway try to escape a mysterious tropical island as sawyer on the hit tv series "lost." sawyer is still there and josh is here with us as he's reunited for a new series called "call any." take a look. >> i know it might not seem it, but our hosts are here for our benefi p >> come o there with me, snider. not the greens on the flats. let me show you a few things and tell me if you still believe that. >> there need to be some controls in place. otherwise, it would be anarchy, but all of this, it's temporary. once we've satisfied their needs, they will leave. everything will go back to normal. >> what needs? >> and it will go back to normal. >> good morning. >> this is good. we're all pulled

>> thank you. >> w ae're going on a new journey with you. >> yes, you are. it's a fun one. i don't know how fun -- it's going to be fun. it's a little stressful at the be nn ng, i would say. >> kind of like "lost." >> stress can be funny. >> tell me if i'm describing this right. it's kind of like a dystopian los angeles sometime in the future but not too far in the future and what's happened? what's going hon? >> well, it's bomb ten months since the arrival of an enemy unli we've ever faced before, they were strong enough not to completely destroy the world. that says something, so it's -- it's still los angeles. there's still palm trees. there's still people in cafes running around in your normal life, seemingly.

world war ii paris where you see the old photos of someone sitting in a cafe in their fur coat and then oere's nazi storm stoops going down the champs-elysees. it's about that it's about colonization. it's about the choices that you have to m e under those circumstances, whether to resist and face those consequences, to cooperate and the pit follows of that so it's an espionage thriller with a hint of sci-fi. >> collaborative and you're with the "lost" producer there. was it for you, that's the reason that you were sold on it or just a sci-fi junk? >> well, a little bit of both. >> are you? >> a little bit of both, but carlton i've been wanting to work with carlton for many years. we've been in contact since losst sc hedules

with a few shows on air but our schedules didn't coincide and we've been watching each other's work and it just happened that we were both available and he called me and said i have an offer you can't refuse. shoots in l.a. i'm listening. de>> i get to keep my hair long, i'm in. >> i'll shave it if you want, whatever you want, but it was -- it was great to --d feels like a old pair of jeans working with an old friend. we have a short hand. we can discuss anything. he's very aey creatively so i'm able to have input which is nice. >> got to be nice as an actor. we were just talking before we went on the air, everybody members you were in "lost" but "walker texas ranger." >> great snow. >> wow. >> yeah, baby. >> look at that hair. >> wow. >> talk about that hair. >> is that a weave? >> that was quite a journey, i'll tell you. that w l -- i actually have

kind of tell and then they se wp in this weave happened they waxed down moy hair to match with it, so in the morning i look like billy ray cyrus right out of "achy breaky heart." that thing was up, long, my wife, g.rlfriend at the time and she is like that is so wrong. >> couldn't even sell her on that. >> get in the shower, first thing to wash it and get on the water and it turned to one large dr sead. i'm lik oh, my god now i have a dread with spikes. took us about an hour for her to massage conditioner and get it all back. >> what a hair care regimen had you. >> and hi to wear that for like nine days that thing. >> but you owned it. you owned it. >> i owned it. >> chuck norris. >> chuck. there were so many chucks i couldn't tell, there was a chuck over there talking to kids and a chuck over there on a horse.

and i'm like which one is don corleone of texas? >> good stuff. >> it was fantastic. >> the new show is fantastic as well. "colony." josh, thank you so mu thch. premiers this thfrsday, 10:00, 9:00 central on our sister network usa. coming up -- >> good job, josh. it's the newest series from the creator of "sex in the city" "younger"nd the we'll talk th one of its stars hilary duff who has been we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. n onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is f t. the second lasts all day. we g ive you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol . it' s ol vw gardenf s new take on lighter italian fare.

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is so successful and even been picked up for the third season, as we'vesaid. d>> we have which is awesome. makes us feel really good about season two and by the time we wrapped we were picked up for three and it s really good news. having so much fun on the show. so much in it for everyone and really for women 20 to 50, and we -- we have a lot of fun. we do some crazy things. >> look at the scifene. you're getting measured in underwear. yeah. >> i like that you call her a little bit of a hot mess. >> yeah. >> but you do get to sing which i lofrk and i think we've got a little clip here doing fleetwood mac's "little lies." let's see if we can listen to some of that some sweet little lies >> just going to listen to it. >>othat's audio. >> i'm obsessed with fleetwood mac. >> i aor you. >> so scary to cover such a big song, but we did it for the promo of the show which was awesome to blen the two worlds.

and how women, i guess, from 25 to 55 can relate to these characters. what was it about kelsey as wi lie said, you've called her a hot mss that pulled you in. you're not a hot mess. you've got it all going on. >> i'm not had a hot mess. maybe occasionally. >> give us an example the last time you were a hot mess. oh, gosh. pretty much every time i try to get to the airport it's a hot mess. there's been a few late nights in my life that i've been a hot mess but nothing too extreme. she is a little bit of a wild card but she also is super driven with work, an i love showing that side of a 20-year-old because that's what your 20s are all about, right. you'er trying to prove your worth but you're also willing to stay up too late.l >> trying to balance fun with professional. >> we'll play a game diouf or bluff, variation on two things that are a truth and a love. if it's true it's a diouf and if it's fake it's a bluff. >> good with this. >> okay, let's go. >> i'm drang a blank now.

>> i believe that. i think that's true. >> that's true. >> okay. >> do 1,00 crunciss a day. >> from your body, i'm going to say yes, you do. >> you gave a little tell, you were smiling. >> total bluff. >> never in life. >> i would have believed it but you had a smile. >> this added an awkward moment for wilily who would have had to look down. >> i say yes, you do. >> got one ooreb >> what my last one was, then it was a bluff. >> i think we ended on a good one. >> that was like hard to come up, by the way. so simple. i like -- what is interesting fact. >> love having you here. y hello to luca, the does the smell of a freshly bound presentation fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members? is your success due to a filing system only you understand? doy:es printing from your tablet to your wireless printer

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a bracelet with ain pick button in case of an emergency. a tracking your heart rate and a car that can fly. >> gadgets that you'll soon be able to find and here with some expert. >> dewith start with the jetsons thing, the flying car. >> they are actual little saying it will be here within a year which is incredible to me but there's 3,600 companies and then so showcasing gadgets at ces. but nothing stood out more than e-hang's flying car, $200,000 to $300,000 out in one year's time. you don't interest to pilot it. it will pilot itself. pretty incredible technology. >> why is that not a car? >> technicall almost like a flyiha dr e/flying car. >> n but they callt a car. >> it's amazing.

i challenge the one-year time line tor they have given it, but we'll see. >> let's start with the bracelets, smart bracelets. >> wearable technology very hot. wearable technology isn't always pretty. now trying to change the game. it's 292 and what's really cule about it, looks like a piece of jewelry. it will track yoursheart rate, distance and calories and what's neat you can tap it three times and w go into distress mode and it will contact any of your said contacts if you have an issue. pairs with app, pairs with ios and android. >> so cool. >> t aap it three times. i'd be worried that i have to think the it by sent. >> tamron, you asked about this one. intriguing. tell me a little bit about it. >> staying on the trend of smartwear. from ombra. you can see the device, just like the bracelet, track your calories and distance right inside the device and pairing with an app.

the last few days, not only does the bra give you good support actually orks quite well in real time. >> you do have trouble with the heart rate monitor. >> a pain in the butt. >> and tushat's one place, but here underneath you just put it there, any medical concerns, what are we expose ineg our bodieins to? >> just like any low frequency bluetooth device. >> kind of obsessed with this. >> what's here with the kiks. >> remember the pump shoe. >> yeah, of course. >> now this is the first connected esshoe. you can see, it's inflating and you can deflate it with the app and what's need about it this is from a company called digitsole. u can goal the inflation and deflation and control the temperatide up to 113 degrees. heated insoles inside her and it will track all of your data as well like distance. >> where can he get these. >> they are pretty light. >> very light surprisingly. bricks. >> and they also have different inserts you can purchase right now on your line and they are starting to build with shoe

within the shoe to heat your shoe up to 113 degrees. >> connected shoe technologies. >> when can you buy these? >> actually out on amazon. this baby within the next year. >> let's go over to the bike >> this is amazing. tllie, i would love for you to t on it. virtual reality is the big thing, this ear and from oculus to htc and playstation, amazing technologies on the virtual reality side but not until you try it out. this is a big that comes with virzoom and you put on the vr aadset. >> i'll let you do it, and you can fly and drive your race car. the immessive experience, oh, my gosh. having a bike that you can control. >>o see, you're flying. >> hold down the red button. >> wait a minute. >> is this for exercise or juust video game.

>>t you get -- you can actually pair it with an accessory and you get a whole different kind of workout. >> you like it. >> i'm flying, tamron, 'm flying. >> i've heard him say that once before after a party. >> thanks. up next, recently in hot pursuit of r se witherspoon on the big screen and now hollywood is pursuing rod

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like howard gordon who did "homeland" and x-files and you've got who make really dark stuff. we've actually stepped away from what is kind of a typical procedural format and made something a bit more -- the original title of this show was "frankenstein" and "looking glass" and now it's "second ance." the underlying theme of this it's very dark. >> wow. >> but it's a great concept. you've got five times human strength, super cool show and asking this summer about the "war craft" movie. gamers. >> and you said orgram doomphammer is the best character paame in the history of film. >> if you played the game like i did. >> there i am. >> that's you. >> look at ouhim. >> i've got to say, i worked out really hard for that. >> every day in the gym. >> every day. just eating cake. >> ul method acting. >> it's a real pleasure to play him. he's a great character, and this

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get it at kohl's, just 18.99. >> love it. >> a second really easy way to keep that slim look is with this genius invention called the skinny shut. >> full disclosure, you just showns me this.gl i'm obsessed and want to go online a >> purchave as many as possible. >> it's so school. >> why is it so cool? >> the top part is a shirt and the middle part is shapewear and keeps a smooth line with sweaters. >> that's the cutest shapewear shirt i've been seen. >> crystal, you put on this sweate >> and i'm going to show you guys how well it does. starts at just $49 and check that out. this is such a skinny sweater, and no bulkiness, super easy. >> can i t l you how obsessed i am with this look. love the whole thing. >> one more item. the big deal is when it comes to parkas, you want to elevate the parka. >> okay. you don't have to just wear them with jeans. what you want to look out for is a really sort of slim down

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