this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah guthrie along side natalie morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. you say you have amazing video later. >> amazing video. you'll want to stay tuned for this. >> he'll show you next week. let's start with the suspicious packages that lead to tense moments at the jacksonville international airport. kerry sanders is there for us this morning. what happened. >> well it is now confirmed by the jacksonville sheriff's office that one man is in custody. he has been arrested. the charges against him at this hour. planes that were in the air were first told to go into a holding pattern and those flights were

diverted to nearby airports. the flights that were on the ground here, passengers, as the planes moved away from the terminals passengers had to deplane and come down and depart and make their way back. they spent the night at hotels. according to the local authorities a man that was here and made some sort of verbal threat. a man who is known to the fbi. the fbi and the joint terrorism task force are now investigating the details of what happened here last night. >> reporter: i pulled up and they said there's a bomb threat. >> everybody started running to get up. >> reporter: tense moments at jacksonville international airport. shutdown by police because of two suspicious packages. >> a lot of people started ducking behind where the packages go. >> reporter: the airport was evacuated when a bomb squad found one package in the terminal and another in a nearby parking garage. the airport tweeting details about the incident in real time.

jso bomb squad on site conducting their investigation. currently no in bound or outbound flights. >> it was a device that had some destructive nature to the degree that it needed to be taken off site to be rendered safe which is what we did. >> reporter: despite eyewitness reports no arrests were made and there were no suspects in custody. >> we saw the guy arrest the guy earlier and throw him down on the ground and that started a long wait. >> reporter: a long wait for families relieved to be reunited with their loved ones. >> the most important thing to us is that we're all safe. >> the fbi is now leading the investigation here. it is unclear if those packages were strategically placed to cause damage or injury. meantime, this morning, because of the diverted flights, flight operations here are some what disrupted. there are at least five cancelled flights this morning but they're attempting to reschedule the passengers to get

out later today. all right. kerry sanders in florida for us. thank you very much. >> the other big story, the growing public outrage on day two of the government shutdown. peter alexander is at the national mall in washington. good morning. >> good morning. the white house is telling us that the president cancelled the back half of his southeast asia trip scheduled to begin this weekend. he will no longer be going to malaysia and the philippines as a result of the government shutdown. it's now day two of the shutdown and the wide ranging impact is more clear. national parks closed, federal office buildings closed. the department of the army telling us 154,000 of it's civilian workers have been furloughed as the impact is hitting real people. >> reporter: as wedding venues go, this one is historic. the jefferson memorial where they were scheduled to get married this saturday before the shutdown closed the memorials and cancelled their ambulance. >> i wasn't worried about the

government shutting down. i was worried about rain. >> they're among two dozen couples scrambling to find new places to tie the knot this month. >> we aren't going to have the wedding we wanted or planned after putting so much energy into it. it's really upsetting. >> reporter: in virginia, dawn worried when she'll get her next paycheck after being furloughed by the department of health and human services. >> it means we have to make our groceries extend for two or three weeks instead of the one week we have. we have to make the gas in the car last that much longer. >> reporter: she and her stay at home husband have three children and a weeks worth of savings. >> it makes our life harder because we're already down to the bare minimum. >> reporter: across the country a growing chorus of frustration. >> dear, congress, my name is marion is on. >> my name is brandy. >> reporter: americans stepping up to the mike under the #dearcongress thataunched tuesday here on today. >> i have 8 grand children and

the youngest two are 9 years old and i thought if they ever acted as childish as you are i'd tell them to grow up. >> reporter: in washington, the president and congressional republicans appear no closer to ending their standoff. >> i urge house republicans to reopen the government. >> harry reid, obama come to the table and negotiate. they're stalling. there's no reason for a shutdown. >> to make the most of their free time furloughed federal workers will be stationing themselves at the closed monuments as stand in tour guides to help tourists looking for places still open during the shutdown. you see the clock there as well. it's a constant running count up, no longer counting down as this thing is underway. more than a day into the shutdown. >> peter alexander, thank you. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondence. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> so we're, 24 hours or so into the blame game, the finger

pointing, anger being vented by people at that, you know, dear congress hashtag. the question is, is there any glimmer of hope or progress or sign this could end soon? >> no. not at all. what you saw yesterday, particularly on the republican side is the first time in about a week where publicly republicans on capitol hill looked a little bit united. they were sharing the same talking point. attacking harry reid for not negotiating saying this is about fairness. having to do with the health care law and this idea that congress gets a break. they were sharing the same set of talking points. they were all comfortable using the same set of talking points and the fact is you have the debt ceiling hanging out there. the national's credit card. we hit our credit limit in a couple of weeks. that's sitting out there. that's another leverage point republicans think they have. i think it's a political mistake but they think they have it and matt, this is all going to merge together. so they're dug in and i think

we're looking at more than a week at least, maybe two. but just stay in the present for me for one second. i thought chris matthews put it good, he said the republicans are asking the president for something he can't give them by asking the health care law be dismantled that's his baby and nobody can give away their baby. can this end unless the republicans are willing to walk away with nothing? >> no, it on the ends when the republicans split on this. you have a group of moderate republicans or senate republicans say that's it, we've had enough. some sort of public show on the senate side. a agree, i don't see how the president ever gives anything on health care other than maybe this repeal of a medical device tax or maybe some small change. but can you imagine, do house republicans sit there and say, hey, we shut down the government for a repeal of a tax on

pacemakers? so that's why i can't imagine they're going to give in now on that front either. >> all right. chuck todd in washington. thanks. >> as chuck mentioned the shutdown is all about a fight over the new health care law. uninsured americans can sign up for health care coverage. the first 24 hours were a bit rocky though. tom costello is in silver spring, maryland. good morning. >> good morning. 15% of the patients in this er don't have insurance so this hospital supports the health care law but the website crashed and state websites struggled but they simply didn't expect the volume they had this early in the sign up process. >> reporter: from east coast to west, health insurance is now a possibility for tens of millions of uninsured americans but the start of obama care has not been without glitches. many people unable to log on and sign up. >> too many people accessing it

right now. >> reporter: the white house says within the first few hours millions tried to log on to health care.gov. most met glitches and gridlock. >> i keep getting this error page. >> she tried enrolling but the system wasn't budging so she called customer service. 15 minutes into this car. this is the second call. almost 20 minutes on the phone now. we started about 35 minutes ago. >> reporter: many republicans said they weren't surprised. >> from reports around the country it seems that obama care is off to a rocky start. >> reporter: the president insisted it's a sign of how many people want health insurance. >> we'll be speeding things up to handle all the demand that exceeds anything we had expected. >> reporter: but some states websites were working. among them, california, connecticut, and colorado. in denver, steve and jen were quick to sign up. he's got tuberculosis and heart disease. >> over the past year and a half

we got over 20 or $30,000 in debt. >> reporter: every state offers four categories of insurance. bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. in connecticut we found an uninsured family of four earning $50,000 could buy silver coverage for $178 a month in premiums. deductibles at $5,000 and the out of pocket maximum would be $10,400 per year. in georgetown, texas, kimberly went to a clinic for signing up. >> it weighs on your mind when you don't have insurance. >> people out there believe in this and want to have access to a provider. >> about 7 million people is how many people the obama administration hopes will sign up during the first year. eventually they're hoping that 25 million uninsured americans will sign up. guys, back to you. >> tom, thank you so much. natalie is here with new developments tied to last month's deadly chemical attack

in syria. >> good morning, everyone, international inspectors arrived in damascus to begin the process of removing chemical weapons from the country. their mission was improved by the u.n. security counsel that asks for the chemical stock pile to be gone by next year. >> they're apologizing this morning for the behavior of a 911 dispatcher that apparently laughed during an emergency call. take a listen to this. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> my car just caught on fire and my girlfriend caught on fire. >> is your girlfriend still on fire? >> no. >> no. >> okay. is your vehicle still on fire. >> it's hilarious, huh? >> sir, is your vehicle still on fire. i just heard you smirk. >> okay, sir, it wasn't regarding that, okay? >> i just heard you laugh. >> well, the sheriff's

department is looking into the incident. the 911 worker is still working during the investigation. microsoft has no comment on a report that bill gates is under pressure to step down as chairman. according to reuters, three of the company's investors want to press gates to re-sign. they say it's blocks microsoft from adopting new strategies. it was a sales pitch that went horribly wrong and all played out thousands of miles in the air but this is where it ended up on a florida highway. he was trying to sell his vintage plane. he was right in the middle of a test flight with a potential buyer when the plane lost power. he to then land on the highway but after further inspection decided to go ahead and take off again using the road as a run way. no word on whether or not the sale went through although if i were a perspective buyer i'm not sure i'd stay in the plane. >> a little discount.

>> the price going down right there with the plane. >> thanks. >> mr. roker, can we see the video now. >> this is from st. cloud, minnesota. a big electrical storm coming off the sun, all the energy makes it's way into the electrons of oxygen and nitrogen and you get these fabulous colors and a little bit of a shooting star there. this is beautiful stuff. you can't beat this. let's show you what we've got today. a low pressure system around the gulf bringing rain there. here in the northeast, we have just had a spectacular string of weather. another gorgeous day. we get to see downtown manhattan. we're also looking at more warm weather. it's not october. this is more like august. return flow around this high pressure bringing those temperatures up along the i-95 corridor. boston 81. 83 new york. washington 86 degrees and as you get into the midwest, 86 in st. louis. fayetteville 86.

oklahoma city 86 as well. but there's a big cool down coming and in the next half hour looking at a major winter storm that maybe before they sat down, one more time, just for themselves. before the last grandchild. before the first grandchild. smile. before katie, debbie, kevin and brad... there was a connection that started it all and made the future the wonderful thing it turned out to be... at bank of america, we know we're not the center of your life, but we'll do our best to help you connect to what is. good morning. there's our summer in october sunrise, an here are the temperatures as you walk out the door still feeling like autumn. still in the 50s throughout most of the region, but later this morning quickly jumping into the 70s and then should hit mid and upper 80s by afternoon. record highs in the day set back

in 1986 of '89. near that record high this afternoon. and it will feel like summer, too, on and we've got a tropical system that may be effecting the gulf coast this weekend. we have a lot going on. >> we were wondering if we could see those aurora pictures again. >> and pink floyd. it really happens. >> we'll turn to the vatican where the pope is holding a ground breaking meeting with card nals. it could lead for bigger changes to the world's 1 billion catholics. michelle kosinski has the latest on that. good morning. >> hi, matt. in the months since pope francis has been a pope he's been called a rock star and revolutionary and giving lengthy interviews, calling up people on the phone and spelling out what he wants

to do to make the 2,000-year-old church more modern and more meaningful. >> reporter: this isn't any vatican meeting. for three days pope francis and 8 cardinals including an american are talking real change here. >> so this is all a big deal, isn't it? >> it is a big deal. what the pope is saying is that the vatican is here to serve the universal church. >> reporter: they will look at rewriting the vatican's constitution, how the administration works. the pope has already spoken out incredibly candidly in interviews just published, one of them with an atheist tackling head on a number of topics the church doesn't address. criticizing the structure itself. heads of the church have often been narcissists flattered and thrilled. the court is the lepracy of the papacy. >> he is throwing out how they

usually do things. >> they say he should act like a missionary. not so easy when the catholic church is a multibillionaire. the vatican bank just released an annual report thanks to pope francis insistence on transparency revealing profits that quadrupled to nearly $117 million. he is going to examine the bank and reform it. and if a homosexual person is in good will and in search of god i am no one to judge. also saying it is necessary to explore bigger roles for women. >> do we expect to see change? >> there should be organizational changes right away. there could be women running many of the commissions here in the vatican. >> pope francis has done things differently virtually from day one and people embraced him for that. he's also been active on twitter putting things out there like our lives should not be centered around money and it's not

christian to not know who your neighbors are. matt. all right, michelle. thank you so much. carson, you started something with the dear congress hashtag yesterday. >> we wanted a forum for you to vent. let us know your thoughts. sound off on the topics. we created the hashtag. and it was the number one trending topic at one point. we got a tremendous amount of facebook posts and vine videos. we're glad you found us as a home to sound off. >> dear congress, it's obvious you no longer care about the welfare of those you represent. >> one vine suggests congress is going to the dogs. on instagram the hashtag got messages from movie characters like from the matrix and there's even a scolding from george

washington. on twitter, megan shared advice from abraham lincoln. a house divided against itself cannot stand. >> maybe someone else could get the job done, like the at&t guy and his gang of kindergarteners. >> when you say it like that it makes perfect sense. >> your actions make children look like a debate of scholars. >> one woman used a trick he uses when her kids don't get along. on instagram, a telling message on voting. >> dear congress, do you ever wonder why young people don't vote? this is why. >> there you go. just a few of what you had to say. if you look over here, the #dearcongress yesterday was so popular we have a word cloud here. the size of these words represents how many times these words populated some of the messages we were getting. you see paycheck, government, even ego and shame. big themes that were out there. coming up later we'll give you a

highlight clip of the late night hosts. they're the only people on the planet enjoying the government shutdown. >> not to get preaching here but the woman that said this is why young people don't vote, this is why young people should vote. it's the opposite of that but i think her sentiment is understood by a lot of people. >> yes, sir, good point. >> got it. >> we'll take a turn. the search for justice. a new arrest made in the shocking case of road rage in new york as police look for more of the motorcycle riders. >> imagine coming home to an empty house. almost all of your possessions taken. the case of mistaken addresses that lead to major lawsuits the case of mistaken addresses that lead to major lawsuits

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visitors in washington to attractions actually opened. workers will be handing out the information from 10:00 until noon today. the effort could continue later in the week if the shutdown lingers. also in the kay ahead, lawmakers will join parents, children and teachers in an effort to stop the shutdown from impacting the nation's head start program. the rally called stand up for head start will start at 10:00 this morning on the northeast lawn of the u.s. capital grounds. we will get a look at weather and traffic for you next.

good morning. the sun is up and a clear sky

but still cool. we're in the 50s and low 60s now as we approach 7:30 on this wednesday morning. it will feel more like august than october. afternoon highs reaching the mid to upper 80s around much of the region with lots of sunshine, and it is going to be unusually warm here for the next several days. we'll have highs in the mid-80s tomorrow all the way into sunday, and then rain chances monday and tuesday and turning cooler. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning, tom. still seeing delays in our area. a look at i-66 eastbound. earlier motorcycle accident at route 7 has been moved over to the shoulder lane but from the beltway you are a bit sluggish as you continue eastbound. back over to i-95, delays north and southbound. yerl crash at duke moves over to the shoulder lane and taking the ramp from duke street to ramp from duke street to southbound 395.

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we're waiting for us at 6:00 a.m. and are with me where ever i go and increase throughout the day. >> that's jennifer garner opening up about life with the paparazzi. her family actually considered moving out of california. her candid conversation with jenna bush-hager coming up. it's the 2nd of october. >> i'm a proud papa today. romey 10 years old today. i love you. happy birthday. >> happy birthday. that's a headline. >> but that isn't topping the headlines this morning. topping the headlines this morning, two suspicious packages. one that the police say was of destructive nature forced the

airport in jacksonville florida to evacuate. two people are in custody. the fbi is investigating. >> also house republicans are pushing bills to open certain part of the government on day two of the shutdown. the democrats are rejecting that idea. >> pope francis is in the middle of a landmark meeting on reforming the catholic church. but coming up, surprising new revelations in vanity fair from mia farrow on her relationships with woody allen and frank sinatra. >> we'll talk about that coming up. meanwhile, new developments in the case of road rage in new york city involving a family and a group of motorcyclists. this morning, there's a new arrest and we're hearing from the family of one of the bikers that was injured. kristen dahlgren has more on that. good morning. >> good morning. there's hundreds of comments on this as the police investigation

moves forward. the former police commissioner says this is a nationwide problem. he calls it a new form of wolfpack. >> reporter: overnight police charged the biker seen hitting the back window of the suv with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and menacing while another is being held for reckless driving and child endangerment. new graphic imagines surfaced online showing the driver on the ground surrounded by bikers, being beaten with his wife and 2-year-old in the car just feet away. police are now pouring through all the video of the 50 block chase trying to track down the bikers involved. they say lien did what he had to do to get away. but for the biker's wife, the video shows another victim. her husband run over as lien fled. >> he's paralyzed for life. >> she says her husband was just

trying to help after the first biker stopped in front of lien and was hit. >> it's not a gang. they're just regular people that like to ride a bike. >> reporter: police say the rally had no permits and authorities received 200 complaints sunday. >> people come in with the intent to be disruptive. that causes problems to everything. >> former commissioner says what the video shows is a dangerous mentality. >> they're riding up on the sidewalks and basically chasing people off the sidewalks and doing exactly what this group did to that young man and his wife and baby on the highway. >> it's a scary thought and, you know, it has a lot of people asking what they would do in that situation. mieses wife says they may have contributed but she wants him charged. but that's not likely to happen. >> you have to go to the idea that there were 200 complaints about this group throughout the day or over the weekend here in

new york city because it does give you some idea of the kind of situation they were creating and i think, if you put that in the mind of this driver, it does give you an interesting perspective. >> definitely. let's get a check of the weather, now, mr.roker. >> let's start out in st. louis, can you see the beautiful arch, #todaysun rise but planning to go to the arch you can't go because it's a national monument, national park and you can't get in there. it's shut down. let's show you what's going on back in the tropics. we're keeping an eye on this system. we expect it to become some sort of tropical entity. if it becomes a tropical storm it will be karen. we have to keep an eye out basically from the florida panhandle to new orleans in mid-cone here sometimes this weekend. we could be looking at some sort of tropical system bringing a decent amount of rain. we're also watching a big, big system that's going to be developing off the pass nick northwest coast. you can see the spin right here. this low pressure is going to be making its way inland, and as it

does it is going to be developing into our first winter storm of the season, making its way friday on into saturday and into the northern plains. snowfall amounts are going to be pretty impressive. some areas are picking up to 18 inches of snow into northwestern wyoming including yellowstone national park, again, another national park that has nobody in it because it's closed due to the shutdown. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. sun up over the potomac river now but pre-dawn this is what the sky looked like off to our east. a gorgeous crescent moon. this was captured by nancy littlefield, one of my twitter followers shared there on twitter and on facebook as well. and share your photos. sumner october. it's going to continue today and through the rest of the week into the weekend. highs upper 80s today. mid-80s tomorrow into sunday. maybe rain monday

and that's your latest weather, savannah. >> thank you so much. a hollywood couple that claims they were unfairly targeted and questioned by police in south carolina is speaking out this morning. mara has details on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. they're opening up about the way they say they were treated by a marion county sheriff's deputy. they were on their way to a romantic get away but ended up in handcuffs. >> i've got to rush to get ready. >> actor cherry johnson best known for her rolls in punky br brewster and family matters and her boyfriend were driving to myrtle beach when pulled over by a south carolina police officer and issued a ticket for speeding. a short time later the couple stopped to take pictures along the side of the road. when they returned to their car, another police officer had pulled up behind them. >> she was like, i'm just taking a picture. put her hands up and he reached for -- he grabbed for his gun

and said get in the car. >> at that point i was kind of like, whoa. >> the couple says they were questioned by the officer who asked them to step out of the car. according to the couple the officer initially claimed there was a warrant out for johnson's arrest and that's when they say things got worse. >> i said, sir, are you doing this because we're black? and he kind of just patted the car and gave me a look and walked to his car. the next thing i knew he was putting on his gloves and he was handcuffing dennis. i couldn't understand why he was handcuffing him. we didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: the couple says the officer then accused them of having drugs in the car. >> i said what was your probable cause? why do you feel that you need to search the car? and he told me there could be a dead body in the trunk. that was the only probable cause he gave. >> reporter: after searching the car and finding nothing, the officer let them go. the marion county sheriff's office released a statement

saying racial profiling is strictly prohibited and they will take immediate and appropriate action to investigate the allegations. >> i was praying and i just wanted to call my mom. i was scared for our life. >> i just felt like there was nothing that we could have done to prevent that situation. >> the marion county sheriff's office says they've asked the state law enforcement division to review the allegations as well. they say they have taken to social media to tell their story hoping that law enforcement takes racial profiling seriously and gives appropriate training to officers. so a vacation they say turned bad. thank you. >> thanks mara. up next, a rossen reports investigation. this is hard to believe. innocent homeowners cleaned out by contractors that showed up at the wrong address. then at 8:10, what is your worst nightmare? more importantly, what does it mean? we'll reveal some of those ♪

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we're back now at 7:43 with the new rossen reports. this one reveals a dark side of the foreclosure crisis in this country. today national investigative correspondence jeff rossen is here with details on that. hey, jeff. >> hey, matt, good morning. if you fall behind on your mortgage the banks will hire contractors to go to your house and take it over. sometimes they break in and chuck everything but our investigation found they have made some pretty big mistakes. sometimes going to the wrong addresses victimizing innocent homeowners. imagine coming home from work and everything you own is gone. just weeks ago, nikki bailey pulled into her drive way, walked up to her house, and got the shock of her life. strange men had broken in and taken her stuff. >> i look and there's my bedroom furniture in the back of the

truck and i go excuse me, what's going on here. they tell me my house is being foreclosed upon. >> reporter: the men said she was late on her mortgage payments. they were there to repo her house and had already thrown most of her stuff in the trash, destroying it. >> i had a love seat, a computer desk and large sofa over here. >> empty now. >> empty. gone. >> reporter: but here's the problem, nikki's house is fully paid off. those men, were at the wrong address. >> it is awful that these companies can just go in and take your stuff. >> that's the place, right there. >> reporter: we wanted answers so we tracked the contractor down here, deep in the mountains of west virginia at the end of a dirt road. >> hi, jeff rossen from nbc news. >> not interested. >> we're doing a story about nikki bailey. how do mistakes like this happen? shouldn't you double and triple check addresses?

>> reporter: he dinlt wadn't wa talk but he was hired by one of the biggest companies in the industry. safeguard properties. banks hire them to go to foreclosed homes to inspect and clean them out but homeowners in 31 states have sued safeguard accusing the company of unlawful break ins. >> homeowners worst nightmare. >> reporter: illinois attorney general is suing safeguard too after getting hundreds of consumer complaints. >> they have a profit incentive to break into people's homes to take their possessions and turn off their utilities and lock them out. everything they do they're charging for. >> they're saying homes are vacant and people are still living there. >> people are clearly living in these homes. >> reporter: safeguard says it will vigorously fight the suit and it works to preserve properties and follows a rigorous procedure of checks and balances and quickly tries to resolve mistakes. the company won't comment on

specific cases like nikki's. >> i had a couch here. >> right over here. >> reporter: now she is just trying to get paid back for all she lost. >> i hope it never happens to anybody again that these companies make sure that they have got the correct address before they start destroying somebody's life. >> obviously nikki's case is an extreme example but officials say they keep getting complaints about these unlawful break ins. now they're pushing for more oversight saying the banks and the government need to keep better tabs on these contractors. if this happens to you, you're basically helpless. matt jourks to take the companies to court. you to see them to get a chance of getting your stuff back. the best idea is to call your local ag if this happened to you. >> thank you so much. coming up at 8:10, why the kids are now protesting outside their father's home. >> and next, carson is in the orange room with a late night

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carson is here and is going to prove to us that the government shutdown is hilarious. >> it's not funny but there's guys making it funny. it's not good business for everybody but if you're in the late night talk showbiz this is one thing you're enjoying right

now. i'll give you a sampling of the boys in action yesterday. take a look. >> the government of the united states officially closed for business. finally, a chance to use our famous nation building skills right at home. that's right. members of congress were drinking while debating the government shutdown which explains that one point where they said the floor recognizes the representative from margaritaville. >> obama care started. that means you can complain to the doctor about the government making you sick. >> maybe if you explained obama care we could resolve this issue quicker. >> obama care is a simple affordable plan, to help insure all americans. >> what does that mean? >> no [ bleep ] clue. >> well, that's their take on it. we want to get yours. use the #dearcongress and let us know what you think. that's going on today. >> maybe the comedy writers were

also shutdown. >> you didn't think it was that funny. >> that wasn't all that funny. >> okay. i liked it carson. i thought it was good. >> thank you, matt. i appreciate that. >> just ahead, the story behind a heartwarming embrace between a >> just ahead, the story behind a heartwarming embrace between a little boy and a

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today we may see record-breaking heat in the washington area. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at your forecast. tom? >> around the region we've got the sun up and it's in a rather hazy and almost summer looking sky. that's a live view from our city camera and right now around the region temperatures are beginning to climb into the 60s, and later today most of the area should be into the mid-80s. right in downtown washington may hit the upper 80s by mid-afternoon. the record high for this date in washington is 89 set back in 1986 and then thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, each day highs mid-80s and then maybe some rain the first part of next week and cooler. >> tom, thank you. >> tom, thank you. take a quick break

february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad."

good morning. in the first 4 traffic center checking on delays in our area. keep in mind government shutdown closes beach drive between wise road and branch road. good news, no accidents, but you are a bit slow with the slow travel speed. >> another news update for new 25 minutes but for now back to the "today" show after this short break. have a great day.

it's 8:00 on today. coming up, day two of the government shutdown and there's no end in sight. we'll show you where you can vent your anger. plus mia farrow's bombshell to vanity fair. could frank sinatra be the father of her son ronan. >> and jennifer garner opens up about her struggles with the paparazzi. today, wednesday, october 2ness, 2013. >> good morning to you. >> i'd like to give a shout out to all of my friends in san jose, california. >> this is charlie's dream trip to come to new york and the "today" show. >> thank you. our friends and family in minnesota and north dakota. >> hi, north carolina.

>> hey, yeah. welcome back today to today on this wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, carson daly, and mr. al roker. >> you know i said i'm a fan of certain things before. but i am a super fan, top chef is coming back. if you look at who is on the plaza right now. they're going to head into our kitchen in a little bit and tell us about the new season and cook up new orleans favorites for us. >> that's right. it's also day two of the game show sweeping the nation. >> you have another job. >> that's right. matt, you were great yesterday with your two stories. what can you trust in news these days. natalie will have two new stories. one of them is fake for us today on this set fact or fiction. >> and then we'll meet up with joel olsteen with advice for an

extraordinary life. send your question with the #askjoel. >> natalie has a check of the morning's top stories. good morning, again. >> good morning everyone. two people now under arrest following that bomb scare last night at jacksonville international airport in florida. kerry sanders is at the airport with the very latest. kerry, good morning. >> well, a source close to the investigation tells us that the two people taken into custody and arrested did not know each other. we know the name of one of them. he was arrested here and he is now in jail charged with false report about planting a bomb or explosive and manufacture possession, sale, or delivery of mailing a hoax bomb. there were two devices here at the airport. one inside the terminal. one over in the parking garage. they were taken away by the authorities. there were no explosions, however, flights were diverted. passengers had to deplane but

right now operations are back to normal. >> kerry sanders in jacksonville. thanks so much kerry. the goovrnment shutdown having international impacts this morning. he is citing the stalemate in congress. some think it could be weeks before the shutdown ends. republicans aren't backing down on their demand to link a spending bill with kangs or delays in the health care law. authorities in colorado recovered the bodies of all five hikers after the deadly rock slide over the weekend. the community is rallying around the sole survivor. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: overnight, a tribute to a family lost in an instant. >> definitely shock, forever. i can't imagine that going away. >> reporter: in central colorado this morning, the shock still settling in. five bodies, all relatives, just recovered after a massive rock slide monday on a popular hiking

trail. adam rogers called 911. >> it was terrifying. i've never seen anything like that before. >> reporter: the father, dewayne johnson, his wife donna coached track. their oldest daughter a high school senior. her cousins, were visiting from missouri. the sole survivor, 13-year-old gracie johnson is nursing a broken leg at a hospital near denver. sheriff's deputies say her father shielded her from 100 ton boulders. >> that would be dewayne. family first. his son first. >> reporter: today this mountain town is shaken but is finding strength in each other. for today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. the u.s. coast guard rescued 12 boaters tuesday after their boat sank in the gulf of mexico. they lowered a rescue swimmer that stayed with the group until

they could be hauled into a boat. a close call caught on camera in the u.k. it shows a bike rider almost getting hit by a train. the train driver had to pull his emergency break. police released this video to highlight the danger of trying to beat a train through an international. that will certainly make the point there. it's 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to matt, savannah, and carson. >> natalie, thank you so much. mr. roker is just down with our fact and fiction audience. >> that's right. our plaza audience. let's head on up here. so let's see -- what's your name. >> stacy. >> and you're expecting. >> a boy, yes, in february. >> and you're asking should it be matt or al? >> what do you think? >> well, al came up into the stands. >> i'm thinking al. >> yeah, all right. could be another fact or fiction. all right. let's show you what -- wait, no, no -- >> wait a minute --

>> wait a minute. >> matt came in the stands too. >> there you go, all right. >> first? >> al matthew. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. sun is up and a clear sky. here are the temperatures around the region. now just past 8:00 on this wednesday morning. it's now beginning to climb into the 60s around the immediate metro area and upper 50s near 60 in the rural area. a little bit of patchy fog lingering in the rural areas and later today the temperature will quickly jump into the mid-70s by mid to late morning and into the 80s noontime and hofrlg into the upper 80s for an hour or two by mid-afternoon, and this sumner october weather continues into the and that's your latest weather. all right, al, thank you so much. really nice effort. >> a little late. >> coming up on trending, the meaning behind your most common nightmares. >> also, jennifer garner opens up to jenna bush-hager about the

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and we're back now at 8:11 with what's trending today. >> trending from the wall street journal this morning, the age of innocence.

parents wary of their teens dating too soon have research to back them up. kids that started relationships as young as age 12 were more likely to engage in unsafe sexual activity, alcohol use, and criminal behavior. but teens that delayed dating to age 15 appeared to have fewer social and emotional issues. and interesting study. >> 12. >> wow. >> i have a 12-year-old. >> that's allowed to date or not allowed to date? >> no. >> i don't know. >> my kids are not even interested in girls at 10. >> my son's friends say they're dating someone but that doesn't mean they've ever been alone together. >> a group kind of. >> yeah, that's how i remember. >> wast your number. >> how old? >> 20. >> i think it will depend on houma tour he is. but he's in the 30s. >> what about your daughter? going to the convent? >> let's move on to google. we have a family feud there with

an american icon caught in the middle. radio legend casey kasem suffering from advanced parkinson's disease but his three older children haven't been able to visit him for the last three months. they say it's because their step mother won't allow it so they staged a protest outside their dad's l.a. house on tuesday. now jean kasem called the police over the demonstration. the kids say this is not about money but we have to mention they were all left out of their dad's will. >> oh, that's a sad story. >> keep your feet to the ground and keep reaching for the stars. >> any chance to do the casey kasem. here's one that's going to melt your heart. i love this video. it's trending on huffington post, the gentle dog that refused to give up on a little bit. meet the 3-year-old. he has down syndrome. his mom says he is usually shy about physical contact so when a

lab approaches him the boy backs away but she's persistent rolling on her back and placing a paw on his shoulder and finally the warm gestures break the ice and he starts to play with the dog even appearing to hug her and that seals the new friendship. this goes on for about four minutes. it's the most beautiful video. >> that's sweet. >> yeah it is. >> it will make you smile. a tear in your eye. >> can we put the whole thing on the website? >> it's beautiful. >> that dog really was not giving up on him. >> no, i hate to go to the next trending topic because that's so sweet. trending on msn, your most common nightmares explained. dream moods.com compiled a list of what all the dreams really mean. let's start with the most common one, especially for savannah. >> yes. >> teeth falling out. >> i have this all the time. >> you to go to the dentist. >> all the time. >> experts say it's a fear of aging. >> wow. >> i'll buy it. >> convey an imagine of beauty

and this dream points to a fear of feeling unattractive or a fear of dentists. >> or fear of your teeth disintegrating. i had a tooth literally fall out. it was a premonition. >> in your sleep? >> no i was in a shopping store and shopping and it fell out. >> i've never had the tooth dream. >> it's more women. >> now savannah goes to my dentist. >> i do, exactly. >> here's another one on that topic. >> i have the late dream. i'm always late for something. >> you had that dream recently. first time ever. >> yeah. >> i also dremt i ate a giant marshmallow and my pillow was missing. >> if you're dreaming of drowning, you're overwhelmed by emotions. repressed issues coming back to haunt you. >> do you know what it means if

you have the reoccurring dream that you're swimming with scarlet johansson? i have that a lot. >> learning a lot about you carson. >> nightmares about your own death. experts say this usually means big changes are ahead for your life. i had that dream two weeks ago before i got this job. >> that's a big change. >> my sister has this fear that when you have the anxiety dreams it's a stress reliever because when you wake up you're so relieved that you feel better. >> i hate waking up from bad dreams. >> you're afraid if you go back to sleep you'll pick upright where you left off. >> that is what -- >> swimming with scarlet johansson. >> learning about you. straight ahead, mia farrow is getting candid about her relationships with woody allen and frank sinatra but first jenna bush-hager had a chance to sit down with jennifer garner. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys.

that's right, i spoke with her a few hours before she was honored with the national child advocate award by save the children. it's how the actress and mother of three is using her celebrity to help protect and improve kids' lives. >> reporter: as half of one of hollywood's most powerful couples, this is a familiar setting for jennifer garner. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify today -- sorry -- >> reporter: but away from the glitz and glamour the mother of three is working hard to help protect children. garner and fellow actress halle berry testified this summer in california in favor of a bill that aimed to protect children of celebrities from the paparazzi. >> i don't want a gang of shouting, arguing, law breaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day every day to continue traumatizing my kids. >> reporter: just last week, that bill was signed into law. >> 100% i give this -- this is all about halle. i have to say, my husband and i

as much as we have wished for this, we were truly re-signed to thinking this was never going to happen. we looked at moving out of california, all manners of things. i think that there's an idea that because our pictures are everywhere that we're complicit in it but they're waiting outside the door and i can't go to the mailbox without getting my picture taken so i don't. >> now that the law has passed do you think there will be change and has it gone far enough? >> what we're hoping is that our kids' day-to-day experience will not be of really aggressive men yelling and screaming five feet from their faces. my kids take karate and class is at the same time every week. so the guys know. so 20 of them wait there for us every single class. so that's a lot of energy coming at little, little kids. >> reporter: but it's not just the lives of celebrity children that jennifer garner is working

to improve. since 2009, she has served as an artist ambassador for save the children. >> if you're growing up poor, by the time you're 4 years old you are 18 months behind. 18 months behind so by the time you get to kindergarten you're already playing catch up by so much you don't even have a shot. >> reporter: so she visits homes across the country spending time with mothers and their children to stress the importance of early childhood education. >> we go into the home and encourage the mom to speak to their baby and play with their baby and early childhood education is nursery rhymes and singing to the baby and rolling a ball and reading to your kids. you know what i love about this job that i have is that i see so much hope. i see that you just need to give kids a little bit of love and you just need to give their moms a little bit of encouragement and the difference that you can make in the rest of their lives is so huge and you can see it happen in front of your eyes.

>> i just had a baby and i have to say i connect now with moms that i met more than i ever have. all moms want the same things for their kids. do you feel that way as a mom too? >> yes, i always meet these moms. if i didn't have it modelled for me all around by great mom friends, by classes that i've gone to and my parents, i wouldn't know what to do with a newborn. >> reporter: with so much already on her plate, jennifer garner the actress has been hard at work thanks to the support and help of someone who gets it, husband, ben afleck. >> my husband has always pushed me. don't -- keep a toe in it. keep a foot in it. you love what you do. work. you have to work. all of a sudden i got a few things i couldn't pass up just as i was kind of ready to go back to work. so i did and it's been crazy and i'm ready to be home for awhile but i have to say, i've loved it. >> so if you're wondering why jennifer garner is so passionate

about early childhood education it goes back to our own parents. they grew up poor but used education as a way out of poverty. have to say it's something she is extremely passionate about and something that's really important. by the age of 3 a child's brain is 80% developed. so we have to catch them early. >> you were at the save the children event. >> yes, i mced it and secretary clinton was there and won an award. we had a great time. >> over to matt. >> mia farrow rose to fame through acting and in recent years devoted herself to activism. she is speaking out in vanity fair talking candidly about her life and relationships with woody allen and frank sinatra and maureen joins us this morning. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. >> you did an article on mia farrow 20 years ago. why revisit her now? >> she is active on twitter. she is very active in africa.

she has 14 children. four biological and ten adopted. her story 20 years ago were the allegations of sexual abuse against one of her daughters by woody allen and also the fact that he ended up marrying one of the daughters that was adopted. so there was so much out there at the time and i thought a lot of time has passed. it's a good time to catch up. >> let's start with what you just eluded to. these allegations 20 years agatha there had been molestation on the part of woody allen with his daughter dylan. she was seven at the time. she is now an adult. you spoke to her. >> i did. >> what did she have to say about her memories of that time? >> what she told me was that her memories of that time are very vivid to her and have haunted her her whole life. she alleges that things really did happen that were very bad for her. >> no charges were ever filed. >> no, the connecticut state prosecutor said that he had probable cause to arrest woody

allen but he didn't want to put the little girl through a trial and therefore no charges were made. >> was there any contact between woody allen and dylan farrow? >> none. he tried to contact her after she turned 18 saying he would send a helicopter and he sent her pictures. she wants nothing to do with him. >> there's another headline coming out of your article and it's the story that surfaced about a year agatha perhaps ronan farrow who is the son of mia farrow and everyone thinks woody allen is, in fact, the son of mia farrow and frank sinatra. it would have happened after mia and frank sinatra actually divorced. i know you asked mia farrow directly about it. >> i asked her point blank and i said is ronan frank sinatra's son? and she said possibly. no dna tests were done.

they never really broke up. obviously they got divorced an she was only 21 when she married him. he was 50. she lost her virginity to him. she says he was the love of her life and ronan looks a lot like frank sinatra. he sings like frank sinatra. >> ronan is a guy people may be familiar with. he is a journalist. he is a lawyer. >> rhodes scholar. >> government official. has he had anything to say about it. >> he hasn't commented on it he's close to the sinatra family and i e-mailed with nancy sinatra said she is happy to have him in the family. >> let's end this where we started with mia farrow, this family of hers, this large family has been called very loving and very dysfunctional.

which is it according to you? >> they told me they thought it was cool to grow up that way and i spoke to 8 of them. they are very kind to one another and they have melded an amazing diversity of gene pools to make a family. >> well, maureen, as always, great work. you can see this article in this month's issue of vanity fair and it's on newsstands tomorrow. good to see you. >> thank you. >> coming up, joel osteen's five keys to an extraordinary life. >> and did we stump your news judgment on tuesday? your shot at fact or fiction redemption after your local news.

8:26 issur time now on this wednesday, act 2nd, 2013. i'm eun yang. summer weather is on the way. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. tom, good morning. >> good morning. temperatures climbing into the 60s. it's a delightful october morning. now the temperatures will quickly warm as the day progresses. in fact, we'll be well into the 70s here over the next couple of hours and then into the 80s during the afternoon. we ought to be peaking in the upper 80s right in the city and then in the suburbs and rural areas low to mid-80s. for highs by mid-afternoon, highs mid-80s again. tomorrow, friday, saturday and sunday, next chance of rain maybe monday, tuesday and turning cooler. >> tom, thank you. >> we'll check your commute when we come back. stay with us.

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back at 8:30 with a pretty sunrise in st. louis, missouri this morning. it is a wonderful morning there and wonderful morning on the plaza. we're enjoying the summer-like temperatures. spring or fall -- >> it feels really good and warm. i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker, natalie morales and carson daly. straight ahead we'll have this morning's edition of the fact or fiction challenge. >> natalie has two strange stories to present. one is real and one is fake. can you spot the imposture?

>> we were all wrong yesterday. >> except for sean hayes. >> 70% of people got it wrong. >> stuck in a rut at work or in your personal life? well, joel osteen is here to share great advice for helping turn your life around. >> then we'll be cooking with southern flair. top chefs are in our kitchen. >> before we get to all of that we bring in a cool guy and great actor. blair underwood is here. he is starring in the new nbc series. it's a take on a classic iron side. good to see you. >> first take a pole. raise your hand if you're old enough to have seen the original ironside on tv. >> what year was it? >> it went off the air in '75. >> that's a good run.

>> great run. >> it's reimagined. >> i don't say remake because it was so incredible and has been done. so this is new york city number one. the original is san francisco. it's me. it's 2013 so it's edgier. it's faster. it's grittier and it's fun stuff, man. >> and you updated the character as well. it seems like there's more dementions to his life. >> he gets some action. >> look at you. he loves the lay dis. >> and the ladies love him. >> let's hope so. the thing is what made the original so great is that he was quick in thinking and his reasoning. he was an incredible detective. that's what he is. >> shoot this differently. speaking of the wheelchair, what do you do to give us that from your character. >> low camera angles. my mother is in a wheelchair and

has been for more than a decade and she says my world is 4 feet high. so we high to shoot the show in many ways from that perspective. >> it's good to have you at nbc. >> good to be back. >> great to see you. you can catch the season premiere of ironside tonight, 10:00, 9:00 central time here on nbc. >> blair is going to hang out this morning with hoda and kathie lee later. >> absolutely. >> we'll look for that after 10:00. >> let's get a checkcourse, wit looking at plenty of sunshine up and down the eastbound. rain into the pacific northwest. that system is going to bring a major winter storm into the rockies later today. rain also through the gulf coast. tomorrow, a slight risk of strong storms as warm air makes its way into the area again. sunny and hot from texas into the southwest and central plains. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.

a live view looking to the north and west. beautiful blue sky. still mostly green around the metro area. just a little bit of spotty autumn colors showing up and temperatures right now are climbing into the 60s throughout much of the region, and we'll have our summer in october weather here for today with highs reaching the mid to upper 80s by mid-afternoon, and highs mid-80s each day all the way throug that's your latest weather, savannah. >> thank you so much. joel osteen is one of the most recognized pastors in america. he leads 45,000 members in houston every week. he has more than 2 million followers on twitter and he is out with a new book called break out. five keys to go beyond your barriers and live an extraordinary life. good morning. it's good to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> the book is called five keys. i'll try to boil it down to one. it seems to me what this is all about is being more ambitious for god in your prayers.

praying those big prayers. dreaming those big dreams. >> that's a big part of it. so many people get stuck in a rut and they think, well, you know what, i don't have the education or the talent, i'm the wrong nationality, there's a lot of limitations we put on ourselves when you can break out in your mind and believe that god's big and he can get you where you're supposed to be. sometimes we pray for food and pray for protection but i believe you're supposed to pray for your dreams as well. >> some people probably think i don't want to dream too big or i don't want to treat god like he's an atm machine. is that not the way we should be looking at it? >> i agree with the atm machine but i think that god has put dreams and desires on us and in us and sometimes we think well i don't want to bother god, there's people starving in the world but god is all powerful and i believe it releases our faith when we say god i want to believe to make a difference with my life and fulfill what you put on the inside. >> do you think that god plans for people to have super

abundance? do you think we sell ourselves short sometimes? >> i believe god wants you to be blessed. when i say that to have health, to have peace in your mind, to have money to pay your bills and fulfill your dreams instead. but sometimes we think it's not me. i don't have it. we have all of these limitations but the book is about let's break out and believe you can rise higher. >> we have twitter questions. someone wrote sometimes it's so difficult to keep a positive and energetic attitude. how are you able to do that on a consistent basis? you are human. >> it is difficult. a lot pushes people down but i found when you get up in the morning, it's important that you start the day with a grateful attitude. i think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have. if you start off i don't want to go to work it's going to draw in negativity you have to say thank you that i have my health and strength whatever you have. our next one is a good one. looking to make that connection with god again but don't know where to start.

so many people feel that way. >> they do. i think it starts in your thoughts, your heart, you say god i believe you're real and you want to be a part of my life. you talk to god while you're driving in the car. it doesn't have to be a big formal thing. you don't have to be in church. you can start now and say god i believe i have a purpose and a destiny and help me to fulfill it. >> joel, it's always good to have you here. always inspiring. the book is called "break out." coming up next, we'll take a turn and talk about our fact or fiction series. could you spot a phony story when you see it? we'll put that to the test with our fact or

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hurry in for delicious pumpkin coffees and lattes today. america runs on dunkin'. all right. we're back. day two. help me out everybody, of -- >> fact or fiction. >> all right. well done.

that's all we get today. that's a big victory for us. it's our way of making you a better news consumer in this age of information overload. the object is to spot the fake story. al and natalie got off to a shaky start on tuesday. they thought matt's extreme ironing segment was bogus but savannah, sean hayes gave you -- sean got you a point. >> where is he? >> we need him back. >> natalie is here to present two stories. >> our first story involves the natural food movement which is more popular than ever. one vermont native is selling what he calls the least processed food on earth, but would you be willing to eat it? >> would you like to try a sample? edible earth. >> this is called soil. >> yes, soyle. greg billings sells dirt. but it's not intended for flower

gardens. it's for eating. >> i'm not saying have a whole bowl of dirt but the right amount of soyle is filled with minerals and good material. >> if you're wandering why anyone would eat dirt that's what he was wondering when his partner was pregnant with his youngest child. >> he dropped a banana at a picnic and even though it was covered in dirt i wanted it. >> it's actually a real thing and has been done all over the world. >> he spent his free time sourcing and tasting various types of dirt as he tried to get his company off the ground. >> it was tough. people didn't get it. >> reporter: but when he started offering free samples at upscale stores he hit pay dirt. today he charges over $20 for a small bag. still some health experts have their doubt. >> dirt does contain nutrients and fiber but it also contains

fecal matter. >> reporter: he says he bakes his product low and slow killing any harmful bacteria. whether that's enough to convince mainstream america that dirt is something they want in their kitchens is another story. >> i'm sure the first guy that said let's put water in plastic bottles was laughed out of the room but i think i found the next big thing and all hi to do is look down. >> who's hungry? matt, al, savannah? >> i didn't hear a thing after fecal matter. that's the last thing i heard. >> your brain shutdown? >> shut right down. >> any quick thoughts? >> no, i want to see the next one. >> we've been able to eat dirt cheap for years. >> natalie, story number two. >> well, i think i tried just about every sport on the planet. well, guess what, i was wrong. [ rooster crowing ]

>> home to the dairy farm, paper mill and hoof ball. >> goal. >> in the cut throat world he has seen it all. >> does it ever get dirty out there? >> all the time. most players are not very nice. >> we're talking horses or people? >> we'd like to get things underway with our national anth anthem. >> reporter: while shin guards are optional, biting and lying on the ground are not allowed or it's back to the barn. >> do you ever feel like a horses ass? >> do you think i could do this? >> i think could. the problem is to be able to get

a horse to pass in a straight direction without getting too far off. >> get in there. get in there. come on. >> reporter: even an mvp like oreo isn't too high on his horse to pose with an amateur like me. >> well, there you have it, guys. what do you think? any thoughts? >> i think i know which one is fake. >> you think for sure? >> i feel confident. >> matt you had great indicators in your story. did you see any? >> i was looking for things that might trip me up or natalie up on this and i did not detect any. >> not sure? al. >> this is going to be a tough one. >> i'll give you guys a second to think about it. let's go to our plaza audience. hold up your card, the story you think is fiction. it's either the soil or the horse sporting event. which ever one you think is

fake. pretty split. >> that's pretty split. >> this is going to be a good one here. >> we did a good job, then. >> the time has come, al, which story is fiction. you're going with soil. >> you don't believe that's true. >> i say it's soil because you can't make those horses kick those balls around for a fake story. >> okay. a little explanation, matt. >> i think they're both fake. >> no, you have to pick one. >> i think the soil is fake. >> unanimous for our consistent. savannah has the lead thanks to sean hayes yesterday. tweet us with the #soil or hoof ball. it's a cliff hanger we do. we'll be right back with the answer, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right, everybody.

we are back with the results of fact or fiction. day two, the game show that's sweeping the country and is challenging you to spot the fake story. is so is it soyle, the least processed food on earth or hoof ball. our studio audience is pretty split down the middle. natalie is presented the two stories today and will throw a little wrench into our process here. matt, do you want to ask the gang -- >> well, you all seemed so sure of yourselves so therefore i'm going to put you to the test to make sure you give it a good try. here's soil. >> anybody willing to eat dirt. >> wait a second, we're not saying it's not real soil. we're just saying no one would sell it. >> do you want to try it? >> no, it's fake. >> you going to eat it? >> remember the fecal part, matt? >> fecal matter. >> oh, what does it taste like. >> how does it taste? taste good. >> you should try it.

it's fantastic. >> well, you are absolutely -- you got a poll online. >> it was 68% that think soil is the fake story. >> okay. >> so our contestants and people at home. you are right as are the 68%. >> now, what did i just eat, though. >> this is oreo cookie, in fact. there are two video clues. if you take a look at the video, there is a quick shot of the wife in the pantry and right next to the soil product. linda tera and in her pantry she has the product in the pantry with the oreo cookies next to it. >> that's not a clue. everybody has that. >> by the way, the league is an amazing team and a lot of fun to

play with. what they do is great work and it's great for the horses and for the family. >> can i just ask one question. you wouldn't have actually let me eaten the soil. >> yes. >> you know she would have. >> when you see fecal matter i said you to try it. >> and with that, thank you very much natalie. congratulations to those of you that got it right. two more stories to play tomorrow and at the end of the week, the host with the most points is going to get five grand for his or her charity. >> a point from sean hayes. >> how does she get that. >> don't relitigate. no. >> that's a bunch of fecal matter if you ask me. >> we are back after this. ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro.

♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. >> well, we're back now at 8:52. bravo's top chef kicks off it's 11th season tonight. contestants are heading to new orleans. a city known for great cusine. >> they brought a little southern flair with them. i think i watched all ten seasons and i don't want anything to change but there's differences this time. >> there's a few differences but, you know, we kept the essence of the show. so i don't think you'll be disappointed at all. we were very excited to be in

new orleans. in fact, tom is going to make you this wonderful dish with a lot of seafood. >> it's a scam. you get to spend all this time in new orleans and you call it work. >> you got a nice place too. i got to get in on some of that. what's interesting about new orleans, we all know about the gumbos and all of that stuff but what most people don't realize is there's a real vibrant vietnamese community. >> yes, there is. we would eat it often after the show. we have judges table which takes a long time so we would eat it every night. >> this is inspired from some of the things we have there. pepper, ginger, scallion and then we have squid. >> what are we making. >> calamari.

>> we just toss it in the oil and it gets hot. >> no, no, no -- >> usually it's me that gets in trouble. >> rice. >> a little bit of fish sauce there and then some chicken stock. >> now he put some scallion, there's some ginger, there's a little bit of a cinnamon stick in there. there's pepper as well. those are pretty much the flavors of vietnamese cooking. you could make this dish with other spices or just curry powder and it would be a completely different dish. >> what if seafood wasn't your cup of sea. >> you could do a vegetarian one. >> the longer it cooks the better it gets. >> slow and low. so it's still simmering away and when we finish it, it cooks for about 20 minutes. about 17 minutes in add the shrimp and add the crab. >> 17 minutes. >> then at the very end we finish it with chopped basil, more scallion top, more and

peppers and grating of lime. >> that's it. >> let's just real quickly some dessert, new orleans style. >> yes, come back here. >> i will show you the most easy dessert in the world. >> what's it called. >> berries and cream with a liquor made from blackberries and raspberries but i'm using these too. you stir this in and once it dissolves you'll add it and if you're worried about serving alcohol in a dessert, the alcohol will burn off so you don't have to worry. you can just leave it out. >> that's not a selling point for me. >> you can add more alcohol. >> okay. >> and then i'm also going to add a couple of bay leaves because i think they add a beautiful nice aroma. >> then you're going to cook that down. >> you're going to cook that

down. it's going to cook for 12 or 10 minutes and that's it. what's great about this is if you do hot berry sauce over frozen yogurt or ice cream it will all after your local news. >> 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, october 2nd, 2013. i'm eun yang. furloughed government employees are using another day off to help out some tourists. workers are back out to help the visitors to tell them what is open today. open today. we'll take a quick break now.

february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan. but terry mcauliffe believes it's time to break through the gridlock in richmond. mcauliffe presses democrats to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." good morning. temperatures now mid and upper 60s. sunshine later today. into the mid and upper 80s around much of the region and this summer in october weather continues for the neck several days all the way into the weekend. next chance of rain maybe monday

and tuesday. should be turning cooler then as well. danella, how is traffic? >> good morning, tom. i'm tracking an accident, unfortunately, involving a pedestrian. in northeast along 34th street and baker street. use caution. now over to 395 northbound. heads up. approaching the pentagon there's some type of debris in the roadway partially blocking your left lane. eun, back over to you. >> thank you. >> get the latest news and weather

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today on this wednesday morning, october 2nd, 2013. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales and brooke shields in with us all week. how seriously is brooke shields taking this job this week? >> very seriously. >> i went home and we did a bit yesterday, a segment, about cleaning your household and cleaning the back of your washer and dryer and this is what happened -- the lint -- i vacuumed it. for people that do want to do it at home, i pulled it away too far from the wall and i disconnected it. >> you're going to be wearing dirty clothes. >> i'm going to be stinky but anyway, this is -- i didn't know that that was even an option.

>> you have to do the back of the fringe too. >> i know. >> that's a scary place. >> because the coils -- >> yeah. >> the dust and dirt and then your refrigerator isn't working to it's optimum. >> or you can just call somebody. >> that's true. >> but now you can't. >> don't you feel -- >> empowered. >> yeah, because you want your kids to see you actually do things. >> yeah. >> that's what people do. i did that about a month ago i was pulling the stuff out and she said what are you doing back there? then have to explain the whole thing. >> but you feel empowered by it and i want my kids to know we don't have people. we don't have people to do it. and also if you get in a bind you're going to know go look and try -- i learned a lot yesterday. so thank you. >> good. >> when i was growing up and probably when you were growing up too, you could go on saturday and change the oil. change the oil, change the spark

plugs. now you have to have a degree in computer programming. >> there's a fine line. i want to be able to do it but if i can't do it well i think i know my weaknesses and i hire the people to do the things i can't do. >> you can still change your oil. >> change the brake pads and that's not one you want to mess around with. >> anything i could die doing i call somebody. like beyond changing a plug in the socket or something like that, no, i'm out. >> that's a good rule of thumb. if it kills you, don't do it. >> don't do it. >> and you made the dumplings at home? >> i want to take this and put it into practice. i like that. >> she pays attention. >> i'm like the geeky student. >> you're living the "today" show. >> living the dream. i'm that geeky student that had highlights and i -- >> underline and highlights. >> i love to be informed. >> look, more highlights. >> look, the dirt is highlighted.

>> we got a dog, we got a portuguese water dog and i had the book in the car and i was highlighting the book and my husband goes let me see the book and throws it out the window and the highlighter. i said what are you doing? he said you are not highlighting a book about dog training. you're not in school anymore. >> adam miller is looking for the highlighter. our producer is looking around for the highlighter. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> it went underneath there. >> i take this seriously and i'm having fun. >> total today show emerging for brooke shields. >> we like the effort. a plus plus. >> i'm out. >> don't name the host. >> out. >> taking incoming fire. >> it's like the boomerang highlighter. >> let's talk about the government shutdown and how people are upset about this. one group very sad. we saw a lot of pictures of

veterans going to the world war ii memorial and not being able to get in -- >> hold on, there's a great headline on the daily news. >> what did you do for our country. >> so is this actually a good story? it's a glimmer of light. there's a group that takes world war ii veteran what is are aging and raise private money to fly them to the world war ii memorial. many of them had never seen it before. so yesterday, a group from mississippi, they fly in and this has been planned for months and they arrive in washington and get off the plane to find it shuttered. so what do they do? they open the barricades and go in and see the memorial that's dedicated to them. they would not be denied. >> that's right. serving in italy and they served our country with honor and deserve better. >> what is beautiful about this particular story is just sort of the law enforcement chose to take a higher ground and --

>> right. >> and it also shows a little bit of like in a weird way lack of respect for what's happening with this shutdown but also they were saying they were bigger and they were honoring the very people who are the most affected by this shutdown. >> there was one part police officer that said do you think i was going to get in between those guys and their memorial. he says you can't be here and then turned and looked the other way. >> that's what you want. >> a lot of frustration. a lot of people that planned weddings at the monument. >> #dearcongress, our hashtag has blown up. but at least some of the late night comedians have been able. >> there's always some funny. >> let's take a look at jay leno. >> i'm not even worried about the government shutdown. i'm more worried about it starting back up. let me tell you something, let me tell you something, i am glad the government is shutdown. for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and

send e-mails without anybody listening in. this is fantastic. you can talk to who ever you want. >> i didn't think of that. that's a good point. >> there you go. >> there is a silver lining. the nsa not being able to track our phone calls. >> talk about this next thing because it's hysterical. >> a lot of parodies. >> in the buzz feed era you know there was going to be it. this is a wrecking ball parody. john boehner as miley cyrus [ music playing ] >> now, that video goes on and you see things you don't want to see. >> yes it does. >> but his tan is so even. >> he has never looked better -- he's been working out a lot. >> he's gluten free.

>> i wonder if he's hiding that under the grey suits. meanwhile, #shutdown pick up lines was trending on tuesday. one woman tweeted the government might be closed but my heart is open. >> this is better. >> eric tweeted the library is closing, mind if i check you out instead? >> i like the way you read it. >> i like that you had that little -- you did the eyebrow thing. >> how you doing? >> how you doing? >> shutdown pick up lines. >> you've got some to add, feel free. >> hashtag and @today show. >> we shared a cozy moment yesterday in a canoe. >> it kept getting better. once you settled in you didn't move. >> i found my happy place. >> yes, there's a lot of

spooning going on in there. >> a lot of carressing. >> i wasn't going to fit in there to begin this and you decided to throw my legs over the side and you get in there and look at this. we just cuddled. >> some reaction there in the orange room and let's see what people are saying. >> but nick was playing along. >> you fixed your tie because you were in for the long haul. >> that was my oliver hardy move. >> a little bit of that. >> and right after that we went to central park and we just rowed. >> we did. >> a little picnic lunch? >> we fed the ducks. >> we're going to the orange room? anyone in the orange room? there's no one there. >> carson is gone. he took off. >> al roker, cradled by willie geist. >> i like the gentle of men today. >> i like cuddled, cradles,

nestled. go down a little. there's a new one coming in. >> this is going to be great when we get there. stop what you're doing and watch nick offerman on the "today" show. al roker's canoe clumsiness is a good one. >> how funny is nick by the way? >> he's good. >> just plays it straight. >> he's so good. >> i like to know what he's really like at home. >> that's him. >> that's him. it's not an act. he's just a really dry, really great funny person. >> nick, come back any time. >> with your canoe. >> let's get a look of the what we've got going today. a lot of wet weather down through the gulf coast, and we're looking at lots of sunshine in the east. central part of the country not looking too bad. let's move ahead and show you we are looking at columbine lake, colorado. the sun coming up over the mountains there courtesy of earth cam. thanks so much.

sunny skies up and down the eastern seaboard, more like summer than fall and wet weather in the pacific northwest. a big storm coming in there, and that big storm is going to make its way into the rockies and bring probably our first major winter storm of the season. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> quickly warming on this wednesday. good morning. after a cool start in the 50s and now well into the 60s to near 70 degrees, and it will continue to climb. near 80 by noontime and then hitting mid to upper 80s mid-afternoon. lots of sunshine tomorrow, friday, saturday and sunday and highs each day into the mid-80s. then does look like a chance of some rain moving our way, needed rain on monday and tuesday which should make it cooler as well. highs in the 70s. and that's your latest weather. >> thanks. stick around. we have a lot more to talk about including the awkward moment when you don't know whether to fist pound or handshake.

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>> you sit at the table or the bar with your iphone and don't know what to do with yourself. how long are you waiting? ten minutes? >> it's not good if you're getting hit on, though. >> this one i think is good. deciding whether you're shaking hands, hugging or both. so howell do you know it one person goes in and the guys do that kind of like -- >> the bro hug. >> i like where you don't have your area touch. people hug like this. their butts are out. like really? >> i did this once, though. i was doing the queen latifa show a long time ago and her stage manager came up to me and she was like brooke, how are you and she goes like this to me and i was like she thinks i'm cool and i was like -- i was like, oh, god. i'm like hey i'm cool to like, wow. >> didn't you do that back. >> i was like -- >> you blew it up after. >> after.

like i did the blow up after which is so pathetic. >> you blow up a handshake. >> boom goes to dynamite. >> that wouldn't work so well. >> but that's me. >> we had orlando bloom here yesterday i went to shake his hand and he went in for the lean. >> but then you went in for the -- >> but he's british. he went in for the double kiss and i was like, oh, yeah and in brazil it's three. >> which side do you start on. >> yeah, that's confusing. and sometimes you just end up -- >> in australia it's counter clockwise. >> that's when it's really awkward. >> yes. >> you don't know where to go. hugging is hard too now because more people hug than they used to. >> i almost broke your nose the other day because i went to go hug and i was like -- >> we went same side. >> we went same side. >> you're both tall people. >> my dad was a big hugger and then i'd go to other family members, like other uncles and

they're like hey, hey. >> easy. >> the distance. >> there's the pat too. >> it's like we're burping you. >> it's a good -- >> there's also another thing and it's an age thing if you meet a guy you get here it doesn't end here and it comes here and you do that guy -- no, that's something else. >> that's three stooges. pick two. >> that's not cool. >> i ought to be more careful. >> see how hip he is. >> luckily we're in the city. >> he can go on all day. >> and you think i'm trying too hard? really? >> it's the stooges. >> all you did was vacuum the lint out of the dryer. >> give me your best curly. >> this is for brooke and natalie. >> making small talk with hair

stylists. >> i don't think it's small talk. i have gotten some of the best information out of them. >> see i go and i just want to fall asleep. and i just -- people playing with my hair. i don't want anything else. >> well. >> what else? >> what else do you like? >> see, her true colors are coming out. >> oh, you have no idea. this good girl thing, no. >> you want to go up there you go in with a pistol and a whip. >> there is a darkness here. there is a real darkness. >> not true. >> i love it. >> all right. >> she likes it though. >> i do. i appreciate it. >> there it is. >> we got each other. >> coming up, all the news you need before you head out for the day. >> and from the anticipated new gambling thriller "runner runner" one of our favorites starring along side justin

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tuesday and will run through march. a new study on the use of hormone therapy reaffirms previous warnings that the drugs have more risks than benefits for most women. the new study also showed unexpected benefits. women that took estrogen alone actually had a reduced risk of breast cancer and heart problems but the advice remains unchanged. new hormones if needed to relieve hot flashes and oth othermenopause symptoms. >> women that gained 40 pounds or more had a risk of obesity through age 12. that could translate into several hundred thousand cases of childhood obesity cases each year. >> bill gates maybe on his way out as the chairman of the board if the company's top investors get their way. according to reuters, tleer of

the top 20 investors want gates to re-sign. they're said to be concerned that gates role after chairman blocks new strategies. >> they're recalling s 6 cars because the doors can open or fail to close. it covers cars from 2009 to 2013 model years. the problem is with the door latch crews whiscrews which can loose. the light should come on to notify drivers and mazda will notify owners. >> the northern lights put on quite a show in the skies over st. cloud. lights caused by particles from the earth's atmosphere hitting articles from the sun's atmosphere and that's one of al roker's favorite videos of the day. >> that is. it's gorgeous. >> it's spectacular. it's gorgeous. >> it's spectacular. >> i remember seeing

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good morning. it's 9:26 on this wednesday, october 2nd. i'm aaron xwil crist. thought you were done with the ac, today might change your mind. tom kierein is we are with the forecast. needed the heat this morning. already around 70 degrees and later today into the mid to upper 80s and lots of sunshine. record highs for the day 89 set back in 1986, october 2nd and then tomorrow, it won't be anywhere near the record but certainly feeling like summer for a brief time. mid-afternoon each day thursday and all the way into sunday and then cooling down first part of next week with a chance of showers coming through. highs in the 70s on monday and tuesday. >> thanks, tom. we'll get a look at your co

good morning. tracking an accident on the inner loop of the beltway near braddock road. looks like it's a lot better and delays from the interchange to the dulles toll road. that drive will take 21 minutes and montgomery county, a bit slow at colleyville road. travel speed not bad at all. ten minutes from georgia avenue to i-95. aaron. >> thanks, danella. >> thanks, danella. get the

"i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but ken cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of birth control illegal, including the pill. cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this "potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decision-making" why is ken cuccinelli interfering in our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us.

welcome back to today on this wednesday morning, october 2nd, 2013. great day outside here in new york city. i'm willie geist along with al, natalie and brooke. and we're going to do a little eating and driving. >> okay. >> kfc has these new take out kfc to go little tumblers that fit inside your car's cup holder. >> they're go cups. >> they're go cups. >> i think we should forget this and just do the drive-thru and hang your head out and open your mouth and have them -- >> cut out the middleman. >> cut out the middleman. >> is this a distraction at all? eating as you drive? >> we all do. >> it's probably cleaner. how many times do you spill stuff all over the console. >> right. >> i just love, the cup holders are great real estate in the car. how often is it holding a drink? it's holding my cell phone and my keys and everything else. >> now that there's a shutdown

we don't have any food inspection. >> so god knows what we're eating. >> whatever is in there. >> i guess there's some fear that it could be dangerous but if you put this in, it's finger foods, fries, it's a chicken tender. >> one handed. >> and there's a mini bun. it's a whole mini sandwich. >> are we encouraging people to drive and eat, though. >> i don't think we're encouraging. >> people are doing it anyway. >> it's not like they're not doing it. >> i don't know. i'm not sure how i feel. >> it's delightful by the way. the contents are incredible. al, you do the weather while we eat. >> that's right. now i'm going to get grease all over it. >> wipe it on my sleeve. >> no i'm not going to do that. we're watching t tropics right now. we have a system developing and we're going to keep an eye on this. while it may not become a full blown tropical storm we are expecting to see this thing develop. national hurricane center giving it a 50% development and so from the florida panhandle to the

louisiana-texas border we have to keep an eye on this over the weekend. no matter what happens it will bring a lot of rain. if it does become a tropical system, it would be karen. as we look today, unbelievable weather again along the east coast. more rain. we are looking for a low pressure system that's really developed right at the mouth of the gulf coast. that's going to be pushing its way up. we're going to be looking at more rain, and we've got this low pressure system here in the pacific northwest this. thing is going to be a real big weather-maker as it comes across the country. tomorrow we're going to be looking at snow in the mid-section of the country and over the next couple of days severe weather through the upper plains into the midwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> a gorgeous blue sky. the sun climbing higher and warming up. right now a live view from the storm team 4 fairfax county camera overlooking reston town center on this wednesday morning. it's already now getting into the 70s. later today we should be in the mid-to upper 80s by

mid-afternoon and then tomorrow and on friday and again saturday and sunday, each day, afternoon highs will briefly be touching the mid-80s, then some of that rain may be coming our way on monday, tuesday next week. that's your latest weather. >> all right. well, you have been seeing a lot of anthony mackey these days. lots of movies in the works and he is starring along side ben afleck and justin timberlake in "runner runner." we all got to see it. >> he place an fbi agent trying to bring down the house. >> my name is eric and you work for me now. >> can we just back up for a second here? >> don't play for me stupid. if you were my guy i could make it all go away. wipe the slate clean but if the sun comes up tomorrow and you're still here and you're not my guy you can forget about working on wall street or any legitimate casino. i can say i'm doing it because it's my job, but the truth is,

i'm doing it because i enjoy it. >> oh. >> and anthony. >> wasn't that chilling. >> yeah. >> before we get into the movie, what's going on here. >> nothing. >> isn't there a little history? >> no, no. >> i practically begged him to ask me out and he didn't. you didn't even get it. >> that's not true. >> you didn't even get it. >> what happened. >> that's not true. >> what happened, anthony? >> i was out -- we were out and having dinner and i saw this lady across the restaurant and i was like that ain't on the menu so i run over there -- >> ain't no cup holder for that. >> and she shot me down. >> she said you're so cute. >> that's so not it. anyway -- >> if a woman calls you cute, you know it's over. >> yeah. >> i didn't call him cute. i said hot. >> i said hot. i didn't say cute. anyway, let's talk about your amazing career. >> yeah. i'm sorry. i'm playing a homeless guy in

this movie i'm doing. i'm trying to grow out my ungrowable beard. >> it's a little patchy right there. >> i can't grow facial hair. i'm working on it. >> you're pulling it off. >> you don't have folicual fruition. >> it's on point. >> he's not a clean fbi. >> when it comes to the law sometimes you have to be dirty. >> was that the way it was originally written? >> no he was a good guy and i said i want to crack some skulls. justin timberlake and ben afleck are kind of the two luckiest dudes in the world. they both have great wives and they're rich. justin has a hit album and ben has a hit everything. so i'm like i'm going to have to smack somebody around. >> this character has been living down there for a long time. he would have had to have compromised his sort of integrity. >> smacking people around. you go down to the caribbean and everything gets compromised every now and then.

>> so you like to play the villain. >> i do. bad guys are a lot of fun. when you play the good guys, you know what they're going to do. at the end of the movie you end up being some version of ryans gosling. >> which is not a bad thing. >> but you don't get kfc. >> in a cup. we should give some background without too much of the movie. it's an online gambling ring and it moves down to costa rica and that's where you come in. >> a lot is illegal in the states so a lot are offshore. central or south america and they sweep money. it's a billion dollar business out of the u.s. so justin timberlake plays this young college student trying to pay for school by gambling. he realizes that things aren't right and he goes down to tell ben afleck that he's going to take him down. i've been trying to take him down for awhile so i use justin timberlake to my own devices.

>> yes you do. >> what's it like working with justin timberlake and ben? >> it was great. justin works so hard you want him to succeed. he's just a really, good, cool southern guy and we kind of bonded and related on that and ben is ben. you know, you're like, man, you're awesome. you win poker tournaments. >> as are you. >> yes, he's batman and i'm -- >> you're falcon. >> he's falcon. there's nothing he cannot do. >> i like smacking people. >> zee, i would have done that. >> no. >> too pretty. >> getting paid for it. >> there you go. how about that. >> thank you. so many movies, he's got like five movies out. >> next week have this amazing little movie coming out called the inevitable defeat and i read it and i was blown away. it's about these two kids that overcome every obstacle in their lives to try and survive and you never realize how hard it is not

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buttercup first. >> you're saving how many calories? >> for two of these it's 160 calories versus 210 and it's good for you and delicious in the freezer. >> it doesn't like melt in your mouth. >> it has a different mouth feel. >> but a nice compromise, right. >> sure, there you go. >> nestle crunch. >> it's 220 calories. i'll take 6 ounces of the dark chocolate chips. ly melt it over the stove or in the microwave and then i'll add one cup of puffed brown rice gluten free cereal. mix it just like this. get it nice and coated and then pour it over a baking sheet that has parchment paper. spread it out -- >> let's believe this is spread out. >> put it in the fringe or freezer -- >> in the fringe for 30 minutes and i either break it up in

pieces of dark or you can cut it into perfect little healthy nestle's crunch. >> what's the calories. >> two of these is only 100 calories. >> that's good. >> nice bargain. >> yeah. >> delicious. i'm going to save that for later. >> gluten-free and healthy. >> why are you laughing there? >> they want our candy. >> cookies and cream. this original is 220 calories. now, instead of trying to recreate the same texture i'm just going after mimicking the flavor combination. i'm going to start with a vanilla creamy nonfat yogurt with protein and i'll sprinkle on the cookies. >> these are chocolate teddy grams. >> this is great. kids like this. >> this is only 160 calories and the nice part is it's loaded with protein so it helps to fill you up. it increases your attention.

>> that's better to me than the chocolate bar. >> that's a two thumbs up. >> but i love yogurt. >> junior mints. a regular pack is 220. >> you love these. >> think about this, when you go to the movies, that huge portion is 595 calories. >> yikes. start with a chocolate low fat pudding cup. you're going to mix it up. you chocolate mint now. minimarshmallows right on a tooth pick. you dunk it in. >> wow. >> how are you going to get that into the movies though. >> you have to take this whole thing into the movie theater. >> i don't think they'll let me bring that in. this entire thing, for 15 marshmallows, it's 125 calories. >> that's good. >> fantastic. >> really yummy and easy to make. >> really yummy. >> joy thanks. >> they're fantastic. >> that's really good. >> we love them. >> yes. >> the recipes on our website

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it is a sad reality that too many marriages end in divorce and that keeps this celebrity divorce attorney busy. >> she is the lawyer representing kim kardashian and ryan reynolds and angelina jolie. >> her book is how to divorce without destroying your family or bankrupting yourself. >> good morning. >> you say something interesting, given all you have seen, you are divorced yourself. you have two children, that you say everybody should get married once. why do you say that? >> i just think people say are you antimarriage? i like a good wedding. i like marriages and i feel like if that's part of your experience it's nice for people to have that experience. >> but just do it once. don't go back in for more. >> that's what worked for me. >> but you also talked about marriage as being a contract. >> yes. >> and divorce being a business.

>> yes. a business transaction. too many people enter into their marriages without realizing what they're doing is entering into a contract and by the time they get to a divorce attorney they're not thinking about it as a business transaction. if you can take the emotions out of it, which is hard to do and handle it like a business transaction you'll save money and anxiety. >> because almost allstates are no fault states, you don't want to hear who did what. let's just figure out what we're going to do and divide it. >> judges don't want to hear who did what. they don't have time. it's not worth it. you have grievances you need to air. it shouldn't happen within the divorce proceeding. >> the rules in your book apply to people like us as well. what's the biggest mistake you see people do heading into a divorce. >> being too emotional about it. not being kind to their spouse. not treating others the way you would like to be treated. >> and also -- now what happens if you can't afford to get a

divorce. you were saying there's many different models of the family. >> absolutely. i think communication is so important. i think if you have a family and for whatever reason in this economic climate you can't afford to get divorced or move out of the house into two separate residences as long as there's communication and you have boundaries established, it's not going to be fun but it doesn't need to be war of the roses which didn't go down so well. >> i am divorced and mine was very quick and relatively easy but it was an interesting thing because he did say to me be happy we don't have children or i would not have made this easy for you. there in lies why i'm not there anymore. but the idea of once children come in, there's a whole other level to it. the arguing -- these are the people that become the most affected when we start making it about ourselves instead of the children. >> absolutely. that's why you really need to remember that you are a family and even if you're not a family that's living under the same

roof anymore you're still family and your children still depend on you and their other parent to put them first. >> we have a lot of stories for you to tell. maybe that's another book. >> laura, thank you so much. good tips for people. >> thank you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

"i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but ken cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of birth control illegal, including the pill.

cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this "potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decision-making" why is ken cuccinelli interfering in our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us. coming up, hoda and kathie lee. >> we love you ladies. >> love, love you. >> why are you so giant? >> they're big stars. and speaking of big stars, blair underwood is going to hang out. >> and get schooled by the talented actor

good morning. it's 9:57 on this wednesday, october 2nd. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's check your forecast. here's tom. >> warming up rapidly. well into the 70s around the region. now as we approach 10:00 it's now into the upper 60s and low 70s around much of the region and later today into the 80s and should hit mid to upper 80s by this afternoon and thursday, friday and again on saturday each day highs into the mid-80s and then sunday, again, into the mid-80s but probably no rape. next chance of rain may come monday and tuesday and should be turning cooler. highs 70. danella how is traffic?

>> good morning. here's what i'm tracking now. an earlier accident still in the roadway so if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway, making your way towards braddock road, move it to the left lane. a multi-vehicle accident and tow truck is load up ready to go, but your drive time still a bit slow from the interchange to the dulles toll road or average travel speed about 42 miles per hour. aaron? >> thank you. coming up at midday, live team coverage of the government shutdowns, including its effects shutdowns, including its effects on federal workers [ snapping fingers ]

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>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> oh, hello, everybody. we're happy you're with us today. it's wines day wednesday. always one of our favorite days of the week. it's october 2nd. >> and it's especially big because we have a new edition to our studio. brand new studio now has a brand new edition just for us. we have a bar! it's in the orange room and look at all of -- >> it's almost got like -- it's like almost loaded. >> it really is. the kind that you can wheel in and wheel out. >> yes. >> i like it. hey, hey, hey, hey. >> we have a lot to toast anyway, hoda. you know what? >> what? >> we survived our first week as

columnists at "the daily news," and they invited us back! >> this is very important. according to them, we're still brilliant. >> let's see how long we can roll with that. >> we're excited about our column tomorrow. >> hopefully, it's going to be in every thursday, until they kick us off. we're having a lot of fun with them. they come over and cram into my little dressing room and the four of us talk for about, what, 15, 20 minutes? >> yeah, it's fun. >> and don and rockey. >> she spell it is very unusually. she could never go on daytime television because she has a mouth, but we like our rockey. >> she does. snl will be big this weekend, "saturday night live." miley cyrus will be the host and the musical guest. >> a lot of work for her. she's 20. she can do it. >> promos are out.

>> let's take a peek. >> i'll be the musical guest and host this week on snl. >> do you mind me asking why you're always sticking out your tongue? >> that's how i smell. >> like a snake? >> yeah. are you wearing women's deodorant? >> no. >> that's cute. she has to be able to make fun of herself. >> you've got to or she'll die. >> i wonder what kind of musical number she'll do. >> probably a little wreckin' ball. what's the other one? can't stop, something like that? she's a very good singer, very talented lady. and she won't, because it's network tv, be able to be naked. >> she'll have to wear something. this will be good to see. >> we'll hear all the scoop. paging through the papers and maureen, writer for "vanity fair," wife of the late tim russert. >> and a lady. >> really great lady. >> she broke this story that's

on the front page of "the post." it talks about how mia farrow's son may not be woody allen's son but frank sinatra's son. >> that would be a chasm to go across. spectrum, is the word i'm looking for. shall we look at -- who do you think? take a visual look at who do you think this young man -- do we have that, you guys? >> yeah, we have the picture. >> here is frank sinatra. >> mia farrow. >> 21 years old when she married him. >> you can read the whole thing in vanity fair. but this is -- >> that's her with woody. so now let's see who -- who's your daddy? >> who picked those pictures? >> i'm just saying. >> i'm sorry, but he looks like the spitting image of frank sinatra. we would love to know what you all think. >> no paternity test has been taken. >> that's fascinating to me.

if somebody told me that so-and-so might be my mother or might be my father, personally i would want to know definitively. i just would. it would just be important to me. i'm not saying he should or shouldn't. it may not be important to him. probably not, if he hasn't done it. this guy -- this kid with his a rhodes scholar, in college when he was 11, he is an attorney. apparently a great singer, but woody is a terrific musician as well. >> they say he sings like frank. >> haven't heard him sing. >> that's what they said. >> wow, wow, wow! >> that's juicy. >> apparently very, very close to the sinatra family. >> sinatra family is embracing him, saying they're happy to have him as part of the family. maureen spent a lot of time working on that article for "vanity fair." >> yeah. when you went to sleep last night, did you have any nightmares? you always wonder when you have those weird nightmares like -- >> what do they mean. >> what do they mean? one of the most common is your teeth falling out. i've had that one once.

what does that mean? that means you have a fear of rejection or the consequences of getting old. >> right on both cases, i would say. that's pretty much nailing it. >> the one that i have all the time, and i hate it -- but i have it constantly -- is i'm running away and someone is chasing me and i can hardly move. >> slow motion. >> and then i try to scream because he's grabbing me and i can't scream. i can't say anything and i am terrify terrified. if i'm going to get mugged, i hope i can scream. oh, lord. >> get a grip. >> you've dreamt of dying. >> very weird. they're saying you can never die in your dreams but i vividly remember a dream when i was about 7 years old where i did

die and i was out raking leaves with my family. it was a beautiful, beautiful autumn day. i look up to the beautiful autumn sky. jesus is sitting on a big cloud, like an indian sits, indian style and making a fire, looks down and says my name very nicely, and i am out of there. gone! gone! >> you drop dead? >> drop dead. >> what did they say that means? >> big changes are ahead for you. >> when you have death, you always think it could be table terrible, but it could mean you have big changes ahead of you or something not so great. >> mine have been about -- >> destructive behavior. that's what it could mean. >> i was 7 years old. what did i do that was destructive? >> we don't know. we don't know. >> that was later when i was about 27. >> tell your other weird dream. >> i have a performance-anxiety dream, which i thought would be higher on the list.

that panic you get when you haven't rehearsed for like a recital. you haven't -- you have to study for a test. in my case, i'm never in front of an audience. it's before you go in front of an audience. and i haven't studied is what it usually -- i haven't learned a script. i'm going to have to go out there and fake it. >> what does that mean? >> it means -- it correlates directly to being unprepared or nervous in waking life. >>. but i don't usually feel that i'm nervous. >> what about that weird one with all that gum in your mouth? >> it's not weird. just unusual. >> have you ever dreamed -- and you got tons of gum in your mouth and you just can't get it out? >> so you try to talk? what are you doing? >> trying to get it out and you just can't. you can't stick your finger in there and get it. i don't know what that --

>> here is what it means. you're experiencing some indecision, powerlessness or frustration. your current problem is overwhelming. >> then what's my current problem? cause it's almost every night. >> remember when i told you no one could hear my screams? it means helplessness and frustration in some situation or difficulty in communicating with this person. and sometimes i dream that i'm falling. >> all the time. insecurity and instabilities. boy, we're a wreck. how do we make it here on time in the morning? >> apparently last night was another big night for "the voice." i wonder if they're nervous when they go on. >> some of them are in knots. let's check out some of the blind auditions. ♪ i thought that i heard you laughing ♪ >> yes! >> i'm going to have to go with ada

adam. ♪ i saw the light inside of your eyes ♪ >> i'm going to go with adam. >> he's killing us. >> wow! >> he's killing us. ♪ hey it's a beautiful day and i can't stop myself from smiling ♪ >> yes! it's going to have to be blake. thank you, c. lo. oh, my gosh. >> it's getting really -- i have to say, i might like the blind

auditions more than any part of it. >> you said in the beginning, though -- >> it's so fun. was someone raiding our bar? i heard someone was raiding our bar. >> brooke shields again? >> no, blair. >> blair underwood. >> that would be mean. i'm seeing what you've got. >> what do you think of it? >> i see some bourbon down here. >> you've been using as part of your character on "ironside." >> no, this is whiskey. >> too early for this, right? >> no. >> no. >> nah, nah. >> we'll talk to blair in a little bit. >> he is a sweetheart. >> i know. >> his show airs tonight and we're hoping for a big hit for him and nbc. kim kardashian is back in the public eye. >> decided to instagram the gifts she got from people and put them out on instagram for baby north, including designers.

>> oh, whoa! >> that is how she was walking around in paris. >> nobody noticed. not in paris. it's fashion week in paris. yeah. >> anyway, here are some of the things. she may have very well instagram or tweeted those out because she made a deal. >> could be. might be. when i was first pregnant with my son, who hates it when i tell these kind of stories. he's doing crystal meth right now and doesn't know anyway. that's just a little joke. yeah, i got over 1,000 handmade gifts. >> oh, my gosh! >> from people all over the country. but mine were like a rocking horse from somebody that whittled. what is that called when you do that? down in kentucky. and cribs and -- beautiful. i couldn't keep everything, of course. some homeless shelters got some very, very cool gifts, but i remember feeling an

obligation -- not an obligation but a privilege of sharing my stories about him with this loving audience out there. and it wasn't like you're trying to show off. it's just you feel so blessed with people that have reached out with you lovingly like that. you don't want to judge what you -- she might be saying -- that's her world. mine is, you know, a little horsey from kentucky, you know. who knows. i haven't spoken to her. i don't know what was in her mind. i know what was on her chest. >> we are having a little drink today. "fifty shades of gray" has come out with -- >> like she needs more money. >> $17.99. red satin and white silk, inspired by her novel, because wine is a theme. >> apparently wine is a huge theme of the book. i might read the books now, now that i know that. not interested in the sex, but the wine -- that's a nice

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>> now it looks like something. >> now it's starting to be something. could it be a logo? i'm guessing. >> maybe. actor blair underwood is back on nbc prime time starring in and producing a remake of the popular tv series "iron side" from the late '60s and early '70s. >> he plays detective iron side, pairpleg pleen paraplegic shot in the line of duty. >> stab me, stick me, do it. be strong. cut me. i'm helpless. defenseless. i've got my hands in the air. hurt me. hurt me like you hurt those little girls. do it, lucas, do it! >> do it, lucas. >> no, lucas. wow! >> guys, listen, in the backseat of a car in a wheelchair, not all -- all things are equal. >> and you gave him that knife. you wanted to set it up. >> tease him.

>> reimagining of this classic. >> absolutely. >> in what way? you move the town to new york. >> it was originally in san francisco. we're now in new york. the fact that the character -- is he edgier, defiant. modern day. and also we have flashbacks on every single episode. it's very much the way the story is written. it's watching a man, who he was before this accident, where is he shot in the back, put in a wheelchair, and who he is now becoming. >> there's shots of you as a young man. >> i don't know about young. >> when i met you like 30 years ago, you looked exactly the same. >> you're very kind. >> did you ever watch any of the old "iron side"? >> yeah. it went off the air in '75, so i did not actually then, but i tell you, when this came around into my life, i went back and watch aid lot. this show is famous. people don't just say i like the show. people say i love "iron side."

>> that's scary doing something using that title, isn't it? >> it can be. but i tell you, i think people are used to reimagining batman, hawaii five-0. if we were trying to imthait at a time what they were doing. >> my mom has been in a wheelchair pafor a decade now. that was part of my reference. >> hello, mom. >> there she is, my mom. >> how is she doing? >> she's doing well. >> yeah? >> she's watching right now. she's watching live. >> hi, mom! >> hey. >> hey. >> whole family is watching. i have a technical adviser, david bryant, athlete and paraplegic for 35 years. is he self sufficient, independent. he drives his own car. and these are things that we'll see "iron side" do. >> is he quite the lover man like "iron side" is? >> i'm not sure that his

girlfriend would be happy with that, lynn. sorry, lynn. >> oh, yes, she would be. they never really did that on the other "iron side." >> no, you're right. we have fun with it. every spinal cord injury is different. every one is unique and different. for some who are disabled in a wheelchair, you are able to perform in that way. and we're exploring all of that. it is a reality for -- >> you have a team of people around you. >> incredible cast. spencer grammar. they're going to kill me. ken joy. >> i haven't known one of them yet but i bet they're very talented. >> some things never change. >> people are going to know. >> they're really phenomenal. >> best of luck. >> have a great season. >> we're not going to drink bourbon? >> oh, wait! >> we have to have a drinky. >> original "iron side" drink bourbon at the end of the episode. so we do that. >> heavy pour. >> to the original.

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all right. welcome back to more of "today" on this wines day wednesday. we're ready to play our weekly trivia game "who knew?" we're testing your knowledge of the english language and commonly mispronounced words and phrases. kathie lee is ready to hand out 100 bucks to anybody who gets the questions right at the nbc experience store, and to those who don't, they get a kathie lee cd. lucky, lucky. here to help me out is grammar girl, author of grammar girl's quick and dirty. earlier, we did ask this question. which word will make grammar stickler's cringe? is it regardless, regarding, irrespective or irregardless? and the answer, which kathie lee and i both knew, were bragging. it is irregardless. >> irrespective and regardless.

because it has the ir and less, it's a double negative. it's misused so often it's made it into the dictionary. >> oh, it is? >> yeah. it's a word but it's a word you shouldn't use if you want to be taken seriously. >> we won't. all right, kath, let's go across street to you. >> i have a lovely lady here, whose birthday is today, from san francisco. every time she has to say her age, which is -- >> 60. >> -- she's supposed to do a shot. so, i don't know what kind of shape she's in. let's try it. which song lyric is gram attically correct? lay down, sally, or -- by eric clapton you and me could write a bad romance? lady gaga. couldn't sing it if i knew it. between you and i, jessica simpson or if i were a rich man, fiddler on the roof. which lyric is correct? >> if i were a rich man. >> how old are you?

>> 60. >> and down the hatch, girl. that was the only one that was gram attically correct? >> yes. trust the old standard. the newer ones, gwen stefani got it wrong, if i was a rich girl, if i was your boyfriend, it's if i were. >> we'll remember it. i have mel. mel is from chicago. all right, mel, what is the correct spelling of this frozen treat, s-h-e-r-b-e-r-t. >> s-h-e-r-b-e-t. >> give the man some sherbet. >> i have to say, this is one of those words i always called it sherbert. someone pointed out to me like losengers, it's lozenges. >> it's a sweet frozen juice

drink, no r. >> when did we all start sticking the r in? >> i don't know. you want to put the r in, but it's sherbet. >> it's a french thing, sorbet, i think. you're from north dakota, right? >> right. >> you look like miss north dakota. you're adorable. how do you pronounce the punctu punctuation mark that looks like a little star? >> b? >> yes. >> oh, my god! wow! the correct answer asterisk. >> asterisk. >> risk. >> it's from a greek word that means little star and it's from the root word as asteroid. >> i have one from texas. shake them a little. yeah. which word is usually ll lly a ?

affect, effect, effecter or affectation? >> that would be b. >> oh, girl. >> your boobie prize. >> the correct answer is -- who cares? affect with an a. >> we can remember that, because affect as an a is usually a verb and affect starts with an a, usually action words. >> we have to end on that note, which was the perfect way to end. coming up next, you guys, david arquette helps turn dreams into reality for some teens who need a second chance. he is going to tell us all about it after this.

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♪ maybe it's maybelline actor, director and producer david arquette has appeared in thousands of films. >> he is tacked to be a teacher in the new reality series "dream school" where the kids are dropouts and the faculty is famous. he helps 15 teens get their high school degrees. as david finds out, some students need a little tough

love. >> you have never seen a movie you didn't like? >> you asked me a question and i answered your question. >> you know what? that feels like you're not challenging yourself on even answering the simplest of questions. i'm not trying to like be mean. >> okay. i'm just saying. >> you're choosing not to engage. you could just participate in the environment that we're trying to teach you something, or you could sleep your life away, which is also a choose. >> i choose to sleep it away. next. >> ooh. >> who won at the end? >> wow! >> we would love to know that. >> she's a beautiful girl. she was pregnant at the time and she was probably tired. >> hormonal. >> absolutely. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> nice to see you. you do have a lot of different talent that is people don't know. teaching was just one of many. the concept of this show, by the way, i think is terrific. we hear about the dropout rate, which is 50% in some schools. >> terrible. does this have an impact, david, or is it one of those things we

see on tv? >> it's an actual real, you know, school in a sense. you know, they get 10 credits if they graduate. there's a real dean, who is a great guy, dr. keller. and there's three qualified teachers and then it's us. it's myself, fi'ty cent lays down the rules. >> they all know him. >> get such a kick out of it. jesse jackson teaches them. my friend there teaches them scre screen writing, story telling. >> they have a real opportunity to turn their lives around. everyone had some real trouble in their lives. >> they are come from different backgrounds. most of them have been bullied or did bully people. one of the kids, devon, an amazing kid -- his mother got sick and he took care of her for a couple of years. >> and fell back because of that? >> yeah. >> how do kids get in this?

i know a lot of kids would want to be involved. >> it's just a show for now. we did six episodes. it's a 30-day course. if it goes well, people will tune in and watch it, we'll be able to do more. >> how did it change you? >> i don't know. i could relate to the kids and just seeing them and connecting with them. it's a really heartfelt show. i mean, these kids go through a journey and it's really amazing to watch. >> sometimes you just need one person to believe in you. >> somebody to believe in you. >> just one. >> yeah. >> we have on these white lab coat. >> because we're proctologists. >> my drama teacher inspired me. i was doing graffiti, running around and going crazy but he inspired me to go into drama. i was talking to your producers and they were like, can you do some graffiti on the set? is. >> that's why we're up here. >> which one is me? >> these are all my pieces they're showing. >> why do we have two fresh ones

right here? >> we're supposed to be painting. >> you do whatever you want. >> is david helping us? >> we'll help you. >> what's the point otherwise? >> i don't know. just go for it. just go for it. there's no mistakes. very nice. i like it. >> that's your head. >> beautiful. >> lovely. >> going to give you a little mouth there. >> oh, my gosh, look at this guy. it's crazy! >> david, that's you. >> amazing. >> thank you. >> i'm going to give you some green crazy eyes. >> nice. by the way, by the way -- >> you're getting a big bow tie. >> he's crying. david is crying. >> oh, my gosh, i actually love it. sad, david arquette. >> you can catch david's show "the dream school" on october 7th on the sundance channel. >> i want to talk to whoever produce this had segment. okay. five things that will make you a happier person, like david arquette, after this.

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all right. who doesn't want to be happy? with the stress of work, kids and relationships, life can get in the way sometimes. >> a lot of women feel guilty if they can't manage it all and end up shortchanging themselves. how can you get back to being happy? >> life coach valorie burton, author of her latest book. >> like it. >> yes. "happy women live better." you're even cuter than you were last time. stop it! >> we were talking about -- especially with young kids. some kids are happy kids and some kids just seem to be a little bit darker, bluer. is happiness kind of a genetic thing? >> it is about 50% of your happiness is genetic. the really good news is that about almost half of it is what you choose to do every day, making those intentional choices. >> you list a bunch of them. >> uh-huh. >> we'll get to that in a second. explain to us the difference between happy and joyful.

happy, doesn't it come from the word happenstance? that has something to do with your circumstances. >> somewhat. happiness really is about what do you do each day? what are the things that bring us happiness? joy is kind of the outpouring of being happy on an everyday basis and being able to have the sense that no matter what's going on, you still have this positive attitude, this positive belief about your life. >> when you say you make choices to be happy, i think some people may poo-poo that. they may say i have a dead end job, lot of kids, bills. i'm not choosing this. this has chosen me. >> you choose your response to what goes on in your life. >> how you react, you mean? >> exactly right. i talk about these 13 happiness triggers, intentional choices you can make every day. and some of us have like personal triggers that come very naturally. >> like what? >> we have bottom triggers. it depends on you. >> tell us about a few of the ones in the book. >> anticipation is a happiness trigger. >> something to be hopeful about? >> that's right. having something every single day to look forward to.

you create that. it could be curling up with a good book tonight or taking a walk with your spouse or your kids. when you're not feeling that great throughout the day you go, oh, yeah, tonight at 7:00, i'm doing this. >> that's a good one. >> this is fun. >> what's another one? >> i'm happier right now. >> connection. the world we live in today is harder and harder to do. you should talk to your friends and family more than you type and text them. stop. don't multitask. take 15 seconds for us to have that conversation. >> i know. i'll say to kath, call me. i just want to hear your voice. >> money is a difficult thing but you say live on 70% of what you maple make. >> aim to live on 70%. it may sound undoable right now. >> try. >> make that a goal. living below your means boosts your happiness. also, buying experiences over things. if you're choosing between the tenth bag that you own or going out with friends or taking a trip, creating memories and experiences.

>> you should live in a less affluent neighborhood, because then you don't feel like you have to keep up with the joneses. >> that thing that makes you comfortable, make s it easier. if the women will go happywomantest.com, you can figure out what the top triggers are and what the bottom triggers are. >> if someone had her hairdresser, that would make them happy. i love your hair. them happy. i love your hair. thinning hair and h

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have you ever had clumps of hair fall out when you're in the shower or started noticing bald spots and wonder what's happening? >> hair loss can be devastating for many, many women. so, what can we do about it, hoda? >> dr. susan taylor is a dermatologist who treats hair loss patients and lucinda hilary is a hairstylist who knows

firsthand the challenges of styling thinning hair. >> good morning, ladies. >> you were through a tough time when you were 9 years old, tremendous stress with a family loss and lost your hair at that age because of stress? >> virtually two-thirds of it overnight. >> you're kidding me? >> big shock. >> how did it come back? >> it took a few years to get back to normal and, you know, i have been working with it ever since. my goodness. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> look. and those aren't extensions. >> no, no. >> that's real hair. >> i have a studio. >> what she has with the stress, alopecia, is very common? >> there are many causes of alopecia. there can be too much of the male hormone, thyroid disease, hereditary problems, female pattern alopecia. very common cause.

many different cause. >> these are solutions, i guess, on the table. do these work? >> some of these work for certain types of hair loss. female pattern hair loss. we have all heard of minoxidil. >> for men. >> but also for women. that can help us retain our hair and in some cases regrow hair. >> if there's a follicle there, should you be able to grow hair? >> you're absolutely right. the b vitamin has been demonstrated to help some women regrow hair, biotin. visical. >> no one told me. >> these two lovely ladies, erin and kelly. we have a before picture, i think, of this lovely lady. we can see, this is the before. now show us what you did after to give us some more fullness. >> basically what i have done, if you look at erin's scalp, you can see -- i don't know if the camera can actually see. she's quite scalpy.

more scalp showing. with her hair, you can see. what we've done is actually done some back brushing. >> teasing in my day. >> a comb doesn't do the hair any good. this thins down here. if you brush like this, you get amazing volume. it brushes out quickly. playing with your hair, loving it and enjoying it. i thought i would do something more mad men for her and take a couple of seconds. keep your hair loose at the back so you have this hanging hair. you can do something like this, literally, it can make her hair look fab us. >> adorable. >> let's move down to our next lovely lady and show her before picture, if we could. and tell us what you've done. >> what we've done here is she has quite -- again, i don't know where your cameras are. >> they'll find you. >> again, it's not hugely dense at the roots. you can see quite a lot of

rootage there. what we've got is a simple little topper which we've put into her hair. you would support this. give it a bit of a brush. you can support it and make it look absolutely gorgeous. >> they're something. >> they really are. you can find them close to your color or get them made for your hair. >> we really appreciate it. thank you for joining us. tomorrow, zachary levi is with us. tomorrow, zachary levi is with us. and

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right now the house and senate are in session and the debate over shutting down the government is back on. who will make the next move and how soon will the government reopen? also teachers and parents caught up in the budget battle. the preschool program that took a hit from the sequestration and now in more jeopardy because of the shut down. it's wednesday, october 2nd. 80000 government workers are enjoying their first full day of no pay because of the shut down. it begins at the live desk. >> pot ticks at play. both the house and the senate in session and i believe we have live pictures it show you. from the floor of the