>> hello everybody and by that i mean you at home. >> it's booze day tuesday. >> the summer is flying, flying by. >> everybody hates to start the day with this kind of news. by now you have all heard but we have to pay homage to this wonderful man, robin williams

passed away yesterday. only 63. >> i was in the middle of a guitar lesson yesterday and a special report came on. i listened to it. you just stop in your tracks. certain things surprise you and he had no illnesses that we knew of. >> a little mention that he had gone back to rehab for fine tuning of his sobriety recently. we knew he battled that forever.

we interviewed him several times. talk about universally beloved. that is what he was. i don't think he had an enemy on earth. >> and beloved through generations. i remember sitting at the table almost like a wave of people learning about the news. younger people were talking about "aladdin" and things like that. i was thinking i loved him in all of his comedic roles like "mrs. doubtfire" but something about the dramatic roles. >> one of my all-time favorites was "dead poets society". it made you believe in writing. he was so transformative. >> i thought he deserved the oscar for that one. >> he won only one for "good will hunting". >> they are saying that the cause is suspected suicide by asphyxiation. >> there will be more to come on that. >> an autopsy being done today. the despair that someone has to be in to make that choice. philip philip seymour hoffman we

think was an overdose. to choose to end your life. he won oscars. he had family that he loved. the last instagram was a picture with his daughter. >> it was her birthday and he used an old picture. he had three great kids, was married. he had a career that was still continuing. he has four movies still to be coming out later. it wasn't as if someone was saying what ever happened to robin williams. >> i love what matt did earlier about how we remember him as the guy that would come in and a lot of people come to sell their movie or book or whatever and they are in and out. most people are polite. he literally did make it -- he did standup everywhere he went. >> he met the crew members.

>> he was so gracious to everybody. i hated to see him leave the room. he is very bow legged. there is such a profound sense of sadness when he would leave because he is so joyful. gary marshall said he could make everyone happy but himself. steve martin said i cannot be more stunned by the loss of robin williams. >> the think is a lot of people come and do business and sell their movie and leave. he would stay and greet the crowd. he enjoyed people. he liked being around them. >> maybe that is when he wasn't battling his demons. if you want to laugh my favorite i think of all of his is "the bird cage". >> that is great. >> it is just genius. "mrs. doubtfire". we heard rumors they are going to be doing a sequel to that. our love to his family.

moving on we have a couple of other items to get to. i don't know if you are aware of this, but half of the people out there do not know their neighbors. they couldn't pick them out of a lineup because they are busy in their own lives doing their own thing. we wanted to know if the era of the neighborhood is over. >> we are the post human society. we are more for the first time in all of history, more comfortable with technology than with actual human beings. that does not bode well for the future. this doesn't either. >> when i was a kid we knew every neighbor. >> schneiders. we knew all the way up and down the street. now it is like who is that? >> you live in an apartment building now. i know all of our neighbors.

we have a small community. when hurricane sandy hit -- i just got rid of a couple of them. i loved raising our kids that way, too, so they knew the neighbors. a couple of times a year we do a cleanup of our street. >> you guys do have a great little community. >> we do. so the tonight show and jimmy fallon decided it was time to talk about -- >> here is jimmy fallon's latest joke. ♪ >> thank you the "today" show for planning to perform a musical written by kathie lee or also known "the wine king".

♪ merlot ♪ riesling and pinot grigio >> that might be his best one yet. >> i beat him at beer pong all the time. >> he was road kill.

>> you are about to make road kill out of somebody. >> yesterday you guys remember her son, cody, heard about this ice bucket challenge. >> he was challenged by his friends. >> you dump a bucket of ice and the proceeds go to als. >> he called me out. >> i challenge hoda kotb. >> he did it yesterday. >> this morning 6:30. >> i took the challenge. >> take a look. >> i hear you. i am going to take the als ice bucket challenge. i am prepared and ready to go. >> what we are going to do is -- >> these are people from the crowd. you guys ready to help me out. >> you know i hate to get my air wet. here we go. five, four, three, two, one! [ cheers and applause ] i will challenge three people. the first person i am

challenging is kathie lee gifford. second person i'm challenging is drew brees. and the final person i'm challenging is blake shelton! [ cheers and applause ] look at my pants. >> here we go. you have 24 hours. >> i am writing a check. >> kathie lee, drew brees, blake shelton. >> we'll see what happens. >> got to keep them guessing. >> on july 29 when the campaign kicked off more than $1.35 million has been donated to the als association. and that is 22,000 more than the same time last year. this is really catching on like fire. there is a magazine called "new you" which i'm not on the cover. to the part we care about i put that humanitarian on the inside.

>> exactly. so this is talking all about your cody house and kathie lee place. it has been around for -- >> pretty much since 1991. it was the first time i held -- the first lady, barbara bush. that was quite a while ago. and kathie lee's place was kr believe 1996. >> still taking care of kids all of these years. >> about 200 kids. >> it started because of the crack epidemic and the aids epidemic. it was a pandemic at that time. babies weren't living. we later worked to unblind aids testing.

when the governor signed that he was standing in the -- he mandated standing in the garden of cody house and mandated unblinding of hiv testing. next year was the first year the aids death rate went down because the aids birth rate went down. then it was adopted by every other state. >> that is really great. >> we bonded over that. you see what happens when you sue to the state. in his defense rarely do you hear politicians say -- i explained to him one night what would happen if the women got the cocktail. he said i didn't know that. number two, we are on the wrong side of this issue and then he said i'm going to do something about that. i left that night thinking yeah right. within one month he mandated. we need more people like that. we have a lot coming out.

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your mom wants to do favors for the night before the wedding. what should i do? >> kim has made it so clear she doesn't want help with the wedding. you have your signature style and kanye and i want the wedding just about me and him. >> i get it. >> mom, i said it to you five times like that. >> more than five. >> hi, kim. we haven't seen you since the big wedding. everybody saw all of the pictures. how is married life? >> married life is amazing. we have so much fun. it's the best. >> is it different? is it a lot different now than when you guys were dating? >> to me it is the same. i mean, when we got together we just knew this was it. we always treated each other like we are this unit and this team. it does feel different to be married but we always treated each other that way anyway. >> were you aware all those

years before how much kanye was in love with you? did he make that well known to you? >> we always had a connection. >> we did have a few conversations about it and the timing just wasn't right. it is crazy how timing really is everything and how it changes so much. >> did it -- you got married, does it change your relationship with your sisters and family? now you have your own family unit. you are together. did it affect it? >> it does. i think in a really good way but we all -- it's like, it seems like kourtney and scott are so solid. it feels like i have my own family now. and i think i have -- i have always had my family as my family. it has always been that way through other relationships but this is different. >> i can't believe you all lived with kris all this time. >> that is bizarre to me.

>> we do have another -- we have always had kanye's home that we never sold. we never moved into it. we are making it a fun project of redoing it and flipping it. i bought that when i was single. your needs change as you have a baby. so we wanted something bigger and more spacious and more private. >> how is that baby? every time a picture pops up -- what is motherhood like? >> last night i was so tired. i had to get up at 4:00 in the morning.

she is on a different schedule. i was sitting there dozing off. we both passed out on top of each other. it is the best feeling in the world. i was so scared when i was pregnant. >> you had a tough one, too. >> it was such a hard pregnancy. it has been so worth it and more. >> do you think that baby is going to like the spotlight? >> i don't know. every time there is a camera out and paparazzi taking pictures i do a lot of things indoors and just in privateigated communities and things and figure out where to keep her as private as possible. when there are times when we are going to the airport or places where i can't really shield her she does like this mean angry kanye face or a pose. i can't tell which one it is. she will be cracking up and the second the camera comes on she does -- >> you have a selfie book coming out.

>> it is called "selfish". >> why is it taking until april? >> i needed to get the best collection of all of my selfies. i always say it takes about 15 to 20 selfies to get the one. >> that is what you are doing wrong. >> i took this one in a white bathing suit right after i had the baby from the back. it took about 20 pictures to get the one. you will see the buildup. >> good luck to your family. >> thank you. you can catch "keeping up with the kardashians" sunday nights at 9:00 on e. >> to help you look like a pro when you are faking it. nobody knows how to fake it as you get a natural look without the gray.

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time for another fun "brainteaser tuesday" when we put your mind to a test with a riddle from "brain games". >> what word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? >> think about it. we will reveal the answer to it. >> susan lucci is here. a dinner party with no time to cook? we have the answers after this.

hello! lookout! hi! we are back with more of "today." before the break we gave you

this riddle to solve. >> what word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? we did it in the commercial. you know who came out with the correct answer without help? kathie lee. >> the answer is short. you add e-r and the word becomes shorter. >> if you did figure it out you used intative thinking. it is time to turn to susan lucci. >> she is known as the queen of daytime television for her long runner role as erica cane on "all my children". >> and now on investigation discovery series called "deadly affairs". >> with hard work a happy marriage is as easy as pulling a

rabbit out of a hat or something even better. >> diamonds. and la lucci as regis used to call you is here today. >> you look beautiful. >> we are sick of it. you get more gorgeous every time you are here. we are over it. >> good to see you. >> good to be here. >> everything he touches turns to gold. the man is amazing. >> when he brought this piece to me i was taken by how smart it was and how funny it was presented. i have to meet this man. it is ingenious because i'm hosting but i'm hosting as a character. it is a whole different thing. i narrate these crimes of passion. i host it in the voice of the character, too. it is a little different take. you can see in this particular

episode. >> what happens? >> you have to see them. even when i do the narration at the studio the man learning it is -- >> i love it. so i'm this character but i do other things. i'm a magician. felt. >> you are having fun? >> having a lot of fun, exactly. >> and acting still in parts in movies and tv. >> i am on "devious maids". >> how is it going? >> it is such a sexy show and fun show. >> it is fun to be la lucci. at the end of the season my character is in need of a kidney. >> again? >> i was at fresco the other night and he says a gentleman saw you come in and he would give you his kidney. >> that is love.

that's a great show. i'm having such a wonderful time. >> we want to play a game called spin the bottle. >> with girls? >> it is our own version. >> i don't know why we go through the motion. >> it is fun. >> what would you rather have, another emmy or an extra year of life? >> extra year of life. >> doesn't it depend on what is going on later in life? >> i never thought about that. >> what good is an emmy going to do you if you are dead? >> i'm still going to choose -- >> hello. >> we got to go. >> how much of erica cain's wardrobe is hanging in susan

lucci's closet? >> not enough. >> give our love to henry. a real man of mystery is here. >> and jill is here with surprises to help get you through your day. >> going to be nice to see her again after this. like how to fight germs. so you can worry less, lysol will take the school shift. that's healthing.

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>> who doesn't like to fake it once in a while? here are ideas to help you out when you need it the most is "today" contributor jill martin. >> i have to fake it a lot. >> you look beautiful. >> thank you. first way of how to fake it is how to fake you cook a gourmet dinner party without doing much. the first situation is from harry and david starting at $39.95. you put it in pans that you have in your house. >> what? >> this whole turkey? >> you put it in the pan. you put it in your own pan so it looks like you made it. but you didn't. >> hoda dared me to do that. >> get on the turkey. >> are we ready for the moment? >> rip it. yeah, baby. >> bite, bite, bite.

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conversation with howard gordon he developed this idea of this man who takes on different personalities and invents characters. it was fascinating the enthusiasm. he is such -- >> you play a different kind of character in each episode? >> it is kind of over the period of the ten episodes i play about ten characters. so they kind of filter through each episode. i'm not playing a different guy every week. >> just kind of making a very believable character. >> you lose who you are, your real identity. >> i am playing somebody who doesn't know who they are. linked in profile.

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