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multiple private servers while she was secretary of state. we have complete coverage of the decision, the reaction, the fallout. andrea mitchell, good morning to you. >> good morning, we're here in atlantic city where hillary clinton had hoped to focus on donald trump's business empire, including several bankruptcies, but it is clinton whose on the defensive today over the fallout from the e-mail scandal including the stinging rebuke from the fbi director. donald trump in battleground, north carolina, attacking hillary clinton as unfit to be president. >> this is one of the most crooked politicians in history. >> reporter: his comments coming after the director of the fbi tuesday blasted clinton's use of a private e-mail address and server while she was secretary of state. but recommending no criminal charges be filed against her or her aids. >> today is the best evidence ever that we've seen that our system is absolutely, totally rigged. it

>> reporter: trump also teeing off on a "new york times" report that clinton was open to keeping loretta lynch as attorney general, just days after the private meeting with bill clinton. >> it's a bribe! the attorney general sitting there saying if i get hillary off the hook, i'm going to have four more years or eight more years. but if she loses, i'm out of a job, it's a bribe! >> reporter: no mention of the bomb shell news by clinton or president obama. campaigning together for the first time also in north carolina. >> there has never been any man or woman more qualified for this office than hillary clinton. >> reporter: both democrats tearing into trump. >> donald trump is simply unqualified ander it permently unfit to be our president and commander in chief. >> this is not a reality show, i

>> reporter: but the political heat remains on clinton after the fbi director scathing comments about her e-mail practices. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> reporter: james comey refuting clinton's past claims that no e-mails were classified. >> i did not send or receive any material marked classified. >> any reasonable person in secretary clinton's position or in the position of those with whom she was corresponding about those matters should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation. >> reporter: and her claim that her private server was safe from hacking. >> there were no security breaches. >> we assessed it isisis posble that hostile actors gained access to secretary clinton's account. >> republicans were quick to bounce. >> she grossly was negligent, and now she wants to be commander in chief.

>> reporter: and the house speaker says house republicans will call hearings to demand that comey, the fbi director, explain why he decided to recommend against prosecuting clinton. clinton trying to turn the page here in atlantic city, is expected to join striking workers at trump's former taj mahal casino. they've lost their pensions because of his business practices, willie and savannah. >> on the trail, thank you. >> a lot to sift through here, let's bring in chuck todd, nicole wallace, and ari melvin. good morning. >> this is such a big story, we needed three of you today. let's start with you chuck and the reaction in clinton world. i suppose it's relief, on the other hand, if you're saying good thing we weren't indicted, not a good thing to celebrate. >> nothing to celebrate, but it is a minimal sense of relief. they have to sit here and rebut charge after charge. she had a cpl

talking points, i never sent or received classified. the director says no, that's not true. and then he said, somebody in your position should have known better even on some of the exchanges that were there. she has a credibility problem, it's the head of the fbi that says she has a credibility problem. on any other day against any other candidate, this would be a total and complete disaster, but it's something about trump that kind of you say, well, she can recover, i guess. >> nicole, no recommendation of charges. chuck though touched on just one of the contributions laid out, the account was vulnerable to hackers, perhaps to foreign actors. deleted work e-mails, multiple servers, multiple devices, this goes against what she said. even without a recommendation of an indictment, did you feel the race changing at all? >> i had this feeling that what i always think is true is that voters always get it right. even when they don't have all the information, t

the question, we talked about this yesterday, on the question of honesty and trust worthiness, she's a 22-point deficit to donald trump. what happened yesterday, affirms what voters already know to be true is that she has a complicated relationship to the truth. i would say to your point, i watched the 66-minute trump speech last night and nearly wept. he got to the points he needed to make to bring this into focus with the politically neutral fbi director said about hillary clinton lying on six occasions about e-mail practices, but it was wrapped in so much other stuff, i wasn't sure and i'm still not sure that it will be the effective, sort of honing in on a message that he needs to prosecute if he wants to win. >> the question is whether trump prosecutes the political case, still legal questions ari about whether this is a criminal case. if you look at that statute, there was an issue that was raised and people are keying into words that the fbi said. she was extreme

her e-mail practices. there is a criminal statute that allows for a prosecution if someone is grossly negligent, and for many people, especially a lay ear, you hear careless and grossly nejts, sounds like the same thing, sounds like a case that could be brought. >> i think it's an important point, but one that jim comey is well aware and the bush administration, there is no standard that they didn't meet criminally, and the carelessness is a judgment call. it is a criticism, but i would call it a nonlegal criticism. he carefully picked those words to say that. and that goes to what happened yesterday. unusual presentation that allows people to process this information. it was effectively a very clean book of health on the ideaed that there were no crimes, because not only said we recommend no charges, no reasonable prosecutor would move forward on these facts, and then, as just discussed, the outlying many things that are disconcerting potentially for voters. i think what's important here if there's a page to turn is we have a legal process, we have an fbi that

nonpartisan. jim comey will be working for the next president no matter whom it is. and so this is a chance for folks to look at what he said, voters to assess, and to go back to policy and political analysis after the legal analysis from our career investigators has been no crime occurred here. >> trump has said, petraeus was charged for doing less. is that a correct analogy? >> legally that is not true. david petraeus took eight notebooks physically and handed them to someone who had no authorized access -- >> she had clearance -- >> let me finish. signed a plea deal with prosecutors that said he admitted to misleading fbi agents in october 2012. there are differences, there's a fair debate all of this, that case does have different legal facts. >> hillary clinton was out campaigning with president obama a couple hours after all this happened and no reference and not even a hint about it and does this go away as easily

>> the cloud is still there and she did not get the clean political bill of health. i think paul ryan is about to prosecute this case well and i don't know about donald trump. mixing in, as nicole said yesterday, mixing in saddam hussein, and then trashing comey? he ought to be praising comey and then using his words against her and this is donald trump. >> those were not tears of joy. >> this is where trump becomes sort of a riddle wrapped in a headache and conundrum, and this is a day when you had a clear strike against hillary clinton made by the fbi director himself, and you could have played it at your rally and say listen to him.

tower. good morning to you. >> reporter: this morning, jared kushner said he has seen donald trump embrace people all racial backgrounds. from the son-in-law of a candidate that rarely says sorry, no apologies. jared kushner pushing back against allegations donald trump is anti-semitic. quote, my father-in-law is an incredible loving and tolerant person who has embraced my family and judism. >> the imagery is clear and to pretend it's not there is willfully

deleted tweet sent from trump's account on saturday. text calling hillary clinton the most corrupt candidate ever. >> people are seeing having a jewish son in law as a get out of jail free card for donald trump, and i would want to know why jared cusher is will be to be so complacent in that. >> where is jared, my son in law? my son in law is jewish. >> powerful presences on the campaign trail and kushner playing an important part. late tuesday, a kind of addition for one possible running made, senator bob

privilege today to spend time with this and to spend time with his family and to spend time th those that know him so well. >> he is being vetted as a potenti potential vp pick. >> reporter: trump praising saddam hussein for how he handled terrorism. listen. >> saddam hussein was a bad guy, right? he was a bad guy. a really bad guy. but you know what he did well? he killed terrorists. he did that so good. they didn't read them the rights and didn't talk, and they were terrorists and it was over. >> this is not the first time trump has made similar comments, but these are gaining traction overnight trending on twitter, and hillary clinton's camp quick

comments for brutal dictators and the twisted lessons he learned from their his redemonstrate how dangerous he would be as the president, and paul ryan distancing himself from trump's remarks calling hussein one of the 20th century's most evil people. >> thank you. another major story we are following this morning. olympic sprinter, oscar pistorius sentenced overnight for the murder of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. >> what about another roller coaster twist in this case. oscar pistorius will go back to school-seconded early this morning to six years. intent. stoney-faced oscar pistorius made his way into court this morning. hanging his head at times. >> mr. pistorius, please rise. >> reporter:

stunning sentence. >> six years in prison. >> reporter: the judge calling pistorius a fallen hero who can never be at peace, his victim's family the judge said, will never be the same. reeva steenkamp killed on valentine's day 2013. begging her parents for forgiveness. >> i'd like toe apologize, there hasn't been a moment since this tragedy happened that i haven't thought about her family. >> reporter: steenkamp was shot by pistorius who fired four times through a birthday door. the olympian getting physically sick with photos of her body were shown during the trial. oscar knew how to handle a weapon, but at a recent sentencing hearing, he dramatically removed his legs in an attempt to demonstrate his vulnerability. he attempted to protect himself ultimately dismissed. conviction for copable homicide overturned.

murder. the judge saying he did show remorse, unless the prosecution and lowered the minimum 15-year sentence. steenkamp's father insisted pistorius must pay for what he did. steenkamp's family reportedly saying this morning the sentence is fair while pistorius faces years in prison. this case has been so dramatic he had been released after 12 months. now his team says he won't appeal, incredible. >> incredible, thanks so much. meantime, extreme heat is gripping much of the nation and now spreading into the northeast today. just how hot will it be? dylan's in for al, she's wearing her weather forecast today. looking like the sun. >> i figured it was appropriate considering how intense the sun is right now and it's not just the heat but the humidity that will make it so uncomfortable. want to point out what a heat wave is. several consecutive days with temperatures above average, and three days or more with highs 90 degrees or

what we have been seeing down south and will get that in the northeast as well. limit your outdoor activities between 12:00 and 3:00, and go into the ac and drink plenty of water and watch out for children and pets especially in closed cars. we have heat expected to be closer to 105 and 110 especially in texas, and new york city is under the excessive heat warning and it's hot and humid, and it will feel like we are well in the mid and upper 90s today and then as we get to the end of the week, we will still be in the mid to upper 90s, and mostly in philly and washington, d.c., and we will hit that criteria of heat wave. new york on friday we might get relief for thunderstorms. >> steamy outside. in other news this morning, the cockpit voice recorder

extinguish a fire in the moments before the crash. and it showed heat, fire and spoke around the bathroom and eave onices area. now some frightening moments inside a california cell phone store where an attempted abduction was attempted. a man opened the front door and grabbed the 4-year-old girl, and the mother and other -- the customer and the store owner caught the suspect and he is facing kidnapping charges. >> there's good news and bad news this morning regarding the gigantic mega millions jackpot. we will start with the bad news, you did not win it, and the good news, nobody else did either. the jackpot wille

staggering $508 million jackpot. the numbers are 29, 46, 53, 64, 73, and the mega ball is 10, and the draw something next friday. i feel like i should have been in a sequin dress. >> yeah, do the whole kit and kau butte annual. >> we won $6, among 25 of us. we are looking at a chance of strong stronger storms today and especially back through the northern plains including south dakota, and biggest threat today will be like what we saw yesterday and that is damaging wind gusts. that's a look across the country and your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds.

i am meteorologist, chuck bell. we are off to a muggy start this morning and temperatures are in the mid-70s across the area now and a quick rise in temperatures today, from mid-70s to 93, and not much of a chance of a shower today and 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon with highs in the low to mid-90s again tomorrow, and then mid to upper 90s on friday and that's our best chance for rain, sunny and hot and dry and into your weekend. >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you so much. coming up the deadly police shooting of a louisiana man outside of a convenience store

already have been sparked. >> motivational tools, some people were injured at a tony robbins event, and jeff rossen will take a look and try it for him self, live. this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning, everybody. it's a warm and humid start to the day today, and 76 in dulles, and 77 in prince georges county. hourly temperatures, up, up and away. low 90s for the highs this afternoon, and 93 downtown in the national mall and not much of a chance for rain today, and if you are going out to the baseball game, it's a 4:00 game between the nationals and brewers today, and temperatures in the low 90s at game time and falling back into the mid-80s by 8:00 this evening. moe

tomorrow. tomorrow's high, 94, and at least there will be a chance for scattered thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. another update in 25 minutes. >> for now, back to the "today" show after this short break.

7:30 now, it's 7:30 and it's wednesday morning, july 6, 2016. going to be a hot one here in manhattan and all over the country. pop superstar, shawn mendez, he will take over the concert. here's a look at the headlines. donald trump pouncing on the fbi's recommendation not to pursue criminal charges against hillary clinton for her use of private e-mail servers when she was second of state, and trump called the announcement a tragedy during a rally in north carolina but said it came as no surprise to him. >> our system is in fact, ri

okay? it's corrupt, rigged and disgraceful. >> there was no mention of the fbi investigation during obama's first campaign appearance for hillary clinton, and he took a shot at trump. >> everybody can tweet, but nobody actually knows what it takes to do the job until you sit behind the disk. >> president obama called secretary the most qualified person to ever run in the nation's most highest office. and then a student found dead after vanishing in rome. the vatican said the pope expressed his deepest sympathies in that meeting. a deadly police-involved shooting in louisiana is leading to protests, and video that allegedly shows the incident

it could be disturbing to many viewers we want to warn. police say they were dispatched after an anonymous 911 call claiming somebody had a gun, and when they arrived the officers confronted sterling and things quickly escalated. it clearly shows two police officers tackling and wrestling sterling to the ground. what happens next is not as clear. the camera turning away from the incident. seconds later somebody can be heard saying he's got a gun, followed by audible gunshots. nbc news does not know what happened before or after what is shown in the recording. baton rouge released a statement saying sterling had been killed but so far authorities have not provided details about what happened or what caused the police to pull their firearms. both officers involved have been placed ondm

hundreds of residents chanting black lives matter and setting up a makeshift memorial, and among them sterling's sister. >> i think something really need to be done and something need to be done quick about this. there no reason for you to handle him the way that you did. it wasn't right. >> on social media overnight, outrage. some tweeting feel sick to my stomach after seeing the alton sterling video, and it could have been me, you, my uncle or father. the owner of the store said he is sure the incident was caught on the surveillance cameras. that video has been taken by the police. and then we have reports of three tornadoes across minnesota and most of the damage we saw was in and around

st. paul. winds gusted up near 80 miles per hour and had reports of golf ball-sized hail, and because of the damage to trees and power lines, there was flash flooding, too. it postponed the twins game for a little while yesterday and we are going to continue to see that area sort of with the same chance of storms, especially as we go back into tomorrow. today we are seeing most of the stormy weather moving through chicago. look at the squall line of storms. lots of cloud to ground lightning, and springfield in missouri is still under a severe thunderstorm warning with the next squall line moving eastward towards that area. we have this zone of an enhanced risk, that includes south dakota and northern nebraska and we have the chance of storms today through waterloo iowa, and st. louis, missouri, and stretch into paducah, kentucky. the threat is south of minneapolis but minneapolis could see another round of stronger storms and the threat

a threat of tornado is possible it's the threat of the straight line wind gusts that can cause damage and dangerous lightning and flash flooding and we could see one to two inches of rain fall in a short period of time. good morning. here in washington, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s already. 76 in fairfax. and 77 already in virginia. forecasts highs today, well up into the low 90s with heat index values peaking near 100 degrees this afternoon. the next couple of days, no relief in the heat until sunday and then it will be cooler and more importantly it will be less humid. >> that's your latest forecast. coming up, a cabdriver finds nearly $200,000 in his cab, and returns it. but here is the question, why was a passenger carrying that

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we're we're back at 7:41 this morning on rossen reports. dozens of people were injured in dallas at a tony robbins event, and why were dozens burned and others were not? we are understanding, jeff, you are going to try it out yourself. good morning. >> a lot of people calling me crazy back at the studio and my household but we are going to do this to show you how it works to lift the veil and pull back the curtain. we do have the hot coals laid out. do not be fooled. you can probably see how hot it is withso

empwurz still lit. experience wi. i also wondered a lot like you, what is this all about, why would anyone do it? is it really about spiritualal? this morning, we're showing you everything. early this morning, 5:00 a.m., the experts lit the fire. >> nice, going to be a great bed of coals here. >> reporter: and laid out the burning walkway. we're working with a group called life courage. they hold these motivational seminars which include fire walking. >> i did the signs because it was helping me go over my fears. an hour doing mental.

mindset, i could be hurt. but fire walks like this have become controversial. less than two weeks ago, famed motivational speaker tony robins hosted a fire walk for thousands in dallas, dozens were injured. >> the coals didn't do us good tonight. we got burned. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the event saying 911 wasn't necessary and only five of 7,000 participants requested any examination beyond what was readily available on site. so why do it? fire walking experts say it's about transforming your life and conquering your fears. but some doctors say, walking on hot coals is really about something else. >> mental fabrication will not get you across safely. it's not mind over matter. >> reporter: so what is the science? how does it work? first, they light a fire and let it the burn

the charcoal is hot, 1,000 degrees. those coals are covered with a thin layer of ash. that's what your foot touches and it's cooler than what's burning below. protecting your feet from the fire, and doctors say, it's also the way you walk. >> you want to step lightly, but walk briskly. when you run, you have more contact with your feet on the hot coals, then you could risk having a burn. >> reporter: it is good advice as i'm about to do this live. just to point out to you, we're outside right now, but we're doing the actual walk inside of a tent because most of these fire walks happen at night, they mentally want you to be able to see the orange so you're not fooled with the daylight that it's just ash. i should point out to you, we have an ambulance on standby. we have paramedics ready to go, and we are joined by tony sim s simons, good to see you. i want to address the critics, this is a way to get people into the seminars, t

do with spirituality or mentalism, it's got to do with sciences and physics. >> no problem, of course it's physics, everything comes down to physics, there's a bunch of reasons why it can work. the reason why people do it is because it helps them stay focussed. it gives people access to more courage which is useful in life as you face a scary, daunting situation, and you stay focussed and relaxed, and thoughtful in approaching that. >> reporter: so you're saying it's a way for people -- what your position is, it's a way for people to say, i've walked through fire, i can handle whatever challenge. >> it makes people realize how powerful they are. as for the money, i don't do this for money, my day job is i'm a professor at cornell university, i teach leadership, i research on integrity, and it pays way better than fire walking. >> reporter: let's do the burn. >> i do this because i love it. >> reporter: you'll walk in with me. we're going inside the tent. and i w i will tell you, i am

we kept it pretty dark in here, and if you can come with me, bill. we kept it dark and there's a group in the back. how should i walk? >> stay loose and breathe deep and the group will start chanting and i want you to listen to the song and imagine the song carrying you through the fire. might feel like you are stepping on to a bed of popcorn or hot, but stay relaxed. >> i am really scared. >> yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. >> oh, it's hot. i did it. did you see that? wow. it feels really hot, but i have -- my feet are pretty morning for morning tv, and my feet

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7:56 is your time now on this wednesday, july 6, 2016. we have had no real huge problems, knock on wood, and the outer loop itself, all lanes open, and the inner loop not too bad, and heavy springfield moving up into annandale. and the good news is the crash on pennsylvania avenue is moved to the shoulder. we will take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

not quite 8:00 in the morning and already many neighborhoods are close to 80 degrees outside this morning and plenty of humidity around as well, and it's going to be a steamer to be outside today. today's high, up near 93 degrees, and a 30% chance for storms coming up tomorrow, and the heat indexes today and tomorrow up near 100 degrees. drink extra water. another news update for you in 25 minutes, but for now back to the "today" show after the break.

♪ ♪ it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, eyes on the road. self-driving cars are the wave of the nuch, but does it mean drivers should be doing this? new questions about a false sense of security following the first fatal crash from the new technology. plus the sweet smell of success. we'll take you inside cinnabon, the billion dollar business built around icing and indulgen indulgence. now running some megabrands. >> i learned how to cook in the kitchen, and i pulled bartender shifts and helped run shifts with the managers. so in a short period of time, i e massed a resume. and the picture worth a thousand words, why this photo of ryan reynolds next to taylor swift

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50% fewer calories. can i stop, jane? no. trop50. tastes so good you won't believe it has 50% fewer calories. we're back, it's 8:11, new questions raised about cars on autopilot. >> joe frier has been looking into that for us, good morning. >> willie savannah, good morning, the hope is some day they will make our roads much safer cutting down on deaths by eliminating human error, but in the interim, a recent fatal crash involving a tesla is raising questions about whether this technology could pose a threat to other drivers. >> reporter: when the tesla model s hit the road with autopilot technology, a number of videos hit the internet showing drivers going hands-free. playing gaming, reading, even sleeping while the car's in motion. >> this is the tesla

>> it sure is. >> reporter: we took a drive in one with motor trend's testing director, kim reynolds. it's probably tempting to really want to take their hands off the wheel, isn't it? >> it can be tempting. . you understand the system's well enough, you resist that temptation. >> reporter: the autopilot technology uses sensors and cameras to accelerate, brake, even steer. still the cartels them to always have his hands on the wheel and be ready to take control in an instant. >> that beep was the car saying it wanted reassurance that i was behind the wheel. i gave it that reassurance. >> if you're using the autopilot technology, what's the most important thing to tell drivers? >> don't trust it. i've seen many, many scenarios in my own experience that could have been dangerous if i had trusted the system too much. >> reporter: dangerous, not just to the driver, but everyone else on the road. investigators are now looking into the first fatal crash involving autopilot,

brown died after his tesla collided with a turning semi in may. tesla says neither autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor-trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied. the car maker says the technology is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert earlier this year, the company's ceo elon mosque said it's safer than manual driving. >> 50% lower if you have autopilot on. >> reporter: automakers now offer some level of self-driving technology. and companies are developing totally autonomous cars. this summer the federal government plans to release new guidelines for autonomous vehicles. >> it's true, there are real and significant questions about the safety of new technology. and at the same time, the new technology is bringing safety advancements, it is also creating new vulnerabilities and new risks. >> reporter: this morning, there are new reports of another t this morning there are new

reports of another tesla accident. according to the detroit free press, the driver said the tesla x was in auto pilot, and no major injuries and the crash is under investigation. >> joe fryer, thank you very much. >> as an assist, a handy tool. >> yeah, no sitting in the backseat and reading a book. the honest cabby who returned a bag full of cash, a big bag full of cash. he dropped off a passenger, and the guy was supposed to come back, but after 30 minutes there was no sign of the passenger so raymond decided to look in the bag for id and that's where he found stacks of 20, $50 and $100.

$187,000. raymond turned the money to the police and gave it back to the passenger. the money was part of an inheritance. he got a $100 reward. >> why not more than that? >> if you just inherited. you have one job, and -- >> you go to the authorities, and i found something valuable, and they call you and say i found $50,000 in the backseat of the cab. >> and then you return it with a whole. >> how would you react if you got to meet or idol? some kids got the surprise of a lifetime, steph

their door. he pretended to faint. another kid steps over him to meet steph. here is what happened when steph went over to the girl's dorm. >> i got dominos pizza. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> this video was shot at the warriors overnight basketball camp in hawaii. steph made them so excited because he just got kevin durant to jane them. here's the question pending. is it ever okay for men to wear flip flops? >> why is it not okay? >> the righter says the real offense is that flip-flops provide little to no protection.

i wear them everyday. that's me every day. >> willie, if you don't wear flip flops? >> i wear them to the beach and pool and places like that, but i don't think i wear them out walking around the streets of new york, and probably because of that reason, they are tough to walk in. >> what about sandals for men? >> i don't do the man dulls, no. yes, yes. let's start, taylor swift, a ton on her, tuesday that epic july 4th bash that she threw at her mansion in rhode island. my goodness, fireworks, giant red slide, american flag bikinis everywhere, famous people, a ton of photos flooding social media, but here's the one picture people are talking about. you see taylor and tom, they're on the far left, taylor's friend on the the right. blake and ryan. people are asking, w people are asking, what is

through ryan reynolds' mind, and others are comparing it to that chris christie face in march. and then buzzfeed saying it's possible they are shooting a giant music video and this is all for performance arts and for the public's amusement. >> i totally subscribe to that theory. >> i kind of wonder myself, because since when did celebr y celebrities want all that, basking in their matching outfits. >> we have never seen anything like it. >> we're on to you. >> is she still going out with calvin harris, this will be the greatest prank of

that is that the spice girls iconic song being used to help girls and women all over the world, and use the #whatireallywant to share dreams engender equality. >> love it. the video was great. >> how about the weather? >> it's hot. and that's about it. that's a look at the weather across the country, and now here's a peek out your window. >> a hot one in washington, and 81 in leesburg, virginia, and 77 in gaithersburg. a quick rise into the upper 80s and low 90s today and a lot of hazy sunshine out there. air quality is code orange today, unhealthy for sensitive ou

take it easy. a better chance for a cooling shower coming up tomorrow, and tomorrow's high, 94. >> that's your latest forecast. thank you, and we have more of our special series, billion dollar brand. >> and we are looking at some of the masterminds. >> cat coal's success story. she went on to turn cinnabon into a billion-dollar brand. >> i believe anyone has the potential to start and build a billion dollar brand. >> because she did. >> she led the 30-year old brand across a billion-dollar threshold. she started working at a hooters restauran

>> i was a hostess. >> she says her work ethic came from her haupl who worked hard to raise three girls on her own. >> she had to work three jobs. this is not 1933. this was in the '80s. >> she encouraged her daughter to dream big, and cat became the first in her family to attend college with plans of becoming an attorney but her life took a different turn. >> when i was 19 i was offered the opportunity to open a hooters in australia, and becoming hooters youngest vice president. >> what type of reaction do you get? >> i got so many reactions, but i remember several times when people would say, how can you

how can you say you advocate for women but work with the concept that has socially acceptable sex appeal built around it and my pride of what we built around was so high and i was a 19-year-old college dropout, child of a single parent, alcohol parent, and you tell me what large fortune 100 company would have sent me to go open businesses? nobody. in 2010, her rise at hooters was taxed with reenergizing the brand. it's what she calls a pwaeus of the bon. >> international delight coffee creamer, an awesome partnership. we launched the cinnabon hoar khauta. >> that tst

everywhere. that strategy helped turn cinnabon into a billion-dollar brand. cat cole is now the focus of the brand and hoping to work the same magic with all six of their companies. >> we call it our innovation campus. >> really good. >> to salsas. >> with all of her success. >> one, be honest and authentic and confident in who you are and what you stand for because ultimately that's all that is going to differentiate you. three, do the right thing for the right reasons. use that to guide who you partner with, and what products you launch and whether or not you

>> your twitter handle, very important, reads connect tive, c community-building, capitalist, business advisor, nba-coffee loving chronic learner. is that the definition of you? >> i would say that definitely describes a lot of the things that i believe. i hope the definition of me is someone who helps people see their capable of more than they know. >> reporter: and cole responds to every tweet she receives. part of her business strategy is to listen to the customer. kat says she also makes a point to mentor other women coming through the ranks hoping to see more women reach america's board rooms. she's incredibly inspiring and i can report, i enjoyed every bite of my visit. >> well jenna, we are doing the same thing. >> impressive. >> hot plate of cinnabons. >> jeff's going to walk over them. >> there's a smell

comes from the cinnabon -- >> i know. >> and i follow it, floating through the airport. it's so good. >> so delicious. >> such a strong brand. >> it is. coming up, tomorrow, company that's well on its way to becoming a billion dollar brand. in fact one of the founders already has another billion dollar empire under his belt. so we'll talk about that. coming up, jill's stealing deals after the local news.

. good morning. it's 8:26 on this wednesday, july 6th. let's begin with a check on your commute with jack taylor. good morning. >> we had a late crash up in montgomery county in germantown headed westbound and not major but it's in the normal path of travel, be aware. and then metro continuing work, surge number 3, blue and yellow lines shut down between braddock road and the national airport. a check on your forecast right after this break.

yesterday we made it up to 91 degrees at national airport, and already in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees now and we will be back in the 90s today, tomorrow, friday, and on into the weekend as well, and hazy hot and

and most likely day for a thunderstorm will be on friday, turning less humid by sunday afternoon. you can get the latest news and weather anytime, just open the nbc washington app.

it's wednesday morning, 6th of july, 2016 and we're counting we're counting down to friday. a big concert coming up at the end of the workweek. shawn mendez will be here. our largest crowds of the summer for him. >> news to add to that, just in, in september, shawn's going to be headlining, if you can believe this, at madison square garden. he's going to do it for the first time and to celebrate, we're going to sweeten the dea

if you're here with us on friday to see shawn, you might get an exclusive code that'll enable you to preorder tickets for that. what a huge gift, madison square garden. >> more incentive to be here. it's going to be huge. coming up this half hour, how to live your life in technicolor with a little help from our buddy, jill martin. she has an extra bright edition. we have the best apps and the websites for making your vacations easier and cheaper than ever. >> and right now a taste of summer from the lovely, mrs. did you know it holds the world record for the most fans ever to

and the current capacity about 79,000 fans. the stadium squeezed in 173,000 fans, and this was during the 1950 world cup final. what were the two teams in the finals? >> italy. >> brazil. urugu uruguay. >> when i saw it, i said ma. let's get a check of the weather. dylan made her way to times square. >> we are getting closer to friday's big premier of the "secret life of pets" from university. some pets have come here to times square and they have taken over times square. these are the furry friends from the upcoming animated film and they took o

48th street to 51st street, the largest blockbuster movie, and that's what it is being called officially. some of the pets are panting because it's hot in times square and we are well into the 80s and it's going to be hot across the country, and we have heat advisorie advisories, and temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s and it's going to feel like we are closer to 100 and we have a chance for stronger storms through the northern plains and through the midwest today and that's a look through the midwest and across the country. >> skies are still partly to mostly cloudy but it's humid outside, and 81 in leesburg and 77 in quantico, and 78 in annapolis. high temperatures in the low and mid-90s. plenty hot and not much chance for rain today and starting to pick up a better chance of an afternoon thunderstorm tomorrow

tomorrow in the low to mid-90s and all the days will be sizzlers through the weekend, and turning slightly cooler next week. >> and the "secret life of pets" opens on friday, and the billboards will be here until july 10th, and that's sunday, so get on down here if you are here in new york city. >> you are in times square, and it looks like you could be on a blue screen or something. >> no, i am here. >> you can see "the secret life of pets" taking over. turns out pets are just like us. this is the video we got in from hillary. pretty impressive. and here is pork chop taking care of some of the outdoor duties. >> that's adorable. >> and even pets like megan here can play on their

hopefully this is an older generation ipad. and just go to today.com/pets or online with the #todaypets. as you can see this morning, it's all about colors. jill martin is here and is ready to walk us through the colorful bargains. >> we're building our own rainbow here on the plaza, and we want to thank our friends on the plaza for dressing up and we will move along. so let's start with these pans, and they come in a variety of colors. retail, $115. they are ankle pants, but here's the deal. they have built in tummy control. >> sign me up. >> who doesn't need that. >> $115, and it's

>> what do we have over here? >> again, we see all the colors, and it's the speck laptop cases and they are from mac book. available in the 11-inch and 13-inch. retail $49.95, and a great deal, $15, 70% off. >> oh, my gosh. >> next over here, we have some very colorful candles. >> we move to yellow. the candles, the retail $85. these are major candles and come in the box, and they are a soy blend, and sold at blooming deals, and retail $85 and the deal is $25, and

a great house warming gift. >> i think team blue was the loudest. >> yes. this is the nail polish, retail $97, and a choice of two sets, pastels, or paradise. retail $97, and the deal is for $29, and that's 70% off. you get this entire stack of bracelets, and so what my mother did was she broke them into three and gave them as three separate gifts. retail $75, an 18-piece

three color combos, and that's not even all of them, and the deal is $22, and 71% off. >> all right. love it. nice colors. let's recap the deals this morning. we have the ankle pants, and the cancels from dl and company, and the nail polishes and bracelets, so if you have questions about these products, go to today.com. so exciting. coming up next, what you need to know before heading out to a summer vacation, and this is "today" on nbc.

all right, it's day two of design you nbc's olivia stearns are here, you can feel confident you are getting the best deal. always good to see you. we have three categories and we are going to begin with airfare. this will be challenging. trying to figure out which price is best. >> airfare prices are totally whacky, right. every time you are on the plane, the guy next to you paid $300 more, and the lady across paid half. and yapta will let you know if the price dropped. you can call up and rebook. >> it's frustrating to hear it dropped after you bought it. >> yeah, and doesn't work with all airlines and you have to get on the phone with the airlines. >> hopper is before you guy.

helps you to buy your flight. one downside, it charge as fee, and it charges about $5 for duh mest kwrebg tickets and $8 for international tickets and on average, willie, you save 50 bucks. >> let's move on to car rental. turo is a car sharing app? >> why let your car sit in the driveway, and put it to work and make money and save for a vacation, and you can actually pick up one of these cars at an airport, a hotel, and works in 2,700 cities and covers the car's insurance. >> rideshare there. >> auto slash, how is that different? >> it's a website and not an app but you can use the website from your smartphone and it does two things, a great port of call if you are renting a car so you can find discount codes for other major car rental agencies and after

reservation, and if that price drops it will let you know. >> that's cool. now we have to find somewhere to stay. and trip bam is the one you like? >> a variation on rebooking. you put your information in, let's say you have a couple kids and want a three-star hotel and a swimming pool, and you put in the criteria, and it will automatically rebook you. >> comparison shopping there. >> hotel tonight, and this works up to a week in advance. hotel tonight has been hugely successful. it has been downloaded 11 million times and works in 15,000 hotels worldwide. the cool thing, they have a new app where you can just go in and have one of

flight got in early and i need an early check in, or i need a sushi bar nearby, and do you know anybody? all three. >> thank you very much. up next, no evan needed. the perfect meal for the long hot dog days of summer. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:46 this morning. simple summer dishes. and what do you do with those knives. no hard effort required? >> we have rotisserie chicken, and somebody cooked it already which is great. and little mozzarella balls. >> i just learned that. >> i love

rotisserie chicken, and it's a short cut in the kitchen. you take the skin off, and you want to shred it, and i will cut a tomato. >> we did not give a fancy name for it. >> a roast chicken pan sau tphela. you can use leftover for that, or day-old bread. seufplt there something special about rotisserie chicken. >> can you have a little dark and white meet and a variety. >> keep it in the fridge throughout the week. make a chicken salad. >> anything i can do? >> would you like to drain the bow kau khaepby. >> be happy to do that. >> it's store bought. >> you did not do a whole lot, which is great. >> that's my kind of summer cooking. >> glad you were clear on that. >> now, you can just hold

that, and we will put the rest of the oil in with the red wine vinegar. >> great. >> and then we can add it altogether. >> you want to let that sit for 10 minutes to marinate. then we will add our croutons. >> just over here shredding. >> thank you. >> and here are the tomatoes with red onion. >> there it is. you want to -- >> what kind of lettuce did you use? >> araoug law. you don't need lettuce. >> what does the group downstairs think about this? >> delicious. >> really good. >> we love it. we love the window into your marriage. >> where he says, you have not done anything today. >> so supportive. >> we will make peach shortcake parfaits. we have

peeled, and crystallized ginger, and bourbon -- i don't think we have bourbon anymore. to the peaches that are peeled and sliced we will add the sugar, and we will let it sit for five or ten minutes. >> peaches in season right now, delicious. >> wow, i didn't know you knew that. >> we have a bowl that we put in the freezer, and savannah, you can use maple syrup. and this, it will whip until it becomes heavy -- >> you put the empty bowl into the freezer? >> yes. >> gotcha. >> this will take a couple minutes and we will get heavy peaks. carson is still

bourbon. >> our peaches because they had the sugar on them has the carameley sweetness. >> what are we thinking? >> love it. >> i have not moved on from the salad yet. i like to finish everything on my plate. >> does siri recommend your partner drink -- >> i don't recommend that. that's okay, you do what you want. >> thank you. >> thank you for the full recipes. check out today.com/food. performing live on our plaza, but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

♪ ♪ >> how good does that sound? we are back, the 1980 hit "crazy little thing called love."

international quartet champion, theo, david, and brothers cole and kyle. great to have you with us, guys. >> great to be here. >> you've been together seven years. >> yes. >> i'm always curious, how do you know which songs to pick which sounds good in your format? >> all four of us, and barbershop picks from a wide variety of generas. it's whatever song we like, we arrange it in our style and sing songs we love. >> it's fun because its been around what, 80 years, don't you think it's having a resurgence where it's really, pitch perfect really made it cool and fun again. >> absolutely. and barbershop is america's true art form. it started in america. and it's still thriving today. >> all right, what are you going to sing now? >> start of something big for you know. >> all right. take it away. ♪ watch the sun come up count your money ♪ ♪ or else in aim

ordering wine ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this could be the start of something ♪ ♪ something great ♪ start of something great [ applause ] >> instant classic-sounding. so good, thank you so much. are you out on tour? >> yeah, we're actually at the nashville international convention, happening in nashville, yeah, it's great. >> savannah does a little singing after a glass of wine. she wanted to join in. >> flip my mike very, very fast. thank you so much for

here. we're back after your local news. [ applause ]

>> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. >> 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, july 6th, 2016. good morning to you. i am eun yang. let's check on the traffic with jack taylor. >> we have a little heavy traffic around from 95 towards georgia avenue and that's starting to clear out, and we

have day number one being in the morning of metro's continued work, and surge number 3, blue and yellow still blocked between braddock road and the airport, and back to you. we will take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

hope you are ready for a hot summer day coming your way. temperatures are already get into the low 80s now in many spots. 82 in washington, manassas and dulles and leesburg, and 79 in winchester, virginia. forecasted highs in the upper 80s and mid-90s for downtown locations, and 93 in washington today and 94 the high in fredericksburg, and good weather for grilling out and not much chance for a thunderstorm.

this morning, megan and matthew hitting the stake tonight as new york's newest pop stars. and find out the inspiration between beyonce's body suit that she helped create. and from top destinations to the best hotels and much more, we have your ultimate getaway guide coming up now up. from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live federal studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome, it's july 6, 2016, i'm along with natalie, tamron, and

natalie has her morning jam, the fighter. >> it's good song to get you motivated. getting up in the morning, the whole song is about waking up with the right -- >> every morning. >> it's a great motivational song. if we're going from the gym, the fighter. >> you do the victory pose too. >> yeah. all of that. >> there you go. you're ready to start your day. >> victory pose is like this. >> you know, when you cross a finish line, you're crossing the tape. you do that in the minute. >> you are like on fire today. >> yes. so ready to go while the rest are breaking up. we're going to talk about the megamillions. >> victory pulse for this? >> just, speaking for the viewers. >> no, you're not. tell me about the suit. >> that's all i'm saying. >> yeah. >> that's birds, that's good. >> tropical paradise. >> that's not what i said i was, but i'm not going to repeat what i look like in t

it's summer, you have summer whites, summer yellow -- >> i forgot summer birds. >> you know, i collect birds, i was given a taxi it's a real bird. i will lend it out to you. >> it's hard to give back a bird. >> aw, thank you. no, kidding. it was phenomenal. it's wednesday -- what to wear wednesday. where that yellow, and white in honor of natalie, and just be fresh and clean in honor of mr. willie geist. >> our producer bought 25 new tickets. last night nobody won the huge mega million. now it's going up to $508 million. the odds of picking the collect

numbers, 1 in 259 million. >> the odds don't go up. >> the odds change in the amount of tickets you buy. >> even that doesn't increase your odds. >> not on each ticket, right. >> what increases your odds? >> it's gambling. >> you are the gambler. i will stick to blackjack. this never works for me. >> give it a shot. >> half a billion, you might as well buy one. >> we -- 25 of us gave in $5, so if we just kept that money, we would be much richer. >> we could have gone out to a steak dinner. >> why don't the odds increase depending on the more tickets you buy? >> don't follow-up on

subject. >> yeah, and so this one has a 1 in whatever in -- >> yeah, each individual ticket has a 1 in 293 million -- >> i am not buying it. >> we will buy a lot of tickets and tomorrow we will not be here. speaking of interesting things -- i don't know why i said that. i said that -- >> good try at a transition. >> al was the king of transitions. >> fried chicken in the corner. >> we'll explain why. you go to a restaurant, you're ordering food, whether it's a restaurant you've been to before or a new one, do you turn to someone and say or the waiter, i'll have what he or she is having? do you mimic what the person you're dining with orders? >> no, but if they sound something -- we compare order

too. that sounds great. you tend to do that more often. and you end up with three people at the table eating the same thing. >> which is my fear. there's new research says that people, people who eat similar food to each other are more likely to trust each other and get along. but, i think do you really want to go and everyone's ordering chicken for example. >> i like to sample everybody else's plate. >> it's a unique restaurant or a new place, i want to sample. if everyone's ordering fried chicken, then do you go in? >> i think everyone -- >> that's that. >> it is national fried chicken today. >> todayed is national fried chicken day. >> oh. >> blue ribbon restaurant. they sent over fried chicken. >> fried chicken is amazing. >> it is delicious. i could take out all the time. and this got me to thinking last night when they told us they were going to do this, do you have a secret ingredient or tip to making great fried chicken? everyone thinks their fried sching good,

it's not always great. >> this is amazing. >> send us your tip, #today's take. tyler florence has a tip. he says slow and low. he puts the whole chicken in the oven at 200 for a couple of hours. >> he bakes it -- >> then takes it out and puts it in butter milk and puts it in the fridge overnight and then takes it out and, you know, crusts it up or whatever and fries it. >> so it's mostly cooked through. you get that crisp on the outside. >> so good. >> what's your tip? what is your tip. do you fry chicken? >> buttermilk. soaking it in the buttermilk, and it's about the spies and good quality breading, and i don't know what they used, but this is good. >> i love when people do it in a cast iron chicken. >> i can't get the heat level out so i just went out and bought a deep

that -- i have not used it yet. it's still in the box. >> this is so did yelicious. >> yeah, i don't even know. chipotle. >> i will talk about tech rage. do you experience tech support rage when you are trying to call somebody to -- this happened to me yesterday. i have all these things to do before moving and i was trying to call a newspaper to cancel it because we are moving and they put me through five different people. are you sure you want to cancel it? you can get your prescription for 50% less? they kept transferring back to the same person, and then that person finally hung up on

myself self. do you remember this? they are destroying the fax machine. >> my problem is, your rage is already building trying to get on the phone with somebody so by the time you talk to somebody, you are already on fire, but it's i didn't understand that, can you repeat that? it's automated. you try to say it distinctly and your voice is going higher and louder. >> and it makes it worse when you are on hold forever with music. >> did you give up. you still have the prescription. >> they continued to try and get me to keep my subscription. i am like, i am canceling it. let me just say, i am canceling it. >> check it. >> i can get it online, too. >>ou

minutes. i will put the phone on speaker, and then you get through to the person and they are like, you needed this person. you are like, no, and it's 20 more minutes. >> yeah. this will make you feel better, natalie. i have nothing more to say than just watch this video because it's the cutest thing i have ever seen in my life. you have a dog and a duck. >> you have not had your child yet. >> appears good point. but for right now, animal videos get me through. this goes on and on, and eventually the duck outsmarts the dog, and goes the other way. >> there you go. i wonder how long this went on? >> i don't know if they are chasing each other like a game, or if err trying to attack each other. >> the duck looks aggress

>> it's a game. >> what do we have from the weather department. >> i don't want to leave the chicken but i am going to. not a heat wave here in new york, you need three days of temperatures at 90 degrees or higher and yesterday in new york we fell just shy of 90 degrees, but going forward there's a possibility we could hit that and we have heat advisories through most of texas and parts of oklahoma, and an excessive heat warning in tulsa and a heat warning for philadelphia, too, and we have some heat advisories right into new york city, and it's not just for the heat because temperatures will be in the 90s but it's the humidity on top of that that makes it very, very uncomfortable. stay hydrated when it's this hot. you add that humidity, and it mixes with the pollution. we are going to see temperatures in the mid to

feels like temperature closer to 100 degrees, and it's going to stay hot through at least friday. new york will be borderline if we hit that 90 degrees on friday and depends on how many thunderstorms begin to pop up and philadelphia in the mid-90s and d.c. close to 100 degrees by friday. >> good morning, everybody. it's going to be a sizzling hot day today. temperatures are already now climbing up into the low 80s across much of the d.c. and metropolitan area. forecast highs in the low 90s we will go and heat indexes into the mid-90s during the middle and late parts of the afternoon, and the temperatures will be above 80. heat indexes still near 90, and as late as 9:00 this evening. the next five days, heat and humidity for all right into the weekend. >> that's your latest forecast. >> great fried chicken. >> got a little more to go during the commercial break. from

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toves from the south up, soha w is the actual -- look at the numbers here and what are the concerns? >> we have in the continental u.s., we have over 900 cases of zika that have all been imported from abroad, i want to reaffirm that to people, there's no local transmission yet. we expect to see sbradic outbreak, if someone is infected, they can pass it on to other people. we're also following close to 300 pregnant women also have have been infected bid zooe da abroad. when it comes to prevention, the stuff we want to reiterate, you can use insect repellants and the things you're looking for are products that are epa registered that contain deet, you want to also importantly a lot of people ask is this safe for children? and the answer is yes, use it on your kids, but importantly, afly for them. you don't want to get it anywhere near their face or eyes. so you apply it on your hands and apply it to them. wear long sleeve clothing with

and removing that standing water. i know we don't have the a lot of that necessarily in more industrial urban areas, but swimming pools and flower pots and things like that need to be watched for and, you know, dump the water out. >> good stuff to keep an eye on. let's move on to ticks, this has been around for a long time. people think lyme disease, what are the risk kps. >> they should. a lot of the sarm principles will apply mosquito repellant as well as tick repellant. you can use deet, two for one there. and something else that people need to know about is that, not to be put on the skin, but apply it and treat it to clothing and gear and things like that. what do you do if you see a tick on you. that's the million dollar question, remove as quickly as you can. use a fine tip tweezer. not all are going to be the one to transmit lyme disease. you can describe what you see. now you don't need to be given antibiotics unless you feel a certain way we have for that, but if you do notice t if

symptoms of lyme disease, certainly if you have the classic bullseye rash you should be treated. >> how soon after you have that particular bite can you see symptoms? >> usually three to 30 days is the time you will see that early on. >> let's move over to poison ivy. >> i look at a whole thing of bushes and have no idea what i am looking for, but that's what they say. so poison ivy has three leaves and a red stem. something to think about, and i think it's important for people to understand, if you have the rash of poisen ivy, you can't transmit it by touching them, and it's the oil or resin from the leaf that causes the rash so if you think you have been exposed washed immediately with warm soap and water and all of your clothing put it in the

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these two don't need an introduction. megan, matthew are here fans watch megan play the triple threat ivy lynn. >> and then the teacher's tkpwhrurb on "glee" starring as director. both tv and broadway veterans are bringing their voices to american standards with the legendary new york pop. good morning. >> nice to have you here. performing with the new york pops. what can we expect? >> well, we both -- it's so funny because we do our own shows. i do like a 90-minute showed, and she has a 90-minute show, but we can't do that and we are like taking the best of, and the 90-minute show you have to pace yourself and this format, i will do full throttle for three numbers and then go off

>> i am still going to hold back. o hold back. >> yeah, i'm still there. >> and there are duets in here, too. give them a little -- >> we're going to rehearse them today. >> i don't think we can tell one of them. because it's not in the program. >> yeah. >> so do you have one in the program. >> we can tell them the other one. >> i don't know which which one you're talking about. >> that's chemistry. >> you have an arrangement, a beautiful arrangement of somewhere over the rainbow that we're doing that -- >> yeah. >> yeah. >> do you play? >> that's amazing. >> yeah. >> i love the ukulele, it's amazing. >> yeah. >> i did it with on my first album with gint paltrow, now i get to do it with someone that's actually amazing. oh no, no, no, no, i didn't mean it like that. >> i said, no -- >> you heard it here. >> someone who's also

>> you'll hear about that later. >> now you both are broadway stars first and then big tv stars as well. you've got a lot of projects in the works. you're in a pilot for the first wife's -- >> yeah, i leave this weekend to go to l.a. you're doing the first wives club for tv land, and it's different from the movie. it's based on those characters, but the changes they've made for television is incredible. >> still funny? still hilarious. >> and neverland in january, you got a break, do you feel recovered? >> i just got back from a honeymo honeymoon, we went all over europe and africa. it was life changing. >> reporter: broadway or the honeymo honeymoon? >> the honeymoon. >> africa, and just i said like europe is for the mind, but africa is for the soul. and it's just such a beautiful, beautiful place. >> all right, well thank you guys, congratulations, and we'll be

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those early-morning clouds breaking up and moving away and the sunshine doing its work on rising the temperatures up, and now 84 in manassas, and 79 in annapolis. highs today will be in the low to mid-90s. plenty of

afternoon storm chances turn back into the forecast for thursday and friday. thank you. we're back with another update in 25 minutes.

taking a look at the headlines, you have probably seen the videos by now of the infamous hoverboards catchinging on fire and more half a million being recalled ion battery is overheat. there've been almost 100 reports of heating and fires according to people and property being burned. eight different companies are involved. among them, razor and . for the complete list go to the website, today.com. the fda approved something for clogged arteries, and it's the first dissolving stint and the absorbed stint is already being used in europe and asia and has been a

the united states. experts say it could be an important tool in treating the leading cause of death in the united states. a big change coming for the next iphone release. the iphone 7 will ditch its current 16-gig abite version. p and videos. apple expected to unveil this fall. well if off verizon wireless plan, you may be paying for more if, c net is reporting the company's about to roll out data plans increasing by $5 a month, but increasing the amount of data available. larger plans would also offer more data and see prices go up by $10 a month. and verizon will allow customers to roll over unused data to the next month. latte lovers, listen up, starbucks prices also starbucks prices also on the rise once again, and some

cents more per cup. the company raised prices in july for the last two years, and coffee beans are cheaper than they were in 2014 but labor costs are up so the expense is being passed on to you, one iced carmel mock yacht yo at a time. let's get a check of the weather from dylan in or al. >> keeping our eye out through possibly strong storms, and passing over into the midwest, and we could see wind gusts this afternoon, and your feel like temperature from 105 to 110. in the northeast, feels closer to 100. and tomorrow most likely hitting the heat wave from philadelphia down through d.c., and especially down through the south, and parts of texas, too. we have an enhanced risk of stronger storms through the midwest. now here is a

>> good morning. things are warming up fast. we are in the low to mid-80s in most of the metro area right now and already in the upper 70s to near 80 in the shenandoah valley. your forecast for temperatures this afternoon, most areas will be up into the low 90s for a time today and downtown high temperature around 93, same in manassas, and 94 in fredericksburg, and warmer as we get into the rest of the week and the first part of the weekend. highs, mid to upper 90s thursday, friday and saturday and most likely day for thunderstorms will be friday. have a good one. >> that's your forecast. thank . let's get pop bit going, we're getting details on the stunning body suit beyonce wore last month. here is the scoop here. sop it's apparently a little work that is -- i don't know what just happened to me. i was looking at the body suit and got confused. in an interview with uk fashion

mcdonald, i understand now, #fabulous, reveals that he and team worked day and night to create this custom piece which was made up of 30,000 black caveats crystals. the singer was hands on requesting a design inspired by african tattoos and body paint. you had no idea what to look for or what wear it again or at all. when he saw his creation on tv, he fell off his chair. there you have it. well everyone, maybe buzzing about taylor swift's epic july 4th bash with her celebrity squad. turns out george clooney, yes, he had a star-studded holiday of his very own. check out george with his wife iowa mall, bill murray lounging on a boat at a party hosted by the couple in italy, even better, bill is rocking a george is a beautiful man t-shirt in honor of his buddy. and clooney nannas, the tee's available for 25 bucks. you cannot get the bce

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the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. at just 19 years old, singer song writer grace is already taking the music industry by storm. it started with her chart-topping remark of you don't own me, produced by the legendary kwinsy jones. it racked up 58 million plays. number one in the uk and australia and went on to become certified gold here in the u.s. she made her tv debut right here when she was futured at elvis's artist of the month with kathie lee and hoda. it's called fma andhe's over with natalie and tamron to tell them all about it. >> she's right here, that album titled fma, forgive my attitude. grace will be performing her latest sing, it's

a girl. congratulations. >> thank you. we want to know the soup on fma. >> it stands for forgive my attitude and i am a young woman and i think it's important to have attitudes and opinions on the world and what goes on in it. be you and do what you got to do. >> you are going to perform for us. >> yes. >> take it away. >> take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪ time to be done with you ♪ feels good when i wake in the morning let the sun come through ♪ ♪ i'm not thinking' bout you ♪ feeling good when i look in the mere, my

♪ slept all night for the first time in months i'm finally where i want be and all my dreams are coming true ♪ ♪ so how does it feel to know you messed up ♪ ♪ you messed up, you messed up ♪ bet you feel so stupid that you played with my heart ♪ ♪ i don't care to see you, i don't care where you are ♪ ♪ i know you didn't think it comes around oh ♪ ♪ karma, karma, karma she's a hell of a girl, oh, oh ♪ ♪ you messed up, you messed up ♪ all of my friends

all i was at the night because you're so alone ♪ ♪ oh ♪ ♪ loving me is over boo, should have done it when you had your chance now look at you ♪ ♪ so how does it feel to know you messed up ♪ ♪ you messed up, you messed up ♪ bet you feel so stupid that you played with my heart ♪ ♪ i don't care to see you, i don't care where you are ♪ ♪ i know didn't think it comes back around, oh ♪ ♪ karma, karma, karma, she's a hell of a girl, oh ♪ ♪ one day here then you're gone ♪ ♪ i waited so long to find love on my own ♪ ♪ left when

how they always do ♪ ♪ well baby so long, oh ♪ so how does it feel to know you messed up ♪ ♪ you messed up, you messed up ♪ bet you feel so stupid that you played with my heart ♪ ♪ i don't care to see you, i don't care where you are ♪ ♪ i know you didn't think it comes back around, oh ♪ ♪ karma, karma, karma, she's a hell of a girl, oh ♪ ♪ it comes back around, mmmm [ applause ]

>> beautiful. beautiful, grace, thank you, the album again called fma. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast

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a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor about trumenba. 9:57 is your time on this july 6th, 2016. tonight there will be a community meeting about the recent killing of a young father. nobody has been arrested. tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at the charles houston recreation center. let's check your forecast with team

chuck. >> temperatures climbing in the low and mid-80s. 84 at dulles airport, and 79 in quantico. oh, just up to 85 in quantico. a summer sizzler today. heat index values will be close to 100 today and likely 100 or higher for heat indexes on thursday and friday, and turning less humid but staying hot. no real break in the heat coming anytime too soon. and our best chance for rain comes on friday. >> chuck, thank you. coming up on "news4 midday," we will have the chef cooking up delicious dishes. see you at 11:00.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. hello, everybody. welcome to hump day, winesday, wednesday, july 6th, otherwise known as international kissing day. pucker up. we are going to celebrate a little later. that's called "kill them with kindness qust. >> the funny and talented denny leery is here. it is called sex and drugs and rock 'n roll. >> based on hoda's life.