good morning. fight night in vegas. donald trump and hillary clinton set to duke it out one last time at the debate, their planes passing each other at the airport. polls showing hillary clinton with three weeks go, will trump up the ante tonight. in the philippines, a police van rams a group of demonstrators protesting u.s. military presence there. one person killed beneath the tire before getting up. this morning, why the police are saying the driver did nothing wrong. chilling execution, disturbing video of a judge in mexico being gunned down outside

infamous drug lord, "el chapo"? and chow, the obamas host their final state dinner at the white house with italian flair, the guest list star-studded. we'll take you inside wednesday october 13th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, from nbc news, this is "today," matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from washington, d.c. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to today. a special split edition on a wednesday morning. savannah is down in washington. bonjorno. >> bonjorno. we really chowed down last night at the state dinner, matt. that's why i was here, got the exciing once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the state dinner at the white house for the obama administration. it was a beautiful night, the weather was perfect and we had a great time.

>> michael looked very handsome and you looked beautiful. we'll talk about that in a little while. let us begin with the battle to replace the president. the state of the race with 20 days to go. tonight, the final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump. heading into that showdown, a new bloomberg politics poll shows clinton with a nine point lead nationally, 47% to 38% and president obama hamme election saying the republican nominee is whiing before the game is even over. >> we begin coverage with hallie jackson already live out the hall in las vegas. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey there, savannah. both candidates have been getting in last minute prep tonight. for donald trump, he trails hillary clinton in almost every

guest list, it will be trump's last chance to prove he has what it takes to try and turn it around. past the glitz of the vegas strip, a strip down stage for the final fight night of 2016, the candidates already in position, their dueling planes seen squaing off on the tarmac. donald trump prepping on his plane focus on foreign policy and iraq and libya, particular, the benghazi attack in 2012, trying to rattle hillary clinton by inviing the mother of one of the americans killed in that take who blamed clinton for her son's attack. >> how could she do this to me. >> reporter: also in the audience, president obama's half-brother who is reportedly backing the gop nominee, hours after the president blasted trump recommending he cut the complaining. >> i'd advise mr. trump to stop

to get votes. >> reporter: trump on the trail insisting the system is rigged even without widespread evidence of voter fraud. >> they even want to try to rig the election at the polling booth where so many ciies are corrupt. you see that. >> there is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow you could even rig america's elections. >> reporter: trump's making it clear he's running not just against clinton but the a. internet. >> reporter: the polls. >> i don't believe the polls anymore. >> reporter: and the entire establishment. trump out now with a new plan to put term limits on members of congress. six years for the house, 12 years for the senate. >> we're going to drain the swamp in washington, d.c. >> reporter: in vegas tonight, clinton has her own debate strategy and her own challenges, stick to the issues and avoid getting testy with trump.

businesswoman,ing me whitman and outspoken mark cuban. trump has been off the trail letting her surrogates doing it for her. >> electing donald trump as president would be a disaster for this country. >> yes, that's bernie sanders, clinton's former rival, the subject of new e-mail released by wikileaks stolen apparently from a top clinton aide's account even though clinton and the messages. calling sand ears due fuss and another puts sanders on a potential list of running mates along with he heads of apple, starbucks and gm. not everybody wants to be talking about those hacked e-mail. new this morning, senator marco rubio in a statement to nbc news is warning his fellow republicans not to try to

politically saying today, it's the democrats but tomorrow, it could be the gop. all of it is here on stage, as we're learning today a possible break in a long time tradition with the report there will be no handshakes between the spouse, former president bill clinton and donald trump's wife, melania. matt. >> good to know. thanks very much. let's bring in our political a need to look to the last debate? just before the last debate, the video came out with a tape showing donald trump made disparaing comments about women. what did he do? apologize and went on a blistering offensive. now we have the debate where we heard from nine women coming forward to make accusations of unwanted contact with donald trump. strategy? >> he will make it anything

it could be a bumpy night. >> you expect to see the same tone with donald trump? >> i don't think you will see him opening up with an apology. coming into the first debate he was down 2 1/2 points on the national polling averages, coming into the third debate, eight, nine points and close to out of grasp. >> he's wounded and desperate as he sees the polls coming out of his grasp. >> wounded and because the very subject matter brought back problems in her family's past, do you see her stay away and keep her distance? >> i think you see her go back to the first debate where you see her pushing trump's buttons and hurt herself and does she let him go into trumpiness. >> when you question donald trump, you question his business acumen and when he is provoked he responds.

ball. i expect you will see more. >> it's not all roses for hillary clinton either. in the last couple of weeks, we've seen alleged transcripts of the discussions and talks she gave to the speeches forgasque. we know she talked about a -- for goldman sachs. we know she talked about a private and public stance. she will be asked about this. >> donald trump says we will drain the swamp, making a him on defense and talk about the future, her vision for the country where she wants to lead it and how to heal the wounds of this campaign. >> you're saying avoid it. she can't avoid it all night. she will be asked pointed questions about it. >> she needs a clean answer and pivot to make it about him. >> what's the clean answer? >> the clean answer is the best thing about experience is you learn from your mistakes and

are face to face and let voters come pair them standing next to each other on the stage. let's talk about trump first and then go to clnt. what is the one thing -- to clinton. what is the one thing he has to say and avoid saying. >> we're with less than one months away from picking a head of state. he is undermiing the institution how we pick our he must signal tonight he will accept the legitimacy of the american people's vote. one thing he needs to avoid tonight which is difficult for him, is to avoid being put on this defense where he becomes incoherent and angry and -- >> quiriness of tv, i'm making you hillary clinton's campaign manager.

have to say? >> she has to prove she's the only president on the stage and be on offense and make trump take the bait so the debate is about trump harming trump. >> fireworks. appreciate it very much. you can see the third and final debate, 9:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. lester holt will host nbc coverage along with savannah and chuck todd. >> matt, we go overseas now, new developments in the isis. richard engel is on the ground in iraq this morning. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. there are already signs of what could become a humanitarian disaster as the u.s. is accuing isis of holding the people of mosuls a human shields.

mosul pushing from three sides. the advisors tell us mosul will fall and with it the isis caliphate in iraq. >> may lose mosul and when they lose the territory they have in syria, i think that really puts a knife in the heart of isil. >> reporter: but isis isn't telling that to its supporters, just the opposite. its propaganda is showing life better than ever in mosul, people working, eating out. different reality. some leaders from isis also known as d.a.s.h. are fleeing the city. >> there are fewer today than yesterday and will be fewer tomorrow. >> reporter: we saw an entire village south of mosul up and leave. all the family, their animals, too. they walked for miles through the desert to escape isis and

village around 5,000 people, there are over a million in mosul. the number of displaced people could be enormous. the u.n. said it expects 250,000 people to be displaced once fighting ends in mosul and perhaps more after that. the general warned isis could try to carry out terrorist attacks in retaliation back you to. >> richard engel in iraq. thank you very much. now, a shocking murder caught on camera, the victim, a judge in mexico, who was apparently involved in the case against infamous drug king, "el chapo," gunned down in front of his own home. nbc has the investigation. >> reporter: showing the judge jogging when a hit man comes

the 37-year-old judge had presided over a number of high profile drug cartel cases. while nbc news has not been able to independently verify the connection, some mexican media have linked the judge to drug kingpin joaquin chapo guzman extradition case. "el chapo"'s lawyer says his infamous client, who escaped prison twice, using elaborate tunnels like this, was not involved in the m a court spokesman has not responded to nbc's inquiry. widely feared even behind bars, experts say "el chapo" remains powerful but is hardly the only one capable of ordering such a brutal hit. >> this is the way the standard operaing procedure for drug cartels in mexico. they will continue to carry out these kind of violent acts in order accomplish their goal. >> reporter: in a crime that

violence, mexico's president has promised a full investigation. "el chapo" could be extradited to the u.s. next year to face charges raning from drug trafficking and money laundering to murder. but the cartel violence in mexico shows no signs of going away, this another horrific example of the danger and the price often paid in the war against drugs. for today, miguel almaguer, nbc disturbing video we showed you at the top of our show and warn you images are graphic. at least three people were injured this morning when a philippine police van rammed protesters out side the embassy. the van with a police officer drove back and forth, slammed people surrounding the vehicle, one man was pinned but managed to get up and walk way. the demonstrators were calling

the van sas the man was merely protecting himself from the protesters attacking him. a ghaun outside a cease-fire high school. on tuesday, four male suspects walked up to the june jordan campus and started shooting just as classes were ended for the day. the building was placed on lockdown. four students in the parking lot were shot and three others in critical condition and the injuries and they say it was not random, one was the intended target. i promise i will put the summer clothes away after we get through another 80 degree day. then it cools down for more of what you would expect for mid-october. it will feel like late august with temperatures 10-20 degrees

slinking a bit. we should break a record in philadelphia. we'll come close to it in new york city, hartford. baltimore should break the record with a forecast of 85 degrees. looking to break records in charlotte. savannah comes close, bracking the record by 2 to 3 degrees. and it will start to cool off a bit in the northeast because of a series of cold fronts we have looking at a chance of isolated storms, missouri and arkansas and hail damage would be the biggest threat and once the front moves through it should drop to the 50s. that's the forecast and your local forecast comes in 30

>> good morning. a little weather front across southern pennsylvania. could bring showers but not much in the city. temperature-wise in the mid-60s, afternoon temperatures up in the low 80s, enjoy it. a chance of rain early tomorrow morning and most of your daylight hours will be dry. looks like friday will be rainy and breezy and much colder weather arrives just in time for your weekend. >> that's your latest forecast, matt. >> thank you very much. coming up, we talk about the long and bitter feud between president obama and donald trump as the president tells the

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good morning, everybody. look at this beautiful sunrise, red in the morning, sailors take morning. valley but dry in the city today, temperatures above average. this cold front brings us a better chance tonight and coming up on friday. enjoy today. dry for most of us, rain chances better in the shenandoah valley but even there, not much of a threat. mid-80s today and chance for rain early tomorrow and late tonight and most of the rain comes on friday. don't forget the final

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[ we're off to see the 1/3 the wonderful "wizard of oz." >> that's a piece of history. the red slippers from the "wizard of oz." the smithsonian museum launched a campaign to preserve those shoes. matt, i know you have a check of "today's" headlines. >> click your heels and there's no place like home, savannah. see you shortly. a dangerous wildfire ignited near the dangerous area of porter ranch. more than 500 fire fightsers have been called in.

republicans to get out and vote on election day saying it is the most important decision they will ever make. >> this is our final shot, folks, in four years, it's over. you're never going to be able to win. it's tilting and will be a one party system. this is your final shot. again, the final presidential debate is in las vegas. among trump's guests, voing for trump and hillary clinton invited mark cuban anding me whitman. trump and clinton's campaign planes sitting side by side in las vegas. trump's boeing 757 with dwarfing the clinton's 737. the planes have tappingled on the tarmac before both in washington and cleveland. another moment getting a lot

slamming donald trump's claims of the rigged election, calling that whining. nbc's kristen welker looking at what is just the latest exchange in a long and bitter rivalry between the president and republican nominee. good morning. >> reporter: when it comes to donald trump, it has always been personal for president obama. this week, he turned their feud into an all out war of words during a joint news conference in the rose garden. feud is in the political world and now president obama is snlly telling donald trump to grow up. >> i'd advise mr. trump to stop whiing and try to get votes. >> reporter: amongst a scating claim that the election is rigged. >> it's unprecedented and based on no facts. when ever things start going badly for you and you lose, you

takes to be in this job. >> reporter: it's a public fight that started five years ago, when trump became the face of the birther movement, questioning whether the president was actually born in the u.s. during a 2011 interview with meredith vieira. >> you are not allowed to be a president if you're not born in this country. he may not have been born in this country. >> reporter: when the president released his birth certificate, the president claimed and when he was at the washington, d.c. dinner. >> we can get back to issues that matter, like, did we fake the moon landing. a. >> what really happened in roswell and where are biggie and tupac? >> observers have speculated trump's humiliation in 2011 may have fueled his desire to run in 2016. the simmering tensions boiling

nomination, both sides fiing shots. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. the reason is i have a lot of faith in the american people. >> you're lucky i didn't run last time when romney ran because you would have been a one term president. >> adding to the verbal fireworks, the issue that started it all, birtherism many critics say is steeped in racism. it wasn't until last month trump finally acknowledged the facts. >> born in the united states period. >> reporter: while the political brawl rages on, the president is making a plea for a smooth transition once the president is elected. >> the person who is the winner is confirmed and we move forward.

survives. >> president obama and donald trump have never competed in an actual contest. in some ways the voters have already weighed in. according to the latest wall street journal poll, 51% have a positive view of the president. that number for trump, 29%. >> kristen welker already at the debate hall. thank you. and effort launched in washington to save one of the smithsonian's most treasured pieces. an online restore the ruby slippers worn by judy garland in the "wizard of oz". tom is at the museum of american history this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. these are the slippers in this case since 1979, made in 1938. look over here. this is very cool. this is the original slip for the "wizard of oz" and the slippers were supposed to be in silver and changed to ruby

back to the slippers dorshy wore to oz and they're now in desperate need of expensive tlc. >> few movies mean more to americans than this one. dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man, cowardly lion and to toe and those slippers. >> there's no place like home. >> reporter: today, millions of size 5 slippers at the national museum of history. nearly 80 years since she skipped down the yellow brick road, the slippers complete with judy garland's name inside are showing their age. >> we see the sequins and we have a few of two sides. >> reporter: using high resolution, they have examined every bead and stitch, many flaing and faded.

>> reporter: that's all because of the humidity and the light? >> yes, most likely. those materials are very sensitive to those conditions. >> reporter: humidity and light are a museum's enemy. now, the smithsonian has launched a $300,000 kick starter campaign called, keep them ruby, not to restore but to preserve these american treasures. ryan littleman is the entertainment curator. >> we want to stop destainlation and create a new state-of-the-art case that will keep them in ruby condition forever. >> reporter: in 1939, they were simple white shoes bought from a retailer, dyed red and covered in sequins. down in the smithsonian labs, donna wallace admits they seem to transport her to a different place. >> when ever i would handle them the songs would come into my head and i would dance and smile

>> even today, the slippers have some magic. >> they sure do. here's an interesting fact about the slippers. they are actually not rubies, they're burgundy, because those early cameras could not read burgundy -- could not read ruby, could only read burgundy, as a result they're not ruby, they're burgundy. the campaign is on the smithsonian website if you want for the movie but these are the shoes worn by judy garland. >> i bet a lot of people will want in on that. thanks so much. we send it back to dylan and matt and your little dog. >> thanks to costello for not showing the flying monkeys. >> i hear you have a fear of the flying monkeys.

out. you mentioned that fire that developed outside of l.a. it's all because of these santa ana winds with the area of high pressure pushing everything offshore, a very dry wind, no moisture coming in from the pacific ocean. as the air goes down hill, it does tend to heat up. we're looking at near record highs today and possibly breaking records tomorrow. look how warm it will be. 81 degrees and this is 92 degrees. about 10 degrees above average. you rift humidiies down to 10 to 20% and especially in valleys and wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. we have that extreme fire danger that should last until at least tomorrow, too. that's a look at the weather across the country, a peek out your window. >> good morning. temperatures very mild and we're in this mid-60s. a slight chance for a shower or

the or dor, bring an umbrella just in case but not much of rain chance around the d.c. metro today. we should easily make it low to mid 80s today, another record likely at dulles airport. >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you very much. coming up, the ni push to have airlines refund the and the guests that made the obama's state dinner one to

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the real scoop in a moment. after nearly eight years, this is the 13th and final state dinner for president obama, more than president bush, he hosted 11 far fewer than president clinton, he hosted 28 state dinners. and with the italian prime minister in he said he was hosting the best for the last. honoring prime minister matteo renzif largest and also his last. >> in the immortal words of a great italian america, yogi berra, it ain't over until it's over. james taylor and rachel ray in attendance and jerry seinfield, too. the first lady dazzling in a rose gold gown by versace, her italian guest noing her recent

>> michelle, after the last week, let me be very frank, your speech are better than your tomatoes. >> the exquisite dinner fitting for fall, from the white house garden. butternut squash salad. >> we decided to just think of this as a typical italian sunday >> reporter: this italian dinner by chef batalia wearing his famous orange crocs. and gwen stefani and a musical tribute fit for a king or at least a prime minister and a president, hosting his final fancy affair. >> the president nostalgic at times saying he's no longer the young guy. he is 55 now.

amani in attendance. >> a real rager over at the department of agricultural. it was late night. it went until after midnight. gwen stefani played, so excited and invited her date to come up and sing with her at the end. that was awesome. >> you look beautiful. >> it was really fun. a once in a lifetime opportunity. it felt like the president and mrs. obama have that kind of nostalgic feel. it's a countdown, 90 takes office. >> lucky 13. you got your invite. >> thank you, taylor. coming up, taylor swift's message on instagram. and halloween candy, cauing

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overall, social users are passionate about this one. south dakota, we have to talk. and this is a candy-coated outrage. massachusetts has always been a reese's state and will always be a reese's state. according to the survey, they like starburst. matt, your home state of new york chose sweet tarts. what do you choose? >> i'm a hershey's kiss >> dylan, you're from new jersey where they like the sour patch. >> i like the chocolate candy. >> we went for chocolate this morning. i'm from kansas and almost chose twizzlers, but i am a kitkat girl, especially when you put it in the freezer. you can look at today.com to see the full results. i guess we're saying chocolate.

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good morning, everybody. a little more cloud cover than we've seen over the last few days and there could be drops on the i-81 corridor. it will be warm. we're in the mid to upper 60s already. most areas in the tomorrow. cooler with rain showers and windy and cool over the weekend. >> thank you, another update for you in 25 minutes. back to the "today" show after

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the final round, hillary clinton and donald trump arrive in las vegas ahead of the third and last debate in this roller coaster election. what each candidate needs to to walk away a winner. plus, in the morning or at night. we take you inside the great shower debate and tell you which time is really better for you. cher gets set to turn back time. maria shriver goes one-on-one with the music legend who reveals why she's ready to return to the stage at the age of 70. >> i didn't want to be finished, i didn't want to be through with singing and i knew that this

wednesday october 19th, 2016. ?? ?? >> we're from indiana! >> we've been watching the "today" show everyday since our wedding. 50 years ago! >> i'm celebraing my 20th birthday with the "today" show! shout-out to our family back in arkansas! >> 33 years married to this punk! yeah! we're back now, 8:00 we're back now. 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the 19th day of october, 2016. we have a loud and boisterous

>> nice to see you. it's a mr. speaker. savannah is in washington, d.c. after a state dinner last night. she won't be there long. you will jump on a plane and head out to las vegas for tonight's debate, correct? >> that's right. i'll play the slots for you, matt, just like you asked. >> you have the numbers i sent you also. before you get on the plane i want you to check out something you missed is us" last night. >> she and i weren't good together, so we're not. >> it's not like i was going to keep the job anyway. >> but you know who are good together? >> matt lauer and savannah guthrie? i love them. and i want them to be my family. >> and also us. we're pretty good together.

[ laughter ] >> wait, what? >> i love that. >> i love that show, by the way way. that's pretty cool. >> that was awesome. >> so exciting, they're talking about us on "this is us," matt. we made it finally. >> it was a tad random, wasn't it? we'll take it. >> it was perfect. >> i have a question for you. i have one request for savannah this morning. i asked her to wear the gorgeous show today. you looked gorgeous last night at the state dinner. >> you know me, hoda. you know just like you, that dress is wrapped in a ball and shoved at the bottom of the suitcase today. >> with the shoes on top. >> safe travels, okay? >> thank you so much. >> see you a little later. let's get a check on the top stories this morning. time for the news at 8:00. >> reporter: i'm andrea mitchell in las vegas where the stakes

debate against hillary clinton could be his last chance to turn around a campaign that is not going his way and all signs pointing to him employing the same scorched earth strategy he used in the last debate. donald trump vowing to drain the swamp in washington, calling for congressional term limits even though they were ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court in 1995. >> not only will it end our government corruption but we will end the economic stagnation tuesday, trump also repeating his claims, based on no evidence that the election will be rigged. >> they even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths where so many ciies are corrupt. and you see that. >> reporter: trump drawing a stern rebuke tuesday from president obama. >> i'd advise mr. trump to stop whiing and go try to make his case to get votes. >> reporter: trump's arsenal for tonight's debate includes a

malik, a trump supporter and the mother of sean smith, who spoke at the convention. >> i blame hillary personally for the death of my son, personally. >> reporter: trump deployed a similar strategy at last week's debate, bringing several women who accused bill clinton years ago of sexual assault, accusations he has long denied. today, one of trump's own accusers, natasha produced six colleagues and friends who she told at the time that trump made sexual advances a charge trump denied and nbc news has not been able to verify. one said she was with her when she encountered melania in new york. >> that never happened? >> that never happened. >> reporter: a daily torrent of

investigation into whether russia is behind the hacks. >> reporter: do you think the debate should focus on the extraordinary and disturbing role russia is making to try to influence our election. and the allegation she might be doing for tonight, she said she's ready for anything her way. >> you can watch the debate tonight, on nbc. big news for air travelers. the obama administration is out with new rules for airlines that addresses come mon complaints by passengers. among the plane changes, airlines would be required to refund baggage fees when luggage is substantially delayed. right now they only have to pay if the luggage is lost. third party online ticket sellers must be more apparent about fees and allow customers

airlines to more accurately report on-time arrival rates and the number of times wheelchair requests are mishandle. >> i hear people applauding. coming up, when do you shower before work or before bed? apparently there is a correct answer. we will give to it you on trending. >> i want to hear your answer to that. big news for taylor swift fans if you've been missing the superstar, she'll be back. cher shriver about her return to the stage at 70 and why she says she's never been a huge fan of herself, right after this. i laugh, i sneeze... there goes my sensitive bladder. sound familiar? then you'll love this. incredible protection in a pad this thin. i didn't think it would work, but it does. it's called always discreet watch this. this super absorbent core turns liquid to gel,

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welcome back, everyone. time for trending today. i can't wait to hear this. what was your most memorable experience? it's a multiple choice question. here are the options. your first job, your first kiss or your first concert? what would you say? >> probably my first job. first kiss was weird and awkward, like a weird time in your life. and to be forgotten. >> i won't choose first kiss just because that's what it would be so i will concert. is that a loaded answer? >> why won't you say first kiss? >> you said knew it was coming, you were regretting it. >> terrifying. >> and for people in kansas watch right now, thank you. >> mine was definitely first kiss. >> yeah. >> first kiss. >> what about you? >> first concert. >> i think it was first concert. elton john at the garden.

should participate it right there. ask people to rate their answers. here's what they said, in third place, the first kiss. 32%. runner-up, first job. number one, first convert topped the most memorable choice, first concert. when do you prefer to shower? do you prefer to shower first thing in the morning or last >> at night. >> you're at night. >> it leaves me more time to sleep in the morning. >> i'm in the morning because i need to wake up and get it going. >> i'm dying to know the answer. >> i shower every morning and shower probably once in the middle of the day and often shower at night, too. i like showers. >> wait. >> are you talking cold showers?

morning, they say if you shower in the morning you get the boost you need to get out the door if you want to get your juices flowing. you should shower at night if you're a stressed out person. they say you will wash all your stresses away. how about the midday shower? >> i goo to the gym so you have to shower in the middle of the day after that. i can't leave the house in the morning if i haven't showered. >> you can sleep for an extra 20 minutes. i take three minute showers. >> that's why you can do three. >> exactly. >> first, to drake, winning new kudos this morning, spotify announce his hit, na na na, essentially how it goes, racking up it an 880 million streams

ready to drop a new album this month? insiders say yes, in the meantime, she's getting ready for her first performance in almost a year performing this weekend in austin, texas. she hasn't shared any nu tracks yet but on instagram she offered a peek at her rehearsal. ?? >> taylor is quite busy these days. she has a big concert the night before th finally, emma stone looking very beautiful and sporting a pixie cut on the latest issue of vogue in the popular online series, "73 questions" and letting cameras inside her beautiful l.a. apartment and while opening up about herself, emma showed off a special talent. >> can you give me your best impression of someone famous?

check out today's facebook page. pretty good. >> it's really good. >> are you still in touch with the guy in kansas who you dreaded so much? >> only my husband and that's it. >> good to know. >> thanks for the clarification. how about a check of the weather? >> anything else you want to talk about or we'll just move on. >> lord. a moving through, these will eventually get rid of the 80s and wipe them off the map and replace them with the 60s. some storms later today in arkansas in the st. louis area stretching over to cincinnati. hail and damaing winds will be our biggest threat with some of those storms. as we go to tomorrow, we will see the second front producing much needed rain in the interior northeast and as it moves

in moisture off the atlantic and will bring a lot of rain across parts of the northeast including new england, too and we will see scattered showers across new england for the weekend and see rain across northwestern new york much needed. that's a look across the country, now a peek out your window. >> good morning. it's a nice day here in washington. temperatures are now in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. it will be a today. forecasting 81 degrees for our afternoon high temperature a little more cloud cover the last few days confined closer to i-81 for rain and late thursday night to friday, friday looks on the rainy side and the weekend looks dry, much colder and quite breezy. >> hoda and matt. >> announcer: "red, white and you" is sponsored by amazon.

presidential race, red, white and you. there is one group that both donald trump and hillary clinton will try to reach. that group is women. >> you may remember a few weeks ago, nicolle wallace caught up with a group of moms in the battleground state, north carolina, and take us to ohio to find out how millennial moms there feel about this race. >> who's definitely voing on election day? >> i live in ohio. my vote in ohio means >> on the southern shore of lake erie sits lake county just outside of cleveland where this group of millennial moms are still struggling with this election. >> this whole election has morphed into an alternate universe where facts don't matter. >> reporter: in 2008, barack obama won here. in 2012, mitt romney won this county. the margin of victory both times less than 1%. >> i don't expect perfection but

either candidate. >> reporter: as ohio becomes a must win state, one thing is clear, when it comes to winning over moms, both candidates have work to do. >> they need to win your vote and if they sat here and said, what would it take to lock you as a voter, what would you want to hear? >> neither one of these candidates seems to be above bashing the other. that really bothers me. i watched maybe 10 minutes of the first debate and i cafeteria. >> reporter: you are throwing your hands in the air? >> it is definitely a lesser of two evils choice. >> trying to get you to hate somebody opposed to trying to get you to like somebody. i have a daughter, 8 months old, i look at her, not just the next four years, it's whatever world she has to grow up in. >> i know hillary has flaws. >> reporter: what could she do

>> show a warmer side and try to connect with people more. >> when you compare to other candidates you don't get a great feel for who she is. >> her accountability is zero, you have baghdad, the e-mail -- benghazi and e-mail on the server and even pneumonia and you can't believe a thing that comes out of her mouth. >> reporter: where does that leave you? >> with donald trump. >> but the in every group. >> reporter: how do you get over the concerns about trump? >> i don't think you get over it. you hope he puts good people around him to make good sound decisions and pray he can hold it together for four years. >> i have a hard time with donald trump because a lot of what he says goes back and forth so much you can watch him contradict himself. >> what advice would you tell mr. trump if he was sitting

and he needs to turn it around and be the republican they nominated. >> any leader that admits to treating women in a certain way, it's hard to say they are a good choice to be the leader of the free world. >> reporter: historically, women vote in higher numbers than men. in 2012, 53% of voters were women. getting out the vote is crucial. >> who's definitely voing for hillary clinton or wants to say so today? who's definitely voing for donald trump or wants to say so today? who remains >> reporter: there you go. the state of ohio, the great state of ohio. >> interesting, you ask what would it take to lock you in right now and you look at them and they raise their hands. do you get the sense something could happen in this debate tonight that will move them? >> the reason is they are not hard core partisans, as a group they like their governor kasich, a republican and a lot of things they like and admire about michelle and president obama.

an ideology or party. and tonight's debate is important especially for my one undecided mom. >> it's always one thing to look at polls. theirs are just numbers. to get out and sit down with the people behind those numbers is fascinating. >> they have so much wisdom and see and hear everything and miss nothing even though they're hold holding jobs and getting >> you can see it tonight on nbc tv. music icon, talking about cher. >> she sat down with special anchor maria shriver and made a big announcement. maria, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was a career that spent six decades. cher's star is burning brighter than ever. we caught up with her in los angeles to talk politics, social media and the state of the world

the pop goddess is returning to the stage, announing spring tour dates in las vegas and maryland. >> i didn't want to be si finished, i didn't want to be through with singing and i knew this would probably be the last time. my voice is still really good. i'm still active and running around. i can still fit in my costumes, so i thought this was probably -- it's now >> you're 70. do you just look in the mirror and go, i don't feel it, i just refuse to accept it? >> i just don't know how to accept it. i don't want to either. i don't really know how to. i look in the mirror and i see this old lady looking back at me. i have no idea how she got there. if i put 70 candles on my cake, i would blow my brains out. >> reporter: when you look in the mirror, what do you see?

but, you know, i'm never satisfied. i've never really been in love with cher. she's all right. it's like i'm not a huge fan. >> get out! >> no. >> reporter: you're not a huge fan of cher? >> i'm not a cher fan, exactly. >> reporter: luckily, cher has plenty of loyal fans waiting for her latest comeback. people think, gosh, you're cher, you probably don't have to practice, it just comes out, you've been doing this it is. >> reporter: if you want to know what's on cher's mind, look no harder than her twitter feeds and pulls no punches especially her feelings about donald trump. >> i feel like i'm yelling fire and no one is listening. i care about the country and i know that the people that are following trump, they care about the country, too. but i don't think it's the same

realities? >> yeah, i just do. >> reporter: you have been talking to kids first time voters, millennials and you are imparting it's really important that you vote. >> yeah. >> reporter: it's important you vote for hillary? >> yeah. she's done some things i'm sure she wishes she hadn't done and i can't back every play. if she has the chance to be a great president, she will rise to that occasion. >> reporter: cher knows all about riing to the occasion, whether it's send clean drinking water to residents in flint, michigan, or proviing safer helmets to troops overseas, cher is turning her outrage into action. she finds her day job gives back in a way, too. >> it's kind of their pu tick what i do on stage, when you can take people's minds off everything, you give them a respite from their problems and

>> reporter: there's so many women in hollywood and corporate america all over who say, i can't get a job after 45, 50, 60, forget it if i'm 65. nobody wants to hire me. what would you say to those women how to persevere? >> i'd say you have to be like a bumper car, you hit the wall and back up and go a different way and go at the wall again. the only thing i know is not to give up. i don't know anything else. i don't know how to not give thing. if you want to see the classic cher tour, there are only 24 dates scheduled right now. tickets go on sale this weekend. before she let's out on tour she's heading out on the road for hillary clinton. the next two weeks she'll be hitting the pavement all across the country for her. that's the best place to see her right away. >> i still can't believe cher is not a chancellor fan. that's crazy.

and bobby flay shows why he cannot live without that cast iron skillet. first your local news and weather. this is a "news4 today" newsbreak. >> 8:26 is your time on this wednesday, october 19th, 2016. i'm eun yang. wasn't to check on the traffic with melissa mollet. good morning. >> still have t southbound gw parkway. southbound lanes are blocked and northbound slow. on the beltway, a crash on the right side of the road there. as we widen out, beltway looking pretty typical, top problems at the american allege bridge. >> thank you. we'll take your forecast when we come back. woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing. woman: barbara comstock

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?? 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, october 19th, 2016. another beautiful day in the northeast including midtown manhattan. >> adam, adam. i have adam here who says he's the next matt lauer. are you the next matt lauer? >> it's good to have you here.

just ahead, ewan mcgregor and the much anticipated return of one of his most famous roles. a word about a little known condition women need to ask their doctor about. and bobby flay shares his secret weapon for the best cornbread ever and how to turn it into a delicious dish the next day. >> dylan, a check of the weather. >> nice if we can keep this weather around and going to the end of this week all because of those cold fronts draped across the country. we could see stronger storms back through parts of the midwest. the second front is the one that will cool temperatures back to more seasonable. santa ana out west. and the pacific northwest, the

tomorrow 2-3 inches of rain possible across western new york. that's across the country and a peek out your window. >> good morning. nice mild start. temperatures in the mid 60s to 70s. a chance of a few showers in the shenandoah valley today, show you the forecast model. there are little chances for rain moving late this afternoon into this evening mainly across i-81, 5, 6:00 this you will probably get way with it. the next real chance for rain arrives on friday. >> that's your latest forecast. matt. dylan, thank you very much. i'm here with ewan mcgregor who stars in and directs a movie where he plays a businessman and whose daughter seemingly up ends his life. >> if you oppose the war right here with all your strength,

>> revolutions don't begin in the countryside. >> we're not talking about revolution. >> you're not talking about revolution. >> ewan mcgregor. congratulations. >> thank you. >> how does it sound when i introduce you as actor and director. >> i still have to pinch myself. >> you weren't originally going to direct this, the project needed a director. you dove into this, i was based on the novel by philip roth. how many times did you read it? >> i read the book front to back and then for nine months i was in the book, listened to it on tape, a brilliant recording by ron silver. if i was driing or running, i would be listening to ron reading it and then read it daily. after a while i stopped reading it front to back. >> at some point you had to push it aside and let your instincts

shooting, i put it down. our filmscript i always trusted. i thought it was wonderful written by john ramanos. >> the story is fascinating, the perfect family, the wife and the kids. what happens is one of the daughters becomes a radical in the truest sense of the word. it was set in the '60s but has a lot of refusal today. >> it post war generation of the '50s collides with the children's generation of the '60s, anti-vietnam protesters. i was thinking very much about that time. you can't help but see wrestle to today. >> what did -- to see relevance with today. >> what did you do to get that frustrated dynamic between father and daughter down? >> i just had a brilliant actor to work with, dakota fanning, a

scenes feel very alive. i don't know, two actors working together. >> how hard was it to take the actor's hat off in between the takes and put the director's hat back on and straddle that line? >> that's to do with your preparation. i was in pittsburgh 12 weeks before we started shooting and we set up the whole shoot knowing i would be acting and directing. really, it felt like the same job. i n the actors and discuss where we wanted it to go in the next take and do the scene together. it felt quite natural to me. >> do believe in rehearsal, some like them to be natural and others like to get them on the set before-hand. >> we always rehearse shooting and did it alone and shut the door and no crew and we would just rehearse the scene until we were both satisfied or all satisfied we had the scene the

coming up, which is where you got your start. >> that's coming up in the spring of next year. >> good to see you. >> a pleasure. >> congratulations. >> "american pastoral" opens this friday and then nationwide one week later. coming up, a comedian with a cutting edge in your face s woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock. man: too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac

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equality with humor and doing great with podcasting. comedian phoebe robinson is making waves in the podcast world. >> how would you define the kind of humor you have? >> in your face and raw and honest and observational. >> i'm 50% black and 50% black as hell! >> is race an important part of your comedy? >> yeah. i think so. i stand on stage, people see think a lot of times in entertainment you can get treated differently. >> even the title of her podcast series makes a point. >> your podcast is called so many white guys! >> i work in podcasting very white dominated. i noticed i'm surrounded by white guys and wanted to poke fun at the situation. >> open, honest and funny, phoebe tackles issues of race

>> i think we always want to walk that fine line of entertaining first. we don't mind commenting on something but want to come from a place of uplifting people. >> in march, robinson's first podcast, "2 dope queens" with jessica williams, became the number one downloaded podcast on itunes in the first week it came out. >> why podcasts? >> i feel like they're so intimate in a way, so you someone else you get in any other medium. >> guests on her podcasts include niya long and rodriguez and even jon stewart. >> we had jon stewart on and i was freaking out. i listen to your podcast. wait. you listen to an episode of my podcast? it was great to have that stamp of approval.

ohio, after studying at the pride institute in new york, she went out. >> my teacher was linda smith and i fell in love with it. it was instant, oh, this is what i'm supposed to be doing. >> it wasn't easy to break into the comedy world. robinson worked as an assistant for six years for doing stand-up shows at night. >> you guys are fantastic, i'm phoebe robinson. >> i read you said i would cry myself to sleep ayotte. a lot of fears ri struggles? >> yes. you're working that many hours and you're not making any money doing stand-up shows. it was tough days but that made me stronger. >> she broadcasts at a studio in new york but showed me a podcast studio in l.a. >> let's see if it's up to your standard. >> my gosh, this is awesome. >> you feeling at home in l.a.? >> with the microphone and

what would you want to know? >> i would want to know what celebs you would want to date if you were single. >> oh, my. my husband's not going to watch this, right? rob lowe was on our show the other day. >> fine wine. >> i like that. >> what about you? >> michael jordan, michael -- i date a lot of n i like a funny nerd and that's who i usually date. >> that's your podcast, your first podcast. >> we did it. >> the person who most inspired this 32-year-old, oprah. >> no. i would love to. >> you need to get her on your podcast. >> the rumor is she has my book. so, oprah girl, call me. >> her new book, "you can't

amazon show with kevin bacon. comedy is always at the heart of her work. >> how would you say you're cutting edge? >> i self-created my career, wasn't waiting to be cast in something. i feel lie being in control of your own destiny is my way of being cutting edge. >> what i love about her story, hoda, you see a young woman who recognized, there was a need for a voice in that space an found her voice and i think she's influening that landscape. >> no kidding. it's hard to break through in the podcasting world and a testament to her how quickly she did. >> absolutely. she's smart and funny and people listen to her and she will go far. >> over to matt. >> thank you so much. our friend, joan lunden is here

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back now at 8:46 with pink power today as we address breast cancer, 1 in 8 women will develop the disease during her lifetime. joan lunden is a survivor and author of "had i known." good morning. >> good morning. 40% of women you at greater risk of getting cancer. surpriingly millions of women don't know if they have it or what tests should be done if they do. ever since i battled breast cancer and found out i had dense breast tissue which can mask a tumor, i make sure all my friends who have dense breasts to get thoroughly checked.

>> no. it want two or three years ago i started hearing the term "dense breasts," it was from you? >> sure enough you found out you have dense breasts. >> why don't doctors tell you that? >> i guess that's the $64,000 question. >> a question that demands an answer. i recently attended an fda hearing in washington, d.c. to request when women across the country receive their mammogram dense breasts. >> i had a clean mammogram in 2014 and then had an ultrasound and found out i had cancer. >> what about the other women who never hear the results they have very dense tissue and might need another test? this could save their lives. had i known earlier this kind of life saving information wasn't being passed on to me and to other women, i would have been here knocking at your door a

i'll keep knocking because for women with very dense breast, getting additional test is critical. this is what fatty breast tissue looks like that can detect a tumor. dense breast tissue is white and makes finding a tumor is like looking for something in an a snowstorm. >> i will take you to the radiology lab where they found a tumor and you will get a radio an ultrasound. >> let's go! >> while a mammogram is good for looking for a tumor, it may not be able to find everything. >> the more whitish you have the more difficult it is to spot small tumors which show up as white spots. >> is this me? >> you could see you have a lot

mammogram, dense tissue. >> reporter: each year, she gets a report stating ther mammogram is normal. >> millions of women in this country get what we determine is the happy gram. from what we see, there are no changes and you don't have cancer. >> i get it every year. >> and usually, it's that first line and goes into the waste basketball and you do, breasts but they are not required to flag that information or do more tests. alyce lives in new york and one of many states that require some information about breast density and its risks. >> do women really need to be their own advocate and say, hey, doc, that test i got, do i have dense breasts? >> i think women definitely need to be their own advocates.

information at hand. >> the "today" is proposing amendments to the mammogram quality standards to report dense breast reporting. >> what about women like alyce and me as to reporting? >> it would include a whole breast ultrasound, screening or i covered by insurance but they are painless and for alyce, provide peace of mind. >> hi. >> you all done? >> all finished. >> tell me everything is good. >> everything is perfect. >> we've known each other for 30 years and we have 30 more because we know what we're doing. >> very much a relief. >> all right, kiddo. >> it is important for women to understand the results of their mammograms and know their breast density like we know our blood

might need additional screenings, whether covered by your insurance that depends on your coverage and unfortunately where you live. >> you do have to be your own best advocate. >> absolutely. >> you looking good and feeling good? >> doing great. >> good to hear. coming up, bobby flay with the perfect fall treats.

this week on "today food," we're all about kitchen tools you cannot live without. bobby flay is here with the start of his special series, "chopped beef." the tool you cannot live without? >> cast iron pan. >> why? >> love them. they don't cost a lot and can last generations. it gives you lots of good sear on whatever >> let's talk aboutcornbread, traditional, wet then dry? >> you have wet and milk and butter and this is wet ingredients. i have dry ingredients, cornmeal, a little bit of flour baking, some baing powder and a little bit of salt and sugar. put it all in.

together until it forms a batter. >> you don't want to mix it too much? >> you don't want to mix it too much. i will take my cast iron pan. this is key, that i warmed up in the oven, made it really hot. i will take a little bit of butter and brush the butter right on top of the pan and take that batter and pour that right into the -- yeah, right into the hot skillet. what's going to happen is you will get this really nice crust on the outside of the cornbread texture. >> looks like this over here, which is beautiful. >> 18 minutes. >> you have cornbread and make another recipe for me. you go that way and i go this way. >> you call it dressing because it's alongside -- >> i will cook it back in the cast iron pan. if you want to make stuffing,

these the thanksgiving vegetables, carrots, celery, onion, put a little garlic in there, and those are chrimini mushrooms but any kind works well. i will add eggs to this and herbs, fresh thyme, oregano and parsley and we add the cornbread. this is the cornbread we had the day before. really important is you let the cornbread stale so it dries out. otherwise it's too moist. we pour this into our vegetables and make up the flavor profile for the dressing. one of the most important ingredients in any thanksgiving meal is chicken broth. we need a lot of it because it will drink up the cornbread. the cornbread soaks up a lot of the broth. once you think you have enough, add more. >> this goes what?

this in the oven 40 minutes. you can see how crusty it gets, that's the cast iron doing its job. >> turkey or chicken, sauce on the side. thank you. for these recipes and to sign up for our today food club, sign up. we're back after these messages. 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, october 19th. good morning. we will check in with melissa mollet. hi. >> just fine here, a live look at montgomery avenue and still have a slowdown at parkway at belle view boulevard.

northbound is open, just slow this morning, beltway looking very typical. >> thank you. we will take a break now and check your forecast when we come back.

another day with temperatures above average. our average high now only about 67 degrees. already there now. leesburg ticked up to 70. dulles airport, three days in a row with record highs. 84 today. a chance of a few showers in the shenandoah valley, better chance late tomorrow and friday and wind blustery and much much >> thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington

this morning on "today's take," we pump up the volume with christian slater, our celebrity guest host. and hugh laurie, taking a chance on a new medical thriller. then, we'll scare up halloween costumes for the entire family. from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, october 19th, 2016, in the commercial break, dylan and i were talking about cornbread. >> i chowed down on bobby flay's cornbread and stuffed turkey and cranberry sauce. >> can you believe we're already

go-to kitchen tool is his cast iron skillet. i love my cast iron and wish my food turned out like his. you can see, dylan is with us, al is off and i send him the emoji of the day, i miss you. >> does he ever reply? >> i'd be knocking on the iraq house. he replied and we hope for when he is back. meanwhile so, we needed more time to talk and that's exactly what our friends at american express are giing us. >> i like that they do it. >> i do, too. i feel the audience gives us an uninterupdated conversation. how do you feel about that at home? and we have an amazing guest host, we're happy to have him, a

legend on-screen and stars in classics like "heather," a true story i identify with, "young life" and "young guns 2" and outstanding role in "mr. robot." >> you might know him as -- >> the one and only, christian slater. >> thank you so >> congratulations. you know what's so crazy i was thinking this morning when you were coming on, telling us about this new show you were going to be doing and the prem his was cyber and how relevant it was to the times and all the hacking. >> incredible. did you ever imagine you would get not only critical praise but awards for the performance in the show?

>> there you are. >> a fantastic evening, by the way, i really did enjoy that. it's been a great ride. we started this thing, screened it first at the south by southwest film festival. i was definitely nervous and wondering how the audience was going react. it won the audience award there. since then, it's been a phenomenal ride. >> everyone loves it. >> i love the guys and mallet won thing. also a very intense subject matter. wild to be working on something that is so relevant to what's happening in the world right now. >> like the script is written in real-time, all the things happening in that show. >> incredible. we'd be filming things one day and open the paper the next day and it would be a very very similar story, incredible. >> i remember when she show started you said you -- the show

that tech savvy and have a son that is. >> son and daughter. >> how has that changed? >> i think so. as a result of working on this show, it has certainly broadened my levels of awareness. >> your selfie game is on point? >> well, i'm staying in -- they have me in al roker's dressing room. >> did you go through the drawer? >> i didn't. i was in there taking selfies like a maniac in front of all his stuff. >> he's the selfie >> it's like a little museum. >> it is. >> are you the kind of guest when you visit somebody's house at party and go in the medicine cabinet? i don't either. people say they do. >> i couldn't do that. i opened up one drawer. i -- i haven't opened up one drawer or rustled through anything. >> we have a camera in there.

in that extra three minutes of conversation. >> you can tell us what's in the drawers. >> tell us about "king cobra". >> "king cobra" is a different kind of project for me. james franco and i worked together on a film. we got along so well and we were looking for something else to do together and he presented me with this project all about the true story that took place in early took place in the gay porn industry. i play the head of this examine company called "cobra films" and i find this young talent, this phenomenal diamond, big star, and all these other companies start to want to steal him from my company and james franco plays the guy who works for the viper boys, trying to recruit my young protege into his world.

had a little anxiety and trepidation about it because the subject matter was rather intense and certainly an out of the box type of character for me to be involved with, something i had never really done before. then i realized, wait, i'm an actor. the joy of -- one of the lines in the film, it's fun to play with who we are. as an actor, that is certainly something i get the opportunity to do. i get to try favorite character? >> yeah. one i have really probably the fondest memories of is "pump the volume" when i was the radio d.j. there he is. >> there he is. >> mark hunter. >> after that, everyone had christian slater posters. >> very nice. >> the hair and everything. >> i look exactly -- there i am. fantastic. >> oh!

>> ratcheting it up on the weekend. that's my weekend watch. i will sit aside and watch this weekend, romance, i'm obsessed with. >> she's amazing. >> the chemistry was amazing. >> do you have a favorite christian slater film? >> put her on the spot. >> probably "heather." >> rebellious bad boy right there. look at that guy. >> just so cute. >> oh, my goodness. >> stranger things. i did a marathon the other day. have you watched that? the new cult obsession, these kids, netflix, i just bow down to them. >> i don't watch netflix, why i'm missing -- >> you can use my account. i think that's legal. >> no. let's not -- whatever we do, let's not do it on the air. >> you can do like five family members? >> can you?

>> okay. a. >> want to make sure we're crossing the ts and dotting the is. >> last night, i had the great honor of being a guest at the state dinner. >> so excited to hear that. >> so i just got in. i had to ride back in the car because our executive producer, tammy filler, refused to let me fly back this morning and she said, what if the flight's delayed. my voice is a little raspy. your parents' car when you're a kid. at 46 riding in the back seat, sleeping, i need a chiropractor. but it was the most joyous experience, one of them, outside things that happened within my family. >> walking in was the -- >> this dress was designed by laura small. she's designed for michelle obama.

andre leontale, of vogue greatness. that was my date, jonathan caper. i had this dilemma, do i take a man in my life, recent to my life, when i talk about dating, or do i go the friend route? so my friend says, well, this is the white house state dinner, it's on tape forever, what if it doesn't work out? so i decided to take jonathan, "washington post" writer, buthe is a friend for many many years, for 10 years and the first person to welcome me into washington life. interesting place that d.c. is. he brought me in. i had a great time and ran into chance the rapper, i was so surprised. i'm a huge fan. to see chance at the white house. what am i doing? what am i doing here? frank ocean was there. i want your opinion on it. frank is phenomenal, a voice of a generation, i love this guy.

i have zero problem with that. that's me and frank. can you believe that's his mom, first of all? >> they're checkered sort of things? >> i'm okay with that. >> that is definitely -- i have several pairs of those myself. >> the white house event, it's questionable, but definitely style'ish. >> here's the thing that happened to me last night. i got in, left msnbc, grot on the train. my train was late so i had only >> you looked that way in 30 minutes. remarkable. >> a lot of help. my idea was i would be inspired by dorothy dandread. and lena horne, i own some of her possessions. you get so nervous walking in. >> do they announce you? >> they do announce you. i felt my knees buckle. but i knew my mother and aunt

disgrace all of my town in texas. it is the most intimidaing thing to be -- this is politics. this is our house. this is our nation's home. i'm shaking now. i thought about you, dylan. here's the place marker with your name on it. this is the kid moment as many dinners as we've gone to. they had like 99 forks and knives. >> 99. >> you know how they always start out side in. i had that moment you look around the table and everybody takes the same fork. ion what to do. >> the menu sounded delicious. special mario batali prepared

i've ever had. >> there it is in english. >> that helps, i needed that. i was still somehow able to do it, i don't know. >> and it was like a big pasta. >> beef brostoli. >> you would like that. they had a line with each -- they had wine with each course. >> they had wine with each course? >> you only get to go once, not like you're doing i love to drink and it was fantastic. and michelle obama wore a beautiful gown. >> was it as beautiful in person? >> when she walked by, you get to greet the first lady and the president. the first lady introduced me to the prime minister's wife as one of the nation's top journalists, i'm like, who is behind me? you get to greet her and walk in

i wish i could take every person i met. if you get a chance to tour the white house, it is our house, this country's house and beautiful experience. >> it was a great tour. >> meanwhile, i heard that you and your hubby are waing a war with my friend, eminem. >> i will preface this by saying i adorem they're so good everyone ate them. need to tell this story because my husband called me up, i'm apoplectic right now. >> that's a big word. back in college, my husband rode to m & m and said you really need a caramel m & m. finally they responded and said,

m & ms for their anniversary and great shoot. i said, you guys don't have a caamel h achld m flavor. no, they never have. there's m & m with caramel filling that exist right now. >> let's investigate this. your husband wrote multiple letters 10 years ago. >> does he still have those letters? >> he does not. >> i wish he had the proof. >> you have video of you in the plant. do you have the audio? >> i need to find t says, you need to create a caramel m & m. i'll either take 10% of your profits or a bag of karel m & ms. >> you went so high -- >> that's the scale. >> i had to put it out there, i feel like they're -- >> a creative and brilliant idea, the fact that your husband is clearly a genius. >> what's next on the list?

that. one of those moments? >> anything that i have -- well, cell phones. yeah. that was really -- i had that idea back in, yeah, 1987. and look at this. >> i know. >> i have a drawing, actually, of exactly that. we could be saying slater. >> the slate ir ip you, what about rihanna. we would normally be in a commercial break right now and you'd probably be running to the potty. that's not happening today. you're stuck with us. check out this outfit from rihanna. and let us know, is this a love it or lose it moment? what she has on is a denim skirt on, i believe the skirt are vetmont and thinking of the top.

pronounce it because leon taught me. a very edgy line of clothing. >> is the slurred coming it of the bottom? >> her shirt is coming out of the bottom of the skirt. >> is that what's going on? >> your thoughts? >> it looks like it's a mistake and the skirt is riding up. >> i love it, absolutely adore it. >> you can pull off the trendy styles. >> i cannot. >> it would look like my skirt is too long a too short. >> if she didn't have the skirt on -- it's designed to look like that because the skirt is above her backside. >> it is. you think the slurred is -- >> the skirt is. >> the skirt is. >> it is too high. the shirt -- i think it was designed that way. >> we definitely need to get a measuring tape out and really study it. >> rihanna, christian slater wants to bring you in the studio

kids are wearing in america. coming up, beautiful weather. >> unbelievable. i'm loing it. great. >> another day in the '80s. looks like a beautiful day in the northeast. we will break records today in the atlantic, southeast, running 10 to 20 degrees above average. enjoy today because it will change as we go to the end of the week. we could break records in philadelphia, the old record, 80 degrees, expecting a high of 84, same in baltimore we coiled break the recor better chance of breaking records. nashville expected to hit 90 and montgomery, 90 as well. baltimore just shy and we will see more records as well. enjoy it if you like the late august heat. if not, just wait. >> a peek across your window. >> if you don't like the warm weather here you have to wait until friday and saturday before cooler air moves in.

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>> not apples and baing soda. >> give that a mix. >> nice. >> the hack here is we will actually make -- >> the hack. >> caramel sauce in the microwave. it's so much easier, you don't have to worry about getting out a pan. once you get the mix you pop it in here >> christian, do you cook much? >> i cook a little bit. do barbecue chicken, stuff like that, burgers. >> you let that go and cook in sugar melts and it starts to change color. be careful. this is a little warm. this is the aftermath. it takes 4 minutes, 5 minutes, depending on the strength of your microwave. let it sit for two minutes after you take it out and watch it change color. mix in a little butter. look at that. >> wow. >> you add a little cream, a little salt, when it's nice and

it looks like this when it's all done. >> beautiful. >> beautiful microwave caramel sauce. we're making these adorable little apples. you want to do it? >> i like watching you do it. >> scope out these little balls, little apple balls. >> be careful, christian, it's sharp. very sharp. >> i did it. >> we're almost out of time. >> dip it in. >> he's wounded himself. >> quickly, what do here? >> we are making the easiest apple tart, put it on puff pastries, after you toss it with lemon juice, sugar, bake it 375 for 30 minutes and check out this beautiful foolproof apple tart. >> i love it. >> justin will be back with more apple hacks. how does that taste, christian? >> great. >> is there a doctor in the house for him? hugh laurie and his new

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9:26 is your time this wednesday, october 19th, 2016. i'm eun yang. new this morning, a violent robbery caught on camera, men camera in georgetown. they stole several handbags. during that robbery, it appears as the clerk's attempt to stop the men from taking the items, one of the suspects hits the clerk several times before they went out the door. looking for a suspect in a deadly shooting in upper marlboro. we will take a break now. and a look at your forecast.

nice and mild outside. it is a not going last forever. enjoy it while it's here. temperatures will easily be up in the low and mid 80s.

around. a lot cooler tomorrow with temperatures in the 60s much of the day and down right chilly and windy saturday into sunday. >> thanks. get the latest news and weather

we all know english actor and musician hugh laurie from his golden g we all know hugh lari from "house" and he had quite a run on the emmy winning series, "guest running mate turned adversary. and playing neuropsychiatrist trying to help patients however he can. >> you're a good doctor. >> people want a miracle. maybe the only miracle is i can take your hand.

fanatic, life half lived. >> hugh laurie, good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome back. >> yes. >> now, you are welcome. >> thank you. >> great clip, by the way. that was incredible. >> i got a chance to see the first couple of episodes of this show. it was dark but really intriguing. can you tell us a little bit about your character? >> completely different. >> from your previous show? roughly. although she's a neuropsychiatrist. i think of it as a very are different thing. "house" was a very guarded character, constructed character who knew what he was doing manipulaing people around him. this is about a very vulnerable character. i am very naked in this. >> wow. >> wow is the -- >> mentally, like you were

>> it unfortunately does have a physical manifestation later in the season to which i apologize and i tried to get out of. >> when you saw this script, what was in your mind? >> i assumed who will be playing that part, who will the fellow be? some fellow called rod, age 23. rod never showed up so it was me. >> you had to stand in and do it? >> i was my own rod. >> you brought the american accent out again. did you like doing that? >> no. i don't find it easy. it's such an american story, the whole tone of it, the whole style of the storytelling is such an american tradition. i did try it english for a while and i just sounded like a bad hugh grant impression. i thought, that's not going to work. it's a very -- i had in my mind honestly, i'm confiing in you, i had in my mind, james stewart.

>> ail ned hitchcock -- alfred hitchcock. >> it's shot in cease-fire and again feels like such a -- >> you shot there? >> yes. every frame of it. >> beautiful. fantastic. sort of a psychological journey. the female character has a split personality or something to that effect? >> that is exactly right. this poor character who's trying too help and his wife reached a dead-end and he meets this woman and becomes, how can i put this, unhealthily obsessed with this patient. >> you have another obsession with music, correct? >> i do. that is food for a the soul. >> i understand you made an appearance in an annie lennox video. >> we have it if you don't remember it. >> i remember it. >> oh, too late!

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>> this is our little chocolate bar. quinn. this is painted tinfoil. our little marshmallow. >> our run away marshmallow. >> she's not feeling it this morning. >> she wants this pumpkin. >> you can make her feel like the marshmallow. such a good helper. >> then, the s'mores family and go to our lion tiger and >> oh, my, with dorothy. >> wow. >> all of this, we wanted to talk to kids who wanted to get a little dressier, princessier who want to get a little more. and if you don't want makeup, you can have a mask and then put your hood up, this is our bear. that's a bathroom rug there. these are pajamas on anything you can find.

>> that is incredible. thanks. let's check out couples costumes upstairs with dylan. >> thank you. we love couples costumes and we have ideas. here is the founder and ceo, brittan. >> thank you. >> and we have it with sprinkles. >> we have couples here decked out in dyis, kicking it off with america's favorite snack suit. single stuff. this is made using nothing but cardboard and self. i used a coffee table to trace the cardboard and you add frosted makeup to the white wig and the key is attach it so you can stand front to back or back to front. >> look at this double stuffed oreo. i love it!

classic movie with tom hanks. for tom hanks we use this amazing cave man and beard, brown makeup on the face. i do recommend a tan and nice abs if you're going to rock this one. >> if you're stuck on an island. >> and you can pull it off as well and shorts and sandals and the important fedex box. >> you paper ma shay it like back inin paper in glue and wrap it up in a ball and cut a hole in the top and bottom, attach it with ribbons and try to add twigs in the air to make it a little mornayturesque. >> are you comfortable? >> yes. >> you just can't dance super close. >> great for teenage daughters. >> that's good. dads keep it in mind. >> absolutely. dylan, a contributor at cafe

good morning. let's launch into beauty and the beast, caitlin and the dog is hazel. >> basically went to your party store and got this awesome dress for the other wear, loves dressing as a princess and miss hazel. she is her beast this evening. and we dyi this costume with a pirate costume. we bought this from amazon and and golden. >> it's interesting, because hazel is a girl dog dressed like a beast and why she's behaing this way. >> to nolan and bruce. >> every superman needs a super dog. we have nolan dressed here as clark kent. we have the glasses and tie and super doodle bruce right there. he's very excited to be on the show today.

made of the daily planet. >> let me see here, i'll hold onto bruce. i got it. you can model your outfit. >> you can get all this stuff online easily. we have this mane from amazon, super easy to buy and a little bit of duct tape on hazel's outfit and you're good to go. >> tell us about your outfit. >> miss patty from i'm fighting ghosts with my pro-ton pack here. >> he is a strong one. want me to take this? okay, super dog. >> both dogs were behaing wonderfully until the camera came on moments ago. this is so cool. i love these. you guys look fantastic. awesome. i feel like he should fly away and rescue me. >> to dylan for a check of the weather. the most beautiful bell in the world. >> thank you, tamron.

going on across the country today. cold front and storms out front, record high temperatures across the mid-atlantic stretch though south. santa ana winds keeping it dry and keeping that fire danger up in the southwest. as you go into tomorrow the second cold front moves eastward and will produce even more rain in areas like new york and western pennsylvania where it's been very dry and we certainly need the rain there and we will the 50s behind that front. a peek out your window. >> good morning. lots of sunshine but weather to the west could bring a slight chance of showers in the shenandoah valley. a look at future weather. partly sunny and that little opportunity after 6 or 7:00 tonight for a sprinkle or shower in the shenandoah.

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hey there. we're back with more sweet treats put all those apples you'ven weekend. >> the host of food & wine's mad genius tips. >> we are making the easiest applesauce of your life. we will make it in the slow cooker. >> christian loves cooking. >> i'll let you dump it in there, peel them, chop them. you have cinnamon and netting me and salt. throwing that right there in with lemon juice. >> lemon juice. >> can i say how much the cooker changes life.

up with incredibly soft apples, who wants to mash. that's not even the best part, you get to mash it. >> mash it up. it's great because you can eat this warm or you could pop it in the refrigerator, eat it nice and cold. >> that, you put it in your kids' lunge box and they open it at lunch and they're king, you get to barter. >> it's leverage. apples. you have heard of potatoes, you shop it on the sides and you use to it keep from cutting through the apples. you mix butter with brown sugar and cinnamon and salt. >> ingredients.

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>> it is october 19th, 2016. good morning. today we will learn more about prince george's county public schools, more at the roundtable this afternoon, expecting to hear more about the success and problems. you can watch it on our app.

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