good morning. smooth sailing. despite firings and reports of disarray, donald trump tweets that his transition is, quote, very organized, as the the president-elect ditches long standing protocol and the press and ta dinner in manhattan. airport shooting mystery. and nfl player's father gunned down in broad daylight bringing the airport in oklahoma city to a stand still. the shooter found dead soon after. the search for answers. "the o'reilly factor." bill o'reilly takes on megyn kelly over her claims of sexual

roger ailes. >> don't run down the -- >> and today's turkey trot on tuesday, al delivered the shock of a lifetime for a foody fan. >> on your feet. >> now, he's dishes out another surprise, this time to a student with no idea what's coming this this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a good morning. welcome to "today," a wednesday morning. it's going to be difficult to top the surprise al and bobby flay delivered to middletown,

together even with bobby flay who wanted the details of tom's special spice rob and he did not divulge divulge. not happening! al, you are in this state of -- >> florida! >> with turkey trot, baby! >> why don't we talk about transition and reports of infighting within the teams of donald trump's team with two security and reports others are competing for influence. we have complete coverage starting with national correspondent, peter alexander at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. transitions are always a bit messy. this time it appears particularly so. this morning within a last few minutes, nbc news confirms mike pence who has taken over the transition has ordered the removal of all lobbyists from the team including a senior

tuesday, all that infighting delaying the work on the trump administration amid the team dispute. after hunkering down all day inside trump tower, the president-elect last night getting a round of applause having dinner with his family at a high end manhattan steakhouse. afterward, defending his transition team tweeting very organized process taking place many other transitions. i'm the only one who knows who he finalists are. >> reporter: leaking out new details of tensions within the team. former administrator mike rogers abruptly resiing of a stalinesque purge of chris christie demoted days ago. christie has a strained

kirchner, and two years ago, christie prosecuted his father. >> i think you will see a smoother transition. >> it hasn't been smooth sailing for steve bannon, trump's top aide, the former breitbart news executive faing increasing fire from leading democrats. >> he's now given us, at least the first tangible sign of his vision of how to run a trump presidency, to bring someone who is a wit white house. >> reporter: trump's team called those kind of charges very unfair, defending the navy veteran as a brilliant tactician. there's also renewed focus on the 2011 radio interview with bannon, not verified by nbc news where he uses derogatory launch to defend conservative women from what he says are liberal

you know, the seven sisters school in new england and that's why they hate them. >> are you comfortable with him having such a high level in the trump administration? >> good to see you guys today. >> no defense of bannon then? >> house speaker, paulryan, long a trump critic, now a trump republican government. it feels really good to say that, actually. >> reporter: across the aisle, democrats in disarray, house congressman, tim ryan, refusing to rule out whether he will challenge nancy pelosi for minority leader. >> it's an important decision and sometimes you put off tough discussions you need to have and we're having some right now. >> reporter: in light of hillary

boxer, retiring, is proposing a long shot bill to end that. the presidency this is only office where you can get more votes but still lose. the latest popular vote shows clinton's lead above trump approaching 1 million votes and growing. >> thank you. >> the trump family business is also in the spotlight this morning. there are questions for t unprecedented potential for conflict of interest while trump is in the white house. hallie jackson is outside the 21 club where trump had dinner with his family last night. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah. for a now politician who's never been one before, the president-elect's new position is raiing questions about what happens to his business, something donald trump has addressed on the campaign trail and will likely address once again before taking the oval

president-elect now in an unprecedented position. the trump place, getting rid of the trump name. >> renaing the building really makes no sense. >> reporter: a move by people who live there to separate mr. trump, the businessman and mr. president, the man who will run the country, after years of running his own empire. questions now about how he balances both. >> i'm running a company while i'm dointh can you believe it? >> reporter: take the international hotel blocks from to the white house. the building is owned by the federal government making the president-elect his own landlord. as president, trump will be exempt from any conflicts of interest laws. how it looks might matter when it comes to dealing with nations where he owns properties, 65 in all. 500 companies in 22 country, like china and russia, nations certain to be at the center of u.s. foreign relations in the

said his children would take over his company's corner offices when he myouchesz into iiinto -- moves into the oval office. >> we will take over the business and i think we will make him proud and have a lot of fun doing it. >> reporter: and ask how blind can it really be with the children involved in the transition including son-in-law, jared kushner. kushner to be included in the top daily briefing and trump group saying this is not true. >> they, of course, will be supportive of his presidency and will be running the corporation. of course, they will be supportive of their father's presidency different from the business.

brand, and the bracelet she wore on "60 minutes" and saying the company is still making adjustments, and something trump will do, too. pushing back on the top level security clearance request for his children saying, i did not request it. this is a typically false news story. meantime, the street is back to normal outside the 21 club as we mentione late last night without the pool of journalists who normally follow his movement. a lot of folks will be saying, so what or even good for him for enjoying a private meal with his family, doing so solo breaks protocol for president and president-elect and underscores just how much we can expect the unexpected from president-elect trump. a spokesperson for the president-elect tells nbc news this morning, we are still in

look forward to implementing that as soon as possible. >> hallie jackson, hope you got a steak there. good morning. let's talk about this transition. by their very nature, people are jockeying for position. some people up and some down. is this different than we've seen in past transitions? >> it is different. they're not always campaign is and he won despite going through three campaign managers. that said, his central message as a candidate was to bring the competence and success of private sector to government. he has a little more time but probably not more than 72 hours to steady the ship. >> there was so much talk about

is the transition a microcosm of leading as president or a different animal? >> it's a different animal and they're all pretty bumpy. everything is bumpy with trump. that's the nature of what he does. as a country, will he be ready? the clock is ticking and you get to the holidays and christmas, it's harder to do these things. they don't just need the cabinet positions to fill, they have a lot of jobs to fill. the most security. can you get things done if you pick a bad commerce secretary or treasury secretary, that's not life or death. defense, pentagon, national security advisor where people are focused on now. >> that feels the most momentous as mark eludes to. you have a national security

fill the national security post called it a staal inesque purge. and it all feels and appears very personal. the role of the president-elect's son-in-law, jared kirchner has been cause for concern taking a role larger than family member.

nancy reagan for a family member who has as much influence as jared kushner does. reince pru bus -- priebus was well recenter field. a week ago today. america woke up to a political earthquake. in the week since then, mark, how would you describe or sum up what's sp >> in this country, people are still grappling. people disappointed are still grappling with the implications of a trump presidency. i think the people who voted for him are hoing optimistically he will fulfill the promise of someone they thought would change washington. he has not been very visible and did that one photo-op with the president. >> do you think it changed their confidence in that? >> i think most of the people on

if he picks strong people credible on national security and the economy he can move forward with a little bit of confidence. it's hard getting ready between now and january 20th, it's hard work and he has to show the country he's ready. >> president obama has been the most generous voice calming the waters and his remarks across the country was let us turn overseas, riot police in athens used tear gas and stun grenades against protesters protesting president obama's visit to greece. demonstrators armed with wooden clubs and gas bombs tried to break through a line of police officer s. the clashes happened just a couple miles away from where president obama was attending a

tradition among greek left wingers who still resent the u.s.'s support for greece's dictator leadership in the late '60s and early '70s. he heads for a meeting with angela merkel. and still more about the murder of an nfl they were searching for him for hours and they say the murder was premeditated. gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: the gunman who plunged ox's oklahoma city's airport into chaos is dead. >> the crime appears to have been pre-medicated.

michael winchester had been shot, a southwest airlines employee and former punter of the university of oklahoma and father of former kansas city chief's player, james winchester. they shut the airport down for hours during the search for the killer. >> they asked the control tower to do a ground stop. >> reporter: the airport is closed at this time, not taking arrivals or >> reporter: people told to stay in place and hundreds more stranded in place on the tarmac. one tweeting of a whole planeful of people clearly not suspect, this is nuts, get out of here. another, i don't understand cloing the whole airport. >> i never in my experience at the airport experienced anything like this. >> reporter: this morning, the airport has reopened but the investigation is just beginning. for today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news. let us bring in al roker, on

turkey trot that went so well yesterday. good morning. >> good morning. we're excited about this one. yesterday went well and today will be fun. we have the big truck and big bus. we have a secret celebrity chef inside. we'll show you who it is in just a bit. first, we talk about our first big winter storm of the season. that's right. the parts of idaho. we already have winter weather advisory warnings and watches up for 2.5 million people and it will expand the latter part of the week, as this storm makes its way east, we will see the central rockies today and tomorrow, moves into the plains and significant snow and friday, heavy snow moving from the upper midwest, strong visibility.

conditions, you can see upwards anywhere of a foot to half a foot of snow stretching from the rocies to the upper midwest. we will get to your weather in the next 30 seconds. good morning, everybody. skies are mostly clear, getting ready to watch the moon go down. a lot of temperatures back down into the 30s most of the suburb, still 30 in manassas, 34 in gaithersburg and 42 in

the 30s and 40s the next couple hours riing up to the low and mid 60s by later on today staying on the mild side of average the rest of the week. cold rain saturday night. >> that is your latest weather from florida, guys. see you in a little while, looking forward to it. meanwhile coming up, feud from facebook why mark zuckerberg is faing anding me gen kelly feuding with donald trump and how she says she's making the most of a difficult year.

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this week. to melissa mollet for the traffic. >> good morning. southbound 270 before 80. that crash we told you about before the show has cleared out of the way. brand new problem. the 14th street bridge has a crash blocking the lane and adding to the pain. a crash reported on the left side of the road and southbound 29 before university crash in the right lane. >> thank you. a check on your forecast coming

good morning, everybody. clear skies outside. temperatures in the chilly 30s and 40s for most. 34 in fairfax and 34 in montgomery county, 37 in leesburg. your planner for today then, plenty of sunshine for this morning picking up extra clouds around mid to late afternoon,

pretty. full of sunshine and temperatures near 65 once again. >> thank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. >> back to the "today" show

it is 7:30, wednesday morning, the 16th of november, 2016. good morning to everybody at home. >> al is not here. we have to get out there and say hi to those people and we will do that in a little while. meanwhile, let's take a look headlines. donald trump is fighting back against reports of turmoil within his transition team insisting in a late night tweet it is all under control. campfires and smoking cigarettes being banned across the west because wildfires are intensifying from alabama to georgia. the agency is tracking fires that have burned at least 80,000 acres so far. no homes have been destroyed but

take a look at this in phoenix where a cement truck overturned on a busy street and took the turn too fast for its weight and thankfully didn't hit other cars and happily no injuries were reported. lets begin this hour with a growing controversy whether or not to col miss fake news stories on facebook. employees there are reportedly taking on ceo, over this very issue. gabe gutierrez is there with more on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning. it's believed more than 60% of americans get their news from social media websites and facebook is the world's most powerful news platform. now, mark zuckerberg is under fire within the company for not doing enough to take fake news

the headlines are as shocking as fake. isis oil team paid off hillary clinton, pope francis endorses trump. growing concern these fake stories may have had real influence on voters. google announced it's taking steps to ban fake news stories from its site. the company telling the bbc. >> from our perspective, there should be no situation fake news gets distributed. >> reporter: facebook clarified it already prohibits ads saying our tei closely vet all perspective publishers and monitor existing ones. just days ago, ceo mark during said he didn't want the company to become the arbiter of truth and downplayed the influence of fake news. >> the idea that fake news on facebook is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way, i think is a pretty crazy idea.

among facebook employees that the top of echelons in the company are take this seriously. >> reporter: now, buzzfeed, partially owned by our parent company, nbc universal is talking about a renegade task force employees. buzzfeed spoke to five of them. they believe the company is only paying lip service to the problem. >> when you mark something for nudity or violence and it's taken down almost immediately, facebook hasn't applied that same sort >> reporter: while facebook had no comment on the existence of a task force, hillary clinton's campaign is lashing out against the site. her chief political strategist telling "politico" they blame facebook for enabing the spread of misinformation saying they saw zero percent chance facebook was going to be compliant or work with us during the election. there were fake news stories against trump as well.

the slippery slope of deciing what's false versus what's an opinion versus what is sarcasm versus what is parody. >> reporter: buzzfeed says its sources inside facebook have not told them how they're going to get rid of those fake news headlines and websites like twitter and google are also dealing with similar problems. >> thank you very c in florida. this is the latest stop on today's turkey trot. al, you also have a check on the weather. >> that's right. it's a little chilly here. only in the 50s for florida, a little on the cool side. we are going to see the rest of the country with above normal temperatures. and the rest of the country getting colder out west as a storm system grows.

10 degrees above normal in new york city. and atlanta 11 degrees above normal. and boston, jacksonville to mobile and huntsville, and mobile, alabama above normal. while the warmth stays in the mid-section of the country it will turn much cooler around denver and albuquerque and places to the rest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. temperatures in the 30s and 32 in winchester and 34 by the bay in ap nappolis. >> dry in the mid-60s tomorrow and close to 70 friday and saturday and cold winds for sunday and monday. >> that's your weather any time you need it, check out the

trot, i always have a partner in crime. who is "today's" celebrity mystery chef. sonny anderson. you here? >> i'm here. i'm ready to turkey trot. >> let me see your turkey trot. >> like a ju-ju, and you -- >> even we got a song! >> yes. >> do your dance, do your dance. >> all right, exciting. sonny is the i can't wait to see what they have up their sleeves. coming up, national fast-food day. >> as long as it's not here. m opens up about finding herself in the crosshairs of controvers between donald trump to roger

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in the presidential 2016 election, we saw donald trump pull off an unexpected win. we have megyn kelly with us and her new book "settle for more." >> can you tell us what happened harassment? >> i knew in the days there after i had a decision to make. 10 years earlier when i was a first year reporter at fox news it had happened to me, too. i was a neophyte. i had no power, a cub reporter. frgt august of 2005 to 2006 when i would go to new york he would call me into his office and engage in a kind of cat and

would veer between inappropriate sexual comments and legitimate professional advice. it culminated in an incident in his office in january 2006, where he tried to get physical with me. i rejected his advances. >> tried to make a move on you? >> he tried to kiss me. i pushed him away. he tried to kiss me again. i pushed him away again and asked me when my contract was up. i pushed him away again and i walked out the door and lawyer. i reached out to other people at fox news to find out if this happened to them and find out whether it's a serial issue or about me. i didn't find anybody at that time. i did tell a supervisor about it. that supervisor told me that roger is a good man, that he was likely just smitten with me, and that i should try to avoid him, which is what i did. and we went on as the years progressed to have a fine, good

ailes was quite fond of your work and promoted you and the feelings were mutual. >> it's true. >> there are some that say how can you reconcile those two things. ailes put out a statement saying watch megan's interview on charlie rose where she says i really care about roger and he has been nothing but good to me. can you explain to people how boast of those things could be true? >> in my working relationship with roger. as soon as he laid off me, i was fine and i respected him as a person and i forgave him. he never did retaliate against me and did promote me based on merit. however, that didn't change my reaction when i saw the lawsuit. as soon as i read their allegations in particular, i knew they were true, i knew they were true. >> did it sound similar? it was dead-on. then, of course, woman after

roger ailes categorically denies this. what do you think of him now? >> it's complicated. he did a lot of good and he did a lot of bad. i know too much now. >> obviously this has been a momentous year for you and part of it is because you have been the target of a presidential candidate. >> honestly, megan, if you don't like it, i'm sorry. i have been very nice to you and

safe spaces. back in our days, we had adversity. this has been a chance to build muscles and have plenty of adversity. almost like you can't grow stronger unless you have difficult situations thrown at you. right now, trump is watching this, thinking, you're welcome! it has been a dark year but i can also put it in perspective. >> let me ask the devil's advocate question, kelly question. there are some who say your career skyrocketed after all of this. maybe it was worth it. >> to that, i would say to you, two people who point to me on the fox news channel ar o'reilly and sean hannity. the trump thing raised my name recognition but i was doing fine

>> there are things about trump she could have revealed before the election and maybe it would have been in the public interest to do so. instead, she saved it for her book. how do you respond? >> i didn't want to be the story, but trump kept making me the story. i certainly didn't want to add fuel to that fire. i didn't want to run out there and do a boo-hoo, like, look at what this is doing to my life. i wanted to move on, wanted to stand him down, i didn't want to aggravate his supporters anymore effect. anything i say in this book was not going to bring trump down. you think the "access hollywood" and 12 women coming forward didn't bring trump down, you think my book would, i think you're deluing yourself. >> megyn kelly, thank you so much. and the athlete talking about losing his job and and star crossed lovers finally

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, trump in control. amid growing reports of turmoil amid his transition team. trump tweets out he's in charge and t will republicans rally around his choices for key roles or is there trouble lurking for him in washington as he tries to drain the swamp. plus, the heart of a champion. olympic superstar, simone biles, lept and tumbled her way to gold in rio and now she's swinging by studio 1a to talk about her new life and long road to victory. and thanks and thrills.

>> what are you doing here? >> what am i doing here? >> al has a surprise for one lucky super fan as "today's" turkey trot rolls on, wednesday, november 16th, 2016. >> good morning, iowa. >> we're in the big apple. appl >> hi, matt. >> celebraing 75 years on "today." >> today is my birthday! >> a wish for our 70th birthday is to be on the "today" show. >> we're back. 8:00 on a wednesday morning, the 16th of november, 2016.

light that thing up, which is always a fun time of year here in new york across the country. coming up, we've been talking to al all morning. now, we know who his celebrity chef is, sonny anderson in florida. there are so many more secrets to be revealed and we will check in with him. >> judd ahead, one hard working student about to have her tv dreams come true. she has no idea it will happen. >> do surprised than tom was yesterday? >> no one could be more surprised. >> before we get to that, let's get a look at your headlines. time for your news at 8:00. >> reporter: we begin with the trump transition. president-elect and mike pence will tour the area presently

biden. another flur of activity, former new york mayor rudy guiliani and jeff bolton and jeff sessions, all being eye'd for top spots. infighting making it even tougher, says a source. president-elect was all signs at dinner with his family tweeting very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. his former campaign manager, kellyanne conway down playing any contention. >> we're trying to form a government. it takes time. >> reporter: tuesday, former congressman, mike rogers, who had been adviing trump on national security abruptly announing his departure. >> this is growing pains and once they integrate people who have been doing it with people, i think you will see a smoother

close to christie, someone seen at odds with his son-in-law, jared kushner. in 2005, he prosecuted kushner's father on conspiracy charges. nbc learned the transition team inquired about top secret security clearance for kushner, something the trump campaign is now denying. >> he's obviously very father-in-law. >> reporter: trump coming under treasure fire for picking steve bannon, who has a following among white nationalists, majority heater keeping silent when asked about the pick. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: but harry reid with

appointment of steve ban none. >> this is a man with white supremacist ties. >> reporter: donald trump tweeting i am not seeking security clearance for my children. this is a false news story. hillary clinton is at an event tonight scheduled before the election right here in washington. >> thank you very much. police in oklahoma city are trying to find a motive deadly shooting at the airport there. a southwest airlines employee was shot and killed in what police call the premeditated ambush. the victim, 52-year-old michael winchester, a former university of oklahoma football player. his son, james winchester plays now for the kansas city chiefs. the suspected shooter was later found dead in the parking garage of apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. it shut down the airport and

videos of their little ones that look like celebriies having us doing double-take this morning. plus, al and sonny are getting ready to make thanksgiving special for a "today's" show fan, who shares their passion for food. >> we are very excited. four time olympic gold medalist, simone biles here, talking about making the leap from gymnastics to author. we will talk to her after these meag messages.

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we have the whole i love it. al is on the road all week, dishing out surprises to fans who love thanksgiving. today, he's in orlando, >> we're really excited about this, a dream come true for this young woman who got a hospitality degree and pursing her passion for cooking and her own tv show and now one step closer thanks to her twin sister. >> she is my twin sister. she's a minute older than me and we're best friends.

very captivating, definitely entertainer and very determined and hard worker overall. she's in culinary school right now. her main goal in life is to be on any tv show and share her passion for cooking with others. sasha can cook almost anything at all. she cooks all different types of food. she's an absolute foody and loves come been inning flavors and making her creations. on her instagram photos she has every thanksgiving she cooked brussel sprouts dish everyone requests. i nominated my twin sister because i think this is her pretty much life-long goal. she is going to be an excellent chef and i am 100% behind her with her pursing that goal. when sonny anderson and al roker walk into the classroom, she is probably going to cry.

show is absolutely mind-blowing, i can't get over it. it is something she will remember the rest of her life. >> here we are, just outside sasha's classroom. excuse me, mr. whitehurst, hi, how are you? nice to see you, al roker we are the "today" show. sorry to interrupt your class. is sasha here? sasha. how are you? so nice to see you. how are you doin have this great brussel sprouts recipe for thanksgiving. >> i do. >> how would you like to make that but how would you like to do it with -- young lady, could you come in here? >> sonny anderson! >> hi, sasha. what's up?

[ laughter ] >> this is her fault, your sister. >> you did this? you guys got >> you guys! oh, my god! >> your mom and everyone is out there. >> everybody is here. come on in, come on, guys. >> this is crazy, right? crazy. >> did you know this was going to h look at that. >> what's up, girlfriend? >> i'm speechless. >> are you surprised? >> yes. oh, my god! good. i'm trying to figure everything oh, my goodness. >> your folks are here, everybody is here. >> yeah. >> she's always been a good cook? >> always.

>> we lied to you very well. >> isn't that great? >> okay, we're going to go get cooking. >> on tv? >> yes! >> on the bus. it's all ready, okay? we're going to the turkey trot bus. come on, everybody! you all get to come out, too. guys, too. here we go. we're going. come on. okay. here we go. nice meeting you! how long have you wanted to cook? >> well, gosh forever. >> this is as far as we can go right now because we've run out of camera cable. anyway, guys, we will be back

are we doing weather now or do it a little later? okay. >> by the way, al, you couldn't see it because you were too business with the surprise, the look on the faces of the other classmates, doess mean we're not going have that quiz today? >> all right, buddy. we'll check in with you a little later. thank you. very cool. >> they'll get into it. >> on trend today, what do you think? on trending we like to bring you zany outrageous viral things. today, with holidays approaching we thought it would be a great time to share a couple really inspiing stories and we have fast food. >> i like my inspiing story of french fries. >> you have the first one. >> here we go. we will start with the pennsylvania teacher who does something so cool inspires

every morning she uses a simple but powerful response with her third graders. take a look. >> when is it too hard? when is it too rough? what if there's too many words, what if you just can't do it? why? because -- >> i can do anything i put my mind to. >> why? because? >> i can do anything i put my mind to. she does this everyday with her kids. this video has been viewed more than 3 million times. i wish miss wright would give us that pep talk everyday. she said she students love it and overheard them many times telling each other. >> if they start each day belieing in themselves. >> i can do anything i put my mind to. >> i can eat this whole wendy's frosty. >> not time yet. one more inspiing story.

you don't have to be a sports fan to love it. this is about tony romo, quarterback for the dallas cowboys, one of the most coveted position in sports. you may know he has been plagued by injuries in the last couple years and the cowboys turned to dak prescott who guided them to 8-1 record, one of the best in the team right now. all these nagging questions, is tony coming back? should he come back? do we even want him it has to be hard on him. on tuesday, he held an extraordinary press conference where he basically hand offender the team toprescott. >> you if think for a second i don't want to be out there, then you probably never felt the pure ecstasy of winning. that hasn't left me and may burn

back and i know he has mine. ultimately, it's abo the team, what we have preached our entire lives. >> they should make that just as the teacher's mantra mandatory for all young people, they should make that speech mandatory for athletes. my respect for him grew exponential. >nod hard it is but still did the right thing. >> he's my friend and candace and his wife watch our show. and all class all the time. that's who he is 100%. >> a lot of times you see people in sports, you think they're not role models. you just have to cue up that tape, yes, they are. >> tony, well done, i'm spending that to my kids. thank you for that.

>> what happened to eating? >> we can eat it when "popstart" happens. >> national fast food day. . >> thanks, friend. this is good. first to carrie fisher revealing the secret she kept for 40 years, telling "people" magazine she and harrison ford had a real life affair. on the original "star wars," the year was 1976. carey was 19. harrison was 33 he was married and had two children. the affair lasted three months, carey telling the magazine it was so intense it was hawn and laila -- >> leila. >> sorry, my niece's name is laila. >> you haven't been corrected until you've been corrected by someone with a mouth full of -- >> they ended the romance when

and, of course, she and harrison were reunited for the latest movie. what is it called? >> my gosh. >> the next time you wake up, say, i will push through it. >> in the book "the princess diary s" and monday, will talk zwrourks no response from harrison ford. >> she told him she was going to say that. >> but he hasn't responded for obvious reasons. >> so she segment blowing up on "today's" facebook page. talking to anna kendrick about her new book, savannah noticed a certain similarity when she saw anna's baby photo and photos of her and vale, and people have been shaing their own photos of celebrity look-alikes. here is a boy that looks like john p. riley and a striking resemblance to prince george,

born the same day an hour apart and our favorite, come on! >> that's a ringer. >> that is your pop star from princess leia. i will eat now. >> the most dangerous place on earth today was the spaus -- space between savannah and the food. >> i love fast food. >> now to al in f check on the weather. al. we're at valencia community college with our "today's" turkey trot surprise winner and her sister, sasha, sonja and we have sonny anderson. what class did i interrupt? >> catering, banquet management. >> that sounds exciting. i love it! let's get the forecast to match. we know it's sonny. let's show you record highs in

we do have a storm system coming in the pacific northwest bringing mountain snow into the plains and upper midwest by friday. that's what's going on around the country and here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> lots of sunshine this morning and we will see an increase in cloudiness by the middle of the afternoon hours today and won't inhibit the warm-up, 36 in dulles and 46 in washington. low to mid 60s and a couple clouds low to mid sneer 60 and 70 on friday and saturday mild but showers roll in late saturday afternoon and saturday night and cold and windy weather returns on sunday. that's your latest weather. mi that's your latest weather, coming up your next half hour, brussel sprouts, po lu za coming up! the olympic games were only three months ago.

one and only simone biles walking away from the games with five medals. the route to rio wasn't always paved in gold as she discusses in her new book, "courage to soar." hi, simone biles, are you having a little flashback of our time in rio. i know you've done a lot in your life. won countless medals and on the cover of "glamour" magazine and named one of the most glamorous of your life happened when we were at the olympic games together and here we are together. where does that rank in your top 10 moments of your life? >> you and zac. >> i had the good fortune of meeting your parents and family.

in the book, you also talk poignantly about your biological mother, shannon. she suffered from substance abuse. why did you feel it was important to share that part of your life? >> because it's another part of my life i've grown up with. i thought i should share it so people would know that part of it, too. >> interesting, one part struck me in the book, you said when you were living with your biological mom, there was a stray cat and you used to at the cat because the cat had enough food and you guys didn't. >> i think that's why to this day i don't like cats. >> that's the take away. >> your parents home-schooled you and also put you in gymnastics at age 6. >> yes. >> were you begging to go in or were they pushing you? >> i think it was a little bit of combination of both. once i asked, they didn't fight it, okay, let's go tomorrow. we'll sign you up right away.

>> you were on this great trajectory. you wanted to go to london in 2012, didn't you? >> not necessarily because i wasn't ready and i knew that deep in my heart. there's no way i could hang with those girls, there's no way. >> i love this book for a million reasons. when they see this, oh, simone biles career must have gone straight up with no hiccup. you talked being at a 2013 meet you overheard a coach saying, i will read this. you overheard this. you know why she crashed? because she's too fat, that's why. how does she expect to compete like that? did you want to punch him? >> i was in the back and dismissed myself from the floor so nobody could see me and i walked behind the back and curtains and i was crying. >> how did you pick yourself up

>> marta pulled me back on the floor and gave me a pep talk. you can't train like this and expect the results to show. you have to train harder. i went back to the gym and did as told. her pep talk kind of gave me an up rather than a down marta was the head team coordinator. it felt good to hear her because i was afraid she would be upset with me. >> you personif connect with the crowd and lift everyone up. this book, "courage to soar" will inspire so many young girls. thank you. thank you for writing this and thanks for being a friend to me. >> thank you. >> all right. see you again at 10:00. don't go away. leads head to the orange room where tamron has company. >> it's girl power. we're catching wake up multi-talented hailee steinfeld.

the charts and we will talk to hailee about it. i'm addicted to the song. good morning. it's 8:26 now, wednesday, november 16th, i'm aaron gilchrist. a check on the commute with melissa mollet. >> good morning. eastbound, we will start vehicle there. a warning. a medical emergency blocking the right lane from seeing pretty good slowdowns after 370. northbound connecticut, the swrrgz southbound lanes are open an northbound closed temporarily. he gets a lot of compliments.

and then people just say, ?thank you for serving our country? and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him.

good morning, everybody. a bright and sunny start. the month is 3 1/2 degrees warmer than average.

mid 50s. low in the mid 60s for a high. and 65 the high again tomorrow. >> thank you. the latest weather and news on

it's 8:30 now. it is november 16th, wednesday morning. it is a beautiful day on our plaza gang is all here, including simone, who decided to >> simone came here, said, didn't ask where we were, where hoda was, where charlie was. >> puppy grows? >> just a little bit. he is cute. >> sit. there you go. >> good job. >> i tell you something else that's grown, the fuziness on our facebook. simone actually had a comment about that a little while ago. >> shave it off.

"today" campaign, as we learn more about men's health an estimated 8.7 million men in this country living with diabetes, nearly a third of them do not know it. a good reason to have conversations and check-up with your doctor and any growing their facial hair alone, please sweet our instagram or instagram your photos with the #noshavetoda hashtag, please shave it off. >> simone said she wanted to try my part. shall we? >> coming up today, actress and singer hailee steinfeld is here. she has a new single. we'll catch up with her return to the big screen. >> and she stuck the landing! >> that was backflip of an intro.

about his thriller starring brad pitt, about to hit theaters. al is down in florida the turkey trot. al. >> sonny anderson is here. you talk about superstar, these kids are lining up to get their pictures. sasha is in the bus. we will be cooking with her in just a second. starting with record highs, smokey conditions in the southeast due to wildfires and wet weather and showers in the northwest. for tomorrow, we are expecting to see that rain move out of the northeast and record highs out of the mid mississippi and ohio valleys, gulf coast looking good. look for heavy snow, first snowstorm of the season spreading into the plains. that's what's going on around

>> sunshine in the 30s and 40s and later on today in the low to mid 60s. mild weather contining the next couple of days, the warmest day of the week on friday. we could be in the 70s on friday afternoon. and late saturday afternoon, rain showes move in, and behind the rain comes cold and win, highs only in the 40s and wind chill s in the 30s. don't forget, get that weather any time you need it go to weather channel on cable. good advice, don't you vehicle? >> i'm on it all the time. >> you're about to go and put the crystal star on top of the tree? >> no, al. someone more special is in charge of duties here. i'm next to the beautiful spruce that would not be complete

star. here to tell us all about it, this is the 13th year the swarovski star will be on top of the beautiful tree here. how special is this? >> it is special. we have some swarovskis in our show as well. this is a little bigger and brighter. i love it. >> your role in raiing the star will be? >> i get to press the button. i'm the ambassador today. >> you're from florida and not used to the crispy cool of the northeast. you're getting used to it. >> this is usually the temperature on christmas, maybe nice 70s or 65 if it's chilly. >> this star warms up the heart no matter the temperature? >> it's incredible. it's 9 1/2 feet in diameter. i read -- >> i love you have the talking points. you're starring in the great

crystals in the show. >> we have like 20,000 crystals adorning the chandeliers and 100,000 on our dresses and gowns. a sparkly moment. >> congratulations. a huge honor for any especially a girl from florida in the middle of new york city. people will be able to see it as well. thank you so much. congratulations. tune in for the tree lighting, christmas in rockefeller plaza, november 30th, savannah. >> you got us in the spirit. thank you. at just 19 years old, hailee steinfeld has an oscar under her belt and finding success in the music business already in the top 10 on itune and an album as well. she is already back in on the screen, a comedy. >> i don't know if you know

which has been really hard to do anything. >> when did he die? >> 2011. >> ooh. >> yeah, i have a one year expiration date or freebies for the dead and dying. >> are you serious? >> there'll be other opportunities. your grandparents can't stick around forever. >> it's actually a good little encapsulation of the spirit of this movie. >> it's a little re very real and heartfelt. she's a great character, awkward teen with no poker face. no filter. >> no felter, you're absolutely right. she's trying to find answers to these questions on her own, going through high school trying to find out who she is and what she's good at and what to do to fill in. few give us the premise we just learned. she lost her dad, dealing with

on a boy and all the teen problems. >> she doesn't have the best relationship with her mom and her brother is everything she's not in terms of cool. successful and he has everything figured out in her eyes and her best friend ends up with him. it's like the end of the world. >> the interaction of woody harrelson a teacher, kind of a wrong. i understand some of this dialogue we see ended up being improvise. wasn't even in the script. >> the best part of working with woody. once our director knew she had what she wanted and needed, she would say you do whatever you want. i learned very quickly, you tell woody and i do whatever you want, we did whatever we want. some of it was magical and ended up in the movie and other parts were nonsense.

17," you're on the edge of 20. >> i know! >> you're about to say bye-bye to your teen years. does that feel good? what will you miss the least of being a teenager. not that you're like the typical teenager. >> thanks. i don't know. to be honest. i don't know, 20 just sounds weird. i'm not ready. >> i know. double digits. you know. tell me about your music career. this is also taking off. and you have version of the single. >> it just came out and the song is doing unbelievable things, unimaginable things. i did the song with my friends and they're amazing and i'm so excited. >> you have so much going on, actress, singer, anything you want to check off the list? >> a lot of things. right now, i'm focusing on the music and acting. >> see you in pittsburgh. >> yes.

she's excited about it. people are obsessed with that for good reason i might ad. "the edge of 17" hits theaters friday. coming up next, we will check in with director robert zemecies and his new romantic thriller.

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>> if he's late? >> he's german. he will be on time. >> how come you don't know stan. >> i do know stan. i didn't see you set the travel safety. >> you will be okay overnight. >> i will be okay if i had to -- >> thank you. i read an article about this movie. you said a movie of bygone era. what do you think about that? >> i didn't think about it when i was making it. it felt like what it should be. i guess because it's a very passionate romance. >> there are stunning vistas, beautiful shots in this movie, great exteriors. at the heart of this is this love story.

complicated. tell me about these two. >> they're two soe agents that go on a mission in casablanca in french morocco in 1942. they fall in love and they passionately fall in love and move back to london and then things get really complicated. >> as you're watching it as a viewer and you're watching this passionate love story unfold, it's like taking a third shot of tequila and g feeling but you have a feeling it will not end well. >> the film has a forebaing nature to it. you have a feeling everything isn't as serene as you might think it should be. >> let me ask you about a reality of today's world. you cast a movie like this and you have chemistry and the chemistry ends up with rumors of

as a director and you know this could hurt individuals and families and the project, how do you react to it? what do you do? >> not much you can do. part of being a celebrity. i give everybody their privacy and tried to respect the problems that they're going through. >> you have been credited with chaning cinema. zemeckis has been force in moviemaking moving from an opty plex to digital-embrace of digital technology. is there a downside to digital technology moviemaking? >> i don't think so. it has been an art form. from day one, it has been. my favorite special effect is a close-up, something that can't happen in real life. completely unique to movies. i think everything else we do in movies is an extension of that.

the tools at my disposal. i embrace all technology because that's the art form since the beginning. >> you can't plead the fifth, tell me one movie you wish you had made and didn't and one movie you made and wished you hadn't. >> what was the first one again? >> wish you had made but you didn't. >> wish i had made but i didn't. probably' the godfather." >> a good one to sh >> no. i like them all. i have no favorites. my movies are kind of like my children, i love them all for different reasons. >> unfair question. great to have you here. i love your film. tomorrow, the film star, marion

coming up, al and sonny.

we're we're back now with more of "today's" turkey trot. >> al is standing by with one very lucky viewer. good morning. >> we are on "today' tell us about this. >> this is a brussel sprout gritan. the reason i started making it because none of my family would eat brussel sprouts, my favorite vegetable. and i figured if you cover something in cheese they will eat it. >> sonny, you're taking a slightly lighter taste on this. >> kind of like when you used to go to the theater and movie place, if you like "taken," you

and then if you like this you might like this. this is a crunchy brussel sprout salad. only a few ingredients. hot pan with olive oil. i chopped up the brussel sprouts. you can use an actual mandel lin and food processor and it will do it for you. right into the pan here, i will put in my brussels and just will saute up. oven is just real estate hard to buy, right? you can get on the stovetop with this and make it work. >> you won't cook these very long, will you? >> not very long. just to take the crunch off and brighten it up. you can see in the back, getting the beautiful green color. that will move around a bit.

>> beautiful. >> a little bit of pepper, a little salt. the key ingredient would actually taste really good in your gritan, a pinch of nutmeg. >> beautiful. >> tiny pinch of nutmeg goes in. cook that up a little bit. right when everything gets close to the end, you will add in cranberries. the cranberries also kind of -- >> exactly. >> takes out the bitter of the brussel sprouts. >> there? >> the pecan, i love this, you can do walnuts on this. one of my recipes i just did on the "today" show last week are my cranberry and rosemary pecans. just jelied cranberry sauce, sugar, cook it in a pan until everything is bubbly, add in pecan, fresh rosemary and toss it with salt and pepper. >> let's taste. we have some already made

this is so exciting. >> i'm super excited, this is so much fun. all set up for you, girlfriend. >> hey! >> we have some for everybody to taste. >> thank you. thank you, al. >> this is great. i can't wait. >> i'll try yours. >> and i'll try yours. >> who doesn't like brussel sprouts in your family! >> that's fantastic. >> thank you. >> first of all, for everybody out here, a little surprise, we have some of sonny's pecans. [ applause ] >> and sasha, for you, from our friends at all clad, a brand new set of their professional stainless steel pots and pans for you. to do cooking with this thanksgiving. >> my goodness.

family and all your friends here at valencia college, thank you so much. "today's" turkey trot rolls on tomorrow. we have another place to go. >> where are you going, al? >> i can't tell you. i could but then i'd have to kill you and then they'd all attack me. i won't do that. i won't be the one to kill sonny anderson. >> you can actually make it in the culinary world on television if you want to, see you in the future. >> back to you. >> well done. >> day made for her, right? so cool. >> thank you as well. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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it's quite slow this morning. beltway, inner loop not so bad across the bridge. >> thank you. we'll check your forecast when

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this morning on "today's take," harry connick jr. returns for an encore as our celebrity co-host. colin farrell works his magic in the new harry potter sequel. we wl ou inside the homes of some of today stars. >> from nbc news, live from rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today on this wednesday morning, november 16th, 2016. your lottery number. i'm tamron with dylan and look

i feel like you're here every other day. >> i like to do it in doses so you don't get sick of me. >> al will check in with us and the brussel sprouts recipe. >> the last time we saw you, you were going into this really tiny house. >> are you planking? >> i was show everybody how narrow it is. >> how tall are you? >> 6'1". i brought my band, they show update and interest was loud. >> the dimensions of the house? >> it was 270 square feet. it was amazing and i loved it. we did a facebook live thing and 2 million people or something like that watched it. it was cool.

amenities. >> the e so small i had to go touted change my mind. >> what was the hardest thing? >> nothing. it was a lot of fun. a great experience. we played music and people showed up and we had a party. >> you also have something on the show, my big secret. >> i'm getting -- >> people nobody has heard before and people are freaking out. >> you have a clip of it? >> yes. >> i once made a chicken dinner for jill that she loves, she truly loved. my big secret is -- it wasn't chicken, it was squirrel.

where do you get squirrel? >> didn't say i bought it, just saying it was squirrel, all i'm saying. >> she learned just now? >> no. she learned after she ate it. i made a nice squirrel soup for her and she thought it was chicken and wouldn't eat it if she knew it was squirrel. >> you knew it wasn't chicken? >> no. i knew it was squirrel. >> no. for a few days she didn't talk to me see. why would you do that? >> you need to keep it exciting. >> exciing with rings and flowers. >> this is new orleans. that's how we do it down there. >> you have to come back and make your recipe. >> i will make some quirrell for you. >> there isn't a lot of meat on the bone. >> there isn't.

once. it did not taste like chicken and had a funky taste to it. >> if you found it on the road -- if you had bought the squirrel -- >> i should have gone to home food. >> exactly. i'll have home-squeezed orange juice and brussel sprouts. >> i'm happy to say i'm the only one who has not eaten squirrel. >> i wild -- >> with grilled road kill. >> who wants that? >> we have had good ones. it's fun. a lot of fun. some are totally stupid. the stupid ones are mine usually. >> you want too share something? >> yesterday, i had an experiment. >> i mean a secret. >> i don't really have any secrets. i'm trying to think.

out. >> i have to think about that. >> i tell you guys everything. >> there's something you haven't told not only us but america. there's something. i'll give you time to think about it. >> give me a month. >> a month? how many secrets do you have to sorting through? >> yesterday, i had an experience, to say the least. there's this show on tlc called "our daughters," this lovely they had a little girl six years ago and then they had quintuplet girls all at once. i met up with them on the upper eastside yesterday. now, they're all, getting bigger, on the move now. not sitting quietly in chairs. they're 18 month old. i spent the day with them. >> is this mom? >> that's mom. >> that's another child, another daughter. >> it's basically an assembly

care of these kids. yesterday, i realized, i am terrible at playing with other people's kids. >> what does that mean? >> one is crying and one is running away, can i pick them up? i didn't know what to do. >> i felt like that before we had kids, too. i was always -- i liked children and babies but felt a little bit uncomfortable. as soon as georgia, our first one came home it went out the window. >> you know how to play with your own kids. when we came home from the hospital and georgia was in the car, who is this person? we have to take care of this person. somehow it kicks in, you know. >> the show is amazing. we're going to -- we have a whole spot with them that will air in a couple weeks teeing up the season two that they have. just trying to play with children is very hard. >> you were thrust into a

them, there are cameras. i bet one-on-one you would have been magic. >> yeah. >> look at the mom, she's running away, upstairs. they have the cutest little faces. >> i was thinking i was outdaughtered with three. i can't imagine what it's like having quintuplets. >> we were talking about that earlier. >> i don't know what to do with boy, i know girls so well. i thought the first was going to be a boy and the second was a girl and when charlotte, the last one was born, i felt, i'm so glad it's girl. i feel like i know how to do that. i say i know how to do it, a lot of things i'm learning. >> do you still have the boy clothes packed away? can i have some? >> they're like parachute pants.

>> yesterday, our new season and we're taing it. i have a new season where we are driing left and going home and having our routine. i stumbled across this area in the bronx called city island. it looks exactly like a fishing village. it's in the bronx. i think bronx i think the home of hip-hop. we ended up here. i think we have a clip of me on snapchat. we where are we? city island. that's where i'm at. >> it looked like new england but with storm. you would love it because it's like fishing. >> a fishing community. >> and there are restaurants like the lobster shack and crab shack. it's phenomenal. >> it's funny how much you don't

block radius of my own home. >> i group in burlington, texas. my mom goes to burlington and goes to the atv, your routine and go a different direction and different route, and you discover things. that's part of my feel good friday. >> it was an hour and 20. >> really? an hour and turkey. are you going for turkey? keep it traditional. >> traditional. >> are you cooking? >> i am cooking. >> i have a bird ready. i ordered a 24 pound bird. >> that's a big turkey! >> for 13 people. >> how long would it take to cook a 24 pound bird, do you know? >> no idea. >> guess what, the turkey hotline is available.

butterball hotline. >> you can literally talk turkey. >> man, you're good. we should give you a show. >> i can't understand you. >> i didn't know you could talk turkey. >> thiis first text they're ever receiving. okay. when is it done? >> do it with the microphone. in the background. >> where do you put the thermometer? >> this is a viewer's question. sherry hawk? >> i don't know how to spell thermometer. ther-mom -- >> first ever question is from sherry hawk to the turkey, butterball turkey hotline, the text is in. >> they should have a giant turkey hotline.

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165 in stuffing. >> i cut out the backbone and flip it over and i squash it. that way, everything browns evenly. you don't have a white undercooked inside and crispy out side. >> did you make up that word? >> i learned it from meat head. amazing. you need to read meathead's book, the best way to cook a turkey. >> not meatloaf. he's making it up hugely popular right now. can you catch the famous voice? here's a listen. ? another year older where do they go it's a mystery ? ? now with december so much to remember before christmas eve. i'm already late and my train is delayed, disruption on the line. i'm raing to work and the place

time. >> that's a commercial. we thought it was a movie. >> fun commercial. >> who did you think it was? >> can we just get this out in the open? >> i thought it was harry. >> she thought it was me with a british accent. >> your southern accent sometimes sounds british to me. >> of course it was. how are y'all doing today? we'll have some ham hocks and turkey necks and we'll go down to winn-dixie and get what are you talking about? >> what dialect is that? >> who do you think it is? >> harry said it out loud. i think i know. >> that has to be cordan. >> the top five on the british charts at a supermarket. >> i want to go to that supermarket. >> it's not that good now.

>> we had to learn more about meatloaf or meatballs. >> meathead! >> we'll go to a person who is not a meathead, al roker. >> al, it's crazy over here. >> do you have any friends named after food? >> i have no friends, so, no, i don't. it's sad, really, very sad. i don't think i have any named te my dad had a good friend named "jellyroll." but he al had a friend named "deadeye." we're here at valencia college in orlando and just surprised a young buddy on the television set and we will show sasha and we wish you all the best.

really kind of neat. all right! that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> clouds have gone over this area and we should have more sunshine later in the afternoon and a cold front is coming by. couldn't rule out a random sprinkle or two across northern maryland and more likely in southern pennsylvania. temperas should be able to make it to the 60s today. mit 60s coming our way tomorrow. >> nobody told me! we're taking "today" ease turkey trot featherlite bus one more place tomorrow. actually two more places tomorrow and then friday. not done yet. big surprises still ahead. after you. >> you've been doing great, roker, fantastic.

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a, the obamas relaxing at home in the residence headquarters. this is the room where he works late. >> it's cozy. >> very cozy and warm. they have incredible art they have borrowed from d.c.'s great to add inclusive choice of artwork in their house. >> this is all their style? bring in a decorator. >> you can't rip things out, the mantles. this is the family dining room, where they have their family meals, a big priority for the obama family. very beautiful. >> it is beautiful. moving on toing me ryan from the white house to a lot of in soho.

amazing. the loft in soho. megan is a decorator and she travels all over the world and brings in all her things. loves decorating. she has this open shelving, a very modern way to do your kitchen and a good tip for people. we show her gallery walls here. any can take that idea, you you can use family photos and has a real impact and is very striking. >> you did the kardashians, too? >> they live around the corner from each other in california. they have different styles. they use the same decorator. this is chloe's house, a little more more rock con and turkish. here, you see chloe, which has a

the children's bedrooms. she was smart in the way she decorated for her kids. she uses pop of colors. >> wow. >> i like the toys and pops of red and makes it feel young. they're quite neutral rooms her kids can grow up in instead of making it a baby baby kind of room. >> we're out of time. >> we have to keep this show on the road. thank you so we'll see harry's tiny house. colin farrell after your local news. serve a turkey, don't serve a turkey. bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. and don't forget something sweet, and golden brown fresh from the oven. set the table, set the coffee table, set no table at all. the only rule to follow on friendsgiving...

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and acting both. >> it's a lot but i'm enjoying it both. >> what time did you have to get up to warm the pipes up? >> about 5:00? >> how did that work out? >> better than anticipated but still not ideal. >> we can't wait to hear you perform. conul. h steinfe, t . ? you know just what to say ? ? things that scare me i should just walk away ? ? but i can't move my feet ? ? the more that i know you, the more i want to ? ? something inside me's changed ?

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and things warming up yet, chuck? >> a little bit. we had extra cloud cover the last couple of hours that in hinted the warm-up just a smidgen. starting to see breaks north and west of the city. it lowered our forecast just a touch from 65 to 62 with extra cloud cover today. tomorrow, back up to 65 and still think 70th is a real possibility on friday. one thing for sure, it will be windy and a whole lot colder as we get to sunday and here. >> thank you. midday, the latest to mask

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