good good mor, breaking overnight, w tornados in the south hours a string of twisters tears through louisiana. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> neighborhoods in new orleans destroyed katrina devastated once again. >> to think the work that has to be done to rebuild a second time, it's a lot. >> we're there live, while the northeast braces for a record whip lash. a major snow storm. elizabeth warren punished by republicans a she used a letter from martinut

widows. >> the words of correta scott king are not suitable for debate in the unite senate? >> with sessions set to be confirmed as attorney general today, was it another wasted night on capitol hill and are democrats once again just spinning the wheels? the decision the fate of the president's travel ban now in the hands of appeals court judges after a contentious hearing. >> s e ve pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism. >> concern for terrorism with those connected with radical islamic sects is kind of hard to deny. >> a ruling expected this week, but the supreme court will likely have the final say. and let the countdown begin. the next winter olympics exactly a year away. we're live in south korea to check on preparations there. some of america's hopefuls join us for an olympic sized celebration live on mount rockefeller, today

and good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. you're looking at the team out in rockefeller plaza, we call it mount rockefeller. i cannot wait to see the twist over that jump out there. >> you were saying if i did it my hair wouldn't move. >> you're a pretty good skier. >> i can't do that. >> we'll have party for olympic hopefuls out on the plaza as we get set one year out from the next winter olympic. that's going to be lake recfeller beus of the weather we're dealing with. first let us get to our top story. we had tornados causing

of the sou overnight, while new englands getting ready for a powerful snowstorm after a day of record high temperatures. al's going to have the forecast in just a moment. let's start with gabe gutierrez. he's down in new orleans, good morning to u. >> good morning. the damage here is sporadic, but extensive iso areas. thankfully no one was inside this home when the tornado struck. the powerfu winds picked up the entire strucre tossed it across the yard. residents he are doing what they can to salvage what's left. >> it's a devastation. >> this morng parts of the south are in shock after fast moving storms pounded several states. >> it's all gone. >> the ferocious winds tossing this truck down the road. >> oh, my god, look at that. >> tornados slice through at least seven parishes in

ravaged by katrina more than a decade ago. >> the wall collapsed. >> she remembers it well. she was out of her home for nearly a year after the hurricane destroyed it. now this. >> this is overwhelming. with the hurricane you have the opportunity leave with this there's no opportunity. >> also damaged nasa facility that builds rockets. thousands of people are left without power. >> we shouldn't be here. >> edward and his 83-year-old mother barely survived when a tornado orippeof off their home. >> i saw the tornado coming towards us through the window. >> roger was walking his dog when the storm roared through. >> it knocked me down and took my dog away. i don't know where he at. >> the twister's part of a fierce storm system that

path of destruction through the south. bringing hail. >> it coming down right now. >> and relentless winds. in new orlea east, the national gud been called in to help with the clean up. the national weather service says the tornado that blew through new orleans was at least an ef 2 packing winds up to 135 miles per hr. 40 people were injured, but thankfully no deaths have been reported. >> thanyo v much. >> al has his hands full with those tornados. good mornin >> it al is, kind of crazy going on right now. in fact, we still have the risk of severe w do to the south. you are watching that line that caused all e problems last night move through florida. however, we currently have a risk of severe weather starting to push its way through into the southeast. you cee the showers and storms making their way through. the thim pacts we've got 32

marginally reweather. isolated large hail, gusty winds, dangoulightning. now into the nor'easter, we have temperatures wl be getting int the 50s and 60s up and down the eastern seaboard. snow will develop tomorrow morning arod 6:00 a.m. from washingtond.c philadelphia, new york. you can seeheink there. this is where the warmer air stays in longer. so washington, you won't see that much snow. but it's going to be falling at a rate of one to two inches per hour by philadelphia, new york city, boston. boston may see thunder snow as it pushes out we look for the airports to be a mess. major airpo delays up and down the eastern seaboard. that is going to be a big ripple effect, falling temperatures, gusting winds. look at the sll we're looking at right now. down through washington and

four to six inches in philadelph new yo cy,o inches. that might be a conservative estimate. boston, and providence, upwards of a foot. it will be a heavy wet snow. power lines may come down because of tree limbs, this is going to be a real mess. the good ne is it's a fast moving system. >> tale of two days, unbelievabl thankouer much. let's turn to politics now. three federal appeals court judges are weighing the fate of president tru's travel ban after heari arguments for and against it last night. while on capitol hill, democrats pulled the second straight all nighter agains another cabinet nominee. we have complete coverage starting with per exder at the white house, hi, peter? >> good moris was a stunning confirmation in the middle of a heated debate. senate demoat were arguing against senar jeff sessions, the nominee for attorney general. it's that rebuke of senator elizabeth warren that stole the

formally b her from speaking on the sena floor. fireworks on the senate floor. elizabeth warn protesting the nomination o sessions, president trump's pick for attorney general >> mr. sessions has used the awesome pow oofce to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. >> those words from a 1986 letter from the late correta scott king, dr. martin luther king jr.'s widow. opposing h nomination for a federal judgeship. the snap's top republican interrupted >> e sor impugned the motives of our colleague from alabama. >> i k lee of the senate to continue my remark. >> is there objection? >> object. >> warren tweeting senate majority leader silenced mrs. king's voice o

before speaking out on msnbc. >> i'm out of the game on the senate floor. i don't get to speak at all. >> sworn in hours earlier, education seri betsy devos after an unprecedented tie breaking vote by vice president mike pence. >> it was the easiest vote i ever cast. >> this morning president trump's controversial immigration order remains in limbo. for the gon they asked how is the existing screening process inefficient? >> is there a reason for us to think that there's a real risk or that circumstances have changed the be a real risk. >> the president determined there was a real risk. >> the judges want to know what proof did i discriminate against muslims? >> we do not need to prove that this order harms only muslims or every

harm muslims. >> government arguing the ban is well within the president's power. the states insisting reinstating it would throw the country back into chao earlier the psint promised his order wl te upheu upheld. tngare commonsense, this is commonsense. >> john kelly concedes the temporary ban was rushed. >> i should have delayed it just a bit, so that i could talk to members of congress to prepare them for what was coming. >> mr. trump is touting himself as the law and order president, on tuesday meeting with county is sheriffs. he repeat a false crime about violent cri i america. >> the murder rate is the highest it's been in 48 years, do you know that? >> the president raising eye brows with his light hearted comment during the same meeting targeting a texas state senator who wanted to make it tougher for law enforcement to

>> who is the state senator? do i get his name? we'll destroy his career. >> as for that showdown on the senate floor, it largely would have gone unnoticed if they didn't silence elizabeth warren. after being banned from speaking on the senate floor, senator warren went to a nearby room and read the ei letter live on facebook live. four million people have watched. >> ter y very much. let's go to today's fact check focusing on the president's claim about e national murder rate being at a 47 year high. ari melber looked into that. >> that's right. we looked at president trump's claim about the murder rate. the fbi statistics show the murder rate per capita nationally is a 45 year low. there p

you look at cities like new orleans, baor detroit and st. louis. murder remains a problem there. a jump from 20 to 2015, we see in the nation murder rate, although it's still about half what it was in the 1990s. >> interesting. is that where if we're going to give president trump a benefit of the doubt, can you say that maybe he conflated these two things, it was a decades high jump between 2014 and '15 and he may have said we're at decades high numbers. >> certainly. there haveee claims by this president a o politicians that are totally made up. this isn't one of them. there's an issue with one jump in the rate and there are cities, som big cities where the murder rate remains intractable nationally it's declining. >> me ov here, join the conversation. nicole wallace is with us as well. this isn'e first example we've heard the president say shi

things that are similar. it feels to a lot of people like this president is still speaking to his base and not the entire country. that works during a campaign, what's the danger of it when you're president? >> as you all know, from covering september 11th, when you need to speak to the whole country about something as dire and tragic as a terrorist attack, or about something logistical, mean, for months after 9/11, anthrax had shown up in the mail. the government's accountability was so hard -- you need the credibility. here's th other thing about donald trump. he wants to be liked by more people thani he's a mao is a television personality, is obsessed with ratings. as a politician is obsessed with that approval number. obsessed wi growing his base of support. >> do you think there's anything he could do that would actually grow the base, h

out and people from the other side who seem so divided could hear him and say, whoa, wait a second i actually like the guy. >> there's a big chunk of the opposition th will never get behind him. there are a lot of voters in the middle who could be softened if he softened some of his rhetoric. if he toned down some of his statements at are easily picked apart as lies. if he were to moderate on some positions. the republ primary had nice things to s about planned parenthood. the is always room. voters are incredibly forgiving. >> one of the most decisive thing he did was signing the executive order on immigration. based on the comments those judges made yesterday, where is this likely to go? >> several of their questions left the impression that they are comfortable with a temporary blockage whe this moves through the courts. that is normal if the plaintiff, if the challengers have likelihood sss on the merits. ultimatel

mentioning athe top of the show, this is likely the first of a big clash that could make it to the supreme court under president tru the numbers we just talked about there on crerfr the fbi. he didn't seem to consult the fbi. the numbers on immigration we rely on dhs. we're hearing he didn't consult them either. >> thank youot mh. more news from capitol hill. chuck schumer says he has serious conrn about supreme court nominee neil gorsuch after meeting with him. he stopped short of saying he would oppose the nomination. the new york decrass he asked gorsuch several questions, including whether a muslim ban could in concept be constitutiona schumer said gorsuch avoided answers like the plague. senator dianne feinstein also met with gorsuch this week, californiaoc called the nominee caring and

told you about on tuesday. a days' long manhunt is over. 44-year-old william boyette was wanted for the killing of three people. he and a suspected female accomplice, mary rice were found hiding in a road side motel in western georgia. rice surrendered to police but he died to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. actor richard hatch, best known for starring in battlestar galactica has died. he died tuesd afternoon. the actor appeared in dynasty, the love boat and baywatch. richard hatch was 71 years old. and the controversial dakota access pipeline project is moving forward. the u.s. army corp of

announced wl grant an easement to allow for the completion he 1,100 mile long pipeline. it's one of the final steps necessary to begin construction on the last section of the project. seate s become the first major city to cut financial ties with wells fargo over the bank's involvement. pof this morning that true friends are there when you need them. take a look at this video from italy. one donkey struggling to make its way through a wooden fence and two other donkeys moves on. one of the donkeys approaches the fence and removes the wooden slat with his mouth allowing all three animals to walk through. we need teamwork like that th e ther he oot wired a car. >> off ey went. >> i thi yo would do that for me. >> i would. >> put your mouth, lift it up. >> more on the weather?

>> here's 100 lines. >> i'm not going to do any of them. let's show you, we're looking at cold air that will be making its way into the northeast later. you can see got the next storm getting ready to work its way in. heavy rain and snow in the pacific norwe california. we'll look at that in more detail comi up a little bit. we have beautiful weather from texas into the central plains. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in tt seconds

4 meteorologt bel temperatur e alrea in the low to mid 50s across much of the area. near record highs again today. easily making it into the low and mid 60s. the record is 68. not sure we can get all the way there. it wille os clouds increasing this afternoon, t cooler this evening. rain chances changing to snow chances early tomorrow. new 4 today starts at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow an we're expecting one to two inches during the commute. ng up, learning from loss. how a personal tragedy is leading to big changes for facebook. and the controversy over a radical way some moms are dealing witdesi. small amount of lsd. first this is onbc. "today" on nbc.

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was hurt. we don't know the extent of the damage. i want tke a look at the roads with jac taylor, hey, jack. >> good rn wve a couple things going on. we have an accident on university ulrdesou near dennis avenue. left lane getting by now. we have the accident on muncaster mill road. crash on the beltway near pennsylvan avenue. metro line on the blue line, expect delays. back in to you. >> thank you. we'll take a quick break and check your forecastn wme back. stths.

nice and mild outside this morning. we're alrea in the 50s. afternoon highs low to mid 60s with plenty of sunshine early today. clouds will increase later today. a slushy accumulating snow likely at rush hour for tomorrow morning. staying windy and cold on friday, but

weekend. >> all right, chuck, thank you. another local news update for you in 25 mis. for now, back to the today show after this srt.

7:30 now on a wednesday morning. it's the 8th of february, 2017. a year from right now the winter olympics wl getting underway in south korea. they are skiing there this morning. and check it out, to mark the occasion they're skiing outside our studio as well on mount rockefelle right in our plaza. people did the all night long, building that ski slope for us. we're going to go outside and see what maria's got to offer ipjust a little while. oh. >> that was not good. >> okay. >> inside stu

lauer. looking forward to the olympics. >> i am looking forward to them this morning. >> a state me haen declared for louisiana where seven parishes were hit by tornados. homeand businesses were destroyed. the worst damage was in new orleans' ninth ward the site of heavy flooding after hurricane katrina. >> desi on president trump's controversialti order on immigrationou co at any time. this after a panel of judges from the ninth circuit court of appeals heard arguments by phone last night. during the hearing they questioned i of the travel ban and if it discriminates. alamser jeff sessions wi likely be confirmed attorney general a little later today. democrats held another all night talk -a-thon. and elizabeth warren was

impugni a fellow senator. republicare expected to push sessions' nomination through. sheryl sandburg is leaning in again. she is tackling what she calls family friendly policies. and challenging the rest of corporate ame to get on board. this morning, a major status update for facebook. coo sheryl shandburg announcing the company has extended its bereavement league. >> somethin happens that's traumatic. >> th give up to ten days for an extended family member, that's doue amount of time it used to offer. she is a well known champion for integrating f friendly policies into corporate america first made the announcement saying people shou be able to work and be there for their families. no one

very profound ways. i was swallowed in the deep fog of grief. >> the issue hits close to home for sandburg who suddenly lost her husband, dave. she credits her boss, mark zuckerberg for establishing a corporate culture that helped her recover from tragedy. >> when i felt that people didn't ha angs to me, mark was the one who set there with me and went through it and said, no, people really want to help, they just don't know what to say. let's think about how to get through this together. >> in the u.s., just six out of ten private sector workers receive paid time off after the death of a loved one. then it's usually only for a few days. >> grief can be complicated. the more we can focus on that loss, the morecoiz acknowledge and validate that there really is a before and after, the more that worker is going to come back to the office being able to focus on the task at hand. >> along with extending

bereavemenlead, facebook is institutint days of paid family sick ti and up to six weeks of paid family leave for male and female employees. it's a growing trend that's been in the policaspotlight. >> at my fa'sny the are more femal male executives. when a woman becomes a mother she's supported not shot out. >> ivanka trump tackling the issue, echoing her father's offering six weeks of paid family leave. sandberg says will not only supporting mi get a lot of likes, it will make our economy and countryo. it makes sense when you've suffered a losdh up for work a couple days later and how unproductive y

>> i think we're a grief illiterailli illitnation. it is productive. >> they're setting an example. we'll see what other countries across the country do about that. thank you m mr. roker? got a chec weather. >> it's going to be warm along the eastern seaboard. we have a wthp lh, yea baby. washington, c. partly sunny skies, 64. morning rain and snow and 40. we head up the coast to philadelphia. today sun and clouds 62. we're looking at more heavy snow and 34. here in theig apple, today partly clou up to 62, oh, man, snowy and windy, 31. and then boston. you had your big parade, today partly cloud 56 degrees. oh -- >> is this the weather or an add for 50 shades

>> it's just the weekend at large. let's show you what we've got as far as snow amounts, anywhere fr s inches to a foot of snow from philadelphia all the way up to boston and parts of new england. out west, another big storm moving on shore. it's going to bring heavy rain and snow for the pacific northwest io central california. rainfall amots e going to equal up to five to seven inches in some spots. there could be some major flooding bee you combine the rain with the snow melt, streams and possible mudslides flooding and causing problems. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, right here at home it's a partly cloudy start to the day. temperaturesn upper 40s to low and mi50s. highs into the 60s. the record is 68. we might get close. tomorrow, 1% chance of a heavy wet/snow combination. could get an inch

grassy surfaces. we'll keep you posted. plan on a slushy commute tomorrow and cold as we head into friday. get that weather anytime you need it, go to the weather channel on cable. >> thank y vy much. coming up, nfl star tom brady -- go ahead. overshadowe his own son at the patriots' parade. we'll hear from moms who swear by lsd for reasons you might not exp rightft t reasons you might not ♪ why do so many businesses rely on the u.s. postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. ♪ that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority : you

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good morning, everybody. in the 60s with some sunshine today. tomorrow, though, during the morning commute, likely to pick up a slushy couple of inches of snow. know that your thursday morning commute will be a slow and slushy one. friday morning's could be a little on the icy side as everything refreezes. the weekend, we're back into the mild weather. enjoy the 67 degree high today. >> thank you, chuck. another loc news update for you in 25 minutes. for now back to the today show after thishea

♪ 8:0 it's 8:00 on today. coming up, silenced. >> the words of correta scott king are not suitable for debate in the unit states' senate? >> senator elizabeth warren's speech opposing jeff sessions starts on the senate floor. republicans accusing her by not playing by the rules. an appeals court hears arguments on both sides of president trump's control travel ban. will a decision come this week? plus this is milo. this is us star, surprises an unsurprisi fan while he's watching that hit drama. >> we're filming

we know what you're watching right now? you're watching us? >> yes, i'm watching you guys. and one year to go, we're kicking off our countdown to the next winter olympics. we'll check in on the preparationin south korea and team usa hopefuls are here for a big party on the plaza today, wednesday, ua, 17. ♪ hey to our family and friends in tennessee. we miss you, we're at "the today show"! >> shoutout to our friends and family in wichita, kansas. >> good morning, indiana! ♪ >> celebrating my 18th birthday with today. >> good morning garden city, kansas. >> oneeato olympics today!

>> we're bacn 8:00 on a wednesday morning. i know. we're at mount rockefeller. >> wow! >> look what we built overnight here in the plaza. ski mountain, because we are getting ready for the one year mark until the winter olympics in pyeonchang south korea. we have great athletes here in new york. >> oh, wow! >> taking on our slopes. >> come on. yes! >> one more. >> there you go. >> that is crazy. anyway we' out here on the pla pla sn board! >> springsteen for us because it's melting today this is melting as we speak. we have grelyopuls here. we'll talk t all things olympic coming up in our next half hour. >> how funs

>> idant believe it he go'tve he things you can't do in california. or parts of california, yeah. >> yeah. >> get with it. >> big bear might say something about that. >> there he goes again. >> i'm very afraid to do that on skis. if you miss, you're singing soprano. >> we had that happen earlier this morning. >> that's good to know. >> let's geouop stories, he your news at 8:00. i'm at the white house i president p waiting for an appellate to court to decide to support his ban. this after fireworks on capitol hill and a move by senator elizabeth warren. this morning, the president's temporary tl hanging in the balance, after a high stakes hearing tuesday night. a lawyer foe justice department arguing before an appeals court san francisco that the president has

>> that is a very troubling second guessing of the national security decision made by the president. >> the administration asking the court to reverse a lower court's decision blki presidens iv order which temporarily halts travel from people from seven predominateuscouri. when asked to provide evidence, the administra offered few specifics. >> s e ve pointed to any evidence connecting these countries wi terrorism? >> in 2015 and 2016, both congress and the administration made determinations that these seven countries posed the greatest risk of terrorism. >> a lawyer for the two states trying to halt the ban, washington and minnesota, arguing it violates the constitution. >> as al been the judicial branch's role to say what the law is and to serve as a check on abuses by the executive branch. >> and saying the order unfairly targets muslims. an

challenged. >> doounft if the vast majority of muslims are unaffected? >> there's stes we have quoted that are rather shocking of evidence to discriminate against muslims. >> overnight senate democrats protested ano cabinet pick, the president's nominee for attorney gene je sessions. >> free exercise of voting rights is so fundamental. >> tensions escalated when senator elizabeth warren red a letter from correta scott king, the late wid of dr. martin luther king who opposed his appointmento federal bench 30 years ago. things got heated when she was stopped by mitch mcconnell who accused her t -- >> i'm surprised the words of

suitable fi ta for debate. >> they protested betsy devos but she was confirmed. as for the travel ban, president trump tweete this morning, if the u.s. does not win this case as it so obviously should, we can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled. politics! a decisi is expected this week. matt. has ry much. the northet bracing for a harsh winter reality check. mild weather today. near 60 here in new york is going to give way to a major snowstorm tomoith gusting winds and plunging temperatures. a state of emergency is in effect today in louisiana and other parts of the south that were slammed by tornados on tuesday. new orans saw some of the worst damage. about two dozen people are recovering minor injuries. the national guard now helping with that clean up. all right. and coming up, we have a special guest who is going to join us fo

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count down to the 2018 winter olympics. >> extlon ye fm right now the competition will be getting underway in pyeonchang, south kore the clock ticking to get the host city r for all this. >> kier simmons is there for us. how's it looking? >> they there, good morning -- or should i say good evening from here in south korea. and a good evening for a little bit of skiing. i notice you have a little bit of snow there on the plaza. we have a lot more here in south korea. where we will hold the winter olympics in just a year's time. it will set records for the number of medals on offer and they say iw be the most technologicay edn history. three conseve olympics in asia begin next year with a global leader in technology. a country that took the world by storm with a catchy song

2012. gangnam. n al. ♪ soon a bulletrllar spectators from the capital city of seoul to the olympic park. there's plenty of snow. team usa's brightest already a long way from home, here to take some test runs. >> my dad was like, we're not coming. last nig i was talking to them, i thi you should come, it's pretty cool here. >> are they going to come? >> i don't know. they're not s on it. >> they should come. >> i think so too. >> this speed skater hails from florida. >> in sochi i was physically prepared but n mentally prepared. i've learned a lot as an athl e e. >>ghi beginner a quick lesson. >> yeah. >> usa! >> before joining the team for training. >> how i it? >> it's fantastic. >> the venues are almost ready with a year to go. south kore promisg super fast 5 g cell phe connections and

virtually reality. with these i can do that. without act doing that. still up in the air will nhl players take part and will the russians be here, after a massive doping scandal? others planning to compete, established ertar lindsey von and shaun wright. >> my mom's side of the family lives here. having family here is pretty crazy. >> teau hoping to improve on the 28 medals in sochi, nine of them gold. ten will be an american winter olympics record. we'll know in just a year's time when the 2018 games get underway. if you're wondering why i'm wearing this, i'm told it marks a year out from the olympics, hello pyeoncha it says.

in a year's time. if you think i going to go and do some of those stunts they're doing on the plaza, you can forget it. >> you're a pretty good skier. thank you verymuch. >> just ahead we'll hit the slopes ourselv osi on the plaza. we aren't actually. some will. we'll catch up with team usa hopefuls. let's g i one right now. a legend of winter sports and summer sports as well. snow boarder shaun white. >> come on, shaun! >> what's going on? >> shaun! >> you're like the president. >> he comes everywhere with me. >> we thought he could stand here. >> he's going to pyeonchang? >> i am, four or five days from now. it's an ompt t we go do. and we'll do the slalom. >>re you fami with trending?

>> we'll b up interesting topics and feel free to weigh in. >> this i interesting one, we want to se how everybody feels abouit. mariott hotel is planning to offer commal rooms. you have your own bedroom but the kitchen lounge area are shared, sho of like the dorm. the hotel says it could be good for big groups, but you'd be able to book a room with total random strangers. i would book a room with everybody re >> everybody looked at me. >> shaun wod do it. i think he'd do it. >> i would try it, i guess. it's a roll of the dice, though, you know. >> you ve. >m a big fan. let me tuck you in. >> see, that's where -- >> i don't know. i don't know. >> yeah. >> you're good. >> do you want to talk? remember? when u re at the olympics? >> do the rest of you

>> maybe wgr >> friends you knew. >> i wouldn't do it with strangers. >> next one is -- definitely not, no. >> this next one is right up sean's alley. when is the last time you got in a really good good snowball fight? been a hot minute. on occasion there will be kids that need a little lesson. for just a little well placed from the chair lift. just a nice -- >> i want to show you students at the university of british columbia. they're makinthbe of all the snow. this is a giant snowball fight there. 3,000 peoplpaid in this battle. students, teachers, staff. it lasted about 25 minutes. >> wow. >> how many bloody lips were there? >> yeah. >> maybe we'll have our own battle tomoow sie we're going to get snow. >> that would be nice. >> i want you to see, i want

this happened on our show ten years ago. we had a major snowstorm oth plaza. watch whata when i accidental tossed a snowball to a guy in the crowd. watch. accidentally. >> snowball can really hurt. >> yeah. >> you could have blocked it. >> i blocked a little bit. >> it was -- >> yeah. all right. >> one more. this to everybody here has probably gotten a ticket. how many peop ha disputed it? >> no. >> yeah. >> one woman went in and said this was absolutely ridiculous and the judge agreed with her. so take a look. >> one second on cushing street, no parking 8:00 to 10:00. >> correct. >>u

>> i literally pulled up at 9:58. >> ticket was issued at 9:59. >> my car clock said 10:00. >> now you're blaming the car clock. i think 9:5is eugto 10:00. >> oh, good. >> be honest, mr. white. when is the last time you got pulled over and you used your celebrity to get out of a ticket? >> pulled out the medal. >> the long hair, was i speeding? a couple times, yeah. >> okay. >> you know, my kids would kill me if i give you a ticket, just give you a ticket. >> oh. >> i've been pulled over by the same state trooper three times. absolutely. he says again? >> you never got a ticket? >> this time, this last time, because nick was in the car, i 't

get the ticket. >> that's nice. >> next time you say would you like a signed snowboard from shaun white. >> like to get a room. >> everybody deserves a break sometimes. pop start, first up an 11-year-olam i have been lifted from pam beasley. she was famously barred from a restaurant ch after -- remember this embarrassing scene. >> i wa ty this was the best restaurant ever. >> we have a strict policy here, not to over surf. apparently th yog woman was sneaking drinks off of other people's tables. she is not welcome at this restaurant ai every again. >> this selfie was posted in front of a il writing should i try to go in. chili's gall of it and lifted the ban. the parent compyos

official psrelease. milo decided to have fun on the set of h hit tv show and thankfully on camera. check out what he did. >> so this family, if you can zoom in there is actually watchi oshow. we're filming next door. we're going knock on their door. hi. sorry to bother you. >> hi. >> we're filming next door, but we happen to notice what you're watching right now. >> how crazy is that? selfies were taken and hopefully milo didn'tilanything. can you imagine you're watching on demand or something like that and the door bell rings. >> i walked on "the today show" and matt lauer knocks on your door. >> all r. shaun white, ladies and gentlemen. >> a white. >> fantastic. >> way to go, we'll talk more to him in our next half hour. mr. roker? >> all nbc pop

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ago about someone near to me. a growing number of families are being affected just like mine. few people are as close to death every day lawrence meadows. he's the co-owner of a funeral home in spartanburg, south carolina. it's a callg guided by a faith he had since he was a boy. at this church, he's not just a member, he's t pastor. >> we ought to take time out of our schedule and pray sometimes. >> all his life, he's been active and healthy. i know beu ve known him all my life. lawrence is my older brother. but now at the age of 39, he's been diagnosed with stage iv colon cancer. i could not get my head around it being you because you've always been -- no spoking, no drinking. >> yeah. >> no partying. >> yeah, i was like, man, god. i should have drunking and smoking and doing all that other stuff if i'm going to have the diagnosis.

the other stuff in too. >> that's lawrence in his funeral ho talking about a potentially deadly diagnosis but doing what he's done since we were little cracki jokes. his doctor removed a baseball sized tumor from his abdomen. but the cancer has spread. now he spends a lot of time at the cancer center in houston. >> this is the lining of the abdomen. >> his doctor says he is seeing a troubling trend with early onset cases, meaning patients under 45. >> we're expecting the incidents will contin to rise and may increase by about 50% over the next 15 years. >> the doctor says african-amerire twice as likely to develop early onset colon cancer as whites. and there's a white gap in the survival rates. what's most troubling is experts can't figure o why. they have detected gti

lawrence had no markers. >> we recommend relatives of patients have their first colonoscopy ten years before onset. as soon as you hit 29. >> this is part of the problem with early onset cases. most people should start getting regular colonoscopies at the age of 50. for higher g 45. no help to lawrence and our family. >>. she's not ardeath? how often ynkbt ? >> every day i look at my children, who, you know, especy our son, both of kids, but lawson adores his daddy. you know, it's hard to look at that little boy where's my dad and just think, you know, he doesn't know

keeping the cancer at bay. which means flying to houston every other week for chemo treatments. we were there when lawrence got the results of his latest round of tests. >> our goal was to try to stop its growth. certainly accomplished that but i think eve better was the shrinkage of t cancer. >> the doctor even showed us where it's shrinking. >> there is no cure for colon cancer. it's like cutting grass. cut it back, cut it back, cut it back till eventually it just dies. >> back in south carolina, he is determined. >> dot veor fights to pick. >> this is it. >> this is the omfight i'm focused on. >> i got you. >> evicting cancer from me. >> with the suppo of family and his doctors, lawrence leans on a faith that's defined his life. hoping and praying for god's grace. so lawrence has five more rounds of chemo until his next ct scan. hopefu

gotten even smaller. and people have a family history, esci folks who look like me should talk to their doctor about doing screenings. >> perfect. >> we love it. >> thank youorng personalto hi, good morning everybody it's 8:26 on this wednesday, february 8th. we want to get a quick check on the roadways with jack taylor. hey, jack. >> good morning. 295 northu been a bit of a problem northbound. if you're heading towards benning road, the problem is westbound. long-standinisom this morning, two left lanes getting by, benning road west at 34. 395 northbod trying to leave the beltway heading north on the 14th street bridge. we believe t accident is on the freeway may have just cleared. delays remain.

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♪ 8:30 on a wednesday morning, it's the 8th day of february, 2017. a year to go until the next winter olympic games in pyeonchang, utre >> they're good. >> just ahead we're going to kick off the party into high gear with team usa hopefuls here on the plaza. we're going tha

performancer at the rink. nice job. >> but first as we've shown you, we built mount rockefeller to mark the occasion. on top of it right now we've got two gold medalist from sochi. >> mattie won her goal in the half pipe competition. josh grabbed his in skiing. come on down. good to see guys. it's been a long time since we saw you. how have you e doing well? at this stage of the game, does the adrenaline start to pump a year out from pyeonchang? >> yeah, i mean, the pressure starts to rise a little bit. but we're still out here having a good time. it's easy to distract yourself. >> yeah, definitely. i mean a loca change in one year. trying to stay focused and not get too ahead of ourselves. >> how do you try to stay focused? >> have fun. >> have fun?

>> oh, wow so the pressure never gets to you guys because you feel joyful when you're coming down the hill? it looks like you have no concerns at all. who is the competition you're thinking about? >> the cool thing about our sport, we're not necessarily competing wit each other as much as we compete with ourselves. like, when you don't do it well at an event you're not mad at your fellow competitor, you're like oh, i should have done better. that makes it a little bit more light and fun, which i really like. >> josh, you went to sochi and everybody id i don't know what this guy's going to do. now you go back as the defending champion. that pu a ltlt of a target on your back, doesn't it? >> definitely. it's going to be a lot different this time around than last time. we've had three years so far to try and get that into my head. >> lots more pressure? >> i felt pressured the year after the olympics but it feels the same now, maybe just more fun. we know h tdo it. >>

little lik it was in sochi. remember how it was back then? we have mount rockefeller and 60 degrees today. >> i know, ittty nice. it makes me feel like i'm in californiagain. >> great to have you here. thank you much. we'll see you a lot in the next year, we kn that. we're going to talk to more hopefuls, including this guy right here, shaun white. first, mr. roker, a check of this balmy weather. >> all right. let's see what we've got for you starting wi today. again, we' watching that next storm getting ready to come up and make its way up the eastern seaboard. heavy rain and snow in the pacific nortes plenty of sune from the southwest into the gulf coast. tomorrow, heav hen northeast. it will paralyze things. a flood threat in northern california mild from the southwest into the midplains. look at the cold air coming into the northe plains. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good mornineverybody, right her

are in the low to mid 50s. mild day today. temperatur jumping into the mid 60s with breaks of sunshine from time tti then things start to change as we get into the overnight tonight and into tomorrow. future weatr here, shows the rain changing to snow between about 4:00 and 7:00 tomorrow morning. and sw flurries and snow showers off d thu most of the day. total accumulations fairly low tomorrow and paved surfaced should be pretty good because of all this warw. olympics one year out on the plaza is sponsored by toyota. proud partner of the 2018 winter olympic and paralympic games. >> one of our favorite winter sports athletes to watch is alpine skiing legend lindsey vonn. natalie had a chance to sind do - si d with lindsey in los angeles. >> s missed out on sochi due to

vonn says south korea will be her fourth and final time competing on the olympic stage. now with her game face on and eye on the prize, she said there's one thing that can stand between her and her shot at another medal. fierce. fearless. and fast. lindsey vonn suiting up for the biggest year of her career. it's been eight years since you competed a olympics. what will this olympics mean for you? >> don't say that. >> sorry. >> i feel like this is going to be a really good one for me. probably, y kno closing out my career to have one more chance at the olympics i think is going to be great. >> as vonn looks ahead to the finish lane in pyeonchang, south korea, sheanp t in back to fo years ago. >> watching sochi on tv was not what i wanto doing. i worked so hard from the previous in to be ableo come back and then to just blow my knee out again. just a few months before t

olympics was really heart breaking. >> always resilient, vonn turned her frustration into motivation. picking up right where she left off. >> i'm a risk taker. i love pushing myself and seeing how fast i can go. that's what allows me to win so many races, but it makes me prone to injuries. >> this past november, vonn's limits were tested once again with yet ot crash. leaving her wh a broken arm and putting her training on hold. vonn says it was her most painful injury. 15 months out before pyeonchang this happen to your arm? >> it was a brutal injury, a lot worse than my knees, actually. but thankfully it's not my kes again. >> aftene weeks of intensive rehab, vonn returned to the slopes in january with a vengeance, adding a 77th world cup title to her record. it was an emotional win for vonn who is on

all time record of 87 wins, one currently hel a man to prove once and for all that she's the best skier of all time, period. but for vonn, that's all just a warm up for the ultimate prize. you've been to pyeonchang. you've seen the downhill. you said it aenng hill. for you to admit that something'soib challenging. >> iove a challenge. i mean, you know, i think the bigger chaent is, the better chancys i have of doing well. >> wh e looking to do there? >> i would love to get another gold medal, especially in downhill. i'll do my best like i always do. to me, it's not a question of will i be ready. it's will i be healthy. that's my main goal. >> vonn is working to regain strength in h hands. but the 32-year-old's determinati an all time high, thanks in part to a support system, that includes her boyfriend, keenan smith. assistant

it seems like it's a good match to have sobo who is in sports. >> yeah, l nd someone who understands athletics, understands competition it's hd fmeat understands those things. he's a normal . >> the unno her final olympic appear on, and all signs point to a big year ahead frf lindsey vonn. what do you hope the headlines are coming out of these olympics? >> i hope there's some mention of medals, plural. >> the best ski racer ever? >> that would be a pretty good headline. >> lindsey will get to test out the olympic course next month. a lot of people will be watching for a possible preview of what is to come from her in 2018. guys one thing that she does not do well is slow down. i asked her to come to a

class with me in la. her words, no way. >> doesn't l her. thank you ve much. up next we'll talk more to another olymc legend. hoping to dome south korea, shaun white. this is today on nbc. this is ".

we are back now with more of our countdown to pyeongchang 2018. just a year away. when you talk about olympic snowboarding, one name will always come to mind. two-time gold medalist shaun white. >> he pushed the limits of what a snowborder can do over and over again and even invented tricks in his time. they're the olympics gold standard. po morning. >> morning, guys. >> you'll be 31 in pyeongchang. >> yup. >> how hard of a decision was it for you to sa

not performing the way i'd like to in sochi really inspired me. i got refocused, recalibrated. i'm back at it. it is great. >> recently, you did some good work. >> i did. >> you came out on top. >> i won the last event, the world cup. >> that's got to feel really good. have you -- you're obviously in shape. did you have to go back to getting in shape, or have you maintained it over time? >> i mean, i'm always active. i live in l.a., i surf, skate, snowboard all the time. i'm physically fit from that. to be honest, i really dove deeper into it. i got a trainer, full-time physical therapist. i wanted to keep me in shape. it's really helping. >> we've had the pleasure of snowing you for a long time. >> yes. >> since you seem like you were a little kid. i always thought you were a contradiction. on the outside, as my kids would say, he's very chill, easy going. i've interviewed you at times when the fierce competitor comes out. you mentioned sochi. how much of this isou

career on what happened there? >> i was in the lobby and getting interviewed. they asked, when did you get over sochi? i'm like, i didn't. you don't. to be honest, it is like falling off the bike and you have the scar from it. it is a part of you. it's something to learn from. i'm definitely learning, and i'm back. >> some of your moves have become the gold standard, as we say. do you have anything new that you are cooking up in your brain that you might show us in korea? there plenty of things. i'm heading there for a test event in the next couple of days to compete. a lot of new tricks. i don't want to spill the beans just yet, but a lot of new stuff that's coming. i'm feeling stronger than ever, more focused. should be a great one. >> there's a lot of experimenting and innovating that goes on as we're talking about in your line of the work. we were just talking, how do you handle a run right after a run where you have crashed horribly? how do you get back on the board? >> good question. >> in the heat of the moment, i'm pretty -- i'm probably very

i'm very upset with my performance. because i probably knew what to do, and i -- if i could turn back time, i would do it differently, the correct way. you're so in the heat of the moment, you get back up there and do it again without thinking. thinking is usually the thing that gets in the way. unfortunately, as you get older, you think more. >> is there someone you're looking at saying, i've got to make sure i'm better than that guy? who is that guy? >> you know, like what was mentioned earlier, it is usually yourself. you're your own enemy at times. the last competitions, a japanese snowboarding, yuri, who won the last olympics, great guy, friend of mine. we go from event to event. you learn from it and keep going. >> speaking of events, you have your own event, called big air and style. or hair and style? >> it was hair but it is air and style, yeah. >> you want that to be a qualifying? >> what's amazing, it is a sports and music festival that i

angeles february 18th and 19th at the coliseum in downtown l.a. it's a co chachella meets x gam. there is a slope style, a series of jumps, and now big air will be featured in 2018 in korea. our event is actually big air. >> i thought you were talking about skateboarding in tokyo, coming up, as well. >> we'll talk later about that. >> shaun white, we love ya, honey. gracie gold next over on the rink. this is "today" on nbc.

♪ this morning on "today," at the rink, a special performance with the next winter olympics officially one year away. in

gracie gold won a bronze medal in the first ever team event. she is about to do skating for us this morning here. good morning, gracie. we got a chance to talk for a minute toor so before. how much pressure is on you right now to make the team? >> of course, there's always pressure. an olympics is really the highest level of competition for figure skating. at the end of the day, i love skating and i love competing. i want to go back to the games. >> so in the last figure skating world championships, you didn't do well, placed sixth. does that increase the pressure? how do you keep your mind focused and not let it get to you? >> for me, it is just fire. it is a chance to improve. i'm just looking to win next year's nationals so i can, you know, take back my crown, so to speak. >> when you focus, are you focusing on the nationals or the olympics? >> national it is the ticket to the games. >> right. >> but my eye is mostly on the games because that's the medal i'm really looking for. >> how many hours a day are you putt

>> three to four hours on the ice, but we have off ice, ballet, dance, mental training. it is really 365 days of non-stop. >> 365 days. we're going to ask you to skate this morning for us. don't fall. don't make a mistake. but good look. >> i'll try not to. thank you. >> thank you, gracie gold. go right ahead. there you go. go right ahead. ♪

♪ playing with the hand that we were dealt in this game ♪ ♪ maybe i'm the sinner and you're the saint ♪ ♪ got to stop pretending but we ain't ♪ ♪ why we pointing fingers any y anyway ♪ ♪ cause you're the best mistake i've ever made ♪ ♪ but we hold on, hold on ♪ you're, you're, you're, you're ♪ ♪ i'll be saving my life for you, for you ♪ ♪ girl, you got a body like an hourglass ♪ ♪ she got a booty like a cadillac but i can send you into

overdrive ♪ ♪ anybody could compare to you ♪ bang, bang, into the room ♪ i know you want it ♪ bang, bang, all over you ♪ i'll let you have it ♪ bang, bang, there goes your heart ♪ ♪ i know you want it ♪ bang, bang, seat of my car ♪ i'll let you have it ♪ wait a minute >> gracie gold, thank you for that beautiful performance. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

♪ welcome back. a live shot of pyeonchang, south korea. we've been celebrating olympic athletes all day. we have shaun white with us. and we have maria shriver making her way back from the skating rin ri. these cool athletes have been here all mog. wou y introduce yourselves? >> i'm nico

hockey. >> monique from north dakota, ice hockey. >> joly ice hockey. >> rico, paralympic foot hockey. >> great to join us. maria shriver, los angeles. we look forward to seeing you all a year from now in pyeonchang,av great year of preparation beten now and then. shaun white, it's always great to have you here. it really is. >> thank you. >> what's your next big event? >> is going to korea and competing and then the air and style. so should be great. >> all right. it's going to be fantastic. thanks to natalie who brought us that profile of lindsey vonn. thanks to ki simmons who is over in pyeonchang this morning doing some pretty good skiing. a big thank you to all of our athletes. just ahead, trace adkins will join us for the next ha

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this morning on today's take, trace adkins, our co-host you don't wa to miss his country confessions. ice, ice, baby. find out whe ndce are hangi wh us. scott foley revealing secrets driving the teut now. from nbc news, this is today's take live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcometo a wednesday morning, february 8th, 2017, as we continue country music week. thrilled to h mr. trace adkins here with us today. >> good morning. >> that voice, have you -- your voice alway been that deep? >> that d

the womb. >> most of the time when a voice changes it jt goes down just a couple octaves, did you take a nose dive? >> 13 or 14. >> it went to this? >> i don't know if it went to this, it went to the point where people would call my house and i would answetho and they would go hello mr. adkins, they thought it was my dad. >> that's pre cool. you sold mo than 11 million albums. 30 top 40 hits. new tour, new album. something's gg on coming out march 31st? >> that's what i heard. >> a busy man. >> new single is watered down? >> watered down. >> it reflects -- i'm guessing, you had a tough year. what drew you to this song? >> well, you know, i've lived a pretty rowdy life. and i think at some point you have to temper

that's what watered down is about. it's like, you know, i still have vices and i'm still kind of crazy. >> i was just about to say we all do. was it therapeutic for you or something y fe like you had to do? a lot of people if they have those tim they don't think or talk about it. >> yeah, this is one of those songs, where i'm not ashamed to admit there were a couple moments when i was recording the song i had to stop and take a few minutes becau it was hitting me pretty hard. you know, it helped me measure things and p things in perspective. and i thin that it was just a perfect song for me. and i've never said -- i think this was my th album now and i've never picked a favorite off any of those albums until now. >> nice. >> and you are listening to the song, i thi a lot of people will relatto it. you're probabl going to help a t

>> you look good. >> i feel good. >> you look good. >> you look good. >> thank you. >> i just got to tell you, i mean, yeah. >> well, thank you. >> i'm a little intimidated. >> both of you. >> boy, this much be some goa e a that the bad -- goatee. >> i like how you self-censored. that was impressive. >> i did some research about you. we want to ask you about amazing things you learned. sometimes u can't trust wikipedia. you h't cut your hair since 1991, truer false? >> not true. because eve time i do a video -- >> they make you -- >> somebody trims it up. it's not like, cut -- >> trimming the ends. >> yeah, you know that thing. >> you know. >> no, i haven't really cut it short, no. b wldi an- >u would >> yeah, i mean, you know -- >> let's do it -- just

anybody have any scissors? >> if there was a movie role with enougrot d cut my hair. >> cheers. cheers to the zeros. >> would you do -- want to do some acting? >> i do a little bit every now and then. >> somebody said, hey, trace we want you to star in this movie. >> sure. >> if the zeros are there. >> if the zeros are there. >> your voice screams superhero maybe we'll work on that. >> true or false, 6'6"? >> i think true. i think i'm shrinking. i was -- yes, yes. >> you know, what's interesting to me and you're sitting. i feel if i stand up right now you're taller than me sitting. full disclosure, i have tall heels. >> it's a tall chair. >> he's sitting. >> bless you heart. >> stand . >> okay. this is not -- aww. >> i'm 4'11". that's something. >> you're like a little doll to me. >> i hit 4'11" and i just stopped. >> clea

voice. >> exact. here's ano one, we read are you afraid of snakes? >> well, you know, i hate -- i don't like snakes. you know, i don't like snakes. i grew up in louisiana where most of them will kill you. >> there's that. >> i don't like them. >> now, your voice is deep. can it go any deeper than this? >> oh, yeah. yeah. i know i hit a low e. i haven't tried lately to see how deep i c g but i can sing pretty low. >> how low can you go? >> not that low is. >> you can go pretty low too. >> you're talking about my voice? >> this morning, we had a fun time with one of your huge hits, hon hon hon tonk. i would ask you what that is, but i think i kind of know. >> you know what it is. >> you bust some

i just, you know, it's not -- nothing -- i've done whatever i felt like doing. i never choreographed anything. after my first video came out that i was actually dancing i it, then kin of became a compulsory event and they would yell at me if i wasn't dancing enough. dance like you did in the video. >> it looks like it was a party. >> it was, it was fun. >> i feel like you can't say that -- i don't know why i'm whispering it. it feels nghs l donk a donk. >> bring in the confession booth. >> now it's your turn. you ready? you go going to go in there for a question? spill your secrets. here we go. we're going t zoom in. >> i don't wa to do

audience member has ever done at one of your concerts. wow. yeah. there's be a l of crazy ones, you know. you know. most people don't -- they don't like jumpers. i don't mind jumpers, you know. >> jumpers? >> what -- >> when they get on stage. >> oh. i was like what's a jumper. >> somebody's up top. >> sometimes get a jumper and they won't let go, you know, and then it's just -- it becomes that, you know, wwe and you're just -- >> like you go -- boom. >> i tell my guys, you know, if it's, you know -- depending on who it is, let them stay a little longer, you know. maybe. >> ba donk a donk. >> if i see him on

off. >> we got ice t in the house. >> make him answer one of these. >> i was about to say. >> the boot? >> good mor. >> 'sle. 'cln. >>ke qstn, quti. >> let trace do one, first, go ahead man. >> take two b we're going to ask you another one. >> oh, lord. >> okay, can y sing one line of your favorite country song of all time. ♪ you don't know lonely till it's chiseled in stone ♪ >> wow. >> all right. >> what song is that? >> that's vern gosdin, one of my favorite count songs of all time. >> i s -- >> who wrote these? mine says what's your favorite song to pump your up? i say how about the law and order theme. da da da.

check. >> zeros. we were talking about the zeros. >> every time i hear that, i like that song. all right. >> really quickly. >> the other one said what's the one thing you've done in a truck you've neve told -- everybody knows what i've -- well, you know, i think everybody think yz did what they think i did in the truck. >> yeah. yeah. >> as long a it has a rear cab. >> yeah. >> guys. there you go. >> all right. >> ice t, ladies and gentlemen. >> ice t. >> make the connection. >> one of the greatest geico commercials ever. >> it's true. it's my favorite. >> also friday we're doing one of our coolest freebie fridays. we've been asking our country music stars sign a guitar. we've give x out on friday. three in the plaza, three at home. would you us the honor of signing? >> absolutely not. >> oh, studly. >> there you go. >> there yogo. >> pick any -- >> okay.

who doesn' l reba? >> everybody loves reba. all right. >> is that keith urban? can you read that? that's terrible >> i can s 2017. >> there you go. >> that's terrific. thanks so much. ice t we'll be talking with you in just a little bit. coming up next which hollywood superstar may be back on the big screen for the first time in nearly a decade? >> you're goi to like this, this is great. >> he's back. >> we'll realft alth. im. it's something about responsibility. but she's got the nose of a blood hound. we have to be super duper careful. so we're using fresh step with the power of febreze. it's designed to trap and eliminate odors for 10 days guaranteed. victory is ours, mr. kitty! fresh step with the power of febreze. and for a tropical freshness, try new hawaii aloha.

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we have our guest co-host country star, trace adkins. okay, who is not a major fan of jack nicholson? >> nobody i know of. >> big news today, the legendary jack nicholson is set to return to the big screen for the first time -- i didn't realize it's been nearly a decade. he's signed on for an american remake of aerlm that was nominated for best foreign language film. they'll remake it in english. it's about a prankster father trying to reconnect with his daughter. and kristin whig is set to star as well. >> oh, wow. >> favorite nicholson roles? >> as good as it gets. i like romantic comedies. for me i was watching a little bit of it this morning when we were preparing for the show. he is so good in this role. this is to me, classic, you know what i mean? the way he goes up and down.

jerk. you kno i mean. >> how aboutyou? >> i love it when he does comedy, that's le m the departed. >> he was a scream. >> i know, wasn't it funny? no. no. yeah, i love departed. but i like him in the bucket list with morgan freeman, come on. >> theree classic. classic. >> i went a little soup up hero batman, the joker. >> of course. >> just crazy in this o, love that. >> i didn't realize it's been a decade. >> what w his last movie? >> somebody told me earlier. what was it? >> with reese -- >> oh, bucket list, was it bucket list? how -- what? oh, how do you know. but the big one -- >> how do you know what? oh, that's the name of the movie. >> i hea was done. that was the rumor that he was done. but i'm glad he's

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>> it's -- yeah, strange. but i don't know. i like -- i have put peanut butter on a cheese burger before. >> that's interesting. >> that sounds disgusting. >> you ever had honey on cheese burgers? >> that would make sense, i could see that. >> barbecue, sometimes it's sweeter. this soudisgusting to me as well. >> i like it you brought knives and forks here. >> are we going to do this? somebody bring a bucket over here. i'm pretty su i'm going to throw up. >> can you do it that way if you do. >> thank y >> to your left. >> are we going? >> go for it. >> okay. >> i do not like it sam i am. >> no. >> not at all. >> the hot sauce on the eggs by themselves >> th is the way you got to eat eggs. >> that's my language. >> that's the way you eat eggs. >> hot sauce in my bag. >> hot sauce peanut -- >> i think you m

put hot sauce on the peanut butter. >> that wouldn't be bit. >> did you just put the knife in your mouth, so tough. >> no, that's not good. >> it was worth a shot. okay, let's take a look at your weather. while we get this awful taste out of our mouths. we have winter weather -- storm watches and warnings up for 58 million peopl for tomorrow. snowfall rates one to two inches per hour. it's going to be a mess. starts by 6:00 a.m. from d.c. up to new york city. d.c. won't see all that much. from philly, new york city into boston we'rg to be looking at snowfalleso t inches per hour. visibility is goi to be bad. airports will a mess. high profile vehicles up and down i-95, just bad news. look at the snowfall amounts we're expting by thursday afternoon. generally, x to eight inches of snow. heavier amots you get up into new england. >> i got to get out of here.

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he see actor, rapper, song writer, producer, filmmaker, basically anything else he wan to be. we're talking about the one and only ice cube. >> he starred in dozens of movies, including friday, which he co-wrote and ride along by the only man i'm physically intimidated by, kevin hart. >> he's back in a new film, fist fight. a tough as nails teacher who can make brewing coffee seem intimidat >> you. campbell. >> me? >> you the only one drinking coffee, right? >> yeah. no, i mean. i got a light roast, cappuccino. >> get your light roast over here and help me

yeah. sure. yeah. sorry don't know what i was resisting that. it's a new machine. it's state of the art though all you got to do is put in your order and it does the rest. >> coffee. >> this is good. >> good morning. >> good to see you guys. >> i love the premise of this. a tough teacher, and charlie day kind of rats you out on something athapned. >> without a doubt. and it's crazy because we play two teachers from different sides of i guess of the educational spectrum. you know. i'm a no nonsense, you know, disciplinari and then you have the be friends to every student kind of teacher that charlie day plays. and then we just get into it over budget cuts and he actually gets me fired. >> yeah. >> then you challenge him to a fist fight. >> old school, after school, knock down, d out. fisg

with everyo watching. >> oh. >> normally yok 'she kids, thisite teachers. it's funny that this is a school where they have a bad high school, the kids are bad. but they almost come together to watch the teachers fight. >> yeah, without a doubt. you know, it's like -- >> look at that crowd. >> you know, we fighting against a lot of coddling that's going on in the schools. and you know, the underlying message is, we got to fix these schools bec the schools are driving the teachers crazy. >> yeah. yeah. well. but weren't you really glad it was just a movie? because cha dldak you out, man. >> tough hombre, charlie. tough guy. >> just saying that good thing it was fake. he's a big dude. >> is it true it took eight days to film the fight scene? >> i looked at the director are we shoin

fight? he said, man, you can't name the movie fist fight and then have a little one punch knockout at the end. >> that's good point. >> we had to go for it. >> you're watching the movie and because it's called fist fight you're waiting for it. when it happens, you go all in. >> it's epic. >> epic is a good word for it. tracy morga ow, so great to see him on screen. was this his first film since the accident? >> his first film back. we was just happy to see him. you know, he was -- i think the accident made him funnier. you know what i mean? he just was the same old tracy. you know, inappropriate comments at any time. you know, and it's, you know, it felt like felt normal, do you know what i mean? >> that's good. >> did anybody accidently throw a punch that actually landed? >> not this movie. you talking about ride along. i accidentally hit a stunt guy sorry, dude. i sent you that bottle of that, you know. but on this movie, you know, we

three days. and we didn't hit each other. i guess charlie was making sure. >> there you go. he wanted keep your face clear because celebrating an anniversary. he wantedr wife to be able to have a ni clean face. >> 25th. >> 25 years, congratulations. >> congratat >> that's sometng tsay. >> awesome. >> you should congratula my wife, really. putting up with me. >> wait, what's your wife's name? >> for 25 years? my wife is kimberly. >> congratulations, kimberly. >> she's a star. >> there you go. >> she's a star. >> always good to see you, sir. >> congratulations. >> fist fight, hits theaters, february 17th. coming up, how about a little ice t. >> yeah! >> ice cube to ice t and the all-star castf law and order svu. we're helping them celebrate their 400th episode. >> after me. i was energetic.

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the new rkcity, the dedicated detectives who investigatthio felonies whe members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit. these are their stories. >> that was pretty good. very good. you're a super fan you know those words b heart. from the opening sequence of law and order special victim's unit. it's the longer running drama currently on air. 18 seasons we veheass morning, we have mariska hardigay. ice t, and peter -- excuse me the rookie of crew. good morning, all of you guys. >> goomoin >> hello, down there. got the whole crew. >> glad you're here. >> congratulations. >> tonight's episode is special.

the 4 00th episode. >> he panicked. he wads trying to scare whoever it was away. >> there was friends. >> any recent problem? >> not that we can find. >> if he knew that luke wasn't going to be home. that would help to establish his mindset. he we to nicole's house knowing she wasn't going to be home. >> the's n text or e-mails between hian trey. >> let's dig into the social media accn talk to friends. >> wow, guys, good morning. what a milestone. when you first auditioned for this, do you ve any idea you'd spend almost 20 years of your life -- sorry to bring it up. almost two decades of your life. >> you know, al, when i started the show in 1846, i remember it like it was yesterday. you just cat e. you kno o a day like

my husband made me coffee and he put the 400 in my coffee. >> he wins. >> it was so sweet. he used stinencils d think i would be here today talking about this. i'm profoundly grateful. >> he mentioned you directed tonight's episode. i was watching it, it's one of the things where does it get in your head? sometimes it c get so heavy. it's one ofhedewhe you talbath tv because you get into it. >> yeah. well, i do actually talk back to the monitor. when i'm directing, and very animated. people think i'm conducting music. yeah, it's a heavy, very deep show. definity s with us. you know, people ask

we've been on so long and had this incredibly long run. and i always say, the first thing i say is because you know, the actors, the writers, the directors, producers, the network, tells these very delicate stories with such compassion a care. and artistry. and it's a gift to be working on a team where everybody is so deeply invested. again, that' sobody -- ice and i are the og's here. how dare i use that word in this room. but, you know, we sit there and we look at the new actors that have come on. and i say -- >> what is it like stepping into something le this. >> you feel l you're a part of somethin th's bigger than you. this is a show that the city of new york sor of owns. you can't wal down the street without everybody kind of sheeri ceru on. >> asking

>> counselor, what's up. >> i'm like i'm not really a lawyer but i can pretend to be yours. there's also the responsibility i think that we all feel, which is interesting. the show gives a voice to subjects and to situations that were -- are very hard to talk about. and people will come to you as an outlet. and that's an amazing position to be in. it's also a very deep and responsible pon toe in. you want to le up to that. >> congratulations. people can'g enough of it. i think i read, kelly, did you wake up one time in puerto rico and you were on? >> yeah. yeah, i'm like oh, god i'm on vacation. comon, man. svu is always on. my mom, she goes, yeah, i woke up you were on the tv. that must havenice. no, it's crazy. >> somethto celebrate here. we wanted to recognize your 400th episode. so we got a little spe 4

there's a whe generation that doesn't know ya rapper. >> when you're on 18 years you talk to a kid he's like, well, i'm 20. so you were like, two when i started doi this, you know. >> why don't y'all come over and blow out the candles. >> congratuti guys. >> thank you. >> 400. >> congratulations. the 400th episode of law and order special victims unit air tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central here on nbc. blow out your candles. >> congratuti guys. >> one, two, three. >> all right. that's what's going on around the police state, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morni everybody, still some filtered sunshine here in washington. temperaturen and mild. leesburg, 64. martinsbur 64. 62 in annapolis. when it's by the bay and still that warm you know it's an unusual day. mix of clouds and sunshine today. it gets cloudier and cloudier with time today. nd

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fun n a film. in a film. >> it is fun to be one, too. >> wasn't going to say it. >> i will. >> those from suv may arrest me. >> boom. >> in this movie, there is so much physical activity. i understand there was maybe an elbow to the eye. >> yeah. well, in the scene, keanu throws me over his shoulders. we do all our own stunts because keanu is ridiculous at every bit of martial arts. his elbow was out and my head was in the wrong place. it was a tiny nix. i was like, it is fine. i think they kept it in there. i got ice so i wouldn't have a bump. any time it came around, i put it in a different place. >> was that from your face? >> no, just my elbow. oh, my ankle. my low back. not my face. >> you y

"resident evil." >> they welcome you with open arms and want you to be a part of it. they help you understand that world. you get to kind of get into something that they're so familiar with already. that's a great experience to have. >> ruby rose, i'm going to have to write a song. that name, ruby rose. i'm sorry. >> how would it be, upbeat or -- >> your voice is so sexy. can you say my name again? >> ruby rose. >> can you be my voice double? >> i'm sorry, ruby. ruby is not available right now. >> oh, my god. >> you should have an app. everybody would be downloading that. >> can we make it happen? >> i'll start with ruby first. i'm sorry. you have to get in line. >> for all of america. >> that's right. >> you'll be in "pit

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