good morning. good morning. international outrage, the death of college student otto warmbier ratcheting up the already tense relationship between the u.s. and north korea. >> it's a brutal regime, and we'll be able to handle it. >> was that a warning to north korea's leader and what will happen to the three other americans still being held? nail biter, down to the wire in the most expensive congressional race ever. georgia voters heading to the polls today. the candidates neck and neck in a traditionally republican district. with president trump already weighing in this morning. why the outcome of this race could be a game changer. extreme weather. a new tropical storm warning is

heat scorching the southwest intensifies. the temperatures set to approach 120 degrees in phoenix, so hot airlines are canceling flights, and al is tracking it all. those stories, plus jared kushner speaks. tiger woods gets professional help. and large and in charge, the remarkable video of two elephants teaming up to save a drowning baby elephant. today's tuesday june 20, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and vaens guthrie. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." >> lots going on in your world. we're going to tell you everything you need to know to get you start. >> first up, that tough talk from the president following otto warmbier's death just days after he was released in a coma from a north korean pr.

story for us. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. the state department says it is holding north korea accountable for warmbier's death. >> i have made the worst mistake of my life. >> reporter: otto warmbier was just 21 years old when he pleaded for his freedom. >> otto warmbier has just passed away. >> reporter: a year and a half later, a tragic end to his story. >> it's a brutal regime. and we'll be able to handle it. >> reporter: the white house also releasing a terse statement from the president, condemning north korea. saying, otto's fate deepens my administration's determination. his devastated parents saying in a statement of their own, their son looked uncomfortable and anguished when he returned home, but within

peace, he was at home, and we believe he could sense that. adding, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the north koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible. the prognosis had been grim since warmbier finally returned home last week, carried off a plane in a coma after 17 months of imprisonment in north korea. an official tells nbc news the north koreans claim warmbier contracted botulism, but doctors in cincinnati said they found no signs of botulism. otto warmbier was a carefree college student at the university of virginia, but in january of 2016, his life dramatically changed. when north korea jailed him for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. >> please think of my family. >> reporter: warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. today, the china-based group that brought warmbi

pyongyang, young pioneer tours, tells nbc news it will no longer bring americans to north korea. but as recently as a week and a half ago, that group was still hosting tours, tweeting what it calls a cheeky sell in pyongyang. overnight, senators called warmbier's death a murder, rubio tweeting, otto warmbier should never have been in jail for tearing down a stupid banner and he most certainly should not have been murdered for it. last week, warmbier's father spoke. >> there's no excuse for the way the north koreans treated our son. >> reporter: now some in congress are calling for a ban on all travel by americans to north korea and the state department says it is considering it but as for those three americans who are still being held there, no word on when they might get out, if ever. >> thank you very much. let's bring in nicole wallace.

now from the white house, what do you do? you have the outrage, but what can you really do about it? >> you know what, i was told to watch the president's reaction to these events in terms of how he processed the syria strike, the chemical weapons strike that affect and h affected and injured and killed young children moved him to action and it's not that north korea isn't on the white house's radar. it is. they tell me they work seven days a week on north korea policy, but once the president has been touched by a tragedy like this, he really focused in on it. >> are you suggesting some kind of a surgical military strike? >> i'm not told that there's a cause and effect, but in terms of his attention and his focus on these foreign policy hot spots, when there's something this tangible, he's a father, he loves his children, whatever you think of his politics, sometimes the national security morass comes into deep

when there's a trajly like this. we want to get your take on something else, today's special election in georgia's sixth congressional district. it's the most expensive house race in history and it's coming down to a veteran republican and an upstart democrat but the real person on the ballot maybe president trump himself. nbc is at the polling place near atlanta. good morning to you. >> reporter: the polls opened here just a few moments ago but president trump is already up and tweeting about this race, writing, karen handel for congress. she will fight for lower taxes, great health care, trong security. more than 140,000 people have already voted early, unheard of for an off-year congressional race, and spending has already topped a record $50 million. this morning, the most expensive house race ever is coming down to the wire. how have the last 24 hours been? >> exciting. there is e

>> reporter: democrat jon ossoff polling neck and neck with republican karen handel in georgia's sixth district. >> there are many in this community, myself among them, who have deep concerns about the direction of things in washington, about the integrity and the competence of this administration. >> reporter: this suburban mom says one reason she supports ossoff is hillary clinton's defeat. >> our way of apologizing for not paying attention and just assuming that everything would be okay, and now we're awake. >> reporter: the president tweeting his support for handel, who's slamming ossoff for living just outside the sixth district, and for his out-of-state donors. >> a squirrel is going to get a pretty decent percentage of the vote if he has $30 million behind him. >> reporter: this volunteer says handel's experience makes her the obvious choice. >> i know she's a true conservative, and i know she stands for family values. >> reporter: the last-minute push coming after a fringe political action committee released this stunning ad tying ossoff's supporters to last week's shooting at

baseball practice. >> now the unhinged left is endorsing and applauding shooting republicans. when will it stop? it won't if jon ossoff wins on tuesday. >> reporter: both candidates have denounced the ad, but this local gop official says rejecting extremism is one reason handel might win. >> i think that ossoff is tied to a lot of extreme liberal folks. they're the ones that have been funding his campaign. >> reporter: and that local gop official says he's glad both candidates denounced that ad and he didn't want to politicize the shoot bug this race has turned bizarre and heated at times. handel herself has said that she received a white powder and a threatening letter at her home last week. the fbi is investigating. guys, this has been a bizarre race and today's the big day. >> gabe, thank you very much. nicole, let's bring you back in. you know the expression, follow the money. you look at the amount of money being spent on both sides of this race by democrats and republicans, it tells

what is at stake? >> well, what's at stake is bragging rights and special elections are always -- we always project on to them more than what is necessary. when scott brown won in 2010, he won a special election, republicans told a national story about anti-obama momentum as the cause of that health reform bill. expect either side to tell a national story about momentum, either against the president or really sort of acceptance of his penchant for disrupting business as usual in washington should the republican win. >> both sides have a lot on the line here. this is a traditionally republican district, although president trump barely won this particular district. on the other hand, democrats can't just keep saying, oh, we came closer than anyone expected. they need to get some real victories if they're going to have a threat of taking the house back. >> they do but you have to look at the places where they've come up short. so far, they've closed, i think, with 20 points in kansas, came closer than they've ever come i

state so even though it's a swing district, it would be a symbolic victory for democrats if they can pick off a congressional district in georgia. >> all right, nicole wallace. thank you very much. also this morning, there's new controversy over the are republicans' push to overhaul health care. it's one of the most important pieces of legislation of the trump presidency. and with gop lawmakers crafting it in secret, democrats staged an overnight protest on capitol hill. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has that story. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt, good morning to you. senate republicans say they could have an outline of their health care proposal as early as wednesday, aiming for vote by the july 4th recess but republicans have been working behind closed doors, exactly what they accused democrats of doing when they crafted obamacare. now democrats are ready to declare war. >> you're fighting back. we're fighting back. >> reporter: overnight, democrats

talk-a-thon on the senate floor, threatening to delay all business unless republicans open up their health care talks to the public. senator minority leader chuck shumer accusing republicans of a bill that hurts the middle class. >> they're writing their bill under the cover of darkness because they're ashamed of it. >> reporter: the republican majority leader firing back. >> obamacare is collapsing around us and the american people are desperately searching for relief. >> reporter: democrats taking turns tearing into the gop. >> so i say to the republican leadership, what are you afraid of? bring that bill out. >> there's no mark-up. there are no committee hearings. it's just 13 dudes. >> if this bill were as wonderful as its proponents would like us to believe, it would be out in the open. >> reporter: republicans under fire after promising to repeal and replace obamacare for eight years. the biggest sticking point, medicaid. conservatives want to spend less, while moderates want more coverage for low-inco

families. adding pressure, the president privately telling senate republicans the bill passed by the house is mean because of its limited coverage. after he praised the legislation in the rose garden. >> this is a real plan. this is a great plan. >> reporter: still, the white house trying to keep the focus on health care and the rest of the president's agenda with the russia probe looming large. meanwhile, there could be some changes coming here at the white house. an official says press secretary and communications director sean spicer could leave the podium and take on a more strategic role. there's no firm time line or even a final decision. spicer made headlines saying the president could release details by the end of this week about whether there are tapes of his private conversations with former fbi director james comey. >> lot of interest in that one. kristen welker at the white house, thank you very much. >> there's a lot of reaction this morning to something else that happened at the white house. jaredhn

administration and today he begins an important trip to the middle east. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more on that story. hallie, good morning. >> hi, good morning to you. it wasn't so much what jared kushner said but that he said it at all after five months in the administration, making his most high-profile public comments from the white house. this time it was about one of the projects he's most involved in, working to overhaul the government bureaucracy. and today, he leaves for the middle east, another piece of the portfolio for somebody who's almost always in the room but rarely center stage. >> reporter: often seen but rarely heard until now. >> it's very exciting. >> reporter: jared kushner, one of the most important voices in the president's ear using that voice at the white house. and that made plenty of noise, even trending on twitter. >> from the private sector -- >> reporter: as kushner made his most high-profile public appearance yet. >> seriously, what does his voice sound like? >> reporter:

soft-spoken but high powered son-in-law talking tech with some of the biggest names in the industry. >> many of our federal systems are decades old. >> reporter: but one of kushner's roles to reenvent government. >> the department of defense, for example, still uses 8-inch floppy disks. >> reporter: may be nothing compared to his next challenge. >> if you can't produce peace in the middle east, nobody can. >> reporter: this week, we may begin to find out. kushner, a family friend of the israeli prime minister. >> can i reveal, jared, how long we've known you? >> reporter: leaves today for a trip to the middle east to try to jump start high stakes talks with both the israelis and pal stillians on peace that has evaded presidents of both parties since before the 36-year-old was born. >> i think we're going to make a deal. >> reporter: a white house official acknowledges any peace agreement would take time, cautioning this is just the first of what will probably be many trips to the region by kushner and others working closely with secretary of state rex tillerson and national security adviser

still, skepticism from some. >> i don't think it can be solved by sending someone who knows very little about the region and very little about the complexities of modern diplomacy. >> reporter: kushner and another of the president's advisers are set to hold talks separately with benjamin netanyahu this week. kushner's portfolio is not diminishing. even as multiple sources tell nbc kushner has come under scrutiny in the special counsel's russia investigation. >> hallie jackson, thank you. lot of other stories we want to tell you about, including tensions running high in europe after a string of new terror attacks. in paris a man was killed when he rammed a car loaded with weapons into a police convoy. and in london, a suspect has now been charged in that van attack on pedestrians outside of a mosque. nbc chief global correspondent bill nealy has the latest on that. >> reporter: good morning, matt. police are still questioning the man who admits carrying out

diverse and tolerant city are questioning too. when this wave of terror attacks will end. but the fear isn't just here, because this is a tale of two cities. two capitals, two vehicles used as weapons, but two very different attackers. in paris, a man known to police as an extremist used his car to ram a police van on the city's famed champs-elysees. he died inside the vehicle. police found weapons and gas canisters. in london, a man unknown to police used his van to target muslim worshippers. he lived. police preparing to charge him with terrorism. he was darren osborne from wales, a 47-year-old father of four who didn't appear on any extremist watch list. he had, it seems, one simple motive. >> he said, i did it and i want to kill some muslims. >> reporter: and he drove from his home in wales to do it, renting the n

175 miles to north london. his family said he wasn't racist. it was a muslim imam who protected him from being beaten. >> we managed to surround him and to protect him from any harm. >> reporter: united against all terror once again in london, there are messages of defiance and resilience, but many muslims here have told me they now feel very unsafe. >> it just makes you think that if that's happening somewhere where we're supposed to be safe, where is safe. >> london is a resilient city. >> reporter: the mayor reassures, the flowers grow and london carries on, but so too do the terror attacks. four attacks in britain in three months now, and even though the family of this attacker say he was a troubled man, police are questioning him about terrorism, not about a hate

matt, savannah. now to this extreme weather that faced tens of millions of people today. the storm here, i think i saw dorothy and toto fly by the wind. >> that's calmed down but now we have two stories to talk about. possible tropical storm affecting the gulf and we've got that brutal heat out west. we're going to look at first the tropical storm system that would become cindy. it's 345 miles south southeast of morgan city, louisiana, 40 mirp miles per hour winds, it's moving northwest at 8 and it's not the land fall we're worried about, even though it will come in with heavy rain. the heaviest rain is to the east of the system and so we do have tropical storm warnings now stretching from cameron, louisiana, all the way to the mississippi/alabama border and i should say cameron, texas. i meant louisiana. i'm sorry. but what we are looking at is this system, bringing heavy rain over an

gotten anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of rain in the last couple of weeks, and so the rainfall amounts here, locally, 8 to 10 inches to 12 inches of rain could cause massive flooding, and the heat. phoenix's all-time record, 122, we should see 120 in phoenix, 114 in tucson. yuma, 121, palm springs, 121, las vegas will get to 116, and in phoenix, they've canceled flights for american airlines because once that heat really gets going, the plane -- the pilots don't have what they need in their manual to tell them how to fly above 122 degrees. so it's going to be very interesting there. we're headed to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

oofrmt good morni good morning, everyone. temperatures in t 60s to around 70 degrees, 67 now, 71 in arlington, forecast for today, nothing to worry about at all. full sunshine start to finish today, today the longest two days of the year, the summer solstice is tonight just after midnight. afternoon highs today will generally be in the mid to upper 80s across the area. that goes for today and tomorrow. 90s are back on thursday. >> and that is your latest weather, guys. >> all right, al, thank you. just ahead, tiger woods getting personal, what he is revealing about the professional help he's now receiving. and a very disturbing story, a startling look at the

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this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning, everyone. i'm moelet green. >> i'm chris lawrence and the news right now, this is the kind of damage we're waking up to this morning. splintered trees and downed branches, we learned a tornado touched down in silver spring and caused problems for neighbors in northwood park. some of the homes there lost power. for the most part, it's been restored but this morning we're seeing persistent outages in northern virginia. >> today, simpson park will open to the public for the first time since the shooting last week. there's a special ceremony and a little league game at 6:00 tonight. republican members of congress were practicing at that field when a man opened fire. he shot

congressman steve scalise let's get a check on your traffic now. >> good morning, guys. outer loop had two lanes blocked. inner loop, crash blocking one lane here this morning, southbound 295, ramp to northeast, crash on the right side of the ramp and southbound 295, crash there in the right lane. check of your forecast coming up. >> stay with us.

good morning, everybody. beautiful start to the day. we're in the upper 60s and low 70s now, much lower humidity today than we've been dealing with the last couple days. it will be plenty warm, though. today's highs in the mid to upper 80s and a nice day coming up tomorrow as well. comfortably low humid

time we get to thursday and thunderstorm chances are back by friday. thanks so much, chuck. another local news update coming your way in 25 minutes. >> for now, back to "the today show" after this break.

good morning. we are back, 7:30 on a tuesday. it's the 20th of june, 2017. that is a look at our bustling control room, although it's not bustling all that much this morning. what are they doing in there? quiet and subdued. that's all right. >> it's a mindful tuesday. they're meditating right now. >> let's get to some headlines on a tuesday morning. president trump is calling north korea a brutal regime following the death of otto warmbier, the 22-year-old who was release bid that regime last week suffering from severe brain damage. in a statement, warmbier's parents said their son's awful, torturous mistreatment ensured his death. a judge will hear arguments today on whether the names of the jurors in bill cosby's sexual assault

made public. the jury deadlocked, resulted in a mistrial last week. prosecutors are saying that if you release the names, that could make it harder to select a jury next time. they are planning to retry the comedian. and take a look at this incredible video from a zoo in south korea. you can see a baby elephant fall into the water. the adult elephants kind of start to panic as the baby struggles just to keep his head above the surface. a second adult elephant rushes over to the side of the pool. together, they run over to the shallow end so they can get in the water. you know what they do? they save that baby. you can even see a third elephant pacing frantically in the background. get in there. the two elephants stood on the side of the baby and lifted the calf's head above the water surface, even guiding the baby to the shallow end. and all worked out okay. >> i mean, that's exactly what people would do. >> yes. >> seriously. they reacted exactly like any mother or father. >> i don't think my heart can take that video. that's

also this morning, tiger woods is speaking out in the wake of his dui arrest. he's revealing he's receiving professional help. carrie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. tiger woods is telling supporters that he's seeking help now managing his medicine kag. last month, on a police dash cam video, you could see tiger woods slurring his speech, paerg d disoriented. he was eventually arrested for dui but he told police he had not been drinking but rather that had taken a mixture of prescription drugs. >> i'm placing you under arrest. >> reporter: just weeks after a disoriented tiger woods was arrested for driving under the influence, the golf icon released a statement on twitter, now saying he's receiving professional help, hoping to, quote, manage my medication and the ways that i deal with back pain and a sleep disorder. tiger adding, i want to thank everyone for the amazing outpouring of support and understanding. >> put your feet together facing

>> reporter: in may, the world saw woods in this dash cam video, in handcuffs, under arrest for a dui in jupiter, florida. >> do you know where you are right now? >> i do not know. >> reporter: pretty found the 14-time major champion asleep in his career with two flat tires, appearing disoriented woods told officers he was not drinking. >> have you been drinking today? >> no. >> reporter: but according to police, he did admit to being on prescription medications, including the powerful painkiller vicodin. >> have you taken any medication today? >> reporter: and according to this unredacted police report, he was also on an anti-anxiety medication. woods hasn't been seen on a golf course since february, recovering from his latest surgery for a lower back injury. but he was seen out with his children over the father's day weekend. for the better part of two decades, woods has been the biggest name in golf, racking up major after major, but in 2009, his career

divorce from model elan. the scandal pushing woods to seek help for sex addiction. now the biggest name in golf is facing another challenging moment and taking steps to overcome it. tiger woods has not entered a plea in the dui case. his arraignment was scheduled for july but it's been postponed to early august. >> kerry sanders, thank you. it's not just tiger woods dealing with issues tied to prescription drugs. it's becoming epidemic in this country. we're going have an eye-opening look at that crisis coming up a little later in the program. >> really important story. but first, let's go to al, get another check of the weather and i see the west coast map looking very red. >> lot of red, lot of pink, we're talking in detail about all this heat. we've got a huge upper level high, this dome, a heat dome, that's keeping any systems from making its way in, and so we are going to be looking at 40 million people under some sort

advisories. temperatures getting up to 100 degrees or more, all-time record in phoenix as we said, 122, and when you get air that hot, the air's so thin that you may have problems with lift for airliners, and so that's why there have been a number of flight cancellations in phoenix and you can see for tomorrow, we've got more of the same. las vegas, your all-time record, 117, tomorrow, you may come very close. bakersfield, california, 109, tucson will tie a record at 112 and temperatures slowly start to drop. albuquerque will be down to 93 by saturday but phoenix still into the teens through saturday. los angeles, relatively cool, sacramento even will stay in triple digit temperatures. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. 71 degrees right now in the district, plenty of sunshine, very different from yesterday. no storms in the forecast, nice and dry,

this afternoon. 67 at dulles, 68 degrees in frederick. this afternoon we'll be in the upper 80s so warm day but mostly sunny and again, the lower humidity making it feel a little bit more comfortable. tomorrow, upper 80s again, staying mainly dry, 92 thursday, friday, that's our next storm chance. >> that's your latest weather. check it out on the weather channel on cable. coming up, our team is out testing a new device to protect your family from an invisible summer danger. but first, we are taking you to the overdose capital of america, a raw and revealing look at the nation's opioid crisis right after this.

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you? >> he loves me. >> reporter: what did you say to him? >> that i love him too. >> reporter: what's it like to go through this? >> hell. hell. every day is just hell. >> reporter: so, this is what you call the cooler. >> this is our cooler, our main cooler. >> reporter: when did the bodies that are all around us come in here? >> over the last probably 24 to 48 hours. >> reporter: and every day, bodies are cycling through here? >> correct. these trays will mostly be full by tonight. >> reporter: what's the percentage of the bodies that are in here right now that are overdose deaths from heroin or fentanyl. >> we were averaging 60% to 70%. >> reporter: fentanyl is made in china and smuggled into the u.s. by mexican cartels. if law enforcement can't get to them first. >> open the door! >> reporter: do you see any narcotics yet? >> there is narcotics. >> reporter: do you guys mind explaining to me why we got to put these masks on

breathe it in, you could die. >> reporter: it was a big load, nearly 1 pound of fentanyl, enough for thousands of deadly doses. >> it's a good day. basically, you're seeing a lot of lives saved right there. >> reporter: another way of saving addicts' lives temporarily is to lock them up. there's an entire wing of women in withdrawal. what were you using? >> fentanyl. >> reporter: you going through withdrawal right now? >> yep. pretty much. >> reporter: can you describe for me how you feel right now? >> like crap. >> reporter: do you know anybody that's died? >> yes. my boyfriend and my mom died in january. >> reporter: i'm sorry. if any of your family or friends catch this on tv, what do you want them to know? >> that i love them. and i'm sorry. >> reporter: the local coroner called the death toll in ohio a mass casualty event

government. this as some in congress, including ohio's republican senator rob portman, warn president trump's health care bill will cut funding for treatment that addicts need most. back to you guys. >> jacob, incredible report. thank you very much. to see him standing in a morgue and have the coroner say, most of these deaths are from opiates. >> i imagine some people are thinking, that was hard to watch and it is but i think we should stay on that story and not let it go because those numbers speak for themselves. >> 800 in a single county says it all. >> it's happening in communities all across this country. coming up, we're going to shift gears a little bit and tell you how the shows and movies that your kids are a watching may be having an impact on them and in particular how they feel about gender. and we're going to swing over and find out what carson has coming up in the orange room. >> goorpg, guys. coming up, the controversial suggestion that could make your next flight even more expensive. we'll have that story for you. but first, these messages.

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others like southwest say it's okay to accept a tip if the passenger insists that you take the money. the argument is also made that flight attendants don't necessarily count on tips as part of their salary, unlike restaurant servers who have come to expect gratuities as the norm. as you can imagine, social media is lit up on this topic. marlene writing on facebook, no, if the flight attendant is taking care of you and is pleasant, a thank you doesn't cost anything. i wouldn't even tip my brother who works for southwest. and nate takes a hard stand. as a flight attendant myself, i'll say that any passenger who tips me or brings me treats will not have an empty glass for the entire flight. we asked you on twitter what do you think. should we be tipping flight attendants. 91% of you saying nope. 9% saying yes. as far as etiquette experts, they say that instead of a tip, going out of your way to simply leave a positive note about that flight attendant on the airline's facebook page, that could go a long way. guys, any thoughts? >> i've written ae.

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this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning. it's 7:56 on this tuesday, june 20. i'm molette green. let's get right to melissa with your traffic. >> new crash here westbound icc at georgia avenue. we're going to figure out what's going on there. sounds like a tractor-trailer perhaps on its side. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, outer loop, not bad, inner loop is slow. 270 south after falls, disabled vehicle in one lane there. 66, 95 looking pretty good inbound. >> a check of the forecast coming up next. stay with us.

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good morning. temperatures are still very comfortable outside, 74 degrees now in the district, 73 clinton, 72 in leesburg. if you're eating outside today, really nice day to do so. lunchtime, 84 degrees, less humid too. 90s return thursday and friday but the storm chance also returns friday, saturday, and sunday. molette? >> thanks so much, sheena. another local news update coming your way in 25 minutes. for now, back to "the today show" after this break.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, watching what they watch. are tv and movies influencing the way your kids think and act? a new report digs deep into the issue and offers tips every parent needs to know. plus, summer shock danger. >> this is how dangerous voltage is. this could save lives. >> designed to save live. >> the new twidevice to help ke you and your family safe in the water this season. and double the star power. >> we got to lie about everything because that's what parents do. we don't know what we're doing. >> basically, you know, you try find a real word that nobody can rhyme. >> will ferrell and ray romano

today is tuesday, june 20, 2017. ♪ >> look at you. you have not changed a bit. >> i'm on "the today show." please take a selfie. ♪ >> let me guess. it's a birthday? happy birthday. what's your name? >> tina long from ohio. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." so nice to swru us on a tuesday morning. little ohio university love out there. they're looking for you. >> celebrating a birthday. i'll get out there and do a little bobcat love. we'll sing the fight

lot going on in your world this morning. let's get right to your news at 8:00. voters getting the final word today on the most expensive house race ever. the special election in georgia viewed by many as a test of president trump's popularity. nbc's gabe gutierrez is just outside atlanta. gabe, what can you tell us? >> reporter: matt, good morning. the polls opened here just a short time ago and president trump is already up and tweeting about this race, writing, quote, karen handel for congress, she will fight for lower taxes, great health care, strong security, a hard worker who will never give up. vote today. more than 140,000 people have already voted early in this race, unheard of for an off-year congressional election. many see this as a referendum on president trump. jon ossoff, 30 years old, the democrat, a former congressional aide and documentary filmmaker going head to head against the republican karen handel, a long-time georgia politician and businesswoman. they are running neck and neck in the polls, and spending on hi

record $50 million. matt, back to you. >> that's how much is at stake. this morning, the state department is demanding the release of three americans still being held in north korea after the death of otto warmbier. the 22-year-old died on monday just days after his release from north korea. he was in a coma when he arrived back home in ohio last week. his family says he was in that condition for most of the 17 months that he was imprisoned in north korea. warmbier was accused of trying to steal a propaganda poster. the president has condemned what he calls the brutal north korean regime. a new report out this morning is giving parents some guidance on a difficult but very important issue, how to keep gender stereotypes in the media that from having too much influence on their children. here's nbc's joe friar. >> reporter: what is your kid watching and how does it impact their feelings about gender?

new report that educates families about media. >> parents do think that media has a big influence on how kids see themselves, and they're worried about it. >> reporter: parents say tv and movies have a heavy influence on how their kids think they should look, how they should talk, and even how they should act in relationships. tuning out isn't necessary or realistic. instead, experts offer tips to find shows, movies, and games that are age appropriate and empowering. for elementary age kids, parents should look for programming that ditches old school ideals and instead shows guys and girls in nontraditional careers. when it comes to tv for teens, avoid shows that only focus on sex and appearance. >> they need to be watching media where boys and girls are friends and colleagues and collaborators and not always dating. >> reporter: common sense media says you want shows that show equal footing in relationships, like ""stranger things"" which features young kids with equal

or "this is us" with a cast full of compelling characters who defy stereotypes. >> you are an exceptional young man. >> reporter: like sensitive hands-on fathers. one study found roughly 75% of millennial men believe society expects them to always act strong, never ask for help, and to always have the final say in relationships. even if those ideals aren't exactly admire bd by millennial. >> it turns out millennial men don't always feel like they have to be the boss in a relationship, but they still feel that society expects them to if they're going to keep their man card. >> reporter: when it comes to media consumption, our appetites are only growing. for parents, the key is explaining to kids, boys and girls, how the stuff on the screen relates to life beyond the screen. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news los angeles. >> thought-provoking. >> so important to try to watch that st

opposed to having to fix what they're thinking after they see it alone. >> think about the stuff we watched when we were ks and h it impacted us. >> "my favorite martian". >> "the brady bunch". >> absolutely. "this is us." that's what i watched when i was a kid. we've got a lot more for you on tod"today." jill back with some new sizzling summer sales and deals, everything today under 75 bucks. >> and ray romano is going to stop by to talk movies and milestones. and speaking of leading men, will ferrell's in the house, but first, these messages.

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back, book now at 8:10 this morning. a summer danger that you might not think about. >> today, national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is on the road. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys and we are talking about an important topic today. we're talking about stray voltage in pools and lakes, actually electrocuting swimmers who are in here just having fun and when you hear a topic like that, i know what you're thinking to yourself, a couple of questions. one, how often does that really happen. and could it really happen to me? the answer is yes to both questions, in fact, two new deadly cases just within the past week and the scariest part of all is, you'd have no idea just by looking at it that a pool is electrified until you maybe swim up to a ladder or something a

shocked and now there's this new device, guys, called the shock alert. this is it right here. it says it can spot stray voltage before you jump in and protect your family. this morning, we're putting it to the ultimate test. >> female electrocuted, unconscious, breathing. >> reporter: panicked moments in new jersey. >> apparently there was an electrical cord. >> reporter: this 11-year-old girl swimming in a lagoon with her friends over the weekend suddenly shocked with electricity. after touching the railing of this boat lift. she later died. >> it's very sad. i mean, i was overtaken. >> reporter: police say there was stray voltage. also this weekend in ohio, a 19-year-old electric t electrocuted in the water at this marina. he didn't make it either. but most of these accidents happen in swimming pools. watch this 5-year-old girl. the second she touches the rail, she's shocked and goes limp. her

to safety. >> there is something in the water. >> reporter: her brother also shock bid t shocked by the railing, left in the water for 15 seconds before he's pulled out too. luckily, they both survived. why dhuz keep happening? >> there's all sorts of power around a pool, outlets, lights pumps, any one of those is miswired or a loose wire, there could be a loose wire around that light right now and there's voltage in the water, you would never know. you can't see it. that's why they call electric shock drowning the silent killer. >> reporter: even one loose wire. >> that could cause it. >> reporter: frank and a team of electrical engineers created this product called shock alert to spot stray voltage in the water before you go in. late monday night, we tried it out. this is its right here? >> that's it. >> reporter: how does it run, on batteries? >> three aaa batteries. >> reporter: it's flashing green. good to go. just toss it in the pool. okay. it's in the pool.

the pool. >> reporter: i have to walk it around a, why? >> to make sure if there's any voltage, it will detect it. if it's a small amount, it needs to be close to the source. >> reporter: and if it's flashing green? >> everything's good. it's safe to swim. >> reporter: but now for the real test, can it spot electric currents? his team sets up special wiring to purposely electrify the pool, turning up the voltage and sticking the wire in the water. so we have the electrical wire in the water right now. we know there's electricity in here now. >> dangerous amount of voltage. >> reporter: there's a current. the alarm should go off. >> it will absolutely go off. >> reporter: you're confident. >> confident. >> reporter: put it in. already. beeping red. and it's loud. >> and it's loud to make sure people stay out of the water. >> reporter: i want to walk to the other end of the pool because i find it interesting. we're on the othe

minute or two ago. look at this. it's still beeping red all the way on the other end of the pool. this is how dangerous voltage is. this could save lives. >> it's designed to save lives. >> reporter: pretty cool. worked every time we tried it out late last night and by the way, the shock alert costs a little less than $150. if you detect electric currents in your pool, the first thing you want to do, and it seems pretty obvious, but a good reminder, shut everything off that's electric, everything you can, and here's another tip for you guys. if you have a pool, you want to bring an electrician out at the beginning of the season, that's right now, to check all the connections. i know it's something else we got to add to the list but you see how dangerous and deadly this can be. we have more tips on our website, by the way, today.com. >> no idea. >> thank you very much. now, change gears. it's time for what's trending, you guys ready? >> we're ready. >> let's do this. >> look at savannah. you look at me. we have a lot of things in

common, right? our birthday, very close to each other, we're both morning people, we both like tennis a little bit. but what do we have in common when you look at us that makes us perhaps smarter than everyone else here? >> where are you going with this? >> you're lefty? >> there you go. >> you both? >> i just guessed. >> a new study backs this up. it shows that people who are left-handed might be smarter in one particular area, and that, of course, some place we both excel, complex math. >> no, no, no. >> yes. let me finish. published in frontiers in psychology, the research shows that left-handers outperformed others in math when those tasks involved difficult problem solving like figuring out the tip on the check in restaurants. okay? >> if a train leaves chicago -- >> don't. not good at that. you see, math is seen as a left-brain function, but it

written math. >> it seems like you're having trouble with this. >> i don't believe it. >> 56 divided by 7. go. >> 8. but i don't think that's complex. >> i think it's more what al was talking about. all right, are you good at math? >> you know, there was a time i was good at math when i was a little kid. definitely not now. >> then you need to start writing right hand. you can't join the club anymore. >> left-handed people do kind of think we're special, right? >> it's part of our neuroses. >> any other good lefties? >> oh yeah. barack obama. billgates is lefty. tina fey, lady gaga. >> it's true. will ferrell >> another lefty. >> nice. >> we'll talk about that in our next half hour. >> good job. >> thank you. >> smarty pants. >> got any room for a righty over here? first up,

right-handed. she has broken a new record. katy perry is now the first on twitter to reach 100 million followers. last year, she became the most followed person on twitter. twitter itself actually taking the time to recognize katy, saying today we #witnessed history. congratulations, katy perry. katy responding, thank you twitter for always giving me an opportunity to have a voice. up next -- bieber number two, by the way. lorde recently sat down with the guardian and opened up about her newest album. however, it's her comments regarding friendships that have a lot of people buzzing this morning. when asked about maintaining friendships, she responded, it's like having a friend with a very specific allergy. there are certain places you can't go together, certain places -- certain things you can't do. it's like having a friend with an autoimmune disease. that comment left a lot of people upset, many people clap claiming the analogy was

ignorant and upset. she said, i skrud up and that was really insensitive and i'm sorry. jay-z was inducted into the songwriter's hall of fame. he was a little bit busy with the arrival of his twins with beyonce but now he's making headlines for a different reason and that's his name. ew has confirm that had jay-z is changing the way he writes his name. he now adds the hyphen and writes it in all caps. let me just demonstrate here. this is how, matt, you're used to writing it. jay z. that's not what you're going to do anymore. now it's jay-z. that's how you'll do it. >> what happens if you write it the old way? >> you do not want to know. >> alarms go off. >> got the new record coming out. probably seen the signs for this around, 444. that comes out on june 30 and al, i'll challenge you. i'll start right here. >> i want

equation. we're just going to do some trig over here. >> my next device. >> oh boy, i messed up. hold on. >> the daily click. >> time for the daily click. there we go. ta-da. >> the daily click. this is a good one. this morning, we have a video that showcases the pinnacle of sheer balance and coordination. roll the tape. this all happened at a grocery store. check this guy out. his hands are full, an item falls, no problem. he kicks it around like a soccer ball, puts it right back into his arms. >> that's impressive. >> one other person notices. boom. right there. >> do you think he did that on purpose? >> i think this took place in brazil. >> of course it did. maybe it's pele. >> little soccer skills put to use. no clean-up on that aisle. isn't that fun? watch that 100 times today. >> thank you, carson. >> you're welcome. hi, al. >> hello. not good at math but i'll see what we can do as far as the weather is concerned. you can already seehe

storm cindy making its way into new orleans around the panhandle of florida. 40-mile-per-hour winds moving northwest at 9:00. makes land fall some time early thursday morning but we're not really concerned about that as much as the rain. we've got these tropical storm winds but also heavy rain, significant flooding. in fact, a flash flood watch right now risk from wilmington all the way to pensacola, new orleans, and baton rouge with several rounds of rain. look at the rainfall amounts, upwards of 8 to 12 inches locally between central louisiana and on into the panhandle of florida and record highs today, phoenix, 122, the all-time record may come very close from fresno all the way back to tucson, triple digit temperatures. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. off to a beautiful start here. full sunshine over washington this morning. current temperatures are warming into the low and mid 70s across much ofhe

frederick, maryland right now. highs today, mid to upper 80s, falling humidity, so that will be nice and our little humidity break lasts through tomorrow as well. hot and more humid on thursday and thunderstorms back on friday. >> don't forget, anywhere you go, take us with you on today sirius xm channel 18, home of the hoda show. as we mentioned, it is day two of our week-long sizzling summer steals and deals. on monday, jill brought us bargains under $100. this morning, we're going lower. under $75 as we count down to the end of the week where everything will be under $10. jill, good morning. i love these weeks. >> you know, i love these segments because you just looked at me and said, is that a good blnder? and i said, it's amazing because everything that

everybody loves it. super exciting. today, $75 and under. let's start today, active wear. the retail is $202. let's pretend it's 8:00 a.m. in the morning, i'm going to set up your perfect weekend day. let's set it up. a perfect saturday. so 8:00 a.m., you get up, you work out, you have the sports bra, the whole set, the leggings and the t-shirt so we have these. it's a three-piece set, different colors, you can go on today.com to see. the retail is $202. the deal is $59. that's 71% off. >> that is very good. talk to me about my new blender. >> let's pretend it's 9:30 a.m. now, and this is think kitchen blender. the retail is $200. let me give you an example of what you're going to make. everything. this is a major blender. you can make salads, milkshakes to salsas so waguacamole. super strong. it looks pretty too. the retail is $200. the deal is

71% off. >> that's great. i'll take this one. >> okay. now, let's pretend it's noon on a saturday, so let's have a plaza dance party. ♪ >> music. oh yeah. okay. everyone's dancing. now what happens? >> okay. so this is the beam wireless ohana outdoor speaker and light set. it's a whole situation here, because the retail is $179.99. we practiced that for a while. so good job. this guy loves to dance. so, this is a three-piece light set, an audio system so it sets the mood. you put it on during the day and at night, obviously you can't see it now but it's an entire lighting system that you sort of get into the groove, start at noon. it's a three-piece set so you get the light and the audio system and each speaker has a built-in l.e.d. candle with time control so if you want to put it onn

party automatically. the deal, $59, 67% off >> that is fun. cool. >> so now it's 4:30 is in dubai, where hoda's sister lives, it is actually 4:30 and that's where my dad lives now that he's retired. it's happy hour time. this is a set of six water ford glassware. i'll give you the iced tea. the retail is $299 so you can either have six of the wine glasses, six of the whiskey glasses, this is iced tea right now, or water or lemonade glasses. >> these are waterford? >> yeah, fine crystal glass. the retail is $299. the deal is $59. 82% off. >> they have a nice weight to them. a good heft. what do we have here? >> there's a v and a v all around here and an s and an m. i'll give you the v right now. these are personalized

by butter scotch blankeys. it's like 8:00 p.m., we're cozy now, having a ber becue so the retail is $189 so you pick an initial, all different colorways, you can go on today.com to see it. >> i like to snuggle with you. >> it's nothing like 80 degrees. so the retail is $189 . the deal is $59. 69% off. so you can pick your color and pick your initial. so you wake up, and you end with us today and you have the perfect day. and more deals on today.com. >> let me run through the products really quick. the active wear, the blender, the speaker and light set, glassware, and blankets from butter scotch blankets. more deals at today.com. more deals under $50 tomorrow. >> savannah, look. ra ray romano here talking about his new movie. he's funny. he's also sensitive.

this is a news4 today news break. >> it is 8:26 on this tuesday, june 20. hope your morning is off to a great start. i'm chris lawrence. let's get a check on the morning commute with melissa. >> good morning. so right now, chopper on the way to eastbound 100 at southbound 97, overturned tractor-trailer blocking lanes there this morning. just tweeted a picture from the traffic camera there. another problem, inner loop after 450, very slow through the area because of a new crash. are rest of the beltway looks okay, still slow inner loop here as you're coming across the woodrow wilson bridge. >> we'll get a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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comfortable outside on your way out the door this morning, low to mid 70s now with a refreshing west to northwest breeze. cooler tomorrow morning with everybody well down into the 60s to get the day started.

afternoon and if you're wondering about the weekend, well, there will be a chance of storms both days but sunday looks a little bit more likely than saturday. >> thanks, chuck. you can get the latest news and weather in the nbc washington app.

♪ 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, it's the 20th of june, 2017. want to say hi to all these nice people, starting their day in rockefeller plaza. thank you. go, bobcats. happy birthday, bobcat. i love that. by the way, you got to excuse carson, a little bit. he's living a dream right now. he's hoisting the iconic jug overhead. as you know, savannah, this is presented to the winner of the open championship, and it's been awarded to some of the greatest players of all time. who's going to win it this year is the question. we'll find out as the open tee

can only see it on the golf channel and right here on nbc and i was looking, henrik stenson won this last year and so many of the greats are on this. >> they have a great way of expressing everything. this goes to the champion golfer of the year as they call it. >> beautiful. >> selfie happening in two minutes. >> yes. by the way, if you can't wait that long for great golf, the travelers championship starts up in connecticut on thursday. coverage begins on the golf channel with the final rounds on nbc this weekend. >> i know what you're doing this weekend. coming up, ray romano's here, ready to make you laugh and cry in his new movie, going to tell us all about that. and then we're going to teach you how to make your own grab and go breakfasts and these are actually helpful. but first, charlie made another stop on his stadium tour, wrigley field, home of the chicago cubs and the 2016 world series champs, charlie helped honor an army veteran on the

mascot, clocked the cub while he was in town, also visited with local veterans and even met captain lovell, the commander of apollo 13. charlie is headed to another baseball game. but right now, let's go over to hoda. >> announcer: this portion of "today" is created with our sponsor, warner brothers new movie "the house" about how far some parents will go to pay for their kids' college tuition. >> a few weeks ago, we asked you why you think someone you know deserves money toward a college education. we got almost 2,000 submissions. this morning, we want to bring out one of the finalists. we've got samantha from connecticut. going to ithaca college and you said you needed some money for college. tell us why. >> i'm studying speech pathology and education studies and i have to go to grad school in order to

and i love everything that i do there, but my dad actually just recovered from cancer, from esophageal cancer and a lot of our money had to go towards that last year so we're kind of dependent on scholarships and loans right now. so it would be life changing. >> are your parents here? your parents are over there. well, i have to confess something. you're not one of the finalists. ç actually the recipient of the college scholarship. are you all right? okay. can i tell you something else that you're going to love? there's somebody special who wants to bring out the little presentation for you. hang on. here he comes. here he's running. he's running. >> how are you? nice to meet you. >> this is will. will, we've got to reveal. shall we? are you ready to see what you're going to get? will, let me help you. >> here we go.

right here. pay to the order of samantha. >> how much is it? >> $100,000. where are your mom and dad? can we bring your mom and dad over here? mom and dad, where's mom and dad? come on over. >> you can't actually cash this, okay? they'll give you a real check. >> what do you think, honey? >> i'm just -- i'm flabbergasted. this is amazing. >> congratulations. >> yeah, samantha, you deserve it. >> you do deserve it and we're happy that your dad is feeling better. here they come. they're coming up. >> could you guys hear? >> you feeling better? we're so glad. >> how are you? >> all right. congratulations again. will, thank you so much. all right. we're going to switch gears and have a check of the weather

before. i didn't want to say anything. so, congratulations. that's terrific. let's check your weather and show you what we have, starting with today, we've got heavy rain, flood threat developing through the southeast, gulf coast as well, dangerous heat out west. we're looking for some wet weather on the great lakes, sunshine through the northern plains. tomorrow, look for more flooding as cindy gets closer, bringing heavy rain, that dangerous heat continues in the southwest into central california. severe storms in the northern mississippi river valley, sunshine in the northeast with a few showers in interior sections of pennsylvania and western new york. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. 74 degrees and comfortable outside right now. humidity will be lower today than it was yesterday. completely different today, too, a nice sunny day in store for the area. the rest of the area's temperatures mostly to low to mid 70s, 73 in frederick, clinton

mostly sunny, 88 for a high, and that lower humidity will make you feel a little bit more comfortable. tomorrow, 88 degrees again, 92 thursday, storms return friday afternoon, and into the weekend. >> and they're still crying. such a sweet story. now let's go back inside to matt. al, thank you very much. we just mentioned will ferrell stars in the new movie "the house." he teams up with amy poehler, playing parents who start an underground casino when they can't afford college tuition. with a plan like that, what could go wrong? >> your mother and i will be working late every night and on weekends for all of next month. >> because you're working on a super top secret project that you may or may not are reveal to me later? >> yes. exactly. you get it. >> but i don't get it. i thought we'd hang out a lot this summer. are you still going school shopping? >> yes, absolutely, we're goin

until 3:00 a.m.? >> will, welcome again. nice to see you. >> good to see you too, matt. >> i planned on starting completely differently. i just want to say, wasn't that nice out there? >> that was so nice and it was so nice of you to donate a portion of your salary to cover that check. way to go. >> thank you. >> very nice job. >> so you play this mild-mannered guy, a dad, who goes into this kind of underground casino thing and becomes a crime boss. >> basically. >> called the butcher. i don't see you as the butcher. >> wait until you see the movie. >> i see you as the accountant. or the dry cleaner. >> well, yeah. i mean, that's the beauty of the movie is that, you know, in this suburban world, we get to unlock the dark side of both of our characters and shake down the town for money. >> what's nice is when he does go to the dark side, as you say, it does change his life in an

yeah. yeah. he's -- yeah, you know, in a funny way, actually, yes, he's menacing and, you know, they're trying to do this for their daughter to -- so she can go to college, and another way, they get closer as a couple, so it's this weird kind of mishmash of all that. >> when's the last time you did something illegal just for fun? >> let's see. probably last night. >> what'd you do? >> stole a taxi cab. >> did you? >> yeah. >> just for the heck of it. >> just for the heck of it. i drove it like 10 feet and gave it back. >> got out real quickly. >> that was it. i don't know the last time i've done something illegal. >> you don't seem like the type who's going to go out way on a limb. >> i think i stole some candy in the fourth grade from a drugstore. >> i did too and my mom made me go back and return it. you've got three boys. do they get the hilarious, crazy will ferrell at home or do they g

ferrell at home? >> they get a combo. i'm pretty, you know -- we're all just normal people in our everyday life, but occasionally, i will surprise them with walking through the house, pulling my pants down just enough to show the top of my butt crack and pretending like i don't notice and they are so embarrassed. they're like, dad, how do you do that? and i explain that's why you get to live in this house. >> what about -- >> that's how i achieved it. >> what about outside the house? do you ever deliberately do things to embarrass them in public? >> yeah, i'll drive by their friends, you know, blaring rap music as loud as i can, just to keep them honest. but for the most part, i'm just their dad. >> i want to congratulate you on your honorary doctorate degree you recently got. >> thank you. >> and you gave the commencement. but today it's about gambling. so let me bring in

this is carson "hit me" daly. >> good to see you, butcher, allow you, sir. >> do you play a little blackjack. >> we'll find out. >> pair of 3s. >> i've got a terrible hand. >> showing a 10 on top. you want to hit that. 15. >> watch this. six or less too many. butcher? >> you know what, i've got to hit. the house says i've got to hit on a 13. 16. i'm going to stay. i'm going to stay at 16. >> you don't have a hair in your ear. let's go one more. >> what's the most you lost gambling? >> not much. i would say $40,000. >> look at that. >> okay. this is going well. >> this is going really well. >> just for fun. >> look how much i won. i love this casino. >> that can't be good. just for fun. >> might as we

>> 13. >> doesn't matter now. last hand. by the way, you can catch "the house". it opens in theaters june 30. >> i'm going all in. i got a beautiful one. >> you always want to get a 5. that's a great hand. >> you're making your way. double down. 19. >> 18. winner. i won. >> will, nice to have you here. good to see you, matt. >> cocktails for the boys. >> if you're looking for a taxi cab, will has its at home. up next another hollywood star, ray romano will join us in the studio to talk about his new movie called "the big sick." but first, this is today on nbc. e big sick." fit, this is "today" on rsnb

hi, welcome back. everybody loves ray romano and lucky for us, he's back on the big screen this week in the new touchin

>> he plays a soft spoken father trying to bond with his daughter's new boyfriend. take a look. >> i just wondering you want to do anything, any parlor games. >> i don't -- what are parlor games? >> card games, board games. word games. >> no, i've never -- >> you ever play, you can't rhyme it? >> how does that go? >> it's basically, you know, you try to find a word, a real word that nobody can rhyme. >> okay. stonehenge. >> see, you would win. >> ray romano, good morning to you. >> how are you guys, good to see you. >> congratulations because the reviews of this film are terrific. do you read reviews, by the way? >> i do. i do. >> so you got to feel good. >> it's hard for me to feel good, but yeah, it's hard not to feel good with this, you know? i was at sun dance when it played at sun dance and it was really crazy, yeah. i mean, i'm just, you know, i'm very tentative aboutr

feel good about something. but i feel good about this. >> and you should feel good about it. what's nice about it is it's not a typical comedy. it's got a lot of heart in it and your performance in this, it requires you to really kind of be a little bit more subdued and between the lines. >> well, i mean, i am -- i don't know what you think my character is like in real life, but i am kind of a subdued guy. a lot of people know me from the sitcom and if that's all they me from, they think it's a little broad. but that's kind of where i like to live in the a little bit subdued. but this, the writing was great. we got to improv and kumal is a great comedian also, and he wrote it. so it was just, yeah, it was kind of like a perfect fit for me. >> it is. it's kind of in the sweet spot for you because it's serious but it's not unfunny. there are definitely lighthearted moments. >> yeah. i'm not giving anything away because this is in the trailer,

met his -- he met the girl that he fell in love with and she goes into a coma in the middle of the movie. she goes into a ka mcoma, dubuta comedy. spoiler alert, she lives. >> in the movie, you get to be married to holly hunter, which i love her. she's so intense. were you scared to work with her? >> i was scared. i'm scared to work with anybody, really. but you know, an academy award winner, yes. she made me feel very comfortable but she's intense. she's is a combo of an intense actor like you would think but very giving and collaborative and warm. she gave me one of my favorite back handed compliments. she came to see me do stand-up after we worked together for a week, she came to the comedy cellul cellar and afterwards, she goes, that was something. you were different up there. she goes, you were like a man up there.

>> thank you? >> i took it as a compliment. >> we've got a lot in common. >> uh-oh. >> we both love golf and we have something else in common happening this year, and i know how i feel about it. i'm curious how you feel about it. within a short time of each other, we're going to turn 60. how you feeling about that, ray? >> you know, 50 was a big one. i think 60's even a little bigger. to put it in perspective, i think of it this way. peter boyle was 60 when "everybody loves raymond" started so i'm going to be the age of -- of the guy who played my father. but you know, i still feel like a stupid little kid inside, you know? i feel like an immature kid. and my wife can vouch for that. so, you know, it's all good. i mean, it's all good. >> are you freaked out? >> i'm freaked out completely. i read that when you turned 50, you used to tell yourself that you were turning 60. >> i would tell myself. i would play a game with my,

i'll pretend that i'm turning 70 and then i'll say, no, it's only 60. >> does that work? >> no. >> you know, for that moment. >> ray romano. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> all right. great to be here. thanks, guys. >> and the movie's called "the big sick." it opens in limited release on friday. coming up, we're going to make your breakfast routine a lot easier. but first on a tuesday morning, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ >> announcer: today's food is brought to you by ihop. eat up every moment. >> we are back with today's food this morning. healthy make-ahead breakfast options to get you out the door and on the go like that, likty split. danielle is a founder of the food and lifestyle og

this is danielle's first time on tv and she's going to rock it. >> i'm ready. >> by the way, a lot of parents and just, you know, with children and parents themselves are trying to get out the door quickly and have a healthy breakfast. you've got the answers. >> i do. we're going to make my pistachio chocolate granola bars and the ingredients are really simple. you have the oats, the chocolate cocoa anybo cocoa nibs, and flax, and chia seed. >> and you can sub in or out the nuts and things you like. >> exactly. we're going to start with almond butter and if you don't like that, use peanut butter, cashew butter, anything you want. add our creamed honey in here. little vanilla. and our -- just a pinch of salt. >> just a little. and how long do you cook that up. >> only for about 5 minutes on medium, medium low

approximately e . it will end up look something like that. here you have all the nuts and the seeds. we're going dump those right in here. >> those are chia seeds and whatever you want to put in. >> chia seeds or flaxseeds. >> a good way to sneak in nutrients for kids too. >> right. and then also we use toasted oats, just toast the oats for a few minutes in the oven so it brings out the flavor. that goes in with this. >> and we mix this up right here. put it into the pan and what do you to? does it just sit in there? >> no. so what you do is kind of mix it up and you're going to want to make sure it's all well together. you put it in here and then once it's all in there, you actually are going to smoosh it flat. and then it will come us looking like that. but you have to chill it first. so you're going to chill it first for about -- >> how do you like the breakfast on the go? >> it's good. i love the popsicle. >> we're going to the popsicle. this is smart.

smoothies and there's extra leftover. you've got the right solution. >> absolutely. so, instead of just throwing that out, we're actually going to make popsicles, so breakfast popsicles. so you add in whatever you like in your smoothie. >> got fresh fruit, spinach, coconut and the seeds. >> i'm a huge fan of these seeds because they add protein. and then especially when you talk about kids, sometimes they don't want to see spinach or seeds or certain foods. >> you grind that up and they have to idea. you graind that up, make your smoo smoothies. put the mixture into the popsicle molds and pres to. >> how's it taste? can you taste the coconut? >> you can. guys, you like? >> for breakfast. perfect. >> you guys, how did danielle do on her first time? >> awesome. danielle, way to go. >> she's got aby

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fight your dieting demons. >> matt's snacking. >> it's good for you, though. >> yeah. best cars for your family and mr. taye diggs will be back. got a little cheeky with us yesterday. >> there you go. google it. >> but first, your local news and weather. >> announcer: this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning. it's 8:56 on this tuesday, june 20. i'm molette green. let's check the roads this morning with melissa mollet. >> good morning, molette. still a little slow inner loop past 450, earlier crash with lanes blocked. seeing some pretty good delays earlier for that area as well. outer loop here, top of the beltway, not so bad. yougo

extra time. 270 southbound, pretty slow all the way from clarksburg down to the spur. >> we'll check the forecast in just a few. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. ♪

good morning, temperatures very comfortable, 77 degrees, but we are quickly warming up. sunshine today, and we will be back in the mid to upper 80s by lunchtime. 84 degrees. happy hour time, 88. expect it to stay dryer this afternoon and lower humidity, 92 as we go into thursday, 90 friday, that's when the rain chances return over the weekend. next week looks dry, though. >> thank you so much, sheena. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app.

♪ ♪ this morning on today's take, cheeky taye diggs our host again. then we take you live to one of the biggest events of the year. and can't get the scale to budge? the five diet pitfalls that will keep you from losing weight right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> that's a tuesday morning, june 20, 2017. one of my faves, mr. lunch money lewis, whose classic from last summer "bills" and we've got our special co-host

diggs. in fact, i would say the dreamy taye diggs. i understand he was in your dreams last night. >> i thought we weren't going to bring that up. >> i didn't know that. >> here's the thing. i told you, you were in my dream last night, but there were a bunch of people in the dream so it wasn't naughty. >> that's okay. i'm in the dreams of lots. don't be embarrassed. it's okay. ♪ get out my dreams >> so we are in this van and it was dark and bumpy and we -- that doesn't help either. >> bumpy. >> thif that van's bumping -- >> we were going to my hometown, wichita. i was going to wichita. you were going to st. louis. so, geographically, i don't think that makes sense. >> were you giving him a lift? >> no, we were in the back, and there were people from other networks and i was telling him about my hopes and dreams. and then we stop at a rest

he didn't come back and the other news people didn't come back. >> i'm right here, sweetie. >> so then i was left with whatever. it was so weird and it felt so real. >> abandonment issues. i'm right here. i'm not going anywhere, al. >> thank you. you'll be back tomorrow. >> she's never dreamt about me. >> maybe tonight, there's always a chance. >> a boy can dream. >> no. but it was -- you know when you wake up and you thought it really happened and i was like, but i'm not in kansas so i guess clearly, it didn't really happen. >> dreams are kind of like that. >> let's talk about what you did last night and this was a really good cause. >> yes. i was -- i participated in a fund-raiser for the trevor project. >> very popular. >> and it was a good time. >> look at that. >> look at that. yes. they provide attention for -- what is it? lgbt. say that five times fast. >> suicide prevention. >> exactly. it was a really good turnout and it was for a good cause. >> i like

>> very good deal. >> time for our game. version 2 of digging in. all right. >> this time, we don't have popcorn or anything. >> you're just going to have questions. all right. >> why don't you start off. >> question number one. we hear your -- >> yes, a lot of people dream about me. >> we hear your real name isn't taye. >> it is a nickname. it comes from the nickname scott. when i was younger, people used to call me scott-tay and when i went to college, i just dropped to tayyie. >> was that annoying to you? >> no, i liked it. >> when did you start wearing the hat? i like the hat. >> when i lost all my hair. how about that. >> when was that? >> that was mid 30s. i didn't lose all my hair but i'm very vain and once it started receding, i cut it all off and i needed something to distract. >> but at least you waited until your 30s.

losing my hair as a senior in high school. >> your senior picture, you had an aftero. >> you didn't see the back. i was a reverse larry fein from the three stooges. >> you had an afro in the front and nothing in the back? >> thinning in the back. and then it started going here and then it met in the middle. >> you know what i think, though, and i'm -- i think that bald is fine. like you think about -- and it's kind of cool now. think about -- >> look at that. there you go. >> what we don't see in the back -- >> in the back it was like, hello, i could put a yamulke in there and fill it up. which would have been fantastic. >> i can see your scalp. >> i love you even more now. >> number two. we know you have tattoos, we've seen some of them, but how many do you have? >> i lost track but it's true. they're addicting, addictive. >> really? >>

my son. >> aww. >> and i've got stuff, you know, representative of my mother and i got one of you on my back. >> yeah. thank you. maybe that's what you should do in my dream. that's what it was. you left to go get a tattoo. >> get another tattoo in st. louis. >> do you have a favorite? >> the one of my son, he wrote -- you can't get -- but something my son wrote that i have right here. >> wow. >> so he wrote it and then they whatever -- >> he had the tattoo -- >> he wrote -- he tattooed it on me. >> would it be a lot to see? >> it would be a lot. >> don't need it -- do you have a tattoo, al? >> no. >> i thought maybe we could learn something. >> i do not. this is about digging in, not rokering. the idea of the needle is such that i -- >> me too. >> it's difficult. >> but through the pain, there's beauty. >> yes. >> sounds good. i really just came up with

your mom has been here the last two days and is just a lovely, lovely woman. and your sisters. >> and my two sisters. christian and shalome. >> what lovely names. >> and she has like 18 kids like me. >> yes. >> i'm kidding. she has five. >> christian and shalome and they gave you scott. what happened there? >> i know, right? that's why i changed it to taye, to fit in. >> this, we have in common. you once described yourself as growing up as a nerd with actual taped eyeglasses, which i had as well. >> for real? >> yes, from first grade. i had glasses when i was in first grade. >> i still -- i'm still -- it's traumatic. >> really? >> yeah, sure. >> i embraced it. >> did you? >> yes. >> okay. i could have learned from you. >> in high school, i mean, we were on the av squad. who was on the av squad? >> exactly. i went to the gym and started getting lots of tattoos. >> i didn't do that. >> both of you, look at y

to to peak too soon. >> you still got some peaking to do. >> do you sing in the shower? >> well. dreams and showers. what's going on today? >> just a question. >> yes, i do, actually. >> do you. >> yes. >> you can actually sing. i feel like it's different when you actually sing. >> i sing in real life. come on. >> this is why i brought it up. the folks at spotify have a play list of songs that they deem perfect for you when you wash up. the list includes, here's the first one. ♪ ♪ ain't nothing but a heart ache ♪ >> look at this. neither one of them would have a brush in the shower. >> good one. people like that. always reminding me. >> you can do this. >> "uptown girl" by billy joel. ♪

>> i don't know the words to this. do you? here's the next one. "escape", the pina colada song. >> i never knew that one. >> it's too slow. >> what's yours? >> not philadelphsurprise. "philadelphia freedom." in fact, i played this song to time myself for my shower and my shave. >> for real? >> it's 5 minutes and 38 seconds long and i take a shower and a shave in 5 minutes and 38 seconds. >> you better rock it out. let me get your bangs. >> exactly. what about you, taye? you don't have a go-to song? >> all of the songs from the broadway shows that i've starred in. i'm kidding. >> i was about to say, that's kind of cool. >> never sing that song again. >> are you over that song? >> i know. >> are you really? >> yes, but no, the message

always -- always wants me to sing it at karaoke. >> isn't it -- how many of us would go through life without being known for something that is so iconic and touching so many people. and i understand why you may be tired of singing it, but just knowing that you are associated with something that means so much to so many people. >> 100%. thank you for making me feel awful. >> that's what i'm here for. >> i'm a bad person. >> he's like, you be grateful, son. >> i am. i feel very blessed this morning. >> all i'm known for is, that's what's going around the country. oh, don't go to local. you, on the other hand, there's a song that people -- anyway, jimmy kimmel, every year, he does something as a prank. well, this year, he issued a father's day challenge to the audience to sneak up on their dads and yell, i love you dad. here are the results. i can see you.

>> i love you, dad! >> love you, dad! >> i love you! >> i love you, dad! >> you're [ bleep ] kidding me. >> dad, i love you! >> i love you, dad! >> love you, dad! happy father's day, jimmy. >> these are my favorites. >> oh. that was spectacular, jimmy kimmel. >> it's my favorite. >> and our producer, gavin -- >> we tried to get you this morning. >> tried to scare me. >> we were rolling? >> i think we were. >> did we record it? we did. >> i love you, al!

>> absolutely nothing. >> first of all, i'm not your son, your father. i'm not your dad. and i could see you. >> wait. you didn't even move. >> no, well, i mean -- >> you're a ghost. >> you just looked at him. >> you're a vampire. >> i can't believe you were recording that. >> gavin's parents are here today. where are your folks, gavin? >> they're -- they're downstairs. they got a little lost. >> let them upstairs. >> that's awfully nice. what a good son you are. >> they're here downstairs. >> what a spectacular son. >> during the commercial break, let's go get them. >> your weren't home for father's day and now this. >> al! >> he was at a bachelor party. anyway, coming up, we're off to the races. >> making everybody feel good this morning. >> we'll take you live to great britain where the royals are making their grand entrance. i love you, queen! at one of the most exciting events of the year. using toothe to clean a denture.ng toothe but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10x softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply.

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gavin found his parents, mona and jay. >> wonderful. >> right there. very cute. >> there you go. >> they found you. you guys have created a beautiful human being in gavin. we love gavin. >> thank you. >> oh, thanks. >> a man of many words. gavin's normally yap, yap, yap. >> gavin is scared now. this is fantastic. >> so nervous about what they might say. i'm not giving her the mike again. that was it. >> let his dad hold the mike. >> what's the worst thing that gavin's ever done? >> what's the worst thing? >> when he was a kid. did he do anything bad? >> oh, that one, i can't talk about. >> you don't want to know that, al. you don't want to know that. >> gavin's such a rebel. >> from the pain in the ascot, we're talking about the 2017 royal ascot race in the uk. five-day horse racing festival in england, attracting the fist

just arrived at the race course in a horse drawn carriage. prince william, kate middleton, the duchess of cambridge. this is a big deal. there's also big parties, celebrating the ascot. they have the fashionable guests, lots of champagne, i hear. and we're looking at the queen there, all sorts of funny bets made on the race every year. so they have a following odds. here's one. how about the color of her hat. people bet on that. so i guess most said yellow. two to one odds. but look, she wore lime green instead. i'm wondering, is that one of them? >> what are the do's and don't's ascot code. men should wear a top hat and black shoes. in fact, our producer, brian chapman, chappers, and brian prenke right there. >> i like that. don't you think so? >> i like a dress code every once in a while. >> i feel like someone should throw a party where you can wear a top hat just because and black shoe

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budge. >> today, nbc's health editor madelyn fernstrom is here to reskrer reveal the biggest dieting demons. >> let's get started. >> nobody else will wear the little horns. >> you look good enough. >> i'm trying to be more angelic. >> when you think about this, it's hard to lose weight. if it were so easy, everybody would be thin. so let's start with our first dieting demon and that's going to be calorie confusion. meaning that -- >> that is a good one. >> especially for exercise or physical activity, just because you're sweating, doesn't mean you're burning a lot of calories. you briskly walk 15 minutes, that's going to be about 100 calories. about a mile. and if you go brisk for 45 minutes, longer, 45, you'll get 300 calories and you get the whole thing. but you know, you take five minutes to eat 500 calories and two hours

just because you're sweating, doesn't mean you're burning off a lot of calories. weight loss is 80% food intake. >> can it be a ten-minute walk? >> has to be 15 minutes. >> is that worth it? >> let's walk over here. >> let's walk over to our next point of confusion. and that's going to be when you start to eat healthy, it doesn't mean that it's low calorie. pasta, white pasta and whole wheat. whole wheat has more fiber but the same 200 calories. it's the great health thing and the same thing with swapping out butter and olive oil. you know this, one tablespoon is still 120 calorie so it's healthier for your heart but the calories are the same. >> from a weight standpoint. >> from a weight standpoint, if you're trying to save calories, you want to eat healthy and them those calories. >> what are some junk foods that you can lose weight by eating? >> that's what -- we had the secret, we could all retire. >> really. >> dieng

this eaten too often. we're all fuelling but for what? we don't do anything all day but for healthy normal people, eating three times a day is going to be fine. you don't need to snack. in fact, oftentimes, that causes you to overeat. you're more focused on things. so, don't eat for the clock. >> don't eat to the clock? >> you don't have to eat by the clock. >> like oh, time for a snack. >> oh, time for a snack. when we look at, again, things that are healthy, also can be high in calories so you look at hummus. this is a few dips, that's about 200 calories. and these two handfuls of nuts are about 300 calories so healthy foods, you can have too much of a good thing. >> and last but not least. >> emotional eating is a problem for all of us. solve those problems. >> madelyn, thank you so much.

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it's happening. >> good. it is 9:26 on this tuesday june 20th. i'm chris lawrence. today, there will be vigils all over the country for nabra hassanen. she was run down, beaten and dumped in a pond in a road age incident. in our area, there will be a vigil at 7:30. take a good look at akira watkins. she's 12 years old and went missing yesterday afternoon. she was last seen on cindy lane in capitol heights and they're asking you to call police if you spot her. . we'll get a look at your forecast as soon as we come back. stay with us.

sunshine and a great day to be outside today, nowhere near as hot or humid as we've been the last couple of days. mid to upper 70s today, daytime highs will be mid to upper 80s, low 80s out in the suburbs, nice west breeze today knocking that humidity out. tomorrow looks like a great day, cooler in the morning,

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this. a body slam. get back up and then i sickle your feet so you fall and then i get you here and i get you in hammer lock. you get up, you turn around on me, you lock me up and you think you got me, but then i come back with the soon to be famous rock. >> how do you practice that? how do you practice that by yourself? >> very fun. >> very fun to practice that alone in my room, like, what is she doing in there? i'm just doing the reptile. it's not a big deal. >> do all the parts. all the parts. he'll wrestle herself. >> were you fans of the show? you're probably too young to remember. >> thank you, al. >> especially marc. we all missed the show originally but as soon as any of us heard about this show that they were making, we started googling it immediately, and when you watch the original show, it is out there. these women

rapped. >> yeah, the age-old trio of rap, wrestling, and sketch comedy. it's a youtube rabbit hole that is worth going down. >> i found myself doing it this morning. >> all i knew about my character was is that he was down and out, down on his luck, had problems with women, had a cocaine problem and i'm like, i know this guy. i used to be that guy in the '80s. it's not going to be a stretch for me. >> what is it about this show that so captivated people back in the '80s? i mean, it was really kind of amazing. >> i think for a lot of young girls, it was exciting to see women wrestling on tv, wrestling was so huge in the '80s and especially with hulk hogan and a lot of male wrestlers and then women and young girls get to see women doing it, this thing that men do. >> and young men get to watch women doing it. >> so there were both sides of it, definitely. men had their take on it. but i also think it

>> for you guys now, currently, did you have to train with wrestlers? what was that like? >> yes. chavo grer ro jr. was our coach. pro-wrestler, wrestling legacy family and he trained us for a little over a month and then during the shooting. >> if there was ever a question, if the wrestling was going to be, you know, right, you know, for wrestling fans, he would make it right. >> and definitely for the period too because we we'd come in with moves sometimes and be like, i saw this on wwe and let's do that and he would be like, that move was not invented ideuntil . >> that's new stuff. >> what's the biggest challenge? >> the working with me, i think, is difficult. for a lot of people. >> i was going to say keeping a clean bikini line because our leotards were so high cut. good morning. >> i had a hard time. i started to feel bad for them because the amount of readjusng

outfits they were wearing, there was constant, you know, adjusting, things being pulled out. >> i'm sure you felt awful. >> he was like, that looks awful. that looks terrible. >> but you have -- you have a move you can show us? or is there a move -- >> yeah. there's a couple moves. >> we have the ring. we might as well. >> perfect outfits for it. >> al, get up here. >> i'll do my part. let's go. >> you really got to sell it. pretend you have long, long hair and i'm pulling it back. that's good. >> it's a little different. spin this around back here. >> i love it. >> now do me. >> we need -- >> i don't think this is what wrestling is. >> i'm blushing.

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now to the story of a dad who's the personification of the word hero-he's worked tirelessly to help families with seriously ill children. >> and since this dad is always doing the giving, we wanted to turn the tables and treat him to a special surprise. ♪ >> for joe, there was only one thing he ever wanted to be. a father. >> my goal in life was to be a dad. it didn't matter to me what job i had, how much money i had. i couldn't wait to be a dad. >> so when his wife gave birth first to their daughter alley and later to their son andrew, joe felt

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joe considers her among his hundreds of surrogate kids. >> i really do feel like they're my kids. i laugh with them, and i cry with the families. >> we thought who better than little hayden to help us give a little surprise to the man who never takes time for himself. >> uncle joe. >> so, joe, it gives us great pleasure to be able to give you this letter. >> dear joe, for years, you have been the one to do the giving, especially when it comes to the be positive foundation. we thought it was time for the tables to turn and for someone to give something to you, a once in a lifetime trip to alaska. oh! can i put you in my suitcase and bring you with me? >> joe told us he never takes a day off because cancer doesn't but we're hoping thanks to the travel donation furnished by cruising store.com and celebrity cruises

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value, performance, safety, and family friendly features. >> excellent. >> the first one is best minivan, and it is chrysler pacifica. >> congratulations, chrysler. i like it. >> so chrysler invented the minivan but they're back in a big way this year with an upgrade to styling and you can fit eight people, and they have this automatic noise cancellation system, so it keeps the cabin nice and quiet. >> so you can't hear your kids. >> exactly. >> we could put something down and they could have a good time. family wagon. >> family wagon. this is going to be our subaru outback. so this is designed for like off roading, family adventure, but they have a little upgrade in style this year with plush seating and these really cool, like, touch screen technologies that kids love and the dads love em

magazine loves and it's the eyesight safety system and it has automatic rear braking so this could be a lifesaver with a pet or a child walks behind your car. so let's talk about budget. i love this category. >> budget friendly family car. >> kia sole. 16,1 hundred dollars for this budg -- 16,100 dollars. >> i've never heard anybody say, work it out. >> yes, kia in the house. good job. >> and it's got this -- in this budget car, you can fit five people. it's got six speaker audio system, wi-fi and bluetooth. xm radio, rather. built into the car. >> okay. perfect. >> how about an eco-friendly vehicle. >> now we're talking about the chevrolet volt ev. >> can everybody fit

>> yeah, you can. it's about $30,000. that's after a $7,500 federal tax credit that you can take. this, in one charge, it's an electric car, it can go 238 miles on one charge. it can connect seven devices at one time, which is very, very important. and it comes, the base model, comes with its own 4g lte wi-fi hot spot. >> saved the best for last, not the best but a lot of people want to know about the suv. >> that's me. i enjoy an suv. >> do you have an suv. >> i do. >> so do i and toyota highlander was a close call this year. toyota highlander. this, you can put all your crew in there, plus there's plenty of room in the back for the hockey sticks and backpacks. edmonds love it because it has a lot of boom, v 6 engine and automatic transmission but parents magazine loved it because of the safety package. collision avoidance system and a

feature. so, safety first. >> what about tvs in the back? what if i want my children to watch tvs in the back. >> yeah, tvs in the back. no tvs in the front. >> we must pay attention. liz, thank you very much. for more on the big family cars of 2017, check out the july issue of parents magazine. back in a moment. this is "today." >> on nbc. >> you wanted to say that, didn't you.

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good morning. it's 9:57 on this tuesday, june 20. i'm molette green. today, the sounds of kids playing ball will return to simpson field in alexandria. the field will reopen today, less than a week after the shooting at the congressional baseball practice. the ceremony will begin at 6:00 tonight. representatives of alexandria police and fire will throw out the first pitch. little league games will begin at

forecast with sheena parveen. >> today is going to be less humid today so it's going to feel more comfortable too. 88 for a high temperature. mostly sunny, a lot dryer out there. tomorrow, 88 degrees, 92 thursday, storms increase friday and through the weekend. next week, though, we're looking nice and dry, but so far this week, just playing around those storms. still looking pretty warm. >> thank you so much, sheena. coming up next on news4 midday, we'll have the latest on on the clean-up after a tornado touched down in montgomery county.

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