♪ good morning, unpress debtd disaster. hooum houston, the nation's fourth largest city under water in the wake of hurricane harvey. >> call i could grab was my water and my phone. >> thousands more stranded, rescue crews stretched to the limit. another two feet of rain on the zbla we have to remind ourselves this veenlt is not over. >> with waters rising, new evacuations overnight, but why weren't they order before the storm? houston houston's mayor defending that decision. >> you give an order to evacuate, you are create a nightmare. >> left ter holt is live in houston and we have correspondents and if out all across the region today,

august 28th, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" the impact of hurricane harvey, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning everybody and welcome to "today" on a monday morning. we've got dplag for matt. when we look at these images this is the worst flooding in our history. damage from harvey and we're just really the middle of this. >> also hard to believe of that houston and the surrounding areas going to be seeing more rain over the next few days as well. >> yeah. let's go to where ningz stand at the moment. at least two people have died but officials are expecting that number to rise as crews work their way through still rising flood waters. in houston alone more than 1,000 high-water rescues have already been carried ou

evacuation orders were issued for several houston neighborhoods. the river is expected to rise three feet above its record with one official calling it an 800-year flooding convenient. >> texas's governor greg be a bot announced a thousand people are being stlent in addition to the 3,000 that are already headed to that region. >> also trachlg to texas, president trump. the white house says he will vis tlit tomorrow to survey the damage firsthand from the first major natural disaster of his presidency. >> we have complete cover range this morning. we're across southern texas. and let's start with lester holt. he's in houston. lester, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning. the national weather service says they've not seen anything quite like this. there is drama, there is misery, there's bravery here. as you note twod people have lost their lives. thousands here are stranded and with the rain expected to continue well into the week it would be the worse the

>> overnight at rains battered texas, they're bracing for more rain. tropical storm harvey more than a history making disaster dumping more than two feet of rain over the weekend, another two feet expected to come. the catastrophic flood be conassuming homes, cars, eerch entire highways. the army corps of inning nears taking emergency action overnight releasing water from two res voirz in the houston area to reduce the risk of destructive flooding. residents have been wading through chest-deep water to salvage what they can. >> all i could grab was my wallet and my phone, that's all i knew grab. >> thousands have been left stranded by the storm as first responders scam tobl say them by boat, by truck, and by helicopter. but some have already lost everything. >> we prayed a lot

praised god and he, you know, we were rescue sod we're thank zblfl local medical centers are also preparing to evacuate patients. they say more than 350 patients need to be moved after flood waters and a burst sewage pipe damaged supplies and food in the basement. in tic gwen son, texas, 15 seniors were rested after their nursing home for flooded several snat waist-deep water before being abasted to safety. emergency services are at capacity with over 56,000 emergency calls being made to 91. now the mayor is defending their decision not to order an evacuation. >> if you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. >> harvey made landfall on the gulf coast late friday as a category 4 hurricane, it's high winds

tearing roofs off buildings. but now the fear is the heavy rain that will go on for days. texas governor has acc vated 3,000 national guard troops and tomorrow president trump will travel to the hardest hit areas. fema's administrator telling nbc news the president is extremely kurnd concerned about the resorss on the ground. still, with the storm not yet over, the federal government is preparing for a long recovery effort. >> it's going to be years. it's going to be years. >> reporter: let me put some of those pictures you just watched in perspective. we talk about rooizing flood waters. they did rise but they also go down. there's a drainage system here and it works to a limited extent but it's been overwhelmed. water you see behind us was a lot closera i few hours ago. it's receded, let another downpour happen, which will likely happen, you'll see it come up again and, savannah, and craig, it makes

city because it is a city of islands right now put turn a corner and you're in the flood waters and you look behind you and there's more as another rain band starts to come through here. >> we're going to check back in with you in a few moments. >> there's scenes of devastation playing out all over texas. ker i have in victoria. what are you saying where you are? >> well, it's still raining here as well, the problems rp not going away but there is some good news because a relief kitchen has now been set up for many people it will be the first warm meal they've had in days. some of those folks who are leaving the shelters here trying to make their way home are discovering that they have no home go to. this is the scene at one apartment complex here in victoria. it appears according to authorities, that a lightning strike may have at this time during harvey. it went up in fl

are trurng now and they have nowhere go. in other homes you can see trees have to will on top of the homes and those homes will not be habitable in part because this rain is still coming through the broken roofs. lines, lines, and more lines today as people get out in their cars, try to get gas as well is searching for food beyond just this kitchen that has been set up. but finally, the real concern say long the gaut loupe pay river here. that river is expected to crest 32 feet above sea level, historic flooding convenient here that will happen they believe by wednesday. police have been going door to door knocking and telling people who live along the river there that they need to evacuate and get out before the water comes on wednesday. many people there telling us they didn't even know about it because they have no electricity and telephones, they don't know what's going on. they are cut off and thankful that the police decided to come by and tell them there's

flood and another disaster looming here. craig. >> kerry, thank you. >> this is an unfolding disaster it's far from or. some areas bracing for get in, another two feet of rain in the coming days. nbc dylan dreyer's our meteorologist she's in houston and has our forecast. what are we expecting? >> good morning, savannah. that's exactly root. there's still another 15 to 25 inches of rain go with this storm. it's not going to let up until the milled of the week. the radar tells a huge story here. we have feeder bands that are coming in off the gulf of mexico. it's an endless subpoenaing supply of that warm, moisture, tropical air and that helps feeds these storm. line of heavy investigate rain has shifted east in beaumont texas and over into parts of louisiana. but the storm itself is moving 3 miles per hour. so it's still meandering in the same general area. it's g

gulf of mexico that the help maintain this tropical storm status as it ticks to turn slowly to the north as we get to the end of the week. so far we have picked up about 15 to more than 30 inches of rain in and around the houston area and across eastern texas, but we have more go. the storm system again as it sits and taps into the gulf of mexico, we are going to see these heavier tropical downpours continue. look how expansive the flash flood warnings are extending into lake charles indiana. when all is said and dawn quo pick up 50 inch of rain in some areas. again, we still have a long way to go and it's hit and mitts. sometimes you get a break, the waters recede a bit, then you get another downpour and the waters come back up. not to mention river flooding and bayou flooding that could last into next week as this water needs a place to go. >> thank you. we'll be checking back with you as t

now we're joined by one of the top officials in houston. judge ed emmett. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you've been up all night. in your view, is the worst over or is the worst yet to come? >> well, we don't know the answer to that with the we hope the worse is the over. it looks like those feeder bands are moving to our east a little bit, but we're just focused totally on live and safety of our residents at this point. >> judge, over the weekend as houston started to fill with water air lot of folks watching the images started to wonder why was there no mandatory evacuation issued? you can walk us through that decision? how you guys decided not to issue that mandatory evacuation order? >> absolutely. when a hurricane comes, you know to get people out of harm's way, you know where the storm surge is is going hit. so we have a very

process for moving people out of storm surge. with a rain event over a county of 4.5 million people, you don't know where the rain's going to fall and which neighborhoods are going flood. if we had gone out three days before and said we won't 4 million people to leave harris county, that would vein totally nonsensical thing to do. we didn't know where it was going flood, what neighborhoods were going flood and if we had told people to do that they probably would have laughed at us or ignored it. >> i want to ask you about a call that went out from tloevlz, i think yesterday, anybody with the boat come help if you can. do you have the resources you need? are you still asking for the private public's help to help you with these rescues? >> one of the great things about this community is neighbors help neighbors. and so we knew that a lot of people were helping with their boats. but the state of texas did a great job of making resources

couldn't travel the highways. so yesterday during daylight we wanted to maximize our ability to get people out of harm's way, get people off rooftops and so i'm the one who said, please, we're going to organize an effort for community volunteers to come forward. they saved a lot of lives. >> you've got millions watching and listening, millions of good-hearted americans who rise to the occasion in situations like this. what do you want them to know about what's needed right now in your county? >> well, you know, the red cross is here, other agencies are here, there have been funds set up. this is, as everybody said, it's historic, it's unprecedented, so this is going to take us months, years, to get back to normal and so any help that people can send, we would certainly appreciate. >> and, judge, the president is expected to come to texas tomorrow. will that be fu

what are you hoping that will accomplish? >> well, anytime the federal government steps in and cuts through the bureaucratic maze and allows people to get relief early, the homeowners need to get back into their homes and they need to have access to the various grants and loan programs. and so his coming is a signal that houston and harris county is important to the nation and so we breesht that. >> all right, judge. >> i know you've got a lot on your plate. thank you for your time. and we should mention you can find more information on how you can help the people of texas on our website today.com. >> as president trump gets said toe head to texas tomorrow in washington he's facing quite the backlash on from both sides of the aisle to pardon controversial sheriff joe apyo. that's one of the things we're keeping an eye on. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you the president sparing joe arpaio the process of serving

time. arpaio an inc.e.s. credibly polar rising figure, and president trump's move just days after the speech saying it's time to heal the wound that divide us is only deepening divisions. >> president trump returning to the white house after whipping up a fierce political storm granting his first chez presidential pard dob to sheriff joe arpaio. >> was sheriff joe convicted for doing his job? >> house speaker paul ryan's office saying the speaker does not agree with this decision leading him the party condones racism and both arizona republican senators say he undermines the rule of law by pard dong him who expressed no remorse last month for his contempt. the 85-year-old who political partnership with the president dates back to the berther movement has long been

treatment of prisoners. white house aides defend the president's decision that did ghot through the normal review pr zbles i certainly don't think it's fair to characterize him as not caring about the rule of law, most presidents have pardons that are unliked. >> announced just as hurricane harvey barreled toward texas r a friday night news dump saying -- and the departure of white house aid, gork kin, a steve bannon ally. rex tirps appearedtor distance himself from mr. trump when discussing the impact of the priz president he's response to charlottesville. >> i don't believe anyone doubts the american people's values or the american government or the agency's supporting those values and ddi

>>and the president. >> he speaks for himself. >> a sharply word open said from former president joe biden writing we saw the truth of this president, we kont stop. his contempt for the u.s. constitution and willingness to divide this nation knows no bounds. >> biden also writes, we are living through a battle for the soul of this nation adding we have to do what our president has not, and we have to remember our kids are watching. back here at the white house ths afternoon, president trump's going to host the president of finland. the two leaders are expected to hold a news conference. >> thank you. the u.s. navy says divers have now recovered the bodies of all ten sailors missing since the "uss john s. mccain" collided with an oil tanker near singapore last week. the remains were found inside the ship's compartments. this was the second diddly accident in a little more than two months. the commander of the fleet was relieved from his

days after of this latest incident. >> lets good back to houston for more on harvey and also the national forecast. dylan. >> the rain has picked up again here in houston and it will continue to do so through outrest of the day and tomorrow morning. we have another tropical system approaching florida and the southeast coast of the carolinas where we could see heavy rain, perhaps 2 to 4 inches of rain with that stlm. northeast we're looking at sunshine and back through the wid midwest were beautiful day. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in the next 40 seconds. frs

. morning, everybody, monday's off to a quiet start, cool and comfortable r a lot of spots in the 50s. this morning. 64 washington, 68 annapolis r but only 54 in manassas. plenty of sunshine for the first halfful day, more cloud cover this afternoon but no rain threat until the sun comes up tomorrow. if you're going to the marlins game this evening, it will good weather for baseball. showery weather moves in for tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. guys. >> just ahead we're going to have a lot more on this storm aren't flooding that is ravage southwest texas and dramatic new video of the rescues taking place across that region. >> also ahead this morning, the new test that just 3u67d e-llon musk's dream

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this is a news 4 today news break. >> 7:26 is your time now on this monday morning. we want to welcome up back to school in fairfax county and prince william county, hope you have a great day. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm irn gilchrist. >> they need all the help they can get in the flooding in texas right now and teams from our area are on the way. the swift boat rescue team will help save people from high water. maryland task force one from montgomery count city going as well and local volunteers from the american red cross went to texas yesterday to provide relief. >> as of this morning, there are big changes on a road many of you use. we're talking about beach drive. section from tilled den street to rock creek

open after months of work but now it's closed from tilled den to joyce road. let's check the morning commute with jack taylor. we had an incident unfortunately causing delays '0270 south bound reported to be 480 before urbana i believe it's on the shoulder for now. 70 eastbound after 17 meyersville that crash with the motorcycle did get moved over to the left shoulder. new reported incident with some delays building southbound on the george washington parkway near the 123. back to you. >> we'll check your forecast next after this quick break. stay with us.

temperatures in the 50s and 60s for your monday morning, lots of sunshine out there as well. we'll get more and more cloud cover later on in the day, but dry today, rain chances come back on us for tomorrow. but as you're planning out the day, temperatures with increasing clouds will stay in the mid to upper 70s for highs today. a beautiful night for baseball

town. but, again, be ready for rain chances to come back. showers likely at almost anytime during the day tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you. another local news update in about 25 minutes. >> we're now back to the "today" show of that quick break.

and good morning, and good morning, everybody, we're back at 7:30. that is the scene in houston this morning, flooding that is devastating that area. our hearts are with them as we say good morning to you. i'm savannah guth fli alongside craig melvin who's in for matt and hoda's here. it's incredible what we've seen in terms of the damage and rescue. >> but it's good to see so many folks getting out and giving a hand to help. >> a lot of people from new orleans relocated to houston and find themselves in the same situation. >> you can imagine. let's get to our headlines and that starts our headlines this m

strike texas in more nan a decade causing catastrophic flooding in houston and billions of damage across the street. >> this buy sue usually empty, within a maurt of hours it's 30 feet. >> we're working right no, i to provide assistance. >> even mortar rent chal rain on the way. >> this is still a tropical sigh cloen. >> president trump is monitoring two storms, one of rs hurricane harvey and the other of his own making. >> president trump now preparing a trip to texas as his decision to pardon controversial sheriff joe arpaio is widely condemned. >> uber attacks the head of expedia to replace traffic cella neck the famous ride-sharing company. >> they have have a chance to clear up this pr might mayor. >> and chpz championship of the world, japan beats a team from the texas 12-2 to win the little league crown.

unprecedented fourth little league world series. >> today, monday, august 28th, 2017. >> a lot going on and we want to get right back to your top story there are ongoing crisis in texas. driving harvey's devastation, the slow movement of the storm. it's going to hover over southeast texas for several more days and the rain will keep coming. parts of this region could see more than 50 inches of rain. >> overnight, crews start the controlled releases from water from two reservoirs around houston to hopefully avoid the potential of what would be a catastrophic failure. >> also the threat of levy failures have led to new rounds of mandatory evac weighings across the houston area. >> we're going to get the latest on the forecast from drill dylan but let's start with dave. good morning to you. >> reporter: we cannot stress enough that this disafter thor is far from over. as you can see behind

roads are impasse able ands with arizona we take a live look from the drone, you can see that swaurt covering so many roads near houston. it's still dark this morning but elsewhere authorities have released more water from two reservoirs because they want to relief pressure on the dams there. in many parts of this city there's no place for this water go. >> one by one they were plucked, hoisted, and carried to safety. >> how high did the water come up? >> it was up to here in my house. >> thousands of desperate calls for help to 911. coast guard helicopters racing in to save people stranded on rooftops. the agonizing rescues not letting up overnight. >> now we can see somebody on the back end of that car. >> this one unfolding on live television, a man trapped in his car surrounded by raging flood waters survived. >> it looks like he was the person who was in that vehicle and was able to get out the

>> water seemingly everywhere. >> throughout the whole house. >> your chest. >> up to my chest, both cars in the garage up to the steering wheel vor we've lost everything. >> children using anything to stay afloat. national guard on the move. >> hundreds of water rescue us are under way in the sur suburban houston neighborhood. residents say they've never seen anything like it. >> no, i haven't and i've been in this area my whole life. >> houston is no stranger to flooding. in twist a memorial day disaster racked up half a billion dollars in damages last year they led the u.s. in flood-related deaths. but this morning, rivers are rising to unprecedented levels. >> and there's no levy designed to prevent ant 800-year flood. >> so why is the bayou city so vulnerable? it's low lying with many creeks and rivers and development here as

his own home for the first time. >> the human splent what's driving and acc sag baiting flood losses over time. >> his research found the houston area has add 25% more pavement over 15 years, replacing soil-rich wetlands that could absorb water. >> we've got too much concrete i think is what part of the problem is. the water doesn't have anyplace to go when something like this happens. >> as we take another live look from the air, you can see all that water, it's still dark outside, but houston may be froen flood, however, it wasn't prepared for something like this. this is truly unprecedented. the city of houston had actually set aside about $130 million earlier this year to alleviate flooding along some bayous about experts say that's just not enough. this metro area is expected to add about 100,000 people every year. back to you. >>

gabe working hard all weekend. thank you very much. >> let's bring in dylan dreyer for more on the flooding. this rain is not stopping. >> it's not and that's the problem. we still have several days of the rain not stopping. if you look at the radar you can see that the fooder bands are now shifting to the east and that's where we're getting the bulk of the heavy yet rain training over the same area for hours and hours. that's moving into southeastern louisiana. but we have these pop-up downpours that develop because we're feeding into the gulf of mexico and seeing that moisture coming down. now, the storm itself is still a tropical storm, southeast at 3 miles per hour it its direction. but watch what happens as we go through today into tomorrow, into wednesday, while we will see the bulk of the heaviest precipitation try to move to the east, we're still not in the clear from heavier pockets of downpours that could produce 1 to 3 ichlks of rain in just an hour's time. we're still look at an

inches of rain creating totals of over 50 inches. the flash flood warnings, how expansive they are and the river flooding and bay uflooding is going to be a major issue. the buffalo bayou, the highest level it's been was 61.23 feet. we're all are the 65 feet and it's forecast to gup to 70 feet spot we're look at extreme flood agos this water continues to trickle in these bayous, streams, and rivers in this area. now here's a peek out your window. >> now we could see some of the remnants of harvey by labor day weekend. in the meantime, we are drooig. 64 degrees outside right now, northeast wind that's going to keep us unsystemly cool throughout the afternoon. many areas still in the 50s, 57 clinton, 54 manassas, 57 in gaithersburg. tomorrow many area of the low pressure off the southeast coast that will be here. so we vin creasing rain chances for your tuesday.

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♪ we're back. we're back, 7:42 with what could be the future of travel. >> you probably heard about elon musk's dream of ultra high speed travel using the hyperloop. over the weekend an important competition was held at his test track. nbc business correspondent jo ling kent is in hawthorne kofl with the results of that. good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. imagine going fro new york to washington, d.c. or l.a. to san francisco in less than an hour in one of these giant vacuum tubes. well it seems very futuristic but elon musk just got a step closer thanks to some of the best

travel is moving fast. billionaire entrepreneur elon musk is one step closer to make his ambitious plan to build a high speed underground hyperloop a reality. 34iz his concept people traveling under ground in a powerful vacuum tube brought people from around the world to a competition at space "x" headquarters. they each built their prototype pods that could carry humans 7000 miles an hour. they were put in the text in this vacuum tube. the winner, a german team hit more than 200 miles per hour. >> we hope that what we shown today can move the technology a little bit further, we saw that the hyper look can get more real than it is today. >> musk was elated with the results. >> what this is all about is heee vabsing the state of transportation, trying new things that have never been done before that can make an incredible difference in

team zoomed into second place clock being in at 63 miles per hour. the context comes about a month after musk tweet that'd received verbal approving to build a hyperloop line connecting new york, philadelphia, baltimore reason and washington, d.c. conceivably the trip from new york to d.c. could take just 29 minutes. that same trip on an express amtrak train right now takes nearly three hours. musk also promised san francisco to los angeles in 30 minutes and a texas loop at near lit speed of sound. but that approval sfr not exactly firm the trump white house responding we believe our greatest solutions have always come from the ingenuity and drive of the private sector. but just last week musk received authority from the stiff hawthorne, california, pushing the limits of human travel a pipe dream now in full force. >> reporter: transportation experts say we're still probably several years away from

ourselves down these tubes in major cities, but elon musk not letting that hold him back at all. he's planning another competition next dwreer send more shreds down this tube. showing no signs of stopping. >> oh, way. you can imagine, you guys new york to d.c. >> oh my gosh, what a dream. >> hopefully it happens in our lifetime. up next, natalie's checking out one of music's bigsest nights in tv's music video awards. >> we have a full rap including performances that will have people talking for days right after this.

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we're back. we're back, 7:49. we've got a wrap up of music's biggest night. natalie's now the l.a. this morning with the highlights. hi, nat, good morning. >> good morning. the vmas often known for their wild and shock moments but this year they responded to recent events in the headlines with inspiring performances and powerful words. but while politics did play a big role, the star of course is the music. >> the host of this year's vmas it katie pearry making an out of this world appearance kick off the show in style dressed as the moon man statue. set ailing night filled with political and social commentary. >> all of us here at the vmas are sending love to the people of southeastern texas and everyone affected by hurricane harv r

>> paris jackson, the 19-year-old daughter of the late superstar michael jackson making a plea for unity in the wake of the deadly white supremacists rally in virginia. >> we must show these nazi white supremacists jerks we have zero tolerance for their violence, their hatred, and their discrimination. >> and a show-stopping moment, the moment of heather hey, he the young women killed in charlottesville. >> i want people to know that hearth never marched alone, she was always joibd by people from every race and every background in this country. >> a moving moment followed by amazing music ♪ >> one of the night's big winner, kendrick lamar kicking things off with the laser filled performance of his songs "dna" and the blazing hot hit "humble". he won six awards

hip hop artist and video of the year. if harmony picked up the best pop award for "down". taylor swift debuted her new music video and persona with the world premier of look what you made me do. this year's michael jackson video van guard award honoring pink and with her daughter in the faud aud gens yens gave a moving speech about the meaning of beautiful. >> so, baby girl, we don't change, we take the graph vel in the shell and we make a pearl and we help other people to change so that they can change more kinds of beauty. >> such a powerful message there from foink her daurlt. now leave it to taylor swift to be one of the most tweeted about art activities of the night. she wasn't at the show be but her video blew up the internet everybody dissect the darker message lind it but there some haters who are going goon hate, hate, hate on that video

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this is a news 4 today news break. >> 7:56 is your time now on this nond, august 28th, 2017. good morning to you i'm eun yang. we want to get right to wtop's jack taylor for your commute and first 4 traffic. good morning to you, jamb. we had some activity informant manassas, 29 going northbound unfortunately we've got accident activity before suddenly road. sounds like you're under police direction. maryland i-70 eastbound after sfeen teen myersville. activity has been moved to the shoulder. also southbound on the gork pash parkway dilays headed to 123 and spout run. they had been activity now it's just volume headed south. back to you. >> we'll take a quick break and check your forecast next. stay with us.

good morning, as we go through the day unseasonally cool temperatures starting with the morning 78 for a high today. very nice, then we'll see increasing clouds later today, overnight and that leads us into a rainy day tomorrow. make sure you have the umbrella. >> sheena, thank you. another local news update in our 20 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show.

♪ it's it's 8:00 on today. coming up, historic disaster, hurricane harvey brings catastrophic flooding to texas leaving thousands of people strand. >> we were rescue sod we're very thankful. >> more than 2 feet of rain falling on houston over the weekend, 2 feet more possible. and this morning another 1,000 national guardsmen mobilize in the rescue efforts. officials say houston has a long recover rhode island a head. >> it's going to be years. it's going to be years. >> we're live in houston with full cover ram today, monday, august 28th, 2017. >> and good morning, everybody, welcome back to today. so good to swrus on a monday morning and it's a busy one as our hearts go out to everyone in t

>> i had prayers there for the people in texas. and hard to believe this a region over the next two days is going to see considerably more rain zblfl when you hear the number 50 inches that sets in when you realize how much rain is going to fall there. >> it's topping our news the 8:00. it's been an exhausting night for rescue rescuers in sweeft texas reaching the victims of tropical storm harvey and bringing them to safety. >> we have cat traffic flooding again is about to get perhaps even worse. lester, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig about good morning. street behind me is typical of what you see across houston, neighborhoods literally cut off by flood waters in some cases chest level, sometimes deeper. potentially thousands of people are prisoners in their own homes here. have therehave been at least two deaths across the region, one here in houston. we swr seen some dramatic rescues both by first responders and people just rising to the occasion in a region that is

head above water. >> overnight, the dramatic flood rescue caught on surveillance swam camera are rlt victim des desperateliling clinging to the back of a car. a rescue boat fighting the dournt bring them to safety. rescue teams working through the night battling the dark. >> it's scary, we've never had this experience before. >> hurricane harvey now a tropical storm after making landfall friday night. throughout southeast texas, severe wind, funnel clouds and torrential rain causing unprecedented flooding with some areas expected to see up to 50 inks by week's end. >> this is a very, very dangerous storm with catastrophic consequence and folks need to not yuntd estimate that. >> people have been rude including children, seniors, and pets stranded in deep, dangerous water. helicopters, flad bed tck

boats deployed throughout the region. >> we prayed a lot and we just praised god and we were rescued so we're very thankful. >> at a nursing home no tic kenson, texas, this photo quickly going viral. it shows 15 senior citizens in waist-deep water. it led to their eventual rescue. in houston, a local news reporter flag downing help during a live shoot when she realized a trucker was stuck in rapidly rising flood waters. a police rescue boat managed to get him out alive. the cvs station where that reporter works also under waste water. staff evac waited. police resources reaching capacity and authorities are encouraging flabz and anyone way boat to the assist in the effort. >> pretty, pretty bad. >> yeah, tell me what it's like down there? >> it's really bad. our house got flooded, everything is destroyed. >> the u.s. coast guard urging

rooftops. >> when i opened doort, more water rushed in and all of my stuff flew out and it just kept coming. >> for miles, highways now rivers as the relentless storm leaves devastation in its path. >> reporter: and, of course, the scale of this disaster so much focus right now on houston but officials say 40, maybe 50 counties in texas have been affected fwhid storm and we drove through some communities between here and corpus christi yesterday that got the direct hit of harvey and in addition to flood waters are still dealing with demolished buildings and people with no place go. we'll send it back to you. >> all right. thank you. and of course you'll have the very latest tonight on nbc nightly news live from houston. >> and as hoda was mentioned earlier this still going on. the coming days could bring as much as two more feast rain to this region. dylan dreyer? houston with the outlook for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it is still a tropical sto

seeing the heaviest of the rain. the good news, i guess, for this area is is that the line of torrential dine powers with rainfall rafts 3 to 4 inches per hour has shifted into louisiana. but we still have the threat of flooding in louisiana near lake charles where some of of that rain is coming down. the storm is not moving much so we're going to continue to tap into the gulf of mexico, pull in that moisture and still looking at a widespread ten to 15, 20 ifrmgz of rain putting storm totals over 50 inches in some areas. why is this storm not moving? we have a real pattern in the upper atmosphere that's creating this block, really. we've got a high pressure to the east and a high pressure to to the west and in between there's no real current that's going to push this storm away. it's as if you dropped a leave into a pond unless there was a breeze to move it along it's going to sit and spin. and unfortunately it's sitting and spinning right near the gulf of mexico where we tap into all of that moisture. sot

heavy rain off and on through wednesday and showers possibly through the weekend but then the river flooding again remains a concern because all this water needs go somewhere and it's going to go in the rivers and bayous and that flooding could last into next week. >> tom price joins us now from fema headquarters in washington. good morning, it's good to see you sir. >> good to be with us, thank you. >> as i understand it, you just attended a briefing with all the federal officials involved here. what's your sense of what needs to be done? what's the urgency right now? >> well i think the important message is that we are still in the rescue phase. we're not to the recovery phase yet. this rescue phase means that we're trying to make sthaern individuals who need assistance are getting that assistance. individuals who need water are getting that water and the kind of assistance to the local and county and state officials, this is a -- as has been described on your program and elsewhere, a zis after thor

we're doing all that we can to assist the local staunt county and state officials. at this point it's posh for folks to listen to their local officials in the texas area. >> that brings know my question four because some are crit advertising the decision of the local officials in houston not to order an evacuation, others say it would have just not been feasible. the mayor says, look, it would have been twors try to evac fwhat n these conditions. do you come down on one side or the other? >> i think pointing fingers at that point is not helpful at all. >> i think it's important for people to appreciate the magnitude of this storm. remarkable. we're talking about rainfall in terms of feet, not in inches. there are 12 million individuals who are in the area where the storm is currently and has gone through. so you can't -- you can't evacuate 12 million people. so the kind of preparation, the president declaring the emergency early before landfall, we at hhs

347b8g shortly thereafter. ehs deployed more people to the area than ever about br in any imagine. so we're doing all that we can, the federal government's doing all that we can to assist the local county and state officials. but this is still in the rescue phase and we continue to support those individuals on the ground. >> and there's baeen a lot of concern about fema cuts that had been propose and now a recover that i could take years. are you confident that the federal government has the resources to deal with this and will devote to them accordingly? >> absolutely. and the deck cla rafgs disaster by the president freeze up some resources. and then obviously congress will be looking at this as they come back to town next week. but the federal government is here to support individuals, we're here to make certain that folks vauhave

support that they need. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, savannah. >> even as president trump prepares to travel to texas tomorrow, there's no fallout over his decision friday to pardon former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. arpaio was convicted of contempt for defying a federal court order to stop the racial profiling of latinos. house speaker paul ryan's office says ryan does not agree with the president's decision and former vice president joe biden wrote an oped piece that president's quote for and willingness to divide this notion nation knows to bounds. white house aides defending mr. trump saying just about every morn day president ends up with controversial pardons. hoda has a boost this morning. >> i'm going give it to one tiching image from the storm in texas in the guy's name is otis he he was walk along the street. in his mouth a bag of dog food.

facebook then they fold him to make sure he wasn't lost. he led her to home of this man. he apparently got scared by the storm on friday night, he bolted outside but you know what? he knew they sold dog food as a lumber store down the road, he fetched a bag, brought it back, flopped down on the porch. it turns out he is known pretty well around town especially at the local d.a.r.e. ry queen. they like to give him burgers and ice cream so he's a celebrity, he knew where to get the grub and he knew thousand bring it to where he needed to go. >> he's very resourceful. >> doing his part. >> heed, thank you. >> a lot more to get to this morni morning, including the new taylor swift. >> and what we all expect from the new "will and grace" reboot. natalie's getting answers from the set from the cast. >> and they open

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we're back at 8:14, twend trend a clock through is here. >> i'm sorry. >> this dress is an "a" plus, plus. >> you look angelic. look at sfwlu what sn. >> i need to wear this dress more. >> yes, do you. >> something u buzzing from the wall street jurng. there are two kind of people's in this world, fall lovers and fall harts so the article explains the mixed emotion ms. people have as summer's winding down. some mourn the end of summer others love the fresh start they associate with autumn and the return to routine and order. should we -- i mean -- >> yes, you can guess. >> you don't want summer tend to. >> i'm a summer chaser, okay. and i'm taking a picture of every sunset. let me guess, you too. >> i thiyo

fall? >> i can tell you something? i love the summer so much gnat last days sore depressing to me. fall means winter to me. >> okay. >> fall takes me to winter. >> think it depends on where you live. when i lived in south carolina ways ready for summer to end because it was 108 degrees every day. but now that i'm in connecticut, the winter's are so hard. >> yeah. >> and fall means winter's right around the corner. >> yeah. >> so i'm a lover of summer up here. >> i think that's -- i would say the same. >> i grew up in arizona where sum summer is six months long, so i couldn't wait for summer. also i like the changing of the suspects. >> and you like the school supplies. >> yeah. oh my goshry could just live at the staples store picking out labels and things. i do like the -- like the change. >> i feel like it's good for our souls and our psychology. i feel like god knew what he was doing. >> the toddler going back to school. >> that is good. not going to be sorry to sthee little one put on her b

season by the weigh. >> summer. >> spring. >> okay. me too. >> summer just gets so hot. >> i like it. i like that. but in arizona you don't like the heat. >> i like to but it's enough. >> exactly. this maybe a taste of -- >> what. >> this may be a taste of first hoda kotb with pop start. >> bang, bang reasoning so excited a little nervous. we're going to begin taylor swift. as we mentioned earlier her music video for her new single look what you made me do premiered last night. no surprise that one's the number one trending video on youtube. check it out. ♪ ♪ look what you made me do ♪ look what you made me do ♪ zbloet oh, darker taylor. fiery video taylor joined by a lot of other taylor's xi standing tall above previous versions of herself. she looks from her

videos and award shows the song by the way shattered records. it got the most global first "a" streams ever on spotify more than 8 million and broke youtube's wrord more than 19 million in a day. it will be released november 10. ferggy released her second solo album entitled duchess. the announcement came with not one, but two new songs this one you guys is called "you already know". take a listen. ♪ ♪ you already know ♪ 450e7 our ready, steady, steady rocking ♪ ♪ this is what we do ♪ zbloet got love her waiting patiently. it also happens to feature mirk michigan i can ma naj she's come together plaza to

maybe someone will tell us. >> and finally, you're gonna love this, my favorite one, ryan reynolds. he's known for his radio post. his wife just celebrated her 30th birthday. ryan wrote happy birthday to my amazing wife but look at the actual instagram post. that's blake lively, he cut her out. of course found it hysterical and he's got that great sense of humor. >> a little voice in my head, fergy coming december 22nd. >> 22nd. >> make sum goer longer. >> put on your dancing shoes. >> guess what else i'm doing? the hoda click. >> the hoda click. >> you got it? >> i think i got it. here we go pot so drones. >> are good, okay. >> drones are known for capture incredibly smooth and awe inspiring video but sometimes it doesn't come out practice. check thought guy in brownsville, indiana.

thinks were shaky but look how good he's doing. he's got confidence, gives the peace sign and shortly after had the he's fine. sent it right to the pavement. he got back up. >> look at him, he's like hey, check me out, peace. >> i don't think he has a drone license. >> it doesn't look easy. >> that has to hurt. >> so thereyou your daly click. carson that was for. >> you how do you it like that? all right. let's go back out to dylan she's? houston way check of the weather. >> today's weather is brought to you by ka res body wash, for delicately fragrant, beautifully soft skin. of course we are foc koungs the rain down along the gulf coast here in texas and louisiana where we could see some flooding. elsewhere across the country we have heavy rain likely across florida and through the coast of north and south carolina, winds could get gusty

that way. the western half of the country looks clear but hot with heat advisories in effect. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's your weather. >> temperatures mostly in the upper 50s to low and mid-60s right now, pleasant day to be outside today. more clouds moving in in the afternoon had the rain likely to move in just about the time the sun comes up tomorrow morning sob ready for a showery day for tomorrow. and we dry back out again for wednesday, thursday, and friday there's a chance that some of the remnants ever harvey could bring us some rain on saturday or sunday. >> and that is your latest forecast. guys. all right. we'll come back to you in a bit but right now let's turn to familiar faces that are making a big return to nbc. >> we're so excited about this, the cast of "will and grace" is back and natalie visited set as they got back to work.

a year ago will and grace team got together to make a video about the election. well that video went viral. got a lot of people thinking about a series reboot. now 11 years after ending its first run here on nbc, they are all back and as they told me it feels like they never left. >> will truman, you home? >> this isn't a good time. >> come on, no, i came all way. >> i drove her over. >> you, with a woman, what's next. >> i know, it's crazy. >> what else has changed? >> after 11 years, "will and grace" back in action. >> it is the return of eric mccormick's will. >> when we came to work we were like children in a kindergarten class that got along and that came back instantd substantiately. >> debra messing's grace. >> literally a family has come back together again and we're

>> and sean hayes, jack. >> feels like we took a tiny high eight tis, that's it. >> of 11 year. >> yeah. >> did you ever imagine that there would be this demand to have you all come back like this? >> no if the wasn't even an option. >> no. >> we did a series finale, the end. >> to family. >> that finale was set nearly 20 years in the future, but in the series reboot, that storyline has been thrown out. >> you're allowed to throw that one away because it was the series finale, or so we all thought and believed at the time. so that changed so the rules don't apply. >> a lot of people said why can't they go on forever. >> well, we're black. >> -- we're back. >> let's talk about your lives. where is will. >> he did marry vince, but at some point they broke up.

still in this apartment and clearly spending money on making it nice. and i think he spent money on grace add letter designs because she's doing well too. >> you're living with him still. >> yes. yes. it hasn't been for 11 years, the first episode you learn that it's a recent thing. moving back in, you know, right after my de sfrors leo played by harry connick junior. >> megan, about what about your character karen is she still hitting the bar card a lot? >> no, she's clean and sober and really nice. >> no, she's zblot she's just the worse than ever, you know. she just gets worse and worse. >> one thing i can share is that jack has trademarked a new form of acting that he will be teaching called jacketing. >> you'll what is that. >> you'll have to watch zblout jack's hands and some method. >> jazz feet. >> i also just wanted to ad

shelly morrison who is retired from the business and we really miss her '. >> i just want to know how long i'm going to have to wait until i can see two gueye men kiss on network television. >> not at long as you think. >> during its original run from 1998 to 2006, "will and grace quits was ground breaking for its gay characters. >> they are speaking their truth and people are responding to that and they'd never seen the pairing of all of these foreign different relationships before on television. whereas to me, being gay it was just i'm around gay people every day so to me it was -- it wasn't so news worthy that there were gay characters on television. i mean, i understand why, but to me it's been my normal life so we're just sharing that part of our lives you. >> the characters of will and jack that's just one aspect of who they are as people. you know, they have careers and they have hopes and dreams and they're gay and they go to the grocery store, you know, it's

life. >> they go to a gay grocery zblor well, that's true, they buy gay groceries. >> it's not cute, you're not cute. >> the cast whem 234istry is still there after all these years, so are the show's original creators. >> when you think about how ground breaking the show was back then, i imagine now still you're going to continue to push the envelope, right? >> the world has delivered us something to right about, you know. and i guess we'll take it from -- from what's going on out there. >> the envelope keeps moving, doesn't it? >> i want you both out of the apartment by the end of the day. >> i've got two seasons, but if people want to you stick around, would you guys consider? >> these writers are so gand if they've got the stories, then, yeah, wouldn't you agree. >> i thought doing it from the first time around so, yeah. >> well, the original series "will and grace" was fame mus muss for high pressure system celebrity cameos. wh

meryl streep, michelle obama, barbara streisand and oprah. we'll see. >> because we were available, right, hoda? >> savannah, hoda, craig, you all need cameras. >> we're back after your local news. this is a news 4 today news break. >> good morning, it's 8:26 now on this monday, august 28th i'm aaron gilchrist had the let's get a look at the roads with jack taylor. aaron, thank you, spirit we had a blaichblt issue on wood bridge on 95 north bournd the prince william parkway as at the right throughline lane and ener service ramp. be care pfl the 29 lee highway south of tw 24 in manassas you are under police direction around that crash. back to you. >> we'll get a check on your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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. good morning, everybody, we're back at 8:30, it's monday morning, 28th of august, 2017. we're out here on our plaza. great crowd out here. it's feeling like fall. >> it is feeling like fall. >> little freshness in the air. >> what do you think? what do you think, charlie? >> look at little charlie. >> by the way, can we just take a peek at our crowd because you guys so many -- i mean,

the way here and this is the moment where we get to pick our favorite crowd moment. there are so many great ones. hi, guys. how about this. come with me. wait, i've got -- i've got three besties here. what's your name. >> peyton. >> and. >> hanna. >> and. >> ava j where are you from. >> detroit. >> oh my god, three besties. you guys thank you for coming. your signs are beautiful they caught our attention so you did a great job making them. we love you too. i can't handle it. >> i love your bows, ladies you're rock being you look so cute. >> so just ahead this morning, have you heard of yellow or spot a friend? have you heard of either one of those. >> we're too old. >> is that for teens? >> what you need to know about popular app with the kids as the new school year begins. >> i learned about this show as we read the teases. and we're in for a big

treat because chef jose andrews has brought a big treat for us. >> first a check of the weather with dylan in houston. today's weather is brought to you by the makers of nondrawsy clarity continue. live clarity ra tin clear. >> we did get a break from the rain a moment ago but now the downpours are starting up gins once again. >> i want to point out another tropical system trying to develop this one off the coast of the carolinas. right now is it it is tropical cyclone 10tor o potential. winds are 35 miles an hour. there's a 90% chance this is going to develop into a tropical storm if the 'f it did so it would be erma. it go through south carolina, reaching through north carolina before it moves out to sea. it's fast moving once it does develop but we have watches from duck carolina right down to the eastern part of the south carolina. we are looking for as much to 5

to 7 inches of rain including the outer banks and down near myrtle beach as well. now here's a peek out your window. >> that's the one we're watching for rainfall tomorrow starting as early as the morning but for today we're nice and dry right now. 69 degrees washington, 61 leesburg, 62 clinton and here's all that moisture right off the southeast coast. it's heading in this direction so our rain chances will start to increase overnight. for today 78 degrees, a nice day, more clouds later this afternoon and evening. tomorrow higher rain chances have the umbrella, then we're dry for the rest of the week until the weekend. thaenktsds your latest forecast. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. thursday marks 20 years since the world lost princess diana and now a knew documentary is take a closer look at events immediately following her tragic death. we're at kensington palace with more on that. >> reporter: well, you'll be

back in the states on friday. i was able to catch a neek peek here in london last night. it's being called the most intimate portrait yet. it's expected to be the very last time that diana's sons william and harry speak publicly about her death. >> i wonder every single day what it would be like having her around. >> in her seven days princes william and harry recall how her mother impacted them. >> you keep asking yourself why me all the time, what have i done? why does that happen to us. >> will yim was 15, harry 12 when she died in a car accident in paris the paparazzi blamed in helping cause the crash. >> i think one of the hardest things to come to term with is the fact that the people that chasd her into the tunnel were the same people that were taking photographs of her while she was still dies in the backseat of the car. >> the princes were with their father at the royal estate in scotland when they got news. >> he tried do his best and to make sure that we w

and looked after. but, you know, he was going through the same grieving process as well. >> but the royal family weren't the only ones grieving. thousands lined the streets during dianna's funeral. more than 2 billion watched on tv as the young princes walked behind dianna's casket. >> people wanted to grab us roar you know, to touch us, to hold us. they were shouting, wailing, literally wailing at us. >> at the time he says he doesn't understand the reaction from people who didn't know his mother personally. but he credits diana with betting them through. >> i just kept thinking about what she would want and, you know, that she'd be proud of harry and i being able to go through it and the fact is she was there with us. >> 20 years after her death the princes are finally a able to speak publicly. henry singer directed "seven days". >> i think because they wanted to talk about hir mother and their mother's death are really for the first

remarkably open. >> for william and harry, their mother's powerful legacy still very much alive. >> all i want to do is try and, you know, fill the holes that my mother has left and that's what it's about for us is trying to make a difference. >> now, the principles called it cathartic to speak out publicly and it really is remarkable to hear it in their own words. think we so often forget they're not just royals but this was a family dealing with a very real tragedy. >> it's nice to see them that open. thank you so much and by the way you can see diana seven days this friday at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on nbc. and up next a back to school alert about apps that are popular with kids and maybe you've never even heard of them. but first this is today on nbc. .

this morning on back to school today an alert for parents about aupz may not have heard about. jim stierz the founder and ceo of common sense sense media. good morning, always good to see you. first of all, let's go over the basic rules of the road when it comes to apps. are we talking about teenagers or tweens? >> we're talking everybody. i mean, tweens and teenagers and i think it's important savannah to remember if you have younger kids that they want to be teenagers so be careful. the first is use privacy set lgz. it's very important that their privacy settings are out there and you should protect your kids by doing that. even if you're a parent who doesn't understand all this, go in them, even you and i can learn how do it. you have a basic rule of the road is think about posting. >> yes. >> so obviously, but what you put up stays there forever. you know, you're college admissions people and future employers will read it. so you really gotta tell your kids about that. i also think we talk about parents being friends and followers, but it's try it

instagram or they want to use the latest teen dating app, go on and see ha they're actually experiencing that's an important thing. >> did you say be respectful, that's important too. >> that's key. >> the first category is finding friends. we talked bunch these last week called yellow and this one called spot a friend. some people call this tinder for teens, oh my gosh. >> but that's what it is if the we at common sense sense rate it 18 and up. there's a reason we always say look at the age ratings. >> yeah. >> it is it's teen tender. it's send me a picture of yourself and then we'll start a relationship. >> ha about spot a friend, same thing. >> basically yellow and spotta friend are the latest new teen dating app so if your 12-year-old wants go on, the assistance no. >> you said they have good age controls on there. >> no, common sense media has age recommended -- >> i thought that the site did. >> no, no, you're

>> all right. >> that's important for parents to remember that you have to know the age and be tough with your kids about it. >> there's another happened calleder is ra ra. >> yes. >> tz it's anonymous feedback which seems to be opening the door for bullyingness and meanness. >> it's an anonymous hap app. i would say if you know it's an anon app not a good day. we say for 17 up and the issue is bullying and inappropriate contact. >> live stream rarg lot of people are into this and teens are no zblepgs right. >> but that means bad language, sometimes sex, nude diltty, violence. so big o is the 1 that everybody's talking about now but there are a couple other ones out there like that and is it live, you just need as a patient to be take to your wid kbid is it appropriate for them. >> kind of keep your eye on it. >> yeah. >> you can't shut the door and say go live stream. >> you can't just shut the door and it's a baks conversation you have to have. >> yeah, the red flags for parents to watch ou

>> i think any live streeping a -- streaming app if your kid is under the age of 15 or 16 you have to wait for that. >> back in my day we used to hang out in the parking lot of the circle "k." >> we did too. >> now people chat face-to-face online. >> there's one called haus party that we say is okay for 13 and up. it's congra getting a on line and it's a little more protected. but then there are some other ones as well called monkey, it's 10-second video chatsz. we say 17 and up. ten seconds video chats with some anonymous person, not negligencely a great idea for your 12-year-old. >> if you see these on your kid's phone, what's the approach? just you should delete it. >> yeah. >> i should take your phone away? >> i would tell you as the father of four kids, i've gotten used to this, delete them if you think it's inappropriate. and if you need to, take the phone away. >> i always say to parents, you know rurt parent, upaying for

but i would say delete apps, period, and make sure they don't put them on. >> there are some apps we do like. >> we do. >> there's one that you talk about that helps get kids reading, what's that one. >> there's a couple. amazon has a cool app called amazon rapids that 8 and up you can use. >> okay. >> it's with b right online put want them to read and write offline but these are great. there's several different ones that we call chat fiction, hooked say good one for older kids. so this is a good way for your kids to like to write. >> yeah. >> and apps can be so good for many things if they're used wisely. >> like bitmoji and jipz, you think those are acc. >> you know emojis are you probably send them. >> i do. >> so do kids. now there are cool ops apps out there that help your kids do the same things. >> jim, thank you so much. brings a little common sense

all of this and just ahead we'll do some cooking. we've got the recipe for a delicious such summer dish with spanish flair from chef andrews. first, this is today on nbc. >> wow. r.

welcome back. this morning welcome back. this morning on today toad were dinner with a spanish flair. why not treat your family to a full-flavored dish tonight that's actually surprisingly easy to make. he's also food and wine magazine's special guest editor of the september issue highlights spain. what are we cooking today. >> he are cooking sea brian salt. >> first of all here are the ingredients. >> these this is the easiest recipe in your life. everybod s

fish, right? >> the whole thing intimidates me. >> everybody should be doing 'this. when you see whole sfish, buy it. this time could be a stripe bass, you fut on top of the salt and then you cover with the salt. >> does it have to be course salt? >> the salt can be course, can be kosher salt. >> okay. >> any sault salt you have at home. over here we have hshz. if you leek herbs you put them inside. don't worry, i forgot, it's okay, nobody's going to know. then you put these two pounds and a half, 27 minutes. >> 27 minutes. >> in the oven, 350. and. >> how do you know when it's done. >> because you're going ask the fish, hey, fish, are you done stand in the then the fish is is going toll. >> you if the fish doesn't respond that's how you know. >> he's going to say, yes, i'm done. then you wrak it, you open it, and the fish has been cooked with all its natural juices. >> that's cool. >> and right here -- >> so you don't take the

>> you don't have to do anything put tell your fishmonger, please, the fish as it is and the fish is going to be happy, nobody likes to be filleted, come on. and then right now right here you grab the fish, you put it on the plate. my man, once do you this fish your life is going to change forever. >> you make it look so easy. with the fish we have a deliberateful salad here. >> so this is a great salad. you can see any salad and you are going to make a warm dressing. >> okay. >> you put the oil, the garlic. when the garlic is brown, you come and you put all the garlic right on top. >> that's just oil and garlic jose, that's it? >> oil and garlic. all of the salad like you have a wafrm dress, little bit of vinegar. >> and that's just bib let tuesday. >> bib lettuce. some salt and this is my secret ingredient. >> what is it. paprika. we love paprika. you fut on top, it's

easiest, coolest salad you can make at home. >> again, you make it look so much easier. >> and then this is very traditional. >> this is like your favorite dish, right? >> my favorite dish. good bread toasted to perfection and then if you want to do this for a lot of people, you get the greater. >> grating a tomato. >> you grate the tomato right here, ad some oil, add some salt. if you don't want to do the grated thing, that's what we do in barcelona, he get a tomato and use it like that. >> you rub it. >> you do the same, oil on top, some salt. if you want you rub some garlic too, why not, this garlic is alive and my man, this is probably the best tomato you can eat in your life. >> let me have it. >> and what is this called again? >> in cata lin, bread and tomato, simple, quick, fish, salad you can do this in 30 minutes. >> you've got a r

this. >> i hope so. >> my wife says that. >> and you can't have a dish like this without a drink. >> the drink here we're living it to the end but sangria. the sparkling wine from barcelona. >> ladies, what's the good word. >> the fish is great. >> delicious. >> i don't know how you got this off that guy, the whole fish. >> the speculate empty. the but the irrelevantriness of that fish. >> it's the best way to eat fish hands down. >> if. >> if you're afraid of cooking bhoel whole fish, don't be afraid any longer. this is simple there are is quick, healthy, tasty. >> how did you get the fish off the fish? >> i have help. i have a good team here. the team in the "today" show is great. >> that's what scares me. thank you, it's delicious. >> the september issue of food, right. >> september issue. >> if you love to get the full res city and more, i'm sorry mother for talking with my

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thnchts say news 4 today news break. 8:56 is injury time now on this monday, august 28th, 2017. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. he want to fake a look at your commute with jack taylor in your first 4 traffic. hey, jack. hey, we had an accident longstanding out in manassas and it had caused some major delays. on 29 south of 234 the accident

should begin to ease. go there without worry. 95 northbound eight longstanding accident near the prince william parkway moved to the shoulder your lanes are now open. that was your only delay. >> we'll take a quick break. we'll check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

. good monday morning. unseasonably cool weather as we go through the day. it's a nice day mix of sun and clouds high around 78 degrees. we'll have more clouds later on this afternoon especially tonight and the we'll be watching an area of low pressure offshore. we'll see if it's going to strengthen. either way it's going to bring you the rain chansz chances in the morning. >> get the news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. morning. >> get the news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app.

this morning on this morning on today's take it's a board, it's a cane, it's dean cane is our celebrate co-host. bus back to school with tiffany thaiss son. and a back tag pass to last night's vmas. the best styles and more coming up now. >> from nbc news, this is today's take. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to today on a monday morning, august 28th, 2017. we're missing two tears by band date feet urg johnson. i'm here with my friend.

it's dean cain i hear it often and i like it. al is off and dill slan down in houston covering tropical storm harvey. but we couldn't start the show without talking about houston. we want fob say that we share our thoughts and our prayers with all of those impacted by the storm. i grew newspaper texas, my grandparents and my uncle and aunt live in houston, my cousins, so i've been getting texts from friends who have been evacuated with their babies in the middle of the night an it's sort of hard to be here, to be away from all of them. but we know that texans are strong. >> super strong, no question. >> resilient and they're going to bounce back, but also i know from our country and from hearing from you all that conserve help. and there's not anything too small that's needed. so if you want to help, we want to help you. you can head to today.com, we have a link with different organizations which are providing relief. this is important. $10. >> not only that, this is going a

this isn't a short thing. the rain's going to come down for a few more days and it's going to get worse and worse and the cleanup could take years. so anything anybody could do is certainly a big help. >> and it must have been so difficult four and your familiarly to watch that so our hearts go out to all your friends and family. >> also for everybody that's there, that's what makes it difficult. but, we will have dylan who's there and we're going to hear more from here. >> texans are strong. >> yes where are they, texas proud and houston you're in our hearts today for you're. >> absolutely. >> so, another news-breaking things weekend and i'm sure you're in on this. >> i was watching this. >> this was the weekend of boxing. all right. my husband kept saying when is it going to start? kwl when is it going to start? floyd mayweather came out of retirement for one last fight. >> fighting conor mcgregor cho kbh say mixed martial artist fighter. the pay per view started at midht

>> you were fast asleep. >> fast asleep. >> man. >> and i even was at a wedding on saturday night and henry was -- we got home and i said who won the fight it was 11:00, 11:15, i'm old. and i said who was it, who woman sfwhon he goes it hasn't started and he ran down and we had friends staying us. >> and he boit it. >> the next morning i the good a text from henry that said come on, the fight's on, come downstairs. >> it was unbelievable. mayweather retired again. he's now 50, he won that. but he's a boxer and awe got a mixed martial artist fighting coming out, unbelievable perform france him. it was a tko in the tenth round. >> tended 50-0. >> and about $50 million richer. >> he went into a casino and tried to bet on himself, there was a report on that. >> who did it? >> i would if i were -- i'm sure mcgregor would bet on himself, the odds were good for him. i think was 5 to 1 or something

>> but said mcgreg or foit with great strength. >> he's a martial artist, so he had to concentrate on that. it was unbelievable performance, good for boxing and martial art activities. good for the bnk account of both of those guys. >> did you stay up? >> i have to be honest i was in chicago, i was tired, and i was sort of catching it on twitter. >> but your up at midnight? >> was up because it was 11:00 in chicago. >> is there sbhoug stay up to midnight till? >> a boxing match i would air lot of things. a football game ways watching the dallas game. i wasch wag. >> sh. >> i'm a huge dallas cowboys fan so we're okay. >> i was saying that's not something would wait up for, by traveled, i was staying here near out to donna by brothers, got two hours of sleep. >> on saturday night. >> no, but that's what i would stay up for. that's not my thing to

it above and beyond that. >> there you are. >> oh, that's my donna by broerjds and my fanny pack. >> what would you stay up for? >> now this say fanny pack. >> i don't know sleep is such -- when two dill babies, my life is of made happy by sleep. and i said, i said to henry it's kind of sad because we love sleep so much, i'm like when people say it used to annoy me you can sleep when you die like in barbara and i were going to go loam, stay out a little later, you can sleep later. i'm like sleep makes me so happy. >> not my mott zbloe then have you all the energy do those things during the zbla speak of you have a lot of energy way monkey. >> oh, this weekend i had a little monkey friend that was crawling on my head. and it looks like he's eating fleas out of my hair, but somebody handed him a piece of food earlier. there might have been one or two fleas in my hair but not anymore. >> that was lice. >> that was

>> now i'm lice sfree sofree so the monkey for that. he apaibtly didn't like women. >> that makes me mad at the lunk munk i can. >> will with you teach him to like women, please. >> i certainly would give it a shot but i'm not teaching an old monkey new tricks. >> where w thank you weekend '? >> i was on vacation last week stand was so nice to be with my whole family. we watched the eclipse together which which was fun and hilarious because i was with my 92-year-old grandparents who watched the eclipse and, by the way, i got glasses i felt like people were going to think that she didn't. she had glasses. it was fun to be with them. >> what a gorgeous picture. >> they're such awesome people and we had a wonderful vacation. it was -- we really did. we put our phones away, we focused on each other, we had great conversations something forgot could you do. >> what is that? >>a and we relaxed with our kids and i came back ten pounds

>> you don't look ten pounds heavier. >> will have some spankz. monday morning spankz, you know what i'm saying? >> i don't know what you're saying i but i will say yes. i don't wear spankz. >> you had fun with pham tammy. >> yes. >> so tammy and her family came to her house. >> tammy and family should be her name. >> year a game. is her little one and i gave these little head bands out when little girls walk into the house. and this was alana who stoup no good. she says yes and then she looks over at you with that little eye, don't worry about it, you know. >> by the way you know that because your like that a little bit? i could see that. >> i was like that a little bit. >> i think she is still. >> a twinkle in the eye. >> a twinkle in the eye. so we had a great time and then a funny thing happened because, dan, her husband. >> look at that. >> this is my friend amy, we had people over on the double duck zbla double duck. >> it fits two people, potentially three if they're small people. >> three and a dog. >> is this a rumor or are you

morning. >> it's a rumor i'm going out there. a true rumor. >> i want to get on the duck. >> where was my invite. >> you have another part in this skit that's a surprise for thursday. >> but does he goat go on the double duck. >> i think something -- it's not written in but we stroo do it. >> are you bringing your bathing suit. >> it involves a costume and a bathe willing suit but there's one funny thing that happened and it epitomize dollars how rumors get started. the kids are going to baend of course in my house we don't have bedtimes. and we went in the hot tub and tammy walked out and took a picture. we were just in the hot tub. >> it was you and dan in the hot tub. >> we were waiting for tammy to walk out and it shows how paparazzi shots april. we w j lo behind a tree, nothing was going on, obviously, it's her husband. >> i think she's trying to

>> but do you see how those pictures how rumors get started, that you walk out and tammy takes a shot and is it looks like that? >> listen, i wouldn't mess with tammy. was tammy mad about that shot? >> she took and it aired it. >> tammy. >> because that's just to show how rumors get started for no reason. it looks like someone was behind a tree. >> it looks like danielle steele novel is what it looks zbliek i've seen paparazzi pictures, that looks real. >> we're going to hear about your photos too. >> yes. this is a good photo i think just ahead did dean cain keep his superman costume in his closet? we're going to find out. the game that we call ambush takeover. i didn't make it up, but guess who did? i'm nervous now. >> mom, get ready to call in. >> mom? my mom? hritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another hritis. treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. xeljanz is a small pill for adults with

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>> and no, i think you have a little game for us. >> i was so excited to be in with you twoed to. i do ambush makeover so this is auld ambush takeover. we're going to find out a few things but. are you scared, dean? >> yes. is it me or you. >> they're true or fals and you we're going to go through them quick. true or false you speak to your mother at least twice a day? >> nauls. >> true, true if texts count. do you text. >> i'll say true then, yes. text, yes. >> i call. you call. >> i call. >> true or false do you senator. >> false. >> probably true sometimes. >> i wouldn't know, no one's ever next to me. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> true or false you ask for directions when you're lost. >> true. >> true. >> okay. >> i ask waefrz. >> true or false you pass open a role or job you wish you hadn't? >> true. >> which role. >> i don't want to say because then someone else plays it

they feel bad. >> do you want to know where my brain was? i thought you mention passed on like a dinner roll. i'm like -- my head is constantly in carb land. >> i love that. >> wanlted the hot dog wrarnted that biscuit. >> did you when you were a kid. >> just pass on the zblol noory did i passed on roll broed bread i've always been a carb person and i haven't been up for that many roles. >> that's a good question for dean. >> good roll. >> true or false have you looked at an ex's instagram. >> false. >> really? >> true. >> yeah, true. >> i liked it mistake and clicked the unlike it. >> now you're telling david. >> david knows. >> they see it because it pops up even if you unlike it we test today. >> the david knows and now the world knows. >> true or false you have a secret you've never told anyone. you don't have to say it? >> true. >> probably, i'm an open book. false. like seven people know.

of the mile high club? >> false. >> i take the fifth. >> true. >> that's true. >> no, that's false i'm not part of the mile high club. >> my mom's watching so not telling the truth and my dad. true or false there's an embarrassing picture of you that you wish you had never taken. >> true. true. >> a thousand times true. >> is it anything we could -- >> yes, there's a picture of me ib stg my tongue out at you all and it was a horrible decision. >> this was super fun. do you have your cuss tomb. >> my custom. >> you have your superman costume. >> i do not. >> how could you not take it. >> dint know we were going to be finished season 4 was supposed to come back for five. there it. >> we still have the pick yours and they are worth a lot. >> i call it never escape it, i'll never escape it. >> let's check in with dylan who's in houston covering hurricane harvey. morning, dylan. >> good morning, guys. the rain has pickedp

it's kind of going to be the story for the next several days at least through wednesday morning. we'll be in and out of these tropical downpours and they could produce several inches of rain at a time. looking at the radar you can see the situation that we're dealing with here. we have these streamers coming in off the gulf of mexico, most of the really heavy rain has pushed over into louisiana so flooding is an issue there. but we have these pop-up downpours that will continue to just rotate around the area, pinwheel around this storm. that's only move southeast at 3 miles an hour so that's why it's going to be an issue for tefrl several more days. we are looking at the storm to maintain its strength and then possibly make a third landfall just east of galvis ton as goe into wednesday and again that would be a record because a storm has never hit texas with two land falls spot we've already broken the record there. we've picked urp about 15 to more than 30 inches of rain and we still have more rain go. look at houston, more than 2 feet of rain already and we're still in the middle of this

very extensive. now most of them have pushed a little farther east into eastern texas and louisiana where the heaviest of that rain is falling and it looks like we could ping another 10 to 15 inches of rain making storm totals above 50 inches in some area. now here's a peek out your window. good morning right here at home in the wavg area. it's a beautiful morning outside. we're in the mid to upper 60s across most metro area. 68 in washington, 72 in annapolis, 62 in front royal. so after a cool and comfy morning, afternoon temperatures today with plenty of sunshine this morning and clouds filling our skies later on. we should have highs today in the mid to upper 70s, only no in the low 70s tomorrow with an 80% chance of showers off and on through much of the day and then drier weather comes back in on wednesday. >> and that's your latest forecast, guys. thanks, stay safe and our hearts ever with hufrt ton. >> definitely. >> up next we have

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♪ it may be near the end of the summer but we're >> it maybe near the end of the summer but we're not done with bathing suit season just yet. >> i don't want summer to end. the food team brought in kevin curry who has a tasty treat that's still healthy and you're a fellow texan sbli aim fellow texan. >> we grew up at the same time, i like it. >> let's cook some chicken, texans. >> you like the cowboys. >> i do. so this is some popcorn chicken that's healthy. >> ps a lower carb. >> whoa do we have in it? >> we've got parm saun, panko for crunch, almond zblour that's almond plour. >> panko is low carb. >> no, but we're kurting it in half so that way we're cutting the kashz about 30, 40% in this recipe. we're going to chop up our chicken breasts, you can make tenders or chunks, but we're

this. and then instead of using butter milk we're using light coconut milk. >> that drops the kashz down? >> yes, just a little bit. >> good fror protein. >> and also dairy free. >> snow goodies in there. >> hot sauce, because this is texas. >> you mix it up before you put the zblfs yeah. weir just going to mayor nate this for about one hour. and here is the most important part. we have our almond flaur, add in some parmesan. parmesan is going to create a nice bredding coating on there. wheat panko. >> where do you buy almond flower,nyy. >> absolutely. >> i did not know that. >> what are those things? >> this is rosemary. we're going mix this up together just like this and this is going to be our coating, just that simple. >> now, dean, you get your hands dirty we want you to grab a chi

can't throw the whole ning there. >> goes in there one at a time. flip it together. >> i don't use these normally approximately i'm a finger cooker i'm grbac it and doing it. and then it goes just like this. >> put at this time rear on the baking tray. >> look at you. cooking already. we're going to put this into the often for about 15 to 20 minutes at four hundred. >> and it's better to do that in the oven as opposed to pan fried. >> absolutely. if you pan pry it it's more calories bast oil. >> this is a texas salad. >> here we go. >> i'll slide in. >> we're going to basically just take things, going out of season right now. so bosch row set is a nice buttery let tis that people don't get during the wintertime so eat it now. we're going to make our vinegar receipt dressing. >> this is. >> deon,

apple side dar vinegar, you can use balsamic as well. mix it with sea salt and pepper. next thing is ear going to cut up oranges. the main thing here is you want to peel. >> look how sharp area knives are. >> we might get to tasting. then we're going add some asparagus, tomatoes, oranges. >>ium. >> some avocados. >> you like after cad doze. >> i love them. >> you know what, all right. kevin, you're the best. thanks so much for these recipes. for me head to today.com/food. coming up today. first your local weather. ♪

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♪ tiffany thiessen has quite literally grown up on scene. from the misunderstood, they say ville lanness, 9021 o and through her role the hit on white collar. >> now she's playing one of her most amazing characters yet, herself in dinner attive fee's. that say great name. >> dinner at tiffany's sounds very inviting. >> it is. >> i can't believe it's been 30 years. >> don't remind me. >> these only 30 years old. >> it's all of our ages. >> it's crazy. it's crazy to think it really has gone fast. >> and you guys many a little mini reun

just a little one that no one really saw. >> yeah. >> but what it did it was gave everybody this taste of what could be. could this happen? please tell us yes. >> well, here's the thing. we had a great time doing it who better do it with than jimmy fallon, right. it was a little awkward pregnant in a cheerleading outfit and not the most comfortable and easiest, i have to say. >> although you can't even tell by the way. >> well, the upon upons are right in front of my stomach. . >> do you keep in touch with those guys? >> i do. >> i just recently saw mario, and marc paul i see a lot. my muss and he go have beers all the time and we have kids. absolutely. >> life kind of happens, doesn't it. >> it does. >> and on your show which is so much fun, you're a cook put love to cook. >> i love to cook. i loved being in the kitchen since ways little. >> i used to be that little girl who used to peer around the corner at my mom and aunt and grandmothernd be like i want to be there, you know. i want to be with

cooking from them and then as i traveled i started to learn a little bit more about cooking. but that's what's really fun what i'm doing right now, uncle ben's has a great campaign right now and it's about trying to get people to cook together in the kitchen. >> yes. >> and i love cooking with my kids in the kitchen. >> we neetd to say our air paid spokes penn for uncle ben's and you have the -- >> me and my youngest one likes to come and presend to stir. and my daughter say little bit older and season learning how to use a knife. >> that's scare. >> i but at the same time we're building memories and having moments and time together in the kitchen. uncle ben's is run a contest where five winners can win $15,000 an $30,000 for the cafeteria for their school makeover. >> i love that. >> they're all young chefs. >> yes. >> how young are the chefs? what age? >> they can started at kindergarten. >> my son is 17, is he

>> i think we should play another game. >> >> he food fegss we're calling it '. >> usually when i play games i have a cocktail. >> we worked it out. >> i'm kidding. >> 28 minutes. >> the 2010:00 alls hour always. >> weirdest thing you've ever eaten. >> the weirdest thing i've ever eaten? oh, gosh. i would have to say rabbit was probably the hard zbleft because you just imagine that little -- >> it was hard. >> i deputy eat much of it. >> dream dinner date and you can't say your husband. >> i have dinner with him every night. deem dinner date. well, i'm a sucker for a request laugh so and i haven't yet so i'd say jimmy fallon. >> jimmy, call her up. >> have a nice -- my question then. >> yes. >> worst mix-up -- i'm sorry, worts ingredient mix-up you've ever had? >> oh, gosh. i would say let's see, any time that butter's called for and you don't use it, that's a really bad, bad

butter makes everything tastes better. >> when i was little i would just take bites out of but the sbler would you really? >> is that gross? >> that's kind of gross. >> i used to eat butter too. >> did you. >> yeah. >> you two have so nuch on. >> but the aries good stuff. >> food that you've hidden from your family so you can eat more of it your zblefl that's a good one. >> i would say chocolate by far. like anytime, yeah, i hide chocolate -- i had chocolate covered almonds hidden in the back of my pantry. >> my chocolate moves sblf that's harder to hide because it's actually refrigerated. >> and i live alone so it's easy. >> you nied from yourself. >> you put it in new vases thinking. >> swli friends over i put it away so nobody gets a bite. lovely host zbles our thanks to tiffany thiessen. right now it's coming up, the best and boldest of the vmas. we've got your backstage pass right after this.

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from kendrick lamar's opening number that was literally on fire, to from the opening moment that was on fire to the one of a kind medley. >> this year's vmos did not disappoint as some of the biggest stars in music descended upon the for flum englewood, california. >> we're going along for the wild ride. a, zblairn hey, guys, how's it going? >> great. >> it was a night to remember from breakout stars to vma vets, the celebs pulled out all the stops. so buckle up for a look at all the acc. the vmas are all about the show-stopping styles, unforgettable form rp perform amgs and those can't miss moments. let's g

the vmas, your shirt's tucked, it's not tucked, what a night. >> it's going to be fun. i'm ail little nervous but once i shake out nervesing it go to be a good time. >> show me how you chaik shake out your nerves. >> yeah. >> i see we brought the mizic video to the vmas. >> yeah, sblout monsters with us. we felt like she should probably bring the stars. >> what does this moment mean to you? >> this moment is -- i don't even have words. it's incredible and so much fun, too. this show has always been so much fun. >> congratulations and have so much fun tonight. >> you look amazing. >> guys, so i called to you tell but the sequence but it looks like only jared got the memo. what's one that? >> you have you had see what they're wearing under their pants. >> who be your dream collaboration? >> i think i'd love to week with alicia keyes one day. >> we're going to send that out to the universe for put do you girmz ever just colab for each other if i'm going to did this

by each other. >> we should. now that you've made that suggestion we're going to start doing it. >> i know you like to produce with this little guy. >> he's the biggest producer, biggest executive, biggest mote mogul there are is the don. >> how do you know whez like something or dislikes something in the studio. >> well, when we made wild thoughts we are start reasonable doubt going. now, for real. >> there's a lot of girl power tonight so you can please show me wrur girl power pose. >> i don't even know. can we do one together? i feel like it's a little. >> "a," girl power. >> tonight is all about girl power, katy perry's host rg the show me your girl power pose. >> show me your girl power pose. i'd say that's pretty powerful. the best part of backstage, wrapped services and i got my edible

so good. >> and the award goes to ed sheeran. >> you just told me about your speech. what'd you think of that zwl i see kendrick i just didn't prepare anything and then they said if and was like rrks what i do say? i no idea what to say to so that was ploiblt worst speech i've every done in high life. and, yeah, cheers. >> by the way, ed sheeran took home the moon person for best artistist year and he's actually the first person to win this award since this was the first year men and women were competing in the same category. pretty cool stuff. >> oh, thank you. and you look so beautiful. >> yeah, you really did. >> and lierk had you fun. for from the vmas tune in to e news tonight. and now let's check your local weather. through after the noon, we're looking at nice conditions

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♪ and we are back, with some and we are become with some monday morning magic. yes. >> andrew celly is going to be

magician stuping crowds all over the world. >> now he's here in our studio and he's going to wow us with oven his amazing tricks. good morning. >> good to see you zbriez we're tear fiefd glove let's go for this. do you like card tricks. >> it's right in front of us. i host a magic show mun so i'm pretty good at this sometimes. >> i'm going to start with you. >> let's see what we've got. >> the cards are all different, right. >> correct. >> we'll lose the jokers for this. i'm just going toet but if it's tog tok grab a card. just touch one somewhere in the middle here. >> that's the zblun just take the card. i won't look, okay, i'm going to look away. make sure everybody else sees it, if that's okay. >> okay. >> everyone's got it. i'm going to take it back. i didn't see it, right? >> you didn't know see it. >> i'm going to lose the card in the milled, okay. >> okay. >> all good. >> i'm watch sblg it's in the milled, you can't have it. >> actually you know ha this trick is better if i get to you silent card have that okay. >> good with me. >> don'

of your card for me. have it in mind? it's a black card, right. >> it is a black card. >> aupd like this card, yes. >> yes. >> whoa, what? okay, that should not be happening. >> one card jumps out. sorry about that. would you mind just checking it out for me. >> what the heck. >> yeah, that are was it. >> that's definitely it. >> it's better if you sign it, that's all, right? >> that is weird as can be. if you'd sign on that line that would be great. >> okay there are it is. >> i wish i could try. >> done. >> the holy smoke, how do you that anyway. >> i'm right here. i can see, there's nothing. >> so, yeah, we signed it it's better. i'm going lose the card in the milled. goes inside. all good. >> yeah. >> fair enough. >> in there. jo were could you help me out. if you touch the right card for me. did you see that? that makes it jump

right? >> have you magic powers. >> i wish. >> okay. actually are you right handed or left handed. >> right. hold your right hand out for me. this is perfect. i'm going to give the jack right there. if you put your hand right on top for me, put your hand down ton, that's fine. >> you're afraid it's going to bite you. >> i'm afraid it's going to lift. >> i use this card mine's going to be the king of hearts. which one do you like more, jack or king. >> king sfwlu want the king. >> you want the king. >> i'm going to just go like this, i won't come anywhere near you, it jumps. >> oh, way. >> no. >> have a look, check it out. >> the yeah, you got the king. now you're freaked out. now you're freaked out. any questions so far. >> she didn't believe anything. >> i have questions but i'm scared. think it's my turn. >> it's your turn, yeah. >> you get over here. look at her sleeve, she's got magic up her sleeves. >> i actually felt it before just to make sure he didn't put anything up. >> so i'm going to actually get to you just tear this like this,

cows -- excuse me, could you just tear that in half. >> i don't know. >> is that part of it? okay. >> so it's all torn in four piece sblz good. actually what would be the best thing i could do with the card right now. >> but the putt it back together or teet. >> or eat it. >> you want that to go back together? >> sure, i'd like that. >> i'll put the bochl on top so i kont do anything funny. >> it's still signed. >> you signed it. >> i did sign it. you met know when you want it to gak together. >> right now. look, i'll show you just there. >> what? what the heck. >> where did the other stuff go? oh my gosh. andrew. >> it's okay. >> and that's right in front of your face, that's what freaks me out. >> yeah, it tore it and was signed. >> i don't want to touch nech those things. >> i don't understand had. >> you're a magician, a true magician. thanks so much we're fwhak a moment but first this is "today" on nbc.

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oh, yes. >> jill and dean, thank you for being thank you so much for being here and thafrmgsz for my invitation to your house. >> you know what? it is an elaborate skit, it got lost and we're having a girl's week. >> andrew the magician made it disappeared. >> i kept the card. >> you did. >> you want that framed or signed. >> let's do it. let's go it. >> hi, sean, what's up? up next we have kathie lee and hoda they're going to be joined by kreg ferguson. he's too funny. >> he's hilarious. >> i also do some stand-up comedy. >> were you good. >> no. >> i don't know, i was horrified. >> i'm going jill's house we're going to hang out. >> this is it right here. >> have a wonderful time. >> have a good day. >> stay tuned for kathie lee and hoed. ded. aed. d.

this is a news 4 today news break. >> hi, 9:57 right now on this monday, august 28th. i'm angie goff. if the news there are big changes on a road many of you use for your drive. we're talking about beach drive. the section from tilden street to the rock creek parkway is finally open after a year of work now the road is closed from tilden street to joyce road. for more construction. you can find details on a work around in the nbc washington app.

happening in the skies. a look at your forecast with sheena parveen. >> 78 degrees for a high today. nice, ten we'll see clouds moving in later today and overnight. that's all ahead of this area of low pressure around the southeast coast that could be organizing as we go into tomorrow. either way it will bring us rain, the center stays offshore but our rain chances increase in the morning. through the day tomorrow. 73 for a high then dry wednesday through friday. we could see rain this weekend from the prem recommend naents nantz of half i have more at mid-day. ing an. >> i we will check in to see how the first dave school is going for some local students at 11:00. you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit

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