good morning. hunt for a serial killer? a florida community on-edge. three murders in the same neighborhood in ten days. the race to find this person of interest, captured on surveillance video near one of the scenes. speaking out. ght years after after desserting his post in afghanistan a sentencing hearing for disgraced former sergeant bowe bergdahl goes on today. taking on his critics. >> people are to the point of saying, yeah, just shoot him. people to chanf+e their mind. >> will he spend the rest of his life behind bars? j deadly mistake. congress demanding answers on the attack in niger th

it caused by a massive intelligence failure? this morning the latest from an nbc news investigation. all that plus bill o'rielly's reported $32 million payout to a sexual harassment accuser. elon musk's dream takes a big step forward. and it's official. >> you're going to be do halftime at the super bowl? the announcement that has justin timberlake and his fans jumping for joy today, monday, october 23rd, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this monday morning, thank you for joining us, hoda is in for savannah. >> that's the perfect way to an

performing at the super bowl, jumping up and down with jimmy fallon. >> we had that head line houston we have a problem. so houston has a world series, new york, we have a problem is what we should have said. it was a long, long weekend. anyway, we can talk more about that in a little while. let's get to our top story on a monday morning. it's a string of murders in tampa, florida, sparking fears that a possible serial killer may be on the loose there. three deadly shootings in t same neighborhood in less than two weeks. kerry sanders is in tampa with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: matt, the community has put up a memorial to the victims baffling the police, the three victims did not appear to have any connection to each other. so detectives say if there is a serial killer, it may well be that he is attacking at random. this morning fear and grief are gripping this tampa neighborhood

killer is on the loose, three people gunned down in ten days, all killed within a one mile radius. some residents keeping their funs nearby for protection. >> so having the gun at the ready to you -- >> it's definitely a safety issue and definitely something we want to do. >> we don't know who is doing this. >> reporter: authoritie urgently want to talk to the person on this surveillance video described as a person of interest. but with a chilling caution. >> we don't know if it's more than one person, a team of people, there's just so many other things that we don't hav answers to. >> we own this street. >> we own this street. >> we own the community. >> reporter: sunday night a solemn procession, stopping at the site of each killing, remembering the three victims. 22-year-old benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa and anthony niboa an autistic man who took the wrong bus home from work. >> so painfu

neighborhood. >> tell me about anti-into he. >> anthony, he was a loving -- a loving kind human being, beautiful, angel. he wanted to be treated just like everyone else. >> reporter: neighbors are now banning together determined to find whoever is terrifying their community. >> if we all stick together this person doesn't stand a chance. we got him, he just doesn't know it yet. >> reporter: overnight there are volunteer foot patrols who continue this morning there from the guardian angels, supplementing the police who have saturate this had area with extra units, especially as kids wait for school buses this morning. matt, hoda. >> nerve-racking time in tampa. we have a lot more to get to, including the fate of bowe bergdahl, a sentencing hearing begins today for the army sergeant and former taliban captive who pled guilty to endangering his colleagues when he walked away from his post in afghanistan back in 20

where that hearing is being held this morning. >> reporter: he already pleaded guilty to being a deserte the army will decide bowe bergdahl's punishment when it comes down to one military judge who determines whether or not he spends his life behind bars. bowe bergdahl opening up in an exclusive interview with britain's "sunday times." >> the people who are to the point of saying, yeah, just shoot him, you can never convince those people to change their minds. >> reporter: last week the 31-year-old army sergeant pleading guilty to charges of desertion and misbee haver before the an me. bergdahl says he left the post to reach other commanders and highlight what he thought were problems in his unit. shortly there after he was captured by the taliban an imprisoned for fiv

>> every day at some point in time i would tell myself you are not getting out of this. >> reporter: he was eventually freed in 2014 in exchange for five taliban detainees, a deal made by president obama that was widely criticized by republicans, including then candidate donald trump. >> sweating a traitor named bergda berahy ve worst killers they wanted for nine years. >> reporter: a week ago president trump standing by his earlier statements. >> i'm not going to comment on him but i think people have heard my comments in the past. >> reporter: sentencing is expected to include testimony from servicemen who were injured while searching for bergdahl. >> i expect that's going to be the most powerful moments in the courtroom, at least for the government side. >> reporter: at his plea hearing the former prisoner of war called his actions very inexcusable and said he never intended to put others at risk. bergdahl and his lawyers chose to forego a deal with prosecutors in hopes of receiving leniency from the journal. >> he was likely going to be

first place but at least this way they can go into the judge and say he's trying to accept responsibility for what he has done. >> reporter: the sentencing hearing is expected to last well into the week. in addition to facing prison time he also could be stripped of his rank and pay and be dishonorably discharged. go to washington where lawmakers are demandingrs about that deadly ambush attack on u.s. soldiers in niger and the military's presence there.i &háhp &hc% peter alexander is joining us now from the white house. peter, good morning. >> good morning to you. beyond all the political sparring so many unresolved questions still nearly three weeks after that deadly ambush leading senators insisting the white house has not been forthcoming with details about the military's presence in niger answers. this morning more unanswered questions over what went wrong in niger, an attack that claimed the lives of sergeant la david johnson and three other american

>> why was la david separated from the rest of his battalion? why was la david found almost a mile away? why was he not in an armored truck? i want to know. >> reporter: a senior congressional aide briefed on the american deaths tells nbc news the ambush stemmed in part from a massive intelligence failure. the senate top democrat asked whether he knew american forces had been operating in niger. >> no, i did not. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham who serves on the senate armed services committee echoing that point. >> i didn't know there was 1,000 troops in niger. >> reporter: graham among those pressing the pentagon for answers. >> they are going to brief us next week as to why they were there and what they were doing. >> reporter: it comes as president trump heads into a second week still not letting go of the controversy over his condolence call to johnson's family. >> i've called many people and i would think that every one of them appreciated it. i was very surprised to

to be honest with you. >> reporter: the president again insulting the florida congresswoman who revealed details of mr. trump's conversation with johnson's widow. disparaging frederica wilson on twitter as wacky and a disaster for dems. a similar tweet saturday hours before johnson, a family friend of the congresswoman, was laid to rest. wilson pushing back at the president and his chief of staff demanding john kelly apologize after he misrepresented the congresswoman's remarks at a 2015 dedication of an fbi field office. >> he was a puppet of the president. i don't appreciate peop lying on me and that's what he did. >> reporter: also in a new interview senator john mccain a frequent trump targets appeari to take a=!$(j swipe at the pret who received a draft averment after being diagnosed with the bone spur. >> we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest inm

that is wrong. that is wrong. >> reporter: senator mccain would add if we're going to ask every american to serve every american should serve. he never mentions the president by name but mccain and president trump have engaged in tough words before. for all the criticisms that donald trump faced, his vietnam defer mts were certainly low on that list. that appears to have changed in a hurry. >> by the way, the president also talking about taxes during a sunday conference call he urged house republicans to rally behind a senate passed budget bill so they can move on his tax reform plan. according to a "wall street journal" report, one proposal now being considered would significantly reduce the tax free amount you can contribute to your 401(k). here with his take on that, jim cramer, host the cnbc's "mad money." good morning to you. 401(k)s, hugely popular as a way for ma earns to save for

retirement. what are we hearing mig the changes? >> you can get what i call an $18,000 break meaning you don't have to pay taxes on the first money that you put in, you pay taxes after, 24,000 people over 50, principal way we save in this country, principal way the middle class has been able to sock away $5 trillion. this is what we do in this country to be able to have something for retirement. >> what are the rumors telling us might be in this plan. >> they want to cut itto $2400. this would be the notion of being able to save if you thought social security woulgo away or get diminished, the notion we would put away something, this would stop the whole incentive. this is -- we are not good savers in this country, the one thing we have done right in is the 401(k). people have embraced it, they pay taxes on the way out much later. this has been something that the government has done that's great. >> it's obviously scary listening to you talk about it. >> sure. >> whatre

something like this might actually happen? >> i know the industry, the financial services industry very powerful and they will certainly go against it, but more importantly this is the middle class tax break. are you really going to help the middle class as the president says and then take away their number one tax break? does that really cut it down to ribbons. >> we are talking about 401(k)s, no taxes now, taxes when you take the benefit years down the road, there is something called the roth account which is the flip side that. no -- taxes now, no taxes down the road. would that be an alternative? >> it makes sense, but what people love is not paying taxes now. they get to have that money compound. it's something that's a real incentive. it's not an incentive if you're saying with post tax dollars. this box because you think, wow, i'm saving for the future, putting away money. if you already have paid taxes, they won't do it, matt, they won't do it, hoda. that's why i don t

>> jim, thank you very much. also this morning we are hearing from the first time from the pennsylvania woman who was held captive in afghanistan for five years. stephanie gosk is here[u with wt she is saying. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. caitlan coleman and joshua boyle were rescued, her husband has done multiple interviews including one with nbc but she has remained silent. this morning coleman is breaking that silence making sure she prefers to go by her married name, caitlyn boyle, adding for now she is still not ready to describe the horror her family lived through for five years. >> this morning caitlyn boyle remains in a canadian hospital, a member of the family says she is still suffering from exhaustion and emotional stress. in an e-mail signed by caitlyn and sent to nbc news from an account her husband says the family shares, caitlyn gave one of her first public statements. after five years of captivity

g one part of our imprisonment that we can take pride in was our schooling of the boys. we had no educational supplies but we did as much as we could in the circumstances. caitlyn describes using cardboard boxes and scraps of fabric to work on projects. now being free i am revising that their home schooling will continue with resources to make it broader and more fun. the boyles have three children, all born in captivity, two sons ages four and two and a six month old daughter. joshua boyle says a fourth child, an infant daughter, was killed in captivity. the family was rescued less than two weeks ago. joshua says he and his wife were in afghanistan in 2012 to help the afghan people when they were kidnapped by a militant group. returning home has been a total shock, he told us, especially for his wife. >> her religious faith gets

through and5ç i think that and r love of being a mother is really all that's getting her through right now. >> reporter: caitlyn also e-mailed her hometown paper in pennsylvania, the york daily record. the messages attributed to the boyle family sharply criticize the pressure being put on her to speak about the ordeal. why don't i have the right to just be myself and be with my husband and children? adding, everybody says, no, you have to come out and talk about it, but, no, no, i don't. and everybody nice has said it's my choice and i can talk when i want and to whom i want. when asked if she might return to the u.s. the mother of three said it was too soon to say for sure, but if they do return to her hometown she looks forward to sharing her childhood experiences with her children. we are also told that caitlyn's mother has been to visit her in the hospital where she has been for a week. >> thanks so much. got an update for you now on

puerto rico. the senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give that island a badly needed infusion of cash. the measure also replenishes rapidly dwindling emergency disaster funds and jump starts recovery efforts in states like florida and texas. in the meantime senate minority official to coordinate relief efforts in puerto rico. schumer says the current federal response has been disorganized, slow footed and dis managed, those are his words. just after a month after the hurricane hit that island 80% of puerto rico still remains water. why don't we turn and get a first check of our weather from mr. roker. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for spending a little time with us, give you your weather. if you are in the eastern ha of the u.s. we're looking at strong stuff. this is the same system that caused

midsection of the country over the weekend. strong storms up to six tornadoes, oklahoma, alabama, norman oklahoma losing a portion of the casino roof, extenve storm damage in eight states, this system pushing and rocketing to the east from indianapolis and chicago all the way down into florida. the front itself stretches some 1100 miles and this is going to make its way into the northeast and the midwest for today, into tomorrow, showers will erupt tomorrow and it's crossing into the northeast for the afternoon hours. we're talking anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain from chicago into the northeast with strong gusty winds into new englat$dw upwards of 50 mile per hour wind gusts possible. we're going to get to your local profit coming up in the next 3 seconds.

good morning, everybody. we are off to a fairly cloudy and foggy start here in the nation's capitol, can't even see over the river in arlington. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s, visibility down well under a mile. so watch out for some very thick fog in the next hour or two. temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s now and as you're planning out your monday today it will be a mild enough day, just enough sunshine once this fog burns away to get temperatures into the mid and upper 70s. have a good day, everybody. coming up, did fox news host bill o'rielly secretly settle a

sexual allegation for $32 million. this morning the stunning report and what he is saying about it. also ahead the classified jfk assassination miles that are about to be realized for the first time, what will they reve reveal? risy"c.

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this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> 7:26 is your time now on this monday, october 23rd, 2017. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. there will be extra police outside eleanor roosevelt high school this morning after an online threat. the school was not specifal targeted but the principal wants to be cautious. police are searching for the shooter who killed two people and left one other person in serious condition. this happened at all veterans park around 8:30 last night. police say there is no threat to the public. now we want to check on your traffic with wtop's jack taylor in your first 4 how are the roads looking? >> we have a r

northbound on the george washington parkway before the beltway north of turkey run park. be careful with the fog, be real cautious out there, please. arkansas avenue remains closed this morning in northwest between decatur street and iowa avenue, the overnight motorcycle crash with the ongoing investigation. there has been an issued in stafford 96 northbound 630 with a troeken down tractor-trailer in the center of the roy. >> we willhkr ra xt

good morning, everybody. very foggy now over downtown washington. visibility down under a mile in many spots, especially here right through the heart of the d.c. metro area, under a mile for almost all of fairfax, prince william, arlington, prince george's county and montgomery county early in morning. we are in the upper 50s to around 60 now, we should make it into the low to mid 70s toda

rain likely between sundown tonight and sunrise tomorrow morning. >> another local news update in about 25 minutes. >> for now back to the "today" show after ts orbrk.

we're pack now, 7:30 on a monday morning. a beautiful monday morning after a great weekend here in new york. savannah is off this morning on assignment and hoda is here. >> good morning, everybody. we will get straight to the headlines beginning withññ an alarming manhunt in florida. >> we don't know who is doing this. >> search for a serial killer, a tampa, florida, neighborhood on edge this morning as officials search for a suspect behind the murders of three people, all gunned down in the past ten days. >> there's so many other things that we don't have answers to. maverick jab, senator john mccain takes a thinly veiled swipe at president trump over the billionaire's vietnam draft deferme defn me

level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. that is wrong. at some point in time i tell myself you are not making it out of this. >> bowe bergdahl opens up ahead of today's sentencing when the 31-year-old army deserter could face listen in prison for his actions in afghanistan. >> the people that say just shoot them you can never convince them to change their minds. an suv smashes into a restaurant near chicago injuring nine people including four children. and revenge denied. the new england patriots beat the atlanta falcons on sunday night football in a foggy rematch of last year's super bowl, and a similar outcome. >> and he is tackled by kyle van noy. "today," monday, october 23rd,

>> busy morning -- weekend weekend in sports but busy morning today. also this morning there's stunning new information tied to bill o'rielly's sexual harassment scandal. kate snow is following that story. kate, good morning. >> good morning. the former fox news host is slamming a "new york times" report over the weekend for what he calls lies and smears. the report unverified by nbc news reveals a newly uncovered sexual harassment claim against o'rielly and massive settlement. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: this morning the scandal surrounding bill o'rielly is back in the headlines, "the new york times" reporting the former fox news anchor resigned a contract with 21st century fox in february, only a month after he reached a $32 million sexual harassment settlement with lis wiehl a legal analyst with the network. according to the "new yor times" wiehl claimed shed

sul sexual relationship. o'rielly's attorney says the times printed leaked information that is out of context, false, defamatory and obviously designed to embarrass bill o'rielly. the o'rielly factor was one of the biggest shows in cable news until o'rielly was fired in april after other sexual harassment allegations surfaced. in newly uncovered settlement is the sixth one involving allegations against o'rielly. according to the "times" they have totaled about $45 million. 21st century fox said they did not know the circumstances or details of the agreement between o'rielly and wiehl since it was confidential, but fox added clause to o'rielly's contract when they resigned him that he could be dismissed if the company was made aware of other allegations. the company says it used that clause to fire o'rielly and says it has taken action to

fox news from top to bottom. in an interview last month with matt o'rielly maintained his innocence. >> you were accused of sexual harassment, you said at the time you did nothing wrong. >> correct. >> do you stand by that? >> i do. >> radio host and psychologist wendy walsh says o'rielly offered her a job in exchange for sex in 2013, allegations o'rielly denies. >> my personal belief is thatw? fox news is complacent for resigning this man who paid out this expensive settlement, even gave him a raise. >> reporter: the new report is the latest in a string of bad press for fox press. roger ailes resigned last year after gretchen carlson sued him for sexual harassment. carlson saying nobody pace $32 million foral

>> gretchen carlson was the first prominent staffer coming forward claiming she was fired for refusing ailes' alleged advances. megyn kelly will sit down with julian huddy. we will turn to something you will be hearing a lot about this week. faced with a thursday deadline president trump expects to release long secret government files on the assassination of president john f. kennedy. hallie jackson is at the national archives with more on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good mni t you. we are talking about something 25 years in the making. the potential release of that last stash of documents related to president kennedy's death. president trump now says he does plan to make those public with students of history, lovers of cam lot and, yes, even conspiracy

glimpse of whatever the files hold. dallas triggered years of conspiracy theories. >> why was kennedy killed? >> reporter: but it wasn't until this 1991 oliver stone movie that congress got so frustrated with the fiction it order the government to release documents in less than 72 hours more than 3,000 hidden files from it five decades ago are set to the unlocked and unleashed. >> at the same moment all around the world millions of people will have access to this vast library of secret documents about a turning point in american history. >> reporter: that deadline hits thursday with president trump now planning to let what's left of those files go public, unless there is a national security reason not to. tweeting this weekend, subject to the receipt of further information, i will be allowing, as president, the long blocked and classified

opened. >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> reporter: president kennedy's life has fascinated americans for years with no shortage of conspiracy theories about his death. on the campaign trail it was then candidate trump raising one of the more bizarre conspire sees when he mentioned a tabloid story about senator cruz's father. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. >> while some historians hope to learn more about a six day trip oswald took to mexico befe killingendy they he a ward of warning about this last cash of documents, don't expect any big bombshells, though there may be new nuggets. >> a lot of information in these files may show how much more the cia and fbi knew about oswald before that day. >> it's n

wiggle room from the white house saying the president believes these documents should be made available in the interest of full transparency, unless agencies provide a compelling and clear justifica otherwise. and that right there is the catch, guys. the fbi had no comment, but if they or the cia make some kind of last minute push to the president over these next three days, then it's possible president trump could end up blocking some of those documents. whatever is released will end up online from the national archives on thursday. matt, hoda. >> thanks very much. all these years later. it's amazing the interest in this. >> just the little nuggets i'd be interested in. hello, mr. roker. >> hello. we're heading out west to talk about more heat and the possibility of fire danger out there. santa anna winds kicking in today with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour, low humidity 10%, temperatures near 100 degrees, we have excessive heat warnings

look at these temperatures, over 100 degrees in l.a., anaheim, san bernardino and escondido, tomorrow possible record highs and we could have the warmest world series game one ever. dodgers stadium about 5:00, sunny, hot, breezy tomorrow, 96, the record was phoenix when the yankees were playing the diamondbacks back in 2001. so we may, in fact, have the record setting world series game one. that's what's going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. well, it will definitely be baseball weather, then. visibility, though, we are lookingt pretty low across the area, half mile in the district, less than half mile for manassas, lauren, clinton, dulles looking at close to zero mile visibility. temperatures are pretty mild, rain will be moving in tomorrow or late tonight i should say, late night rain in the forecast, but today we stay cloudy and warm. 77 for a high.

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♪ let's see how you feel about this. billion entrepreneur elon musk's investigation of hyperloop travel has been given a big step forward. >> it could revolutionize the way we

tom costello has more on that. >> reporter: good morning. getting from d.c. to new york by car takes about four hours by car with light traffic. 3 1/2 hours by train. imagine making that trip in 9 minutes. we're not there yet. but the state of maryland is taking a step to make that pipe dream a reality. a big step for elon musk who is closer to creating his underground hyperloop. >> it's coming from maryland, and to baltimore and washington. get ready. >> reporter: maryland governor to allow musk's boring company to dig an underground tunnel beneath one of the heaviest highways. the hope is that the tunnel will be part of a line that transfers passengers up

coast corridor. the trip from new york to d.c. could take just 29 minutes. travelers moving speeds of up to 700 miles per hour. >> d.c.-to-new york hyperloop, i think you want to go underground the whole way. >> reporter: his company is already digging in california. and has a similar goal to one day get people from l.a. to san francisco in a matter of minutes. just days ago, musk also announced his second digging machine is almost ready. >> right now, i think one of the most soul-destroying things is traffic. it takes away so much of your life. it's horrible. >> reporter: he halts a fictional behemoth. >> to build a loop between

is gore wanch wan. >> if it becomes a reality, it will push the limits of human travel, racing high speed into the future. for this to become a reality, and all of us on the east coast hopes it becomes a reality, musk would have to overcome a lot of red tape. think of the different states, the municipalitieies along the corridor. not to mention the complications of building an underground tunnel in congested areas with multiple utility lines, sewer lines, subway lines. this is the first nano step in a long process. >> what you're saying is hoda and i are not going to see a nationals game in our lifetime. >> if they play the yankees, i'll bet you will. >> thanks, tom. dylan is in the

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raise money for cash-strapped schools. let them eat cake. we asked on twitter, what do you think of school bake sales. 73% approve of them. 27% disapprove. more than 80% of teachers hold bake sales to raise money. i like them. >> i love jamie oliver. >> but he's off on this one. >> sorry, jamie. just ahead, poster joel osteen, on >> tech: so you think this chip is nothing to worry about? well at safelite, we know sooner or later every chip will crack. these friends were on a trip when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com. they didn't have to change their plans or worry about a thing. i'll see you all in a little bit. and i fixed it right away with a strong repair they can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> tech: being there whenever you need us

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this is!shvñ a "news 4 toda news break. >> 7:56 is your time now on this monday, october 23rd, 2017. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we want to get right to wtop's jack taylor for a look at your commute in your first 4 traffic. jack, good morning. >> good morning. troubles in reston block in the fairfax county parkway. southbound lanes are open but northbound stopped. arkansas avenue is closed continuously unfortunately between decatur street and iowa avenue, ongoing accident investigation. a pretty serious crash on 29 northbound up near route 100, all traffic northbound detour g detouri southbound lanes are open. >> we will take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay wi

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it's it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, on the loose, police in tampa scrambling this morning to track down a possible serial killer after three murders in two weeks. what authorities are now doing to catch a killer and how the community is banding together. >> this person doesn't stand a chance. we've got him, he just doesn't know it yet. plus message of hope, joel osteen is in studio 1a to talk about making the most of life's setbacks and how his hometown of houston is recovering after hurricane harvey. and he's back. >> you're going to do halftime at the super bowl? >> 14 years after the most infamous halftime

timberlake is going back, vowing this time things will be different. >> we're good with you and we're good with you. >> that won't happen. >> today monday october 23rd, 201 2017. >> ibi day for this couple. >> celebrating our seventh anniversary on "today." >> and what's your name? >> i'm natalie. >> what are you celebrating? >> i'm turning 18 on today. >> who do you want to say good morning. >> we want to say good morning to brandy back in canton, illinois. we love you. ♪ >> how are you celebrating your graduation? >> on the "today" show. >> wait a sec. you came all the way from germany for what? >> a selfie with hoda. >> what? >> we can arrange that. >> you've got it, girl. >> all the way from germany. >> that's a long night. >> that's really cool. welcome back, everyone, to "today" on this monday morning. we thank you for being with us

>> we have a lot to get to this morning. >> let us start with your news at 8:00 because there's a real story coming out of florida now that has a lot of people concerned. police in tampa have intensified their search this morning for a possible serial killer. three people with no apparent links to each other have been shot and killed in less than two weeks in one neighborhood there. nbc's kerry sanders joins us with the latest on the investigation. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: matt, police have very little to go on but they have one piece of evidence that may help them find this potential serial kill, it's this surveillance video. this video which is awfully hard to determine who that person is walking with a hoodie, interestingly walking with a hoodie on a night where it was not that cold may be the person of interest, could be the potential serial killer. as you noted the three pivictim did not know each other, in profiles often they look alike, but in this case nobody has any connecti

there was a vigil in the neighborhood here last night, people walking with candles to remember the three victims, but also to unify the neighborhood to say that we can stand up, we can keep our eyes open and we can let the police know there are increased patrols in the area as well as guardian angels, a group people haven't heard of for a long time, they are out patrolling as well, keeping their eyes and ears open. the fear of course here, matt, is this person could strike timu very much. army deserter sergeant bowe bergdahl appears today before a military judge who will decide his punishment. bergdahl faces up to life in prison. last week the 31-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and ms. bee haver before the enemy. he was captured after leaving his post in wuafghanistan. he was released five years later in a controversial exchange for five taliban detainees. two svi

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twain prize, justin timberlake. let's talk about first dates. those can be tricky. never mind the nerves and the pressure. you want to make a good first impression. what is the perfect first date location? an instagram user came up with pros and cans. we had to blur some out. go to the bar, the pro is, you get to drink. the con is, you may drink too much. the restaurant, the pro is very classy. the con is, very murder. >> who is this guy? >> the beach, the pro is, you're going to see them half-naked. the con is, they're going to see you half-naked. i was thinking about first dates. and best dates. did you have ever a magical date that you took someone

made you say wow? dylan is smiling. >> i loved going to boss pro shop. i think you've never been. >> it's a huge outdoor shop. >> it's amazing. there's activities. there's a bar. >> that was a date? >> it was a date. it was a fun afternoon. >> that's a cute one. >> get ready for some stuff, the last time i mentioned bass pro shop on the air, i got a hat from them. >> central park boat house. nice, fun. the geese and the ducks are there. good food. >> i like the beach. but it doesn't necessarily have to be during the day in bathing suits. early in the morning or late in the evening with a glass of wine. >> when i was in college, i had a guy that asked me out. he said, wear the winter coat. we had saucers that you go sliding down. we went to the top of a

mountain. he laid out wine and cheese and we went sledding. and i never forgot the date. >> wear your winter coat. i'm going to make you wait for me about three hours before i show up. >> all right. dylan, is it time to "pop start." >> miss bass pro shop. >> let's begin with david letterman. he earned the mark twain prize for american humor. amy schumer told the crowd, dave is incredibly accomplished for most of his life. he has gone from a light-night comic, to host, to a civil war re-enactor. martin short, steve martin, jimmy kimmel and bill murray. michelle obama praised his ability to comfort viewers. john stamos, congratulations are in order.

he caitlin mchue. he posted this picture, with a caption, i asked and she said yes. justin timberlake, the superstar has been invited back to the super bowl halftime show, 14 years after the wardrobe m l malfunction with janet jackson caused controversy. joe fryer has more on this. >> reporter: justin timberlake announced he will host the halftime show. this is timberlake's third time performing on the super bowl halftime stage. having the most appearances by an individual entertainer and a chance to redeem himself after the wardrobe malfunction seen around the world. the superstar making the announcement on twitter that he will headline the super bowl halftime show in february, appearing in a video alongside jimmy fallon, his long-time friend and frequent

collaborator. >> you do halftime? >> i do halftime. >> you're doing halftime of the super bowl. you do halftime. >> reporter: timberlake first performed in the super bowl as part of 'n sync and alongside britney spears and aerosmith. but it was this performance in 2004, that most people remember best. "rock your body" with janet action jackson, where he ripped off part of her costume, revealing her breast. cbs was hit with a fine that waslating overturne overturned. during an interview last night on nbc's "sunday night football," timberlake laughed off questions about a repeat of an infamous moment. at any point in the ask, did they say, the last time, there was a little wardrobe thing, can

happen? >> that won't happen this time. ♪ >> reporter: now, the 36-year-old superstar is hoping to grace the game's halftime stage in a different, less controversial way. >> i want to take the opportunity to put together a performance that feels like it unifies. i feel like that will be the ultimate accomplishment. and the icing on the cake is, at some point, within 12 minutes, everybody is shaking their bootee. >> reporter: in the aftermath of the 2004 event, networks have included a short delay for live events. he has not released any music since "can't stop the feeling" which was on the soundtrack for "trolls." >> thanks, joe.

super bowl lii, will air february 4th, 2018, here on nbc. you have a "daly click" for us? >> a texas high schooler inpr e impresses with an incredible save on the volleyball court. >> holy cow. >> that senior captain -- all of the saves. here it is from another angle. launches herself through the air. her save went caught the attention of kerri walsh jennings. >> she get hurt diving like that? >> they wear knee pads. >> that's still a floor. >> like going through a mr. roker. >> all right. let's show you what we have going on and take a look at the maps. it's going to be warm here in the northeast, boy, oh, bo

between big area of high pressure and low pressure out in the midwest we are looking at above average temperatures, look at this, boston 72, that's 11 degrees above average, burlington, vermont will be in the mid 70s, columbus only 56, but still a little warmer than average and then tomorrow we look into the early week period it cools down, boston down to 62 thursday, same in atlantic city, 65, norfolk, charleston 65 and charlotte will be in the mid 60s. rest of the country flood watches through the upper great lakes, that fire danger continues out west, beautiful day in the pacific northwest, severe storms making their way through the ohio river valley all the way down into the southeast. that's what's going on around the country here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. at home it's cloudy and foggy outside this morning, visibility down under a mileo÷ in a few sps this morning, starting to improve a little down ;@çl national airport. may be foggy but sure isn't cold, temperatures already in the low 60s in and around the city. afternoon highs today should

mid 70s. rain likely probably between 8:00 tonight and 6:00 tuesday morning. then most of the rest of your tuesday will be dry, cooler midweek. >> and that's your lates4 i weather. matt. mr. roker, thank yo much. latest weather. matt? >> mr. roker, thank you very much. with thousands flocking to hear his sermons, millions more watching all around the globe, joel osteen is one of the most influential faith leaders around the world. and he's sharing new hope with a new book called "blessed in the darkness." nice to see you. >> thanks, matt. >> let's start with recent events. houston, where you live, has been through a tough time with the hurricane. what have you learned about faith and the faith of your -- the people in houston and your own faith coming through this? >> you know, matt, these

crisises, that god gives you strength you didn't know you had. it brings out the best in people sometimes when these things happen. >> in the book you say, god controls how much heat, how much pain, how much adversity you will face. if you take the00 and the fires out west, and the tragic shooting in las vegas, it's only natural for someone like me or anyone else to question faith. and say, if god has a plan and god wants the best for us, how can he put us through this? >> we don't live in a perfect world. god gives us our own free will. people get to choose. and in the scripture, god never promised we would be free from difficulties. when i say that god controls the heat, it means that god won't let you go through anymore than you can bear. loss, these things are difficult. you find a

that only god can give you. >> let's discuss how it worked out in your own life. in 1999, your dad passed away. here's a son, losing a father. in your case, it was compounded by the fact that your dad was the man you followed. you had to fill those shoes in very real terms. what was the challenge like for you? who did you turn to other than god? >> i had family. my wife was supporting. he was my best friend, too. we traveled the world together. and he was suddenly taken with a heart attack. and i experienced it firsthand. i mourn my father. i miss him. but i felt a peace. i'm not bitter. i'm not angry. and also, what i thought might be my darkest time, it launched me into what i'm doing today. i never dreamed i'd be a minister. >> did you have that level of confidence that things would be okay? and i'm going towards the filling his shoes

things. that's a daunting task. >> it was. and i had never ministered before. but i felt like i was supposed to do it. that's why it's easy to encourage people that you have gifts in you don't know. you have talents. sometimes god uses us to push us into a new level of our destiny. when we don't fight everything that goes wrong. we don't like losing a loved one. you don't fight it and believe that god is still in control. >> you had never ministered before that. now, i look at the numbers. 50,000 people listen to your sermons, locally. 10 million or so watch you on tv. i've watched on tv. and i've looked at the faces on the people in that church. they are glued to every word. do you find that responsibility daunting, knowing that so many people are literally judging or basing their lives on what you're telling them? >> i do.

i take it seriously. i try to pray and find out what i'm supposed to say. just be careful with my words. and realize that people are putting weight. you have a responsibility to influence what god has given you. i didn't know how it would happen. we're here today. >> do people come to you weeks after hearing one of your sermons, and say, poster osteen, it didn't work out the way you promised it would work out? >> sure. there are times. a lot of them tell how it helped them. i go back to that basic truth. god has you in the palm of his hand. what you're facing is not a surprise to him. in those difficult times you have to choose to believe. and i don't tell everybody it will work out the way they thought. i wish it would. but sometimes it didn't. >> this is from the book, as well. i thank god for my friends. but i learned to thank god for my enemies, too. i don't. i don't know why. that's a

live your life. i find that very difficult. >> yeah. the thought is, to get to your destiny, you'll have disappointments, betrayals, rejecti rejection. i base that on the life of christ. without judas betraying him, we wouldn't have salvation. why did this happen? why did this person leave me? it's just a lot more. you worry a lot less when you say, god, i believe you're in control. this is a part of my destiny. you realize you're not going to get to all you were created to be without enemies and disappointments, i don't think you fight everything. >> good advice. good to have you here. and he'll be back in our fourth hour. the book is "blessed in the darkness." you can find out more about it at today.com/shop. we have a lot to discuss with this beautiful lady.

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this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> good morning, it's 8:26 now on thisnfmonday, october 23rd. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get a look at the roads +- taylor and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. we had some unfortunate activity east on randolph road after amp kemp hill. under police direction, do be careful. lanes are open northbound on the fairfax county parkway but sunrise valley drive we had had an earlier crash delays sticking around, northbound 29 near ruth 100 under police direction, also that ramp to 29 under police direction. back to you. >> we will a check on your forecast when we come back. stay wi u

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we're back, now, 8:30 on this monday morning. the 23rd day of october 2017. can we just take a second and look, not only at chocofeller plaza, which we have transformed into a halloween extravaganza. but look at the size of the crowd. >> this is something. >> oh, new orleans. i miss you guys, too. a big show ahead. heather graham is here. she looks different in her new role. she plays in "law and

menendez edition. we have a huge concert schedule on our plaza. we will wrap up the week with the great rachel platten. >> we have a lot to look forward to. you know what happens with candy on the plaza? >> yes. >> do you have laffy taffy? >> that's number one? >> number two is candy corn for her. >> don't compare those two things. what kind of blaspheme is that. we have some slime. you know, the woman who invented slime, karina garcia. she's this huge star. grew up with very humble means. phil donahue is here. it's national tv talk show host. >> he's like this, what do you think? what do you

about the fox news situation with bill o'reilly. it's personal on some levels. but we're going to have to have an honest discussion with what's going on in this country. and juliet huddy, one of o'reilly's accusers, will join us for the first time. she's speaking out for the first time on our show today. >> thanks. let's see what we've got looking at the week ahead, stormy in the eastern half of the country, especially from the great lakes down into the southeast, we're also looking at a fire threat to the southwest. then as we get into the midweek period we're looking for some showers hanging on through new england, that autumn warmth hangs on through the gulf coast, strong winds in the plains, fire danger continues out west and we move toward the end of the week, things clear out along the eastern seaboard, much cooler back into the northern plains, sunny unand down the east coast, showers in the lower mississippi river valley. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. we still do ha s

half mile visibility line clinton, but we're seeing improvements elsewhere. fredericksburg, though, is down to zero, very dense fog. rest of the area in mostly the low 60s right now. we have rain off to our west and southwest, that will move in late tonight. for today, though, we're just going to see the cloudy skies, 77 degrees, that rain gets in overnight, maybe even early tomorrow morning for the commute, then we clear out and temperatures really cool dow for the rt t wk. >> chocofeller plaza is created with our sponsor, skittles. taste the rainbow. >> time for our crowd moment. we have a sweet one. we put out acandy bars across chocofeller plaza. five of these are marked with a special sticker, which is a pumpkin. you got one? here you go. hopefully -- there you have it.

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>> sure. i was his lover. he told me what his sex therapy fishes. >> judge, please tell her to stop flashing her impressive bosom at you. >> okay. i want to say that i have limited control over my words and actions right now. jerry oziel is using mind control on me. he's out in the hallway using special words. >> a lot to unpack there. hi, heather. i didn't recognize you for starters. there's a lot of a transformation going on. but i want to talk to you about the movie. you are fantastic in it. i had read that article, the column in variety, that was entitled "harvey weinstein implied i had to have sex with him for a movie role." how many more women are coming out? do you think there's a sea change in hollywood that's happening? >> i think hopefully for women everywhere, we feel

come forward with our stories. we see that a predator is getting some kind of justice. it's inspiring. >> is it because ashley judd led the charge and you felt comfortable or safe to come out? >> seeing her do it was inspiring. and if we don't speak out, we enable this man to continue to do this for decades. he shouldn't be doing it. >> harvey weinstein denies the allegations of nonconsensual sex. and we're seeing another director coming out, a lot more women coming out. it's beyond just this one area. >> i'm sure it's in every business that women have to deal with this. in the past, we felt we couldn't speak out. we were afraid of losing our jobs. but we're saying we deserve to be treated better. and the workplace should be a better place to be. you play a character

jodal jodalonsmyth. >> i was the mistress of the therapist. and erik confessed to the therapist. we were having an affair. and i went to police with information that was a taped confession. and they let them used the taped confession in the trial. that's one of the reasons they were convicted. >> the relationship between your character and the therapist was crazy on so many different levels. it must have been fun to play that sort of role. >> it is fun to play that role. it made me laugh. i was reading the script, it's disturbing. when i got to the scenes of her and the therapist, it made me laugh. she was living in a house with his family and his children. it's just wild to think about that. >> let's touch on that for a second. in reality, your character, moves into t

therapist, his wife and children. >> in real life, he told his wife that she was a patient. and he was a sex therapist, which was disturbing. he had done it in the past with a babysitter and assistant. they were living in the maids room, while he was having an affair with them. he was an abusive person, actually. >> preparing for the role of this person, did you meet her? did you see interviews? how did you figure out how to play her properly? >> i didn't get to meet her. she did two different diane sawyer specials i can watch. i got to see her love poetry that they sent to each other. it was interesting. yeah. >> you're also directing. >> yes. >> i did a movie about sexism in hollywood and sexual harassment is a theme of it. it's a sex comedy. one of the backdrops is being a woman in hollywood and dealing with sexism. it's timely, i guess. >> did that happen to come up at this time

dealing with for a long time. and it's finally exploding. >> thank you so much. i had to google your age. i'm shocked. >> don't tell anyone. >> i'm not telling a soul. you won't believe it if you google it. heather, thank you for joining us. cat law and order. coming up, inspiration you at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed,

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chocofeller plaza is made with snickers. >> with halloween just a week away, it's time to start celebrations with our own chocofeller plaza. everybody has a favorite candy. we wanted to kick them up a notch and create candy creations with three of our

brandy malloy. and the great martha stewart. all right, we're going to make something different. i'm going to start with you, brandy. what are we cooking up? >> this is a seven-layer candy bar dip. this is insane. amazing. you can use any candy bars you want. >> twix bars. >> lower on the bottom, it will take longer for it to melt. we will add our favorite candies. >> what is this? this is good. milky way, snickers, twix. >> look what we're doing. sticking them all in. >> there's no rhyme or reason. you want to layer it like a seven-layer dip. we're going to top it with these salt salted caramel pieces. and

we're going to pop this into the oven. >> look what is happening. >> it gets soft and gooey. then, we're going to -- >> look at what's happening. >> take the caramel. >> this is my favorite day, ever. >> the peanut butter, the twix. and we're going to garnish it with peanut m&ms. this is the best part. potato chips. the sweet and the salty. >> you call that a dessert. peshaw. joslyn, take it away. >> we're making milky way cake. it starts like you would with any cake. but we're adding milky ways and butter. >> go ahead. >> you want to melt this down until it's nice and smooth. >> how long does that take? >> five to ten minutes over a medium-low heat. we're going to get really smooth and nice

we're going to go to a regular cake. we have butter and sugar that's started creaming. and we started adding in our eggs. >> one egg at a time. >> you know, maybe three. you can cheat here. we get all our eggs in. and we have butter milk, this is going to make it superlight and very, very, very, very moist. >> oh, no. you get the vanilla in. you get the flour in. then, we add the milky ways and the butter right into our batter. and you get this. and we're going to bake this at 350 for 50 to 55 minutes. comes out so delicious. so moist. >> let me try. >> you got to try it. put some chocolate frosting on it. it's amazing. >> go ahead. martha? >> take it away. >> all right. >> day of the dead. very nice. >> day los muertos. celebrating all your dead

>> there you go. good times. >> but pumpkins are so much fun. and with royal icing, you can affix the teeth of the skulls. >> using m&ms. >> just m&ms. this is the template. you can get in online at you know where. today.com. >> right. >> you just make whatever fantasy you want to. look how beautiful. and the typical marigolds for a flower decoration. it is a fun way to decorate. and if you use royal icing and melt a hot glue gun, you can pick these off and eat them. >> martha, thanks so much. you can find all these ideas on today.com/food. coming up, we're going to use this candy to make self-portraits. what could go

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plaza, where we're celebrating everything candy. hoda, al, dylan and jenna are going to make their faces out of candy. here's how it works. you each have a cake in front of you. it has the outline of your face. and an array of candies to fill it in. you have one minute. one minute to complete your masterpieces. martha here will be the judge. let's start. what are we looking for? >> i'm looking for expression. easy identification. >> yeah. >> and creation. of course. >> okay. all right, guys. >> they're going to ms

up. >> everybody is doing the same thing. they all started with the eyes. isn't that unusual? >> that's the window to your soul. >> yeah. >> what am i doing? >> what do you think? >> and then, look. >> i am adding some grays. >> highlights in there. >> al is being true. >> i was with you until the s r starbursts. i'm not sure. how much more time? >> a pop of color. i knew it. >> this is supposed to be your face. >> i'm not very good at art. >> please. >> three. two. >> step away from the candies, guys. martha, why don't you start over here. you go down the line. you will choose the winner. >> martha, be gentle. >> i think you need a little education in art. >>

third grade. >> maybe go back. >> it's interpretive. >> very interpretive. >> at least you stayed to the outline. >> what's this? >> my dark roots. not so great. but the lips are nice. >> thank you. >> now, this, i really like it. did you get this from my day of the dead? >> i did. >> i with see that. this is really, really good. >> i like that. >> i like the nose. i like -- i think that's very interpretive. >> thank you. thank you. >> and this one, hoda. >> what? >> you got messy. >> i didn't. i was trying to be creative and i got panicky. i got a few gray hairs and a kiss. if i had to not ask you anything about it, i would say that's inadequate. >> wow. >> he

a picasso. >> that's the winner, al. >> thank you very much. >> oh, my gosh. >> we want to congratulate brandy, too. she has a little baby. >> where is the baby? >> i think the baby took a bathroom break. >> better in there than out here. that's great. congratulations, guys. thanks for your help. and we're going to be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs)

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mr. roker, good time to celebrate some birthdays. >> that's right, after all this fabulous artwork. let's break out the smucker's jars. happy 102nd birthday to walter pine of houston, texas. he threw out the first pitch of game two of the american league championship series. he's got to be pretty excited righ

edna mae leaks is a proud grandma in detroit. happy 100th birthday to billie saxon. she owned her own interior design business. fred burnam of naperville, illinois. served in the army. worked as a teacher. you asked what he is most proud of, it's his family. betty of dayton, ohio, 100. she and her husband met in college. started their own restaurant chain. margaret burnbach, 100. the secret of longevity, a positive attitude and staying active. if you know someone with a milestone birthday or anniversary, tell us about it at today.com/celebrates. a lot coming up on "megyn kelly today." phil donahue is going to be

she has a lot more. going to discus serious topics. >> what about fun day monday? >> jenna is with us today. >> we're going to eat chocolate. >> a good show at 10:00, as well. >> we'll see you in a couple

this is a "news 4 today"g5 news break. 8:56 is your time now on this monday, october 23rd, 2017. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. right now we want to take a look at your commute with wtop's jack taylor and your first 4 traffic. how is it looking, jack? >> we have had our problems trying to roll north on 29 up into howard county, the accident activity at 100 overturned vehicle coming off

traffic northbound reroutes to 100, stay far right to get by. arkansas avenue still closed from an overnight crash in northwest, between decatur street and iowa avenue, all lanes remain blocked. we will check your rest next.

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o grow up stronger. good monday morning, after the early fog we're going to stay cloudy through the day today, temperatures around 77 degrees, we will have rain move in late tonight and very early tomorrow morning and then we will see it clearing as we go through the later part of the morning. cooler wednesday, especially thursday, even into friday and so far the weekend is looking really good, too. have a great d.

today," as news breaks that bill o'reilly allegedly paid a $32 million sexual settlement to a colleague, one of his other accusers speaks out in a live exclusive, coming up. and would you believe it's national tv talk show host day. and here with us, is legend phil donahue. plus, she made it. youtube star and slime queen, with the tips to make your halloween a real slimefest. all that and more, right now. [ cheers and applause ] hi. hello. hello, everybody.