good morning. pushing back. >> this is absolutely false. >> alabama senate candidate roy moore responding to a new accuser, who says he sexually assaulted and threatened her when she was just 16. >> if you tell anyone about this, no one wil if you tell anyone about this, no one will believe you. >> a growing number of republicans calling on mao to step aside as a new poll shows he's losing support with voters. >> new reases, new charges. newly recovered video from a penn state fraternity house allegedly shows more student involved in the death of a pledge. the victim given at least 18 drinks in 82 minutes. his grieving parents furious. >> we're making holiday plans without our son

your actions. >> a live report straight ahead. nbc news exclusive -- >> when it first happened, i thought a speaker had blown. >> jason aldean speaking out in his first interview since the las vegas shooting massacre. this morning what he has to say about a night he'll never forget. jon stewart makes a life appearance in our studio. new guidelines that means you could have high blood pressure. and cavalier -- >> he's tripping. >> the subway passenger who had no idea his fellow rider was lebron james and why he has everyone asking, can you not? "today" tuesday, november 14, 2017.

and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on a tuesday morning. lebron james was riding the subway. >> it's better than git not knowing it was lebron james but lebron james had a metro card to get on the subway yesterday afternoon. it's a great story. we'll tell you more about that. >> it's a classic new yorker, can you not? we start with a number of headlines out of washington, including new pressure on alabama republican roy moore to end his senate bid. significant new developments in the russia investigation. and an unprecedented hearing on capitol hill today on the president's nuclear authority. we have a team of correspondents covering it all and we start with gabe gutierrez on the roy moore scandal. >> reporter: poll that came out since the allegations first broke now show democrat doug jones up in this race 46-42. roy moore is sin

of his own party calling on him to step aside. in a new fund-raising e-mail he insists it's not him who should quit but, instead, republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i thought he was going to rape me. >> reporter: this morning alabama senate candidate roy moore is fighting back after a fit woman accused him of making sexual advances on her while she was a teenager. >> this is absolutely false. i never did what she said i did. >> reporter: beverly young nelson, then 16, says moore, then 30, was a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked 40 years ago. >> i was struggling. >> reporter: she claims one night moore offered her a ride home but instead parked the car and assaulted her. >> he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch. i had tears running down my face. at some point -- at some point

and he looked at me and he said, you're just a child and he said, i am the district attorney. and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. >> reporter: on capitol hill, outrage. >> i believe the women, yes. >> reporter: a growing number of top republicans now saying moore should drop out. even senator ted cruz, one of only two who hadn't pulled his endorsement is now distancing himself. >> i can't urge the people of alabama to support a campaign in the face of these charges without serious persuasive demonstration that the charges are not true. >> reporter: congressman mo brooks of alabama is sticking by moore, saying he would be a reliable vote on issues like the death penalty. >> roy

that's why i'm voting for moore. >> reporter: moore has threatened to sue "the washington post" after first publishing allegations that moore fondled a 14-year-old and three other women while he was in his 30s. his wife still by his side. >> he has never lifted a finger to me. he is the most gentle, most kind man i have ever known in my life. he's godly. >> i don't even know the woman. i don't know anything about her. >> reporter: but nelson, his latest accuser says moore signed her yearbook shortly before the assault, calling her a beautiful girl. she says the other women inspired her to come forward. >> and i no longer live in fear of him. >> reporter: moore's opponent in this race, doug jones, is keeping a low profile saying roy moore will be held accountable by the people of alabama for his action. meanwhile today on capitol hill, congresswoman jackie spear will testify at a hearing aimed at changing sexual harassment ci

corporate america. matt and savannah? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. there are new twists tied to the russian meddling investigation. we learned the president's son, donald trump jr. was secretly messaging with wikileaks during the campaign. something he's now downplaying. kristen welker has the latest on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and the other big headline this morning, attorney general jeff sessions is considering the idea of appointing a second special counsel, some involving hillary clinton and that controversial sale of a uranium company to russia. this comes after the president has repeatedly called on the doj to aggressively probe democrats and as sessions facing another grilling on capitol hill about the trump campaign's contacts with russia, adding pressure, the fact the president's eldest son is also under a bright spotlight for his communications with wikileaks.

lashing out after new revelations donald trump jr. and wikileaks communicated online. wikileaks says it works in the name of transparency but the u.s. intelligence community believes it was used by the russian government to disseminate information during the 2016 campaign. >> it shows a willingness to coordinate. it shows some actual coordination in the timing of actions by the trump campaign but also in seeking information in the wikileaks disclosures. >> reporter: overnight donald trump jr. released his exchanges with wikileaks after they were first revealed by "the atlantic" which reported those direct twitter messages were turned over congressional investigators by trump junior lawyers. most were one-sided with trump responding to only three of wikileaks messages. junior says here

charngs my whopping three responses, which one of the congressional committee members has decided to leak. wikileaks sent a message to trump junior asking who was behind an anti-trump super pac. 12 hours later trump junior responded. off the record, i don't know who it is but i'll ask around. in another time, they sent trump a link to the database. trump junior didn't respond immediately but his father tweeted 15 minutes later. very little pick up bit dishonest media of incredible information provided by wikileaks. so dishonest, rigged system. then two days later on october 14, 2016, trump junior tweeted out the link wikileaks sent him. on election day, wikileaks wrote, hi, don f your father loses we t

interesting if he does not concede and spends time challenging the media and other types of rigging that occurred. and after it was clear mr. trump had won, wikileaks wrote back, wow. trump junior didn't respond to either of those messages. the trump administration has long insisted there was no collusion with russia and no coordination with wikileaks. mike pence was asked about it in october of 2015. >> nothing could be further from the trump. >> but the e-mails meant to undermine the clinton campaign. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> reporter: still it is yet another revelation that may add to the mounting scrutiny surrounding communications between trump campaign officials and russians. cia director pompeo says wikileaks acts like a hostile service. an attorney for trump junior says, we can say with confidence we have no concerns about these

raised about them has been easily answered in the appropriate forum. the vice president's spokesperson says he first learned of that news from that published report yesterday. matt, savannah? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. there are mounting questions this morning surrounding the death of an army green beret in mali allegedly at the hands of two navy s.e.a.l.s. according to documents obtained by nbc news, one of the navy s.e.a.l.s told a witness that he choked out staff sergeant logan melgar in the predown hours of june 4th and he and another s.e.a.l. were out to get back at the victim for a perceived offense. the s.e.a.l., 38-year-old and 31-year-old adam cranston initially told investigators they were wrestling with melgar when he spotopped breathing. they were pocketing from a slush fund from informants and confronted the men. nbc news has n

report. to today's unprecedented hearing on capitol hill, focusing on the president's nuclear authority. it's a discussion that hasn't happened in washington in more than 40 years. andrea mitchell has more. >> good morning, matt. for the first time since the height. cold war, the republican-led senate is raising the question of the president's authority to launch nuclear weapons which right now is unlimited. >> reporter: wherever the president goes, this black case is not far behind. inside, the codes for america's nuclear arsenal, ready at a moment's notice. now president trump is facing heat, even from some republicans, wanting to examine his power to launch nuclear weapons. after months of questioning his judgment. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of competence that he needs to demonstrate. >> reporter: bob corker, a

one-time trump ally turning fierce critic started a hearing on something that hasn't been debated since the cold war -- the process for launching a nuclear strike. first approved in 1946 when harry truman was president, after hiroshima and nagasaki. right now if the president launches a strike, he can talk to military, but ultimately the airmen and minutemen missile silos in north dakota would have to follow the president's orders, launching within minutes. today's hearing comes as the u.s. faces a growing nuclear threat north korea. with the latest estimates predicting a missile launch by kim jong-un could reach the u.s. within 30 to 40 minutes. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. >> that stark reality has not toned down mr. trump's rhetoric. >> they will be met with fire and fury.

>> reporter: with the president lashing out at kim jong-un, alarming some former national security officials about a pre-emptive first strike. >> i worry about, frankly, access to the nuclear codes. if he decides to do something about kim jong-un, there's very little to stop him. >> reporter: those who believe trump's generals, mattis, kelly or mcmaster could overrule the president, the law says they could not. and this is an issue that congress has not addressed for decades but is suddenly front and center as tensions rise between president trump and north korea's rogue regime. lots more to get to. iran says it has ended rescue operations in areas hit by sunday's powerful earthquake. at least 430 people were killed and more than 7,000 injured in the magnitude 7.3 quake along

iran declared today a national day of mourning. an estimated 70,000 residents are homeless. iran's president is promising to rebuild in the shortest time possible. newly recovered video from inside a penn state fraternity house has led to new criminal charges in the alcohol-fueled death of pledge timothy piazza. nbc stephanie gosk is on the penn state campus for us this morning. what can you tell us? >> good morning, matt. these new charges related to the death of 19-year-old timothy piazza range from volunteer man slauter to aggravated assault to hazing. 12 former fraternity members were charged after fbi recovered video that the prosecution says was intentionally deleted back in february when police arrived on the scene. it shows, according to the d.a., shocking amounts of alcohol consumed in a very short period of time during this alleged hazing. >> we

are making holiday plans without our son tim because of your actions. >> reporter: the distraught parents of timothy piazza after the district attorney leveled 160 new charges against the fraternity brothers. the crux of the case, surveillance video from inside the fraternity's basement, previously believed to have been deleted but now recovered by the fbi. >> people had asked us before, why would somebody delete that video? if they did delete it. we said, that's what we wanted to know. now we know, because it contained criminal conduct. >> reporter: authorities allege it reveals piazza consumed at least 18 alcoholic drinks in 1 hour, 22 minutes. all drinks were given to him by a fraternity brother. >> that's murder. how could you not know that that's bad? >> reporter: prosecutors say no one called 911 until almost 12

the district attorney says the house manager intentionally deleted the video. he's charged with tampering with evidence as police closed in. >> we know exactly the time it was deleted and the police were, indeed, in the house. >> reporter: a criminal complaint filed against becker and obtained by nbc news reveals in text messages he considered erasing the video after piazza was taken to the hospital in february. erasing the camera could be the look as long as no one found out. a brother wrote becker, who responded, i think the exact same thing. in september, a judge dismissed the most serious charges against 18 former fraternity brothers but ordered 14 of them to stand trial for lesser charges. joseph ems now faces three new counts, including hazing. >> i don't think he was guilty of anything. the first time they charge this and we were successful in representing him then and i don't think he's guilty now. let's say the tape. the tape will speak for itself.

>> reporter: all of those previously charged have denied any wrongdoing. as for braxton becker, we reached out to his attorney. he did not return our request for comment. he's expected in court next month for a preliminary hearing. back to you guys. >> stephanie gosk at penn state, thank you. time for our first check of the weather. al's out on the road kick off his lend a hand tour in a big way. good morning. >> good morning, guys. we're in spring, texas. as you know, unfortunately, 82 people, at least, lost their lives, 800 homes completely destroyed. we're here to try to help folks get back on their feet as we kick off our lend a hand today. let's kick off the weather, getting your weather from us today. we're looking at a front bringing midweek rain. it crosses the midwest, light rain with northern snow. moves through tomorrow. makes its way to the east, heavier showers and thunderstorms from buffalo, clend

the appalachians. then by thursday, makes its way to the coast, dying out. snow and ice, though, in new england. we'll see some rain to the south as that system moves through. you can see heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest. sunshine today from new england all the way down to the gulf coast. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning. meteorologist chuck bell. skies are mostly cloudy to get your tuesday started.

as you're planning out the day, plan on more and more sunshine as we go into the late morning and afternoon hours. eventually temperatures to the low and mid-50s for today. another day in mid-50s tomorrow with clouds on the increase. chance for light rain early on thursday, but thursday afternoon and friday look dry. more rain likely on your saturday. >> that's your latest weather. coming up we have weather that goes literally from coast to coast. it will start in the west and eventually affect everybody in the east and everywhere in between. back to you. >> okay, al. thank you very much. coming up, new developments in the case of the three ucla basketball players detained in china for allegedly shoplifting. why president trump is getting personally involved. and then an nbc news, exclusive. jason aldean's emotional first interview since he was on stage during that las vegas massacre. first on a tuesday morning, this is "today" on nbc.

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7:26 is your time on this tuesday, 2017. good morning to you. >> a food truck driver will face involuntary manslaughter charges in loudoun county. prosecutors say tony dane was behind the wheel of this food truck that slammed into a family station wag in september. the mother died. her children and their grandmother were hurt. today voters in stafford county will argue why their proceedingsal ballot should be counted in the delegate race. if those ballots are counted, it could shift the balance of power in the virginia house of delegates. we'll post it to the app when we find out

let's get a check of your commute. >> a look at beltway and new hampshire avenue, a crash causing pain up top. inner loop as approaching the americanologic bridge, you can see a little slow. westbound 50 at the beltway, still have the crash blocking the left lane headed inbound. inbound new york avenue broken down vehicle blocking that right lane. >> thank you, melissa. we'll take a break now. your forecast is up next.

good morning, everybody. here's a check of the ten-day forecast. it's going to be on the cooler than average side here for the next couple of days. low to mid-50s today and tomorrow. a little chance for a little light rain early

back saturday and saturday night. might linger into early sunday. thanksgiving week will be cold. >> chuck, thank you. another local news update in 20 minutes.

we're back, now, 7:30 on this tuesday morning. it we're back now. the 14 the of november, 2017. we were just talking about thanksgiving, the tree, all that stuff. >> it's all happening. let's get a check of the headlines, including alabama's controversial senate race. >> i did not -- >> fighting back. >> this is absolutely false. i never did what she said i did. >> alabama republican roy moore speaks out after a fifth woman accuse him of sexual advances when she was a teenager. >> i was twisting and struggling and begging him to stop. >> as more republicans put pressure on the candidate to end his senate bid. new twist

jr. admits secretly messaging wikileaks in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election. something he downplayed only after the report first surfaced. take me home, dude. grow the [ bleep ] up. >> uber trouble. a dallas prosecutor is fired after she is recorded insulting her uber driver and accusing him of kidnapping her during a late night drive. >> everything is being recorded. i'm going to ask the district attorney so shut the [ bleep ] up. a semitruck driver crashes into an indiana home after falling asleep at the wheel. miraculously, no one was hurt. a colorado good samaritan stops a blind man from crossing the train tracks just seconds before the strain speeds by. >> you live or die and it's what you do in between. in young man did a great thing for me. tuesday, november 14, 2017. other news this morning, those three

in china remain confined to their hotel there this morning. they are getting some very high-profile case to resolve the case against them. nbc national correspondent miguelis in los angeles. >> reporter: now the team has returned home also without the three players as president trump personally gets involved in that shoplifting incident. >> ucla escapes without a win. >> as bruins won their season opener in china without the three players accused of shoplifting, the president, who was also in china, may have had basketball diplomacy on his mind. the white house confirms while in asia, president trump asked china president to make sure the case of the ucla basketball players is resolved quickly and the players are treated fairly. cody rile

liangelo hall, are accused of stealing louis sunglasses before their oversaes game. ball, optimistic, hoping the press could help his brother and the two other freshman who remain confined to their chinese hotel. >> i talked to my dad and little brother. seemed like everything was going fine. i assume everything is cool out there. >> reporter: the ball boys with younger brother lemelo, still in high school. their dad promoting the ball basketball dynasty and their brand, lavar. >> i'm going to be, you know what, my mission is done. >> reporter: in china where shoplifting is a serious offense and considered culturally dishonorable, the theft is

those with knowledge on chinese legal matters say it's typical for them to keep foreigners a week or two after accusations like this. >> they'll be fine. everyone maybe,ing a big deal. >> reporter: with lavar ball in china promoting family merchandise, the three players also remain in asia. at the center of an embarrassing international incident. when asked if the players would be released soon, aboard air force one, president trump said he hopes so. they could face long sentences. they say it's also typical for foreigners to pay a fine and apologize for the incident before being free to travel home. >> what an ordeal. thank you. right now it's time to turn to al roker, who's down in texas. how's it going? >> it's great. a little on the cool side but we're watching a system coming into the pacific northwest right now. it is going to march acr

country. so, you'll have to be concerned about it wherever you are. today the strong surge of pacific moisture brings heavy snow for the sierra, heavy rain and winds along the coast. then it continues by thursday on into friday into the midsection of the country, bringing more showers and some thunderstorms, some snow up through the great lakes and then as it makes its way continuing across the coast into saturday, we're looking at wet weather from cleveland, boston, all the way down into cincinnati with gusty winds and locally heavy rain. so, we're going to be watching this thing all week long. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we have a lot of cloud cover around the area right now. temperature, 43 degrees in the district. we don't have any rain, though, so that's the good news. we're not expecting the rain today. we'll stay dry. we'll see a mix of clouds and sun through the afternoon. its 36 in gaithersburg. 37 in

for this afternoon, 54 degrees. we'll see just about partly cloudy skies today and tomorrow increasing clouds. don't forget, get that weather any time you need it. check out our friends at the weather channel on cable. guys, back to you. >> al, thanks so much. coming up, there's a lot more ahead, including our exclusive interview with country star jason aldean. his first since the las vegas shooting. dr. oz is here to tell us about the new blood pressure guidelines that could mean yours is too high right now. and jon stewart makes a rare stop in studio 1a. we'll have fun with him. and joining the great holiday debate with christmas 45 days away. is it too soon to put up your tree? >> you have to ask?

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welcome back. it's been six weeks since the deadliest mass shooting in welcome back. a gunman open fire on a crowd in las vegas, killing 58 and injuring hundreds more. >> jason aldean was performing at the time and now he is speaking out in an exclusive interview since that tragic night. you got a chance to sit down with him and other big names in country music over the weekend. >> jason aldean says while he and the entire country music community are doing their best to move forward, it's something that will always stay with him a and. >> we wear ear monitors on stage and all you can hear is the music and

talk to you. when it first happened, i thought a speaker had blown. i thought they got it fixed and so i kept doing my thing. then it lasted longer the second time. my monitor guy on the side of the stage was kind of like, what is that and fix it. so, when i turned to look, my guitar player had run behind me and telling me to go. my security guy was running on stage, telling me to run. >> reporter: aldean and everyone with him managed to escape unharmed but gunman stephen paddock continued to fire from his las vegas hotel room, ultimately killing 58 and injuring more than 500 before taking his own li

everybody was scrambling. you just didn't know what was going on. it was panic, is probably the best way i could describe it. i think everybody just panicked and didn't really know where to go or what to do. we're not in that situation. i mean, i've never been in that situation before, you know. and obviously nobody else out there had either. so, it was just kind of crazy, pandemonium. >> reporter: lady antebellum's charles kelly reached out right away. >> we're texting aldean, he's texting us back saying it was the scariest moment. i hope you never have to go through it. i never told him i loved him ever before. it was like the first thing, i love you so much, buddy, so glad you're safe. >> reporter: aldean says the week following the shooting was incredibly difficult. >> we also didn't have a lot of time to process it because we went straight from that doing -- we flew back home, you know, wanted to see my daughters and my family. >> reporter: after spending time with his family and appearing on "saturday night live," ail teen returned to las vegas to visit his

dierks bentley went, too. >> i felt i needed to be there. all of us have such a connection to vegas and jason. >> reporter: they all say they share a commitment to showing up for their fans. >> being back on stage probably helped us more than anything. >> reporter: do you think about that when you're on the stage or do you just say, you have to move forward? >> we're in that situation on a weekly basis. you visualize yourself in that set of circumstances, but we're not going to live in fear. >> reporter: there was a post after vegas, you said at the end of the day we're not democrats or republicans, whites or blacks, men or women, we are human and all american. >> i feel like at the end of the day, there's so much focus on, you know, politics and race and all these other things that just, you know, at the end of the day, we're all in this together. we spend so much time arguing and not working on the issue, that's the problem. >> reporter: aldean and his country music comrades homestanding together will inspire others to do the same. >> no one can take away the fact that music is such an escap

>> reporter: anything else that you want to get out there to your fans? >> just want everyone to know for me, you know, this is something that, obviously, we're all going to try and move on. i have to do that as well. it's something that i'll never forget. i just hope everybody can start to heal and some of the stuff you never get over, but i hope it gets better for everybody as time goes on. >> the country rising concert raised more than $4 million for the shooting victims and hurricane relief efforts. and he used the word healing, that's the way it felt. it was packed, it was fun. but you could tell it was therapeutic for the artists and fans as well. >> beautiful. thank you. >> thanks. we're going to check over in carson's area, see what he's working on in the orange room. hey, carson. >> good morning. it's not that often that a subway ride makes news but it does when lebron james is on that train and the guy sitting next to him has no idea. we'll have that story right after this. pro golfer. to me he's, well, dad.

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7:49. carson is in the orange room with a reason they're saying, can you not? >> cleveland cavaliers were in new york on monday to take on the new york knicks. after the cavs finished the shoot-around at madison square garden they decided to avoid new york traffic and get the true experience by taking the subway back to their hotel. lebron james documenting their journey on social media. not all those in new york were thrilled to see them. take a look. >> i don't know this deal. he tripping. >> cue not? >> after shoving the camera away and saying, can you not, that passenger moved away from lebron but couldn't escape becoming the talk of social media. aaron tweeting, the guy saying can you to lebron on a subway is the most new york thing i've ever seen. turns out the commuter is a

and he shared a response of his own. >> no idea who lebron james is because i don't watch football. >> basketball. >> oh, it's basketball? okay. i don't watch -- i don't watch basketball either. and, lebron, i just want you to know, i'm coming for you, okay? >> that first joke was good, right? lebron beat both new york city traffic and the knicks by three. a fun story, guys. back to you. >> yeah they came back from 23 points down. that hurt a little bit. you know you don't ride the subway often if you videotape your entire experience. >> that's a dead giveaway. coming up, jon stewart making a rare visit to -- jon, we're on. smile. >> al lends a hand to a texas community rebuilding after a devastatinghu

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7:56 is your time now on this tuesday, november 14, 2017. good morning to you. right now we want to check on your commute with melissa and your first 4 traffic. >> inner loop of the beltway at american legion bridge blocking the left side of the roadway. we're slow getting onto g.w. parkway also. we are slow southbound 270 after clarksburg and richie march borrow, crash blocking the right lane. we'll check your forecast next.

good tuesday morning. we're waking up to this layer of clouds still in the area but by the afternoon, mix of sun and clouds. 45 degrees right now, but through the afternoon we should get into the mid to low 50s. quantico, 41. tomorrow another dry day. then the rain moves in very late tomorrow into thursday morning. we're colder on friday and into the weekend we have rain and colder temperatures. >> thank you. another local news update in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show.

♪ it's 8:00 on it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, under pressure, for the first time, experts change the guidelines for blood pressure. dr. oz joins us live with what you need to know. plus, she's back. jon stewart makes a rare visit to studio 1a to talk about his nights as too many stars benefit for autism and we'll get a look at headlines rocking the comedy world. lend a hand today. this morning al is on the road looking at those hit hardest by this year's hurricanes. you'll never believe his texas-sized surprise for a deserving community "today," tuesday, november 14th, 2017.

these guys came a long way to get here today. all the way from -- >> australia! >> celebrating our tenth anniversary on the "today" show! >> we have five sisters here celebrating. >> "today's" birthday! >> we have something big to celebrate. >> i got engaged! >> and i came to see the ring. >> she's celebrating her first birthday. happy birthday. >> love those babies. >> they find each other out there. good morning become. nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. >> busy. >> yeah, a lot of news to get to. let's get right to it. there is new pressure on roy moore to

gabe gutierrez is following the story in montgomery for us. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. roy moore is as defiant as ever this morning saying the allegations, the latest ones, are completely false and he doesn't even know the woman. now, beverly young nelson, then 16, says that moore was a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked some 40 years ago. she claims that one night he took her in his car parked behind a business and assaulted her. >> at some point he gave up. and he looked at me and he told me, he said you're just a child and he said, i am the district attorn attorney, and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. >> now, moore is denying that latest allegation as well as those reported last week in "the washington post" involving sexual miscondu

allegedly pursued three other girls who were teenagers while he was in his 30s. now, there are growing calls on capitol hill for moore to drop out of this race. instead, in a fund-raising e-mail, he says its not he who should quit but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> thank you. breaking news in tampa, florida, this morning. police are investigating a deadly shooting in the very same neighborhood where three other unsolved murders took place in a ten-day span just last month. the body of an adult male was found in a street in seminole heights. three other people all walking alone at night were shot and killed there in october. the killer has not been caught. last month police released a video of a person of interest who was recorded running from the scene of the first murder. those deaths happened within a mile of one another. this morning this are new guidelines to tell you about for what's considered to be high blood pressure. dr.

dr. oz show" and joins us now. good morning. the numbers have changed. yesterday i may not have had high blood pressure, today i do? >> like a lot of americans. i was taught, several generations of medical students that 140 over 90 meant you had high blood pressure. which is what we told our patients. so, the biggest medical societies representing heart disease, acc and american heart association got together with their experts, looked at 900 papers and said the new guideline is 130 over 80. that now means high blood pressure. you go from 140 over 90 to the new number, 130 over 80 because there's a big observation. the chance of you having a heart attack or stroke, the main reasons we die in america, are double at 130 over 80 as compared to the optimal blood pressure which is under 120 over 80. >> that's startling and yet -- are you encouraging people who wake up now having high blood pressure this morning to run off and start taking medications with their doctor? >> no. both--

this very firmly as well. that's not the game plan here. the game plan is realize that lifestyle changes are the primary way to go. what you eat, how much salt you intake, exercise, all those factors, stress, it all matters. this is critical to understand. half of americans now, roughly, will fit into the high blood pressure category. that's an issue because the number one reason we die other than cigarette smoking is high blood pressure. let's focus on the problem, especially younger people. >> why younger people? you said they would be affected the most. >> because younger people will become younger people, they start with blood pressure that's borderline, becomes high blood pressure and the benefits of getting ahead of this as young people are astronomical. the plaque and damage to the arteries starts at a young age. these are huge changes. big shifts in how we think about high blood pressure. big opportunities if we pay attention to blood pressure shifts. many americans with do it right now in their home. that's when you win the battle for health. >> when you say young people, you mean mid-40s, right? >> younger than us. >> i get to be a young person in

this conversation. thank you, dr. oz. you can catch a lot more of him on the dr. oz show weekdays. check your local listings. how about a morning boost? >> a little girl from louisiana is on a mission. 7-year-old ross lynn baldwin wanted to travel around the country and her goal is to hug police officers in every single state. yesterday she was in houston. so far she's crossed 25 states off, has 25 to go. you know what she said, it's just her way to say thank you to police officers and she also said god sent her on this mission of love. houston's chief police said, i think it all recharges our batteries. she is just what the doctor ordered, that little one. >> love it. >> good for her. coming up, it's a busy tuesday morning. jon stewart's here talking about using comedy to change lives. jimmy fallon will return to "the tonight show." let's see what's coming up on "megyn kelly today".

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[ cheers and we are back, 8:10. a look at the biggest night for comedy and charity. a night of too many stars airs saturday night on hbo. >> got really big names like adam sandler, chris rock, part of next for autism charity. to date raised more than 4

services and programs. jon stewart hosting the event again this year. along with his wife, michelle. congratulations. you are amazing. you really are. >> you started your own applause. yea, me. >> you started this years ago. have you a son living with autism. how is daniel doing? >> daniel is now almost 20. when we first had him diagnosed he was 1 years old. he was one of those that had autism that seemed like everything was on track and then had a regression. you hear that story often. >> what's interesting about this charity is not necessarily for research, it's about services and helping people live better lives. >> so, it's all about a lot of different programs do scientific research or advocacy. for us, we really wanted to deal with the people who have autism today. even robert and i, you had some connection and some resources, couldn't find our s

an appropriate education for our son. and we didn't want that to happen anymore, so we kind of indoctrinated our friends. >> what's so great about robert and michelle. they have daniel and there are no real schools in the city so they start, you know to advocate for your own child is, i think, every parent sorted of has that feeling to advocate for your own child. the walls they had to break through, even with the connections they had, even with the finance they had, but for them to say, we're going to advocate for other children and to spread that out is what i think is so incredibly special about what they did. everything that they do, you know, a lot of stuff doesn't necessarily help daniel. the school they started wasn't really appropriate for him, so they went and worked on other services and other interventions. >> is this a tricky audience for you? you're one of the best political commentators and comedians out there, but the people who might want to

this are liberal and conservative and they go both ends of the spectrum. do you have to take your material more down the middle for something like this? >> i think the way the night has always gone is not so much political -- the idea is to kind of play with the auspices of a charity so there's auctions but they're funny. you know, chris rock will come out and break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend for you over the phone. >> that's priceless. >> that's priceless. so, we try to -- it's not really a stand-up show, per se. there will be some stand-ups on, but as far as my job there, it's not to irritate people. >> more of a game show host than a -- >> thank you. >> -- than a stand-up -- >> we got game show host chairs. that's what we're all -- >> exactly. >> there you go. >> i'm sure there's a pictionary set over here. >> the conversation about autism is about little kids and finding t r

son is a young man. there should be focus on that, an adult living with it. >> there needs to be a lot of focus. within the next ten years people are estimating 500,000 individuals with autism will become adults. and so many of those will be living with their families with no services. honestly, when education stops for them, usually age 21 or 22, the services stop but they continue to live. they have full lives. and it's very important that individuals with autism are considered to -- are able to live fulfilling lives. >> there's daniel's situation, there's -- everybody thinks of it like, oh, the good doctor, you just have to find a way to get an individual with autism into the right field where they have savant abilities. 30% are in a very different category that might need a more intensive interven

may need services that are more intensive. it's a lot. >> someone like daniel is very severe. he has no language, a lot of self-abusive behavior. but with the right services we've been able to find him, he's achieved quite a bit. what i think is really important, that everyone deserves a fulfilling life and be able to work and be able to be a part of the community and not isolated. >> michelle is going to hate me. they showed me a video -- you do, you think of a triumph as a recital, something like that that kids are judged by as they go. they showed me a video of daniel completing a race. just completing a race. and the look on his face when it was over, the smile that he gave was -- it was a majestic moment. >> i need to while you're here ask you to comment on something quickly. >> yes, yes. >> good friend and colleague, louis c.k. has been accused of and admitted to some lewd

involving women. what was the impact on you when you heard not only the accusations but his admission? >> stunned. i think. you know, you give your friends the benefit of the doubt. i try to think of it in terms of, you know, i've had friends who have compulsions and done things, gambling, drinking or drugs, and we've lost some of them, some of them have died. you always find yourself back to a moment of, did i miss something? could i have done more? and in this situation, i think we all could have. so, you feel anger at what he did to people. look, comedy on its best day is not a great environment for women. i think it's gotten better over the years. certainly when we started 30 years ago it was really difficult. so, to do it was an act of bravery in and of itself. the idea that there was this

added layer of pressure and manipulation and fear and humiliation that -- and not -- you know, look, i don't want to make this like, lewieu louis wa the only one in the business. it's endemic. i imagine you walk through 30 rock. it's a question of, we're used to being in charge. i think if you talk to women, they're in a very difficult position. and you get mad at yourself, too, for laughing it off or for thinking, that didn't happen. and it's hard. >> that was my question, i mean, because some women in the industry have said, oh, this is an open secret. >> right. >> but in this case, you said you were stunned. >> i was stunned, yeah. >> you hadn't heard that? >> no. i heard a -- so, a year ago i was doing a podcast with david axelrod and a man in the audience asked me about it, but in the context of that -- i hadn't heard at that point of any of it. so,

what do you think about this allegations against louis c.k.? my first response was, what? and then, joke, joke, and as he kept going i was like, look, i know this is very serious, but i know louis, he's always been a gentleman, you know, to me, which, again, it speaks to the blindness that i think a man has, which is like, hey, he's a good guy. what are you talking about? digging around in it and finding that some people had done, it was hard but we were all assured, like, no, but we took somebody's word for it. and maybe that's -- that's an error on our part. you know, with drugs, we've tried interventions. maybe that's something that -- i just don't -- >> have you talked to louis c.k.? >> no, i haven't. >> it's a reckoning in our culture and -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- appreciate your time and thoughtfulness about it. >> no, listen, it's one of those things, it's another one of

those endemic, systematic complex problems that, you know, we all haven't had the urgency for. certainly myself included. i hope it changes. >> leave it at that. guys, good luck this weekend for a great cause. michelle, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> it's good. >> saturday night on hbo. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. back to al in texas for a check of the weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by "wonder" in theaters this friday and catch a special look tonight during "the voice." >> good morning, everybody. thanks for being here. we are in spring, texas, right now. at the trinity cline lutheran church. i have to tell you, this area was just devastated by harvey. you all went through a lot. well, we are here to lend a hand.

trinity lutheran -- trinity cline lutheran church. we're about to do that in a little bit, helping all you folks. we have great folks here to help you out. first, let's help you out with your weather and show you what's going on for today. houston really was devastated by this storm. 1991 every 100 years you would get a storm like this, according to m.i.t. guess what, with climate change coming, now today once every 16 years you've got a chance of getting flooding like this. and as we go forward to 2090, it could be once every 5 1/2 years you could have a harvey-like event. this is not going to be one of these rare things. it's going to be more and more prevalent as we go on. as you look at your weather for today, we are looking at more strong storms and we're going to be looking at some wet weather. as you make your wa

a foggy start in the midsection of the country, heavy rain down in southern florida. plenty of sunshine from the northeast down into the gulf coast. record highs in central and northern texas. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, everybody. still off to a bit of a cloudy sky here in washington this morning. on the chilly side as well. mostly in the 40s now. low to mid-40s across the area. it will turn into a sunnier afternoon today. temperatures climbing up into the low and perhaps even into the mid-50s ever so briefly. for tomorrow, another dry day with temperatures in the mid-50s. warmer on thursday after a few showers early thursday morning. rain on saturday and colder weather coming our way next week. >> that's your latest weather, guys. coming up in want next half hour, we are going to help the folks here in spring, texas, by lending a hand. we'll see you then. >> all right, al. great job. let's talk about what's trending to

>> oh, we missed you. >> hi, guys. >> trending on twitter, by the way, lebron, add pickle to anything. carson will talk about that. november 14th, right? >> yes. >> christmas is still a long way away. we have the tree there. we're going to light that thing on november 29th, however social media, have you been checking it? it's lighting up. users are sharing photos of their already decorated -- people taking pride in their beautiful trees and decorations galore. you know what a lot of people say? ba ham bug. it's too soon. how early is too early to put up your christmas decorations? >> it's like saying somebody is too nice. do you want to blame them for getting into the spirit too early? i think after thanksgiving, game on. >> it's the 14th of november. >> it's a little early but what are you going to do? >>

christmas movies. >> it takes ever to put it up and take it down so keep it up for a couple of months. >> by the way, sirius, you took my love channel and turned it into the holly? >> you listen to the love channel? >> yes. the love songs. it's got all -- oh, marvin gaye. it's fantastic. >> that was the headline for me. >> real or artificial, i'm talking tree here still? >> we go real. >> real. >> real. >> real in new york, yeah. >> what about you? >> all real. >> i know. >> growing up we did the boy scouts, we do real trees and then a period we went for the fake ones. they look so great but the fire hazard worried us. >> you buy a tree on the street, they have shopping carts, they say, you buy, it take it and bring it back. that's the new york way of buying a tree. >> that's trending. pop start now. >> we're going to start with our friend jimmy fallon, late night host returns monday since h

mother gloria passed away. he shared an emotional message with fans. have a look. >> i'm very appreciative of all the support from all of you that my family received over the past week. we're going to continue to work really hard to bring some light and some laughter into the world. thank you for watching. thank you for helping me and my family recover from this loss. momma, i'll never stop trying to make you laugh. i love you. >> his mom gloria and my mom were close buddies. they met on the david letterman show about 15 years ago. they remained good friends. i want to send deepest wishes to jimmy's family from mine. we'll move on to "people's" sexiest man alive. who will get the title? they are giving us an exclusive sneak peek inside. we know who is the sexiest cat. any guess? drum roll? >> cat? >> cat? >> we have justin hartley and sterling

if you haven't seen the boys there, if you haven't seen it you can watch it tonight, 9:00/8:00 central right after "the voice." by this time tomorrow we'll know who is the sexest man alive. >> any guesses? >> we want it to be blake shelton. >> any guesses? >> i don't have a guess. i'm sorry. >> matt? >> i'm going with you and adam and all the other people. >> tune in tomorrow for the answer. that's your "pop start" today. suzanne somers opening up about her controversial exit from "three's company," and the love of her life and does she still use the thigh master? al's first stop of his groundbreaking tour. first on a tuesday morning, your local news and check of your local forecast as well.

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cloudy and chilly outside here this morning. temperatures now in the mid-40s across most of the area. we will see sunshine back here in the next couple of hours. turn into a fairly sunny afternoon today. high temperature up near 54 today and 55 tomorrow.

rain is early thursday. dry and breezy and cooler for friday. kind of rainy on your saturday. >> chuck, thank you. another update in about 25 minutes. now back to "today."

♪ we're back now, 8:30 on a tuesday morning. it's the 14th day of november, 2017. we have a beautiful crowd out on the plaza this morning. by the way, we are counting down to a big concert with tim mcgraw and faith hill this friday. music's most popular couple taking over the plaza for a live performance. please, if you're in the area, do not miss that one. it will a

>> i cannot wait for that concert tomorrow. our crowd is wild. our crowd is out of control. and we've got a couple of people back here. where is susie and claire? susie and claire got up early. they got dressed, got their hats on and came out. but one other member of your family, your sister -- >> abby. >> abby's asleep. do you have any message for abby who's cozied up under the covers? >> should have come. >> should have come. it always makes sense to get up for the "today" show because you might miss your moment. thanks for coming to see us. abby, abby. >> you snooze, you lose. coming up, jenna is going one-on-one with the legendary suzanne somers, the lessons about life and love she's learned during her remarkable career. >> i heard thigh master. >> big fan, aren't you? >> yes. dylan got a really cool assignment. yeah, she's throwing it back to the '50s this morning. giving you

floats for the thanksgiving day parade. >> identical twins separated at birth will meet in person for the first time on our show today. it's an incredible story. then that penn state hazing case, the deleted videotape, the d.a. will be here to explain what was on that tape. elizabeth smart, you think you know her story. there's a new movie out documenting with her talking about it herself. this is the story of empowerment. she said she did not have stockholm syndrome. she was in control, smart, calculating and she worked those kidnappers just as much as they worked her and she lived. so, she's here with a full recount on what happened. >> she's done a lot of advocacy, too. >> you're going to fit all that into one hour? really? >> i can't wait for the twins. i've been waiting for weeks for this. >> did you say big reveal? al's got a big reveal coming up in spring, texas. before we get to the surprise, how about a quick check of the weather, mr. roker.

let's do that for you. these folks are waiting to see what we're going to do. let's show you what's happening in your weather for today. heavy rain in the pacific northwest. sunshine from the southwest into southern california. heavy rain down in southern florida. plenty of sunshine, new england down to the gulf coast. for tomorrow, we expect to see more of that same kind of wet weather down through the south. we're also looking at heavier rain back through the pacific northwest, mountain snow, above average temperatures in the southwest, into the mid-mississippi river valley. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we still have the clouds locked in, temperatures in the mid-40s now around washington. but there you see the clouds. no rain with it as we take a look at satellite and radar. we will be staying dry today. 37 in gaithersburg. 40 in fret ricks burg, so temperature there rising. 41 in clinton. today around the mid to low 50s for the high. a cold start but partly cloudy as we go through the afternoon. tomorrow we're dry and then lte

morning. the weekend rainy and then blustery on sunday. and that is your latest weather. it is now time for us to do what we were meant to do here today. that is, lend a hand today. this week we're focusing all week long on the community that were affected by the hurricanes this year. as you know the saying goes, everything's bigger in texas. well, we are kicking it off for a huge surprise with the folks and family of trinity cline lutheran church because they showed us exactly just how big hearts in texas are. >> reporter: it was the largest hurricane to hit the united states in over a decade. killing more than 80 people. displacing tens of thousands more. and racking up nearly $200 billion in damages.

but amid disaster, a glimmer of hope. in sprirngs texas, as hurricane harvey was reeking havoc, pastor chris springer jumped into action and opened his church's door, making trinity lutheran a safe haven for those with no home. including its own pastor. >> that was very painful. you just see all your stuff and you're realizing how much you've lost. that's not much we could do about our own home, so the next logical thing for us is, well, let's make sure we help people. >> reporter: the community in northern houston answered the call. >> by the end of that first day, we had approximately 75 voss already working and serving. >> reporter: that number growing to over 400. >> we had neighbors right across the street come over and say, how can we help? >> reporter: today the floodwaters have receded, the volunteers still coming. >> money can only go so far.

skills and this is just the right time to come down here and help out. >> reporter: trinity has pledged to help rebuild 50 homes in the houston area. >> i'm not positive of what all i've lost, but i've certainly gained a lot of friends. i've certainly gained a lot of fellowship with my church. >> reporter: fellowship and a spirit of community. neighbors helping neighbors return home again however long it takes. >> we're not at that point where we're able to say, we can't help anymore. so, every opportunity we get to be able to be empowered to help other people, we've chosen at this moment to say, we're going to continue doing that. >> joining me now is pastor kris singer of the trinity cline lutheran church. thank you. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for doing god's work down here. when did you realize you were going to have to open the doors and try to help people? >> it was monday te

we knew we had to get some help out. we gathered a team and got on social media, started realizing the impact that was happening in our community and we just knew we had to do something. >> you know, we are so impressed by what you're trying to do, build all these homes for these folks. i have someone i would like you to meet. this is belfour restoration, one of the biggest builders in the world. >> pastor, we are so impressed with what you've done after this storm hit and the tragedy that took place and how you went out and with your own issues and the church's issues, went out and helped those in the community, we're so impressed with the stories of heroism that we've heard, that we have decided here at belfore to present you with $100,000 donation. >> wow! >> whoa! >> thank you. thank you very much.

>> thank you. thank you. >> whoa know you have ongoing issues and hopefully we can be there to help in some capacity as we go forward. >> you helped a lot of people. thank you. >> thank you so very much. i know you'll be helping us the rest of this week, too. we really appreciate it. thank you and all the folks -- come over this way with me. how many people do you feed a week? >> we're about 1200 people a week that we feed right now. >> 1200 people. well, guess what, from the fine folks at orphan grain train, we have for you 35,000 pounds worth of food and goods. >> that's fantastic. >> for all your folks. >> that's great. thank you. >> and come on over this way. >> that's going to be great. >> thank you to orphan grain for all your families, for each family you've got here, for each of

$2,000 lowe's gift card. so, that's going to help. but, we don't -- hold on. just a s.e.c. we don't want you to spend that just yet because -- well, first i'm going to show you. i need a little help from you. could you all say, move that truck! >> move that truck! >> all right, let's move that lowe's truck because, guess what, we set up a pop-up store from lowe's. everybody come on in. come on in. we've got the fine folks from lowe's here. and they have set up a pop-up store. i just love talking into this thing. they set up a pop-up store and will allow you to pick one of everything in here. come on in! we've got all sorts of stuff in here for you. we've got garden supplies, we've got holiday stuff, we've got all sorts of appliances, painting, tools, you are goingh

come on in. that's right. and we've got our fix-it guys over here helping. everybody, come on in. this is really -- where's chris? pastor chris, come on in. we have -- yes, ma'am, that's right, that's here for you. that's it. we've got paint. appliances. >> i can't hear you. >> we'll have are somebody help you carry it. it will be okay. what do you think? >> this is fantastic. thank you so much. so many people need these things to get back on their feet and you have provided that for them. thank you so much. >> to everybody at trinity cline, god bless. thank you so much. this is just the beginning of lend a hand. we're going on tomorrow to san juan. we have a lot to go and we are really so proud of what you guys have done. >> thank you. >> back to you guys. >> way to go, al roker. >> nice job. >> by the way, al, thank you so much for

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says gets better every day. >> every day i wake up, things are so beautiful. when you have someone lying next to you, you wake up and he says, you're so beautiful. okay, that's nice. >> reporter: suzanne somers is talking about alan hamel, her partner for the last 50 years and husband for the last 40. at 81 years old, he's also still her business manager. you decided to form a partnership, a business as well as a love partnership. >> right, right. >> reporter: was that ever hard? >> never. never. you know, when you're married to your partner in everything, is like a figure eight. it never begins, it never ends. he had a huge television career in canada. he had a late night talk show and a daily afternoon talk show and he gave it up when my career took off. >> reporter: "three's company" was a high, of course n your life, but then it was a low. >> the highest demographics of any woman on television at that time.

10 to 15 times more than me on much lesser series. it wasn't so much feminism really, jenna. it was, i think you should be paid in life commensurate with the amount of tickets you sell, whatever your business is. >> reporter: suzanne says she vividly remembers the day alan came home after he asked "three's company" executives to upgrade her paycheck. >> he said, you're out. i loved being chrissy snow. i loved being on that show. really. it was just an emotional low. he took me by the shoulders and he looked at me and said, we're going to make this work for us. >> reporter: together they moved on to multiple stints in vegas, a 17-year run on the home shopping network and, of course, the thigh master. >> every single time you squeeze thigh master, you strengthen and ton right where you need it. >> reporter: do you still use the thigh master? >> if people want to know. >> yeah, i -- i -- i showed my eg

so that people would know, i have consistently used it and i don't have any jiggle or anything. it's like my legs should be falling apart at this point and they're not. >> reporter: they spend a lot of time here at their home in palm springs, a private oasis where they unwind with family and do, well, private things. >> i'm crazy about my wife, really. i'm honest about this. it gets better every day. there's something about it and it goes well beyond the whole physical thing you'll read about in the book. >> reporter: yes, that's right, suzanne spares few details up. write a lot about your love, which includes sex. i have to say, i blushed a little bit. >> there is a lot of sex. >> reporter: there's a lot. >> i told my kids, there's a lot of sex in this book, don't read it. which means they're going to read it and the grand kids -- >> reporter: and they're going to blush like i did. suzanne grew up with little money and even less confidence. she had her son, bruce, when she was just 18 years d,

her family with alan's posed its challenges but they both say it was getting through those tough times together that strengthened their bond. when was the last time you spent a night apart? >> 37 years ago. >> reporter: 37 years ago. >> kind of addicted. but how great. not what everybody wants, sure what i dreamed of when i was a little girl, i wanted something like this. >> reporter: and now you have it. >> i have it. i never wanted it to go away. >> wow. >> i know. i learned so much. >> i bet you did. >> i really did. >> you did blush, by the way, a little bit. you know, we need somebody to help you learn to say the word sex. >> yeah, really. >> we really do. >> oh! >> surprise! >> oh, my gosh! >> hi. >> how are you? you came to teach me. >> i don't need to teach you anything. >> i'm blushing now. >> hi. >> how are you? great to see you. >> hi, suzanne. howe

>> thank you. >> can you believe it? i said, i left with all this knowledge i didn't even know i needed. >> can we go back. you haven't been apart from alan in 37 -- >> i don't know. it's just one of those chemistry, lucky things. it's wonderful. i love him. >> and you can tell by the way -- when i spent time with them i left with this feeling of optimism about love. >> i love her. you know, i meet her and it was in a minute, i feel like i've known you my whole life. >> that's so sweet. >> like she's from small town, usa. >> by the way, you're sticking around. you're going to be on the next hour. >> yes, you'll get sick of me. more sex to come. >> on this book called "two's company," go to today.com and pick that up. >> and get a thigh master while you're at it. >> i'm taking that home. >> up next,

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for coffee that's a cup above? i brought you nespresso. nespresso. what else? there's the beautiful tree and thanksgiving is next week. we get you ready with a look at the floats you'll see in the 91st annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> dylan is at the parade studio. this is the time of year we always say, just take it away. >> reporter: well, guys, i got a little xoo excited when i found out i was going to be on the big shop float, one of the new floats we'll see next week at the macy's thanksgiving day parade. the vice president of design studio of macy's. tell us about it

for the holiday. be it ties or muffins or cakes or those mini muffins or cookies. we have it all. >> reporter: it was easier to dress up for this float than the jolly green giant for the next float. >> he's a big guy with a big cast because he is bringing in the bountiful harvest this fall as we see that float towering over with all the corn and beans and squash and all the vegetables we need for thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: what's this one? >> nickelodeon has brought us a whole new world and you're in perfect fashion for shimmer and shine, the genies who take us on a magical adventure throughout all of this land. it's so much fun. >> reporter: we have one float that's designed as a playground. >> well, it's free to have fun, free to grow with our friends from sprout. the entire float, as you said, is a playground. it has jungle gyms and slides and bouncy balls so the kids can

growing mentally and the whole time having fun. >> reporter: let's add some mischief now. >> the folks from sour patch have sent in a few of their sour patch kids, who are all about a little bit of naughty and a little bit of nice. so, they're getting naughty trying to shoot a pin at our balloon coming down the parade route, but we have a surprise! >> reporter: i wasn't expecting that. we are so excited. you do a wonderful job every year. we can't wait to see what's in store for us next thursday, guys. can you believe it? >> i know. >> wow, he is pumped up. >> yeah. >> this is going to be great. you can catch the parade next thursday at 9:00 a.m. right here after "today." matt, savannah, al will be right there. we're back in a moment. first this is "today" is on nbc. . first, this is "today" on nbc.

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lend a hand surprise at trinity lutheran church in spring, texas. what else do you have? >> we have -- a big thank you to lowe's who put up this shot overnight. our fine friends at belforu for making this huge donation. of course, chris, thank you trinity cline lutheran, orphan grain train as well. thanks so much. we'll see you tomorrow from puerto rico. >> great trip. all right, al, thank you. "megyn kelly today" is next. 8:56 is your time now on this tuesday, november 14, 2017. good morning to you. we want to check on your commute right now with melissa and your first 4 traffic. how is it looking? >> southbound b.w. parkway after new york on 295, broken down vehicle blocking the left lane. taking a look at 270, we're still really slow here northbound. look at

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good morning. most of the area in about the mid-40s. gaithersburg still sitting at 39. we do stay dry tomorrow as well, later tomorrow night showers move in lasting through thursday morning. cold y breezy friday morning. into the weekend we have rain followed by colder, windy conditions. >> thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. have a great day.

this morning on "megyn kelly today," separated at birth. identical twins who didn't know the other one existed. they'll meet face-to-face for the very first time right here in our studio. then, elizabeth smart. you know the name and think you know the story, until now. she tells all in our own words. >> just because i physically stopped resisting, didn't mean that i hated it any less. and comedy icon suzanne somers reveals all on getting famous, getting fired and saying sexy and strong. p.s., it may involve bubble wrap. all that and/ more on "megyn kelly today," right