good morning, breaking overnight, charles monson, is dead at 83. >> i haven't done anything i'm ashamed of. >> unrepent ant and defiant until the end. reaction pouring in. will his beth bring closure to the families of his victims. >> today exclusive, leigh corfman, the first to accuse roy moore of sexual abuse when she was just 14 speaks out in her first television interview. the white house weighing in on the controversy saying the president is very concerned. submarine mystery, the search

submari submarine becomes a global operation. the u.s. navy joining the operation. and david cassidy with a plea to change his life. and the georgia dome minutes away from being imploded. we'll take you there live. and pink and kelly clarkson bring down the house at the american music awards. today, monday, november 20th, 2017. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller center. >> nice to have you with us. >> and we have a guest that is the first person to come forward with allegations against candidate roy moore. eight other women came forward after her. we'll talk to her in her first television interview. >> that is in the next half

but we begin on this monday morning with breaking news overnight. charles manson is dead at the age of 83. the subject of repull shun, devotion and endless fascination. gaudy swartz has the latest on his infamous life. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. over the past week rumors were swirling that he was close to death and last night word that he died of natural causes under guard at a california hospital closing a chapter in the murderous cult. the man known for murder never ashamed of as many brutal acts of violence. >> there is no need to feel guilty. i've done nothing i'm ashared of. >> this morning dying at age of 83. his health began deteriorating in january and then he was serious ill and rushed to the hospital. his legacy soared in life and now death. >> i've kicked this

kick you to death with it and i wouldn't feel a thing. it would be just like walking to the drug store. >> reporter: the swaus sticka on the his forehead unforgettable. >> maybe i should have killed four or 500 people. >> he started committed armed robbery at age 13. and he said most of his early years were spent behind bars. >> i was raised up in here. >> in 1967 he begged to be kept in prison. >> i can't handle the maniacs outside. let me back in. >> he was let out and mastermind b crimes leading to the trial of the century. >> it is all a play. >> reporter: the mayhem known as helter skelter began in a ranch outside of los angeles. manson brainwashing members of his cult and preaching about a race war and in 1969 a hollywood murder spree. members of his cult raiding the home of roman polanski and sharon tate. polanski was away but

months pregnant was stabbed to death and four others massacred and then a prominent grocery store la bianca and the couple killed and mutilated. his followers staging protests. one cult member even tried to assassinate president gerald ford. >> if you had to put a picture of the devil, would you put it right on charlie's face. >> reporter: sentenced to death he should have died decades ago but he was spared when california abolished the death penalty and in 1984 you survived a gruesome assassination attempt. >> charles manson denied parole in california. >> reporter: over the years authorities denied man son parole dozens of times. >> any comment, mr. manson? >> i'm going back down in the hole. >> reporter: in 2013, he described himself in one of th

"rolling stone magazine." >> i'm a crook, i'm an outlaw, i'm a rebel, i raised up in prison. >> reporter: his death sparking deep emotions for the families of those who were killed. >> remember the victims. remember what they were doing. remember what they suffered so horrifically and remember justice. >> reporter: that justice that charles manson remained locked up until his dying day. >> i'm the devil. you didn't know that. >> reporter: most of the violent members of the manson family are still in prison but over the years since the murder sprees who have been released and two more have been recommended for their parole. their possible release is being reviewed by the governor of california. back to you. >> thank you very much. we're joined by senior correspondent tom brokaw. good morning. it sickens me to say that these days we're used to covering mass rd

the trial occurred. what are your most vivid memories. >> my vivid memory is being in the newsroom and jack said there is a big murder up in the hills and five minutes later he said it was sharon tate and the next night the la biancas were killed and that is the beginning of the chaos. but in the context of 1969, we had 500,000 people in vietnam and richard nixon had a secret invasion of cambodia and the black panthers and give peace a chance by yoko ono and ted kennedy killed a young woman with him and it was utter chaos. and that is all 1968. so we are rocking and rolling. and the thing that i remember is that squeaky from sat vigil. i was in sacramento and gerald ford is on the robe line and there is chaos, guns, guns and i woke up and there she was. i was the only one who knew who

off to the side and everybody else -- i kept yelling, who are you, i waptd to be sure. she said it didn't go off. she damn near killed the president of the united states and secret service got his hand over it and saved him. >> and you had seen her at the man son trial. you talk about saturday morning in the newsroom and then it turns out it is charles manson and a bunch of young people who liked like high school kids. >> it did. but its with also a time when the haze of lsd and marijuana and hallucinogenics were all over california. later i find out robert mitchham had some kids down from the beach from my days down there and they knew about him because he was around at other things with his kind of craziness and they knew about him. but no one expected it to happen like this. but again you had the rise of ronald reagan and then the rise of the panthers. it was a chaotic time in america. >> could you explain a little

those rambling interviews, but he also fascinated people and i'm not sure yet why. >> i'm not sure why either. he was a truly evil, dark person. and i always believed he knew exactly what he was doing. he was playing with us in that way. he was getting back at the establishment for whatever it was. and the guys and the young men and women around them looked like they were going to the junior prom but they came from dysfunctional families in many instances. so as whacky as it is now, that was a really discome bob you'll ating time. >> tom brokaw. thank you. turning now to the growing controversy surrounding embattled alabama candidate roy moore. polls do show him losing ground. with the clock ticking, white house officials are weighing in on why the president is not campani

we have two reports and we start with gabe gutierrez in alabama. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is now 11 days since news of the scandal first broke in "the washington post." this courthouse behind me is where one of his accusers, leigh corfman said she met moore when she was just 14 years old. this race already had national implications and it has now become a flash point for a larger conversation about sexual misconduct in politics. this morning roy moore senate candidate is deeply dividing alabama. >> i think there are many people gravely concerned about his candidacy. >> reporter: three of the state's largest newspapers urging voters to reject more and it has become a referendum on whether we will accept this kind of behavior from these leaders says the editorial in all three. >> he will not step down. >> reporter: but his wife and supporters are sticking by hi.

i think at least he's trying to do the right thing. but like all -- he's probably had mistakes in his past. >> reporter: overnight tweeting the elitist in washington don't want christian conservatives so they are attempting to overthrow alabama. senator ivy said sending a republican to the congress is important. >> do you still plan to vote for roy moore? >> that is what i plan to do is vote for the republican nominee roy moore. >> reporter: moore has denied accusations from nine women ranging from inappropriate flirting to sexual assault. the most come from leigh corfman, in 1979 when she was just 14. corfman told "the washington post" moore took off her clothes and touched her. a former co-worker of corfman said she told him about the encounter years ago. >> she said she despised

that he tried things with her, tried to molest her and she wanted to confront him. she was afraid. and she didn't. >> should roy moore resign -- >> reporter: the president has ignored repeated questions about the scandal. aides have said he finds the allegations troubling but believes it is up to voters in alabama to decide for themselves. >> i think that is probably the most common sense way to look at it. he doesn't know who to believe. i think a lot of folks don't. >> reporter: it is now 22 days until the special election. roy moore has been ignoring doug jones in his tweets overnight he once again attacked leader mitch mcconnell, taking his fight directly to the establishment republicans. matt and savannah. >> thank you. and we'll have much more on this subject in our next half hour when moore's first accuser leigh corfman joins us. and in a war of words

lashing out at olden enemies a making new ones. kristen welker has that story. >> reporter: the president will start the week by meeting with the cabinet on the agenda everything from tax reform to the crisis in north korea. but over the weekend it wasn't policy he was focused on, but rather twitter battles. this morning president trump will try to put the folk -- focus on policy when he sits down with the cabinet. after staying out of sight over the weekend but not offline. engaging in a twitter feud with the father of one of the three ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting in china. it all started when lavar ball, the father of player li angelo ball who thanked the president for freeing him. >> i would like to thank president trump and the united states government for the help they provided as well. >> reporter: down played president trump's role in freeing his son duing an intervi

replying who, when asked, but adding what was he over there for? don't tell me nothing. everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out. the president firing back. lavar ball, the father of li angelo is unaccepting of what i did for his son and shoplifting is no big deal. i should have left them in jail. democratic congressman adam schiff slamming the president tweeting, how could someone in such a big office be so small. the president also lashed out online sunday at arizona senator jeff flake who was caught on an open mic by a local tv station warning the republican party. >> become the party of roy moore and trump. we -- >> >> reporter: the president tweeting back. senator jeff flaky who is unelectable in the great state of arizona quit race, anemic poles and caught on mic saying bad things about your favorite president. he'll be i no on tax cuts

because his career is toast. flake who announced he isn't running in 2018 has yet to say where he stands on the gop tax proposal. all of it as the president revived his battle with perhaps his biggest rival, tweeting, cooked hillary clinton is the worst and biggest loser of all time. she just can't stop. which is so good for the republican party. hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years. clinton reacting at an event honoring his husband's presidential election. >> apparently my former opponent is obsessed with my speaking out. apparently there was another -- somebody told me there was a tweet today. honestly, between tweeting and golfing, how does he get anything done. >> reporter: congressional leaders are hoping the president will shift his focus back to tax reform today after the house passed its version of the bill on thursday. now over the weekend, white house officials said they are open toea

instead of repealing, which the senate bill calls for that. that is significant because the obamacare language is the biggest sticking point right now and could sink the entire tax reform effort. matt and savannah. >> something for everyone. thank you very much. and now to a growing under sea mystery in the search por the missing argentine submarine. with 44 crew members on board. and now getting help from the u.s. navy. keir simmons has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. ships and aircraft from seven countries are scouring the atlantic to search for this submarine and officials believe the crew may have tried to make contact in a series of messages over the weekend. lasting just seconds. but then nothing. >> a desperate search for the missing submarine and the 44 crew members on board. argentina's president promising on twitter all national and

the sub as soon as possible. the u.s. navy now joining the intensifying search and rescue operation adding air support and sophisticated under water scanning equipment to the effort. a hunt hampered by difficult weather this rear admiral said. waves two stories high. growing tribute and fears that the submarine base in buenos aries. among the missing, hernan rodriguez, and his wife saying on facebook, she's heading to the base to wait for him. and another of the crew,elly anna crow seek, argentina's first female submarine officer, pope francis born in argentina paying for their safe return. the san juan was on route back to the base near buenos aries when in the middle of the gulf all communication was lost. the aging submarine was overhauled back in 2014 raising hopes over the weekend, seven brief satellite calls were received on sunday. but this morning th

to confirm the signals came from the san juan. at the submarine base, a flag strength for argentina it reads. we trust in god. we're waiting for you. and unless there has been i crash or a catastrophic failure, the amount of time this crew can survive depends on how much food they have and how much water and how much air. one estimate is just a week. the clock is ticking. >> it is. keer, thank you very much. >> mr. roker joining us now. we had flakes on the plaza. >> snowflakes. >> no harm intended. >> they think you are talking nice about them. >> their family called. you know what lauer said about you. take a look. you could see lake-effect snow. the snow showers down in new york, emanating from the lake ontario. so we're watching that. and in fact they have school closures from syracuse up into watertown and locally up

inches of snow in some areas. and also very warm weather spreading out in the west. look at temperatures. anywhere from 47 in minneapolis, amarillo 65 and denver 65 and out west further, even warmer temperatures as we get into tomorrow. we're getting to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. good morning, bright and blue sky overhead this morning as the sun is just now starting to come up. temperatures in the 30s but windchills are down in the upper 20s an l

so bundle up here in morning. windchills mid 20 in shenandoah and 31 in fredericksburg. afternoon temperatures today will be in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. so a nice enough day to be outside. tomorrow also looks nice along the breezy side but rain very early on wednesday. >> thank you. al. coming up our interview with leigh corfman, the first woman to accuse roy moore of sexual abuse. and then a story you will love. jenna bush hager with an emotional tribute to the true spirit of thanksgiving. but first this is "today" on nbc. y" on nbc.

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good morning, bright sunshine over washington this morning. it is a little on the chilly side. temperatures are mostly in the 30s and windchills in the 20s and 30s. so get your warm coat on here early this morning. a nice 234u6 day on the cool side. high of 52. 59 tomorrow. maybe a little rain drop or two early on wednesday. let's go to the first 4 traffic. >> looking at the beltway. things looking good this morning. no major problems out of loop there at 450. looking pretty good here at this point. do have this problem northbound bw. before 98 and delays northbound and southbound. >> once again, we want to remind you our food for families drive is happening today. call to make a

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♪ welcome back. 7:30 on monday morning. take a good long last look at the georgia dome because one of the nation's largest dome stadiums is about to be demolished right before our eyes. it hosted the super bowl and the olympic games in 96 but it is a goner and will be imploded within a matter of minutes. >> they are waiting to move the mercedes benz stadium away -- and we'll watch and go back live when that happens. but on this mond morning, a check of the holidays an starting with the death overnight of charles manson. >> it is all a play, isn't it. >> breaking overnight, charles manson is dead. one of the nation's mostin famous kille

passing away at 83 after four than four decades behind bars. >> there is no need to feel guilty. >> reporter: losing ground, candidate roy moore is defiant after polls show him slipping in the race for the open senate seat in alabama. >> i think there are many people who are gravely concerned about his candidacy. >> he will not step down. >> crash landing, police dash-cam video captures an out of control plane just moments before it crashes on to a florida street. somehow the pilot and passenger walk away unscathed. to the rescue. passersby rush to aid five people injured after high winds cause a scaffolding to collapse on a busy new york street. final lap, an emotional day for dale earnhardt, jr. after competing in his final nascar race. >> i know what kind of race car i was and i'm happy with everything i accomplished. and what do you get them for a gift. new

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speak. but -- there it goes. >> wow! >> there it is. okay. >> so there you go, al. i thought it would have been a lot louder. [ laughter ] >> on with the forecast. >> i'm wylie coyote. i'm a genius. that is what is going on around the country and here is what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. temperatures 39 degrees but feeling like 33 when you fact or in the breeze and a cold start this morning. plenty of sunshine and we'll keep that in the forecast through the day. dulles is 25. that is the feels like with the wind. feels like 25 in leesberg, gaithersberg, feels like 30 and fredericksburg feels like 29. maybe the puffy coat before you head out this morning. tomorrow though we're near 60 but thanksgiving looking

and dry. that is a sinkhole in florida. >> it looks great on paper. it is all right there. >> a good idea at the time. >> thank you. coming up, we'll shift gears. we have an interview this morning with roy moore's first accuser leigh corfman right after these messages.

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we're back to embattled republican senate candidate roy moore and the allegations that nine women have now made against him. leigh corfman was the first woman to come forward alleging she was just 14 when the then 32-year-old moore and assistant district attorney sexual assaulted her. and she joined us for the first television interview. good morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> i can only imagine what the last few weeks have been like when after 40 years you came forward and told a story publicly that you had never told before publicly. >> right. >> how are you

i feel like a weight has been lifted. i've had huge support, which i can't say how important that has been and i've had a lot of people come out and had said that because of my courage they are able to do the same. >> i know that details are difficult. but for those who aren't familiar, can you tell us your interactions with roy moore? you said you were 14 years old, sitting in the courthouse with your mom. he walked up and introduced himself and then ultimately called you and asked you out for a date. >> well i wouldn't call it a date. i would say it was a meet. at 14 i was not dating. at 14 i was not able to make those kind of choices. i met him around the corner from my house. my mother did not know. and he took me to his home. after arriving at his home, on tec

with him, he basically laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceeded to -- saeduce me and during the course of that he removed my clothing and left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear and he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. and he tried to get me to touch him as well. and at that point i pulled back and said that i was not comfortable and i got dressed and he took me home. but i was a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult world and he was 32 years old. >> what did you think in that moment? did you think, i was just molested or assaulted? or did you not really think about it in those terms? >> i don't know that i thought about t

because it wasn't part of my vocabulary. i've been reading harlequin row minneapoliss f -- romance and i was expected candle light and roses and what i got was very different. >> did you tell anyone at the time? >> um, right after it, i told two of my good friends. and then i told one other and they told me how bad of an idea this was and -- >> to be with an older man like that. >> right. and that we weren't prepared for that. when he called again i didn't go. i made an excuse. and i didn't go. >> how do you think that interaction affected your life? >> well, it took away a lot of the specialness of interactions

with men. it took some trust away. it allowed me to delve into things i wouldn't have otherwise. it took years for me to regain a sense of confidence in myself. and i felt guilty. i felt like i was the one that was to blame and, um, it was decaded before i was able to let that go. >> you speak of decades and of course it has been decades that you've held this secret. there will be people watching that say, why now? why not bring this up over the last few years? particularly when roy moore was arising star in alabama politics, ran for election, for the chief justice of the supreme court, and they say, it doesn't add up. why wait? how do you respond to that? >> well, it is very

really. i did tell people. my family knew. family friends knew. my friends knew. i spent a lot of time every time he came up railing against him and what he's done to me when i was 14 years old. my children were small. i was a single parent. and when you are in that situation, you do everything you can to protect your own. and i sat in the courtroom -- in the courthouse parking lot and thought, i'm going in, i'm going to confront him. >> years later? >> 2000, 2001. and i wanted to walk into his office and say, hey, remember me. you need to knock this stuff off. i need

my children were small. so i didn't do it. the second time i actually sat down with my children who were there junior high and elementary school and i told them an overview and gave them the ability to make the decision. they were afraid that with all of their special connections that they would be cast cated in the groups. >> so you had to tell your kids something about what had happened. >> right. and we decided together that we wouldn't do it at that time. so when the washington post sought me out, i didn't go looking for this, this fell in my lap. it literally fell in my lap. and i had to make a decision. and i told them that at that time the reporters who just -- were just wonderful to me, that if they found additio

that i would tell my story. and they found those people. >> a couple of things. roy moore denies the allegations and further said he does not even know you. >> i wonder how many names he doesn't know. >> kay lar moore, roy moore's wife has suggested that some of the accusers, although she didn't name you specifically, but some were paid, so i have to ask you, were you paid or compensated in any way by any entity for your story? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. if anything this has cost me. i've had to take leave from my job. i have no tickets to tahiti. and my bank account has not flourished if anything it has gone down. because currently i'm not working. >> when you think about in a sense what you started -- >> yeah. >> you decided to come forward and since then eight other

have come forward. >> right. >> what did you think when you started hearing other stories? can you describe that feeling? is it relief? is it fear or joy. >> i think it is a combination of all of those things. my sorrow that others have had to go through this, but here is the beauty of what has happened. the support has been amazing. women and men have come forward to tell their stories that have never had the ability to do so. because of my courageous actions. >> i want to put a picture up of you at 14 years old and people have seen this photo now. when you see that young lady, what do you think, what goes through your mind? >> she sure did have a lot of promise ahead of her and she didn't deserve to have a 32-year-old man prey upon her. >> and one final question for those watching and

are your politics? >> my politics -- well, i've voted as a republican for years and years and years. but this isn't political for me. this is personal. it is very close to my heart and i've lived with this for a long time. >> leigh corfman, thank you for being here and sharing your story. we appreciate it very much. >> thank you. appreciate your time. >> and we're back right after this. te candies the new vegetable? in "today"'s headlines, are nightly baths needed? and are chicago -- >> for 24 1/4 years the "today" show highlighted the work of saint jude. >> and meeting the kids is a holiday tradition we love. although it does make things different around here. >> join the fight against childhood cancer and watch saint jude on the "today" show all thanksgiving week. first and onl.

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good monday morning, temperatures feeling near or below freezing across the area into the cold one to start your monday. 52 by this afternoon and dry and near 60 tomorrow. maybe a couple of very early showers on wednesday. thanksgiving cold and dry and looking good for black friday. >> thank you so much. and once again donate to food for families by calling the number. stay with us.

it's coming up, breaking overnight, cult leader charles manson dead at the age of 83. >> there is no need to feel guilty. i haven't done anything i'm ashamed of. the man behind the killing spree that took the lives of seven people in 1969. and shocked the nation, dying after four decades in prison. this morning the reactions pouring in. plus the stars are out. pink and kelly clarkson kick off the ama's with an emotional tribute as the performances and the moments get wilder as the night goes on. ♪ ♪

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>> matt and savannah, will you sign my absent slip? >> well -- now, we're alibis. we'll be november 20th, and also my mom's birthday. >> ow great. >> we're happy. >> let's go to our news at 8:00. starting with a breaking news about charles mapson, who became the face of evil for half a century. he has now died. manson was serving a life sentence for directing his followers to commit a string of murders. gaudy swartz has the latest from los angeles. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. over the past week we've known that manson was hospitalized but the department of corrections kept a lid on why but last night word that he died of natural causes. but he should have died years ago. he was sentenced to death for master minding a violent murder spree in los angeles. a spree he called helter skelter, carried out to start a

race war. his trial was at the time the trial of the century with members of his cul becoming a spectacle with wild displays of support and as we heard from tom brokaw, describing earlier, one was arrested for trying to assassinate gerald ford but manson was not executed. instead california abolished the death penalty. manson then came close to death during his incarceration when an inmate lit him on fire with paint thinner. over the years manson gave wild interviews in prison showing no remorse and saying he should have killed more people and proclaiming himself the devil. now his death bringing closure to a very dark chapter of his murderous cult but there are still many other manson family cult members alive in prison. so far only one member directly involved in the murders has been paroled and another recently been recommended for release. that recommendation is now in the hands of the governor of california. back to you. >> gaudy swartz. thank you very much. the fbi is investigating the death of a u.s. customs and border protection ant

texas. officials say agent row hellio martinez died from injuries while pot roling the border. his partner was seriously injured. a spokesperson would not provide details but the texas governor greg abbott and senator ted cruz said it was an attack and the president tweeted we will seek out and bring to justice those responsible, we will and must build the we want to pass on our prayers for david cassidy. he is in a florida hospital since last week with organ failure. he needs a liver transplant. he is conscious and surrounded by loved ones. the 67-year-old became a teen idol back in the 1970s while starring in the partridge family tv show. in february he revealed he had dementia and would no longer perform. his brother sean said that good wishes are being sent by fans all around the world and they

>> we send ours along as well. we have a boost? >> i do have a boost for you today. so 8-year-old adrianna croft had a little problem. it was parents night at her ballet school but her mom is seven months pregnant and couldn't dance with her. so here is what happened. ♪ ♪ >> she asked her dad to fill in and agreed and wear the tutu his mom wore last year when she played black swan. the coach is a body building but taking some rasing at the gym but said the daughter and dpa-- daddy time was worth it. and if you watch had, she's directing him, no, dad the other arm. like she is giving him instruction. >> really well. >> he's a body builder. getting a burn out he shouldn't take

he should be the most popular guy there is more ahead. including a deserving kids that have a thanksgiving. and hey christmas is coming early. look at who is here. gwen stefani will perform live for us. but first let's see what is coming on megyn kelly today. >> hedger unruh is the mother of one of kevin spacey's victim and she is here with the latest on the criminal investigation into him. we'll have that for you at the top of the hour. we'll look for that. and then the parade on the plaza. we'll get a sneak peek at the macy's thanksgiving day parade.

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welcome back. what is trending today and guess who is here. >> hi. >> welcome. >> are you ready? this is a tweet that went viral. it is from paris hilton. so she tweeted this photo with brittany spears and she said 11 years ago today me and brittany invented the selfie. so she took credit for the entire selfie. twitter wouldn't have it. so one user responded this with photo of bill nye the science guy. and walter responded with this thelma and louise picture. that was out in '91. and then someone took it all the way back to the early 1900s. >> ouch. >> remember when we invented [ inaudible ]. it was fantastic. >> that was a good time. >> you are big on selfies. what iur

left for college and we were all in bed and -- >> oh -- >> my dad had a cold the first few times he met calvin so my dad finally got to hold calvin. >> he's still keeping his distance. >> mine was a christmas eve selfie from a couple of years ago with my whole family. henry always had to be the selfie arm. >> hoda has great selfie arms. >> i thought hoda invented the selfie. i'm so disappointed. and the same thing in bed and all four of us, there we are. >> and i'll keep the theme going in bed with -- with -- >> wow! >> what?

>> wow! >> it blew up. >> anyhoo. >> that was me at the billboard women and music awards. >> that is good. >> who was in that? >> ariana grande. >> savannah and i have taken some selfies. >> you love that. we do it. >> dylan, take us away. >> let's begin with the american music awards. the star studded night kicked off with pink, with a performance as she scaled down a building in los angeles. we'll show you that in a second. if that is not enough, check out her aerial work. she did all of this while singing her song beautiful promise. back inside of the venue, christina aguilara took with the

whitney houston in honor of the anniversary of "the bodyguard." ♪ ♪ i will always love you ♪ >> for the moment that went viral on twitter, it is this one. someone shared pink's reaction to her performance. she seemed to be grimacy but she said christina killed it for one of our favorite singers ever. this is about whitney and i'm in awe of her talent. and another singer we're in awe of, dianna ross, honored with the lifetime achievement award and gave a permance that brought everyone to their feet. she brought a medley of decades and her grandchildren joining her on the stage following her

entire family to accept the award with her. >> this is all about love. all about love. this says it all. this is my family. and i'm sending love out there to all of you, each and every one of you, of our global family and i really, really love being here and i feel so humbled by this. >> other big winners were niall hor man. and now to harrison ford thinking to be a hero after he spotted a woman who drove off the road. the driver is reported to only have minor injuries. but remember that time a couple of months back when he decided to direct traffic near a new york city tunnel. he is a good samaritan, for sure. >> she drove off the road because she said, hey, there is harrison ford. [ laughter

weather. >> we'll see what we have. we'll try to bring you that macy's thanksgiving day parade forecast. mostly sunny and winds 7 to 12 miles per hour and not too bad. a little on the chilly side. 36 degrees by noon. only 39 -- here is a question for the table. which balloon has been in -- has been in the most times? >> snoopy. >> absolutely. yes. a little tribute for you. and now let's take a look at travel. once you leave on wednesday, cold moves eastward on unsettled weather. record highs working through the southwest. here in the northeast that is our travel problem. some snow in parts of northern new england and if you are on the roads, i-90 and i-95 on the sloppy side as we move into thanksgiving day, so for the most part fairly mild in the mid section of the country. some wet weather in the pacific northwest and also down to the southwest, a little stormy at airport delays and as far as roads again from i-90 and then south on i-5.

the country. here is what is happening in your neck of the wood. >> bright sunshine and a cold start to the monday morning. temperatures are now mostly in the 30s. national airport up to 40 but with a northwest breeze, it feels like it is 34 degrees outside. feels like it is in the 20s and low 30s elsewhere. 29 in gaithersberg and leesberg. and 32 in fredericksburg. here is your plan out on monday. plan on sunshine start to finish and a cool day. afternoon highs around 52 degrees. a little milder and breezy for tomorrow. and then cold by thanksgiving. as we head into the holidays, retailers are preparing for a business boom of course during this busy time of the year. >> from black friday to cyber monday, the options for spending your hard earned cash are endless. hello, dylan. >> a way

on small business saturday. it is a reminder to shop small and shop local. >> i want to make sure that the american customer has a place to go to to buy something that truly made in america. >> the manufacturing denim and work wear for more than 100 years. the oldest cut and sew in the united states still owned by the founding family, their garments are the pride of appalachia and one of millions of small businesses using modern marketing to help new generations discover old treasures. >> even though we've been around for 100 years our customers are finding us in new ways, through social media like instagram and through the pop up shops across the country. >> something to which this denver urban winery can toast. >> we sit down as a team every day and talk about how we can be different. >> people have really taken to social media for us. >> one of the first to offer

monkey seerm named after the mathematical proposition on a mission to make wine more probable, at this denver school in an old school bus turned mobile tap room. >> and the bus has given us a great tool for people to discover who we are and what we are doing. >> across the country there are 27 million small businesses and in the last two decades they've accounted for more than 60% of net new jobs. but now more than ever, they are getting creative to stay relevant by redefining their customer's experience. >> we're removing everything that is pretentious from the wine industry. >> and bringing wine to anyone anywhere. in oregon a stone's there from nowhere. settled 150 years ago, the town general store is all that remains. furniture maker tyler haze grew up here and when he heard the store could no longer afford to stay open, he jumped in to save it. >> my

homesteaded here and i have memories of coming here as a kid and being in awe of something that existed. >> so he took his nostalgia and married it with branding and popping up a second store in new york city. >> trying to sell hand made american goods to a different audience than the locals looking for a piece of plumbing or a gallop of milk. i've taken a small business and transformed it all with the purpose of keeping the main street of our lives. >> small but mighty. >> you were just saying you love small business. >> i love it. you walk up and down the tre-- streets of the town and they know your store. >> and now from shopping to taking time to remember what they are all about. with that in mind, we are kicking off our thanks and giving with the look

hospital. >> jen had a play date with some of the kids and from our sister network universal kids. >> i had so much fun. they say that laughter can be the best medicine and it is something we get a lot of it when i took a few awesome kids to visit a superstar named snug. >> welcome to this boathouse. >> snug. >> welcome, everybody. welcome. >> it is a play date these kids will never forget. >> thank you for coming and visiting me. >> a visit to the set of sprout house. and a special tour from the show's star, nug. >> i have to introduce you to a very special friend of mine. come on in. snug is sweet. >> for these kids fighting cancer, playing with snug is a welcome treat. a special gift when they could put aside

treatment and their worries and just have fun. >> snug, can you tell us what we can do first? >> first thing we can do is go see the twisty tree. >> what happens with this. it tumbles down from the very top all way into one of these cups. and then depending on which cup it lands in. that is what we do. we can either do a wiggle. >> who can wiggle. show me how you wiggle. >> 3-year-old rica has retinal blastoma, a cancer of the eyes. >> there is t goes. it is going down. >> rica, time to wiggle. >> let's dance. let's do it. >> her local doctors said removing both eyes would stop the cancer. her parents turned to saint jude. where doctors there are treating her, hoping to save her life, and her sight. giving us all a reason to dance. >>

♪ ♪ snout. >> i know what we should do. >> i have some very cool awesome costumes over here. >> costumes. >> let's play dress-up. >> i love playing dress-up. let's do it. who likes dressing up. >> we do. >> do you have things at your house. >> yeah. what do you like to dress up as. >> bell -- >> at sprout house the kids get a chance to be anything other than a patient. >> i'm an astronaut. >> i'm a joker. >> songs of cheer fill the air. ♪ >> you know what one of my fa t favorite animals is. a dinosaur. can you roar like a dinosaur. >> 9-year-old david has a lot to roar about. >> tell me what you felt like when you were at saint jude? >> scared. >> you were scared? >> h

>> because i was scared that i was going to die. >> you were? but what were the people like at saint jude. >> nice, they cured me and now i'm feeling way much better than ever. >> yay! >> that is the best news. >> david who was born in honduras had a rare strain of leukemia. his grandfather brought him to saint jude. >> >> who are they saying in his house now. >> he came in high risk and he is very, very likely to lead a normal life after this. >> beat this thing down. hi five. >> now that you are feeling better, what was today like to play with snug and in this play house? was it fun? >> 10,000 thumbs up. >> 10,000 thumbs up. >> and on this special day, these kids who have faced far too much, far too young are grateful for the simplest things. >> i'm thankful for being here this day. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i'm thankful for my family. >> one,

>> snug it a great friend. >> we love you, snug. >> we had the best time. some of the kids are still in treatment and others have recently finished. and we all wish them a healthy and happy holiday ahead. >> we certainly do. and by the way, marlow thomas is an actress and writer and out reach director for saint jude. good to see you. happy thanksgiving. any update about rica. >> the great thing is we saved her life. because this two double retinal blastoma could have killed her and now she's getting a protocol that is a whole new one that we planned here at saint jude which is interock larrin jek injections and they are putting the chemo into her eyes and she's doing very well. what is exciting is not just rica but other hospitals will use this technique. >> speaking of saving lives. little david who had

slight chance and he is thriving and happy. >> and we talk about the 94% chance that children have at saint jude with leukemia, he is the one that fall news the 6% chance. so he is on a customized program that we're -- because of his genetic makeup he's in a three year program and w a certain amount of dosage and for how long and the intensity. i'm so glad you got to see them because it is exciting that david is going to make it. >> good kid. >> and doctors and nurses are heros but you don't get enough credit either. you do so much as an advocate for these young people. >> i'm just a wheelbarrow -- i bring in the morning and we have another story tomorrow and we look forward to that. and gwen stefani is here to share a little christmas cheer on a monday morning. we're excited about the macy's thanksgiving day parade. and we have a look at the advanced performance after your local news.

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back at 8:30 on monday. it is the 20th of november, 2017 and that will get us in the mood. with a great crowd out here and the macy's thanksgiving day parade is taking over the plaza. this week is thanksgiving already. >> we love this time of the year. we're getting a sneak peek at thursday's highlights including that beautiful rendition you just heard of a christmas carol classic. >> macy's employees from across the country audition for a role in this one-of-a-kind choir. they are going to perform together on board macy's singing christmas tree float on thursday. so congratulations to that crowd. >> the people who make the magic happen, the vice president of macy's thanksgiving day and john piper. vice president of the macy's parade studio. we see him every year. hi, folks, good to see you. level of nervousness right now with two and a half days to go? >> it is hard. we're hanging in. >> john,

rodeo, not even your fifth rodeo? what do you have this year and what are you excited about. >> we have so much beautiful. this beautiful band from mississippi. we have 12 bands from all across the country, as far away as alaska and we have 17 balloons, five of which are brand-new. 26 floats. we have so much happening this year. >> the thing that -- before we get started, you just met with the mayor and the police commissioner. what can you tell us about that? >> we're going to be meeting with them in a few hours to talk about everything that we've been working on. all year long we work very closely with nypd and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of the parade. so all year long it is a whole process and we build up to today. >> are you promising good weather? mr. roker? >> yes, i am. dress warmly. it is going to be great. >> thank you. >>

>> congratulations. >> happy thanksgiving. >> that is right. could you catch the 91st macy's thanksgiving day parade starting at 9:00 in the morning right here on thursday on nbc. >> we have a lot of people who are excited about the parade and we have -- where is the hartman family? this is the hartman family. just to give you a 411 on them, yesterday morning they just woke the kids up and said -- >> we're going to new york. >> they're going to new york. they surprised them and bags were packed so we thought we would give you one other little surprise. would you like some special vip tickets to the macy's thanksgiving day parade up front where matt and savannah are? >> thank you. thank you very much. >> are you excited? >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. have fun. bundle up okay. the hartman family from iowa. >> that is awesome. >> we have even more holiday cheer because again

stefani is here. >> and we have megyn kelly standing here. i forgot to introduce you before. welcome. what do you have coming up. >> so we are launching a hopeful holiday series today talking about some uplifting zwroirz s thanksgiving and christmas, including a woman that was severely injured in the boston marathon bombing and what happened between her and the firefighter who saved her life. we'll give you reason to cheer. and what is worth it and what is not for the holidays. and john o'hurley will be here for the dog show. we had the thanksgiving from hell together one year. and we'll reveal all when he joins us. >> do you cook? >> i'll leave it at that. i'm not going to reveal. there may have been a fire. and let's just say it ended with him, yelling, i've got [ inaudible ]. >> megyn, thank you. mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> beautiful week

wet weather in the peacific northwest and strong winds in the central plains. lake-effect snow and then into the mid-week period, pacific storms back in. record highs in the southwest, coastal rain in the northeast and toward the end of the week, when you are doing all of your holiday shopping, it is wet in the northern plains. scattered showers out west. above average temperatures throughout the central plains down into the gulf coast. sunny skies up and down the east coast and showers down through florida. that is what is going on around the country. mere is what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> we still feel like the 30s out there so it is still cold start. 34 degrees is what it feels like in the district. plenty of sunshine. we'll keep that in the forecast this afternoon. dulles feels like 28 and feels like 29 in gaithersberg. now for travel over the next couple of days as we get ready for thanksgiving, it looks good. the only shower chance is early on wednesday. not even for everybody. but thanksgiving day will be dry

>> check out our friends on the weather channel on cable. >> thank you so much. so so if you are looking for something the whole family can watch before you dig into your thanksgiving spread, we have it for you. >> you could enjoy the cutest canines in the country at the 16th annual dog show. and this guy, john o'hurley is the host. thank you. >> this year it is no football until 2:00. it is going to the dogs. fur before pigskin. >> you have some new entries. >> we have more -- we have more than 21 entries this year. 193 breeds and the largest show we'll have. >> and let's start on this one. this is a beauty. this is a dutch duck hunter. this is the noider lancy huns you. and you see that in the old dutch paintings. and next to it, take alo

it is a german short haired pointer. that is flynn and then finally this is vivian. one of our therapy dog ambassadors. absolutely -- this is for all of the sick kids at the ronald mcdonald's house and trained by the prisoners, they are training the therapy dogs. it is a wonderful program. it is a win-win down the line. >> thank you. >> a great job, john, thank you very much. >> and you're back again with more of those pooches on megyn's show later. >> and then tell us about the story. you almost burned down the house. >> it was quite a story. >> the national dog show presented by purina and airing thanksgiving day right after the parade here on nbc and meet the show winner in the morning after, right here on "today." thanks. coming up, gwen stefani is here and will make it feel like christmas come early

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heartbreak can't fade ♪ ♪ all the plans that were made by a baby in a manger ♪ ♪ bright light so bright it was shining like a north star ♪ ♪ answer to a prayer how could i have known ♪ ♪ you'd come along ♪ when i was a little girl i wondered who i'd give all my love to ♪ ♪ i asked santa who he'd recommend ♪ ♪ it's hard to believe i was so innocent ♪ ♪ as a little girl looking at the world ♪ ♪ didn't know that love could break me ♪ ♪ i was lying in my tears on the ground ♪ ♪ couldn't see where god would take me ♪ ♪ here i am now looking at you got me thinking that love could save me ♪ ♪ how could i have known

♪ when i was a little girl i wondered who i'd give ♪ ♪ all my love to i asked santa who he'd recommend ♪ ♪ it's hard to believe i was so innocent ♪ ♪ when i was a little girl i had love at the top of my wish list ♪ ♪ all my dreams were so unlimit ed ♪ ♪ it's hard to believe i was so innocent ♪ ♪ why do you feel so much like home to me ♪ ♪ home to me and why

♪ much like home to me ♪ when i was a little girl i wondered who i would give all my love to ♪ ♪ i asked santa who he'd recommend ♪ ♪ it's hard to believe i was so innocent ♪ ♪ when i was a little girl i had love at the top of my wish list ♪ ♪ all my dreams were so unlimited ♪ ♪ it's hard to believe i was so innocent ♪ ♪ why do you feel s

home to me ♪ [ applause ] >> the new album is we'll have more with gwen stefani. but first this is "today" on nbc. first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back with music superstar gwen stefani. she just performed a hit from her new album called "you make it feel like christmas". >> and she has her own prime time christmas special airing next month and with aappearance with blake shelton with the new sexiest man alive. we're happy to put you in the holiday spirit. >> thank you. i love you that much. >> when you think back to the

out? >> the memories is the holly hobby -- and i had the greatest parents in the world. they made it so great. and every christmas is magical and i'm trying to repeat that with my kids and they make it so fun. every christmas is amazing. >> i love christmas music. how do you choose which songs. and i know you wrote some but what about the classics. >> that is the hardest part not choosing but singing them. i'm in a band. but what am i doing. but i was relaxed about it. i didn't overthink it. just made a list and started doing it and i changed a few and added in jungle -- jingle bells last minute and emmy lou is one of my favorites but i didn't want to ruin christmas. >> that song that you just sung, is that a you and b

i had this idea so i remember praying in my bed when i was 8 years old, who am i going to love and i wanted to put that into a song so i wrote a song about that. you said you could relate to that. we all did that. who are you going to love? it was blake. >> and now you write a song with blake with sexiest man alive. >> so there is no living with him now, he has a big head. >> i kind of knew. i knew he was and now everybody else does. >> and i want to end by saying it could be a little bit offine vi -- of envy here but that is the best hair i've seen in my life. >> what are going to sing. >> i'm going to do jingle bells. >> gwen stefani. >> take it away.

♪ ♪ santa baby, slip a sable under the tree for me ♪ ♪ been an awful good girl ta ba chimney tonight ♪ ♪ santa baby, a 54 convertible, too ♪ ♪ light blue i'll wait up for you, dear ♪ ♪ santa baby, so, hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ ♪ think of all the fun i've missed ♪ ♪ think of all the fellas that i haven't

♪ next year i could be as good if you'll check off my christmas list ♪ ♪ santa baby, i want a yacht and really that's not a lot ♪ ♪ been a angel all year santa baby, so, hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ ♪ won't you hurry, santa baby ♪ santa honey, one little thing i really need, the deed ♪ ♪ to a platinum mine santa baby, so, hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ ♪ come and trim my christmas tree

tiffany ♪ ♪ i really do believe in you let's see if you believe in me ♪ ♪ santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring ♪ ♪ i don't mean on the phone santa baby, so, hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ ♪ won't you please, please, hurry santa baby ♪ ♪ hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ [ applause ] >> yes. >> gwen stefani. sounded so good. christmas album is out now. we're back. this is "today" on nbc.

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♪ we're we're back. 8:53 and we should mention gwen's special airs on december 12th. a christmas special. >> it is will be a great -- you have a lot going on. and celebrating. >> it is fun to celebrate. >> you have some birthdays. >> we do. let's fire up the jar and away we go. happy 100th to art schrader, a retired university counselor from utah. served his country during world war ii. we salute you, thank you for your service. >> sydney sherman of west palm beach florida, 100. captain of the bowling team and he just bowled a 196, a 196 a few weeks ago. i bowl five games and don't total up 196. happy 100th birthday to silverest chavez, a fisherman of port

his wife are celebrating 68 years of marriage. that is fantastic. helene mclaughlin is celebrating 102 years, from buffalo, new york, and when she turned 100 she went kayaking. this year she's going bowling for the first time. >> she should call the other guy. >> date night. nothing going on. it is a nice date night. maureen graduate of houston, texas, also 100, honored as a volunteer of the year in her home town. and happy 75th to joseph and beatrice miller of wau poll, massachusetts. they were on a double date set up with other people. they didn't like the original people and it was love at first sight. and janet with you know somebody celebrating a milestone or a birthday, sent it to today.com. and nothing about the double date. >> gwen, thank you so much. >> thank you.

>> thank you. >> and congrats on the new album. >> another song with kathie lee and hoda but first your local news and megyn kelly is up next. this is a news 4 today news break. >> 8:56 is your time on this monday, november 20th, 2017. good morning. i'm eun yang. let's check in with pat lawson at the capitol one arena collecting food for families. >> the donations are coming along great. we have food, we have cash, check donations coming in. but we need a lot to get to the end of the day. u

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