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good morning. breaking overnight. too close to call. ohio's critical house race comes down to the wire. >> can you believe how close this is. >> this moing the candidates less than 1% apart. the decrat within striking distance in a district the president won big last time around, and it's gone republican for the last four decades. we're live in ohio where the very last votes are being counted. on the attack, at the trial of trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort's attorney rips the star witness. he admits years of lying, stealing, even cheating on his wife. is the prosecution's case in .rouble? monster fire new problems in california as
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crews struggle to gain ground on those out of control wildfires.n the east severe storms create a dangerous display in the skies overnight. >> wow, did you see that? >> now, tens of millions set for yet another day of extreme heatt those ies plus gloves off. angelina jolie accuses brad pitt of failing to pay child suppor what he's sayin this morning. brushing up. a new warning about your te toothp what you need to know before picking up that toothbrush this rning. and some gals have all the >> i can't believe you're letting us do this. >> i can't believe it eith. >> how we ended up on stage at madison square garden with the one and only rod stewart today wednesday, august 8th, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from
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studio 1a in rockefellaza. morning, everybody. welcome to "today." nice to have you u with on wednesday anything interesting last night? >> oh, my god. i'm still recovering. >> my heart ipounding. we went to a sold out crowd for rod stew at's concert he let us sipping and dance with him. >> i don't know why he let us. there was a moment when we were on stageng around saying oh, my god, this is a real deal. this is happening in this moment. it was awesome. >> we tught about weari those dresses this morning but we went in a different direction this morning. we have a lot to talk about inpo litics. >> the top story. it could be weeks before we know lee winner of that closely watched specialion in ohio. >> take a look at where the results stand right now. republican, who president trump campaior is leading but it's a razor thin margin. this race is seen as a crucial test of the president, the republican's strength heading midterm. we'll get chuck todd's take.
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first garrett haake in ohio. >> republicans appearave dodged a bullet in ohio, just barely. th is a race tha shouldn't have been close. this morning only about 2,000 arate these two candidates and they are still counting with that republican leads. the narrowest of now both parties are scrambling to learn whatever they can from this race before onnovember. >>ht i'm going to promise to you that i'm going to work relentlessly -- relentlessly for this 12th congressional district. >> republican troy baldersng delive a delivery speech in ohio last night without a clear-cut victory. n over thet three months, i'm going to do everything i can to keep america great again. >> when all the votes are counted theo senator will likely head to congress continuing republican pay's three-decade long hd on this seat but just barely. he's currently sitting on a lead
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less than a point. a race too cse to call in a district the president carried by 11. this weekend the president stumping in . >> i'll tell you what, we're going to have a tremendous victory for troy, troy balderson. >> in a tweet last night, the presidentlaiming his visit pushed balderson on the top. after my speech, there was a big turn for the better. troy was a great victory during a time of year for voting. this was supposed to be safe territory for republicans. but like the rest of the country attitudes are shifting. wealthy suburbs in columbuslt tiing towards democrat in the rural counties swelling support for president trump and his agenda. they hoped t flip voters like jim greer, turned off by president trump. >> i almost feelike the president feels as if he's ancr autoat instead of an elected thficial. i don't like at. >> the republican firewall held
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in the face of fired upat demo who aren't giving up just yet. >> can you believe how close this is? >> democrat danny o'connor promising to continue to fight into novembe when these two candidates will face off again. >> we wentoor to door. we went house to house. we made our case for change. we're going to make that case tomorrow. we're not stopping now. tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting througho november. >> demrats believe if they can put a district this reliably red, if they c make i this close, there are potentially dozens of other less republin districts they could really compete in in november. that's a theory they will test even if their only victory u he en being a moral one. savannah and hoda. >> let's bring in chuck todd. >> break that down, a reliablyc red dist has been for years and years. what does it mean it was that razor thin. >> not only was it that razor
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thin, look at the omount triage the republican party did here. the democrats weren't targeting this race. the special election popped up when the member decided t to take a job. they spent $3 million on a single race, sent in the president at the last minute. when you think about it, this is a district, as garrett noted, hasn't been in democratic party ha rs sinceald reagan was president. if it took all of this to tensionally get to a tie in a district that the president carried by double digits, they can't do that in 435 districts at the same time in november you can do it a special election at the time and bl out wat and triage and maybe save a district here and save a district when they are all on the ballot at the same time, most of these don't go that way. this is why democrats i think are now heavy favorites to take control of the house. i think the question the size. is it 30 seats, 40 seats, 50 seats. they a night like this,
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like they did in ohio, they could win 40 to 60 seats. >> what about the president, chuck? he, of course, came in at th last minute. he in his own tweet said he was the deciding factor that's allowed this republican to apparently hang onto the seat, although by the hair of his chiny chin chin. is the president a factor in the races. >> it's interesting. the republican governor john kasich thinks the president did more to turn out suburban voters against the republican candidate. if you look at the turnout in the district, the more affluenta the areas closer to columbus garrett was describing in the piece, those voters turned out at ahe h rate than more rural areas, trump country. here you brought the president in for the sole reason to stir up his base. the anti-trump vote turned out higher than the trump vote. if that is a harbinger for w novemberch out. >> it's going to be an interesting one. chuck, i know you're counting
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down the thank you very much. >> less than three months. >> you love election day. >> yes. >> chuck, thank you. alsomorning more fireworks are expected at the trial of the president's one-timen campahairman paul manafort. his defense team going on the attack against the star witness. that's manafort's former protege. justice correspondent pete williams at the crthouse i virginia. pete, good morning. >> good morning to you. it was tough cross-examination. rick gates, paul manafort's former partner, is admitting he's been lying and stealing for years.na rt's lawyers hope now the jury won't like him but that mae not benough t guilty verdict. it's day thr on the witness stand for rick gates, paul manafort's former right-hand man. his trusted aide, who now admits stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former boss during the years they worked together. some of that hmoney,said, helped him carry on an affair in london he had.
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he helped a las vegas investor friend. gates said he repeatedly embezzled money from manafort's wherseas bank accounts to pay bills. asked why, he said, is, in essence, livingeyond my means. his lawyer in a rare plic statement seemed satisfied. >> manafort are a great day. >> the defense hopes to paint gates a the real villain, responsible for the crimes prosecutors charged manafort of committing. in a case built on tax records, muddyi up gates won't work. >> i think it wasn't enough to tank the case. there are enough documents put into evidence that corroborate what he h to say. >> prosecutors disclose after manafort left the trump campaign, he continued askingm favors fates who stayed on to work on trump inauguration. he e-mailed gates to say a banker that helped him get a loan should be considered as
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secretary of the army and e-mailed later to say the banker and his son should get tickets to the inaugural ceremony. >> as you mentioned, manafort's lawyers seemed to think hurt gates credibility, how does the jury see it? >> we'll know when we get trd t. remember, the defense strategy was to say it was rick gates really responsible for all the things the government is blaming orul man for. after yesterday and again today, it's very possible that the jury may think, yeah, he's the bad guy here. t other hand there's all those paper documents. >> that's exactly what i was wondering, pete. if the case turns on gates and whether the prosecutors -- the ju likeshim, if he's been dirtied up to the point it's a wash and the defense has taken bites out of him, is there enough on paper, is a ce that ands alone on paper that can lead to a conviction? >> i think that's the wepoint. alled gates the star witness
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here. he's the one that everybody has recognized. he's sort of the linchpin of making allum these dts come alive. it's certainly theoretically possible the government could win this case without him at all, with just the strength of the rtdocuments. nly that's what the government is hoping for, savannah. >> all right. pete williams. pete, thank yo >> nowhat has quickly become the worst wildfires ever in cafornia including that record setting blaze north o san francisco. those out of control flaems threatening thousands of homes. nbc's national correspondent miguelue alm on the scene again for us. hi, miguel, good morning. good mornin this has become the largest staging ground in the country for fi tfighters. mon 4,000 are here. they have come from across the nation and the world. there still isn't enough manpower to slow down this record, monster size blaze. >> firefighters have never faced a monster like this. the mendocino complex fire, the largest in california'sist ish
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is placesing a path of destruction like never before. after destroying homes the inferno threatening structures, the northern california blaze larger than the citiesf san francisco, oakland, sacramento and san jose combined. smoke seen i from space drifting as far east as salt lake city. >>t's very challenging. in this area just getting to the edge of the fire, as well as erefighter safety. >>loding for nearly two weeks, the mendocino fire has overtaken the thomas fire which last year destroyed more than 1,000 structures, burned more than six months and cost more than $2 billion. >> wow, look atepthat. >>ter: across the state, more than 2,000 structures have been destroyed. 619,000 acres scorched. >> it's a loud roar. loudest roar i heard. sounded like a jet taking off.
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>> firefighters he sayhe struggle is a year-round battle. fires getting bigger, faster, causing more destruction. >> i think this is the new normal we'll see incalifornia. >> according to the national interagency fire center, wildfires today burn nearly twice as long as they did in 1990. the average number of acres burned has doubled. e reasons, scientists point for poorly maintained forests, more people moving into fire prone areas and climate change. >> you take epic drought, you combine it with high temperatures, you've got all the ingredients for unprecedented wildfires. >> this morning california is oking. a view of history nobody wan to see. because this fire is feeding on so much drought strickenland, crews say the blaze here can easily burn through september. savannah, back to you. >> all right. t miguelnk you. >> here in the east, tens of millions are facing another day ofhat extreme heat. a possible new round of severe
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storms. al is here with what we can expect. good morning, al. >> good morning, guys. last night quite the light show in queens, three people suck bylightning. this was a vivid light showwend e got more on tap for today along with the heat. 40 million people up and down for the risk. take a loig, thispressure pumping up all this moisture, bringing it in, bringing in oppressive humidity. heat index values into the 90s and 100s. there's a cold front behind this that's going to bring dryer, milder canad air but not that much dryer. it's like a wet sponge whenou wring it out warm and moist. boston, 91, the front moves through and heat indexes drop a little bit but they are still going to continue to hang on. in fact, you look at this weekend. we're talking aboutra temres in the 80s and 90s from st. louis, orlando, norfolk, both.
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the humidity levels, though, are going to stayelatively high. look at boston. on friday 67. into the weekend it's into the mid-80s, relative humidity. it stays high throughout the southeast and right on into the northeas no real relief coming up into the weekend. guys. >> lots of sticky weather out there. al, thank you so much. the embattled president of usc, university of southern california, has officially resigned in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against a longtime campus doctor. nbc's gadi schwarzs on the story this morning. gadi,d grning. >> good morning. this is the biggest shake since allegations shook the schoos to core. hundreds of women accusing a everyone came us doctor of sexual misconduct andt harassm going back years. now the search for a new school president is under way as the school promises to change. >> please be seated. >> university of southern california's embattled president has stepped down after months of criticis over his handling of
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explosive misconduct allegations against a former campus gynecologist. >> it's definitel rocked the campus. >> in a letter the board of trustees writing they are committed to ambitious agenda for change. he announced he was stepping down in may but didn't leave the post until this week. he's not actually leaving the school, instead he's preside emeritus. one saying, this is inexcusable. nikias has no pla at usc. giving him this honor makes a mockery. a growingf list sexual allegations against hundreds of women saying they re abused by george tyndall, the school's only begin psychologist for 30 years. >> he took pictures of me during the exam. >> while i was up in the stir p stirrups he told me i was
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beautiful. >> natalie morales. >> do you feel more against university or the doctor. >> the university. >> former students accused tyndall of forcing them to strip naked, groping their bret a invasive examinations for no legitimate medical purpose. one suit claims usc concealed tyndall's sexual abuse for years. ultimately the school instruct a deal wittyndall, who wasn't fired but suspended without pay in 2016 retiring the next year with an disclosed payout. >> it's painful to know that our collective voices ultimately meant near nothing to usc. >> the schoode says indep investigators have interviewed more than 100 witnesses and collected 4 1/2 million documentsince y. they hired a new medical director. >> my job is to makee s that we learn from this. we do not repeat these mistakes here or anywhere brf overpass we
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received a statement from dr. l' tynd criminal defense lawyer. he tells us dr. tyndall takes all aegations seriously adding he continues to believe that when all the facts are known and experts in the field of gynecoulgy are cod, it will be concluded his examinations of students while a doctor at uscas always for the stated medical purpose and consistent with the staard of care for such examinations. meantime usc board member wanda austin will take over as the school's interim president as it searches for a t.replacem guys, thank you. >> gadi, thank you very much. you.l, we missed back again with the national forecast. >> take a look at what we have, looking across the h countr and dry, continued unfortunately out west. strong stope
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ttures out there right now in the 60s and 70s. 76 r hht nowe in the district. nothing happening on the radar, but this could fill up later on this afternoon as this frontal system right here stretching all the way from the great lakes down back towards the midwest, that is edging towards our area. huat is going to pop off a few showers anderstorms any time after 3:00 to about 10:00 tonight. some of these could betrong bringing some heavy downpours. another round of lightning. temperatures low 90daytime highs today.. you k swting next to you
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7:26 is your time now on th, wednesday, august 8 2018. good morning to you, i'm eun ng. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. today you can help kids get ready for school. news 4's molette green is live with our annual backpack for kids drive. molette, goodepmorning. >>orter: good morning. we're taking all kinds of backpac backpacks, the sparkly ones, fuzzy kinds, plain ones, supplies, cash, anyt our goal is to reach 4,000 backpacks by noon. come out to the apple federal creditnion and support nbc 4's annual campaign. backpacks for kids in full swing. we'll see you ine a lit bit. >> now we're going to take you
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to melissa mollet in first 4 traffic. >> lots of fun. thank you, molette. inner loop before vandoorne still hasea some slowdowns because of an earlier crash here. inner loop there at vandoorne. left side has blocked the crath he overturned car. 9 miles per hour through that area. capital heights, at 50. crash reported there this morning and eastbound 395. crash blocked a lane. >> know lis is a, thank you. >> let take a break w. we'll che stay with us.t next.
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♪ >> back now 7:30 august 8th. you know that song. you knowhat iconic house. the old stomping grounds of the brady bunch. guess who bought that, hgtv. we're going to let you know on y "pop start" what te planning to do with that classic song. andhen i hear that song hear that house, i want a twinkie. r want a twinkie or zinger '70s snack. a ding dong. anyway, back to us, our iconic studio. >> i'm so excited about seeing you dance later. >> it's something. >> first let's get to the headlines this half hour.
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key race in ohio district where too dent trump won big is close to call this morning. republican troy balderson has less than a 1% lead over democrat danny o'connor in the state's congresonal district t thousands of absentee and provisional ballots for this election still have to be counted. republicans have hel that seat for nearly four decades. both parties spent big on the race. iteen as a gauge of voter sentiment before november midtermsp president trarried the district by 11 points when he won thehite house. > a manhunt is under way for the gunman who shot police detectives in camde near philly. the officers were sitting at a red light in a car and a gunman walked up and fired as many as 20 shots. one officer hit in the arm, the other in the hand. the suspect drove offte in a w van. the shooting took place near a national night out event to promote cooperation between police and the neighborhoods they protect. billionaire entrepreneur elon musk has stunned wall street suggesting he might take
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tesla electric car company private agai musk announced what would be the biggest buyout in history. it would cost him more than $70 billion to buy back all the shares of tesla stock but musk says he's got funding for the deal lined up. he didn't provide details. there was enough interest in it to drive up tesla shares by 10%. other investors reacted with scepticism noting tesla has yet to turn a >>profit. police in florida got unexpected help coraling a suspect after a car chase. footage from seminole county sheriff's office shows the car crashing into aditch. ok closely. captured the driver before they run far. meanwhile a herd of cows goes after fleeing passenge e >> south at of you, actually, a large group of cows is following her. omg. >> either really fast cows or really slow woman. the cows rushed and herded the woman to d nearbyt road.
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the deputies were waiting to arrest her. >> they searched for her until the cows come home. m sorry. roker is proud of me. >> never a good sign when he's proud. n the headlines, ongoing divorce battle between angelina jolie and brad pitt, it's becoming even more contentious with accusations raising some eyebro. nbc's joe fryer has more on this story. hey, joe, good morning. >> good morning. new court documents filed by angelina jolie now a little brad pitt, her exll anded father of five children has not been paying enough child support. it's the latest wrinkle in a nasty custody battle between two of hollywood's biggest stars. it's the latest bombshell in the brangelina divorce. nbc news first to obtain court documents filed by jolie tuesday a littling her estranged husband brad pitt hasn't paid any meaningful child support. thech filing, w doesn't define what meaningful support means, said the company had formal arrangements around the payment of the children's expenses that
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have not been regularly sustained by pitt for over a year and a halfre a repsentative for pitt had no imme bate commentut a source familiar with the conversation disputed the allegations saying pitt has fulfilled all his commitments. this is the latest skirmish in the tlo-year divorce b between the mega stars who fell in love in 2003 on the set of mr. and mrs. smith. >> you think this story is going to have a happy ending? >>appy endings are stories that haven't finished yet. >> after six adopted and biological children together they married in4 and separated just weeks after their second wedding anasversary. pitt accused by an unidentified witness of being rough with one of their children on a private plane. ofhorities later cleared him any wrongdoing. in her divorce filing jolie cited irreconcilable differences with the couple eventually reaching a temporary custody agreement. the children would stay in her care with pitt granted supervised visitation. speaking about it to the bbc,
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jolie got emotional. >> i don't want to say very much it washat except to s a very difficult time. >> in an interview with "gq" st year pitt opened up about his struggles with alcohol and how it affected his kids. i was boozing too much. it's just becom a problem. it's hit me smack in the face with our divorce. i gotta be more. i gotta be mor for them and i haven't been great at it. this spring new friction erupted when jolie wanted to move their kids to europe so she could film a movie there. w pitt lives in l.a., went to court to stop it. the the judge p grantt shared custody for the summer ruling not having a relationship with their father is harmful for the children and it is critical that eac of them have a healthy and strong relationship with their father and mother. according to "people" gazine, the source with knowledge of the situation says pitt has pai far more than any informal agreement would stipulate. asked jolie for comment about her new court filing. her rep told tus, aim is to
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promote closure to the marriage inch a ways that clears the path towards the next stage of their lives and allows her and brad to recommit as did evoted . co-parn >> what's the status with the kids. >> they are living in london with her. this smer they spent time had him in london and l.a. the custody agreement orders jolie to bring the kids back to l.a. this weekend. >> all right, joe, thank you. >> 7:36, it' roker time. >> not to be confused with hammer time because i don't have those pants.
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temperatures right now arei in the 70s. it's humid outside. lowe do havet bey of sun. that's going to warm us up lateo on y. 70 degrees. by the afternoon 80s atnd lunchtimeear 90 degrees by lunchtime. by the afternoon 93 degrees and feeling close to 100. we have thunderstorm chances this afternoon and evening. some of the storms could be strong and we could see gusty winds tomorrow and friday. chances increase for th weekend. and that's your latest weather. guys. >> al, thank you so much. coming up, i know we haven't mentioned it, but last night we performed on stage at madison
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. this moing on in-depth, the trump national hotel in washington, d.c.. >> that's right. it's been in business for two years now. critics callt thepresident's biggest conflict of interest. what really is the issue. nbc senior investigative and sp legal cordent cynthia mcfadden with a closer look. hi therin >> good mo >> from a legal point of view, the legal flash point comesfo or ign governments that spend money at the trump hotel and 200 members of congress who sayuthat is unconional. it's the place to be if you're a trump supporter. if you had to sum up what the trump international hotel represents to washington, what would you say? >> i think it's style, elegance, and glamour. a place to be seen and see people. >> onsort of clubhouse for trump supporters. >> yes. >> nicole decocdecoco is aup gr
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women called trumpettes. >> who doesn't want a chance to see the vice presseent or etary of treasury or kellyanne conway. >>r for that matter ivanka trump, jared kushner,ni rudy giuliar maybe even the president himself. this is the washington suite. it costs over $3,000 a night and it is beautiful. critics worry those who spend big bucks at the hotel are really trying t curry favor with president trump. the trump organization is a private company. who spent what here is hard to come by. nbc news did analyze federal n filings and ss found that over the last two years pacs and republican campaigns have spent over a million dollars at the hotel. >> what an exciting nighr: >> reporte but it's the money
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spent by foreign governments that have ethics watch dogs reeling. nbc news also reviewed thousands of pages of registration rms ms for foreign agents. they show vague spent $270,000 at the hotel. a fth m later president trump took his first foreign trip there. >> i am deeply concerned about thth payments made t hotel by saudi arabia. >> that's not all richard blumenthal is concerned about. he's on one of 200 members of congress suing the president foe violating constitution by accepting foreign payments without theonsent of the congress. >> 200 members of congress is very impressive. they are all, however, democrats. is this just a political manipulation to try to tear down president trump. >> i'll be very blunt, i wish w had some republicans who would
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stand up and speak jut andn us. many have said privately, go for it. they areunwilling to defy the president of their overnight rty. >> reporter: kuwait doesn't see any problems, its embassy held a glamorous party two yearsn a row, costing tens of thousands ofdollars. bahrain, to all over the hotel from lebanon, jordan, and even the rusan ambassador to the u.s. there's no question that foreign gornments have spent a lot of money here. the question is how much of that money the trump organization has turned over to the u.s. treasury. you'll remember president trump pledged to gee to treasury all profits from foreign governments a his 37 properties around the world. but the total tallyom hisny actually gave in 2017, only $151,000. >> it's a pathetic sham.
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>> ,0$1 doesn't sound like very much when you consider how many properties he owns aroun the world. >> that donation is pathetically inaccurate and inadequate. >> it is clear the trump international hotel has been a good busins for the trump family. the president's latest financial disclosure forms show $40 million in revenue from the hotel last year alone. ivanka reports $3.9 million. the trump organization decline to be interviewed. in this statement they provided to nbc news, they strongly maintain there is absolutelyno ing unconstitutional about a foreign government paying for a hotel room. what his lawyers call a routine business transaction having nothing to do with his presidency. they also say the $151,000 donation tasthe ty accurately reflects their profits from foreign governments. >> if you watch "house of cards," power i a lot like real
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estate. it's location, location, location. the closer you are to the source, the more power you haveo think d.c. being a power lture, everyone wants to be in and around the trump hotel stwg. >> and it's not just the trump hotel in washington that has criticsncerned. earlier this year the trump hotel in new york got a huge boost from saudi crown princeac rding to a letter from the "washington post." there's another lawsuit charging the hotel violates the constitution, it is moving forward in federal court. so two points of view, it's just business. >>ta g stay somewhere. or it violates the constitution. two different oerions >> we have judges to make those decisions. >> thanks. just ahead this morning, is your toothpaste putting you at greater o risk cavities? greater o risk cavities? what you us. greater o risk cavities? what you it's what this country is made of.
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this is a "news 4 today" news break. 67: is your time now on this wednesday, august 8th, 2018. good morning to you, i'm eun ya n. rightow we want to check in with melissa mollet and your first 4 affic. how's it going? >> a couple of different problems, outer loop ramp to eastbound 50 right side of the road is blocked. trying to get that camera straightened out there virginia. franconia, inner loop at e, vandoorash with overturned cars. that has cleared. delays turning around.rg gaithersear shade yisburg road, crash on the ride side. >> we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we c e stay with us. wow. look at jim go. man, that guy works hard. courtside seats? multitasking isn't for the faint of heart . i'm in! it takes experience, skill,
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good morning. hot and humid wednesday. take a look at future weather. by 5:30 thunderstorms forming north and west. 9:30 this evening, shors and storms, some of them could be strong moving through the area. mostly very late afternoon, evening thunderstorm chance. temperatures before that in the 90s. tomorrow will be dry as well as friday but into the weekendea inng rain chances, eun. >> sheena, thank you. now back to the "today" show.
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t's 8:00 on "today." coming up, nothing but the tooth. leat a new artic is revealing about the connection between toothpaste and cavities. the one ingredient you should be checking for to protect your smile. plus some gals have all the luck. >> couple of girls are going to come up on the stage that you see every day o the "today" show. >> hoda and i hit the stage at madisonquare garden performing as back-up singers for music icon rod stewart. we'll take you inside our unforgettable night. and rising star craig sits down with john david washington to talk about his breakout role in "blackkkl hsman."
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did you land this gig? >> so i was on location for another film in cincinnati andgi t a text saying spike is calling. >> what he's a learningut the lessons he learned from his famous parents today august 8th, 2018. >>s.rom st. lo >> debbie from d.c. >> turning 60. >> here with my sister. >> and our two kids. >> we always start our morning off with the "today" show, but today is extra special. it's my birthday. >> my 54th birthday. >> i'm here with my awesome daughter ella. >> that's cool. >> how lovely isthat. welcome back. we like havingh you w us, right there on the plaza, your
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own personal plaza.n send your videos. >> m "today" plaza. >> every time we see those we excited. send them in, we want to see your beautiful faces. lots to get to. votes still counted in a nailbiter in ohio, a congressional race and it's call. too close to let's get to garrett haake in columbus with a w look att the results are this morning. good morning. >> good moing. republicans appear to have dodged a bullet in ohioleut enseust barely. this race wasn't supposed to be close. this morning it couldn't get much closer. only about 2,000 votes separating these two candidates. as you said they are still counting with the republican with a narrow lead. they are scrambling to learn everything they can about this ce before november. republican troy balderson
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delivering a victory speech without clear-c victory. the ohio state senator sitting on a lead inoo a race close to call in a district president trump carried by 11. >> can you believe how close this is. >> democrat danny o'connor promising to continue the fight refusing to concede overnight. >> we're not stopping now. tomorrow we rest and keephr fighting tgh to november. >> this comes after a major push from the president stumping in in ohio. >> i'll tell you what, we're going to have a tremendous victory for troy, troy balderson. >> in a tweet last nige president claiming his visit heshed balderson on the top. after my speech, was a big turn for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a time of year for voting. this was supposed to be safe rr ory for republicans. attitudes here are changing.
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>> i almost feel like the presidft feels as he's an autocr autocrat instead of an elected official. i don't like that. >> savannah, it's voters like that that give hope here. they feel like if they can a district this reliably red and make it this close, there are a whole lot of other districts around the country less an ublican friendly they make less competitive in november even if this one they couldn't quite get t over line. >> thank you. rick gates returns to the high-stakesd in the trial against the president's former campaign manager. the star witness admitting to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former boss and using finances to cover up extramarit affair. manafort's team calling today a good day after esday's aggressive cross-examination. a second fraternity member expectedo enter guilty plea in the hazing that led to theeath
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burn an area as big as los angeles. all right. would you like to switch geao and a morning boost. >> hump day boost. >> there you go. you know when you love a song and it comes on the radio and you ge so lost in that moment? all right. there's a little girl who knows a lot about e'this. getting a lot of attention on line to her smoot moves to song buddha. out. be young for boyfriend shek she gets going. check it out. wait. uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. >> i can't handle her. >> we cannot handle her. >> anyway, she opens up heryes and realizes people are watching. >> youoi know she's that, she has seen mom and dad do it. >> she does. >> the music is in her. l ie it. coming up, have wen all bee using the wrong toothpaste all these years? the new debate over what's best for dreaded cavities. >> plus, a risky move from rod
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where the sun soaks the leaves with 4000 hours of sunshine before we pick them at the peak of freshness for a smooth refreshing taste and aroma in every cup of lipt we are back with "today's" talker, all about a crucial part routine.morning we're talking about your toothpaste. dylan is in the orange room. there's a debate about this? >> kind of. a debate. throughout our life we've been told to brush our teeth, it prevents cavities. a new article in the dental journal says brushing aloneay t be enough. you need to brush with fluoride. the journal's primary conclusion is without fluoride, oral hygiene efforts have no impact on cavity rates.
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the dental association says it's important to debunk the idea that brushing teeth stopsca you need fluoride. researchers recognized it as a cavity blocker but they haven't always agreed. amazon says two of the top four chlt sellers are fluoride-free. my dentist asks what i do to keep my kids teeth white and clean. i use fluoride-freeas toot. i switched to fluoride fr, three cavities. switched back, no cavities. it's been linked to health issues. experts worry people are missing the most important ingredient in cavity protection. >> thank you. we're gng to breakt down a little more nbc correspondent dr. john torres is here with no. you look at those tubes and they say all natural, they say organic. you think, wow, i'm doing
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something right for my by getting nonfluoride oothpaste are you harming your self? >> turns out you are. you're harming your teeth. part of a healthy mouth, getting that fluoride in there. what dylan wki t about. without fluoride, toothpaste and toothbrush mechanical delivery device, gets in there,re takes f food and tartare, but doesn't take cfe cracks and crevices. that's what fluoride does builds up enammal, helps areas we can't get with toothpaste. >> all natural organic, if they aren't effective, what's the point of using them. >> that doesn'tn fluoride free. they have nat ra with and without. fluoride doesn't protect from cavities. the others clean and refresh your mouth. >> what about kids, are they supposed toave fluoride for their two teeth. talking about charlie. >> as soon as teeth erupt want to use fluoride toothpastes
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on them. the amounts differ. from 0 to 3,ust a small sliver. a grain of rice size on there. 3 to 6, a pea size. >> my pediatrician saysake sure your daughter drinks water from the tap, there's fluoride there. tap water is the main one for people with municipal waterha tt fluoride in them. some people don't have that and you can get. fluori >> we're having the debate, floss or not to floss. >> >>floss. oes it help with cavities. >> it does if you do it the right way. >> boom. >> next timeeou're at dentist ask about doing it correctly. >> just saved you cavies. >> al, where are you? >> all the way over here. hard to find but so good wn you ho
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game. we're going to continuebout midnight before we start to dry out but, again, we are going to have a chance with strong storms bringing lots of lightning, heavy rain, strong hail. a new . the home served as the exter or shthe house used in the iconic show. it was recently put up for sale in lifornia. former 'n sync member lance bass was interested in buying the house but expressed his disappointment whe he learned he had been outbid. discovery ceo announced hgtv had known y won the bid for the for its remodeling shows and plans to restore the "brady bunch" home to full 1970s glory. news, ance bass heard the took to twitter to say.
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i'd be pretty upset if it it were anyone else. how can you be upset at hgtv, my channel is stuck there. i know you'll do the right thing with the house. >> they should hire lance bass to do the show featuring the house. >> coming up with ideas. up next kelly clarkson, last nighthe singer shared a sweet eideo of her daughter going to bed. ouldn't help but profess her love for her favorite singer. no, it's not her mom. >> i like chris martin.ik i him. >> you like his song. >> i like his song, and i want to kiss him. >> what's the song. >> what's the t songt you love? can you sing it? ♪ the stars shine for you ♪ everything you do
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>> singing runs in the family. >> that is river singing the song by coldplay. she's apparently seen the video. she tweeted, she wants to marry the boy in the video, which i informed her he's not a boy or anym he has kids older than her. seth rogen sat down with jimmy fallon to tk about his film rike father." the twod funny dad texts. >> phone dying, just letting you know in case it dies. still on but low, fyi. 5%. 3% now. dying any second. call mom if you need me.
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mom's phone at 46%. mom is now at 41. now upper 30s. back home now. targing. >> jeeing this now. omg.>> can you guys relate to that? >> absolutely. oh, yeah. >> finally a b exhibit, oil sketches of prince harry and prince william on display at prince and patron exhibition at buckingham palace. of prince a part charles private collection, this is the first official double portrait of the duke of sussex and the duke of cambridge dressed in regimental uniform. done in 2009 by artist nicky phillips. that's your "pop start." tnk you. now to special series try it today. in a story we've mentioned 1 or 2,000 times this morning. s got t night the two of a chance to be back-up singers
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for the legendary rod stewar w anre not kidding, at madison square garden. it was sold out. it was epic. before we roll it, we want to apologize to any of yout hom who have ears. >> orey es. >> back stage at the rod stewart concert. >> we can't believereit. >> and w in the show. >> in it. >> where is our place? >> that's right. the one and only sir rod stewart, a hitmaker for almost half a century sold records to millions of adoring fans called hoda and me into duty to serve as back- singers on his latest tour. we were up to the task, kind of. >> hey. >> but first we had to pass the test witherod's m experienced back-up singers. moveant to learn to >> yes. >> wait a minute. ♪ forever young >> yes. the universe. >> it was times like this we
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hoped the universe wasn't listening. >> six, seven and ps, and hips. >> or watching for that matter. ♪ forever young oi >> to the audience when we get out there. ♪ forever you >> has anyone ever just died on stage. >> they still throw ar undents. >> what if you catch one? throw it back. >> okay.in beware fg undergarments. check. but backo the hips. t >>hat's it. >> speaking of rocking, weather watcher officially ready to rock. >> yes, yes, yes, we have it. >> all in. one, reo, th forever young! >> we just needed to check in with a certain rock star. >> oh, my gosh. >> do you understand this is a rill of a lifetime. >>s this really happening?
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>> have you ever dand on the stage of madison square before? >> no, we haven't. >> don't mess it up. >> i can't believe you're letting us do this. >> i can't either. >> what's >> one of your will fallff the stage and i did see earlier you were knocking the we back. this isn't my outfit, thi is just for you two. >> this is not our show outfit we goted just for you. rether. >> at 73, rod is red roses, his 30th studio album. as far as tour performances, almost too many to coun but one thing you can always count on, that legendary hair. >> rod, your hair looks fantastic. yet.haven't even done it >> feels so good. >> don't mess it up. >> can i touch it, too. i just want to see what it feels like. soft. ry >> okay. >> thank you for that.
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rod, knock 'em dead. we'll try to dour best. >> sing along, do what you want. just don't fall off the stage, i'm not insured. >> okay. >> next tip. don't fall off the stage. hopefully don't fall out of thesedresses. >> rod, are you ready for is? >> to be honest, i don't think anyone was ready for this. but soon it was showtime. ♪ may you never love in vain in my heart always remain forever young ♪ ♪ forever young ev ♪ f young ♪ forever you >> it was thrilling and terrifying and everything we dreamed it would be. ♪ forever young
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>> please, big round of applause for the girls from the "today" show. they polished off all the wine in my dressing room. >> oh, my gosh. >> did that justha en. >> thank you, rod, we love you. we're available for your next record. >> he's notanswering. >> oh, my gosh. >> you made us proud. >> how about it. >> you made us proud. >> you know who was in the audience? al roker. >> that was som roker footage we had in the piece. >> they had t seats on th floor but you have to stand the whole time. when you buy a seat you want to sit down, so iad a nice angle. >> it was really fun. >> for all of us who have never been ontage at madison square garden, can you see the crowd? do you see them looking at you? >> you do. o look.t know where i kept looking at hoda. we thought we got to stand togeer when weame out they
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separated us. we were like no. >> there was a lady, i was watching her because she was like all hands in the air. you know whe you feel like you're having a moment out there. it was wild. >> you see the aront row it's kind of dark. >> yeah. >> when i came out,he first thing was like, rod stewart it's right there. that was a shocking thrtg. >> our h were seriously pounding. >> guess who we ran into after we came off the stage? >> al roker. >> just as exciting, cyndi lauper. there she swas. >> was just there. she opened f rod stewart. >> which was . terrific >> she said, hoda, why didn'tu yoext me? >> you know who else was watching you? >> who? >> lendary producer clive davis. that's right. so he may sign you guys. >> or not. highly unlikely. >> don't know about that. a huge thank you to rod stewart, toe madison squ garden. we also want to mention rod's new album "blood red roses" will besed september 8th.
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>> maybe he'll do a concert for . >> going to have to hire back-up. >> there's your invitation. straight good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this wednesday, gust 8th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get to a check on the commute. melissa mollet has your first 4 traffic. ood morning, aaron. near leesburg pike, we have a crash there. delays headed inner loop as you're approaching leesburg pike. fairfax 66 at 50 in bound delays this morning. king a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, going to take you about 45 minutes. slow areas in the normal spots. south of rockville is the slowest down to the spur. >> all right. melissa. thank you. your forecast is coming up next. first ative look our annual backpacks for kids drive in fairfax county. you can drop off supplies at the
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> hey, everybody. welcome back. 8:30 now on this hump da wednesday morning august 8th,20 18. look at our awesome crowd by the way, savannah, a couple of people at the concert last night. >> really? >> i talked to people over there at the rod stewart concert whipping it up. >> i can't believe it. that amazing. speaking of concerts, we've got up.e big ones coming get out your calendar. 48 hours from now, grammyinner
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jason mraz will te over our citi stage. on wednesday, it's a biggie.l aerosmith we here. actually going to do something special. instead of performg on the plaza, aerosmith live street at the rock center rink. how cool is that? >>skalgting? >> no ice skating now. it's going to be awesome. >> a crowd moment. i'll take this one. i'm looking for gina and angela. you guys are actually from. >> alexandria, virginia. >> that's home of savannah guthrie. >> one of you went to high school. >> i did, class80 of 's. >> i wasn't going to give them all that. >> you remember her in a different way? >> yes, i do. she served me ice cream at scoops in the holland hall ice cream.l >> can i tel you something? i actually got fired from that job. you know what --
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>> i had nothing to do with your being fired. >> there was whole kids soccer team, i was giving it out because i couldn't handle it and somebody was watching from the parking t. >> thank you. >> go feds, baby. go federals. >> how about that. you both got fired from ice cream jobs. >> i can't believe that. >> for eating inventory. >> it happens. >> coming up, one of hollywood's .ising stars, his name is john david washingt he's got the leading role in spike lee's new film "blackkklansman." he also happens to be the son of denzel washington. coming up our conversation about the movie, getting the acting bug from his dad and all the lessons he learned from h mom. >> pauletta. >> oh, yeah. he's a mama's boy. >> another young star emmy nomineessa rae,er hit show "in secure." what she's doing to give other
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women a boost in hollywood. >> we are cooking up a recipe for a farm fresh summer mealno that will k your socks off. >> before all that, mr. roker, good morning. temperatures are on the mild side. 78 degrees right now, but we're warming up. plenty of sun out there right now. later we're going to see increasing clouds. mid 70s. as we go through the afternoon, more clouds moving. humid temperature around 93. feeling close to 100. we have thee highest chanc of
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the day of seeing storms later on this evening, but we could have a couple pop-up ones this afternoon. dryfr thursday ay. rain chances go up through the weekend. don't forget, you can take us with you any tim you leave the house, just go "today" sirius exxm, channel 108, a hug contingent from cleveland. cleveland rocks. way to go. nice to see all my friends from the greatest location in the nation. uw back inside to guys. >> al, thank you. we've been catching up with spike lee and stars of his movie the "blackkklankan" all w long. ,ou got to meet the main guy. >> john washingt a lot of buzz around his performance in particular. he happens to be the son of oscar winner denzel washington. sat down with john david and taed about his breakout big screen role and what it was like growing up as the son of a hollywood icon. >> we think you might be the man
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to open things up around here. >> sometimes the role of a lifetime com via text. >> how did you land this gig? >> so i w l onation for another film in cincinnati, and i get a text saying spike w calling me. >> spike, as in legendary director spike lee. the filmmaker wanted joh david washington to play the lead in "blackkklansman," a movie based on real life story of colorado detective ron stallworth who infiltratedkkk. >> over the phone and in person, a combined johnth stallw >> can you do that? >> i believe we can with the right whiteman. what was it like for you. >> seeing a group of people help th african-american m acleave the goal to execute this mission. they believed in the case, they believed in him, and they did not look like him at that timeo
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in co springs. >> the movie is funny, relevant, and at times tough to watch. most difficult scene in the movie for you. >> banquet scen >> the true white american race, the backbone from whee came our southern heritage. >> the banquet scene felt the most authentic, all those hoods and celebration of ts institution, institution of hate. talking and hanging out with fellow actors playing clansmen, we hadeo j around between takes to get out of it and shake it out because of how real it felt that day. >> black clansmen isn't the rst for ai into spike lee film. at nine he appeared at malcolm x. w co-starrinh a certain other actor with the same last night. >> we didn't land onh plymo rock, plymouth rock landed on us. >> john david washington is denzel's son. lest you forget, the son of pauletta washington. >> as you got started in this
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business, being the o son denzel washington -- >> and pauletta washington. >> thankniyou. >> e more money than he was when they married, before s they got marri was on broadway working. she paid for the first date, paid the bill, paid the cab ride. so classically trained pianists, went to juilliard. she's a great artist in her own right. helearned a lot from her. make i f taught me how to hunt. my mother taught me how to love. >> seeing d act o one of the toughest stages hooked a young j.d. >> my father did shakespeare in the park when i was 5 years old, richard iii. seeing him up there limping, it was sort of like a mullet going . i thought it was the coolest thing ever. i wanted to do that. >> instead of running po' into that same spotlight jn david initially ran from it and onto the football field. >> as he startedom bg successful, people started changing around me. it gave me a lit anxiety, resentment, anger.
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so all those happening to me, i filtered them through this outlet, football. >> football carried him through llege and briefly into the pros before an injury closed the door on the game and opened another for acting. playing ricky in hbo's ballers.l >> you didn've us to help e, you left because you are a coward. >> now with "blackkklansman," john david is set to make h own mark on hollywood. if ovation at the cannes film festivals any indication, washington is well on his way. >> the reaction when the film stopped. >> like winning the super bowl. i never won anythin when i played. that felt amazing. >> one of the things i really enjoyed about him is you get the sense that he's still very much appreciative of all of is.
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authentic and all that stuff but he's very blessed. he knows that he's blessed. therare times -- you guys have both seen the film. you close your eyes and it'sh, like it's denzel washington. he sounds just like your dad. >> al said your first reaction. >> sometimes if you just listen to it, he's gotho intone asian. >> not real in the film. >> ireally? premiers this friday, "blackkklansman" opens in theaters this friday. it opens -- it's coinciding with the fst anniversary of charlottesville. >> thank you, craig. speaking of young stars, check her out. the fabulous issa rae is here. we're going to talk to t r. but firsis is "today" on nbc.
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series called "insecure." it returns. we find issa trying to get her life together after a breakup with her ex-boyfriend and living with her on-again, off-again fling daniel because of course she wants to save money. >>oc on getting money so i can get up out of there. you know, it's beeks two w already. >> you should have just stayed with me. >> no, girl, remember when i stayed with you back in '05? >> just broke my vase. >> this show i love. you -- first ofall, everything is happening for you. can we point out for onese nd, number one starting off-season 3. number two, you got your very first emmy nomination for a leading lady in a comedy. tell me what that felt like.we wher you when you got that call? >> i was working with marseille martin on "black-ish" and will packer. he came in, said i've got an
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announcement to 'tke. i diave my phone on me. when i work i work. i just forgot it. he came in and said i want to make an announcement. congratulate for the "black-ish" nomination and for theery asrst time -- i was like, shut up. itamazing, an incredible feeling. the whole crew was there. the whole crew was there and i got embarrassed. he got my video and it looks ke just another day getting the emmy but i was really mortified. >> can you believ you wrote this thing, you star in it, you produce it. this is really your baby. not only that, your lead character you i namedissa. what is that about? that's got to be hard t parate in real life? >> it was about not putting any thought into it. the script was called "untitled" the show was called "untitled" a long time. i'll figure out the name later.
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let me just make it my name. you don't imagine at the time of shooting the scharacteame was issa. i said, fine. >> fine. tell mee what it's l when you walk down the street? >> it's a lot of people thinking they know u, kno your life, know the decisions you made. it's hard for people to pa te. >> because it's your name? >> because it's my name. even when people talk mess about the charter, it's still me and my name, so it's har to separate. it's the worst decision i ever made. >> your boyfriend -- former boyfriend lawrence in th show is not -- i noticed in three we don't see any signs of him.s your fre mad. they are telling you they are mad. >> they started a petition online petition. it hasn't aired yet. they have over 10,000 signatureo for us bring him back on the show. it's like, we finished it already. >> sorry dude. >> sorry.
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it's like if the petition worksg they ang to bring us to hbo. hbo is going to be like, guys, l 10,000 p -- forget your creative vision, 10,000 people want this character back. are they going to pay for it? >> speaking of fans, is it weird barack and michelle obama like this show. yw did you know about that and what does it mak feel like? >> weird but also the best thing everar on two se occasions i got to go to the white house with my mom in december. barack obama told me, he complimented the soundtrack he complimented yvonne who plays molly, about being creative, black women. a year later igo went t see michelle obama speak in boston. me and tiffany haddish stand in line. hey. had to tell me she did not approv of how the finale made her feel.
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terrible misdirect. she told me sasha and malia put her onto the show. >> that's crazy. you've got other projects in addition to this? >> i'm working on a couple of ojects with hbo, working with other creators. i'm just excited to see what's next. >> we are so happy for you and your success. congrats on the emmy nod. can't wait. aong run, more to see. >> i hope so. >> new season of "insecure" o kicks o hbo. farm to table meal kicking off the tastes of summer but "trst this is
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how it's done. executive chef at barn ater blac farm. it's down in tennessee. i've heard great things about , blackberhat's it like this time of year? >> the garden is covered in vegetables, mushrooms in the wood. >> what are we going to make this morning? >> today we're going to makest iron steak and creamed corn. i didn't see it so much in new york but we have ickup trucks on the side of the road just covered up with corn. >> that's tennessee. they don't do creamed corn like that in new york. what are we working with? >> beef, oil, butter, garlic, oi >> how do we do it? >> quickly how to get the herbs f, give it go. hold it at the top and push your finger down. >> that's easy. >> it's that easy. >> we're using rosemary. >> rosemary, thyme and garlic throw it in the blender, fill it up with oil. >> all of it? >> sure. >> put it all in.
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>>hen we'll blend it. >> all right. you can typically gauge how -- >> trust me, we blend it. >> her >> you can typically gauge how well a dish is received b the silence at the eating table. >> chowing down. >> i like that about you guys. let's put that on the steak. it's important to pull your mean out hour, hour and a half before you cook it because you want it to be roomemperatures so it retains juiciness. >> pat it dry as well. >> pat i dry and season liberally. you're going to lose a lot of at salt. >> that is liberally. i like that. >> don't be afraid of the salt. >> no. >> do you use all the sthce on beef? >> no. you can keep it in the frig. >> how hot is the pan? >> it was in a 450 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. this is super high heat. so we're going to cook it for three to four minutes on one de, flip it over, throw it back into our oven and let it
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rest. >> how lg do you let it rest? >> i would say five minu you want all those juices to go right back into the steak instead of the cutting iboard. ee you have butter. is that regular butter? >> i like european butter with higher fat content. >> higher fat. >> also you can see what's happening here is you've got those meat juices and butter. that's where you're going to want to put your bread. >> to sop it up. >> i love it. >> so give it a cut. >> that's beautiful. >> i can i just go and order this from my butcher. >> you can. some people call it deckel and someeef rib-eye cap. >> corn. >> you know how to take it off the corn. >> i'm f m soucarolina. >> that doesn't mean anything. >> yes, bam. bam. boom. >>man. all right. >> we've got the corn off the
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cob. >> brought the heat. >> scrape it. >> she's going after you, then she's going after your family. >> all right. so we're raping, we're scraping. we've got onions cooking. we're going to dumpor in c and thyme. we have all ofur scraped bits, a little bit of water. >> a little bit of water. >> you want to cover iith water. >> how long do weet that cook. >> reduce it by half, about 10 minutes. >> i'm going to do my part and stir. they do teach u to stir in the palmetto state. >> bless yr art. >> the ultimate putdown. >> man, threw in a bless y heart. >> we blend it for how long? > we blend it until it's pureed, then dump it in here. >> we've run out of time. >> there you go. >> now, we've got all the time in the world. on the a debut here "today" show. thank you so much. for more on the recipe head to today.com/food.
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welcome back.t savannah l a little early. she's joining megyn kelly at the show. the hour of her >> before wreh go, we want to tell you about a campaign nbc cable universal is launching. it's called a race to hate. itss addressess of bias and america. >> music producer with princess nokia to create a song and video to serve as an anthem for the camp tgn. here is first look at erase the hate. >> here is the people who worke y day who make the world better, stronger and great. now is the time, time for a change, join hands together and erase the hate. weeed artists play with passion, rap and sing and stand into action, we need leaders to speak to the youth, bringing up quality, courage and truth. we may start over, begin as one,
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erase the hate and stand for a cause. >> ese the hate. >> catchy catchy. i like that. time.was tapping the whole see the whole thing and learn more about the campaign, head to today.com. >> all right, guys. lothe fourth hour we have a coming up. kathie lee and i are going to get busy with how you pay this is a "news 4 today" news eak. 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, august 8th, 2018. eun morning to you, i'm yang we want to check on your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. a couple of swdowns as you look at the beltway. inner loop as you're approaching leesbu pike. southbound on 270. slow as well. taking a look here chevy chase
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fute weather as we go through the afternoon. more clouds move in. could see a coupleup po storms. now we're looking at the evening hours. we expect thunderstorms to move through. uld be pretty strong with gusty winds. 93 ahead of the storms. very humid. tomorrow and friday dry around 90. then the rain chances return as we go into the weekend. eun? >> sheena, thank you. get the latest news and weather any te in the nbc washington app. have a great day. 12kw 1 is
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good morning, everyone. welcomeo the ow. i'm megyn kelly. today is wednesday, or as we like to call it savensday. help me welcome savannah guthrie. ik>> hi. >> i your dress. >> likewise. >> good morning. >> savensday. >> i just ran. ver he >> the test will be if she will still do this for me in the nt s. >> put the coat on, actually go across the street. >> the fast way. >> it's aon long, crossing of the street. >> thank you forego do it for
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