good morning. breaking overnight, on the move and on the rise. that massive caravan of migrantt moving towardshe u.s. grows even larger. the group, now numbering more than 7,000 and defyi the president's demands to turn back. the political battle reaching a boiling point with the midterm elections just 15 days away. we're live in mexico and in washingtontr tourist agedy. four americans and their guide, killed in a river rafting accident in costa rica. three rafts capsizing. others in the group swept away bere being rescued. just ahead, new images from the scene and what the survivors are saying about their ordeal. new day, new explanation.fi saudi arabian als changing their story about what happened to that "washington post" columnist once again.

but democrats and republicans aren't buying it. >> and, saudi arabia, you do not do something of this magnitude without having clearance from the top. >> the crown prince has his fingerprints all over this. >> this morning, the new calls for the white house investigate and take action. all that, plus searching for answers. the investigation into what caused a floor to suddenly collapse at a college party in south carolina. queen of comedy. julia louis-eyfus honored with the prestigious mark twain award, just days afterun annong she is cancer-free. why she says laughter really is the best medicine. and dreaming big. lottery fever enters uhartered territory, with $2.2 billion up for grabs, including a world record mega millions jackpot. what can you do to improve your odds of winning? we'll ask the man in charge

today, m day, october 22nd, 2018.ro >>m nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie t and hoda k live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "tay." nice to have you with us on a monday morning. if you can see us, thato means one in this studio won the lottery over the weekend. actly. we're we'll have one of the head honchos from the lottery. i'll get you kleenex, benadryl. >> we'll start with the growing ca of people marching through central america with hopes of makin uit to the. with the midterm elections fast approaching, it has the attention of the white house and congress. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from southern mexico where that group is right no gabe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. many of theigrants slept here in this plaza overnight.

the mexican government had hoped to stop this group at the southern border. that did not happen. this morning the migrant caravan is growing as it marches to thes u.s.,lling to 7,000 people. we're going to keep moving forward, this man says. he's been travel for more than a week with his 2-year-old daughter. now the mexican government says it won't use force to stop the migrants but urging them to apply for refugee thstatus. he midterms fast approaching, president trump is seizing on this. >> the democrats like caravans. reporter: promising to use the military to seal the u.s. border. people have to apply for asylum in mexico first. >> we're going to fight. we're going to keep on going. we're not going to stop. >> reporter: this is the epicenter of the immigration

debate. theyay they're fleeing violence in ctral america and hoping more than 2800-mile-trek for more than a week. we met this womans she climbed into a raft in guatemala. we live if a terrible situation in our country, she says, telling us her son was the military. others are turning around, boarding buses, back t honduras. the risk too great. their dreams for a new life on hold. >> gabe, where is the caravaned hetoday? how fast is it movingor >> rr: local officials say the caravan now numbers more than 7,000. it's unclear how many of those arectlly from honduras and how many people joined the caravan here inexico after it crossed the border. they plan to travel about 25 miles to a city near here, closer to the u.s. savannah? >> gabe y gutierrez, tha so much. turning now to that tragic

river rafting accident involving a group of americans in costa rica. four killed along with their guide. others needed to be rescued whet the r suddenly flipped. kerry sanders has thela st. >> reporter: good morning. for 14 friends from south florida, this was supposed to be acelebration. getting together before one of their buddies was getting married. an was to go down one of costa rica's most famous rafting rivers but,ck sadly, it q turned tragic. this morning new video of reue crews at the scene of this terrible accident. it happened saturday on costa ri rica's scenic 14 friends from south florida traveled to thisar pop vacation spot for a bachelor party weekend. these photos taken just hours h before theyed a rafting company to take them on a tour down the river. these rapids rated class 3 and 4

are intended for beginner and intermediate rafters but costa rican authorities say -- >> reporter: you have to cue os. i just audio. dennis, a law school student. in a statement to nbc news, of the survivors says in part what was meant to be a weekend to remember for 14 friends turned into a living nightmare. within five minutes of being out on the ver, all three rafts capsized and everyone ended up in the water. all of us struggled to stay above water, swallowing lots of it on the way down as our bodies ricocheted against the rocks the water while struggling to survive. onef the costa rican rafting

company guides died. >> he worked pretty much all year, eve day for many years. he was one of the top guides we har: >> reportehe rafting tour company in this incident has many thrling videosnd photos on its website, saying it's fully licensed and insured and provides clients with the highest quality whitewater rafting experience in the safest way possible. on this trip, a weekend of adventure to celebra new beginnings, ended in tragedy. >> kerry, has that rafting company commented specifically on what happened? >> reporter: we reached out to the rafting mpany, but they did not return our calls. meantime, this morning the costa rican authorities have launched an investigation and they're t tryi determine why they even set out on such a dangerous dangerous such conditions. hoda? >> a lot of questions there. aank you. >>o there are new questions about the murder of washington

post columnist jamal khashoggi. explanation e new from saudi arabian officials about what happened inside their insulate istanbul. bill neely is on the story for us. good morning. eporter: good morning. for the first time saudi arabia has called this a murder, but it's still insisting this was a rogue operation. it is trying to create a fire wall to protect its crown , prin but there is global disbelief at its story. from thepresident, an intriguing shift in tone. the saudi story changes again. new images from their consulate show khashoggi being searched, smiling, waiting to enter. men were waiting to kill the journalist, calling it a murder, but denying they had a

licee to kill. >> this was an operation that was a rogue operation. there was obviously a tremendous mistake made. what compounded the mista was the attempt to try to cover up and we're determined tth punish e responsible for this murder. >> reporter: the crown prince, he says, dind orderit, knew thing about it. the prince and the king offering their condolences in a phone call toho i's son. >> we're inching our way there. >> repor trump said he found the saudi account credible, but now he tells "the washington post," obviouslypt there's been den and there's been lies. of the crown prince, no one has told me he's responsible. i would love if he wasn't responsible. few in congress are convinced. >> i don't fd thi saudi account credible at all. >> i ceeltain the crown prince was involved and that's why he directed this. that's why we cannot continue to have relatns withhim. >> the only person outside the saudi kingdom who appears to

accept it is donald trump. >> reporter: turkey's dilg i the investigation is intense. 28 turkish employees at the consulate are being interviewed today. khashoggi's friends are calling for justice. his fiancee is now under police protection, but turke won't say why. and his body, which would provide thee clearest evi of how he died, still hasn't been found. and the saudi are still saying they don't know where the body is. turkey is pro ising that won't be part offed any cover-up. the president says he'llk t to the crown prince soon and his treasury secretary steve mnuchin is flying to saudi arabia to talk to themut terrorism but the pressure on them is only growing day by day. back to you. >> bill kneely,hank you. craig joins the table. good morning. >> good morning to ovyou. two out of the white house

are making waves at home and around the world this morning. let's bring in nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. president trump sayingll he's g to pull out of the landmark nuclear arms agreement with atrussia. appens now? >> reporter: national security adviser john bolton landed in russia overnight. he's holding talksh ws russian counterpart and other top officials there to discuss the potential major shift by president trump. mr. trump said o wr thekend he wants to pull out of that landmark nuclear arms agreement, accusing vladimir putin's government of cheating. the kremlin says the move would make the wld a more dangerous place. while some lawmakers agreed with the president, others say pulling out could spark a nuear arms race. while the president is warning of this move, it hn't been

made official yet. we're watching closely. >> there's another move making waves and headline the trump administration is considering changing the definition of gender. so, what is that all about? >> reporter: "the new york times" is reporting the trump ministration is considering that move that would define the term transgender out of existence. the question is, how would that happen? the administration wld narrowly define gender as a biological condition determine at birth. that change could significantly roll back proctions of transgender people under federal law. the obama administration infuriated conservatives with a nsseries of decis that expanded federal protections for those that are transgder by recognizing gender largely as an individual's choice and not determined at birt it's important to note that this report is based on a draft memo not seen by nbc news, which means it's subject to echange. department of health and human services tells nbc news it does not comment on leaked documents. the human rights campaign says

such a move would set a destructivepr edent. >> kristen welker at the white house. >> the leaf blower at the white house. >> they're early, too. >> thank you. timed perfectly. let's talk about what everyone iso excited about. lottery fever. the mega millions and weporball are at mind-blowing $2.2 billion combined. with everyone f clamori tickets, it could go even gher. nbc's garrett hicks on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've already seen a steady stream of people to buy those apckets. rently the opportunity to become a billionaire overnight is worth getting up early for. this morning it's back to work for lots of disappointed dreamers. mega ball number 7.

>> reporter: after no one hit the mega ball jackpot. now can you dream bigger because the jackpot has swelled to a record-breaking $1.6 billion, the largest inhi u.s. ory. what would you do with all that money if won? >> first, go tond a beach think about it. >> vacations. >> cabo. >> vacati, new car. >> reporter: now there's a scramble to buy tickets ahead of thup drawing, including a g of washington, d.c., firefighters. if you win, whoa won't have any firefighrs left ind.c.? >> we won't come to work. >> reporter: pple who never me?the lottery saying, why not >> your powerball number is 23. >> reporter: there were also no winners insaturday's $477 million powerball jackpot,ca using wednesday's prize to power up to $620 millio the rec increase in jackpot amounts coming after lottery officials tweaked rules, making it more difcult to win the big payouts.

first with powerball in 2015 then with mega millions in october2017. worsening the odds to 1 in 302 million. one math professor says that's about the same as rolling a die and getting a one 11 times in a row. but the long-shot odds don't seem to hav e anyffect on these wannabe billionaires. what do you think of the chance here? >> there's money he t. >> reportese are the winning tickets? >> yes. >> reporter: that's it. we're huttingdown. he bought the winning tickets. mega millions sol 280 million tickets for friday's drawing. tomorrow's drawing promises to be even bigger. i' playing, but i promise to come back to work after i win. >> no, you won't. >> really? >> really? >> stop me if you've heard that one before. >> reporter: from the too heaah bureau. >> thank you. >> can youin do any to improve your chances? ne'll ask mega millions lead

director himself we joins us live in studio 1-a. he's been peppered b questions from everyone already. first, a check of the weather from al roker. >> i'm so disappointed. he resisted goingon bil all these times. >> we need yy. >> let's p a little game. who's colder, anchorage or charlotte? charlotte, absolutely, 40 degrees. it's colder than anchorage. nashville, tennessee? yes, 36 degrees. new york city, 44 in anchorage, what do you think? yes, lder. 39 degrees. it's awfully chilly. we're talk 230 million folks below average today. we have frostez advisories, fre warnings from arkansas all the way to new england. look at these temperatures right now. it's 36 degrees inboston. 12 degrees colder than yesterday. pittsburgh, 30. today these temperatures are anywhere from 5 to0 degrees below average. we have a reinforcing shot of

cold air coming in from canada and that's going to bring temperatures down even further as we get into tomorrow and into the middle o next week. look at these temperatures going to be in the 40s and 50s. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 billion seconds. we have temperatures out there right now in the 30s. 39 degrees in washington. planning over the next2 hours

we'll be pretty chilly out there and pretty. frosty as we warming to the mid to upper 50s for daytime highs today. 58 degrees will be our wehigh. l have plenty of sunshine out there today but temperatures definitely below normal. >> thank you, al. coming up, what went wrong. new questions about why a floor suddenly gave way and injured dozens at a party near clemson university. more aboutearning the disappearance of a wisconsin teen who vanished a week ago. what a 911 callrom her family home is revealing. first this is "today" on nbc

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it will be a little on the breezy side by wednesday. next chance of rain looks to be saturday into sunday. another local news update ii 25 tes. back to the "today" show after this short break.

back, now, 7:30, with a movie a lot of you may have seen > the eagerly awaited new "halloween movie," jamie lee curtis back in the role that made her famous. dshe happe to set box office changes. we'll have how she did that. >> come on. >> we'll get to that in a moment. thousands of migrants heading from guatemala into mexico. they say they are fleeing unemployment and violence. the group has faced battle into

midterms. presplent trump tweeting peoe have to apply for asylum first. if they do that, the u.s. wil turn them away. >> police in orlando are searching for a suspect. only to have the robbery attempt foiled by two good samarins. it was all caught on camera. another man approaching to find out what's going on. he crawls over another man and support. confront a the support gets away but police hope this will lead them to their man. >> he picked the wrong car. moving now to the investigation shedding new light. dozens hurt when a floor collapsed at party near clemson university.

good morning. say say it was a patular song thry got eone dancing but moments d later thece floor collapsed underneath them. clemson university,till trying to make sense of this homecoming horror. what started out as a fun, offcampus fraternity party quickly turned ton terror w the dance floor atva a p apartment clubhouse collapsed. >> one of our friends was like, stop jumping. stop mping. it was so loud. no one heard her. you hea creek, creek. d the whole thing fell. >> reporter: dozens of peoplegi plng below, landing in a mass of tangled bodies. the dramatic moment caught on cell phone videos, from many angles. >> i heard somebody scream and they just fell. the view of that was terrible. >> reporter: darius wched

helplessly as his friend disappeared. >> i fought to get up.i ot my friend's hand and got up. and i turn around and start recording. >> reporter: what made you take out your phone andhe shoot video. >> it's crazy. the floor really fell. you don'tee that a lot. we fell through the floor. >> reporter: >> reporter: 30 people were hurt, suffering broken bones and lacerations. but incredibly, there were no life-threatening injuries. >> i had to get stitche because my knee was cut open. >> reporter: the party ting place just hours after clemson beat north carola state. >> thiss not for an event such as this. >> i look at this morning very thankful. i'm glad there's no deaths. >> tammy, a couple hundred people in that room. do officials know if that room was ove w capacityn the floor

gave way? >> reportecraig, police are investigating whether the room was over capacity. also, the structural eheineering of t building itself and whether building codes were followed. we did sak with a property manager and he sayse can't comment on whether there's a maximum number of people in this clubhouse at any one time. >> tammy leitner for us in clemson. thank you. it's been a full week since a 13-year-old wisconsin girl was la seen after her parents were found dead inside their home. this morning, the search intensifies. we're learning more about what happened on that day. nbs ron mott has more on the investigation. ron, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this double murder mystery has gripped this small wisconsin town for a full week now. and despite the fact there's 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officials working this casend 1,200 tips have poured in, the search continues for jamye closs. >> mo

this morning, more questions than answers in the ea disance of jamye closs. >> people are wondering what ifs and where could she be? how do we movefo ard? >> reporter: town residents aking comfort in a sunday church service. >> we prayed for p theents who are deceased, that they are in the hands of god. and for the little girl, that she comes home safe. >> reporter: according to newly released 911 call logs by the sheriff's department, the front door to the home, where jamye's parents were shot to death, had been kicked in. and the 911 call c appears te from the mother's cell phone. >> less than four minutes, from the end of the 911 ca, to when deputies arrived on scene. >> reporter: police have received 1,200 tips the last week and have investigate most ofthem. jamye closs featured prominently on the missing persons list. > check your cabins and walk

your land. report anything you feel is important to us. >> we're watching from barren to turtle lake. >> reporter: many pressuresiden offering their time and energy looking for clues. >> we're engaging the public wi a large search area we can utilize them for. >> reporter: family friends finding other ways to help, making 2,000 green bracelets with the message, find jayme closs. runners for the first t wear them. >> anything as small as selling bracelets or people that went out and searched, i mean, anything they can do to feel like they're helping the family. >> reporter: later tonight, a gatheringe of h at jayme's middle school, to keep the hope ive that jayme makes it home safe. we're expecting another media briefing from fitzgerald later this afternoon. jayme's photo is up onbillboar billboards around the country.

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give me a break. >> give usips here. people who are watching and listening and are going to icyingts today. what can they do to improve their chances of winning here? >> just buy more tickets. >> i knew you were going to say that. >> i could sprinkle pixie dust on you. but i'm not sure it would work. >> you changed the rules that there would be less frequent payouts and bigger sums. >> we did this a year ago for mega millions. weha replicated powerball had done before that. it's working. our pyers keep telling us they like the really big jackpots. that's the case. we made the odds better for winning the million-dollar the second prize is 1 milli$1 m. >> how many people that? >> 15 people got $1 million. $5,000ird prize went from to $10,000. people are winning all the time. >> let's pretend that somebody has the winning ticket, the

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we're dry this week but we do have rainhances returning for this weekend. >> thank you. another local news upda 2 in minutes. for now, back to the "today" show after this short break. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. j 'm "ienr and i approved this message... because change is coming."

it's8:00 on "today." coming up, marching forward. the migrant caravan growing in size and moving towards the u.s./mexico border. president trump making it a political rallying cry heading into the midterms. the democrats want caravans they lik caravans. >> we're live, inme xico. plus, sitting this one out. meghan markle passes on an offroading tri down under, where dad-to-be, prince harry, opens up about becoming father. >> new liresponties. a new third of your life, right? >> we'll take you to australia. and kidman gets caid. oscar winner nicole kidman joins

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perhaps i'lth do just . we'll get to your news at 8:00. the caravan of centrmerican migrants headed towards the le, , has crossed a big hu making it from guatemala into mexico. gabe gutrrez is with them in southern mexico with the latest on the journey and the efforts th stop . gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. many of the migrants slept here at this plaza overnight. the mexican government had hoped to stop this group at the southern border.id that justt happen. and local officials say the 7,000 n has more than people. now, on friday, the group clashed with mexican police at its border with guatemala. but many of the people in this carava decided to cross into mexicoga ily. president trump is seizing on this issue, with the midterms fast approachin he is blaming democrats and also saying that he will use the military to seal the u.s. border. w, roup says that it plans to continue on, heading north. today, possibly heading to a city 25 miles from here.

but it's unclear when it will reach the u.s. savannah? >> gabe, thank you. four men from miami and a tour guide were killed this weekend in awhitewater rafting accident in costa rica. 4 friends had booked the adventure as part of a bachelor party. within minutes of starting, their rafts under the over. ten were rescued. those that didn't survive were swept downstream. the trip is rated for beginner and intermediate rafters. but officials say the water wash dangerously hecause of recent heavy rains. this morning, the president is warning russia that pulling out of a nuclear weapons treaty will make the world a more dangerous place. the president madehat announcement saturday. he accused russia of repeatedly agreemen the it was signed by president reagan nearly 30 years ago and required both sides to eliminate .hort medium-range missil john bolton arrived in russia overnight on a prescheduled

trip. but the treaty will now become a focus of his talks. the new york city police department has pulled nearly 3,00 body cameras after service, after the department says one of them exploded. according to the nypd, an officer noticed smoke coming out of his body c on saturday. and after he removed it, that device exploded. nobodyan was hurt, kfully. officials say the batterys likely to blame. any offers who use that model of camera were told to remove them and turn them in. we got the news covered. i got a great "boost" for you guys this srning. ool maintenance worker in alabama got a wonderful surpris this month on national custodians day. he was lured into the gym by teacher who said there was a mess to clean up. >> a huge accident in the middle of the assembly. >> i'my. sorr >> you're fine. >> it's right in the back.

>> the students were all t waitg in gym to show the custodian, uh gene hilton, how much they appreciate his hard work. one, by, one, they came up and gave him ca s,handmade gifts and thank you notes. everybody at moody school loves eugene. when they found out it was y, custodian's hey pulled out all of the stops. he was in tears. >> i'm in tears. i hope soany schools do that. there's so many unsung heroes. >> my grandmother was a school custodian. the best part of her job was t interactions with kids like that. >> the best. >> that's a good one. >> good monday morning "boost." still ahead, how is meghan markle feeling after the mom-to-be had to cut back on her schedule in austlia? we'll go there live. and the "rossen reports" all parents want to see.f >> i'm jef rossen. a power strip, a pack of tissues, even air freshener, common household products. now, kids b areing knockoffs

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good evening from here in st lia. frazier island is across the water there. as you see from this video, i think megan looking a little fragile today. but people close to the r shale is simply tired. harry himself,g urgin her to cut back her schedule. the royal couple, unexpectedly, appearing together. megan cradling hermp baby bu after taking most of the day to rest. harry telling australia athletes, being a dad will be a new chapter. >> i'm feeling fantastic, actually. new responsibilities. a new third of your life, right? that's what everybody says. >> reporter: and in a moment sting he camera, sug wants a girl. >> i hope it's a girl. y, so do i. >> reporter: toda attending a traditional ceremony without meghan, the prince gting very enthusiastic attention. >> i'll tak that as a compliment. >> reporter: welcomed by local

aboriginals, the people joking about his own family traditions. >> we're both highly skilled when it com to unveiling plaques. it runs in the family. >> reporter: would you have liked to have met meghan? >> i mean, she's pregnant. >> reporter: a smiling meghan, spotd taking it easy, close by. the bumpy ride through a rain forest, too risky for her pregnancy, royal sources tell nbc news. it's the first time since the le coup's whirlwind romance and studding wedding, she'd toel canc appearances. harry, happily joking around. over the weekend, putting a rather small pair of swimming trunks over his pants, to promote his invictus games, getting a bearug from a competitor. the royals dressed down in sneakers. while meghan's father, thomas markel, saying he first heard the news of her pregnancy on the

radio. the first thing i thought w holding meghan in my arms as a newborn 37 years ago, he told "the dai mail." he thought, my baby is having a baby. today, meghan wearing fashion fbel reformation her appearance. peop are excited to see harry and meghan together for the one and only time today. there they are. coming across to see and greet the crowds. >> reporter: the palace, not confirming reports harry and meghan have hired recommended by their friends. it has been a grueling schedule. meghan w talking about getting up sometimes at 4:30 in the morning to go ega. thas been event after event after event. i have to tell you, with the t jetlag a the week, i myself wasn't feeling too well. we talk so much about the challenges of being a royal. and i think this is a good examplef it. you're pregnant. and at the same time, you have 20 be in the public eye.

in tehe end, harry would have , said, lo meghan, the baby is important. >> for sure, ir >> glad you're okay, keir. >> al is worriedut a you. traipsing after the royals is very fatigug. >> exactly. >> thank you, keir. speaking of grand voyages, how would you like o to ride a modern-day version of the "titanic"? sheinelle is in for carson. >>e're renovating. this is my space. this is the story that everybody is buzzing about. the blue star line is creating a replica of the historic "titanic," with plans to set in 2022. it will feature the same yout an interior as the first ship and will follow the same route. but it wl use modern technology and safety procedures. 2,400 passengers will be able to

dine on same menu and eerily similar dining rooms as guests did on the original vessel. isok at th yeah. just like it was. social media users, are dividede as whether would board the ship. one tweet reads, yes, i would get on. but rachel says, i've seen the first "titanic" movie. i have no interest of being a part ond the se and look at this one. if leonardo is going, i am wein. sked on twitter, would you board the "titanic ii." 65% of you say no and 35% say yes. this project was kicked off six years ago and was shut down due to financial issues. but now, they've figured it out. >> looks like a sinking ship to me. >> you wouldn't do it? >> i don't w tt to tempt fates. >> modern technology? >> what are the chances? >> would you do it? >> yes. i'm going to pitch a story.

>> to go along. >> that's right. >> have some of the iceberg lettuce. >> do you have the "pop start"? >> i do. >> selma blair. the actress was seen using a cane to walk.n now, a series of posts, she revealed she is diagnosed with multipler cirrhosis. she says, i am disabled. i dropth gs. my memory is foggy. but we are doingt and i laugh. i don't know what i will do precisely but i will doy best. blair believes she had m.s. for 15 years. she ignored the symptoms for years until friend finally encouraged her to see a doctor. this morning, we're wishing her the best. in other news, last night, jul julia louis-dreyfus got an award for humor.

it was the honoree's speech that had the people bursting intoug er. take a listen. >> when mark twain first e-mailed me about the mark twain prize, i have to admit, i totallmisunderstood. i assumed that i was being asked to honor somebody else who was receiving the mark twain prize. and ithought, oh, my god, what a hassle. i mean,ou sey, who would put this?rough and then, i reread the e-mail and i ,realized, it's me. they're giving it to me. iet the prize. and my attitude about the whole thing changed. as a great fan of the work of mark twain,as i so sorry when i recently learned he was dead. [ laughter ] my thoughts and prayers go out to the whole twain family.

[ laughter ] especially the wonderful shania. [ laughter ] >> that was good. that was good. >> oh, my goodness. she nailed that one. >> that was awesome. >> and she spoke about battling breast cancer in her speech saying cancer isn't all funny. but a big part of dealing with it has been finding the funny moments. it will air on november 19th on pbs. >> isn't that >good? p next, a record-breaking debut for "halloween." 40 years after the original horror film was released, the sequel won the box office on its first raking in 77$77.5 million. the second-best start f an r-rated horror film. curtis eeted, okay, i'm going for one boast post. biggest horror movie opening with female lead. biggest movie opening with a male lead over 55 seconds.

and paula abdul, the singer was performing in mississippi saturday night, when during utr dance roe, she got a little too close to the edge of the stage and missed her footing and fell off. >> goodness. >> she's okay. she got up within seconds and carried on, as dancers do. they get up and keep moving. >> it looks >> you can hear her hit the stage. >> she's okay. >> we loop it five times in a row. today's "daly click." >> what have you good? >> during a youth flag football team one went the extra mile. he got the handoff from his t m teammatek and off running. he seems to be in the clear. but it's the wrong efy. just bore he hits the wrong end a zone, andult on the field says, turn around. turn around. and watch this. he goe o back thether way. >> yes, he does. >> not only did heaset itt where he started, he kept evgoi, yone on the field.

look at this. all the way to the other end. ituchdown. >> he made ? >> touchdows >> tha genius. >> he did it. >> got to keep dancin >> that i a children's book right there. >> what are all of the beepsab t? >> those are adults. >> after going viral, h dad created an instagram. you know what his handle is? >> what? >> mr. wrongway. >> sheinelle, thank yor. mroker, you have a check of the weather for us? >> let's see wha from arkansas all the way into new england today. it's a chillystart. 31 in green bay. boston, 38. nashville, 34. temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average. hurricane willa makes its sway into the southwest. showers in the southwest as well. gorgeouseather out west.

look for sunshine along the plains. a chilly start in the northeast. mid-atlantic states into new englsd. that's whaoing on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. it'sertainly chilly outside, our neck of the woods. emperatures in the 30s at this moment 39 here in the district. outside the beltwayn t's a littlee cold side. those temperatures are going to go ahead am war into the mid to upper 5 today. good 10 degrees below normal but plenty of sun shi out there. if you're headed for a morning jog, jog to get something hot. sunshine and blue skies. after-schoolvi aces, sunny skies and a light hawind. tt's your latest weather. hoda? >> thank you. now to rosin reports and the start of a special series, spot the pot. we're talking a ways your teens could be hiding w.drugs. >> i k it's kind of unintentionally funny. now some companies are making it easier for them to trick you. "today" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is

here to spot the pot. >> i have young kids. i'm having nightmares about this. question just found online marketplace for everyday objects that can hide drugs in plain sight. brandname knock-offs with sckret s inside. now kids are buying them to hide pot and pills under theirs' pare noses. do you think you could spot the pot in your rokids' s? this morning we're hiding drugs in a real teenager's bedroom to find out. s in a real . >> reporter: this teenager's bedroom is filled with pot, but you can't see it. stashed in hollow-out containers designed to look like everyday object and they're easy to find online. on amazon we type in "stash drugs" and look what comes up, em after item from a hairbrush to deodorant. this one, white powder is coming out of it. experts say teens are using them to hide drugs. so, would you know where to look

in your kids' rooms? to find out weec rited this real-life mom of a real-life teenager. and she's 15? >> 15, a freshman in high school. >> reporter: we'll be planting drugs around your ho e. >> pretteat. >> reporter: we'll get it all before we leave. thank you for letting us do that. we want you to find it. head down it is stairs >> okay. head head down there. 'll do that. and we'll slip into her daughter's bedroom here and close the door so she can't see what we're doing. we'll start planting this stuff. what we're doing. we're going to start planting this stuff. we're going to start here with this waterbottle. this water bottle is hollowed out on the inside. i have some pot chocolate here. some pot chocolate. i will put it right into the water bottle. done. looks like a regular water bottle. i go on a spre hiding real pot and over-the-counter painkillers. >> lint brush. not a lint brush.

screw it. going to stick that over here. stashing stu in every corner of t bedroom. looks like aul rar pack of tissues but s there'sret compartmen compartm tt. i'm goingo stick it over here. from a belt. to the bathroom. that.s, like this deodorant and pills in this lipstick. and downstairs, pills inside this battery. and the mother of all things. it looks like a power strip and the light goes on to trick people. bu on the backside of it, yeah. pot pen. while mom waits out of sight downstairs. jen, all good. >> here we go.r: >> reportehe gets to work. >> nothing under the bed. >> reporter: finding a things. >> that is not gum.r: >> reporut most -- >> would it be in the closet or not? >>eporter: -- sheisses completely.

>> there's a water in here. >> reporter: she picks up the water bottle but doesn't notice a thing. >> this girl has more makeup than a makeup artist. >> reporter: skipping over the bapstick and the hairspray in the throom. and she walks by the power strip. in the end, she found 4 of the 15 items we hid. n i show you what you missed? you see this power outlet? >> my gosh. i would have never found that. >> reporter: you feel that? those are pills in there. after room. >> i can't believe how kids can hide stuff these ds. >> reporter: we found it all on amazon. how is tt allowed? we contacted amazon. the company decned to comment. parents need to police their own kids. >> this is a hug wake-up call for parents. mis isore widespread than they realize.a couple clicks online and that's it. it's a different world than we

grew up in. >> reporter: in case you're wondering, where are the drugs now? c we taped this orado where drugs are legal. there's another layer of protectiot tion, too. you can buy a drug test for 20 bucks at the drugstore. it comes with 1 tests and you can test your kids. it's a little swabg. >> how do you get your kid in th take the test? >> you tell them they're taking a test. or experts say, it's a deterrent. you tell them you have it in the house. >> you are a teenager's main enemy here. >> my kids are oing to hate. >> you have a new digital series. >> it's "rossen repts kids." we do all of these videos to helpkids. we launched "rossen reports kids." i show you how to make your kid the safest on the block. go to today.com and check out the latest video. we have a whole series of them.d fromers to babies and everybody. and drug tests.

>> thank you. just ahead -- >> a rare appearance in studio 1a, from oscar winner nicole kidman. first, your local news.

good morning, everybody. 8:26 on this monday, october 22nd. i'm eric gilchrist. let's get a look at the roads with first 4 traffic. >> big problem on the pressways, 9s north at fairfax county parkway. a carhe sideways so some real delays. north capitoltretween et and massachusetts avenue, police activity have all lanes blocked there. the beltway looks pretty normal. slowdown ier loop approaching the american legion bridge. we'll have a look at the forecast when we c. barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions.

and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming."

thos temperatu are in the 30s and upper 20s right now. a little on the chilly side out there. by this afternoon, mid to upper 50s that's as good as it's going to get out there today. that's still very good. sunny, not as windy as the

weekend but we're stale cool and dry. we do have rain chances returning for the weekend. hank you. ou can get the latest news and weather any time. just open the nbc washington app. i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry about president trump taking away protections for pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care. it's why i'm glad i have a friend named ben. ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump.

he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. chocofeller plaza was created by h"today" wit our sponsor, skittles, taste the rainbow. >> and welcome back, everybody. 8:30 on this monday morning, october 22nd, 2018. we are so excited for halloween we decided to transform ourho plaza incofeller plaza, to celebrate all things candy. and in fact, our crowd moment is we're going to ask pple to count or guess how many m&ms are in a jar. we asked everybody on the plaza, how many m&ms you think are in particular jar. >> we asked them. >> this one here? >> yes, that was it. people put in their guesses.

i've been counting. 27,748. that's how many are in >> wow. >> our winner was only 6 m&ms off. >> what? >> she guessed 27,127. >> sarah, congratulations. >> sarah, because you came the closest, thanks to our friends at maou're getting,0 $100 to help you with all of your halloween needs. >> that's a of candy. >> that will fill a lot of halloween needs. >> it will. >> candy, costumes a decorations. >> trick or treat at sarah's house. keep the candy theme going hereg.his mornin just ahead, create ways to turn candy into out-of-this-world eations. >> looks yummy. and we're going to talk to

nicole kidman and lucas hedges about their new movie and a mment that nicole made about tom cruise. let's look at what your wk today, cold morning here in the east. heavy rai down through texas thanks to hurricane willa and sunshine in theic pac northwest but starts raining as we get into the northwest. later in the fweek, aod threat later in texas later this weekend -- or this week, i should say. rain and snow in the northeast. toward the end of te week, are looking at that wet weather making its way into the southeastern atlantic states. cool and sunny in new england. drying out in texas. showers hanging out in the pacificnorthwest. that's what's going on around the country. t's happening in your neck of the woods. pretty much chilly all up andown throughout the northeast. we still have those freeze warnings out there in rple. frost advisories in blue. it is chilly. those temperatures are in the s right now. 39 here in d.c. outside the beltwa low to mid-30s. maybe leave yourself extra time.

especially if you need to get the frost off your windshield. frostyerorning outs we have a little warm-up tomorrow. 50s today. tomorrow.e 60s stay below normal for this week in terms of temperatures. . that's your latest weather. savannah? >> thank you. est weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. in a tumultuous white house he holds a record. in 2017, anthony scaramucci served as cofounication director r 11 days. he is back in finance and still friends withre and the president. he's an author of a new book about their relationship, "trump: the blue collar president." anthony scaramucci, good morning to you. >> can i call yoymuch. everyballs you much. >> you can call me much if you want. >> let's talk about your book, "blue collar esent." you went to college and harvard law. you really brought yourself how do you call the president a blue collar president?

he did not have the same upbringing you did. >> no. he has a golden toilet and stuff like that. >> he had a silver spoon. >> i wanted to call it that because of the relationship he people. blue collar you think about my family. my brother and i went to college but most of my cousins, frankly, y generation, did not go to college. and they love the guy. >> why do you think that? he's not of them. he g a million-dollar loan from his dad. but they feel he carri their torch. >> they do. they feel connected to him. what i try to explain to people, when he won the republican party nomination, he hijacked the base of the democratic party, which is blu collar. and he pulled them over. i ftry to relate why he did tha. growing up in the neighborhood i grew up in, nobody in our neighborhood went to college. my dad started out as an hourly worker.

so, my story, i try t intersect with what's going on in america today and explain why the president got 63 million votes when a lot of pundits were not expecting it. >> you'ref big fan the president. you had a knnotorious 11-day ren of communications director. >> thank you foraying 11 days. >> we'll count every minute. >> if you're hired on the 21st but fired on the 31st, it is 11. >> your book is colorful. i can't do the whole thing. when my colleagues in finance asked me what it was like to workn washington, to think about the guy who would screw you over, rob you blind,o get ahead. that person would be an eagle scout in washington, d.c. >> i didn't like washington. just like a very dishonest grope of le. i don't know if you saw the president on "60 minutes" the other night. but he thought the real estate people here in new york were killers until we went down to he said, those people are like a

bunch of babies comparatively. it's a very different environment down there. >> you gave as good as you got. tu got inuble for giving a tough interview you thought was off the record, where you had choice words. g >> i didn'e as good as i got. i didn't see it coming. in many ways, ver candid, i was naive to the process. i didn't understand the subterfuge and the back stabs a and the way people leak on everybody else. >> you bad mouthed your colleagues. >> i would have bad mouthedim to h face. the person who i was talking about, he knew how i felt about him. m not one of those guys that says la di da, nice this to people's face and says something differently. that goes on in washington all the time. that's the main reason why the american people have a real strong distaste for washingtonio >> no que about it. you are still friends with the e president, you fan of his.

>> i'm a big supporter of the president's. lot.e the president >> one of the things you wrote that surprised me, you said you think he has a thick skin. of all of the things you say about the president, that's a surprisingone. healks about the media being not nice to him. and everyone seems to gets unde skin. it seems like the opposite. what am i ryssing? >> i'mg to relate that to people. i think he has a skin like an armadillo. he doesn't like w people are attacking him, he learned to hit back. >> that's not thick skin. a thick skin is, it rolls off of me, and notake every insult and respond on twitter. >> it's a thick skin in thefo owing respect. he doesn't care what you're saying about him. but if you h ittihi you hm, back ten-times harder. if he cared what people said about him, there's no way he would be president. one thing you learn about,uhen o through this grueling situation behind you here, you recognize that you can take ito or can't take it. president doesn't have a glass jaw.

i think he t has ack skin. otherwise, he wouldn't be the president. >> you're straightforward in the book. you say at times you disagree with him. you have to tell me the truth. do you think the president has problem telling the truth? do you think he often lies or misleads knowingly? and i have examples. >> you can give the examples. i think theest thing about him is that he gets the themes right. he is saying things -- let me finish. i'm not going to spin you. >> don't spin me. >> don't need to spin you. you read the book directly. i tell youhat iike and dislike. he has a reality distortio eld around himself, where he curves facts towards himself. >> that sounds like fancy talk for he's not telling the truth. >> that's not fancy talk. that's the truth. that's what he does. he is living in that bubble. he has a tendency -- you know, listen. my grandfather had a great line. truth getyou let the in the way of a really good story. the president is like that. >> only whe you're talking

about something that matters, where the president, we haveus his word. >> yeah. and i think that when he's serious a i he's superserious mode and he's not in, like, reality mode, when he's in superserious mode, you can see when he's speaking with great clarity. and you can see when he's toggled into eertainment mode and he's trying to rally a crowd or bring people towards him, he probably turns onhe reality distortion field. if you're making the point that he tells some fibs, i think most people in washington do. you know when a politician is lying, savannah? >> i know that one. >> when their mouths are>>movin. ou learned some of the good washington sayings. >> i got a hh.d. on to get uat iikepnhe t i can take it. >> anthony scaramucci, thank you so much. the book is colorfully written. it's called "trump: the blue collar president." coming up, the o sta "boy

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...is patrick morrisey. smp is responsible for the content of this advertising. now, to oscar winner nicole kidman and oscar nominee, lucas hedges. they star in the new movie, "boy erased." it's based on the story boy comes to terms with his gay sexuality. and a mother who accepts her son for who he is. >> those man did what they wanted to do with you and i fell into line, like i usualldo. they say sometimes you got to hurt a child in order to help them. and that may be so with some things. but a mother knows wh something isn't right. >> look at you two. welcome. welcome. lucas, hi. >> hi. >> hi, nicole. how are you? >> what was your reaction when you were watching that little

clip? >> she is just killing it. always killing it. >> oh. >> she was killing it that day.le >> he's a good son. >> this is based on a true story, a book. you havect met thel characters. does that -- does it make it a ou'ree more daunting when telling a story knowing who it is based on? definitek i fell in love with jares ice in the book. when i got to meet him, we had a connection. i thought, i can be of service to him and tell his story. >> i saw the movie and what struck me, besides your excellencevery day,ust like lucas said. in all seriousness, they're amazing performances. this istr a cersial subject. but i thought it was handled with such care. 'tand there wer any easy villains. and i thought that was quite a feat, given the subject matter. >> well, you're telling the story of a very compassionate family. and the relationship between the

mother and the son is so beautiful. and you really see that. >> and the father and son's relationship is, as well. >> and complicated. and so, i think it delves into the complication of it and it does it with love. and this family is not fractured. nair a fey e a family. >> you recently wrote an article for "new york" magazine. one of the things you wrote surprised me. >> i didn't write it. w interviewed. >> right. >> i have to berecise here. >> you're my kind of gal. you tell the writer, i still don't have a o lot power. do you feel that way? that surprised me. >> i define power. i think the word power is thrown around. am i able to be listened to at times? yes. am i ae to instigate change? sometimes. i mean, in regards to my own industry, can get films made?

not all the time. sometimes and on a particular budget. do i feel i have power in the sense of dominance or controllin things? not at all. >> you were very revealing in this article, nicole. and i remember i was reading it and i said, i don't think i had heard you talk about some of the things y talked about. >> that's a good interviewer for you. >> no kidding. talking about tom cruise. i married for love,ut being married to a powerful man, kept me from beingexually harassed. i literally stopped reading at that moment and had to sit with th for a cond. >> i think -- i mean, that's a very -- put into one sentence, you know, the way in whi i was talking. i mean, i'm saying, i wasn't -- because i was married at 23 years old, i wasn't going t parties or i wasn't going out a lot. i was pretty much at home. i had my first child at 25. and i was a married -- i was in

a family. my sensenf being the world was -- i was working or i was at home. >> did you think people were afraid to mess with you, kind of? becaus was so powerful? >> i think when you're married to a perful man, i mean, i'm not in a male's mind. would you? >> oh. >> anyway. i've gotten way off. >> that does make sense. >> there is almost like a barrier. a lot of women don't have. a lot of peoplethat in the wor. don't have th i don't like discussing exes and allhat because i'm married. i'm happily married. i have two little girls. it is disrespectful to tom and to kate. i try to stay in the here and now. fans.e biggest keith urban you may be the biggest but we're right behind reu. >> runner-up.

>> cas, let's talk about you. you have this film and you're also on broadway. how is that? >> i do a lot of direct address. >> say the nam of the play. >> it's called "the waiverly gal. >> i love the side conversation. >> so maternal. >> youuy click. i love it. >> thank you for coming to see us. "boyerased" from our sister ompany hits theaters on november 2nd. with halloween almost here, we have turned rockefeller plaza to chocofeller plaza. clever ideas to use up all that candy. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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thismorning, we're kicking off halloween, celebrating early.we e onfeho llcoercandy. you can get creative with ide that youan love it even more. gobby dalton, the author ofoo what'sng blog. and amber kemp gerstal. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> we're getting started with halloween a little early. and heard of peppermint bark during christmastime. >> it should be bark all year around. let's do it. we're going to start with dark chocolate. you can use any kind of raocolate. just it. >> am i doing it? >> yeah. >> sheinelle iselping you make it. >> pour it in here. chocolate, dark right? >> you can use regular chocolate, whatever kind you want. we just melte c it. yo melt it from 10-second to 15-second increments in the

microwave and give it a quick stir. and take your spatula, which is one of these. that one works, too. >> spread it out. > this is a family activity, too. >> you can make this ahead of time. steal your children's candy and for yourself. >> got it spread out. >> make o it into layer, you're going to grab all of your favorite candy. >> you get to pick what you li. >> milky way. 3sk eers. all of it. >> you spread it on? >> in an even layer. and really get into it. >> we're in. all of it goes down. once you have a bunch on, you can take your hands and lightly press it in. >> that's a lot ofy. ca >> you need more. >> more? >> okay. all right. after that, you put it in theid ? >> yes. this would go in the fridge. you take it out and you're going to t it with a grizzle of

white chocolate. >> sheinelle, youant to giv it a go? >> yes. >> you take a hammer and smash it. get in there with a hammer. >> oh. >> if that doesn't workes -- >> that t work, what do you do? >> th tak'se whyou the parchment p is there. >> just drop it. >> drop it like it's hot. >> we'rean going to move ove al and craig are going to learn what? >> we're going to make a bouquet of candy eye balls and mummiemu. >> i was using an opportunity to use your line. >> when you give this to somebody, you know what you tell them? av what? >> i only eyes for you. >> i guess i'm not that kind of pupil. you beat me. we're going to take a stick and add chocolate to it. i will do this before you get started. add it to your sandwich cookie so the stick will stay in place. once you have done that, dip it

in white anchocolate. we're going to add the veins to the eyeball. this is what my eyeballs look like most days. we'll pretend this is special for and then, the really cool part is a gummi lifesaver and a candy in the center, can turn into an eye. and you take thehite chocolate and drizzle it over the top. it's cold out here. drizzle it. >> like a mummy? >> it's all wrapped up. >> add the drizzle and take somd eye balls and stick them on top. there you go. once you're done, you can take another candy stick and add some chocolate to it and gently put it right there. >> they look delicious, delectab delectable. nk cool. >> tou so much. if you want more ideas, check

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centreville eastbound 666 bef 29 a crash inbound there on 66. >> thank you. we'll have a look at the forecast whe come back.

today won't quite be a windy as it was over the weekend. tomorrow more seasonable. mid to upper 60s. wednesday, the wind comes back and thursday pretty chilly. it's chilly out there right now. we finally made it over the 40-degree mark but we're only taking it into the mid to upper 50s today. plenty of sunshin all of this work week. we have clouds on friday. more rain chances as we g into your saturday and sunday. a chilly rain coming our way for the weekend. thank you. you can get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. withesh ideas. but it's the ideas she does have that should scare us. defund planned parenthood- leaving women without access to cancer screenings. repeal the affordable care act- devastating families with pre existing conditions. and cut federal funding to combat opioids. david trone will support woman's reproductive health. fullfifund the very personal t against opioids. and strengthen the affordable care act.

i'm david trone and i approve this message. [ applause ] goorning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. hope you had ad.reat week maybe you went apple picking or to -- or maybe harassed a bunch ofolicians in a restaurant. that's the latest and greatest craze. that's making the rounds today. here to diuss it, stephanie gosk, lal analyst, dan goldman, and investigative reporter, megan twohey. we begin with the latest in a disturbing pattern of hassment and obnoxious behavior that took placed.his week politicians getting berated and ridicud. one was i a restaurant, where mitch mcconnellas trying