good morning. ar and voting. >> they are not coming in illegally. >> with four days to go until the midterms, president trump goes all on on the fear factor claiming a caravan o immigrants is getting ready to invade the u.s. >> they want to throwro s, our military fights back. fired up. >> you don't get up and go voteu disrespect your elders. >> oprah winfrey literally knocks on doors to get peoplol o ls in georgia. big names now coming out in force. will they sway some of e nation' closest races? deadly road rage. a woman upset suddenly attacks a bus driver and causeim to

lose control, plunging the bus and all of its passengers off ae brid that plus dangerous storms. tornados, heavy rain causing destruction in the south. the threat moving up the east coast this morning. searching for answers. the worldwide walkout by employees of google putting all of silicon valley onnotice. > and simone the sensational. >> she is the best in the world. >> simone biles mak history at the world championships, winning all around gold for a record fourth me. today i friday, november 2, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from1a studi n rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. good morning. it's friday. nice to have you with u simone biles, i mean, she sticks the landings over and over. >> over and over. i think she is one of thegr

test of all time. she said about this performance, it wasn't my best. i am like, really? you won again. >> exactly. we will find out what happened the world championships in a bit. let's start with politics. these are the final days before those allmptant midterms. >> both parties are pulling out all the stops with four days to go. in addition to solo events,es ent trump and vice president pence will make three appearances together this weekend. >> democts are busy on the heels of opa-locka rah's big pu thursday. president obama will visit three states in the coming days. let's start with hallie jackson. she is in west virginia this morning.in good mo >> reporter: good morning to you. and starting here in west rg ia, the president will pick up the pace, kicking off multiple stops per dm now to election day. expect his focus to be much ofv what we seen. a big time push on immigration with his critics raising

concerns the president is fear mond -- among ring. in missouri, the president lamented that was not thetease two major stories in the last week or so captured the country's attention. prinident trump with his on the midterms suggesting the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh and the mail bombs sent to high profile politicians served as a distraction to voters. >> we did have two maniacs stop the momentum. that was incredible because foro seven days talked about the elections. it stopped t momentum. s >> reporter: those comments coming as the president pumps up his supporters and rhetoric on immigration overnight in missouri, amping up the fear factor. >> if you don'tant america to be overrun by masses of illegal aliens and giant caravans, you better vote republican. li >> reporter: e in the day the president startling some bya suggesting imms could be shot if they throw rocks at the

military. >> i told them consider it a rifle. when they throw rocks like they did at the mexico military and police, i say consider it a rifle. >>eporter: now the president's pitching his new plan to deny asylum automatically to immigrants who try to enter the u.s. illegally. aliens will no longer get a free by lodging meritless claims into seeking asylum. >> reporter: that would set up a legal battle since the move would vlate u.s. and international law, allowing refugees who qualify for asylum to i obtain whether they arrive legally or not. the predent is facing fallout over a racially divisiv web ideo he tweeted to his 50 million follower >> put it on social media because i'm being nice. and they said, well, what do you want? well, i want a part. you want a part? what did you do? what did you do?

what did you do? >> reporter: the video links a twice deported mexican immigrant convicted of murdering two o policeicers to democrats without evidence. >> it's cpletely totally inappropriate. >> there are ethical lines you shouldot cross. >> reporter: it's a call back to the infamous wileorton attack ads considered a low point in the 1988 presidential campaign. the president's blitzing key battlegrounds to help republicans hang ono as many seats as they can. >> with this ph on immigration seems to be all about that base for the president? >> reporter: it is. that's what puts i i perspective. recent polling shows three believe the he gop issue of illegal immigration is a very big deal, but only about 19% of democrats agree. in other words, the president's focus right o now immigration is all about making sure that republicans who see things his way out and vote on tuesday.

>> hallie jackson on the campaign trail thismorning. thank you. >> all eyes on georgia's tight race for governor that could ke history. the candidates are getting high powered last-minute help. kristen welker joins from atlanta with this part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you. day of is the final early voting here in georgia, and both sides are pulling out all of the stops, and the biggest names and the show stopper may have bee oprah winfrey here campaigning forde e crats stacey abrams. her message? vote. >> nobody paid for me to here. nobody even asked me to come here. i paid for myself and i approve this message. >> reporter: this morning one of lflevision biggest stars

inserting hersento one of the country's tightest races. >> i have her cell number. i go, give it to me. i'm going to call her right now. so i called stacey rams and i said, stacey, this is oprah. you know what she said? she said, girl, let me pull over the side of the road. nt>> reporter: eertainment icon oprah winfrey delivering anm passed get out the vote push at a pair of town hall eventsth sday for democrat stacey abrams, who is attempting to make history as the nation's first female african-american ougovernor. >>et a vote and you get a vote and you get a r:te. >> reporbrams is locked in a razor then race with brian kemp. rah's mission, energize the audience. >> i know it's easy for a lot of people to feel that you have no power against those injustices. this is what i'm here to tell

you. this land was made for you and me. this land was made for you and me. that's not just a song. truth. the >> reporter: win friday's presence here fueling 2 w0 speculatioch she quickly tried to tamp down. >> i don't want to run, okay? i'm not trying to test any waters. >> reporr: the billionaire media mog knocking on doors. >> hi, oprah! >> reporter: and reminde supporters of a traumatic chapter in their history. >> for anybody here who has an ancestor w didn't have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote, you are dishonoring your family. >> reporter: the white house quickly working toe slow oprah effect. >> oprah's good, but the woman that she is supporting is not qualied to be the governor of georgia by any stretch of the

imagination. >> i'm kind of a big deal,ot to. i a message for stacey abrams liberal hollywood friends. this ain't hollywood. this is georgia. >> what is the o effect? >> there is something transformative about having a woman who has so much capacity to stand up and say shear about your voice. >> reporter: one of the other big issues down there are accusations of voter suppression going on in georgia. what c you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, democrats are accusing republicans and brian kemp, who is the state secretary of state of voter suppression, trying to suppress specifi the votes of minority voters by imposing a stiff new law. now, kemp has fired back. he has vehemently denied that, saying nothing could be further from the truth. oprah addressed that as well. she said if eplugh p turn out, their votes cannot be suppressed. so it is a big issue here at the

backdrop o this heated race in georgia. by the way, oprah is not t la name to stump here. former president obama will be here tonight for stacey abrams and president trump will be here on sunday for kemp. hoda. >> all right. kristen welker, thank you so much. stick around with nbc for complete coverage of the midterms. we will ha of the key races leading up to election day with live coverage tuesday night. savannah will be tre starting at 8/7 central. meantime, safety a school bus stops in the headlines following a series of fatal accidents this week. at least five children killed, seven others injured, allthf hit while waiting for their buses. nbc's kerry sanders is in tampa this morning. that's where the latest crash happened. kerry, good morning. >> reporr: good morning. the national highway safety administration says the most dangerous time for kids getting on or off a school bus is where they are in most peril. in the early morning hours,

especially with daylight saving time still in effect, it's highly posble they will be waiting at the stop, as it is right now, in the dark. this morning five young children in tampa are recovering after a car slammed into them while they waited for the school bus. >> i saw the little one fly up in the air. and i saw h the mom her face and fall down. >> reporter: the students, three of them just 6 years old, and two womenxp with them allted to survive. witnesses describe a chaotic scene. >> he went off the road and hit them. oh, lord have mercy. wilcox ter: lucretia shot this video after getting a frantic call from her kids. d herghter mikaela says her best friend was one of those hit. >> i was so scared, i didn't know what to do, so i ran to them, like trying to help everyone up to make sure they are okay. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, a

7-year-old boy somehow hit at s his busp. he was found dead by a bus driver coming to pick him up. police still invesgating. in mississippi on wednesday9- a ar-old boy struck by a truck and killed as he crossed the street to catch his b. the truck driver in that case charged with aggravated assault. a tragic crash in indiana on tuesday killed three young siblings. 6-year-old twins and their older sister. a pickup truck plowed into the , ans another child they crossed the highway to their school bus. the children's family heartbroken. >> he lost all of his kids. what do you tell your little brother? how do you tell your little brother it's going to get better? you can't. >> reporter: here in hillsborough county there have beeno charges filed against the driver of that car in the accident. the authorities say that one of the best things you can do is make sure that your kids

understand to stand back from the street, and when you are dressing them make sure that their cloes or a least their backpacks so me sort of refrequentti material on it >> thank you. google employees across the u.s. and around the world sent a strong message to the tech giant or thursday staging massive walk-outs in protest of the company's handling of workplace sexual misconduct complaints. nbc business corresponnt jo ling kent has our report. >> reporter: from dublin t zurich, new york to chicago, and google's main headquarters in silicon valley,housands o the tech giant's employees walking out in ptest thursday saying they've had enough. >> we're walking out to support wome and to protest the way his company has handled sexual harassmentcases. >> we are responding to the stories of thousands of googlers.

>> reporter: the worldwide walkout comes after "the ne r york times"orted google gave android creator andy ruben a $90 million package to leave after a sexual misconduct allegation. heben has denied allegation and calls the report of his compensation a wild exaggeration. >> i think it's not acceptable for upper management. >> reporter: google's work force is 70% men and 30% women. in an internal email obtained by nbc news, the ceo said 48 employees have beened f for sexual harassment over the last two years without exit package 13 of them senior managers.ot ters' demands include putting an end to private arbitration of sexual harassment, pay equity and equal opportunities for women, and an employee representative on the company's board ofec drs. during the proeftsd google's ceo admitted it's time for change. >> moments like this show we didn't always get it right.

so we are committed to doing better. the first step you take in these things is to acknowled and apologize for past actions. the pain they caused. >> reporter: what's your message to the google ceo about creating some change here? >> actions speak louder than words. >> reporter: employees sending a message loud and clear t google that they will be watching. for "today,"o ling kent, nbc news. craig is here with another big story. >> this is a big one. gymnastics superstar simone biles turning in yet another historic performance at the world championships. >> good morning. it is impressive. on thursday the five-time olympic medallist became the first woman to win four all ound world titles. the latest impssive achievement for the sport's biggest star. >> reporter: sone biles making history, sticking another landing on top much the podium at the world gymnastics championship. >> simone biles!

>> reporter: it's her fourth all-aroundin title. sog no other woman has ever done. by her high standards, her performance wasn't perfect,ll fag twice and stepping out of bounds during her floor routine. but even with a few miss steps, biles still crushed the competition. the largest overall gap at the world's since the scoring system began in 2006. >> hands down, there is not even a question. just proved to everybody why she is the best in the teworld. >> rr: some ll the 21-year-old super human and maybe she is. just 24 hours before the competition began, biles spent the night in an emergency room in qatar with a kidney stone, posting photos fromhe hospital on social media, writing this kidney stone has nothing on world championships. her friend and former teammate

aly raisman says she is not surprised. >> she was like send miga selin selfie. >> reporter: she led team usa to a gold medal finish. the fourth consecutive world title, securing them a spot in theto 2020 o olympics. th four foot eight gymnastre turning to competition this summer for the first time since the rio olympics biles proving herself once again as perhaps the greatest gymnastics of a time. >> no question about that. she couldn't even be on any kind of paper killinkiller. >> that's the challen. >> she is competing again today and tomorrow because she qualified for the four individual events. yes, she can't take pain medication that's normally prescribed for kidney stone because they don't want to put her atai risk forng the drug

test. she is still smiling. >> it wasn'ter best? all right. thank you. you can catch simone in action both today and tomorrow on our olympic channel nbcsn and sunday 3:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. >> i could watch her all day. our first check of the weather. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for getting your first weather from us. a frontal system is pushing into the east. that's bringing rain into -- from the gulf coast into theno heast. it's a quick mover, but it's going to be potent. rain and storms throughout the day through the southeast into the mid-atlantictes and eventually tonight and early tomorrow making its way to the northeast of new england, bringing in strong winds behind this thing. rainfall to start off. getttle light as you through the delmarva peninsula and picking up in new york and off into new england. locally, three to four inches possible. the winds will be really kicking up. airport delays from new york to boston. high wind wates with wind sts of up to 60 miles an hour.

with a lot of leaves still on the trees in the northeast new england, we could have downed well.lines with that as we are going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 se cloudy skies overhead this morning, but iis warm tside. temperatures are already near 70 degrees. this cold front will bring a round of potentially heavy rain during the evening hocis, esly the second half the evening commute. take your umbrella with you. nyuld rain at time today, but the heaviest this evening.

current temperatures in the uppe 60s. that's crazy. here is future weather though. a chance for heavy rain between 5:00 and 10:00 this evening. today's highs in the 70s. rain ends early tomorrow. >> taking a look at the fall folie in the next half hour. a worker at the prison where whitey bulger was murdered is sharing exclusive details about the mobster's brutal final moments. and caught on camera. a womis whod her stop attacking a bus driver leading to a fatallunge off of a bridge. t first, this is "today" on nbc. off of a maryland matters says 95% of nancy floreen's

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this is a news4 today news break. >> 7:26 is your time on this friday, november 2nd, 2018. i'm eun yang. >> it'seen a long week. >> i will get through the end of the day. >> i'm chris lawrence. in the news, three people were hurt during this two alarm apartment fire inst south.c. one of them was a firefighter. it broke out overnight on alabama avenue near congress street. starting today traffic a signal more than 90 intersections in d.c. will be retimed to give pestrians more me to cross. this is an effort to eliminate traffic injuries and deaths. now checking on the morning commute withis m molett. >> good morning. northbound 95 at lorton a little bit of a delay inbound because of aner earli crash.

beltway looks okay. inner loop across the woodrow wilson bridge is slow right now. in riverdale b.w. parkway near 410 left lane is blocked. >> all right. tonight on news4 at 5, we are helping get you ready for winter. >> news4 consumer reporter susan hogan shows you how to weather pratf your home. tonight at 5:00 on news4. a check on your forecast is next. >> there arepatrick morrisey ifiled a lawsuit. to take away protections for people with pre-existing conditions. i voted to protect them. morrisey got rich as a washington lobbyist for opioid companies. my work as your senator took a billion opioid pills off the street. morrisey is simply a "yes" man for the drug companies and the political bosses. i'm considered the most independent senator in washington. i'm joe manchin, and i approve this message.

to execute a search warrant when wor an arrest warrant, we'd line up and we'd put our hand on the shoulder of the person in front of us. you always knew who had your back. with all the money in politics, it's hard to say who has our backs. i worked in federal law enforcement and at cia serving the american people, not special interests. i'm abigail spanberger. i won't take money from corporate pacs because in congress, i'll always have your back, and that's why i approve this message. we are not getting a sunshine today, but it will be warm netheless. temperatures are already in the 60s and 70st rain heavy times late this afternoon and evening. have your umbrella with you. you will definitely need it perhaps even more than once today. your planner for your friday, occasional shower possibleor 5:00 but heavy rain and maybe a rumble or two of thunder between

4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. rain ends before 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. ill be dry the rest of the weekend. >> keep your umbrellas handy. another update in 25 minutes. >> back to the "today" show. at havertys we know it's hard to get a good night's sleep... havertys mattress sale is here to help. with our wide selection of top brands and our price match guarantee - you can find the perfect mattressev foyone in the family. and right now save up to $500

on tempur-pedic sleep systems. it's time everyone got a good night's sleep. havertys. life looks good. back now, 7:30 on this friday morning, november 2, 2018. from here to manhattan to the nation's l,capit is dark right now. biff it a couple of days because we are about to turn the clocks back an hour this weekend. >> yes! >> fall back for evyone. >> yes. >> isn't it funny how much that counts? >> it mae ers. >> hugfference. we will start this half hour with a check of your friday morning headlines. wi four days to go until the midterm elections president trump amping up the fear factor on the hot button issue of immigration. >> if you don't want america to be overrun by masses of illegal aliens and better vote ., you >> the president is hold undocumented immigrants in

detention until they can be deported and promising to block asylum seekers from claimingy asylum if te caught crossing the border outside legal ports of entry. both msures would likely be met with lawsuits insiederal coure the move would violate u.s. and international law. a big auto recall this suru and toyota are recalling bamorning. more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide due to a valve spring problem that could cause engines to stall increasing the risk of a crash. super bowls affected include the forester, impreza, and bz. toyota is recalling two sports car models, the 86 and the scion frs. the on going controversy of kneeling during the national anthem afootball games. this time it was a 49ers cheerleader. you see her in the middle. it happened last night before a

ners/raiders game. the 49ers, of course, are the former team of colin kaepernick, the quarterback who started the kneeling movement. also this morning, new details emerging about what h exactlpened to infamouses mobster jam "whitey" bulger and the prison where he was killed. stephanie has b n following this story. >> good morning. this morning a timeline is taking shape of whitey bulger's last hours in a federal prison a west virginia. an employe that facility spoke to us exclusively about the conditions there saying the penitentas a reputation for being understaffed and or >> reporter: thisng new details on the brutal prison murder of whitey bulger. wrapped in a blanket in bed with his head o the pillow,bulger's body was left to look like he was sleeping according til sources fr with the investigation. multiple law enforcement officials telling nbc news one or more inmes beat the once feared killer with a padlock in a

an improvised prison weapon known on the inside as a slock. also this morning, a clear meline of what went down. prison documents obtained by nbc news show bulger, who was serving two lifete ses for 11 murders, arrived at hazleton at:4 monday night. confined to a wheelchair, according to a prison who says he saw bulger's bus pull in. law enforcement officials say the notorious mobster turned fbi snitch, who had a long list of enemies, was asked if he wanted to be put in the general population, and he agreed. at 9:53, accordi to the 89-year-old was put in his cell. at roughly 6:15 tuesday morning the nighttime lockdown was lifted and inmates were allowed out for breakfast. 8:00 a.m. bulger's body, his head badly beaten, was discered by guards. >> very violent facility. >> reporter: an employee at usp

hazleton in west virginia serves as the local president of a federal labor union. speaking on camera for the first time exclusively to nbc news he says the prison is understaffed and very vlent. >> a lot of times inmates are beaten stabbed. my staff are assaulted and stabbed. >> reporter: he couldn't discuss the specicsf bulger's death, but last week five members of congress wrote a letter to attorney general jeff sessions addressing concern overou danger continual understaffing and recent deaths at federal isons, including hazleton. the documents shed light on a possible explanation ofulger's transfer to west virginia. they suggest he had multiple discipline issues at the previous federal prison in florida. in february, he threatened ag nurs supervisor, according to law enforcement sources, telling is your day of reckoni coming. the docum suggest he was kept in solitary confinement until october, i alsoicating

he finished unspecified medical treatment before being sent an employee at the west virginia prison tells us they regularly receivees inm with medical conditions, but not in need of constant care because there is a nearby hospital with a level one trauma center. as for the claims of understaffing and violence at hazleton, nbc news reached out to theof federal bureau risons for comment but so far we have a notrd back. to that dramatic bus crash we have been showing you this morning. a woman attacking the driver in china, leading to a fatal plunge off a bridge. lucyee kavanaugh has following this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, craig, good morning. talk about scary stuff. chinese authorities releasing footage of a fight between a bus driver and an angry passenger in southwest china. the speeding busasacked full of people when the fight broke out. the driver losing control, plunging off a b all of it caught on camera.

the deadly altercation on board a bus caught on camera. it a starts when a female passenger in southwest china begins shouting at the driver for msing hertop, attacking him with her cell phone. the driver fighting back seems to lose control as he steers to the left, swerving into incoming traffic. terrified passengers heard reaming. this footage from another vehicle shows the bus collide shbeing a car and then sg through a guardrail and plunging down into the river 164 feet. the video released today by police helped shed light on just what happened after the disaster. captivating china and dominating headlines for day the wreckage lay more than 200 feet underwater at the bottom of the yangtze river pulled from the water wednesday. severalfhe passenrs' bodies had to be recovered by divers. that female passenger were to blame for the deadl crash.

ll 15 people on board presumed dead, although divers are still searching for the bodies of two of the victims. guys. thank you. all right. 7:36. a check of the weather. oh, warm fall nights? >> that's right. the problem with the warm fall nights is that it's retarding e actual changin of the leaves. we've seen since september 1st the warmest fall on record. the red dots, top five warmest. the yellow from the mid-atlantic states to the northeast and new england. so normally we would see past peak colors all the way down into new york and down into pennsylvania, but a can see, it's really just all in rthern and central new england. take a look. this shows you then years a this i how much the color had already dropped off. but now, because of the warmer nights, well, we see, of course, now those temperatures and those conditions staying a lrtle furto the north. so still some leaves out there.

but after the stormsenhis we they will be off the trees. finally cooler nights comingwes ake our way into the weekend. that's what's going on around thent c. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. a balmy start to your friday. temperatures in the upper 60s right now. this cold front will bring a round of rain showers through here. a chalme for raint anytime during the day, but the heaviest this evening. here istuture weather 7:00 p.m. pockets of heavy rain, even some rumbles of thunder are a real possibility. so have your umbrella ready to go. we are in the upper 60s and l 70s now. today's high 74. rain should be over before 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it will be dry s. r>> and that's y latest weather. guys. >> all rightgi al. i discovering you and your single dad are using the same dating apps to finde. l what it's like to navigate the world of online dating at the same time. and who needs to wait for black friday? where to find some of the best

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we are back with the vote.ur america's f as we head into the final weekend before the midterm elections. >>ob nbc's j soboroff has crisscrossed the country to gauge the mood of voters. >> i am in colorado. i am sad it's almost over. i havep beaten on americans for not turning out to vote, not caring. it turns out inhe colorado one key race could help flip the house, they vote at a higher ate the country and what they care about sound >> a suspicious package has been found at the clinton's home in chappaqua, new york. >>seporter: last week, a the country was gripped by fear. >> a suspicious package was found earlier today. >> reporter: we went on a mile high search for what matters to

voters here. we are headed east through the outskirtsy of the c and into aurora, colorado, where this thin might be decided. it turns out people are already voting early there. in colorado, everyone veotes by mail. part of the reason turnout is high here. some people drop off their dlits at a place like this, too. so we decided to hang out to see what we could find. you come tot drop your bal off? >> yes. >> reporter: i have been what do you want to change the most? >> well, the president. >> reporter: what is the thing in aurorahat matters most to you? >> well, getting involved in all of this violence that's going on in the other cities, not getting involved. >> reporter: you think the democrats have a shot here? >> we believe in our republican congressman. president trump, the way he is coming out and pushing and backing up the republicans, we believe in what he stands for,e whatas done for us. >> i don't know whatre you doing here. >> reporter: why we came?

>> yes. >> reporter: because the democrats havenc a cof changing this district. do you think they have a shot? >> this election it's important to make a sh >> reporter: the sixth district could shiftecause of the demographics. much of it looks nothing like the rest of colorado. so weeaded to a part that has been called the mileh united nations. part of the reason the democrats think it might flip is because of the diversity.pp in this sg center you have chinese businesses, thai businesses, korean businesses latino business and a vietnamese business. nd latinos, ethiopians make up the secondargest minority group here. what's that? >> try it. take a bite. s delicious: tha very good. there is an area voted for democrats for president, but a republ y think that is? >> my customers here really care. especially when it comes tohu

n rights. >> reporter: right next to benjam's market he operates a restaurant. is this lunch? >> it's my birthday. >> reporter: happy birthday! >> thank you. >> reporter: sorry t interrupt. arnyou going to vote i the election? >> yes. this time around we want to go with the democrat w >> reporteh the democrats? >> i thought that congress woulw make --n it comes to health care, make it better. >> reporter: do you think about trump at the polls? >> of course. >> all the ortime. >> rr: if there is anywhere in the district that might not be influenced by at the polls it's to the south in t more conservative and less diverse parts. we head today an episcopal church in centennial. can i help you? e> yes. >> reporter: you hhis congressional election coming up, right? >> i served two terms on the greeley city council. >> reporter: you did? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you think is going to happen this year? >> i think it's up for grabs. it's trump and theepublican

party mantra before t citizens of this house district. >> reporter: what are the local issues that matter most to people here? >> one of them is health care. >> reporter: you are seeing the hame thang an ethiopian family said to me inurora yesterday? >> it matters. >> reporter: in 2016 you voted for hillary clintpr for ident and mike coffma. for congress >> he hasn't been one to hold t trump's seao the fire. we need a change.d we nee a change. we need balance. >> balance. the word balance probably is not music to the republicans' ears. the question is can the democrats replicate this , attitu guys, and higher turn out. else wh elsewhere, it's o of what we are seeing across the country. >> some districts it's local and some are national. this seems like a districthere what the president does matters to them. >> i woer, they vote by mail,

turnout is higher here regularly than all over the country in presidential elections and midterm elections. i think it must have something to do with it. >> you have beeno a doz cities? >> maybe ten cities. >> what is the keay? like on the whole, what are people telling you? >> people wt to be listened to and heard. they feelro alienated the politicians and media. they want us to listen to them, th have something to say. you guys having us do this goes a long way towards that, so i'm grateful. >> thank you. coming up, who will fill the holiday shopping void left toys "r" us? where can you find the best deals right now? our early guide to take the stress out of that holiday shopping. first, these messages. alright, i brought in ensure max protein...

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the rain ends before 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. dry saturday afternoon and brig sunny for your sunday. >> thank you, chuck. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. now back to "the today show." 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. saying barbara comstock'sorses je"promise has turned to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier." jennifer wexton is the "clear and convincing" choice. "smart, serious and substantive" ... "ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in congress. i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message

because i've worked across party lines to get things done. that's how we can fix congress and make it work for us again. >> > it's 8:00 on "today.", coming the commander in chief and the queen of tv. vote republican. >> you get a vote and you get a vote and you vetget a vote. >> with four days until the midtinms, bring out political star power. we are live with the latest p lus, 'tis the seaso move ove black fdaday. the holideals are already here forcing shoppers to make their lists and check it twice extra early. >> it's the best time for me. i love shopping. i love the offers that you have. >> where you can find the best deals right now.> and jimmy knows best? >> what nber i thinking of

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let's get to the news at 8:00. powering esident through the campaign's homestretch trying to help republican keep their hold on congress. nbc's chief white house correspondent halle inin west vi for us. good morning. >>dyeporter: people are alr starting to arrive for the president's rally later on today, and this i where he picks up the pace. starting now he will hold multiplery stops eve day from now until election day. the president is making that big final push on immigration, pumping up his rhetoric and his supporters. that has critics concerned. the president is fear mongering as he is being blasted for a video he tweet today his followers. also a plan that would deny asylumomo anyoneg across the border. now, it's not just immigration.i the pnt is also talking momentum. overnight in missouri het talke abhow, in his words, the focus on the suspected mail

bombs sent last week and thatag pittsburgh sue shooting over the weekend have slowed momentum ahead of theidrms. the president here in west virginia, a state that, byhe way, he won by a landslide, is hoping to boost the chances much the republica running for senate. tonight he will be with vice president pence in indiana where they both areoping to unseat another red state democrat, too. big push in these final four days. >> thank you very much. oprah winfrey is helping democrats get out the vote in the tion's most closely watched governor's race. nbc's kristen welker is in u rita where oprahngfi i pth her own political ambitions. good morning.hi >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. well, today is the final day of early voting here in georgia, and so both sides are pulling out all of the sto and the biggest names, as you say, the queen of talk, oprah winfrey here campaigningor the atic candidate stacey abrams who, if she wins, willcr he country's first

female aicanmerican governor. oprah winfrey talked about the painful history of voting rights as she urged people to get out and vote. >> for anybody who has an ancestor who didn't have the rit to vote and you are choosing not to vote wherever you are inhis state, in this country, you are dishonoring yourfa ly. >> reporter: oprah was quick to dismiss speculation that she is eying a presidential run. she made it very i clear she focused on abrams and the race in georgia, which is razor tight. for his part, the republican candidate, brian kempin bringin ice president mike pence, who was here yesterday having a little bit of fun withoprah, telling voters here, this is georgia, not hollywood. there are more heavy hitters on the horizon. former president barack obama will be campaigning for abrams today and president trump will be here for kemp on sunday. back to you.

>> all right. kristen welker. thanks. school safety or safety at school bstops, rather, it's in the headlines following a series of fatal accidents acrous thery this week. at least five children killed, seven others hurt, alll of the struck while waiting for their buses. nbc's kerry sanders is in tampa where the latest crash happened. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. th dangerous deadly week that we have this is just really troubling. there are five children here in tampa right now who are recovering. thankfully, they survived. but it has been a deadly week. we had three children who were hit and killed in indiana. two of those were twins. in pennsylvania, a 7-year-old was hit by a car and killed. andn mississippi a 9-year-old. it draws all the attention to e fact that we still have daylight saving time and children are out, but it is darker later. so drivers need to down. the national highway safety administration says the most important thing to teach your

kids is the most dangerous time for them is when they are gettin on or off the bus. parents are told make sure your kids have some sort of reflective clothing or maybe on their backpack, d perhaps to underscore the most important part of all of this, if you are driving early in the morning slow kids are out tre. guys. >> great advice. kerry, thank you. a nightclub worker is facing felony charges for knocking out a bouncer who she mistakenly thought touched her back side. this video is from the club. it happened in plattsburgh, york. she is only 5'1" but she gets him in a chokehold. the bouncer slumped to the floor. police say video reveals it was an and notnother w the bouncer who had slapped the back sideer >> we need a boost. yeah, we have one. sometime you guys, there is only one way to make your child stop crying when you are trying

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kristen dahlgren has that. i can't believe it. th.e weeks until thanksgivi have you been getting these emails? feels like we are beingea inundated a with offers. to help ease the holiday stress, here is our take on ther.est bargains >> reporter: gone are the days of waiting until you've gobbled your turkey for those black friday deals. the first ads are already out. in boxes are flooded with exclusiv offers and some of the deep dedcounts usually s for the day aer thanksgiving available right now. >> the deals are >>incredible. was amazed. >> i love it. it's the best time for me. i love shopping. i love all the offers that you have. >> reporter: those offers includeeals on big-ticket items frome big retailers. walmart with 40% off certain items, including tech. me depot is already running blhk friday sales wit 40% off of appliances.

and amazon has thousands of discounts already posted. >> the retailers want u to start thinking about going out there, getting our ucpr, saving money. >> reporter: major chains are targeting parents' biggest concerns. where to buy the hottest holiday toys now that toys "r" us is closed. walmart stocking up by 40% online. targeting adding 250,000 square feet of space in their stores. and dollar stores, party city and best buy getting into in the toy game. walmart and target offeringes inceo get you in the door, unrolling technology that lets you skip the long lines and check out from anywhere in the store. >> as much as w he to see these holiday advertisements ane sa bombard us as early as november, it's actually the right time for retailers to start targeting theme con part of the reason why is because they want the consumer in the stores and shopping online so they ca get rid of that inventory.

>> reporter: a f things to keep in mind to take advantage of the deals now. analysts saypp use a like price waiter or camel camel camel to compare prices and alert you to deals. buy now if you found a good deal. you don't know if it will still be around the real black friday. >> you wait until the las minute, yeah, you get what's left over. shos it ever too early to >> it's not ever too early. >>nd if you can't brave the crowds, experts estimate online sales over $124 billion, up nearly 15%. >> i think we should pump the brakes a minute. he went in starbucks this morning, red and green cups. >>oh, yeah. >> and we don't -- >> what else happened, grinch? as hi, grinch. >> we don't in the glory of anything anymore. my mom always said about a tripn it's pg the trip, doing the trip, and then remembering.

let's just wait. >> my shopping strategy is i'm a last-minute person because i like to enjoy the season. something id, something i stopped doing was i was a regifter uil one year jill utiful gave me a b purs you know, it wasn't right for me. the next year i was like, who could i give this to? martin? >> wow! >> you have to be very careful. >> i gave this to you. >> it had your initials on it? >> no. i felt horrible. but i learned my lesson aboutif reng. >> how do you guys shop? >> a couple years ago i wouldn't put my credit card online. i felt like i would get identity theft. of course nowma i'mn one click, go, go, go. what about youin >> i end up a lot of things last minute. some people are harto shop for,ike my husband. i love buying gifts for people, especially when you feel you have something unique they will love. i want to tell them, wait until

you see what i got you. you know who is done with christmas shopping? >> i just haven't gotten it yet. know,r certain folks, you it's the ham. >> we like ham. we are all liking the ham. >> it's like it's the best. >> all "the today show" guys, we cided to go it dinner together, let's not buy gifts, reduce stress. we will have autiful dinner. we have been doing that the last few years. roker, you still send that ham. >> we want the ham. >>e. we'll >> oh! >> you have to. >> you know what you should do? i don't know if you do this, i have friends that all year round they take their phone out. they see something, oh, savannah would love this. in their notes they have peep people. >> that's -- >> i am at card guy. i know it seems lazy. >> for family i ask, what d you want? this way you know and everybody is happy. >> have you kids sent a list yet? >> yes. kids send the list year round. >> santa is coming to town in

two and a half months. >> check out our gift guides at wday.com/shop. how about tther? >> how about it? >> excuse me? >> i was going to make anoth ham comment, but never mind. >> we really want the ham is the bottom line. >> all rig who doesn't? we are looking at a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest. so windy conditions through the plains. heavy rain moving into mid-atlantic and northeast. strong storms in the southeast and atlantic, too, and sunshine in texas. here's what's happening in your neck of woods. good morning. happy friday, everybody. a lot of clouds outside. it's very mild. temperatures in the upper 60s to get your friday going. a little bit of rain here northern frederick county, ow maryland,ds frederick county in virginia. mp have your umbrella ready to go. atures, as i mentioned, nice and mild. heavier rain likely late this afternoo e and thisning. so just know that the heaviest of the rain probably aecting your friday evening plans. wet high school football games

tonight. rain ends early saturday morning. dry the rest of the weekend. >>ou that isr latest weather. one of our favorite people is here with a heartwarmingbo story a father and daughter's unusual bond. before we get to you,arson, u have pop start? >> i do. we will start with justin thtimberlake. singer wouldn't let vocal rest prevent him from stopping by "the tonight show." he had help fromisife. jessica biel battling him with jimmy fallon in a best friends channel. >> one, two, three >> what is going on? what is a tequila mule? >> a tequila mule? > jigin and tonic. you don't like my? you don't like what i do for yo the beverages we make and have? that's not fun for you

>> i think it is fun. it's just not the most fun. >> oy, yeah. >> tequila mule? >> rest assured, jimmy made a come back. next up, jimmy kimmel with his allarious i told my kids i ate theirween candy. >> i ate all your treats. >> he doesn't like that. >>so c >> no! >> no one is coming in. he ate all my candy. >> you know i ate all your candy? >> no. >> yeah, i did. >> i love you. >> ah!

>> she saved it. >> no, you didn't. that's a judiciary committ kimm >> thanks, carson. now to the reason jenna is here. a touching story about a fami looking to find love again. >> after father and daughter, george and sammy, experienced tremendous loss, they decided it was time to find joy again. they weren't sure how to navigate love in the time of. >> follow me. ut reporter: their love began in an unexpected way, it was a love straight out of a storybook. a sales woman andnuditor for pepsi meeting 40 years ago at a party in the >> i always say that it was love at first joke. >> reporter: their laughter that night was only the beginning. carolina and george fell in love and were married a year later. do you feel like that evening was one of the best nights of your life? >> i was so lucky. trust in fate that -- and when they show up, you'll know it. >> reporter: you knew it that night?

>> yeah, ye. >> reporte she had you? >> yeah, she had me at that dirty jokeon >> reporter: repeat it here. >> hello! >> reporter: soon ahey started a family, giving birth to two daughters, maddie d ndy. what did you get to witness when you watched your parents when you were a little girl? >> i got to witness a lot of fun. i got to see twous people not be in love, but really, really like each teher. >> rep but in 2012 their fairy tale turned >> we got the diagnosis that she had cancer, and it never ran in our family. it was very shocking. her health declined like ver quickly, and my sister called me and said,ou know, moy's heart isn't doing well. >> reporter: within three short months, w carolas gone, leaving her family broken-hearted. their piller no more.

i tell everybody, i was lucky. i was lucky. i know a lot of people don't have good marriages, and i had a good one. >> reporter: inspired by e carolina's l of laughter, george and his daughters were determined to find joy again. and a few yearsater george decided to start dating. his first time in more than 30 years. it's not an uncommon story, but it caught people's attention after sammy posted an article online. my dad and i are on dating apps at the same time. how did you find thi out? >> oh, god.ot >> reporter:ike you matched? >> no. no, no. he was telling me about someone. i was like, ha, did you meet this one on tinder? he is like, no, sammy, i met this one on match, but tinder definitely has it right. i was like, no! like this is not happening. >> reporter: who has been more

successful at online dating? >> he is. >> he totally has. >> reporter: he has had me dates? >> 100%. i won't call that success. >> reporter: you talk about, even in terms of online dating, like ghosting? >> right. ghosting. yeadcrumbs. >> reporter: haveou been ghosted? >> yeah. >> reporter: you have been ghosted? >> that was weird. i amlike, are you dead? just please? >> reporter: george and smy y their new normal has only brought them closer together. >> i never in my wdest dreams thought at 30 years old i would be talking to my dad about who, at 65, about online dating. >> we have fun. we talk about the silly dates we have had. be yourself, have fun, spare me the detas, and we wi be fine. >> reporter: through their humor, the pain ofol ca's absence is still very real. >> i won't get that moment like, mom, i met him.

everything that you said he would be. >> reporter: as the tears dry, their story continues and a new chapter begins.er fa and daughter together ei searching for happily ever ever. >> you always have a hole in your heart, but you learn to laugh again. there will be a day that you will laugh a. >> so george and sammy think that carolina would get a big kick out of them both dating this has to be a new normal for a lot of people. this is the way people are meeting people whether you are 65 or in you20s. >> wha are breadcrumbs? >> it's when you act like you arenterested and pull back. listen, i also am ten years away fromatg. so don't ask me. >> all right. >> some people meet playing fortnite. >> that's true. you never know. >> or you can panko people.

lighter breadcrumbs. >> thank you. just ahead, an incredible otball spread to serve for sunday's big game between the packers.and plus, the big reveal for the holidays with benedict cu this is a news4 today news break. >> good it is now 8:26 on this friday morning. hope your day is off to a great start. m chris lawrence. let's get a check on the morning commute with melissa molett. >> a couple of problems on thew be bethesda a crash on the right side there. silver sprine inner loop bef georgia avenue, right lane blocked by a crash. 66, 95 in virginia, no major problems. taking a lookt 95 in maryland, nice and clear. as you look at but. parkway ound near 197 going just about 20 miles per hour. chris. >> a. right. than we will get a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us. news four today on nbc4 is brought to you by next day blinds. he voted to increase it

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♪ you're a mean one mr. grinch >> you guys, it is a snowy friday mornin t it is novemhe 2nd, 2018. okay. we are trying to make some snow happen. it's n really snowing. that is someag whoville thanks to our sister company universal pictures. they built this 30-foochtall grree in rockefeller center. we are getting christmas because, after all, it

is november 2nd. >> i love it. >> pretty cool. >> yeah. it's snowing for one second on the plaza. it's a weather phenonon.>> o cute. of course, this is all because of the grin"the grinch" movie. first,s u contest. it's your chance to recognize someone in yr life whose kindness makes your heart grow like the grinch. right there. inates where you nom vi someone. the winners will be selected to receive huge prizes, including a new car. >> what? >> say it like bob barker. a new car! >> speaking of that, universalng pictures kicff the contest with its own act of kindness, 2

donati,000 meals to feeding america. on top of that, we have our special prize. we need some help from this one. let'set some help from the grinch himself. mr. benedict cumberbatch, everybody. >> come on in. >> hello! >> so where is the -- >> there is massey. oh, i know. i know. it's a bit much. melissa. ur name? >> where y'all from? >> richmond, virginia. >> and what's your name? >> say henry. >> henry. maybe he'll war up with benedict. benedict cumberbatch. i want you to meet the masseyly farom richmond, virginia. >> hi, how are you? hello. how are you doing, henry? isli it le bit too much? a bit too early for you? it's a bit too early for me, as well. sorry. >> we have something that might warm him up just a little bit.

i think we have got a basket of goodies. we have got a basket of goodies. >> wow. >> wow! >> perhaps it will. >> he is smiling on the inside. >> he is smiling on the inside. >>e is like, what is happening to me? >> how about give him something else, benedict? what's that? >> worth getting up at 5:00 a.m. >> absolutelng you got anytlse for him maybe? >> well, how would you like to go to the premiere tomorrow, matthew? do you want to see the film? >> you can join benedict at the premieret? how about t >> come see the film with us tomorrow. >> say thank you, we would love that. >> poor boy. >> thank you. so nice to meet you. ice to meet you. and enjoy the show tomorrow as well. benedict is going to stick around, tell us a little bit mo about the movie. guys. > henry will show up to the premiere tomorrow. >> he will be there. >> and look at that.

also ahead -- >> a oh! >> look him. "bohemian rhapsody" another highly anticipated movie. one of the stars you may not recognize is a queen super fan, mike myers. we will hear from him coming up. >> how about that riveting oak raiders -- oakland raiders game last night? sunday night big game featuring th gatestwobs of all time. tom brady and aaron rodgers. g we willet you ready for the matchup with recipes from the best of boston and green bay. we are all excited for that. >> cool. first, a check of the weath s and the faw from al. this sunday night football weather is brought to you by rizon. the unlimited plan you need on the network you deserve. right. let's get it started. first of all, we have got a lot of weather going on. the new york city mets, sunny

skies, chilly, breezy, temperatures are going to be into the l 50s to mid-50s. the rest of yr weekend around the country, saturday st tng, winds inhe northeast with rain. look for snow in the northern a fire risk out west. sunday suny sunny for the marathon. all the way down to thent mid-atlaic, wet weather in florida, snow in the rockies and wind and rain around the great lakes. that's what's l the snow isn coming fromur neck of the woods. good morning everybody. it will fl like november ase get into the weekend, but your friday is mild. cloudy skies outside a some rain now along i-81 and also up across parts of northern maryland. have the umbrella ready to go. temperatures though are mild. mid-to-upper 60s now. ternoon highs today wil be in the low to perhaps briefly into the mid-70s. take your umbrella with you. expecting some moderate to briefly heavy rain laterhis evening, and then showers ending early on your saturday.

>> and that's your latest weather. all right. it's timhe for greatest night of thetheek. at's right, because it's sunday night football night in america! oh, it's a big one. we got a barn burner going. aaron roodgers and his packers t gillette stadium. will they shave them closely? we will find out. clear and cold. it's going to be a good one with plenty of sunshine. except it's at night. fonshine is better. sunday nighttball night in america, packers/patriots, be there! krapg. >> thank you. benedict cumberbatch stars in the new animated movie the grirc grinch grinch. 's about the famous dr. seuss character and his loyal sideck. take a look. >> max, you know the rules.

you sleep in your bed ind i sleep in oh, no, not you, too. max, did you teach him puppy eyes? fine. this one time.>> benedict cumberbatch, good morning. >> good morning. >> what is it like seeing yourselfhere on the screen as the grinch? >> it's very out of body because it's so devoid of anything you think you are going to be when you are doing it in a voiceover booth in england. it's amazing the world that they create. so we did this over two years with two gaps in between and lots of other jobs that fit in between that. then the technical advances in animation get to play in what i think is going to be one of the most beautiful stars in

animined. it's stug. >> how did you master the voice? you have a bit of an accent. >> thank you. well, yeah, you jus work on it, like any job, i guess. any job that has a dialect. i was insistent he was going to be an american. it's an american character from masterpiece. i looked to the book and it was far too angry and thought we can't do that for a kids film. we rediscovered the joy of him being the grinch.we thre different levels and expressions within that, more range. >> i watched it yesterday. one of the things i especiallen yed about the movie is we get a bit of a back story. >> yeah. >> what was the thinking there? >> i think because, you know, you want to enjoy him when he is mean, but it makes a lot of sense to understand the process that brought him to that place. if christmas is a time of love and family and community and tottherness, if you are outn hi

is an orphan, that's devastating. it makes sense of who he is. he goes on this amazing journey where his heart begins two sizes too small and grows backo normal. that's the spirit of christmas that gets him. >> you managed to humanize the grinch. some parts feel like it's a bit of a commentary on what we turned >> yeah, there is that thing bout the joy and love and christmas. in the film he says to love and kindness, the things we need most, which in today's world i think is never more true. >> did you walk around the house with your two kids practicin the voice? >> no, that would have scared them. >> what else are you working on? >> well, this mustache, i am working on that. no, it's for a real life character caught up in a cold war episode around the cuban missiles. cri amazing story. >> when it comes to the holidays, are you more like the >> somewhere in between.

the whos are high onchristmas. i am kind of cynical by birth. i am in thee mid it all. >> thank you for enduring the snow with me, benedict. >> is it melted? as soon as it comes out. thank you. a fantastic film. dr. seuss "the grinch" from our sister company universal pictures hits theaters november 9. next up, mike myers opening up about "bohemian rhapsody" and being aup queener fan. first, this "today" on nbc.

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welcome back. "bohemian rhapsody" is one of the mostovuzzed abouts this year and it's finally, finally hitting theaters today. >> a lot of people will see that for friday night. we had somethe film stars stop by earlier this week. we caught up with a famous face you may not recognize in the cast. kelly, good morning.

>> good morning. well, fans have been waiting for this day for at least eight years, for this movie to actually come out. originally, sasha barren cohn was tapped tlay freddie mercury. he bowed out early, making room for "mrirobot's" r malleck who is winning huge praise. and then that other familiar face in this ode toee qu >> reporter: they were rock royalty. thr songs epic. their lead singer a legend. now a long awaited movie celebrates the music and history queen. >> one more! >> reporter: named after the most fous song, "bohemian rhapsody." >> are we done? >> reporter: and among the stellar tasks, self-described queen superman mike myers.e >> hs a swinger in aqu sare world. >> yeah! >> reporter: that mike myersin

au powers. >> my name is wayne campbell. >> reporter: and wayne's world fame. >> this is my best friend garth. >> reporter: almostre gnizing as a fictional emi record exec who turns down "bohemian rhapsody." >> what about i'm in love with my car? that's the kind of song teenagers can crank up the volume in their car andang their heads to. "bohemian rhapsody" will never be that song. >> reporter: mike, a proud canaan, recently awarded one of the country's highest medals, spoke withef us be the movie world premiere in london at wembley stadium. can you believe the setting? >> this is hallod ground right now. >> reporter: the movie brings back to life the famous live aid concert at wembley in 1985 when queen stole the show and played their most famous song. ♪ mama killed a man >> reporter: durthe fir time you -- do you remember the first time you heard it?

>> yeah, i was in a dodge dart swinger on the don valley parkway in, toroncar that had a vomit stain on it that dried into the shape of elvis. we were like, was that just on the radio? like what is that? >> reporter: sound familiar? >> we will go with a little "bohemian rhapsody," gentlemen. >> reporter: those teenage years inspiration for what would become this iconic movie moment. the opening scene in "wayne's world." ♪ >> thunderbolt and lightning, galileo, galileo,aleo. he had a whole ritual around it. ♪ for me >> the head banging part. ♪ >> reporter:ack then introducing a whole new generation to queen. ♪ so you think you can stop me

>>oeporter: and set do the same again. "bohemian rhapsody," the movie, is one big singnd stomp along. ♪we will we will rock you >> reporter: and for freddie mercury's fan base, aut tribe. >> we get one chance. >> theikovie is le a concert. it's like a party. it's happy. it's a happy film. it deals with a lot of heavyuf st in a very tasteful way. very serious wayt but ultimately a celebration. you're a legend, friend. ♪ o the world >> myers didn't campaign for the roll. it was a surprise phone call and automatically said, yeah, i'll do it. he also told me that "wayne's

world" almost wanted. the producers wanted to use guns n' roses i of "bohemian rhapsody" and he threatened to quit unless they used hisfa rite song. guys. >> wow! >> i feel like he gavebomian rhapsody" like another life. >>yeah. >> in the '90s when that came out. >> if i could find a movie theater with "bohemian rhapsody" born" next to each other? >> see you in two hours. >> all right. well, just ahead, the best game day grub. want to snack on this packers/patriots head to head sunday night. first, this is "today" on nbc. i'm jennifer wexton, and i approve this message. seen barbara comstock'sake ad? jennifer wexton backed a deal leading to massive tolls on 66. nonsense. jennifer wexton fought the tolls on 66. and let's call this plan what it is, the way that it's been rolled out. it's highway robbery. there's also healthcare robbery. barbara comstock voted to sabotage the healthcare market,

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y31bly y10ry it is friday and that means it's time for "today" loves football. >> seriously myor fe segment of the week. sunday night the matchup, tom brady and the patriots, aaron rodgers and the packers. we are officially neutral. you can watch the game. you can't do it without really good grub.

>> we have the chefs to make it. jeff sans from boston. jill on the other side of gather on broadway in gen bay, wisconsin. good luck to you both. looks good. >> what are you whipping i up? m officially not neutral.ne i am froengland. i know the patriots will take this. we are starting with t smashed meatloaf slider. >> look at that >> celery, onions, garlic cooking down. add it rig to the beautiful ground beef. >> look at that. >> a slider is like best, meatloaf isst beer, andge all tother it's best exisest. >> you mix that up. >> rosemary, paprika, thyme. >> what about tha egg? >> yep, toss the egg in. et'll mix that all in. then you this beautiful thing. the great tip is i like to scoop them ahead of time. we freeze them. pull them out when you need them. put it on the griddle.h smit. >> i thought sliders were

supposed to be small? jack will take some pepper cheese. >> does the paprika give it heat? >> hlavor. >> we have to talk about the piece de resistance, what is that? ut toasted bun here, right? >> a bul mushroom >>mayonnaise. yum. >> take our slider. look at th >> this is a whiskey barbecue glaze. >> my gosh. >> and then my favorite thing. these are corn chips flavored with chili. >> i scacan't handle you. >> and you have a little cauliflower on the side? >> buffa cauliflower. >> go down to jill. what you got?ay >> to green right now. the tailgating anything, we are away game. we are still tailgating at the stadium. so i got some onions. a doing beer brats, classic beer brats. get the brats in a big pan. onions. we got to get that beer in therng

we are gomfort food. i feel like that's a good idea. jason is going to need that comfort food when he loses on sunday. >> oh! >> very cute. >> after those boil for 13 minutes, use ginger ale if you are not beer person. we are from wisconsin. that's what we do. get them onr gradeiddle or gril. we want some caramelizationre we want to cook in that beer and thenth finis and get color on the grill. along with the serkraut, german comfort food here. then slice them up. and i have -- i am kind of doing a ruben hybrid here. a ruben with the beer brats. so i have toasted ptzel rolls. we are going to add the beer brats on top. little bit of cheddar. the wisconsin swiss. you have to hit it with t beer-soake onions. >> carson, you've got to get involved. >> don't forget the sauerkraut. >> who cares about football at this point?

>> f then youravorite thousand island dressing. >> carson, i want too see take a bite. >> get after it. >> there we go. >> i'm in. >> with that, weave to keep the tailgating fun going, is beer brats with caramelized onions and pigs in a blanket. don't forget the beer cheese sauce. >> i have to dip it. >> all right. >> thank you so much. somebody's got to >> recipes at today.com.is don't ms the big game. patriots packers slashiclashingy night on nbc. jill,dixon, thank you. >> go packers! >> so good. d justice not for some, but for all. i want a virginia that works for all, with economic opportunity and a chance for a good life. i'll work with anyone to build that virginia. we can't let our leaders divide us because we're all americans. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message because if we ask our kids to say these words...

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