i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. good morning. fired up. vote getting set to head to the polls in an election that's already smashi records for turnout. millions of americans using their ballotto send a message. . down-to-the-wire struggle for control of the uress. and the president all but putting himself on the ballot. >> there is an electricity in h the air, the likes of whi and you have not seen since the '16 election. >> democrats bringinout their heavy hitters. >> unlike some people, i don't just make stuff up when i'm talking. >> this morning, the new polls we're breaking right here on the state of the race.> sider attack.

an american soldier, a father of seven, and the mayor of a utah e town, killed werving in afghanistan. >> we are overwhelmed with heartache but not regret. >> his family and community in shock. wedding day disaster.pl a newlywed coue killed in a helicopter crash in texas, just hours after their ceremony. what went wrong? allt, t plus, crystal ball. with billions at stake, the new clues about which city could land amazon's coveted second headquarters? fill her up,d the goo news when it comes to gas prices nationwide. and tom terrific. tom brady leand the new engla patriots to a big win ove aaron rodgers and the green bay packers on "sunday night football." today, monday, november 5th, 20. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

everybody.nin welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this monday morning. le ision day eve. >> it is. tomorrow's the big day. >> it is. and there's so muc,energy going o much energy in this election, it's our top story. 24 hours away, now, from when voters go to tpolls. key races all across the country, could not be tighter. >> president trump w be busy making republicans' closing arguments wh stops inhree states today. >> while tens of millions will vote tomorrow, millions of americans already have. early voter turnout has been g record-shatteracross the nation. we're going to break it down, including a new poll thismo ing. let's start with white house correspondent, peter alexander, in cveland for . peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning to yohe it is, the last full day of campaigning before americans head to thehe polls in t 2018 midterms. president trump, as you noted, making three stops today. the first one right here in

cleveland, ohio. tomorrow, we're going to learn if this surge of democratic energy translates into votes and trump can motivate his base ven when supporters, his name is not on the ballot. with just 24 hours to go, trump delivering his closing argument as america is ready to render a verdict in his first two years in office. >> i think we're doing great in the house. >> reporter: in the final days before the msmidter the president focusing on states he won in 2016, like tennessee, trying tefend a republican senate seat from changing hands. >> go out a votrepublican. do it now, do it tuesday. >> reporter: on top today, tee more red states, ohio, indiana and missouri, where he will be joined by right-wing firebrands, shawn hean hannity and rush lim.

the president countouting the economy. while warning of the caravan and refugees. president obama leading the charcr for des. >> let's get to work. let's bring this home let'svote. >> reporter: the former president's message,he identity of the nation is on the line. >> i'm hopeful onttuesday, t we're going to cut through the liesnd the nonsense and i'm hopeful we're gng to remember who we are. >> reporter: 44 sharpening his rhetoric against 45. >> like some people, i don't just make stuff up when i'm talking. i have facts to back me up. >> reporter trump'president tru allies bracing to lose t senate. but holding on to the house, where the president thinks he's an asset. >> i think i made a difference of five or six or seven. that's a big difference. >> reporter: several hotly contested governors' races, in

florida, where andrew gilliam is de santos.ron and stacey abrams, battling brian kemp, who shared the stage sunday, with president trump. the number of early and absentee votes has goneon upstently over the years. but consider this -- this year, we've seen an extraordinary surge. more than 34 million americans have vedarly or absentee. that's double the number from 2014. savannah and hoda? >> peter, thank >u. let's focus more on the 11th hour push to get voters to the polls. how effective are the messages from republicans and decrats? morgan radford is in st. louis with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is not a blueave o a red wave, this is a green wave. this has turned out to be one of the most expensive midrm cycles in history. here in missouri, wea've seen te

tightest senate racend they've spent $94 million. a butre all of the aki worng here or across the country.'s sprint to the finish line. as candidates across theountry make their final pitches about what's a stake, bombarding voters with robocalls, texts, ads and tv commercials. >> i approve this message. >> reporter: a staggering $1.5 billion alone has been spent on political tv since the start of october. republicans taking a page from the president's playbook. >> democrats want to invite ra caravan after van of illegal aliens. >> reporter: targeting liberals and stoking immigration fears. >> the caravan is full of gang members and criminals. >> reporter: democrats attacking the president's leadership and focusing on health care. >> i believe that health care should be a right, not a e.

priv >> reporter: in georgia, the race for governor between stacey abrams and republican brian kemp, taking a racist turn after a fake robocall surfaced on friday. >> this is the magical nigra, oprah winfrey. >> reporter: the abrams campaign calling the robocalls a violent way to sway voters. kemp calling the robocall vile and disgusting. and here in missouri, the messaging around one of the tightest races of thecountry, isn't rking. >> jos hallie, olly, he's turne back on americans. >> after you see so many, you're desensitized. >> reporter: are the ads changing anything for you? are they reaching heyou? >>re not changing a thing. >> too many ads.

you can't make a decision because they're throwing stones. >> reporter: when you say you're tired of the ads have any the ads been useful? >> no. >> reporter: none? as fatigue sets in, both sides are hoping their strategy wins out. the missouri h senate race seen the second-most ad spending across the country, second to florida. across the country, we're seeing double the dollars from what we saw in 2014. >> yomorgan, thank we have fresh poll numbers from missouri in a minute t's get to what's at stake tomo iow. chuck to here, as is kasie hunt, who covers theill for us. >> this does not seem like a midterm at all. this is feeling more and more like a general election. and president trump said vote as if i'm on the ballot. >> this is the early vote talking hat we've been about, i think we may cross 100 million total vote. it's only in the '96 and 2000

presidential elections that we crossed the 100 million mark in presidential elections. it's that big a deal. when you have a turnout like this, it makes polls - it's going to make pollsters look ridiculous. ynot because t don't do a good job but you cannot accommodate for all of the new voters in any way. >> nobody nows who exactly is showing up. that makes the j of pollsters difficult. here's what's at stake. obviously, control of congress. in particular, democrats really feel, kasie, theyave a chance to take back control of the house. that's the so-called blue wave. what are you hearing from your sources? >> that's going to be the big story on election night. my sources are looking at what chuck i looking at. the sources i'm talking to, by and large, they believe democrats will take back the house. the q hstion is by many seats? are they just going to have the narrow of a majorityr is it

going to sweep through? it goes to a question of who actually comes out to the polls. >> we're dogging the polls a little bit. we have missouri andflorida, two tight races. in missouri, claire mccaskill, the cumbent. here's what we show this morning, she's ahead.e >> we h her ahead. and this comports to what we're hearing on the ground there's been a movement towards her. this is the first poll i've seen in a while that's had her ahead. andit's surprising a lot of pele that she's ahead. but it's not surprising this tightened. the republica candidate unexpectedly canceled on us on "meet the press." >> chuck is saying don't cancel "meet the press" or your poll numbers will go down. >> they felt as if they hadh tooverage in the last week. something is happening there. one thing about our the way they do their likely voter mode they may have a way

of capturing new voters. if something has changed quickly, you're likely to see in ours. >> we have florida, too. a bigone, the governors' race and the senate race there. in that one, kasie, the democrats are ahead in our latest poll. >> really remarkable. not what we expected to see when we started covering this. being from florida, chuck knowsn the excit among democrats for andrew gilliam is off the charts. that might carry other democrats. >> i had a democratic strategist so cocky about florida on behalf he democrats, that person thinks he's going to make9:00 p.m. tipoff of florida/florida state basketball. he thinks we'll be able to call the race on tuesday night by the time florida/florida state tip off in their preconference basketball game. i said, buddy, it'sfl ida. as someone who has taken months

to call florida, i wouldn't be so cocky. th's how confident democrats feel in florida. >> it will be an interesting night. there's three issues in this election, immigration, health care and the president. we'll see how it shakes >out. we'll have more on the midterms and the mood of voters ahead. stay with nbc news because it'sb going to a long night for us. the results roll in tomorrow night. we'll start at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central. meantime, the nation is mourning the a death of american soldier who was killed while serving in afghanistan. a proud father of seven and the mayor of north ogden, utah. miguel almaguer has our story. >> reporter: maj serving his fourth tour of duty when he was killed by an afghan ldier, an apparent inside attack that left one other american seriously wounded. today, taylor's family, friends fellow soldiers are devastated. >> i love being the mayor.

>> reporter: major brent taylor was not just a military man and mayoal town at 39 years old, he was also a husband, a son and a father, who leaves behind sen young chir children, a brother, too, one of six. all members of the army national guard who signed up to serve after 9/11. >> brentypied the soldier that serves in his community as well as felthis call t wear a uniform and serve where the nation needed him to go. >> reporter: he was first deployed to iraq earning a purp heart and bronze star. but hisdi family says h't hesitate when asked to serve again. >> i will be going to afghanistan. there's three great loyalties that guide my life and everything in it -- god, family and country. >> reporter: his latest assignment, traing afghan ka man commandos in kabul. the guy that shot him afgart of

then defense and security forces was immediately killed by fellow soldiers. >> his is a deep loss. it's a little bitter because he's there helping the people of ghanistan and thi is an afghani that killed him. y>> reporter: fam members say taylor and his wife, jenny, kne what they signed up for. >> she said, there's heartache but not regret. >> reporter:ajor taylor posted this message on facebook one b weore his death. it was beautiful to see 4 million afghan men and women brave attacks to vote, and encouraging his countrymen to do the same. i hopeac everyone home exercises their precious right to vote. and ending his final post writing, united we stand, divided we fall,od bless america. histh b-in-law in a phone

interview, saying heold ylor's children. >> he's one of the most honorable men that met. you need to know that your father is a hero. >> reporter: major taylor's remains are being transported back to the u.s., arriving at dover air force base before a final return home to his family in utah.ys back to you. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. craig jns us now. another story we're working on. >> good morning to you. multiple investigations are under way after a deadly helicopter crash in texas that claimed the lives of a newlywed couple and the pilot. nbc's kristen dahlgren is here with more on that. >> reporte. yeah, so trag the couple was being whisked away from the site of their dream wedding t at thee of the crash. and this morning, officials are determined to figure out what went wrong. >> reporter: just hours after walking down the aisle and saying their i dos, a couple of young newlyweds were killed in a

tragic helicopterecrash. th family and friends just hours earlier, celebrating their wedding, stunned. the couple lef r theeption and boarded the helicopter, as guests cheered them on. the chopper ride sasposed to whisk them off, possibly to begin their honeymoo but sources say it crashed a few miles away, killing the couple and the pilot. >> there's no survivors at the time. >> reporter: the accident occurred in uvalde, texas. it went down after it hit the side of the hill. a bell b206 helicopter crashed in a remote area. tob investigators will try determine the exact cause. the happy couple tie d the knot saturday night. their big day as husband and wife takinglace at byler's family rav mily ranch, where the bride

serenaded the grm. the couple met in 2016 and byler proposed a year later. posting this picture of themselves inside a helicopter. the-bbride- celebrating her engagement news, i honestly cannot truly express how blessed we are. both were college seniors attending sam houston state universi together, where they majored in agriculture studies and were part of the rodeote . the school student paper sharing the news of the's coup untimely passing, tweeting, is with sadness we announce the passing of two bearcats. one friend saying, these two spent their last day on this earth celebrating with their mostsh che loved ones. i believe it truly was the best day of their ves. and ntsb investigators are expected to release more inshrmation about that c later on today, guys. >> that's a hard one. thank you. thank you, kristen.

het's make a t to t big match-up on unday night football." two future hall of famers, green bas aaron rodgers and new england's tom ady, we've been waiting for this one. two going head-to-head for only the second time ever. they haven'elieve met more. jimmy graham touchdown catch right there. the fourth quarter the patriots doing what the patriots do, they pull away. brady connecting with jos ordon for 55 yards for t score. new england wins it, 31-17. brady eveneniing the score with rogers who won the last time th played in 2014. there was concern that the patriots were not looking like the pa that concern has dissipated. >> there was concern thats hod set that the saints weren't going to get mentioned right now. >> i don't think it's a

coincidence that dylan is here. stop saying it with disdain, craig. >> i heard that. >> you know i love the pats. >> there's that eye . t let's get weather. we have a couple rounds of rain we're going to see. the first is going to move through washington, d.c. this morning. heavy at times. this will move up to the wrtheast and that's gone. this is the systre going to keep an eye on as we go through the afternoon and to grrow. this ing to create severe weather with largehail, strong winds, isolating tornadoes into mississippi and alabama. then tomorrow on election day, it is going to shift farther to the east. we could see some severe storms tiaffect the mid-atlanc down to atlanta. that the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is a chilly, monday morning. the steadiest of the rain is between now and lunchtime. temperatures will hold in the low 50s for the next coue of hours. radar shows lots of moderate rain on the i-95 cridor early this morning. temperatures in the 40s to around 50 now. high toy only 57. the rain will ease off a little bit this afternoon. another 80% chance of r tomorrow. sunshine returns on wednesday. >> and that's your latest forecast. just ahead, is a favorite emerging? the new clues in amazon hunt for a second headquarters that has cities coast-to-coast on pin

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yellow, orange, that's all raine any rain moving through the area. that's the radar over the roads. southbound, flooding. and woodbridge southbound 95 before 234, we do have crash. tonight on news 4, a consumer alert about a scam ng catc lot of people offguard. in some cases, leaving thousanda of d of losses. we share one victim's story so you don'tnd up in ailar netuation. that's tonight on ws 4. i believi've heard storiesnt from people across virginiaing. that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and pediatric healthcare. but we can't make progress when we're divided, when our leaders pit us against each other for political gain. in the senate, i'll always listen to you and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america.

i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. dave brat said he'd vote to reduce the deficit. i'm abigail spanberger, and i approve this message. but instead, he voted to increase it by $1.9 trillion. why? brat went washington, taking hundreds of thousands from big drug companies, wall street banks, and other corporate special interests and voting to give his big corporate donors big tax breaks, making the next generation pay. dave brat went washington, and all we got was the bill. good morning. rain heavy at times for the next couple of hours, especiay for montgomery county, prince george's county, down i-. lighter rain across parts of the shenandoah valley. current temperatures are in the chilly 40s to aroun degrees. the steadiest of the rain will a over by noon.

lingering showe likely to continue up through the remainder of the day. a chance for a thunderstorm midday tomorrow. thank you,othuck. anr local news update coming your way in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" show after thibreak. back, n

monday morning.wh a beautiful sight that is on november 5th, 2018. a sunrise in st. louis. we push the clocks back an hour. everyone looks rested and refreshe >> except those with toddlers. >> nobody told them. >> exactly. we're going to start this half hour with a check of nday's headlines. president trump will be making stops in three states today, livering his closing argument ahead of tomorrow's midterms. electi in tennessee last night, the president highlighted the roaring economy, while painting a dark picture when it comes to immigration. >> democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal immigrants to pour into our

country. i don't think so. >> they're telling us that the single-most grave thrt to america is a bunch of poor, impoveri impoverished, hungry refugees 1,000 miles away. >> president obama leading the charge forde crats, sharpening his rhetoric against president trump. more tha 31 million people have already cast ballots in early voting. new information on that lion air jet that crashed off of indonesia a week ago. transportation officials indicated that the plane experienced an air speed indicator problem, which gauges how fast p thelane is flying. they have a similar problem on each of the four flights, including the one that crashed after takeoff last monday. it's not clear if this is a mechanical or a maintenance issue. a falcon enduring a frank

go wrong is feeling some vast provement. no one had successfully taken the air force academy falcon until now. two west point cadets took two of t girds and put sweaters over them. when they were returned, one of the wings was bloodied. she was expected to make a full ffcovery. armyials apologized and promised an investigation. there's a possible development in the high-stakes competition foramazon's secon headquarters. some clues are pointing to northern virginia, right across the river from washington, d.c. tom costello joins us from crystal city. tom, this would be a big deal. >> reporter: big deal, indeed. to give you an idea of where we are, orystal city is the

other side of reagan airport. and then, washington, d.c. is ten minutesway. am sazon amazon's hq2 means billions of jobs and economic activity. but there's speculation it could be coming , the giant of the internet may be close to announcing one of the most highly anticipated business decisions in decades. land its ? >> "the washington post" is reporting thatzo a is holding advanced discussions to move to our area. >> reporter: on the table, 50,000 jobs ond billion dollars in economic impact, potentially for crystal city, virginia. back in january, amazon announced the 20 cities in the running. among them, l.a., denver, d.c., northern v nginia andew york. all trying to outdo each other by offering massive tax incentives.

t ceo jeff bezos, the world's richest man, has kept mum. >> hopefully t decision will be made after gathering and studying a lot ofdata. >> reporter: now, "the washington post," that bezos owns, notes in a conversations with virginia are more details than other cities in the running. and buildings have been pulled for leasing from amazon. crystal city is a subway ride from downto d.c access to three airports and east coast ports. >> a great location. a lot ofpeople, different cultures, different races, different anything. r:or r t bteheut congested. >> whether the tax breaks are worth it. >> reporter: still, virginia's governor is confident. >> we're in a good position with workforce, train our the talent we have in northern virginia and the greater washington

>> reporter: after "the washington post" posted the development, an amazon exec said it was premature. memo to the genius that leaked the decisionyo u're not doing crystal city any favors. there's optimism in northern virginia. >> i thinkit's great. great for the community, jobs, good thing. >> reporter: nbc newsch r out to amazon for comment. it has no comment and it's not et ready to make any announcements. >> does this close the door on the other cities that you mentionedthere? is this a done deal? >> reporter: it to, "the washington post," again, owned by bezos, says there could be conversations under. way with other citi it's reporting that physicals have been stal city having conversations about how they're going to make the announcements and how soon after the midterms. >> tom costello i crystal city.

>> it's like a city beauty pangnpan pageant. we are going to see some of the coldest air of the season try to work eastrd. right now it's sitting back through the northern rockies, the northern plains. t this sh goio be about 5 to 10 degrees below average for highs in billings, montana, 48 degrees. rapid city, 50. th's kind of seasonal. as we go into tomorrow, bismarck, minn oota, highf 38 degrees. it settles eastward into st. louis thursday. expect a high of 44. mid-40s friday.e, milwau9 for high thursday. 36 on friday. and this will continue to move stward as we go into the weekend where highs will only be in the 40s up and down the east coast. today hyped the cold front that's causing the cooler temperatures, we'll see a line of heavy rain and possibly se re storms. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek at your window. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist

ruck bell. it's cloudy,ainy and chilly outside. storm team 4 radar shows the heaviest of the rai along i-95. steady rain across northern virginia. tapering across parts of the shenandoah valley. the steadiest of now and noontime. and should taper off to occasional rain. 80% chance of rain and thunderstorms tomorrow. >> that' your latest forecast. coming up, maria shriver with eye-opening new research. could where you live determine your chances of getting also ahead, how shatter-proof is your phone? hoda kotb has been putting this to the test. on "rossen reports" we put the iphone to its test, as well. and the stars of "saturday night live." and the surprising things on the minds of building a better bank starts with looking at something old,

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, final sprint. with just one day until the midterm elections, republicans and democrats are out in full rce. >> go out and vote republican. >> olet's get t work. >> this morning, where things stand with voters ready to decidewashington's balance of power. we'reive on the trail. plus, location, location, location. new details from an eye-opening report showing the connection between where you live and alzheimer's. >> one of the most powerful thing they can do toteroe pctle into the right >> the lessons learned from one communityt could change your life. and iphone crackdown. >> okay. let's see.

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live" cast member pete davidson, is facing backlash during a joke of acandidate. o was mocking candidates mocking them their appearance, including dan ch crenshaw, who lost an eye in afghanistan. >> this guy is cool, dan enshaw. >> hold on, man. >> no, hold on. you may be surprised toear a congressional candidate from texas, and not a hit man in a porno i know he lost his eye in war or so,tweeted, i hope nbc snl don l see that vets don deserve to have their injuries as punch lines of voekjokes.

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...phase it in. phase it in? yeah, phase it in. we're back with "today's talker." alec baldwin headlinemastng arhis morning. kristen dahlgren is here with more on this. >> the star allegedly got steamed over a parking spot and was alleged with assault. this morning, we're hearing baldwin's take. >> i'm lauraingram. >> reporter: alex balin m.i.a. on "snl." following his arrest friday, for allegedly punching a man over a parking space. the sh, however, alluding to the incident with a joke. coming up, a statement from disgraced former actor,lex baldwin. >> reporter: baldwin charged with assault.

o was trying to pull up t parking spot in front of his apartment, when a man cull pull and took the spot. that man going to the hospital, saying that baldwin hit him. a rep for the star has declined our request for comment. heaid the assertion that i punched anyone over a parking spot is slse. he goe on to call the claims click bait entertainment. baldwin has become wellfo known his temper. taking on thera papai, a reporter and the police over the years. once in w2011, he kicked off a plane for failing to turn off e.s ph >> thank you for joining us for this important discussion. it's in no way aci pubty stunt. >> reporter:his is also capturing the attention of the man who baldwin imitates. >> i>>ish him luck. eporter: the president's son tweeting, is aone shocked at

this piece of garbage anymore? to an allegedpunch, that has baldwin due before age jate their month. baldwin's show aired on nbc. itmention of the incident as was prerecorded. this morning, tmz is posting what they say is surveillance video of a shovi match between the men. >> thank you. dylan and get a check of the good morning again. looking quickly at your election day forecast tomorrow. it's going t rain up and down the east coast. we're also going to see snow from minneapolis northward and we could ao see lighter snow through the northern rockies. gorning, everybody. your monday's off to a rather dreary start. cldy skies and pockef light to moderate rain. even se heavy rain. heavy rain across southern maryland as well. this is lifting northeast bound. we have a couple more hours of

the steady rai to go tt tapers to showers that will remain through the afternoon. temperatures are in the low to mi50s around to near 70 tomorrow with a chance for some midday thunderstorms. sunshine back for wednesday and thursday. >> that's your latest forecast. >> thank you. time for "pop start." we have a special guest,. cars >> that's right. emmyinr -- >> thank you, man. thank you very much. that's right. that's right. >> how are you? >> representing that grinch, babyrt we'll s things off on "pop start" with chris stapleton over the weend. he made a big announcement at one of his concerts her in nyc. let's take a look at what chris had to say. and we just had things about seven months. there's four for us and we're

going to make it five >> congratulations to chris and his wife, morgan. as you heard, in thevideo, this will make baby number cinco for pair. craig melvin was at the show. >> i was there the next night. he made the announcement at madison square garden. his wife w on stage with him. beautiful voice. >> good show, right? a heck of show. and a really nice guy. never interacted with him before. sean "diddy" combs celebrated his birthday y. yester e went out of the will smith birthday playbook here, choosing to suit up and go skydiving to ring i his 49 birthday. let's see how it went. [ cheers ] >> what's up?

>> what's up? what's up? >> was that a good landing? the butt slide all the way in? >> that's how you do it. >> you don't land on the t'et? >> only when you do a solo. >> how do you know? >> i've don it twice. >> the house in the background, you know where that was? >> where? >> the "playboy" mansio >> is it still the "playboy" mansion? >> ink t it's the diddy mansion. ken thompson here. "snl," you lent your voice to "the grinch." the happiest who iwhoville. >> it's a new dr. seuss character. that's a pleasure. you don't get a chance to make up anything new with dr. atseus. was big shoes to fill. and my character wants to be the grinch's best friend. look at that beard. just a jolly character.

>> do you have a voice ready to ? >> no. they show me a picture of the character. and i was looking at it. and he looked jolly and very, voluminous. >> what did you do? >> i felt like his voice should be kind of big. k and of like, oh, look at the grinch. here comes my friend. that kind of -- you know what i mean? >> you just have won an emmy. >> thank you. >> is your head getting real big? >> yeah, man. it's a real heavy statue. i walk around with it and show people. especially cab dvers when i'm trying to catch a cab in the city. over thewe end, your cast mate, he's caught a lot of flak for the comment he made. >> you're kiddedg. what happ >> he's running for congress down in texas. and he lost an eye in afghanistan, one of three tour >> he did? >> no. pete was showing about dan

crenshaw. did he cross the line? >> it seems, yeah. it definitely seems it. my father's a vetera vietnam. and i personally would never necessarily go ere. it's tough when you're fishing for jokes. that's how standups feel there's no filters when they're trying to go for a great joke or whatever. you know, we fry t respect this. at the same time, when you miss the mark, you're offending people. you have to be more eaw in my opinion. >> he missed the mark. >> i think he was commenting on the joke didn't land where he wanted to. as opposed to being, i don't care about veterans. i don't think he gs out to offend people. but stand-ups are the ones who help us laugh through the awful things in the first place. they're always fishing in weird places. that was an unfortunate outcome.

>> a good movie, by the way. >> back to "the grinch"? absolutely. lighten it on up. >> can younswer the question, again, as brickellbomb y >> whe're looking for a good joke. >> am i making that up? no. she's 3 months. number two. >> congratulations. how is that going? >> she's a sweetheart. we went ale picking in warwick. g's only apples left. we thought we weng to get veggies and fruit. >> you're the longest-serving cast mber on "snl." and now, you're a new cast member again. >> iill fall asleep throughout the day. she's good. at the three-month rkma.

>> congratulations. "the grinch" is in taters on friday. you can catch keenan on "snl." >> not just me. there's a whole cast. >> just you. you have a "daly click" carson? you're a new parent. here's a momma bear and a cub,c trying to imb a snow y mountain. it's treacherous. >> the baby, oh, no. t>> cub goes sliding. the cub catches himself. mom is up at the top at this point, going, come on. look at this. here it comes. wedid it. >> get there. >> what haens at the end? >> the baby doesn't make it. i'm kidding. >> you guys, i'm laying a joke. of course. >> that's the big fall. >> that's the big fall.

>> this ises an in life. you never, ever give up. >> we have to see when he gets there. >> that should be a new ride. think abouthaow tired little cub must be. >> here he comes. >> he made it all the way up. >> yes. >> the mom just walks away. no hu. not everyone gets a trophy in bear culture. >> participati award. >> you saw it in a fact. mayb he knows about bear culture. >> he does. just like henows about skydiving. >> i know things. i would be good on "millionaire." >> thank you, kenan. just ahead, the star of the new film. jude law is here. that's exciting. and we have creative recipes from the new whole foods cookbook, after a

good morning. it's now 8:26 on this monday morninou hopeday is on of to a great start. i'm chris lawrence. the roads are slick, so let's get a look a t youcommute. >> good morning. it is wet out there and we have a lot of problems bause of that. all of this green here on the land, not on the road, you're seeing that rain falling. that's where we're having problems across the area. it's almoseverywhere. eastbound 50 near 301, crash, we are slammed all over the place.m thing southbound 270 and northbound 95 near courthouse road, crash with the left lane blocked. we'll get a check on the we forecast when ome back. the washington post endorses jennifer wexton for congress...

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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. ♪30 8: on this mg.day mo th is the day aft the tcs new york on. you guys, as ual, our crowd is filled with runners who ran. they brought theirrd re. if you have a medal, we want to see it. we're looking for two specific runners. where are ann and amy? two twins. wait a minute. ann and amy, hi. >> oh, my goshl. >> you all ran together? >> we did. >> step for step?

>> step for step. >> and you crossed the line holding hands? >> we did. >> tell u what it meant. it's such an emotional moment. >> it was awesome. we wted to share this and be special. >> we wanted to do it together and holdwe hands. fried to soak it all in every second. stop, look up. look around. t enjo moment, together. it was awesome. >> how did you do? how was your time? >>ell -- >> we had done four. >> how about these tw here, ann and amy, twi from nebraska. thank you so much. we appciate . thank you. how about that? >> sisters first, right? >> impressive. we happen have the winners with us. let's bring over lelisa desisa and mary jepkosgei keitany.

daniel and manuela, the women's winner. ho are you? it must be h exciting toe won your races. >> i am very happy. ais year, before, in new rk city marathon. thyear, i am a and i am very h this year, new york city marathon is wonderful. >> it was a nice day. >> yeah the sky is very beautiful.oh >> my gosh. lelisa isit loving

how about you, mary? >> for me, it was an interesting moment for me yesterday. i'm happy for the crowds. they were helpful the runners. it was interesting. iyes. weay have daniel and manuela. you have t be feeling good, huh? >> yeah. i'm very happy. it was amazing t be part of being able to be part of that amazing event yeah. >> daniel, you feeling good? >> absolutely. >> from illinois. congratulations. thank you so much, congratulations. >> coming up, a "rossen reports" for anyone in the market for a new phone. can apple's b iphones live up to the claims that they

oshave the durle glass ever. ne a kotb has dropped her p 48 times >> dylan and i ran the marathon yesterday. after the first mile, we went for pizza and beer. we have actor jude law in the house, studio 1a. we're going to talk to him about diving into the wizarding world in the fantast it's a crummy day here in new york city. lots of rain through the northeast. this is round one. tomorrow we're going to see mother chance of rain as we go into tdle of the week, we are going to start to dry things outfinally. temperatures look like they'll be on the cooler side. we finish off the week with another round of rain. even snow through the higher el aations, upstate new yor new england. snow back through the great lakes region and a winr chill eill work into the northern ai d npl s outh. out west looks nice.

trat's the weather across the co here's a peek out your winter. >> that pre-winter chill will be here for the weekend. right now it's just chilly and soaking rain outside. heaviest rain, manassas temperatures are in the chilly 40s to 50s. 56 currently in washington. these numbers probably will only rise another degree or two for ternoon highs. rain gradually tapering to showers this afternoon. anotherigh chance for rain tomorrow. there's that chill for the weekend. >> okay. you're not wearing a medal. but you r t marathon yesterday. >> i did. >> tell us who you ran for. >> ts is grace. she's 4. she lives in dallas. i live in washington state a i run in honor of her because she beat cancer last year. she was diagnosed when she was 15 months and she's 4 now. >> i raise money for cancer research and i run in honor her. >> thank you for doing that.

congratulations. that.ve so many good stories out there. we're kicking off a new se "rosn reports" series, save your smartphone, withor r that apple's iphones keep shattering. >> apple says this phone is stronger than previous models. jeff rossen has been investigating. >> reporter: drop your phone sometimes. >> yeah. >> >> reporter: a direct screen hit. you grab for your phone and the glass is ewattered. the iphones are out, the x and xs. ey have the strongest glass ever. saying, if you drop it, it shldn't break. we're going to find out, buying aes bunch of ph and them on purpose to see how

strong they are. apple claims the new xs models are made with the mostsmartphon. now, someblasng the eones. user tweeting, hav te dropped it from less than 3 feet, already acked. da having my iphone xs, the whole screen. let's try it out for e n model iphones. this one doesn't have a case because we want to see how strong the glass is by itself. this one does have a case on it because we know many of you and that, too. we're going to go without the case first. we have multiple cameras rolling on this and of course, i have thephone camera rolling right there. i'm going to take it out of my pocket and drop it becauseat

how you would do it. see? not cracked. e screen isall-good. see it again. same area.. whoops and again, falling at random angles. the screen is still not craccrd. thn is fine. try it again. sometimes landing right on the screen. the screen is stillintact. until drop number 11. >> now we have it. now, we have a big crack goiri t through here and also some shattering on the side of the screen rightver here. that ain't bad. dif you'reropping your phone that often, that's kin of on you. now, let's try it with the case. >> we haveul a rar silicone case on here, and stad version. going to start dropping oit,ut sf my pocket. the screen i fine. this time around -- fall after fall, the phone survives. no problems. no cracks. hi, joe.

you're on tv. even when it bouncs a u s all o the ground. i keep going and going. dropping it m soy times. ly fal cracked. can you see all >>that? here it is up close. look how it shattered. spider web cracks all over. it took 32 times and it was a direct screenhit. the phone performing well with the everyday falls. can it hold up to somethi more extreme? we're at the 1,000 museum building in miami. this would be dropping your phone from the top of your house. and we have ara b-new iphone xs right out of the box. we put the case on it once again. -- all righ you guys rhedy down there? re we go. all let's go see.

here we go. oh, my -ee the scr is not cracked. the screen is not cracked at all. we're going up higher. this time, we go ten stories up. here we go. in slow-mo, you can see the hitm the pact so hard, the case flies off, right there. it's completely shattered, of urse, after a ten-story drop. look at that. ly aparte came complete l not bad, though. not bad. it took ten stories to do this. i love by the way, here's the takeaway, the phones did really well without the case. you drop it 11 times apparently. having a case makes all the difference in the world, flee y nearly three-time more falls. >> that's why they call it a phone case. >> this isn a scr protector, 20 bucks on amazon. you buy this and you can see perfectly.ow

>>ong will that last? >> that will go 60 times. >> that was awesome. >> hoda is like, what are you doing? were those your kids' phone >> they don't do much anyway. coming up next, one of the fantasc starsrom the new fantastic beasts movie, jude law, is here. law, is here. onthfirstthis is "today" , announcerfollowing will surprise you about barbara comstock: barbara comstock: "i think roe vs wade should be overturned and the state should decide it." announcer: that's right. comstock supports taking away woman's right to choose. she voted to defund planned parenthood 6 times, limiting women's access to contraception. and comstock votes with trump ninety eight percent of the time. jennifer wexton: endorsos by the washington pt. she'll protect

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he was when he was older. going to ink how am i play this guy as a younger man? >> it was a unique experience. it's n often you get to play a character at a younger age. s childhood is talked about in the books. i met with j.k. rowling who filled in a lot more gs and gave me details about the inner workings of the man. and they gave me carte blanche to start again. i didn't have to re-create him. i could layer him up and look at the inner turmoil, the dramas goinghe on in man before he becomes more serene, more resolved. s you' the drama of his inner workings unfold. past relationships, family tragedies. >> this is going to be a huge success. th other thing is a huge

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tomatoes are sitting there? >> not necessarily. i'm going to season that up. >> garlic, thyme, salt, pepper. >> you can actually put those in the oven at 325, for 15, 25 minutes. i'm going to move to the next step. we're going to make a seafood-style dip.o goingse hearts of palm. and we're going to add some as well.s we're going to pulse that up. if you want to pulse that up. >> that's it. >> that's the base of it. >> whoops. >> there we go. >> pulse it up. excellent. that looks ygood. want to get a nice consistency there. a crab dip. >> all right. >> we're going to move overhe . we're going to add all of the additional ingredients here. i have nondry cream cheese. is is an mond cream cheese

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>> adding nutritional yeast or kelp seeds or the old bayspice. old bay, garlic, this is a lot of flavor. >> also, the texture what people are used to with the seafood dip. let's move onto the n one, our take on a whole foods-style r zza. >> what's ycrust? >> a whole wheat crust. and we have barbecue sauce. i'm down in austin, texas. >> there's another bold flavor right there. how is the pizza? >> just a barbecue. and carrots. >> sweet potatoes on there. we added some sweet potatoes. >> nocheese, eith. thank you. recipes at today.com/food. for more on the cookbook, go to today.com/shop. everybody, eat up. first, this is "today" on nbc. people aren't talking about giant's easy grab and go chicken wings, perfect for game day.

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