at ross. yes for less. ♪ good morning. breaking overnight, staggering, the death toll from the wild fires in northern california rises to more than 70 with more than 1,000 peopl unaccounted president trump heading there this morning after initially blaming forest managemt in the state. we are there >>live. > crown prince controversy. nbc news learning hat acia assessnt has found that saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the assassination of washington post journalist jamal i.khasho the saudi's insisting he's innocent. the question this morning, will the house take new action? race against the clock. the countdown is on in florida where officials are working non-stop to finish a manua recount of the vote in the race fosenate.

republican rick scott still claiming victory. rick nelson refusing to give upi n georgia, republican brian kemp will be the next governor concede.t officially all that plus virtual kidnapping. a horrifying scare for olympic gold medal winning swimmer rowdy gains. the victim of a new scam where he was told his daughter had been kidnapped. is words of warning this morning. her next chapter after being cleared of killing her roommate in italy, a happy new chapter formanda knox she's engaged. and return to wonder. famed toy store fao schwarz is back and better than ever. ders and of toy s course that famous piano. we'll take you inside, today, satuay, november 17th, 2018. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, peterxa aleer and dylanr.

dr live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. i've been wanting t dance on that piano since tom hanks did it in "big" years you got your chance. >> you can do it through me. we have a busy morning. comingp later we'll give you joy. first, we have to start with some of the news headline. we'll get to our stop story right now, that unbelievable tragedy that continues to c gro inifornia from the deadly wild fire. in the northern part of the state alone, officials now say that more than 1,000 people are unaccountedfor. the death toll also rising overnight to 71, a number that is certain to go even higher. nbc's kathy park is in chico, california, with the latest for us ts morning. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning you. this disaster has turned to a humanitarian crisis. many evacuees are homeless and living in shelters like the one we're at right now. resident ishe expected to be in this area, joined by the governor and

governor elect. this morning, president trump flying trcross-co to see california's deadliest and most destructive fire firsthand. but not before another round of critical comments aboutorest miss management on fox news. >> you wouldn't have the fires. climate change, it's drier, it's hotter, and that that's contributing to it, too. >> maybe it contributes a little bit. the big problem we haves management. >> reporter: trump's second visit to the state during his presidency comes in the wake of staggeew numbers released from the deadly campfire, which continues to bn in northern california. at least 71 people dead, more accounted others for. some evacuees lost connection with loved ones, including 87-year-old edith jensen found he name listed in paper. >> i called the sheriff's number and told them i wasn't epmissin >>ter: now another threat, unhealthy air. the smoke can be seen in san francisco, oregon, even spac

the air so bad in sacramento that one day of breathing it in is roughly equivalent to smoking 14 cigarettes. with their piece of paradise gone, these tent cities and evacuation centers offer some comfort that's if they can get in. several aren't accepting any morees evacue meantime, noro virus hit this shelter in chico. 52,000 people forced out by the flames in buick county are now left with haunting memories, like helen thomas, threw her wheelchair down the stairs to speed up her escape. >> i thought i was going to die. did.lly >> reporter: chilling stories of survival, lives forever changed. the devastation far from over. >> kathy, from the very beginning we heard from the president. he blamed these fires on forest mismanagement. he did it again yesterday. made no mention of the fact that the fires weren't forest fires, but that complaint obviously offended a lot of californians, even as he tried to dial back

his tone. what kind of welcome is he expected to get there today? >> reporter: well, after speaking with residents, it seems like their main priority is really getting their lives back inorder, but the governor and governor elect put out a g theystatement say welcome the presidential visit and are grateful for the quick federal response.r? pe >> kathy park in california, thank you very much. meantime, a new challenge for the trump administration, this morning all key in the crosshairs. nbc news learned that a cia assement concludes that the saudi crown prince did order the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. it's a claim that the crown prince has denied since khashoggi's death in early october. d now the question is, how will the white house respond? nbc's lucy cavanaugh following london.om good morning. >> hey, sheinelle, good morning. the cia reportedly determined that the saudi crown prince ordered journ jamal khashoggi's assassination and contradicts thelaims that they

were not involved. >> reporter: this morning, a murder mystery b closer to solved. the cia concluded that the saudi crown mrinceammed bin salman ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi, according to a source briefed on the cia assement. reportedly made in high confidence, it is based on multiple pieces of intelligence which nbc news has yet to confirmindependently. according to "the washington post," the saudi ambassador to the u.s. called khashoggi reportedly telling the journalist to go to the saudi consulate in istanbul, assuring him he would be safe. the ambassador denying the allegation on twitter, saying i never talked to him by phone and certainly never suggested he go to turkey. the saudis insist the crown prince is nocent. >> his royal highness the crown prince has nothing to do with this issue. >> reporter: this week charging 11 people in khashoggi's murder with five facing the death penalty. the latest saudi version of

events claims "the "shington poolumnist was killed by a lethal injection. his body dismembered and taken out of the building. contradicting their earlier claim that he was strangled. the whereaboutsf khashoggi's remains are still unknown. but mourners gathered friday to remember the slain journalist, prayers over an empty iarble sl istanbul, a funeral for a father of fr and a friend to many who won't beoming home. >> vice president mike pence this morning wouldn't comment on classified info but he did say the u.s. will hold all involved with the murder to account. but look, this intel puts then white house difficult position. the trump administration has cultivated very close tiese wit rown prince. they did slap sanctions against 17 saudi officials this week, but did not target mbs. if this intelligence is confirmed, g guys, there'sng to be a lot of pressure on the white house for an even tougher response. >> absolutely.

tucy, thank you. back herehome, president trump is speaking out about the russia investigation, saying that he's finished his written answers to the special counsel's questions about russian interference in the 2016 election. the president again insisting he s done nothing wrong. nbc's white house correspondent my colleague, kelly o'donnell has more. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. a pair of legal dramas for the president. first a federal court is intervening in a dispute between the white house and a journalist over press credential and then that long-running russian investigation where the presidents now taking part in something that he has called a hoax and a witch owhunt, but he is complying with a major request from prosecutors. from the oval office friday, president trump revealed he is personally responding to russia investigation questions from the special counsel. >> i where the answers. i writes. answer >> reporter: he said he would hand over his responses after his legal teamigns off. but the president also accused

prosecutors of settinger ary trap. >> you know, with the weather sunny or was it iny? he said it may have been a good day. it was rainy therefore he told lie. he perjured himself. okay. so, you have to be careful when you answer questions with people that probably have bad intentions. >> reporter: again, insisting he and his cn did not collude with russia. >> it's a hoax. >> reporter: mr. trump said the probe is ultimately about him. >> it should have never been a so-called investigation, which in n theory it's an investigation of me. but it's as far as i'm concerned rything o take e personally because you do better that way. >> reporter: after the white house clash with cn >> you are a rude, terrible person. >> reporter: friday a federal dge appointed by the president granted a temporary return of a cnn correspondent's press which had been revoked by the white house. the legal battle will continue, but press secretary sarah sanders issued a statement.

toda the court made clear there is no absolute first amendment right to access the white house. the president said he wants new standards for press conferences. >> decorum. you can't take three questions and four questions and just stand up and not sit down. decorum. >> kelly, president trump's appointmenof matt whittaker. he is now facing a formal legal ichallenge. wh the argument in that case? >> reporter: well, whitaker has onnot beenrmed even the acting role as attorney general. that is a real core othe debate. and in kind of a new twist on how to challengethis an existing lawsuit that bears the name of jeff sessions, of course was forced out as attorney general, issking that the supreme court put rod rosenstein's name on that document. the deputy attorney general, who would normally move up in the ranks. and to sayt that is not legal to put whitaker inlace because

he was not confirmed. so going about this to ask the court to weigh in on by using an existing case and to say whitaker does not have the legal standing. the white house says this appropriate but this will continue to be a legal fight. gn in y're trying to r the mueller probe by hiring er whit kelly, thank you. hundreds of migrants have arrive at the border. the migrant caravan was a big issue for president trump ahead of the midterms, but since the election, he's been relatively quiet about it. gabe gutierr is on the california side of the border.ga , good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. thousands of migrants are already iijuana mexico just over this fence. so far the process has been mostly horderly. e seen troops putting up bashed wire, more than 1,300 soldiers are here in california

andany more in texas. about 3,000 migrants are already there. and many more were the coming days. now the system is so overwhelmed that migrants seeng asylum are expecting to wait at least a month at t border before even being processed. presidlet meanw has all but dropped the issue all together after calling it an invasion and using the issue to rally his supporters ahead of the midterms. e estimate puts the cost of this deployment at $220 million. now, here a thisorder crossing, customs and border protection has shut down multiple lanes of traffic. thousands of more migrants were expected into tijuana over the coming weend, but mexican authorities intercepted several of the buses they were, taki so they may decide to head elsewhere. sheinelle? >> gabe, thank yo to florida now where election officials in several counties have just a few more hours to complete a manual recount after that state-wide recount was issued in the race for senate. officials have been working

around the clock to get this done in time.s nb tammy liter in in is in riviera beach with more. tammy, g rd morning. orter: good morning, peter. dozens of workers and volunteers are coming back here to do i again today. to recount each ballot by hand. now, all 67 counties in florida have until tomorrow to finish. >> i think that's a no. >> reporter: in florida, it's a ce against time. >> i agree. >> i agree with that. >> reporter: hand counting ballots the democratic senator bill nelson's campaign hopes will reverse his founes. the ballots now being examined are those that voters filled out incorrectly by either circling with check marks or in ome cases leaving blank. >> the ballots over and under that were outstacked will be duplicated and they will be added into the vote totals. and weep willort the u.s. senate race by noon on sunday, the deadline. k reporter: governor r scott who was in washington this week

posing with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell along with other freshman senators says it seems like the only person who isn't aware that it's time for bill nelson to move on is bill nelson himself. no response from nelson's campaign. broward count hand counted nearly 31,000 ballots in just under two hours. >> all their votes wereed cou absolutely positive. >> reporter: but they have yet to release the results.ne on's campaign held out hope that one of the vote counting machines there misd 24,900 votes in the senate race. democratic insiders say it was like al capone's vault, an empty effort. >> in >> democracy failed democrats. acknowledging her opponent brian kemp will be governor. >> this is not a speech of concession. because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper. >> reporter: back here in

florida, lead county has not even started the hand count yd is not expected to count until tomorrow morning, just hours before the deadline. pete >> tammy, thank yose e jordan worked as a speech writer now an nbc news political analyst and co-host of the words matteras po good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start in florida where we're seeing the state split prettily evenly among the two partts. the recouggests the republicans have claimed a razor thin f victory the governor and senate races. is there something more here? is this almost like looking at a dry run of what could happen in election? >> it's a microcosm of how divided the country is politically. you have now bill nelson's senate race against governor rick scott will come down to about 12,000 votes. most of the state, these counties of 67 counties, only 3 of them really fluctuate at all between democrat and sopublican. it just shows the very tightiv

margins thate the country. so it comes down to just about who is going t governor us. >> it's remarkable. another headline we're learning more about today, the analysis reportedly that the cia assessed that the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered the killing of that whington post journalist, jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia is crucial to the administration's strategy in the middle east, jared kushner has become very friendly with the man known as mbs the crown prince there. the u.s. sanions 17 saudis this week. is there now new pressure to do more? they steer clear of anything that touched the crown prince. >> president trump has been very careful to avoid anything that is going to goy negativn the crown prince. he has been trying to keep pressure off and protect the crown prince. and now it looksretty obvious that there was some involvement from the t of the food chain, is the administration groioing

ignore this and sesnal wea and upset the regional power balance quite frankly? is is a tenuous time is congress going to overlook all the very compelling evidenc that there was a role from the top of the food chain i saudi arabia. >> let's turn to the mueller investigation. on friday, the president confirmed he submitted answers to mueller's questions. is this is a sign that we'restn the finaltch? >> well, robert mueller has been trying to get answers from donald trump for about a year now. this has been on going. but the fact that donald trump is finally turning in information -- >> what do you akink? >> does you think that we are nearing the end in all of those sealedt indictments tha are waiting in d., you can help but to wonder when is the next load of information going to drop from the mueller investigation. >> and continue. that's for sure. elise, thank you so tmuch. >>nk you so much. dylan here with the first che t morning. >> good morning. we're keeping an eye on the next storm system that's going to race through the through the midwest.

two batches of snow right now. some falling through chicago bnd somek to the northern rockies, especially in the higher elevations. this cold front is going to continue to move east ward as we go through the day. so we'll see snow off and on through chicago. then it will move to the east as we go into tonight. and then we are looking at some light snow in cleveland across up state new york on sunday. even up across new england. it's a fast-moving system, so it's not going a to produce whole lot of snow, but still, we could see some slippery spots on the roads. back through the rockies out near denver, we will see perhaps 4 to 8 inches of snow mostly in the higher elevations and then moving east ward wide-spread 1 to 2 inches of snow with up state new york picking up possibly closer t three. that's a look at the weather across the country, now here's a peek at your ndow. depending on where you are depends on whether you have clouds or you're going to see some sunshine. areas to the south seemtl a l more sun than areas to the north. that's where it's also a little cooler out there with those temperatures in the 20s and 30s.

40s to the north. by the time we go t through morning, it will be gorgeous. much lighter wind today. everybody will get the today.ine as we head through the evening, clear skies. we're dry today and dry tomorrow. more clouds, though, around tomorrow. latest hat's your forecast. >> dylan, thank you very much. still to come, house divided. how top trump adviser kellyanne conway reacted when her husband recently slammed her boss in public. plus, rowdy gainspeaks out after he was a victim of a terrifying scam and was told his daughter had been kidnapped. we're back after this.

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we are back now onhis saturday morning with the weekly download. our look back at the week that wa >> the adlines were dominated by the devastating scene in california. but there were a lot of other stories we covered as well, starting with the snowstorm that

east coast.arge parts of the f♪ theirst major snowstorm of the season pounded the eastern half tr the co in mississippi, icy conditions caused this tour bus to flip, killing two passengers and injuring more than 40 others. rain and rain and snow in and around new york city snarling traffic. ♪ first lady firing. the president'sio deputy nl security adviser forced out after first lady melania trump's office called for her ouster. multiple sources tell nbc news the deputy national security adviser infuriated the first lady's office during plans for the first overseas trip. meanwhile, one of her husband's harshest michael avenatti was arrested o suspicion of felony domestic violence. >> michael, what happened? >> what happened, michael? >> avenattiaying he's innocent. >> i have never struck a woman. >> avenatti is best known for

representing stormy daniels. everyone >> an adult film star who claimd she n affair with the president. onee denies. first lady michelle obama out with the new memoir called ec "boming" spoke with jenna bush hager about life in the white house and her friendship with jenna's dad. >> i got a text fromy dad this morning that said, send michelle my love. and i thought, you know, it's so interesting how people are so interested in y'all's friendship. >> we're all americans. we all care about our family and r kids and we're trying to get ahead. we have different ideas about what's the best way to get there. >> a school district in wisconsin is investigating this photo of mostly white male students giving what appears to be a nazi >>salute. think it's very disturbing. >> the baraboo superintendent telling parents we are extremely troubled by the image. adding hate haso home in the baraboo school district. some of the week's most candid monts caught oncamera.

an eld ler i man on his scooter was sideswiped. highntchool stus in iowa were shocked to see a confused deer bolt tough their principal's window. luckily everyone, including the deer was unharmed. >> it's in the window. >> and a newly engaged couple got quite a surprise during a photo shoot when comedian dave chappelle decided to get in the picture. and finally, a new york city police officer must have heard that ckbackstreet's . ♪ tell me why >> he used his microphone to belt out one of the backstreet boy's classics. ♪ i want ttt way >> not a bad voice at the end there heard a little somethndg. >> he fit. he was rocky in the beginning. >> driving ahead of him. ay the speedlimit, what the heck is going on back there. >> eyes on the road. chappelle t dave doing a photo bomb. >> he disappears for a while and then all of a sudn of all places for him -- >> he lives there. >> his big comeback in the back

of the family >> that couple will have those pictures forever. still to come on "today," we're gng inside the brand new fao schwarz back open after three years. trust me, you are going to love it if you're a a kid heart. >> we need to make a family field trip. years of confusion, could low carb be the way to go when it comes to dieting. what researchers are saying. >> an emoji controversy. we're back after these messages.

>> announcer: this is a news 4 today news break. hi. good morning, everybody.26 it's on this saturday, november 17th. i'm angie goff. here is a look at some of the top stories we're following right now. gunmanrch is on for a after a police standoff ended. police responded to a shooting to house on summit drive near fair lawn street early this morning. investigators say one man was shot but police believe theec t barricaded himself inside that home. four hours later, the police goe inside but t gunman was gone. former first lady michelle obama is bringing hook to the capital one arena. the sold out eventtarts at 8:00 p.m. and is moderated by valerie variety, former top aide to former president obama. a check on your weekend

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so after a week where we saw our first snow, looks like we're alloing to see some sunshine today, lauryn. >> yes, we will get some sunshine. some areas are seeing clouds today, but we will get that sunshine out there. temperatures will respond as well. although, we'll be about 50 degrees today. that is it. temperatures starting anywhere in the upper 20s to lower 40s right now. nothing happening on the 'srada. thow it's going to be all day today. so if you need to get out for exercise, looking good. even the car wash, we have a small chance of rain on monday night. but yard work, the good news is, not quite as breezy out there today. a lighter wind. and again, plenty of sunshine with trase temres around 50. we will have that 30% chance of rain late on monday into tuesday. wednesday looking goods well. temperatures are in the 40s. thanksgiving looking fantastic. with temperatures in e 40s,

plenty of sunshine for thanksgiving. angie? >> all right. like it, lauren. thanks. back with more news and headlines in 25 minutes. for now, we'll send it back to "today." ♪ >> we did it. >> that's hard. >> we are back on a saturday morning,ovember 17th, 2018. need to get that thing tuned. ivst saying. sheinelleg us the iconic fao schwarz piano a try. it was made famous, of course, in the movie "big". >> it was fun. th brand new fao schwartz. coming up in a bit, we'll take you there for a littletour. i can't wait to see it. i want to go in so badly. >> it's really fun. >> it's right there. >> i have short legs,o it's hard to hit that last one. >> you did it. >> i did adit. >> i no doubt tina turner could do it. for now, give you a check of the adlines. first of all, president trump traveling to california today

for first-hand look at the devastation left behind from the state's most destructive wild fire in recorded history. at least 71 people in northern california alone have been killed. a staggering 1,000 more are unaccounted for this morning. the air quality now a major cause of cohiern, bre in sacramento for a day is roughly the equivalent to smoking 14 cigarettes. the smoke can even be seen from space. nbc news learned that the cia believes that saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the killing of the washington post journalist jamal khashgi in istanbul, turkey. that information coming from a source briefed on the cia's assessment. khashoggi was brutally killed at the saudi consute inurkey last month. the crown prince has denied any involvement. he, of course, is a close ally of the trump administration. today vice president mike pence said the u.s. would hold accountable anybody responsible for khashoggi's killings, but did not specifically mention the crown prince. a funer service will be held today for major brent taylor who was killed while

serving in the national guard in afghanistan. the utah mayor took anen unprecd one year leave of absence to train the afghan national army. he was killed by an afghan commando two weeks ago. e 39-year-old leaves bind his wife and seven young children. >> elon musk is sring his excitement on twitter with this video showing the breakthrough that his company boring made with its first underground tunnel. the tunnel connects theies of hawthorne and los angeles. when it's done, it will whisk riders to their destinations at speeds of up to 130 miles an shour. it's ochedule to be wrapped up by its december launch. also this morning, conway versus conway in th nation's capital. we're talking about kelndanne conway her husband george a frequent critic of mr. trump. this week he turned the heat up to a full boil. nbc's white house correspondent more.bennett is here with >> good morning. george conway the outspoken

husband o kellyanne conway is speaking publicly for the first time act his contemp for president trump and what it's like to be a notable critic of the president while being married to one of trums closest aides and allies. >> reporter: george conway, one sident trump's fiercest critics who just happens to be married to trump confident and counselor, kellyanne conway taking yet another swing at the administration. conway now telling a yahoo news podcast if he had it to do over, he would likely leave the u.s. rather than support trump. >> faced with the choice again, i would probably move to australia. >> conway says he's so dismayed republicanger a party. >> it's a personality cult. >> he's now urging fellow conservatives to join him in speang out, forming a new group of influential right leaning lawyers called cancks balances. >> when you start coroading constitutional norms over timew andtching our dialogue about it, all of aon sudden we

have a functioning democracy anymore. >> george conway's presence as a prolific trump critic is the source of police kal fascination, given his wife's senior role in the whouse. he's trolled trump on twitter, once tweeting that thene countr s a president capable of comprehending the law. and he's written critical op eds, including one in the no times" blasting matt whittaker as unconstitutional. president trump hitting back. ne you mean mr. kelly conway? >> he wrote you were unconstitutionally appointing. >> he's just trying to get pub litsty for himself. >>t kellyanne conway didn' fspond to our requests for a comment, but onriday she appeared to lean into the controversy for a time, changing r twitter bio to the kellyanne conway and kelanne conway's husband. >> when the president says mr. kellyanne conway and a kellyanne the president is never worried how it affects he's always worried how it

affects me. >> george conway says he wouldn't support his redlection. he tt was his wife who in his words basically got trump elected, helping to engineer the upseticry over hillary clinton. sheinelle, peter? >> thank you. now to ari ting warning for any warrant about something called virtual kidnapping. have you heard of this? it happened to an olympic gol medal winning swimmer rowdy gains and his family. he's hoping nobody else has to go through what they iperienced. th a terrible story. good morning. >> good morning, peter. iteally is terrible because using technology, the so-called virtual kidnappers c make it appear as if the loved one is in danger. this morning, olympicwiing legend and nbc sports commentator rowdy gains is speaking out about his harrowinn expe as a cautionary tale for all of us. >> reporter: as parents, rowdy and judy gaines say t it wair

worst nightmare. >> it was a fear i had never known. >> reporter: the three-time olympic gold medalist now knows it was a scam from callers claing to have kidnapped their daughter madison to get money from them. say t the same time they they had never heard of virtual kidnapping. so when they got a call from a number that appeared to belon to theirdaughter, they assumed it was really her. >> i have my children'sfaces, so it popped up her face and her number. so,av would no reason to believe that it was not her. >> the other person on the line threatening to slit her throat, to kill himself. >> reporter: they h presence of mind to start recording the call. the scammers then gave instructions. >> well, i don't have my keys to my ocar, i'm drive -- we're walking. > i have to get my keys to my car. later, they heard madison's voice on the phone. >> when i questioneddison, are you okay? >> she said i'm okayee but i help. >> reporter: little did they

know, she was also become scammed on the other side of the country while at college in colorado. >> they said, hi, we're with the colorado springs policepa ment. is this madison? >> i said yes. >> they said we are -- just so you know, you have a warrant out r your arrest. i felt terrified and i wasem otionally distraught the whole time. >> rter: judy ended up contacting the police who told them it was a scam. and they hung up on the callers. >> in the end, the family believes they were vulnerable because of details they share about their lives on social media. >> we need to be more aware of what we put out there. >> the fbi is now investigating this and say there areuhings an do to protect yourself. in most cases, the first thing you should do i hang up. e' you do engage, never use a loved name. and if this happens to you, police say try to reach out to the alleged kidnapped victim on another phone by texts, e-mailing or calling. it's something i think we all g

will be pay attention to. >> makes you think about all the stuff you put on social media and how that can be manipulated against you. >> it's ricounuitive. you don't want to hang up. >> you're getting information and so is the scammer and they'll use it against you. >> smart thing to call the loved one. thank you very much. >> sure. we'll take a turn now and get another check of the weather. d d dylan. we'll see cold temperatures sag down to the northern plains. unseasonably cold, 10 to 25 degrees below average. high in minneapolis, s paul, 24 degrees, 17 degrees below average. on sunday, the colontinues to push farther to the south, wichita 39. mphis 57. chicago only 35 degrees on sunday and charleston, wes virginia,53. but then as we continue through the start of next week, temperatures get very, very cold on tuesday in greenba highs not even reaching into the 30s.h

new york citcoldest day will be wednesday with a high of 39. even down in wilmington, north carolina, ah of only 59 degrees on wednesday as well below average. that's a look at the weather across the y. now here is a peek out your window. >> out our window depending ono wherere is depending whether you're seeingunshine or clouds. temperatures in the upper 40s for daytime highs today. but we will eventually get all sunshine out there today. and then for your sunday, few more clouds in place. e do have rain chances late monday. but then we're clearing as we get into your tuesday. so only ae small chaf rain pretty much as we go even through all next week. >> that's your latest forecast. >> thank you. still to come, hamilton creator lin-manuel miranda moving to the big screen. we have a sneak peek at the new mary poppens. up next, why health officiale say every sintep counts. the push to get more people up

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there's a salmone outbreak in raw turkey products. the cdc justat u its notice to the public naming recalled jennie-o ground turkey products. they say if you cook this stuff you'll be okay. >> what they're talking about is recalling the ground turkey w nt thle turkey. you can see the marks they're talking about. they want that out of your refrigerator. the turkey itself might have salmonella,f you cook it like you're supposed to, that can get rid of salmonella. >> n pressure as you head into the holiday. >> should i skip the stuffing. there's a new study that found low carb diets really work. a lot o people swear by going low carb. now is there a study to back it up. >> this is saturday morning science. there is a study to back it up.a the man for years calories in, calories out. a calorie is a corie.

it might not be equal across the e'spectrum. th a carbohydrate insulin thing going on in our body. when you eat carbohydrates, your body releases sulin. it stores more fat. in the study in the bmj, they found out that people who have these high carb diets ended u carrying more calories, getting more fat than people who had low carb diets. and so that low carb diet ended up saving. 250 to almost 500 calories a day. that's 20 pound over a year they saved by going to lower calorie diet h >> you shoule some carbs in the diet. what's the take away. >> we need carbs. that's essential to us. you needs. ca the main thing is to avoid those process carbs. we're talking about tea processed processed cereals, foods out there. white bread, white rice, potato, low fat cookies and crackies.

>> all the things i eat. >> that's our pantry right there. >> that's the bottom line. we'll call this segment saturday morning science as weo forward. any other details -- go ahead. >> the exercise one. this is interesting to me. government health officials updated the oguidelin exercise. this is the first time in a decade they've really addressed hethis. what'satest? >> for years telling people, you need to get exercise and we need to get it everyday but you want to get it in spoutsf 10 minutes or so. exercise they're saying 150 a week.ds everybody no get moderate intensity or 75 of vigorous intensity exercise. 10 minute bouts. nobody really was doing that. let's take a step back andan lo see what people are doing. they found out it's those little things that count. >> the burst o cardio, like the height or not even that? >> you don't need to break a sweat anymore, right, as long as you do something? >> take the stairs instead the escalator or we found out getting off the couch, getting off the seat and moving around during thetu day

ly helps out. >> you're like the good side of my brain telli me a the things i'm supposed to do. >> saturday morning science. >> there you go. >> appreciate it. coming up, next the new trend in gift giving over the holidays and why it's not something you can put under the tree. that's after these messages. eucerin as been solving dry skin problems

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correspondent jo ling kent tells us, this onebo is all aut the experience. won't need to storm the stores to find tha perfect gift. instead of traditional presents like toys,ct enics or ugly pair of socks. about 1 in 3 consumers plan to give experiences instead. in fact, spending on activities has grown four times faster than spending on objects. the top trending gift ideas, travel experiences, likene a p ticket, zip lining or wine tasting. airbnb offering experiences like aerial photography from a helicopter and a bollywood dance clas those looking for ahoescape from liday stress, a manicure and pedi cure, massage or cooking lessons. then there's the ultra luxury adventures, safari in kenya o stay in an irish castle. >> what we're seeing particularly with generation z and younger millennials the notion of an authentic experience is much,much, more

res sew gnat than the notion of the latest trend in fashion. >> here is a bonus, people love g photos and videos of those experiences on social media. research says in the long run those moments also make usn happier t gifts you can wrap. kent, nbcy" jo ling news los angeles. >> i love this idea. >> yeah. >> i have little girls. we have more clutter tha you can imagine, but doing things, those are the memories i hope to stay. >> you take pictures. it's a memo. bria and i don't give each other gifts. we save our money to go on a trip together. >> i that. give an experience. the only thing my little girls, youe them an experience, they're like where's the box. d that saysostc you'll get an experience. >> what? >> any way. >> for adults >perhaps. till to come, speaking of gifts, there are menty you can get your hands on this holiday season. sheinelle has some ideas. she takes us inside the newly reopened and iconic toy store fao schwarz just across the street. we'll be back after these messages. pe

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cold start to your saturday morning. it feels cold in here, too. laur ricketts finally just took off her coat. >> hi. i just took it off. i keep putting it backon. it's chilly in here and chilly outside this morning. some areas colderhan other areas because some areas cleared out and others had that blanket of clos that helped to insulate a little bit. otherwise f you did have that blanket of clouds, you're still seeing that out there right now. it will dissipate and we'll have sunshine throughout the day. also dry conditions throughout this weekend. only chancef rain looks to be so monday night into early tuesday. o ahead and wash that car because it's just going to be a few sprinkles out there. temperatures out there right now in the 30s and 40s. and we are headed to right around 50 degrees today. plenty of sunshine and again a much lighter wind than compared to yesterday. more clouds tomorrow. then we have that chance of rain late on monday into tuesday.

thanksgiving looksnd fantastic even black friday. david? >> lauryn, thanks. we'll be back in 25 minutes with another check of your news and weather. for now, back to the "today show." good morning. breaking overnight,st aggering, the death toll from theild fires in northern california rising to more than 70 with more than 1,00 people unaccounted for. president trump on his way there this morning. after initially blaming forest mismanagement in the state. we're there live. speaking out, monica lewinsky telling her side of the story like we've never heard it. >> notice me he did over the course of the rest of august and september and october and into november. we had a number of these flirtatious encounters. shehe gift he gave and how got his attention. and return to wonder. thec ico fao schwarz is back open three years after closing its fifth avenue doors here in

new york city. ide ot a special tour i looking at everything from the toys to the magicians and, yes, the piano. "today" saturday, november 17 2018. ♪ this is the way youe mak me feel ♪ ♪ it's our birthday trip to the plaza. >> first time in newyork. >> fro st. loui peace out. ♪ ♪ it's just the way you make me urel ♪ >> tning 13 on "today". >> celebrating 13 years old today. >> birthday time on the plaza. ♪ >> this is our favorite time of the year. it's packed out there. welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. it's cold and they don't seem to mind. >> no. hobody cares. fall collided w winter this week and everybody is getting ready for the holidays. >> there'sn excitemente air around this area this time of year, it's the best. >> we'll get outside and talk to everybody coming up in a moment.

there's muc more to get tohis morning. let's start with the news and really the alpha muse overnight that the unaccounted or number of unaccounted for skyrocketed to over 1,000 out in california. today, the president is on his y there to meet with victims and state officials. nbc's kathy park is in chico, california with more. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. this disaster has nowto turned a humanitarian crisis. many are staying in shelters like the one we' at right now. and meantime, the president is expected to be here at some point joined by california's governor and governor elect. >> reporter: this morning, president trump flying cross country to see california's deadliest and most destructive firers and. but not before another round of itical comments about forest mismanagement on fox news. >> you wouldn't have the fires. >> what aboutt'he argument climate change, it's drier, it's hotter and that's contributing it,too? >> maybe it contributes a little bit. the bi problem we have is

mismanagement. >> reporter: trump's second visit to the state during his presidency comes in the staggering new numbers of the wild fires. >> 71 dead, more than 1,000 unaccounted for. some evacuees lost connection with loved one. 87-year-old e jthnson found her name listed in the paper. >> i called the sheriff's office, the number there and told them i wasn't missing. >> reporter: nownother threat, unhealthy air. the smoke can be seen in san erancisco, oregon and even space. air so bad in sacramento that one day of breathing it in is roughly equivalent to smoking 14 cigarettes. with their piece of paradise gone these tent cities and evacuation centers offer some comfort that's if they can in.t several aren't accepting any more evacuees. meantime, noros virus hit t shelter in chico. the 52,000 people forced out by the flames in b buick county are

now left with haunting memories, like helen thomas threw her wheelchair sown theirs to speed up her escape. >> i thought i was going to die. i reallydid. >> reporter: chilling stories of survival, lives forever changed. the devastation far from over. >> and rain is expected in the forecast for later on this week, which would heler firefig contain this fire, but also make it more challenging as they continue to recer more bodies in paradise. sheinelle? >> kathy, thank you. to aopther devg story overnight where nbc news has learned that a cia assessment concludes that the saudi crown prince ordered the killing of the washington post journalist immal khashoggi. it's a c the crown prince has denied since khashoggi's death inoc early ber. now the question is, how will the white house respond? nbc's lucy has been following this one for us from london. lucy, good morning. >> peter, good morning. this is a ma juror development

in this disturbing story. the agency believed that the saudi crown, prin mohammed bin salman ordered khashoggi's killing. the icia made conclusion with high confidence, according to "the washington post," which alsoited intercepts of phone calls, audio recordings, as well as a call by the killeam to a close aide of the crown prince. now, saudien arabias that mbs had anything to do with this, charging 11 people inas ggi's murder this week, five are facing the death penalty. the latest saudi version of events a s it hasfted quite a bit, claimed he was killed by a lethal injection and that his body w dismembered and smuggled out of the consulate. i should add hisin rehave yet to be found. now, this murder has created something of a crisis for ttr p administration because of relationship with the crown prince. the u.s. slapped sanctions against 17 saudi officials this week. those did not target mohammed bin salman. there is going to be a lot of pressure if this intelligence is nfirmed for a much tougher

response. guys? >> question is, will they hold him personally accountable? lucy, thank you. back here to ho trump has left the white house on his way to california, but he is speaking outng this mor about the khashoggi killing and a lot more.c' white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is following that part of the story for us. kelly, good morning. reporter: good morning, sheinelle. he did leave the white house for his visa to califor making two stops today. he took questions from reporters t the south lawn and he was asked abouts new development that lucy was just reporting on from "the shington post" and nbc news that the cia has determined that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman did order the killing of journalist jamahoggi. the president said a short time ago he would be briefed. here is what the preside had to s to reporters. >> they have been tru spectacular ally in terms of jobs and economic development. and i also take that -- i'm president. have to take a lot of things into consideration.

so, we wil be talking with the cia later and lots of others. i'll be doi that while i'm on the plane. i'll be speaking also with secretar of state mike pompeo. >> reporter: and theresident also said so far he has not personally been briefed on any involvement by the crown prince. so this is a deloping story. the president also talked about deents in the russia investigation. he said that he would be turning over his written awers to the special counsel this coming week. this is after the 18-month investigation. the president has complied and is writing answers he says himself, but he'll turn those in after his lawyers have a chae to loo at it. and as the president headed out, he also said he will meet today with california's current governor and the new ly elects w governor andl feet with firefighters. in response to these devastating fires, he said there are more people missing than anyone coulg e. the man who tried to

assassinate president ronald reagan has just been granted his largest measure of freedom. john hinckley can live on his own. he will still be confined to a 75-mile radius from his mo the now 63-year-old shot and wounded reagan and three others outside a hotel in washington back in 1981. and in an interesting e.t. inspired proposal, amandanox is now engaged with the film sound track playing in the background, her fiance led the 31 to the backyard andse prod with a meteorite in replacef a ring. her murder conviction was overturned by thatun y's highest court in 2015. >> nice to see her celebrating something these days. dylan is on the plan sa with another check of the weather. >> good morning. we've been watching these girls out the windo right there. and we saw some dance moves. where are you girls from?

>> west virginia. >> and where are y'all dressed up this morning? >> we're going to perform around the city today? >> just randomly around the city? >> yeah. >>ng you're starn the plaza. >> so nice to see you. let's take a a look your forecast going into the week ahead. big travel week. and we're still looking at the chance of fire danger weather out in the walifornia areare winds will still be strong starting off the week. rain and snow showe possible along the appalachians also down through southea ern texas. wednesday, one of the biggest travel days of the year, we are looking for fairly quieteather for most of the country, but much-needed rain will move into the west coast. heavy rain also expected down thugh texas and then on friday, the day after thanksgiving, a few showers in the middle of the country. spotty thunderstorms in florida and snow out west. that's a look at the weather out the country. well, those temperatures

right around 50 degrees. once we get that ifnshine. ou're seeing clouds out there, you'll eventually get some sun. all sshine out there today for everybody, especially by this afternoon. now tomorrow a lot more clouds around. monday, late showers that could lead into b tuesday morning we clear tuesday afternoon. temperatures out there right now the 30s and 40s at the moment. but again, headed to right around 50 degrees with much lighter wind today. we stay right around 50 for sunday as well. >> and that's yourfo latest cast. guys? >> dylan, thank you very much. this morning, we're hearing more from monica lewinsky. she is painting an intimate portrait of her affair with bill clinton. >> nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> i kind of have to laugh at my younger self. but that was when my crush started. reporter: monica lewinsky, unfiltered, speaking out in newly releasedor clips fhe upcoming a&e documentary, the clinton affair, premihiing t

sunday. >> i was struck in a way that he had this ability to hold everybody who was there, not just young women, not just b olr wome young men, older men, ig gay, straht, everybody is sort of starry eyed in his presr:ce. >> repor lewinsky, starry eyed herself, talked about how she intentionally tried t get the president's attention in a green outfit he had noticed before. >> aed notic me he did. ov o the coursef the rest ofnd august a september and october and into november, we had a number of these flirtatious encounters. there was really no sense for me of anything beyond i have this crush and this person i have a crush on is actually paying attention to me.he >> reporter:resident showering her with gifts. >> bill gave me this box which had a hat pin. he said because you always look so cute in hnds or you your hats. something like that. and then he gave me this really beautiful copy of "leaves of

grass." it was a very meaningful present to me. it's an intimate book that you don't jus give lightly. whatever had been nagging in of -- is what i'm feeling real? is that there? whatevri those insecues were, they kind of vanished in some ways. with himen having g me this gift. this was the first time we had been alone since i had been banished to the pentagon. so, we moved to the a bathroom were more intimate. >> reporter: but that attention di down in the days before and after clinton's 1996 re-election. >> i had this nagging insecurity, maybe he just did l of these things the last six months because he was trying to keep me quiet during the election. how stupid am i that i believed this, that i bought this. >> reporter: lewinsky's next step, confidingen in f linda

tripp, who spilled the beans on her. that decision setting in motion clinton's impeachment. forever casting a cloud over his dpresidency. changing the course of american history. for "today" stephanie gosk, nbc news. >> dylan? >> we are taking a look at the least loved emojis out there.an guesses? there's a war going on about it and we're going to break it down for you right after these messages.

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we are back on a saturday morning talking about a battle of emojis. >> dylan is in our new and improved orange room. >> it's fancier and tempting not to sit on the couch, but i will stand for this one. we all have our go-to t emojis smiley face, the heart, the cats. i he monkey covering his eyes. there are hundreds of emojis out ther p and many youbably didn't use or maybe some you've never even seen. well, enter the twitter bot least used emoji bot, yes, that's a thing. it tracks which t emojis are least used and tweets out the updates. well, nown online battle has broken out surrounding the two contenders f the at least used emojis of 2018. th areerial tram way and input symbol for latin letters. people are campaigning to save

their underused emoji, usingth em as many times as they can. some asking for justice. brendantweeting, i just discovered the aerial tramway emoji an hour olago. i'm rd to do everything in my power to protect it. as of 7:00 this morning, the aerial tramway is still the least ed despite everybody using it right now. twitter users are watching this play out and andy tweeting fulla scale w going on over at least used emoji. a truly staggering last couple of days. some suggestednliance. tweeting we have to fight together to get another emoji ta be the used one. earlier in the year, the nonportable water symbol.t i didn' know any of these existed. >> what is that? >> i guess you can't -- take water with you. >> nonportable water?

they had a bad wrap. >> you can't drink it. >> one i overused. if you get a text to me, i'm really trying not to wink at people. i overwink. i overwink. iecognize it. i'm working on wit. >> whyld you wink? >> i'm winking all the time. >> you never wink in person. >> you can never wink too person. my daughter is n into the emoji thing. she wrote us a text. she sent me on my wife's phone yesterday. maybe you have a shot of this. she writes me from -- form ava. this is going really well. she writes, from ava to dad i love you. look at this, though. she goes crazy withll the emojis. there they are. >> how cute is that. >> she's going emoji crazy. >> i love it. i screen shot. >> how old is she? >> shes wait f it 5. thank you. >> texting at 5. that's amazing. ahead, dylan.

>> switching gears to pop start. lin-manuel miranda is stealing the show for his new movie mary poppins returns. >> good thing you come along when you did, mary poppins. >> lead the way. >> off we go. ♪ >> i getor me excited every trailer. ne ham creator stars at the street lamp lighter alongside emily blunt's character mary poppins returns to raise a new generation of banks' thchildren. movie hits theaters next moflh. net released a new seriesma dedicated to s best friend. the show tells the love story betweenamilies and their four legged friends while exploring life's hurdles through the eyes of dogs. it is sure to make you laugh, cry a all the feels in between. you with watch it now on netflix. finally in a week and a hal the rockefeller christmas tree will officially be lit for the season and one of our favorite

celebrity couples is helping us celebrity that. krischrissy teigen and john leg will host a l endary christm right here on nbc. >> that's a good booking. >> kim kardashian, kris jenner, they'll join stevie wonder, meghan trainer, many more. watch out for that tree lighting wednesday nember 28th at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on nbc. n> that's a big show. >> that's not ewo weeks away. can you believe it? i have work to do before thanksgil ng. stil come, we're getting ready for thanksgiving. some funnd easy table decorations that should wow your guests. it's after this. that

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clear start to our saturday morning but, lauryn ricket it's cold out there. >> yeah. certainly chilly out there. temperures anywhere from the low 30s to mid 40s, but we will warm up today to right around 50 degrees. so if you want to go ahead and get tt car washed, we'll be dry this weekend. but we do have a few chances of showers on monday night. current temperatures out there right now again anywhere from the low 30s where we have clear skies to the 40s where we have some more cloud cover. eventually we'll get that sunshine back today. much lighter wind with temperatures right around 50. we stay in the low 50s but more clouds around for your sunday. ke the clouds around on monday, but slightly warmer. mid 50s. rain late monday night into tuesday. wednesday, thursday, thanksgiving and even black friday looking good. next chancefain comes next

sunday. >> lauren, don't go too far. 9:00.e and angie back at back to the "today" show. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ]. we are back on this saturday morning, november7th, 2018, with our friends from notre dame. l nothing liketle band to get you started. this is the notre dame band and cheerleaders with the notre dame victory march getting ready for a big football game this afteoioon. they're to take on

syracuse, the onic yankee stadium as the backdrop for this. mike tirico calling the game. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> nice to see you bright and ea y. you have a full plate ahead. >> it's the first time that new york city has hosted th biggest college football game in the country in 70 years. >>wow. >> 70 years? >> this will be something. >> this notre dame team is number three in the untry. this is a real bcs hopeful. syracuse number 12l inis wil a good one. >> surpris season for my alma mater. syracuse wasn'te expected to b number 12 in the country. they had a great year. a huge fan base in new york. watched the irish all year on nbc, 10-0, edundefe brian kelly doing a sensational job. so many subway alums in the '50s and '60s root for new york. it will be aoo special aften. >> tell me about the uniforms. >> it's notre dame at yankee stadium. put two iconic brands together. you have to do pinstripes. some folks aren't happy with it

because it's not the gold dome helmets. you look at yankee stadium, notre dame. to put these two together in the same image, pretty cool. i think everyone will enjoy watching the game. >> they brought the fans out early this mornin >> and the band. >> is it weird to be the voice f notre dame and to be a syracuse alum? you can't be right down the middle. >> right down the middle, dylan. come on, 60 degrees and sunny. it will be a blast. the time at notre dame has been great the last three years. love calling the games. there's no losers today. >> i love that. >> good to see you. i like what you did. that was fun. mike, we appreciate it. you canee the notre dame game versus syracuse 2:30 p.m. eastern right here onnbc. and still to come in this half hour of "today," one of the most famous toyth stores in e world. o schwarz is back. we have a sneak peek inside hebefore t doors open this week. rhen make you thanksgiving table more memorable with some great activities for the kids ahead of the big dinner. by the way, speaking of thanksgiving, we have work to do, so siri daly is here to make

great sides that will leave your mouths watering. it won'tnde 60 sunny. what about 50 and sunny? >> i'll take that in a heart beat. better than thursday. >> tell me about it. >> it will not be like thursdays clear s here in new york city. in fact, most of the country is going to be nice and sunnyoday down to the south along the gulf coast down through texas. w areasl it will be unsettled light snow back through chicago into iowa and parts of the midwest today. so, out in the higher elevations in the rockies we could see 4 to 8 inches of snow. fire danger continues out west and the winds will increase as we go into tomorrow unfortunately. red flag warnings are in effect once again. we will see rain move week to california. tomorrow, we'll see some of the he r heaviest rain dow along texas and light snow moves into parts of the great lakes. lake-effect snow will kick in sunday afternoon. now here is a peek out your window. well, out our window here at the news 4 studios, we've got plenty ofclouds, but areas to

the south, plenty of sunshine. we'll all see sunshine as we continue through the day, at temperaturwhere from the low 30s to the mid 40s. not too bad out there right now. at least we are dry. we're going to continue to be dry through much of the day. and we are looking at some niceg conditions, ss down just about ten minutes until 5:00 p.m. this evenin >> weekend outlook, exercise looking good. go ahead and get the car wash and not as breezy today for any yard work. very weird. 's like raining here but there's not a cloud in the sky. have you noticed that?. ok we checked off the bucket list be on the "today" show. hi, mom. where is mom? >> i'm mom. what's it like to be on the today show? >> it's crazy. >> anybody else at home you wan to si to? >> my two daughters. one in orlando and one in denver. i madeit. >> can we have a selfie. >> yes. we'll get right to that. i have things to do, guys. i'll send it back into you. >> have fun out there.

we have exciting news toouhare with we've been talking about it for several days. not only is the christmas treey finap but just across the street from us a truly iconic toy store is finally back open for busiss. ree years after shutting its flag ship doors the famed fao schwarz is once again open. >> yes. this store is so great. it really has somet kng for ever out there and it's reopening at a time when other toy stores closed their doors because of online competition. it officially opened yesterday. i got the chance too inside this week before it was open to customers. >> reporter: it's every child's dream. whoa! >> a toy chest com to life. a place where astronauts, magicians and mad scientists walk among us. welcome back to fao schwarz. ♪ more than 150 years america's oldest toy store brought magic to new york ci and hollywood, setting the stage for movies like home alone 2, the smurfs

and of course big. but in 2015, with the rise of online shopping and digital entertainment, the fifvenue flagship couldn't compete anymore. >> fao schwarz here in new york city will close in july. >> and now, three years later, the iconic toy brand is back. reunching a new immersive store with the new home here att rockefeller . >> every corner of our store will be something to look at, something to experience. i want to see phones put away in pocks and i want toee eyes as big as, you know, balloons. >> reporter: the idea is to give kids and their parents what they can't get online, a theatrical shopping experience where actors dress as charaers roam the store, all of these actors had to audition. >>well, we want the most theatrical and whimsical team. we really wt our customers to feel like they're in a place where they can engage and be silly and have n. >> perfect. just like that. you made a light. >> magician eric brown worked at

the flagship store before it closed. >> it was genuinely the best job i've ever had. >> what is it about that it that you love? >> the place not to be puny but the place o magic. it really is. for me, the opportunity to get to share what i love with people from around the world is just the mosib incredle thing. >> reporter: and on a larger than life piano, dancers showed off her best and biggest moves. ♪ >> how did you learn h to d this piano situation? >> i have a dance background. so it came a little easier as well as playing pia with my fingers when i was younger. >> now aitions are over because itws sho time. >> i was lucky enough to get sneak peek before any customers. >> check out our dance mat piano. >> my kids would love this. not my kids. i would love it. oh, wait a minute. this is it. >> yes. >> i've been waiting for this. >> can i play? >>yes.

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we are back on saturday we're back on a saturday morning. we're ready the to think about the food and makinur thanksgiving table look fancy. we'll head up to the kitchen in just minute but first the table makes the first impression. here to show us more is lifestyle expert and host of slice on facebook watch -- i need to catch up on all the different places to watch my facebook. >> nice to meet you. brand new. you ve a passthere. >> yes. >> i love that we're starting off with a fun little cocktail. this seems easy to make. easy. why not when people come over for thanksgiving, the first thing you want to do is have t something fm to pick on. they always come ravenous and ta forever to get theeal food on the table. do a little anti-pasta tray like this. a little turkey. i carved out some squash you can use as bowls for olives. >> you don't have to cook

or anything. >> exactly. put them out there. super fun. and then for the drink, like you mentioned, i love dng an apple cider mimosa. >> have you ever had one? >> i have not. >> take a champagne glass, rim it with sugar, put apple cider in there. >> this is straight up ale cider. >> exactly. this is for the kids. you have the drink ready to go. >> then you top it off with champagne. >> i would have done an eighth of apple >> i realized i poured way too much apple cider in there. >> there you go. super easy. >> i want this. >> do you need a drink first before you get started? >> let's work on the drink. m that wille this part easier. so the table is like the main attraction, obviously. you were in charge of setting up this nice centerpiece. . yes. slaved aw >> super, duper easy. i used a piece of c lk board paper. i love the idea of adding meaning to your thanksgiving, askingpl p what they're really thankful for and taking

the time to reflect on that. >> we go arounhe table every thanksgiving. i love to write it down. >> you can write it down and leave people with little chalk board pencils to write their message. these are super easy pillar candles with herbs. i gbbed some branchs. bittersweet and just sort of decorated. the table cloth was an easy way to do it and. >> a >>anket. ery nice. very nice. >> but, yeah, use a blanket ind gi that festive cozy look. >> can we check out -- we want to hang out with friends of ours. >> yes. this is liam and this is jack. >> hi, guys. aw from the kids table fun. we have kids. oh, boy, we'll see how this goes. you had creative ideas including the leaves on your centerpiece tree. >> thank you for noticing. this is cool, too. beuse liam is going to write down some things that he's thankful for also, and you canh butt on branchs right on the tree. >> that's fun. >> construction paper. hole punch cutouts.

if you want to do them by fine, that's good too. hang snacks for kids is good and healthy snacks of course is something we're all concerned about. so he has some skewers here that have dried fruit. we're making little thanksgiving turkeys. here's one right there out of pears with dried fruit. then to get a little snack on, too. turkey legs, popcorn. >> you're being so polite. you should eat this. you want some popcorn, brother? >> a paper bag with laptle bones, you know. just tape it on and fill it in with popcorn. it's fun and easy. >> i shouldn't have eaton before i have to say thanks. >> happy thanksgiving. p coming next, time to eat. siri has sides and dessert. we're back after this. >> i love this idea.

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thanksgiving table. we're thrilled to have siri daly th us. she's with us this morning. she's going to showh us e how to make something easily for thanksgiving for our feast. >> yes. it smells like >>thanksgiving. it's crunch time. >> bread and ations. all you need. >> this is something we can all do and have these ingredients at home. >> this is s ttrata a casserole with eggs and chee. we'll do broccoli and cheddar and mozzarella. we start with ad. cust over here there are eight eggs. do you want to pour in the mill snk. >> sure. >> i will put in the whole grain mustard. >> you can use any mustard too.s thisery adaptable. salt, pepper. i like it to give it a nice finiee you can the whole grain. the salt, pepper, nutmeg goes a long way over the holidays. over here, cast iron skiets

are of my favorite things because you can saute, bake and arve it in this dish. butter and onion and garlic andi broc this has been sauteing for about 15 minutes. >> it doesn't get too mushy. >> no. the broccoli you throw ith afte onions. it's not getting too mushy. >> okay. >> this is daold bread. it's important. you don't w tt use fresh bread. if you only have fresh bread, lightly toait. add that to here. >> okay. se exactly. you can the tongs if you eed to because it kind of gets crowded. then we'll put our mozzarella. we'll doalf o it first. top it with the rest. parmesan. you bake it for 40 minutes. look how gorgeous it is. >> it's thatmp sile. >> you want your kids to e broccoli. >> you can put any vegetables. >> spinach, kale. >> mozzarella can be so pln. the mustard a little kick. >> perfect. >> we're going to do dessert.

mini apple tart which is are in my cook book. i love anything individual. it's a fun way to serve your guests. >> especially for your kids too. you came up with mason jar idea. >> this is really fun. mason jars are everywhere. get them at a craft store or grocery stores look, it actually serves as like a little amini tart pan. >> store bought pie dough. nice little shortcut. this is a 4 1/2 inch cooe cutter. we'll make our little rounds. if you want to try, put that in herend making a little decorative edge you can do that with your fingers or with fork. over here, we have apples. i'm going to add- >> what kind of apples do you sflemd. >> honey crisp is my favorite or granny smith. sugar, some m tedbutter, lemon juice. again, nutmeg, cinnamon and

little bit of salt. just stir all that . put it in your tart pan. bake it for about 30nu s. and then online i have this salted caram >> this is amazing. >> which is delicious. very simple to make but you can get store bought caramel sauce to make it easier, save some time. ice cream and a little drizzle. >> i'm going to start eating. >> let me get out of yourway. >> everybody wants to learn how to make food. want to learn how to make a drink. >> a warm spicy cocktail. >> i love this. i have yet to ever learn a good reci it. >> my favorite part about this is it's called glug. isn't it fun to say? g. should make that a thglinou it's a traditional swede irn wine. we have a bottle of wine. it'sab nay but you can use a blend or a merlot. to il we wd bourbon, which is optional. i like it. makes it warm't. >> we d have much time.

>> then orange juice, zest, sugar, spices, raisins, almonds. brg it to a boil. cardamom cloves and cinnamon sticks. bring it to a boil. let the flavors marinade. you're supposed to top it with raisins and almonds. i can hear carson saying raisins. >> don't worry. i'll get one. >> we have a recipe online for this gorgeous toast here with butternut squash and >>ricotta. e need to glug your family in with mine. >> siri, have a great thanksgiving. >> if you want these recipes, trust me you do, ead to today.com/food. cheers, guys. we'll be right back after these messages. are right bgive joy, get joy

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thanks for waking up with us today. cheers to you. >> have a great holidayf. >> good stuf straight ahead on news today, police thought an armed man was hiding out in a prince u george'sy home overnight, but once they got inside, there was no one in that hoe. now, a search son for a shooting suspect. >> and the show is sold out

the capital one arena. not for a game or concert but for a book tour. more onr for first lady michelle obama's stop in d.c. that's coming up. and we're seeing out there early this morning. some areas getting some su whine. but dhave any rain for this weekend? maybe even snow coming up. we'llalk about our weekend forecast, thanksgiving forecast also as well in the ten day coming up in a few minutes. >> did she say snow? >> what is she >> we have to talk about this, all that and join us behind the scenes on facebook live when we jugin news 4 today. jugin news 4 today. >>ack on air in st a m bom the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network,

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well, officers shut down a mogomery county intersection after a police cruiser hit a pedestrian. now that person is fighting for their life. the death toll growing in california. this morning, more than 1,000 people are accounted for as firefighters there battle the deadliest blaze that state has tver seen. last night i hosted an nba game. today it will host a book tour. former first lady michelle obama is set toou bring her to arena. one we welcome you in on this saturday morning. the 17th of november, 2018, good morning to you. >> good morning to you and good morning to you all of our friends who are joindng us behe scenes on facebook. a lot of you up and at it today.

and after we saw our first snow this past week, i think a lot of you will welcomend the weeke forecast. >> let's check in with lauryn ricketts in the storm team 4 weather center. you threw us off when you said snow again. >> i di i did say snow again. i will show you that ten-day foreca coming up in just a few minutes. but let's talk about what's ing on out there right now. no snow. so that's a good thing thank goodness compared to thursday. we have cloudy conditions out there right now. again, these are clouds that are around the d.c. area and points to the north. you may be seeing sunshine ifa your a is south of d.c. all of us will see sunshine later toda temperatures in t mid 40s right now. the winds on the light side ank goodness especially compared to yesterday when it was blustery out ther they'll be coming sunny. more clouds tomorrow. now we're dry all through the weekend but we have small rain chances l cominge on ay