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2019. >> announcer: frombc news, this is oday" with sannah guthrie and hoda cody live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and thank you for being with us on a wednesda. morn in a moment we'll hear for the first time the other side of the story i this confrontation that has just gone viral between that young man right there and a native american elder. so many people are talking about it. >> we've heard from the native american elder. it will be nice to hear from the other side of the story. >> we'll get to that in a moment. but we'll start with the government shutdown. two votes tomorrow that could potentially end it.l that wil be too late for federal workers and contractors who face a second week of missed paychecks. 'll start with nbc's tom costello. hey, tom, good morning. >> reporter: we're at the federal triangle in washington, d.c. thousands of people come her

every day. people are working at the epa, the irs. if you go through these columns, you go all the way back to a custom border protection. most of these workers are coming without pay or the are furloughed, this at a time when some of the top ces are saying this is unbecoming of the united states of america. this morning business pressure is building for an end to the shut doin. the former ceo of dow. >> it's another demonstration to the outside world america doesn't have its act together. >> reporter: america'sn dysfuncts hitting the bottom line. >> our washington business is down about 20%. if i'm tour group, do i really want to go to washington now. back in washington, on pennsylvania avenue, more food giveaways forederal workers who are n expected to miss a second paycheck.

lashawn lattimore fighting cancer might lose her home. >> i can't negotiate with my chemo. th has to happen. so this chemo or therent,hemo wins. >> working the halls of capitol hill, coast guard families barely gettingy without paychecks. overnight the commandant urging an end to the shutdown saying the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder the burden. >> i find i unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day-to-day life. amber broadway's husband is still on duty. >> we or no leaving the house if we don't have to because that's gas money. we're not going out to eat. we're really being still and quiet at home. >> the shut own is,f course, all about the border wall. the president insists a wal uld help stop illegal immigration and the flow of illegal ugs. >> walls are not immoral.

in fact, they are the opposite of immoral because they will save many lives and stop drugs from pouring into our >> reporter: but the government's own statistics show most hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and met come through legal ports of entry and would not be stopped by a wall. meanwhile, arrests along the border have averaged 4 o a 0,000 year the past decade, well below the peak of 1.6 million in 2000. >> back to the economic concerns for just a second. the white house is pushing back, thtom. 're saying all this pain will be short-lived. what are you hearin >> reporter: senior white house economic adviser larry kudlow says this will be a short-lived painful situation and there will be a quicksnapback and the economy will recover. there's no plan to reopen the vernment and forny snapback quickly.

by the way, we're not just talking about the 800,000 federal workers going without pay, but also the millions of contract workers w who't get backpay. they're out of luck completely. tant point. to the new proposals tore en the government, they're expected to be put to a vote on the hill totrrow. as t plays out, the president is pushing ahead with plans to visit his state of the union address next week. nbc wte house correspondent kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: president trump seems determined to ge his state of the union address despite house speaker nancy pelosi urging him to del it. as the senate is poised to vote on bills to end the stalemate, there's still no clear end in sight. sight. this morning the white house says it's moving forward with the state of the union address next tsday at the capitol as planned, despite a request by house speaker nancy pelosi to reschedule it, due to what she

called security concerns prompted by the shutdown. concer trump administration officials have said are unfounded. the white house sent a letter to the house sergeant at arms asking for a dry run for the eech and overnight press secretary sarah sanders dug in. >> nancy pelosi invited t >> nancy pelosi invited the president. he accepted. she cited security concerns as a potential reason to delay. the united states secret service and dhs have addressed those concerns and we're moving forwardntil something changes on that front. leaders es as senate search for an exit ramp from the shutdown now in its fifth week. senate major leader mitch mcconnell scheduling a vote tomorrow on mr. pump'sposal to reopen the government which would restore protections for three years for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers in exchange for $5.7 billion for a border wall >> it's a proposal that the president will support, as i've ated consistently over the past month.

that fact will earn it consideration herin the senate. >> reporter: democrats insist that's dead on arrival. >> the presidt's proposal is one-sided, harshly partisan and was made in bad faith. >> reporter: mr. trump's plan is l but certain to fail because senate republicans need 60 votes to pass , requiring seven democrats to break ranks. the senate is also set to vote tomorrow on second democratic-backed proposal that would reopen the government for two weeks without funding for the border wall, but that's also likely to fail with republican senators largely standing with the president, demanding money for his key priority. >> the wall is a way to ensure that traffic id funneo points of entry that can be monitored, but it also is a way to make it hder to cro the border. >> back to the state of the union, kristen if speaker pelosi formerly rescinds the offer,

at happens? >> reporter: the white house seems to be full steam ahead for the original plan for theen pres to speak at the capital, officials are also preparing ssaarate ps of the speech just in case it's delivered outside of d.c. for his part, the president will meet with conservative leaders later today to discuss his immigration proposal to try to turn up the heat on democrats. >> kristen welker t at white house, thank you. another story getting a lot of attention. >> that's right. a drone scare at one of this country's busiest airports. officials at newark international airport were rced to temporarily suspend flights whe several drones were spotted nearby. it's an issue becoming a growing safeoncern in the u.s. and around the world. nbc's morga radford is at newark this morning. good morning. >> r morning.raig, good newark airport is one of the biggest transportation hubs for the new york and new jersey area, but also one of the busiest airports in the country. it was brought to complete

ground stop after two drones were found flying dangerously close to airports nearby. the question is h did it happen and who is responsible? flights delayed and arrival times left up in the air. >> about 45 minutes extra. >> reporter: a ground stop ordered at nark liberty international airport after drones were spotted flying nearby. the actio halting incoming flights. >> it was pretty close. i would say within a quarter mile at most off our right. >> we missed the dro by about 30 feet off our right week. >> reporr: the drones seen hovering about 3,50 feet above a smalleregnal airport just 20 miles away. the disruption causing dozens of planes t circle newark airport, including a united flight from jamaica justes min away for running out of fuel where thet pisked for a location to end. >> we've go got about 15, 20

minutes before i've got to go somewhere. >> reporter: the incident grounding other newark-bound planes before all flights resumed. the faa prohibits d nes from auying within five miles of airports bec of the danger they pose to other >>traffic. a larger drone, 10 to 15 pounds could do a signifi ont amou damage to the airplane. >> reporr: drones also impacting travel overseas. most recently back in decembert cr chaos at one of europe's busiest hubs. multiple sightings forcing london's gad wick airport t d shn for a day and a half at the height of the holiday travel season. this morning, ez jet reporting that incidenthe cost airline nearly $20 million in revenue. >> fbi and law enforcement officials have been notifiedis d ther currently no suspect. however, if that person is find,

they could not only face criminal penalties but also up to $15,000 fine. back to you guys. >> morganfo rad in newark, thank you. we have more to get to inuding a young woman who vanished in boston over the weekd found alive and reunited with her family. the suspect now in sty. kristen dahlgren has the latest on that investigation. kris n, goodmorning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. 23-year-old olivia ambrose is home this morning with her mrents. she wentsing after a night here at this bar with friends and family on saturday night. she wasn't seen for three dayst police finally used surveillance video and cell phone pings to tracker ander alleged knapper down. this morning homecoming. >> we are beyond happy to have home. >> reporter: 23-year-old olivia ambrose wrapped in a blanket

returned home to her parents. >> we're through it and grateful. we know many tes the outcome isn't this. a reporter: it comes after frantic search in boston leading to a dramatic arrest. >> the suspect is now being kidnapping.h >> reporter: alleged victim safe after being treated at a boston al. the young woman vanished after leaving this bar late saturday night in the city'sistoric thaniel hall area. her twin sister francesca who was dancing with her that night said no one saw olivia leave. family growing conceed after olivia missed several appointments and never answered r phone. the family called police who say they observed olivia on surveillance video on boston's coress street, first being engaged, then physically guided by this man, 38-year-old victor pena. >> that suspect was twice seen engaging miss ambrose, guiding her, actually touching her, guidiner along until

eventually went into public transportation. >> reporter: more cam capturing the two entering and exiting two metro stations. phone records indicating olivia mobile phone ended up in a housing development inhe bunker hill area. >> the investigation led us to 49 1wafford way where theli bos department located the victim alive in the suspect pena's apartment. >> reporter: today mr. pena is in custody and facing a kidnapping charge. >> it's obvious from the video surveillance that she did not go along willingly. in consulting with the district torney, we know we have the right charge. >> reporter: the family telling nbc news in a statement, the ambrose family is so grateful for the monumental efforts of the bostonrt police dent and mbta and transit police who have worked tirelessly over the last three day to bring olivia home adding the family is overjoyed.

>> reporter: boston's police appearsoner says olivia to be in good health though he ests he can't att victor pena will be arraigned later today on kidnapping charges and there could be additional charges. los angeles schoochers are returning to work this morning after a six-day strike.s ten the nation's second largest school district reached a tentative agreement on tuesday. that deal includes a 6% pay hike, commitment to reduce class sizes over four years. it would a nearly 600 nursing positions, too. teachers in denver overwhelmingly voted to strike tuesda they could walk off the job as early as next monday. of the weather today.ir check al has been tracking the storm that's going to impact a whole lot of people. >> first we're ting a loo at the temperature changes. it's been so cold the eastern half of the u.s., guesswhat? the last 24 hours we've seen an up take of 18 degrees inew york city of 32, 18 in

binghamton, 20 degrees warmer than it was in indianapolis of 45 degrlos. at today, nice warmup. brief winter break. temperatures that stretch from boston all the way down tobi and from five to ten degrees above average. then for tomorrow, that a cold starts filtering back in again. they'll stay warm in the east. look at this, madison,pierre, chattanooga, st. louis, jackson, five to ten degrees below average. by the weekend, the big chill is back. ed chicago on friday 2. roanoke 36 on friday. philadelphia by saturday you bottom out at 32 degrees. ex'll get to your local forecast coming up in the30 seconds.

good morning everybody. a very colorful sky overhead. sunrise, only a few minutes away. you want a good picture of that, there should be a lot of good color in our sky over the next five to 15 minutes. if you g get ad picture, send it to me on twitter@chuckbell4. a stiff breeze out there. windchills in the 20s this morning. it will be in the 40s today. heavy rain and strong winds late tonight and through much of tomorrow before we turn cold and dry for the weekend. still ahead, the high school student at the c tter oft confrontation caught on camera breaks his silee. what he's saying to us about the moment, not walking away and the uproar. then the fonever-re-heard prisonit interview wh infamris

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(ringing) ( ♪ ) the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. 7:26 is your timen this wednesday, january 23rd, 2019. good morning to you. i'm eun ng. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. in the news this morning, new details on a deadly standoff. a patient shot and killed himself after barricading himself. no one else was hurt. road crews will be back out work on this sinkhole that opened in northwest d.c. at the intersection of 17th and d. streets. now take a look at hugeon pothos he memorial bridge after a news 4 report, crews began fixing those potholes yesterday. let's check on the rest of

your commute with wtop's wtop's jack taylor. >> the crash on braddock finally over onouhe lder. delays lorton 95 northbound. northbound on 234, dumfriesoad with slowdowns. back to you. we'll take a break and check your forecast next.

good morning. temperatures in the low m to 30s currently. a south wind is bringing the windchills into the mid 20s. temperatures in the mid 40s for most of the afternoon. will rise into the 50s after the sun goes down. will be very mild and very rainy and windy earlymo ow. that changes quickly. temperatures fall tomorrow from 50s in the morning to 30s in the

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. back now, it is 7:30 on this wednesday it's 7:30 on this wednesday morning, january 23rd. outside at rockefeller plaza, a chilly one but not as much as days.ast couple >> 30 degrees, bikini weather. lmakers set to vote on competing bills with the aim to end the partial government shutdown. one bill reflects the president's demand border wall funding in exchange for temporary protections for some r imts. a second vote is to reopen the government through february 8th and does not provide money for a border wall. neither bill is expected to advance. singer chris brown was released from police custody in

paris with no charges filed. brown and two others wer detained on allegations of aggravated rape. the singer strongly denies the investigations. serena williams' run at the australian open is over after a stunng collapse in t quarterfinals. williams led pass cove va five games to one the final set but went on to lose six straight games. the loss ends her hopes of making her third straight grand slam nal. now to our exclusive interview with nicholas nd nn. over the past few days nbc news has sat down with nathan phillips three times and heard his side of the story. now for the first time the 16-year-old is saying what he saw. >> you feel from thisxpience that you owe anybody an apology? do you see your own fault in any way? >> as far as standing there, i

had every right to do so. i was not disrespectful to mr. phillips. i respect him. i'd like to talk to him. in hindsight, i wish we could havealked awaynd avoided the whole thing, but i can't say that i'm sorry for listening to him and standing there. >> this morning 16-year-old nick sandmann standing by his actions in this moment gone viral. the junior at kentucky's covington catholic high school now the face of this lincoln memorialfrontation with native american elder nathan tillips. >> what's it libe at the center of this storm? >> it's weird to see your face on i've been reading a lot and also getting a lot of messages of support and a lot of hateful . things >> sandmann and dozens of classmates finished attending an

anti-abortion f right life rally when they encounter another group. >> they startedhouting a bunch homophobic, racist, derogatory comments at us. >> what kinds of things did you hear themsay? >> i heard them call us inseptember kids, bigots, racis, they called us [ bleep ]. >> ahi bunch of molesting [ bleep ]. >> did you feel threatened a all? >> i definitely felt threatened. >> there were more o you than them. >> they were a group of adults. i wasn't sure what was going to happen next. >> it's unclear whied sta the confrontatio b each sideieves it was the first to bete ta sandmann said his chaperone gave permission to shout school chants, in attempt to drown out

the hebw israelites. >> do you think it was a good idea to start chanting back at the protesters? >> in hindsight i wish we had found another spot to wait for our buses, but at the time beins positivemed better than letting them slander us withth l e things. i wish we could have walked away. >> did anyone shout any insults back or any racial slurs back at the group? >> we're a a catholic school it's not tolerated. they don't tolerate racism, and none of m cssmates are racist people. >> a didone say build the wall? >> i nev heard anyone say build the wall and i don't think i've seent in any videos. >> after a review of the videos nbc new could not hear anyone shouting that hot dush button phrase. nathan phillips claims he heard the teens shoutuild the wall.

phillips was with a group of native americans coming from an indigenous people's march when he can b seen walking between the students and the protesters. >> i intervened and things just escalated from there. phillips says he was trying to defuse the tense situation. sandmann saye was confused about phillips' motives and why he was there. >> at fir w wee unsure of whether he was trying to join in to our chants or what he was doing. >> did y feel like he was trying to get somewhere else, to go toward the lincoln memorial? >> i'm not sure where he wanted to . and if he wanted to walk past om, i would have let him go. >> in thatt he's looking at you, you're looking at him. what's going through your mind? >> i wanted theon situa to die dow down. i just wished he would have walked away. i knew as long as i kept my composure and didn't do anything

he might perceive as aggressive or elevation of the conf that it would hopefully die. >> why didn't you walk away? >>well, now i wish i would have walked away. iidn't want to be disrespectful to mr. phillips and walk away if he was trying to talk to me, but i was f people i by a lot didn't know that had their phones out, had cameras and i didn't want to bump into anyone. >> t o center the fire starm what critics characterize as a smirk, some saying an attempto stare down phillips. >> what do you think that looks like? >> i see it as a smile saying that this is the best you're going to get out of me. you won't get any further reaction of aggression and i'mta willing to here as long as you want to hit this drum in my face. what some people see is a young kid with a smirk on his face

>> uh-huh. >> what would you say for people who see that and are making a judgment about who you are? >> people judge me based on one expression which i wasn't smirking.um people a that and they've gone from there toitng me and labeling me as a racist person, someone that's disrespectful to adults which h they'v to assume so many things to get there without consulting anyone that can give them the opposite story. >> have you looked at that video and thought about how it felt from the other's perspective? in other words, there were a lot of you, a handful of the others. do you think they might have feltea tned by a bunch of young men kind of beating their chests >> i certainly hope they didn't feel threatened by us.

i would say the fact remains they initiated their comments with us. they provoked us into afu peace response of school sairit. >> ndmann says he didn't see others performing what appears to be aomahawk chop. >> there's something aggressive about standing there, standing ur ground. you both stood your ground and it w like a stair doredown. what do you think of that moment? >> i say mr. phillips had his right to come up to me. i had my rht to stay there. our school was slandered by the afcan-americans who called us all sort of things. >> as for the red makeeamerica gr again hats, sandmann says he bought his that day from a street vendor in washington. >> do you think if you weren't wearing tst hat, tight not have happened or it might have been different?

>> that's. possib but i would have to assume what mr. phillips was thinking and i'd rather let him speak fore wy he cp to us. >> the conflict caught the president's attention. he tweeted sandmann and his classmates were treated uairly and have become symbols ofake news. sandmann says he's appreciative of all the president's tweets but all the attention has taken a toll. >> what's this been like for you and your >> it's been terrible. people have threatened our lives. >> sandmann says heoe't want to live his life in fear and wants to come out of this with a deeper understanding of others. >> i have the utmost respect for mr. phlips. it's another person f that ireely used his first amendment rights. ant to thank him for his military service as would certainly like to speak to him. >> we invited mr. phillips now in light of this conversation. i think we' hear from him tomorrow on "today."

there was a really interesting moment at the school yesterday where protesters came. there was a moment where a young man who was wearing a red make america great again hat and another native american who said, maybe we should s down -- >> nice to see a little falling in those tensions. youaw thatmoment. >> it was also nice to hear from that 16-yeaold whose face and that expression that he made for a lot of folks became asy ol. a lot of different things. it was good to hear from him for the first time it will be good to hear from him. >> you actually have video, so people are certainly free to make their own judgments about what they saw there. it was an adult, by the way, at that protest yesterday. chilling confessions from a notorious serial kill. the reaction to kate middleton getting surprisingly

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where are all the federal workers? this is reallysad. a lot of them are a block or two away. they've been going to food pantries and food giveaways because we're now into missing the second paycheck this week. middle income people whodo simp t have the money anymore or running o of money to be able to afford the bills, pay the bills and buy groceries. members of the coast guard and their families he been on capitol hill in the last 24 hours asking for the government to reopen and pay the coast guard workers. as you know, many of themre still out on the water performing dangerous missions while their families back on land have to go to food pantries and food banks. the coast guard commandant saying this is absolutely unacceptable that their mme and are going through this. i also want to make the point, you talked about those two competing senate bills, oneem o from the republicans, would government reopen but pay for president trump's wall. that's unlikely to pass. a democrati proposal on the

senate side would reopen the government, but not pay for t wall. so that's unlikely to pass either. it all soclls gri here in washington, d.c., and nobody, nobody here in the nation's capital is at the federal triangle. back to you. >>om costello in d.c., thanks. the kentucky high school student whose lincoln memorial standoffith a native american elder caused ands uproar telling his story. 16-year-old nick sandmann said he felt no need to apologize but said there was one thing he would change about his confrontation with nathan phillips. >> why didn't you walk away? >> well, now i wish i would have walked away. i didn't want to be disrespectful to mr. phillips and walk away if he was trying to talk to me. but i was surrounded by a lot of people that had their phones out, had cameras. t didn't w to bump into anyone or seem like i was trying to do somethin

nbc news interviewed mr. phillips after that incident went viral. he's agreed to sit down with us again to react to this latest interview and we expect t hear from him tomorrow on "today". in rochester, new york, three men and a teena boy have been charged with plotting to attack a small muslim community center in the catskill mountains. police say they recovered 23 several d shotguns a home made bombs when they arrested the suspects. they do not know if the a date for the alleged attack. officials say the plot was discovered aft the 16-year-old made an offhand comment at school and another student reportit. the baseball hall of fame is getting four new members. yankees pitcher mariano rivera is the first player to be voted in unanimously by the baseball writers association. es win fivehe yan world series titles. also elected pitcher roy halladay, edgard martinez

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preyed on young women and twice. from priso he was convicted of murdering two women and a 12-year-old girl. many of his crimes are unspeakable. yet we're still captivated by himea 30 after his execution, so much so that a netfli docu-series and featu film about bundy are within days of each other this week. >> i have got to keep myself together. >> reporter: he's been called a diabolical genius. >> i've got to stay r:lm. >> reporn all american terror. >> i've got to keep my presence of mind. >> reporter: america's handsome nightmare. >> as long as i do that, i'm going to beat these people. >> rbuorter: ted ndy, the prolific serial killer of at least 30 women, maybe dreens >> here is a guy who was good looking, charming, lots of friends, upwardly mobile, and yet he had this overwhelming urge to kill. >> you've got the indictment. it's alle going to get.

let's read it. let's go. >> reporter: this morning, 30 years after his execution, never-before-heard bundy audio tapesill be revealed in the new netflixocu-series "conversations with a killer." choosesson of this type his victims for a reason. possession, control, violence. >> rgorter: bundy giv window into his thought process, speaking about himself in thed th person to two journalists during prison interviews after his conviction. >> i think we can say that he felt almost as if he was immune from detection, as if he were a ghengst t he could just walk through doors. he had some supernatural powers. >> reporter: a rare disturbing look insidehe mind of one of america's most notorious killers. >> thinned kind of boldness we

see from time to time in his personality, probably just being willing to take the risk or perhaphe not even seeing risk, just over come by the boldness and desire to accomplish a particular thing. >> reporter: that particular thing, apu clsion to kill. >> ted made his first stepct towards ally understanding himself and revealing himself without ever accepting that what he had don was really, really bad. >> the defendant bludgeoned and pummel about the head. >> reporter: bundy's 1979 trial for the mder of two florida sorority sisters was captivating, the first trial televised nationally in the u.s., some 250 reporters from all 50 states and nine foreign countries swarmed miami to see bundy, the former law student, represent himself confidently in court. it was a spectabue. y even proposed to a former colleague-turned-admirer on the

witness stand. >> will you marry >> yes. >> that explosive charm will also be portrayed on the big screen when zac efron takn the role of bundy in a film called xtremelywicked, shockingly evil and violent. >> what bundy taught us that, no,eo it's thee you least expect that often are capable of the most evil. >> conversations with a killer egins streaming on netfl tomorrow. the alcatraz east crime museum in tennessee updating its exhibit to mark the 30th anniversary of bundy's execuon to include some of his letters, cards and a radio given to him by his mother. it isgl chilly fascinating. >> what do you think it is about ted b that we find so captivatin captivating. >> i think a combination of how attractive and smooth andis chtic combined with the brutality of whato he did. >> audacious, representing himself in courtment i forgot

half that stuff. >> fascinating. let's go over to mr. roker. >> hey, guys, looking at a pretty good system pushing,ts way ea bringing snow to the north from parts of eastern iowa into chicago, up toward buffalo. then as we stretch down the front, looking at strongor , showers and thunderstorms from st. louis all the way down into the central gulf with severe storms. this heavy rain, icy conditions throh central pennsylvania and western new york. this eventually is going to cause flash floodin from washington up into new england. more snow making its way into the plains. sunshine through the southwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, erybody. cloudy, temperatures in the mid 30s now. into the mid and upper 4 later in the day. all this rain in the ohio valley is coming ourway. it's going rain hard after midnight tonight, through the morning commute tomorr. enjoy these last dry hours. potential wind gusts over 40 miles per hour, perhaps close to 50iles per hour. this is tomorrow morning and also could get another inch of

rain across here. so flood watches are posted for late tonight and tomorrow a well. dry weather for the weekend. thou >> that's your latest weather. look who is here.a jes here. you have an interesting story. but first heading to the orange room, new comments about parenting from duchess kate. >> onay tue duchess kate launched a national help line for parents a regivers. while meeting with volunteers, the royal mother of three opened up aboutpa nting, expressing empathy for the challenges that all caregivers can heface. is what she said. she said it's so hard to get a lot of support with a baby as a mother, particularly in the early days. after the age of 1,t falls away. after that, there isn't a huge amount, lots of books to read. she added everyone experiences the same struggle. this rare insight into her experience as a mom sparked a lot of reaction online. mickie saying she seems like a very hands-on mom even though

they have nannies. being a mamma can be hard no matter who you are. it can be g, i agree very difficult for the average mother. i have a suspicion kate has it wee bit easier than most. rebecca adds, women are so strong and every mother should be respected and appreciated for every secd she sacrifices for her kids. in addition to meeting with volunteers at the charity, the duchess also took time to listen to stories from caregivers about the challenges tt they face in their daily lives as well. rare insight guys. >> a little pop start action? >> a lot to get to. a few weeks ago kate hudson stopped by studio 1a to chat with hoda and savannah. she jumped in the hot seat to play a round of six-minute marathon with you, savannah. >> which of your movies do your fansqu e? >> "how to lose a guy in ten

days." i love you when you were sitting there and have that diamond on your neck. you can't lose something you never had. it happens all the time, still. >> means a lot to people. >> there's one question she wouldn't answer on camera about her most embarrassing childhood -- she had a story. did she tell you anything off air. >> no, she really was, you're never gettingut out of me. >> was it one particular story -- >> 100%. she's like my most embarrassini th was it like this, was it about that? she was like, you'reet notng it out of me. >> the gauntlet is thrown down. >> if you can't get it out of her -- >> i tried hard. i tried to goll "meet the press" on her. >> kate hudson killed somebody when she was a kid. that's what i got out of . > you can head to today.com for kate's full ep side of six-minute marathon with savannah. in other news, the sopranos

premiered in 1989 and ran for six seasons. ast year he was announced prequel called "the many stants of newark was in the s.wo a decision has been announced, michaelnd fini, son of james gandolfini will take on the role. he said it's a profound honor to continue my dad's legacy while stepping into the shoes of a young tony soprano. no word yet on when "the many saints of newark" will be released. you might remember oshea jackson, ice cube's pson,yed ice cube in "straight out of compton." >> it must be so etional i would think. finally, yesterday's oscar nominations broad snubs and surprises. none more surprised than spike lee, the dector of "black cl ansman." het only received six nominations for t film. i can't believe this.

first nomination for best director. take a look at the moment he found out he was going to the oscars. >>our phone is blowingup. >> ya! >> that's awesome. if he had not been nominated, that would have been deleted.co ratulations to spike lee, after spending more than 30 years in the film industry. >> so deserved. as head coach of the l.a. rams, sean mcvay has his eyes on the field at all times, he's coaching the game. that can require a little extra support from the sidelines,at th where ted rath comes in. this is his job. he has just keep the coach out of the ref's way when he's running u and down the sidelines. he's the team'sh stren and

conditioning coach. he refs to his sideline duty as a bit of a dance, kind of like the tango. here comes the ref -- >> more like a docey doe. >> the rams headed to the ser bowl nex weekend. >> i'll tell you who doesn't need that kind of help, sean payton. >> he wouldn't need that kind of help, would he, rson. >> we've touched a nerve. > had to put a ref in the story. that was unfair. ve on. >> i'msorry. now to a topic that might be a it louis licari mature if you have kids in the room. >> maria was here yesterday shpeing an eye ong experience about sex. this morning, jenna has a surprising lookut millennials. >> new findings reveal 20 and 30-somethings are having less sex than ever before. some calling it a sex receion. i sat down with a group of millennials to have a different

kind of sex talk. it's easy to assume today's youth is sex obsessed, from music to tv shows to blockbuster movies. >> enlighten me then. >> s dominates pop culture. today millions of women have access to free birth control and in the era oti s and dating apps your next sexual encounter can be a simple swi away. yet new research shows millennials are having less sex than ever before, leading towh some experts are calling a sex recession. adults in their early 20s are 2.5 times as likely to be ab stint meant than gen-xers. >> i was reading an article with the headline that said millennials are in a sexual

recession and it surprised many. does that headline yurprise all? >> yes. >> no. >> i doesn't? >> no, it doesn't. >> i think there's a lot of responsibilities that millennials have today that pas generations didn't have. we don't hav that freedom. harder to get a job today, student loans. being over worked and underpaid does not make me feel sexy. >> nicknamed tng boome generation, a third of 25 to home r-olds still live at with their parents, the highest percentage in 75 years. >> can't exactly bring somebody home -- hey, mom. is is my mom. >> that would be awkward. >> people don't usually want more sex. they want better sex. it's not fulfilling on whatever level it is. either the connection with that person, the connection you feel with yoself. >> mental health has a lot to do with it. i know o a l my friends, myself and my partner all

struggle with mental heal, and that can have a direct affect on your libido. studyy st wonder why people are feeling more anxious than ever. >> i think the o expectation what we should be capable of since we have so much more available to us puts a lot of pressure -- >> i think wey have so m tools that save time, so we're supposed to do more with our time -- >> all of these apps, it's oneh more thing people have to deal with or check off their list. >> a lto-doist. >> yeah. it takes f awaym the glitz of meeting someone amazing. >> our panel glees.ig thest contributor to the sex decline is right at their fingertir. >> raise yhand, how many of you have been online toendate? one. all your friends? >> definitely. >> yes. >> i think datingot hasly changed. i think apps have changed the way people date. it has cheapened it a bit. >> you lose the connection, the

ability to speak ao someo the ability to flirt. >> my dad's favorite question is, i'm going on a date -- my dad is like, did tcay ? no one calls. >> you're the first generation to have this hook-up culture. some of these apps are targeted to meet and hook up, not long-term dating. what's it like? >> it mak it frustrating if you want something that's not that and you have t weed through all these people. >> using the apps have been amazing, i'vet people i might not have met in real life. >> were you ever nervous aboutm ing somebody you met online? >> especially if you're having sex with someone, you'll either going to your place or they're going to be comingacour >> or a hotel. >> if you have money for that. >> author of "s plus" says it's a side effect on the modern world. >> the big thing to me was people are having a really hard time dating,nd i thinkhat is

translating to people having a hard time having goodhe sex. >> sexual recession, does it ring true to you from thealeople youd with? >> yeah, i think so. particularly about just having a hard time finding partrs, finding long-term relationships which is where people have most of their sex. so the fact that so many people seem to be having struggles with that because of media and technology is a problem. >> our panel says the sex recession all boils down to the datingdepression. >> does it ring true that dating as a millennial is more complicated than ever? >> 100%. >> definitely. t i really think it is is w that g is more complicated. no intimacy, no conversations, so then the sex -- >> that doesn't soundike dating. dating is supposed to be kind of flirty -- >> makinghe phone call. >> it's all about online. >> that's a distraction. >> think about the ten-second

eye lock and how intimate that acan feel. not on facetime. >> it's allambiguoull >> sti ahead, our new series, living longer today. we'll tal to dr. oz. good morning everybody. 8:26 on this wednesday, january 23rd. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a check ofhe traffic with wtop's jack taylor. >> accident activity two left lanes blocked at i-97 that was shouldered near ben field. i-95 northbound woodbridget 123, that got moved to the shoulder. 17th street closed between c and d streets because of the big pothole in the roadway. we'll have a look at our forecast when we come back. stay with us.

heavyain tonight and into tomorrow. a flood watch has been issued. currently tempetures in the d to upper 30s.

even a few spots above 40. temperatures will continuou to rise t the day and, in fact, our high temperature will occur before midnight tonight. heavy rain early tomorrow and cold weather back for the weekend.

>> we are back, it we are back. it is 8:30 on this wednesday mornin january 23rd. the warmest morning of the week soar in midtown manhattan. we're actually above freing for achance. we have a hearty crowd, a lot of people celebrating birthdays. >> that's right. going to be about 50 tomorrow, raining but 50at a nice scarf, by the way. a litt crowd moment. we've got cousins fro texas. it's your 55th birthday. >> 55th birthday. >> happy birthday, tammy. >> thank you so much. >> what are you doing besideshe

seeing re? >> we're going to see a show. i'm excited about it. >> happyay birthd >> thank you. >> this one looks like trouble. i knew it. i'm watching her. security. >> that's who you want to be with on your birthday. >> lots of trouble. >> you were talking about that play. >> i saw it last night. it was terrific. >> dr. oz is here. he'll help usce all emb our age. doing a new series called "living longer today." it's all about loving your age. i guess dr. o is 58 or what else could that number be? >> o 49. >> oh, is he? >> how we can live lonr and better. >> is that i where am. if you're searching for healthier dinner options for thg week rotation.

that's matthew jennings. he's got a fun recipe we'll make in a brown bag, arctic char in that bag. stick around for that. stick around for hour of "today" as well. major star power stopping by. amy poehler is here. natasha leon will be here as well to tell us about their new dark comedy called "russian doll." andrew talking about the 1980s new york in "black monday." we have something excitin for you tomorrow on "today," keir simmons sits down with "fifty shades of grey" author e.l. james. she has a surprisen store for her stands. >> carson, if you didn't like that gen x segment, this is not for you. nouns towns today's weather is brought to you by cheerios. let's see what we have

starting with today, looking at heavn making its way from the gulf all the way up into thp mississii and ohio river valleys. more snow in the western plains. for tomorrow, colder air, another arctic express comes into the plains. heavy rain from the carolinas all the way to new england. e west coastooking fantastic with plenty of sunshine. sunny skies from the southwe into the gulf and lower mississippi river vahaey. that'ss going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. cloudy and chilly outside this morning. temperatures in the 30s to near 40 now. a lot of clouds in place. steadier rain likely to move in into the evening hour most of your daylight hours, though cloudy and lychwill be rain-free. rain chances ramp up after 4:00, 5:00. temperatures well into the 40s near 50 degrees by eveninow tomo temperatures in the 50s with heavy rain and gusty winds in the morning, falling into the 30s by tomorrow afternoon. that is your latest weather.

hoda. >> all right, al. thank you so much. guess who is here? dr. oz is here. he'll tell us what we can starty doing t to make sure we live longer and healthier lives. one o them i eating more. probly a catch. we'll figure it out coming up after hie break. firss is "today" on nbc.

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100-year-plus life now.ta a new has emerged between adulthood and old age. >> that n stage, a sweet spot of 55 to 75 that is redefining and evolving the way many ofe u ar living. today women are having children later in life. birthsom among age 40 to 44 on the rise. the average ceo, 58. nay pelosi was recently re-elected speaker of the house at 78. -year-old glenn close fresh off her golden globe win received her seventh oscar nomination on tuesday. henry winkler at 72 took home his first prime time emmy last year, all redefining aging and the workplace. >> people have a lot more control over their longevity than they think they do. a there'ouple principles they can follow. a well-balanced diet. you want to sta physically active and mentally active. sleepmp is incrediblytant as is maintaining your social

networks. >> by 2035 for t first time in history, the number of americans 65 and older will out number children, a projected 78 million. >> the rhetorical question is what's the purpose of living longer if you're not also living healthier. i think in the past people focused more on how they looked as they got older. now it's reallao about they feel as they get older. >> one study5 suggests only brs of people over the age of 75 said they felt d, with half of people over 85 reporting they are healthy enough to work, making the older population still engaged and still social. >> living longer means we've more opportunity to contribute, be relevant, living longer means we've got more opportunity to enjoy. >> here with more on what you can do to live longer is the host of t dr. oz show. hey, dr. oz. >> good morning. >> sometimese ask me how old are you and i'll have to do the math because i don't feel my age.

i think a lot of us >> you know you're old when you can't remember your age. i forllt the time? i'm like, am i 47? >> good news and badfl . the number, your age, it does matter. a lot of us are going to be t older at's where a lot of assets are, a lot of value is there.ge however, my which is 58. i was born in 1960 doesn't ally tell the story. i want to hear yours in a second. i'm more curious about my real age. my real age isow old my body thinks i am. >> how do you calculate that? there's a free quiz online. all you need to do is take advantage of the fact that there have been thousands of studies looking at h old we're aging. it doesn't turn out to be as related to our birth yea which is important because two-thirds of how you age is lifestyle related, not about your genetics. i would love to know what your chronological ages are. >> hoda. >> mine is 54 i think because of haley i feel

a lot younger. i don't feel this i feel like -- i would say i'm 54 and a mom. that's how i feel about it. >> i am 47 and i think 47 is the new 46. i've ner felt better in my life in every single way. >> wow. >> i'm 39. sometimes i feel like29 i'm some days i feel like i'm 59. depends on the day. >> i am37, and i feel like -- i just feel like i'm in my 20s. i eat a well-balanced meal. i'm a new mom. i exercise when i can. >> everyoneels younger than their age pretty much. the question is should you. >> that's true. i need to take that test. >> i'm , the old guy of the group. i still feel like i'm in maybe my late 40s, early 50s because i work with all these folks andi' got fairly young kids. >> pushing your mind. >> i'm 45, and i feel like crap. [ laughter ].

>> well, what do youeally think? >> it is what it is. what are you going to do? >> it's the red eye all the time. >> i'm 37. i'm actually the youngest on these couches, a millennial. there's days i feel great and there's days i don't feel great. >> you're not having enough sex according to that report. >> sex will give y three more years of life. >> there you go. >> for men, it's how much sex. avere male has one time a week. if you double that, three more years of life. >> one time a week? is that by yourself. >> for women it's the quality of the sex, nhe quantity. >> more sex means a longe life. let's get to things that can help us out. >> this took a turn.

>> d isimportant. >> diet is a predictable one. 1 you get years more of quality life -- we're not talking about meandering through it. vegan lifestyles tend to translate to longevity. ifou can get nine fistfuls of produce a day, that'sgreat. you can eat more and benefit for it. the negative is sugar, especially sugar in the evening, eating everyway those 13ears ye night. >> is the reason you'll look older at your high school n reunhan everybody else. >> just one brownie? >> of course not. a habit of simple cbohydrates that will undermine you. >> here is a question. does anyone here know your blood pressure? >> i do. >> knowing that is important, right? >> theumr one surprising driver of aging, major ar is high blood pressure. takes 12 years off your life. yd firent blasting away the

lining of your arteries every minute ofvery day. if you don't know your number, find it out today. i'll give you a tip -- >> is pre hypertension a problem? 138 over 88. >> asking for a friend >> the doctor doesn't put me on a statin or anything for it. >> we don't medicate for under 140 over 90. optimal blood pressure is less than 120 over 80. >> dylan has perfect blood pressure. how do you get it down? >> sleep is a major reducer of blood pressure. let me leave you with one big idea. biggest epidemic in america today, you hinte elier with the lack of sex in young people, loneliness. the biggestger is stress, takes six years off your life, especially financial stress. humanity has thrived because we form a social net to connect each other.

real connecti not digital, is an antidote. is there one person you can really confide with in order to deal with stress? is there some kind of group organization, entity that you hang with that gives you a sense of atcommunity. what we need. real friends. >> real friends, like jack da els, my best friend. a great guy. >> a lot more o our "living longer" series coming up. dr. oz will be back. we can always watch him. check your local station. >> the closed caponing person is like what did you say? >> go to today.com for tips. guys, up next, hows t world class chef lost 200 pounds and kept it off. we'll sharene of his healthy week nig recipes. this is "today" on nbc.

and this morning on this morning on oday food." boston chef matt jennings is a familiar face here at "today." over the past few years his growing focus on health and wellness have taken him on quite the journey. here's more. >> exactly three years ago my doctor gave me the option to either live or diement i had shown signs of pre diabetes, high cholesterol, acute anxiety disorder. i was about 405 pounds and it was time to change my life. my name is matt, jennin i am a chef and five-times james beer nominee. being on the line in a restaurant environment is incredibly fast paced, constantly tasting items and prepping for the next service. i got to that level of wght by simply not paying attention. dhat a lot of people don't understand is fan be an addiction. like any good addict, i had my gutter moment. i remember running around

manhattan panicking and irying beca wouldn't find a big and tall store. i went home in my kitchen and hid it's niem to change my life. to get healthy for my skefl, my wife and my kids. as aid i was very creative, curious, active. lost ere along the line myself and i forgot that, if i', not good nobody else is good. i started slow by working o i anlso started to break my diet into four s or fivell meals throughout the course of the day. because i had been not gettsng the res wanted, i spoke to my doctor about a gastric sleeve procedure. it aenables you to change your life slowly r iecognized i had an opportunity and had to seize it. this days i'm focused on eating lean proteins, very vegetable heavy, some grains. i like flavor in my dietnd i like simplicity. when i look back at that guy in the past, i see omeone who didn't have the chance to pick his head up from the work he was doing to rtyognize the abi he had within himself to save

his own life. if you don't like where you're at, all you have to do is start taking small steps to change that. >> matt, that's so inspiring, many people watching can relate to that. want to change their life, need to change their life. a -olideath situation. between working out and changing your meal plan or just, as say, changing your spirit, what are the most important things? >> honestly it all has to start in here and start up here. once you kind of recognize that you to take baby steps. i think so many of us get overwhelmed with the enormity of trying to make these giant life changes. that's not what it's about. small incremental steps. >> how do you work your exerciss everybody is crazed, busy with family and work. >> how much did you lose, by the way? >> 200 pounds. it's all aboutpr ritizing. i think for me, if i d't get and do it right in the morning, it's not going to happen. we get into our day and the next thing you know it's 3:00, and

it's never going to happen. >> it didn't come off quick. you don't get results, like you went to the doc and said what do i do. go long did it take you to from that to this? >> 2 1/2 years. >> maintaining it isquly as challenging. >> a lot of people think the procedure i had is a panacea. it's not the case. it buys you some time to start to change your life. >> people also thi because you're a chef, you know how to do this, you can make yourself lean meal people at home are like, i can't do that. >> what we'll talk about today is doing this sort of thing at home is easy. you set yourself up foruccess by having a great pantry and greatingredients. what we're doing is a brown paper char, taking a play on saladi es, tomatoes, black olives. we have radishes withheirops on, cut that off.

beautiful green beans. we'll slicen the eye yas to pose surface area. gets them to cook aittle more evenly and quickly. putting those into our bowl with some radishes, some fresh lemon zest. >> nothing is diced finally. >> no, meant to be simple, clean and delicious. olive oil our best friend. n't be afraid of fat. fat is flavor. we have to know how to use fat correctly. so salt and pepper here. of course, we season everything t, make, ri carson? >> that's exactly right. >> all about seasoning. we'll toss that together. we have potatoes, tomatoes and garlic. we blanch the potatoes ahead of time. the only thing we've done ahead of time. i'm a big proponent of herbs, spices, developing a ltle pantry at home. >> i love cilantro. >> it's a love it or hate it i love it.ht. i'm with you. all that stuff will go into the

bag. >> y're going tout a bag in the oven. >> look at this. we're going toss this in here. >> i'matching this. >> like cooking in parchment. >> tomatoes and garlic. we'll scatter those in. then our hrherbs. >> it all in. >> we're building a base. radish greens and herbs will create this kind of base. and then we're going to come down here. o we've g char. we'll season that as well. >> how different from salmon is this? >> very similar. flmilar or, not quite as strong. a little sweeter, believe it or not, for a fish. we'll take these guys -- >> i love >> very carefully -- >> you put the fish in there too? >> lay it on top ofhe vegetables. >> black olives, using knee swa

right now. you can useoil-cured olives. we'll take that and fold it up. >> this is unbelievable. >> this goes in the oven just like that? >> for how long and what temperature? >> 350 for 35 minutes. >> put i on a baking sheet. >> just like it is there. might have t take a rack out. >> this is perfect. >> this is unbelievable. >> this is a great way to cook flavorfull >> this is awesome. >> we're back in a isment. th is "today onc. nb matthew jennings, inspiring and excellent food. >> this is so good. carson, you're going to be so happy.

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